Field Trip- Girl Talk Rocks My Socks

On October 14 I saw Girl Talk perform on Lower Sproul. The event was put on by Superb and it was an amazing experience. Students were pouring in from all directions, surrounding the platform he was performing on. I was lucky enough to have a very aggressive friend with me who pushed us on to the platform to the table where Girl Talk was at! In fact, I was so close that I held Girl Talk’s hand for a few moments (sigh); it was thrilling. His music is essentially a very complex mash-up of different songs. In the same song f his you might hear “Laffy Taffy”, “Kryptonite”, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gwen Stefanie, and a slew of other musicians. His beats are basically upbeat dance music. Whats so fascinating is the way he creates his music. Instead of records and mixers, he just has his laptop, and he uses a special program to mix his music. But, he mixes everything live, so essentially he’s clicking about a million times every song, changing a beat here, speeding things up there, etc. It was one of the most exciting shows I’ve been to. It was great to see the community come together, literally packed in like sardines, just dancing and enjoying the music.