June 2005

back to school.

June 30, 2005

A few months ago, I went up to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Wayne Marshall‘s intriguing “Electronic Music: History and Aesthetics of Popular Music Since the 1960s” course at Harvard Extension School. Dig the syllabus–I never got to take a class this cool when I was in school! Required textbooks included Generation Ecstasy and Modulations; homework [...]

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June 28, 2005

A tidbit by me on The Design of Dissent, in the Voice

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guess who’s back.

June 27, 2005

We loves ya Jess!

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books.

June 26, 2005

The lovely Scott Somedisco got me on the books meme, and I’m a sap, so here goes: 1) Total number of books I’ve owned 500+, I’d guess. Most of my books are in storage. I buy a lot of books secondhand, though I haven’t come across a store here in New York that matches my [...]

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public service announcements

June 23, 2005

If you’re wondering what to do in New York over the next few days, here are a few options that I’d recommend. Friday: At Subtonic, Detroit’s Ryan Elliott is gonna be DJing, along with Berlin’s M_nus force Troy Pierce and New York’s own Heartthrob. Plus Dietrich Schoenemann of Prototype 909 fame as an extra bonus. [...]

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June 23, 2005
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June 23, 2005

I spent a lot of the day in a hospital (I’m just fine, but one of my brothers isn’t), and I was feelin’ pretty down. It looks like he’s going to get better soon, but right now things are no fun at all. I spent a lot of time watching nurses hover as I sat [...]

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June 21, 2005

A magical psych-noise forest. A magical forest mit German techno glasses. After you hit the Nublu shindig or wherever else you’re going tonight (Tuesday), you might want to check out the Jane release party at APT–Jane being the luminous (‘n numinous) collaboration between Animal Collectivist Panda Bear and DJ Scott Mou. APT ain’t the most [...]

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June 20, 2005

…and I have to admit that I’m sort of psyched to check out the new MTV Desi…even though it’s probably gonna suck.

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disco.

June 20, 2005

I just finished reading Peter Shapiro’s new book Turn the Beat Around: A Secret History of Disco, which got me thinking about my own secret history of disco. I didn’t exactly experience disco when it was a raging concern. Disco for me was always a nostalgia act. It was also the first genre I got [...]

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