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The Blood Brothers? I thought it was awful, but a lot of people seemed to like it... Agree that the Black Dice thing is a tedious re-tread of a tedious re-tread of something that happened around about 1992. It's like seeing baggy trousers transition from gangs to rappers to ravers and finally...

I really liked Lil Wyte - "I sho will" - was that this year? Also Petey Pablo - "Get on dis motorcycle" and Mobb Deep - "Real Gangstaz".

It's interesting you say that about the vocal tunes not having their own identity in clubs, because it's always seemed to me like it isn't really club music anymore, it's more like radio music, which I guess makes it street music, literally. Do you see the more r'n b side of grime like davinche...

"Do you know the way to san jose" and "all i want"

Michael Mayer - "Touch" a couple of times through. It's nice but not as incredible as I hoped it'd be. A bit too trancey and linear for my liking. Basteroid - the first Areal EP. This is great. Shades of early dj Rush but with added emotional pianos and clicky electro beats laid over 4/4...

"Love saves the day; a history of american dance culture 1970-79" is absolutely bloody incredible. Solidly researched, and full of great first-hand anecdotes and loads of great musical recommendations. Really inspiring.

Expanding on the material versus experiential point (note, experiential not spiritual). It's an economic and sociological truism, well documented, that in affluent western societies, particularly Europe, there has been a shift in recent years from spending on material goods e.g. cars, watches...

Yeah, Murakami is the don dada of current authors, nobody else really touches him. I see people reading his stuff everywhere from japan to singapore to thailand to australia - it's totally universal. People who haven't read a novel in years suddenly get hooked on his books and read all of...

If ever a record store deserved to die, it's that one... I'll never forget the look the guy gave me when I asked if they had "Stankonia" in stock (did it just to wind him up).

What's Persepolis 2 like? I loved the first one. I just finished Neal Stephenson's "System of the World" which was the last in the "Baroque trilogy". I loved those books, proper immerse-yourself massive chunks of writing and endless opportunities to geek out on the little period detail and...

I guess the confusion comes from my using the word "heavy metal" - I don't mean guitars, I mean that a lot of the beats have that dirty, grimy lo-fi sound, and are frequently deliberately atonal - all characteristics that I personally associate more with metal than with hip hop, hence "heavy...

50quidbloke is defined demographically. Middle-class, late-30s or older, likes to spend 50 quid on music, dvds etc on a friday afternoon.

What interests me about the debate is the way that for some reason all discussion has been collapsed down to the question of revenues from recorded music. i.e. filesharing is wrong because it makes it harder for musicians to make money Since forever, musicians have also earned money from live...

So how would you describe Co Flow then?

originaldrum - does that come out of Sydney or Melbourne? Cos I'm in sydney next week and would love to see aussie hip hop if there's any on...

'llow it.

I think part of the trouble with this whole criticism of undie is that it assumes that the whole of non-commercial hip hop sounds like Def Jux. For me, there is loads of "undie" that I love, but none of it is weirdy-beardy mcs spitting over heavy metal beats about something incomprehensible...

haha, my friend Alex loves him, but he has a weakness for tedious beardy hip-hopisms like scratch competitions et al...

Also, if anyone wants that Favela on Blast cd, you can order it direct from diplo by emailing him on diplo1978@yahoo.com I think it's $10...

Simon Silverdollarcircle's <a href="http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1211">list at Stylus</a> isn't all from this year but it's totally solid nonetheless. Or you could just read <a href="http://silverdollarcircle.blogspot.com/">his blog</a>... I'd add, from this year: Essentials -...