December 2004

Another great “2004 Rewind” (haha) music wrap-up from the blogosphere, this time from Matos. One of my favorite lines, about the Grime comp on Rephlex: “The title is a little like if Def Jam had put out an album of instrumental B-sides and called it Rap.” Also: Simon’s long-awaited Faves of 2004 is finally out! [...]

Merry Xmas, y’all. Expect a little end-of-the-year rundown in a few days.

I walked by this when I was in London. It’s a mannequin (no it’s not) (yeah it is) Happy holidays, everybody, and thanks for reading. I’m in Miami for a few days, chilling out for Christmas. There’s something kind of awesome and disturbing about seeing all this gaudy neon and pastel Art Deco in December. [...]

So I just read and reread Jess’ great 2004 end-of-year wrap-up. I vehemently disagree with about half of it (guess which half), but it’s really well-argued and well-written (and funny, too), and by the end of it, I just wanted to give Jess a hug and tell him everything was gonna be okay. Also: mad [...]