April 2005

April 28, 2005

This is what the wall behind Steve Bug looked like while he was DJing at Maria in Berlin a few months ago. Perfect.

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April 28, 2005

Big big congrats to Simon R., whose awesome new post-punk tome Rip it Up and Start Again came out this week in the UK! A most excellent book. (I admit I’m a little bit partial because I worked as his research assistant on the book for about a year. It was the best job ever.) [...]

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photo note.

April 27, 2005

I’ve been noticing with alarming frequency that my cruddy snapshots are being circulated on other peoples’ websites. I don’t mean to be sore about it, but it’d be cool if I was asked if that was OK first! Just use the email link on your right. I know, I know, we’ve all ripped off images [...]

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April 25, 2005

Today on the A train I was doing my usual misanthropic subway shtick, which goes something like this: grip pole, stand, stare at floor, avoid eye contact, listen to pounding music, do math problems in head. Then three hulking dudes in baggy hip-hop attire–plus one little kid for instant cuteness–flicked on a tinny boombox and [...]

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April 24, 2005

I didn’t mean to sound like I was slagging New York in that previous post; besides, every time I do, something awesome happens that shames me out of my mood. On Friday, I got to see an ace set by Derek Plaslaiko, who rocked it in a basement for a small but extremely psyched crowd. [...]

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goodbye, tresor.

April 21, 2005

Tresor, the legendary techno club in Berlin, shut its doors for good last weekend. The lease on its Leipziger Strasse location near Potsdamer Platz has officially run out, and the building will soon be razed to make way for office buildings. I got the chance to visit the place in February. This is what Tresor [...]

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April 21, 2005

I was inspired by my friend Douglas telling me he’s been driving himself crazy trying to teach himself how to play every Dylan song on ukelele for a piece on Dylan that he’s writing. It seemed like a great way to immerse oneself in music, if a little masochistic. So for a piece on Roxy [...]

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rhythm and sound.

April 18, 2005

Back in New York City after a ten-day tour of the West Coast, and here’s a reason to be very excited about being back: Tonight and tomorrow (Mon and Tues) Exclusive NY debut! Rhythm and Sound (a.k.a. Mark Ernestus and Moritz (Maurizio!) von Oswald, a.k.a. Basic Channel) make a rare DJ appearance in the US [...]

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April 16, 2005

Nothing much to report from Seattle, except that it’s a lovely city and that the 2005 EMP Pop Conference is going smoothly. I was on a panel about music blogs yesterday (with esteemed colleagues Jess Harvell, Jay Smooth, and Tom Ewing; Matos was the moderator) and it went pretty well. More details when I get [...]

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April 13, 2005

Last week, I sampled an insanely potent Chinese brandy with real snakes floating around in it, all in the name of, er, research. It was actually pretty good! See here.

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