Melissa Giannini

Sharing is Caring: Sharevari

Hi friends. It’s been a while. Dayjob + nightschool = little time for anything else.

But this new Dirtbombs “Sharevari” cover has gotten me through the past couple days:

The techno classic has been covered by everybody. This one just might be my favorite. Brooklyn’s Plasticfish is responsible for the visuals, and the project is part of the Scion A/V video series. I’m guessing they were inspired by this 1982 episode of “The Scene”:

Seeing my dear friends Lac la Belle play in a Lower East Side basement last week didn’t hurt either — although Jennie Knaggs’s vocals lilting between sorrow and joy brought me to tears 4 times. They should be posting videos from their tour soon. I highly recommend you check them out when they do. I also highly recommend Vanilla Stoli and Vernor’s. They will make it for you at Motor City Bar, conveniently located around the corner from the basement art space where Lac la Belle played.

Here’s my last bit of Detroit+New York news for the evening: Adult. is performing the soundtrack to their “The Three Grace(s)” triptych at Anthology Film Archives on Thursday. Very much looking forward to that.

P.S. I just finished reading Sara Marcus’s “Girls to the Front.” It rules. Really. I’m totally bowing down to it. Or curtsying. Or whatever. It makes me want to DJ again, which reminds me: We’re coming up on Halloween, almost a year since my last gig. And my DJ partner, the lovely Sara Bee, is leaving me for a thrilling life overseas. OK, I know she was the only one of us who knew what she was doing, but I’m the one who owns the smoke machine! And I’ve been practicing. You should really consider hiring me to DJ your party. It’ll be just like “The Scene” in 1982!

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