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Das Racist

“a riff on Baha’i (“the Girl Talk of religions”)”

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Das Racist on Their Latest Album, ‘Relax’ - Fall Preview 2011 — New York Magazine

Everything about this article is as wonderful as you’d expect from the people involved (Das Racist, Nitsuh Abebe), but I’m glad I came to check this out online, because upon reading the print version just now I was sure D.R./N.T.A. meant “girl talk” to be capitalized. And they did.

We had a bit of a copy-desk snafu on that one. Thanks!

Das Racist are even funnier in person than on record, and a pleasure to sit around listening to. Some things that aren’t in that article:

The part where the three of them stand side by side and dress up as DJ Khaled for Halloween. (“Just two arms and Hima. Nobody even knew it was a costume.”) If that’s not funny to you yet, here’s a picture of DJ Khaled.

Lakutis: “I like Kreayshawn. She’s Russian like me, but she talks about some real shit.”
Heems, (ENTIRELY JOKING) about Panda Bear: “I’m so petrified of Noah Lennox. Physically. He’s an intimidating person.” Dapwell: “He’s incredibly sexually aggressive, too. He’s like the Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the indie world.”
Victor on explaining the band: “Actually maybe just leave me alone! Give me money but leave me alone? How do you do that?” Heems: “That’s why the internet is great. You can hide behind your computer screen but still ask people to give you money for things you do.” Victor: “You can’t throw a bottle through a computer yet.”
Heems: “I’m trying to look like the fat dude in Chromeo, but with hair.” Victor: “I’m trying to look like the fat dude in Beatnuts. Actually they all got fat, I think.”
Dapwell: “We kept being called ‘ambiguously raced,’ because they wore some sweaters.”
Heems: “Did you get that I’m white, and we love white people?”