January 2005

lost in translation.

January 31, 2005

Reason #4334 why I think Germany is cool: on German MTV, “Pimp My Ride” (the popular car-improvement show on MTV hosted by Xzibit that I must admit I became mildly obsessed with at one point) is “Pimp My Bicycle.” Besides being more Kraftwerkesque and environmentally conscious, it’s also a lot funnier–the host is a scrawny [...]

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January 28, 2005

There are a few people out there that I’d love to just sit down and talk about disco and current trends in brain science with. Theo Parrish is one of them. After seeing him spin again tonight (for the sixth time?!) I really wanted to figure out what was running through his head at every [...]

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January 23, 2005

Reynolds on the current state of dance music in the New York Times

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quality tunes.

January 20, 2005

Friday, Jan 21 Grime/UK garage, broken beat, ragga dancehall, hip-hop, r&b, pop Greg Poole (Wikkid! Crew) Cooper (XLR8R, Urban Renewal Records) Paul Kennedy (Wild FleX, Sci-Fi Soul) downstairs lounge at Lucky Jack’s, 129 Orchard St (betw. Rivington & Delancey) free admission

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January 20, 2005

Gah I can’t believe I forgot to link to Gel and Weave! The only music blog I know of that has its own hip-hop clothing line (in the works apparently)!

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January 18, 2005

This looks pretty sweet…we all know DJ/Rupture, Shadetek was one of the cool DJs I talked about below who was playing grime, and you probably know I-Sound most recently for his work in Wasteland. I don’t think I know Mode Raw but that will change I’m sure. Crunk Up For Tsunami Relief Friday Jan 28th

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bangers n mash.

January 17, 2005

Went to a promising new grime thing on Friday called “Bangers & Mash,” thanks of course to a tip from the omniscient B-blog. The DJs didn’t play grime the whole night, but over the two hours or so that they did, it was nonstop awesome. And I’m talking grime as in the more entertaining (for [...]

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berlin.

January 13, 2005

The flight’s been paid for, arrangements confirmed–I’m going to be back in Berlin in just about three weeks, to soak up some good vibes for a while. Nothing much on the agenda as of yet, except to attend the Berlinale, visit the incredible venue formerly known as Ostgut which my friend Tobias tells me I [...]

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grime crews listen to vivaldi

January 13, 2005

Me on the London Tube’s misguided music/brain research in Proven by Science

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January 13, 2005

So I went to this new DJ night expecting to hear a set of fun, retro ragga-jungle. Instead of being steamrolled by amen breaks and getting pounded by chest-caving bass, this is what happened: Bad Sign #1: I get to the venue (a bar I’d never been to) and notice that I can’t hear music [...]

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