Staff Blog
Girl Talk, Oct. 9, Starlight Ballroom
posted by Dianca Potts
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| Photo | Dianca Potts |
Sporting Day-Glo Ray-Ban knockoffs and American Apparel workout-fits, the Girl Talk crowd two-stepped away the minutes until Greg Gillis materialized. About half an hour after fellow Pittsburghers Grand Buffet finished their awkward Beasties-like set, clapping,
chanting and overexcited screams brought Gillis — and his laptop — to life. Feeling no doubt like celebrities, sporting cocky
smirks and sending limp-wristed waves to the dance floor like small-town beauty queens, Girl Talk’s onstage dancers immediately crowded too close, causing Gillis’ set to temporarily cease abruptly after five minutes or less of mashed-up madness. Coming off like a guru with a fondness for expletives, he shooed fans away from him (and his susceptible computer cord) in
the hopes of fostering a dance party atmosphere — instead of a vibe that he likened to “the first time I saw Rancid in seventh grade.”
Mix-matching material from 2006’s Night Ripper and
this year’s Feed the Animals, each minute of
Gillis’ fragmented set “set it off,” just as he intended. It didn’t take him any time to get every body in the Starlight moving. One can only imagine
how this almost-always-sold-out party will evolve in years to
come.
