Pitchfork/2011/Dec/Interview

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Grimes
Top Things
01. Mozart's Sister: "Don't Leave It To Me": This is the jam.
02. Miharu Koshi: Boy Soprano: Klaus Nomi meets "Zelda: Ocarina of Time" soundtrack sung by a pretty girl who sounds like a little boy.
03. Halloween @ Daytona Beach: We were the only people in a luxury hotel on the beach that was basically free because no one goes to Daytona Beach in October. It was creepy/ghost-townish, but also bright pink and filled with palm trees and decrepit liquor stores. I got to swim naked in the ocean and practice figure skating lifts with members of Austra.
04. Mexico City Acid Parties at the Pyramids: I went to Mexico for a show with d'Eon and ended up hanging out with the promoters all week. They planned a series of outings for us that included dropping LSD at Teotihuacan. ♡ UFOria 2011 ♡.
05. The Tonstartssbandht "Brothers Show" at La Brique in Montreal: Possibly the best show I've ever attended. I remember mostly a lot blood and feedback, everything existing in a strobe, and pulling a muscle in my back. The best part about it was that there were maybe 30 people there.
06.__ Grimes + Doldrums World Tour 2011: __This changed my life more than anything else I did this year.
07. Dragon Ball Bubble Tea: Best bubble tea ever! Located on Oak and King Ed in Vancouver. Recommended: Taro or Green Tea flavours.
08. La La La Human Steps: Edouard Lock is like the Greg Araki of the dance world. It's super intense, dirty, goth-y, gender-bending ballet; men on pointe, tons of eyeliner, black vinyl, nudity, stuff like that. Extremely strong female leads. Louise Lecavalier might be my favourite dancer. They've had ballets scored by Skinny Puppy and other Industrial acts. The stuff from the 1980s and1990s is coolest, but Amelia is probably the strongest.
09. Extra-Terrestrial Sex Fetish: This is one of two books with me on tour right now (the other is The Alchemist, haha). I suppose it's basically porn, but it's pretty interesting and very witty. This book also ruined my credit rating as it's the only thing I ever bought online. I forgot to pay the bill for two years so I feel compelled to read it. The catch phrase is "If aliens are more intelligent than man, then might they-- must they-- not be more sexually advanced than man too?" Heh.
10. Using the Internet to subvert the government: Bitcoin, the use of social media to mobilize change (Arab Spring, Occupy), etc. Some things I support, some things I don't-- but the internet does more for democracy (which I also don't know if I support) than the fucking government.
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