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My impression is that Americans are censorious and simultaneously hold a deep love of the concept of freedom of speech. That's "censorious" if you understand censorship in the broadest sense, not in the literal sense of government suppression of speech. I think it's generally an American trait...

can be done well, can be done poorly. like most styles.

you should look at Wayne Marshall's blog, Gavin, if you haven't yet I think he's posted his syllabus (or more than one) for some of his courses. He's about to post one on global hip-hop, says a recent post. Man knows a lot, probably some good stuff in there. http://wayneandwax.com/ here's the...

do people just not read my posts? I swear I do include actual facts in them.. sheesh... or is it just that I need verification from another source?s thanks vimothy for restating my first sentences again

In the US, restaurants get away with paying servers less than minimum wage - they are exempted from minimum wage laws, because of tipping. This means we are paying artificially low prices for food, and the rest is on the backs of the workers. So I always tip unless the server is actively...

you could have knocked me over with a feather, back in 2000 when I was living in London and was told I could vote for Mayor. Residency alone was enough! I think that's pretty cool. I'd like to watch the heads explode in the US if residency was enough to give you the right to vote in local...

Ah, but Swears, the USSR failed because it was fundamentally flawed, and the shock therapy failed because reality was flawed!

Starkey is one of my favorite producers these days. Man is brilliant when forced to provide a genre name for it, I've given up and used his name "street bass" because I don't really hear the dubstep much in it. Especially little of the dub/reggae bass sound. But I always play it in dubstep sets...

I think his formulaic-ness often works as part of his charm. What's entertaining is how he gets through the formula, not that he's always breaking new narrative ground. I do like "At the Mountains of Madness" quite a bit. But some of the Randolph Carter ones are too floaty or something for me...

On the language tip - "jokes" is good?

yes, if you ignore sexism and patriarchy. :rolleyes: this situation that puts womens' sense of self and worth wholly in their appealingness to men is not alien, because it's the system we all grow up in. But it is not to women's advantage. Women do maintain it (we are sexist towards each other...

yes, but.. It's not just the "slut" accusations. It's also that women's sense of self is usually much more bound up in being found attractive. Not only does this encourage women to find validation through being pursued, this means that when women actually make a move, rejection is not just of...

Absolutely. I'm loving the chiptunes re-entry into the dancefloor check DLX's 8 bit by a vampire.. wooo! but back to Rustie.. Diwali Bounce is almost baile funk or something. such a strong back beat. so so good.

I'm a fan! Rustie is awesome. his tracks are the link between the dubstep tunes and the crunk tunes AND the breakcore tunes AND the bmore tunes in my sets. Super-varied, interesting breaks, more danceable than much of the halfstep, but darker, syncopated and not synthy, quite mixable as well...

late to the party here.. but FUCKING Brian DePalma. excepting Carrie, which is kind of awesome, his films are such crap. ugh.

I love that book. Saw the Theatre du complicite put on a show based on it in London years ago. I cried like mad. The same theater company introduced me to Daniil Kharms - more absurdist than Schulz, but also a favorite of mine now. If like you dark nonsense, he's pretty great - The Man In The...

aaaand for the win! I was just about to comment that having a "pimp" be the representative of this site was a minus. Another sausage fest electronic music forum? I can hardly keep up with the ones I already participate in.. in the name of diversity of course

lots more linked from here http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/05/remixing-the-london.html

we are going down to Los Angeles for a weekend of fun that includes a little gig in Koreatown with LA Dub Squad! Come out and say hi. Can't promise reduced entry cos it's free. But I can promise...... vintage video games! 10pm - 2am saturday night 371 n. western ave (at oakwood) btween...