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it's also worth noting that Jess likes broken beat much more than I do, so our divergences here have some prior parallel, including the fact that I've grown to like some broken beat, and some Tortoise. I always liked TNT and stray things I've heard elsewhere--Andy K made a 2001 MP3 mix with a...

I actually do think Stereolab have been better outside of McEntire's auspices/thumb--I liked them best fore and aft. there's something very offputtingly dour about the Tortoise enterprise that I also generally disdain about broken beat and/or "nu-jazz" or whatever as well--they're like a white...

I like the rock remix of "Benjamins," and I believe Jay-Z is responsible for the "checks" line (as he allegedly ghostwrote most all of Diddy's rhymes on that album).

if it weren't for the new Kill Your Idols, Sonic Cool would be the worst rock book of the past 10 years, easy.

to get America-centric on your asses once again (har!), this is almost exactly what happened in the U.S. I don't think it's at all a coincidence that Pavement became the indie band du jour in the months after Nirvana got big; a lot of indie kids wanted something that didn't belong to all those...

Woebot, have you heard of a book by John Leland, a U.S. writer (was a very influential pop critic for Spin and the Village Voice in the '80s), called Hip: The History? I've read it, liked it a lot though it's a bit lumpy in places. Might wanna check it out.

not to be a jerk or anything, but I thought the Mulholland book was pretty badly written; really defensive and pompous in a lot of places, and not especially insightful on the whole. I don't agree with a lot of the picks, but that's beside the point. my copy is buried, unfortunately, or else I'd...

I like the Indiepop comp too, and I've run hot and cold on Stereolab for years; my two favorites of the handful I've heard all of, for what it's worth, are ETK (go "Motoroller Scalatron") and, uh, the new one, which I played a lot earlier this year. problem w/question (a good ?, btw, just a...

what up Tobias?! and to the rest of you as well.

So am I the first American on here? If so, yay! If not, fine--great to be here.