March 2006

synapse.

March 27, 2006

One of the greatest things about working on a book, however big or small, is the research phase. This is the wondrously giddy period where you’re not consumed with the cold realities of writing; you’re just accumulating reams of raw material with little regard for practicality or focus. Pointless accumulation of large amounts of crap [...]

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March 27, 2006

RIP Nikki Sudden

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March 22, 2006

Lame tech question — can anyone help me figure out how to import this blog (including three years’ worth of archives) into Movable Type from (the admittedly antiquated) Greymatter? People keep asking me when this blog is going to have an RSS feed, and my usual response is “can’t be bothered to set it up,” [...]

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March 21, 2006

More bonkers amazing tracks that came out recently (OK, in Berlin these came out in the beginning of February, but damn it, have pity on us in New York, we’re always one month behind!) Rhythm and Sound – Truly (Vladislav Delay mix) – Luomo mix, more like! Zooms down those dark Delay tunnels but with [...]

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musique nonstop.

March 19, 2006

It should probably come as no surprise to anyone who reads this blog that I’m big into music. I spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to keep up with every new release that comes out. I listen to music during about 75% to 90% of my waking hours. Seriously–my shower plays Triple R Selection [...]

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Oh Yeah.

March 11, 2006

The first Can song I ever heard was “Oh Yeah.” I was about 19 and in college, living with nine friends in a place we called Towers, the top two floors of a beautiful old building in Cambridge. Every square inch of wall was splattered with paint — drippy, waterlogged murals in intense, oversaturated colors. [...]

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March 10, 2006

My friend Ethan tipped me off to this, which is just about the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. That drawing of Biggie’s face is made out of the lyrics, in real time, as the song is playing. Make sure your computer’s speakers are turned up loud.

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March 10, 2006
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March 8, 2006

Heads up — the 2006 Pop Music Conference is coming up next month, and I’ve somehow been invited to present a bizarro paper there that hatched in my head late one night, titled “Shame on the Brain: Music, Guilty Pleasures, and Cognition.” I’m speaking in the same session with James Hannaham, Susan Raeburn, and Tim [...]

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March 8, 2006

Ellen Allien + Apparat – Do Not Break [Bpitchcontrol] Between Modeselektor and the Apparat productions I’ve heard recently, I’d say that Bpitch has more interesting drum programming than half of the techno labels in Berlin right now. I like Orchestra of Bubbles a lot–to my ears it sounds a whole lot better than Thrills, which [...]

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