Beats In Space host totally sucks at interviews, right?

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i've been listening to the B.I.S. archives and love the music and special guests but the host is about as interesting as a pine cone. maybe i'm missing something but this reminds me of my local college station where any moron can get a show, including me. wouldn't it be better if he programmed the words into Apple Talk and let the computer ask the question? How fucking hard could it be to open a web browser and get a translation service up to translate Superpitcher's critical word? Just a weekend rant about the moron asking the questions. Does he decide the guests on his show or is that determined by someone else. Just trying to figure out if he deserves partial credit for good taste or if he's a senseless monkey.

― cutmasterKirt, Friday, 19 August 2005 23:05 (twenty years ago)

tim is a pretty fine dj in his own right. i kinda like that he's pretty low key interview wise, it's especially a nice contrast when diplo comes on and acts like a suburban superthug.

― johnny and luther (johnny and luther), Friday, 19 August 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

well, i haven't heard the Diplo interview but the Superpitcher + Prins Thomas interviews were cringe-fests. How old is he? He doesn't seem to have too much knowledge about the artists or music very much but i must be way off if you say he's a good DJ. I wouldn't call his interview style low key but rather severely unprepaired and boring.

so does he choose the guests are are they chosen for him?

― cutmasterKirt, Friday, 19 August 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Tim is actually a disembodied head. He chooses the guests, but someone else spins the records for him for minimum wage. If he sounds subdued during the interviews, it's because his entire cranium is submerged in a nitrogen/formaldeyde solution for preservation's sake. And Tim, in fact, knows his shit - it helps that his blood isn't going anywhere besides his brain.
By the way, WNYU is in fact a college station, and it takes a special kind of moron to get a show there.

― Armando Buttershucks, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

i've been wondering about this. the "interviews" are pretty odd. but it doesn't really bother me. i wonder if the guests are happy to just sit, play and not have to answer serious questions etc. or if they feel ignored etc.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Nobody in this thread could conduct a better interview. Be thankful he does what he does.

― cdwill, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 03:41 (twenty years ago)

I'm a senseless monkey.

sorry the interviews suck. maybe I'll just cut them out of the archives from now on.

I liked that superpitcher interview though!

― sweeney, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

how did Tim escape from his jar?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

steve martin helped me.

― sweeney, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

http://www.captainfuture.com/deutsch/bilder/Bilder/cf37.jpg

― don't be jerk, this is china (FE7), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Hey Tim. The problem with the Superpitcher interview is he was desperately trying to translate the title of that Tocotronic single into English to make his point but you seemed too concerned with moving the interview along. Didn't you have an internet connection where you could have used a translation service to facilitate the word find? The thing that got me riled up was hearing Superpitcher desperately trying to find the word to explain himself and you pushing him along into another pointless question. It also seemed like you were unprepared for the interview. Either way, good job getting quality guests on your show. I'm seriously happy to listen to the music and the would hate to see the interviews cut out of the archives despite my reservations about the quality of the interviews.

as for this:
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Nobody in this thread could conduct a better interview. Be thankful he does what he does.
-- cdwill (use...), September 21st, 2005.

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Let me say. HA! "Be thankful he does what he does"? Yeah, i wouldn't know about Superpitcher or Linstrom if they didn't appear on B.I.S. What service is B.I.S. providing that isn't already flooding the P2P networks? I can download hundreds of hours of killer DJ sets anytime i want whether Beats In Space hosts them or not. I'm quite certain having a 5 year old ask Superpitcher what his favorite toys were as a kid would be just as interesting as the interview at the end of his B.I.S. set.

― SuperBitcher, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

come on! that superpitcher interview is one of the most entertaining things i've heard all year.

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

pls. don't cut the interviews out! love, Susan

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

superbitcher, the interview is just a nice addition, we listen to beats in space because we like the music he plays and we like the way he plays it. I could download all those songs, or at least some of them, but that's missing the point, and you can download a superpitcher set from someone else but you know what, it'll be a different set. Tim isn't just hosting mixes, it's a LIVE radio show. And some of us even listen to the show live, on the radio.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

What service is B.I.S. providing that isn't already flooding the P2P networks?

to follow up my last point, there aren't a ton of radio stations in the greater NYC area playing this kind of stuff. Actually, there are two, WFMU and WNYU, and maybe Barnard. Not sure what the status of Columbia's station is. So having live DJ sets by the likes of superstars such as Lindstrom, Optimo, Superpitcher, Crazy Rhythms etc is quite a service.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

Dan, I do wish i could listen to that Live on the actual RADIO and not have to download/stream them on my computer. However, my remarks were directed to the TimSweeny Asskisser i quoted who said i should be thankful that he does what he does, as if i couldn't find out about/listen to that type of music without B.I.S., which is complete BS. If i can't pick it up on the radio and can find sets as enjoyable or more so through other outlets, why do i have to give thanks to Beats In Space?

I will state here that i have overwhelmingly enjoyed listening to the B.I.S. sets i've downloaded and look forward to exploring more sets (Recommendations Here please!) in the future. I just wish Tim would capitalize on the opportunity and ask some good questions of his guests.

― SuperBitcher, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

I recommend the Crazy Rhythms appearance, especially the early set when only half of them were there, and later when the first half took over again.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

"the interview is just a nice addition, we listen to beats in space because we like the music he plays and we like the way he plays it." -- agree

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

yeah stirmonster otm, that superpitcher interview was great and mr pitcher sounded totally at ease and as if he was enjoying himself, which for me is more entertaining than hearing him discuss who his influences are or whatever the textbook thing is.

also judging by BIS setlists (I don't always get to listen to the show live), and the Our Disco set, and the Backlash set he did for ourselves in Dublin, Tim knows his music plenty.

And I mean, on further reflection that Superpitcher interview pretty much was the first time I ever heard him talk, and it felt very like his persona, so if the main skill of interviewing is getting the subject to relax then Tim did fine.

(while we're here, anyone know what the techy track Superpitcher plays that samples "Plastic Doll" by Dharma is. it's not DJ T, though I know there are probably a few electrohouse tracks that sample that tune)

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

hah, I emailed Tim asking him that and never responded. I couldn't remember the context enough to sort it out in the playlist.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

the superpitcher interview was so cute. it made me love aksel even more. so so adorable.

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 22:44 (twenty years ago)

i realized that like all my ilm posts are "xxxxx is so cute!!! omg so adorable!". i should probably just stick to ile. sorry.

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

what ronan & phil &c&c said - keep on keepin' on, BiS!

― etc, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

xpost-ilm needs more cute and adorable topiced posts.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

i think the interviews are great

― Nick Sylvester, Wednesday, 21 September 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

xpost-ilm needs more words like 'topiced'. LET'S MAKE A DICTIONARY

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 22 September 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

If i can't pick it up on the radio and can find sets as enjoyable or more so through other outlets, why do i have to give thanks to Beats In Space?

you don't. unless someone has you at gunpoint, forcing you download the sets and praise tim loudly. is that what's happening? that's fucked up.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 September 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

lauren is so cute!!! omg so adorable!

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 22 September 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 September 2005 00:45 (twenty years ago)

!!! sorry outside smoking

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 22 September 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

I loved the Trevor Jackson interview. He's pretty spiky and irascible, but he's great fun to listen to.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Thursday, 22 September 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

I'm 99% sure the track that samples "Plastic Doll" is "Odyssey" by Steve Barnes & Riley Reinhold. It's much better than the DJ T track I'd say.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 22 September 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

but why not just play Dharma?!??!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 22 September 2005 02:22 (twenty years ago)

because it wouldn't be electrohouse if it wasn't gutting old italo records!

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 22 September 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)

hey, I'm a real renegade, I play the vocal version of Plastic Doll!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 22 September 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

I used to play it all the time but with how big electrohouse is here now, italo has got very very big and so so many 19-23 year old guys I know, who DJ, play all the sort of bigger italo tunes all the time.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 22 September 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

goddam those 19-23 year olds!

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)

19-23 year olds in ny are hip enough to know italo-disco is "cool", some even talk about actual records, but god knows I'd be delighted to see more then 5 people dancing in the same room! Hell, Alexander Robotnik performed live a few weeks ago and by all means it was a success, but it wasn't exactly crowded, you know?

Tim and I (and James Friedman and Jon Santos) are djing a performance tonight where Brion Paul gets drunk for the first time ever. First sip at 11pm.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

no idea who brion paul, is but with james friedman present, god help him!

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

Hell, Alexander Robotnik performed live a few weeks ago and by all means it was a success, but it wasn't exactly crowded, you know?

I was standing outside Love that night with some people and we couldn't figure out how the hell to get into the fucking place. They muttered and went on their drunken way and I stood there for a second more like a jackass before I realized what the damned arrow was saying. But, that crowd was pretty decent considering the cover price.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:30 (twenty years ago)

Tim and I (and James Friedman and Jon Santos) are djing a performance tonight where Brion Paul gets drunk for the first time ever. First sip at 11pm.

uhoh. i was trying to not go out tonight.

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

whoops and roy dank

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 23 September 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)

that was interesting. It was fun and unique for a while, then kind of sad. I thought it may be a put on but well, if he was faking throwing up he's a hell of an actor.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 23 September 2005 05:19 (twenty years ago)

and why'd he have to go throw up when I was djing? No, god forbid somebody throw up while Tim Sweeney or James Fucking Friedman are djing, heavens no! But let Dan Selzer on the turntables and its a freaking vomitorium.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 23 September 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)

that's what happens when you play those crazy rhythms, dan ;-)

― willem (willem), Friday, 23 September 2005 06:30 (twenty years ago)

the vomitarium would be a good name for a club.

(maybe not in Dublin though, we are still getting over catholicism)

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 23 September 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
What do you do with a drunken sailor,
Earl-eye in the morning!

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 23 September 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

suck suck
fuck fuck
suck suck
fuck and suck

― GreenThrobby, Sunday, 2 October 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gigglebounce.com/conan/doctrine/spaceghost5_sm.jpg

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Monday, 3 October 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Ha. Strange thread. Anyway, was just searching for the most appropriate place to say:

Tim Sweeney, tomorrow night, Lock Tavern, Camden. From 8.30 and it's free.

Sounds good to me!

― Jamie T Smith, Thursday, 5 April 2007 14:00 (eighteen years ago)

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(daniel avery playing in phoenix ffs)

― administrator galina (Matt P), Saturday, 9 February 2013 09:19 (twelve years ago)

the music is the absolute best though. it has annoyed me for ages that nobody here ever talks about it despite the fact you hear the best tracks way before anyone mentions them here.

― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Saturday, 9 February 2013 09:20 (twelve years ago)

god yes. i was so into the mika snikars set last week, reminded me of a cos/mes mix from last year i think. hnny might have been better even. new one sounds great so far (though it's late and i'm inattentive).

― administrator galina (Matt P), Saturday, 9 February 2013 09:25 (twelve years ago)

tim is def a great guy!!

― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 9 February 2013 10:31 (twelve years ago)

did you meet him when he played hawaii? that sounded good when he mentioned it on the show.

i met him in dublin years ago and he was really nice.

― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Saturday, 9 February 2013 11:16 (twelve years ago)

yeah he came out twice last year actually. i didn't really get to spend any time with him but friends of mine were hosting him and he played the club I used to be a resident at.

met him once in Chicago early 2006 once too

― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Saturday, 9 February 2013 12:13 (twelve years ago)

I don't know why, but I still sometimes imagine he has long hair.

― formerly EDB (ed.b), Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:12 (twelve years ago)

Like, I see him, and don't recognize him, 'cause Tim ca. 2006 is all my mind's eye knows.

― formerly EDB (ed.b), Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:13 (twelve years ago)

>>the music is the absolute best though. it has annoyed me for ages that nobody here ever talks about it despite the fact you hear the best tracks way before anyone mentions them here.<<

Completely OTM

― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:32 (twelve years ago)

six months pass...

Really enjoying this Honey Soundsystem set.

― etc, Saturday, 17 August 2013 07:08 (twelve years ago)

four weeks pass...

https://soundcloud.com/timsweeney/volcanobrothers

club i was at the other night played this twice, and why not.

― Waluigi Nono (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 15 September 2013 22:54 (twelve years ago)

five months pass...

Mo Morris mix is the business.

― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 19:51 (eleven years ago)

eight months pass...

Bunch've 15-years-of-BiS articles floating about:

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2360
http://www.dummymag.com/lists/15-years-of-beats-in-space-playlist-by-tim-sweeney

I don't know why, but I still sometimes imagine he has long hair.

― formerly EDB (ed.b), Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:12 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Like, I see him, and don't recognize him, 'cause Tim ca. 2006 is all my mind's eye knows.

― formerly EDB (ed.b), Saturday, 9 February 2013 16:13 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― etc, Thursday, 20 November 2014 20:22 (eleven years ago)

I'm on tonight. I'm going to play techno, italo, some new wave and some pretentious NYC art music.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:03 (eleven years ago)

probably.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:03 (eleven years ago)

Excellent, can't wait to listen in..

― mmmm, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:51 (eleven years ago)

http://danecdotes.com/post/103699412159/9-years-after-my-first-visit-and-7-years-after-my

― dan selzer, Thursday, 27 November 2014 05:11 (eleven years ago)

Cool set Dan! No Paul Haig though? ;) Never heard Frederic Rzewski or Repetition before. Also awesome to hear Meredith Monk fit right in with all the beat-driven stuff.

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 30 November 2014 02:54 (eleven years ago)

dan your set was really good!

currently listening to the 15th anniversary mix, the classics disc starts off with victor from washington heights of course.

― electric sack butt (haitch), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 05:42 (eleven years ago)

Thanks. I'm pretty happy with how it came out. The second half is a bit spotty and I missed playing certain stuff I wanted to get to, but Tim was kind enough to have already given me a ton of time.

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 15:16 (eleven years ago)

four years pass...

1000th show this week and a great selection of tunes from the last 20 years played, many of which I'd completely forgotten about (like KZA and Sidwho?)

https://beatsinspace.net/playlists/1000/

― groovypanda, Friday, 26 July 2019 09:42 (six years ago)

anatolian weapons from a few months back was gooodshit

― alomar lines, Thursday, 8 August 2019 05:19 (six years ago)

five months pass...

SOS from BIS pic.twitter.com/i1uLQAHMka
— Tim Sweeney (@BISradio) January 30, 2020

― groovypanda, Thursday, 30 January 2020 12:52 (five years ago)

well that sucks

― ymo sumac (NickB), Thursday, 30 January 2020 13:02 (five years ago)

Shame!

― stirmonster, Thursday, 30 January 2020 13:13 (five years ago)

nooooooo :(

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 30 January 2020 15:25 (five years ago)

He should just move it to The Lot or the like. 99% of his listernship is online and he carries his own archives via patreon support.

― dan selzer, Thursday, 30 January 2020 16:22 (five years ago)

good news - he's getting to keep the slot after all!

― boxedjoy, Monday, 3 February 2020 19:15 (five years ago)

one year passes...

The End ☹️

― groovypanda, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 05:56 (four years ago)

oh no

― flopson, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 06:18 (four years ago)

21 years! The show itself is old enough to graduate college.

― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 06:39 (four years ago)

Maybe not the end as Tim says it's just a break at the end of the show (but doesn't specify how long)

― groovypanda, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 12:27 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FR0thRsgMY

― xzanfar, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:15 (four years ago)

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rtZhLBtVj8

Anyone know what this one could be? From his 2008 mix CD for RVNG.

― plazzTT, Friday, 21 May 2021 14:07 (four years ago)

Wow! Great song, but no idea on the ID--Neu! '75 meets Roxy downtown

― Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Friday, 21 May 2021 14:23 (four years ago)

yeah sounds like a band losing themselves in a La Düsseldorf/Eno wormhole

― willem, Friday, 21 May 2021 14:26 (four years ago)

Sounds like a Conny Plank production. Where’s Julian Cope’s Krautrockshazampler when you need it.

― Michael F Gill, Friday, 21 May 2021 20:54 (four years ago)

no idea but it's so good!

― donna rouge, Friday, 21 May 2021 21:23 (four years ago)

Has anybody asked him?

― dan selzer, Saturday, 22 May 2021 02:57 (four years ago)

found it!!

The Mickey Bliss Band - Trapezoid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7w1lxC3fvI

― donna rouge, Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:05 (four years ago)

I asked him if it was a song vahid thought it was and he said with the name I’d this thread he wasn’t going to help.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 22 May 2021 22:05 (four years ago)

Excellent work xp

I was also searching for "trapezoid" as the title and guessed early 80s.

― Noel Emits, Sunday, 23 May 2021 10:52 (four years ago)

Can't believe the thread title finally made Tim Sweeney go off the inernet because of you 16 years later.

― Noel Emits, Sunday, 23 May 2021 13:00 (four years ago)

I grabbed the 12” off Discogs already. Almost Ready in Brooklyn had a copy

― dan selzer, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:53 (four years ago)

12" ?

― Noel Emits, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:57 (four years ago)

Sorry single. I didn’t think I even noticed what size it was.

― dan selzer, Sunday, 23 May 2021 16:20 (four years ago)

five months pass...

Good news

https://ra.co/news/76328

― groovypanda, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 09:46 (four years ago)

"Sweeney, as well as guest DJs, will be paid, and the artists whose music appears in DJ mixes will also be paid out from the streaming service."

This seems like a good development.

― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 13:08 (four years ago)

I've already offered my guest DJ services

― dan selzer, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:06 (four years ago)

can you download and listen to Apple Music things offline?

― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 18:25 (four years ago)

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