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Back in 1987, while listening to Erasure’s “Two Ring Circus”, was when I first consciously realized that some music had the kick drum hitting on every beat. From then until now my feeling towards “four-four” has grown from mild disdain to outright obsession. My trip has taken me to places...

I would hope that, when my time comes, I will have the opportunity to go out somewhat naturally and with my dignity and pocketbook (for my kids) intact. What I fear is that I will be charged 10s of thousands of dollars in godawful medical procedures designed to prolong my life for a few more...

No need to let Mark make you feel small, Bassnation. From what I've read he just comes up with weird ideas and then spews them as fact. And don't worry if you haven't studied Deleuze or, um, I forget the other one, but anyway you can learn a lot from Wikipedia. And besides, any Dadaist worth...

I really DID have an idea on how to destroy Capitalism, but then the dubstep uber-sub-bass leaking out of the Music forum made me all silly and I lost my train of thought... But really though, I made my post a silly one because I thought it would make it easier for someone to post a BETTER idea...

Capitalism IS inevitable. Or more precisely, the world as it is today (of which Capitalism is a part) exists as the natural result of a cause/effect cycle that has been going on since the Big Bang. A natural ebbing/flowing of energies and the laws of physics and a reflection of what it means...

Don't know no filahsofee, but.... I've seen it in myself and lots of my friends... It is very hard to quit smoking or drinking or gambling... whatever. It's not just a matter of saying "I promise to quit", because most of the time you just go back to the same old habit. In fact I'd say it's...

(I finally found the K-Punk article referenced in the Thread Title. It took a while, because on the internet 3/12/04 sometimes means March 12th and sometimes means December 3rd....) I think that K-punk is trying to describe a cat by looking at a dog. One puff of a joint can reveal insights...

... and what does 'funky' really mean anyway? In my mind it always meant music that made your body want to dance, or maybe something grooving but also 'low down', 'gritty', and 'sexy'. Sorry for all the 'quotes'....

Heard this on NPR (National Public Radio in the US) today. In an interview with UK comedian Billy Connolly... "It's the same as my theory about critics... they're all looking the wrong way. They shouldn't be looking at the performer, they should be looking at the audience to see the effect...

I love bands that are awesome despite the fact that you can say things about them that basically prove that they can't be any good... Wedding Present... same song, same topic, same lyrics over and over and over again... Galaxie 500... whole album make up of open G, D, and C guitar chords...

a-ha --- sun always shines on tv Naked Eyes Go West Erasure

I ate sh*t and... died, but only because someone told me to.

Of course Morrissey is self-indulgent, miserable, milqetoast-y and needy... but it's not like he doesn't know this! "The story is old, I know, but it goes on..." I especially love the way he mixes up the irony, wit, sarcasm, sensitivity, hatred and humor. So tell me then, for all the fans...

Can you tell me why, exactly, did you (personally) fight in the punk wars? Who were you fighting against and what were you fighting for?

Thanks, Woebot, for reminding me... Some music you enjoy. Some you dance to. Some boggles the mind with sonic sophistication. Some fries brains, sets moods, or fills you with the glory of rock and roll. And then there is that other music, that connects with you and becomes you and loves you...

Sugarcubes - "Eat the Menu" ... "I DONT REALLY LIKE LOBSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

To pick one's top 10 favorite records of all time would be just too frustrating and nerve-fraying for most of us I suppose (what to leave off???), so I propose the following possibly more objective and maybe more insightful question... What 10 CDs/LPs/Etc do you suppose you have listened to the...

With regards to the link between "playing music" and "enjoying music": I firmly believe that you don't need any sort of musical ability nor any knowledge of musical theory in order to enjoy even the most highly evolved and complicated musics which are played by true masters. All that's...

Anybody here post on ilxor.com? (http://ilm.ilxor.com/) It seems like one big in-joke to me. I never see much real discussion. But it can be kind of funny/diverting. How would you contrast Dissensus and ilxor?

I'm new to this... and I wanted to find out what is this thing you call 'dubstep'. So I checked out a couple of mixes online and it sounds pretty close to heavy reggae dub to me... 1) Repetetive chest-crushing basslines. 2) Steady head-noddin robotic drums. 3) That triplet-time sound you get...