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    shy fx rocked nyc last nite

    this is not really an event posting, b/c it happened last nite and i would have tipped people off to this, except that i had internet problems past few days anyway, most of my friends into dnb didn't go to this show, b/c they took fact that shy fx was playing a very small venue (leopard...
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    the funky worm

    been rocking these two records non-stop in my apartment as of late -- straight outta sheffield -- but it ain't got nothin' to do with bleep music = (1) "hustle! to the music" -- the hardest working worm in show business -- ultra ultra funky -- anyone remember this thread? -- if there's a rule...
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    propaganda

    any fans of this late 80s/early 90s synth pop band? recently picked up a couple of their records (1) "your wild life" -- top balearic house track -- came out in 1990 -- have always loved this track but never knew who it was til now -- absolutely gorgeous -- i like the wet-and-wild mix best --...
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    Grace Jones

    as an icon she's brilliant, but what do people rate by her??? i have "nightclubbing" album and like it, but can't say that i'd actually play anything off it at a party have heard and passed on some of her late 70s material used to have "slave to the rhythm" album, but sold it off b/c overly...
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    new Brazilian Girls material

    as new yorkers likely know, if not others here, the brazilian girls were the first band to make a name for themselves out of nublu i spend far too much time at nublu hanging out, etc, so i'm hardly the most objective or disinterested observer even so, i didn't hop on the brazilian girls...
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    this week's fugari events

    here's what's on the agenda for the week . . . . first, this wednesday 11/31 (and every wednesday) is fugari night at bar 87, which is on 87 ludlow, 1/2 block south of delancey -- renochild w/ guest dj spencer -- spencer's real talent is for projecting images (lazy eye productions, uk), but...
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    zizek lecture at new school on friday 11/18

    The New School for Social Research in conjunction with Theory Downtown Presents: Slavoj Zizek "The Ignorance of Chicken: Who Believes What Today?" November 18, 2005 Swayduck Auditorium 4PM 65 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10003 USA • 800.523.5411 • 212.229.5710 •...
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    Fugari Party at Bar 87, this Wedneday, 11/16, 10 pm

    Hate to be going up against the "Pure Fire" party, but it's impossible to do a night in NYC w/o competing against somebody whose party you'd otherwise go to . . . . Of course, it's not in truth a competition, and we do different kinds of music anyway. We're just around corner from SubTonic...
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    leo strauss conference at new school, november 17th and 18th

    if this is open to the general public (or if a grad school friend can sneak me in), i'll likely check this one out . . . . New Perspectives on Leo Strauss from America and Europe New School for Social Research, New York, NY November 17-18, 2005 The legacy of Leo Strauss as a political...
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    carl schmitt's "theory of the partisan"

    english translation is available here
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    White Phosphorous

    Thought I'd provide a link to this documentary, courtesy of Lenin's Tomb . . . . no small irony that the public rationale for invading iraq was to prevent saddam from using chemical weapons, only for the us to use "incendiary" weapons against civilians in fallujah -- i.e., the distinction b/w...
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    apollo heights

    nyc's answer to ar kane??? i'm pretty high on this band right now any opinions out there?
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    m.i.a.'s "galang" on u.s. automobile commercial

    saw this on television this evening -- i don't have a tv, but was at a friend's house not sure who the automaker is suppose this is no great shock -- but seems rather early in the game to sell off your hit record to a car manufacturer's advert
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    dancehall and hip hop at barazza every wednesday

    had meant to mention this earlier -- was just now prompted by the "ragga in hackney" thread title this is a pretty cool night -- barazza is on avenue C around 8th or something meera plays hip hop and erika plays last 20 years of dancehall (erika is part of the soundsystem associated with the...
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    interesting debate on stability of current global economic system (bretton woods ii)

    from the Wall Street Journal
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    remixes of narra mine

    is anyone here familiar with outnumbered vs genaside ii??? catalog number is ADR003 ltd -- not sure which label this could be best remixes of "narra mine" that i've ever heard i'm assuming this isn't armand van helden -- so who's the remixer? possibly the outnumbered who remixed the 2-step...
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    carlos and psy from los angeles

    heard these guys tonight not bad at all there're from la but on ninja tune -- yes, i realize hardly a label that dissensus would rate but very high frequencies, very weird, minimalistic hip hop kinda sounded like cocaine music -- very tipsy, high frequencies except all i did tonight was...
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    question for ukg experts

    is anyone here familiar with the garage output of gavin mills aka dj face? he was one-half of psychotropic = probably my all-time favorite rave act, if i had to choose just one (proviso = this is treating shut up and dance as a production team, not an act -- is this a convincing...
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    speedy j's "de-orbit"

    picked up a copy of this the other day at A1 for $10 -- even though it was in the $3 bin speedy j is dutch but label is +8 -- came out in 92 -- must have been january 92, as i can recall first hearing this track i think this is possibly the greatest detroit techno track ever anyone agree?
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    if i lived in uk -- i'd head for brixton on saturday, october 8th

    this looks like a really good old skool party -- so i figured i'd post it, even though it has nothing at all to do with me or anyone i know or any place i've been to at The Mass in Brixton = St. Matthews Church, Peace Gardens, Brixton SW2 Saturday, October 8, 9 pm til 6 am early bird tickets...
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