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Hmm... I think the micro-rhythm he's getting at here isn't necessarily perceived as rhythm itself. Rather, the rhythm inherent in any vibration. But beyond that, since the frequencies of sub are lowest, they will be most percievable as such before the wave becomes inaudable. [Also, note, the...

Similarly, I found this initiative t'other day, which allows you to pre-buy downloads for films not yet made, in order to generate finance. You can also trade in these downloads in a secondary market. http://www.kinooga.com/ In essence, you commit to buy a download, with the payment only...

A stab at the distinction Hmm, I think we're more or less on the same page here. And yes, worse than the poor invocations of eastern influence, are the poor takes on dub, and they're much more prevalent. For me, the most boring dubstep tunes are the ones that take the dub part far to...

Haven't read the review, but to me it seems like dissing something in dubstep for 'pastiching' eastern sounds is pretty lazy. It's clear that eastern (meaning particular modes/harmonic minor shit presumably) melodies can work wonderfully in dubstep (big up distance), as admitted by Sherburne...

This tickled me this morning. http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=18366&in_page_id=2

I'm quite pissed off now... I know of at least 5 people who failed to get tickets to this. Bastards. Metronomy were quite fun, yeah. Caught about half of their set, and whilst it was quite er... silly, it was silly in a good way. I liked their half arsed attempts at stage performance, all the...

What's really angered me about this, is not so much the (possibly) needless disruption of people's 2 weeks of Dan Brown by the beach, sunburn and vomit, but the way John Reid has manipulated this whole scenario to further his (and New Labour's) political aims. On tuesday, he makes a speech...

Yeah, enjoyed the gig, but did leave kinda underwhelmed. The engineering problems broke things up a bit, and made the whole thing a bit on edge, like they couldn't really commit to their performance because a) they couldn't hear anything other than the bass and b) they were living in fear of...

I trace the start of the looping process back further than i think you're interpretting it - i.e. back to mid-90s probably. There was plenty to suggest a revival of post-punk asthetics was a good idea. The problem was it was exectuted tremendously badly, as you so rightly state, as it was done...

And in response to your second post... I'd argue that the search for something 'new' doesn't have to trample all over the past, and crucially, can last, in precisely the manner in which you appreciate post-punk. I think perhaps analogies with architecture (as interesting as they are), might be...

soundslike1981> I'm sympathetic to your point of view here, not entirely convinced by my own 'carbon-dating' idea, for pretty much the reasons you state - in particular visceral responses to 'old' music, which would negate what i'm saying, provided that the 'carbon-dating' is in fact an entirely...

I totally disagree with this. For a kick off, it supposes the existence of some predetermined configuration of music which makes for inherently 'good songs'. The evidence stacks to the contrary though. Take for example, The Beach Boys, in particular Pet Sounds. Undoubtedly, 'Good Songs', and...

Here it is: http://www.whrc.org/southamerica/drought_sim/index.htm It looks like the plastic covering was transparent. So, yes, we're doomed.

And the answer is... ... ONE YEAR. (Potentially) This is some scary shit: http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1191932.ece "As we report today on pages 28 and 29, the Amazon now appears to be entering its second successive year of drought, raising the possibility that it...

Not entirely sure if i buy into that argument. I'm not sure if its correct to let shareholders and executive boards off the hook entirely by declaring their activity as beyond morality. Although perhaps from the point of view of analysing their behaviour, it is best to think about them as such...

I may be wrong on this, but i think initially they had a remit which restricted them to artists that had sold under a certain volume. They've clearly ditched that now though... hello muse/thom. Not sure about this though, i may have made it up. Not that i've heard all the records, but...

Mr B. My comments weren't angled at you, but rather soundslike1981's bolt of anti-intellectualism. Particularly riling was his dismissiveness of gek's arguments being akin to someone still at university (which i happen to know he's not...but even if he was, surely that wouldn't make for any...

Is it? Throwing your weight around, criticising the very essence of a thread that had already gone on for 5 pages and that people had openly declared as being a good conversation, and doing it in a manner that was fundamentally designed to be insulting and dismissive. I don't know about you...

You could be... particularly when you consider that an increasing amount of that demand is coming from products that use up very little resource. like mp3s, for example. Demand for intangibles could perhaps sustain this economy based on growth principals.

Actually, I think this is more Malthus than Galbraith. Who called for 'moral restraint' as the only solution. We're DOOMED! I know your not convinced by any argument that relies on technological change. But do keep in mind that Malthus was wrong, in that he was concerned with a lack of food...