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what does your girlfriend listen to? I know most people over here (including me) are serious about their music: grime, dub, dancehall, Krautrock, avant classical, whatever. But, what does your girlfriend (or any other significant other, pardon my heterosexual bloke point of view) listen to...

I like books about musical genres with some analysis and some historical, political and sociological background. Obious favorites are: Jon Savage - England's dreaming (UK Punk) Simon Reynolds - Energy Flash (Dance) John Szwed - 101 Jazz Probably great are Simon Reynolds - Rip it up (get my copy...

as i was listening to aim high 2 it became clear to me. Grime is British HipHop. I know, it is supposed to descend from rave, is part of the rave continuum, is a british invention and is something completely different from the much maligned uk rap thing. While this may keep the (memory of) youth...

For me (in Holland) pop/rock/dance allways mainly has been an interplay between the States and the UK (with Jamaica doing its thing on the side). From the British Invasion, to pyschedelics, hardrock, glam, prog/artrock to punk and new wave/postpunk, Britain was the main mover or the best next...