“hdtv cabinet”?

My dear friend and ex-housemate, Joe Faustin Kelly, source of many “Julianne, get yourself together, woman!” pep talks–a man who used to go on 2-hour jogs, come home and FRY a can of tuna still wearing his sweaty sweatpants every night–and regaled me with roboto dances whenever we put on mr. de’s “what u like”–is also an amazing furniture designer and has a website. You should order something from him before he gets super famous and quadruples his asking prices.
some background on mr. de: coming from Detroit “ghettotech” scene, or creating it, rather, he was partners w/ DJ Assault (and I think better, as his post-Assault shit can attest). His electrofunk is the heartbeat of Detroit in-the-garage production, nasty-ass lyrics and the proper shrines for old soul & funk (or new ones like Prince), sampling or vamping the melodies of old soul songs over electro thumpers. In 2000 he released Mr De’s Electronic Funkyshit one of my favorite albums, like, of all time–YES: of all time!–and “what u like” is a courting-ritual number which, considering how dirty it is, is surprisingly cheerful and matter-of-fact (possibly because it’s Mr. De and his wife on vox–the jolly interplay of best friends forevz). Their conversation is a checklist of pre-sex requirements (“nigga, what’s your cheddar like?” “bitch, you know my cheddar tight”) but it’s not violent –it sounds like they’re discussing last night’s PTA meeting or doing overdubs for a shampoo commercial, and later they’re going in for the wildtimes. Cause, oh, duh, people fuck and it’s fun and mutuality is sexy and here it is in a song for the dancefloor.
The production is swiped from a ’70s (early ’80s?) soul song but I can’t remember what it is, someone help me out.

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One Response to “hdtv cabinet”?

  1. rosten says:

    Julienne! That’s the look of love! Isaac Hayes from To Be Continued. You don’t have To Be Continued?
    (or, um, reasonable doubt?)

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