Archive for March, 2009
Christgau – Poptastic Bye-Bye – ARTicles
Saturday, March 28th, 2009Christgau on his recent peregrinations. Including Voice, stone, Blender and more. Really, theses days, who would want to be a writer? Poptastic Bye-Bye – ARTicles. (NAJP.org)
NotAtSXSW | Staying home? Share your experience
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009A site collating all tweets with the hashtag #notatsxsw (awwwww, don’t you feel sorry for them…)
NotAtSXSW | Staying home? Share your experience.
1000 songs everyone must hear
Monday, March 16th, 2009Including sections on “Love”, “Heartbreak” and “People and Places”. If you have Javascripting on you can check off the ones you like and then generate html to insert into your own blog etc… 1000 songs everyone must hear | Music | guardian.co.uk .
Beyond Gossip, Good and Evil
Monday, March 16th, 2009Jay Smooth over at Ill-Doctrine gives space to Elizabeth Mendez Berry to expand on the remarks she made when he interviewed her about the Rhianna / Chris Brown idiocy. The video interview from several weeks back is worth a look, but the new piece she just wrote is even better. Nuanced, clear, well researched and [...]
Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a National Security Secret
Saturday, March 14th, 2009SO, get ready to have you ISP monitor your traffic on behalf of the RIAA and to have your iPod checked at the border… (Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a National Security Secret | Threat Level from Wired.com.) Perhaps we should start a service where people can upload pictures of their record collections so [...]
The Hardcore Continuum
Thursday, March 5th, 2009It’s that man Reynolds again. This time with an eloquent and informative breeze through his approach to the last 20 years of UK ‘ardcore. Remarkably readable and fascinating.
Energy Flash – The Hardcore Continuum
Theory and Its Discontents
The text of a talk by Simon Reynolds delivered at FACT, Liverpool, Wednesday 11th February 2009.
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notes for points to [...]
What is your sampling epiphany?
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009An unofficial compilation of tracks sampled by Massive Attack showcases the group’s aesthetic through the songs that informed it – and provides fans with the thrill of discovering the originals. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/feb/26/sampling-epiphany-massive-attack (Simon Reynolds at The Guardian, UK)