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    GhettoTek / B-more Recomendations

    Bmore - DJ Tameil, Rod Lee.. and the mighty Tittsworth Also Jonny Blaze does some killer tracks with swingjazz and rhumba on top of the bmore break For mixes and inspiration on the detroit side, Do NOT miss dj family, download his mixes ASAP! http://www.djfamily.jp
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    Joanna Newsom --- "Ys"

    Well someone said this: "To me (and this is JUST MY OPINION), she comes across like a female artist loved by the predominantly male indie establishment for playing into all the condescending, limiting stereotypes men have of female artists--that they're self-indulgent, completely self-absorbed...
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    Joanna Newsom --- "Ys"

    to begin with, I doubt anyone can or should avoid being criticized in terms of gender politics. Who is outside gender? (nobody) and what's wrong with criticism on those terms, particularly when other common terms are whether someone is attractive or not (you think that's outside gender...
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    Joanna Newsom --- "Ys"

    it's not just the issue, it's who presents it. I would suggest that presenting as helpless is generally quite gendered.
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    DUBSTEP- breaking news, gossip, slander, lies etc

    hah exactly or it became slick and soulless and square hard-for-hard's-sake chungity chingity zing boom
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    the slow decline of berwick street record shops [was: reckless records]

    sad! many of my classic ragga jungle tracks came from there..
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    two mixes from ripley

    aw, thanks pete more coming soon, y'all. I've got too much music and I have to make sense of it somehow..
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    two mixes from ripley

    two mixes, one in a more dare-i-say-it dubsteppish flavor, one in a more reggaeton breakcore mentalism style the dubsteppish one: insensible (http://www.yousendit.com/download/bLLNfXpvwLh5TA%3D%3D) that I did for the Artofbeatz radio show in vancouver, BC and the other one is histeria...
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    arabic sounds

    Is there a more specific style or production description than "vintage"? but I'd have to shout out the superstar Hakim. dunno if he's vintage enough. there's lots of ridiculous awesome stuff on bellydance-music albums from the 1960s - is that the right kind of vintage?
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    SF/Bay Area: Surya Dub Jan 27! Ripley, Kid K and more,,

    Next Saturday Jan 27th - a new monthly event, or it will be if we get the crowds so come represent!- SURYA DUB: Global Dubwize Vibes and Dread Bass Culture: 2 floors of music In the SuB HZ den: Live Dubsession: Kush Arora Special guest SUBTEK(Grime City/B.I.G. CREW) Maneesh The Twister...
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    Children of Men

    I liked it. I think Clive Owen is great in that craggy watchable Humphrey Bogart kind of way. I like that he doesn't pick up a gun in the entire film, even though guns abound. The plot was thin, but adequate for the point. It was more about the imagery, which worked for me. Straight out of...
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    Pan's Labyrinth

    I thought it was thin. visually interesting in parts. but there was a thin plot explanation: she ate the food because the captain punished her for getting her dress wet (ithink that was the reason) by sending her to bed without any dinner. although I gotta say - never seen a character like the...
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    why do you think us dnb/grime/dubstep producers never quite get it right?

    I don't think that's what most of this discussion has been about. Many folks have been discussing the problems with the idea of 'getting it right' Also, arguing about who did what first is just a problematic as who got it right or wrong. What are we trying to argue when we argue about primacy...
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    Sounds, effects, instruments that sound great for a bit but then sound passé very qui

    I thought the -ton comes from the spanish suffix that means -ful so "reggae-ful" or "reggae-like" but with the use of a spanish language ending implying a combination of spanish-speaking + reggae music and the cheesy snare buildup in reggaeton is especially great when it goes into a...
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    the Ess Oh Vee!

    I like lady sovereign but the other conversations were more interesting
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    the Ess Oh Vee!

    That's pretty interesting. I'm not sure how much that would be true in the US. You're talking about the industry, though? I don't know at all how it is there, but here there's standard obscenity rules for mainstream radio broadcast etc, but in terms of street cred gaybashing is nearly de rigeur.
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    the Ess Oh Vee!

    yes, it was quite homophobic/gaybashing. I also found that disturbing. I'm not sure I understand the second part - who wouldn't tolerate homophobic diss lines? the grime scene? and, are there some bisexual grime MCs out there? I also found the SOV diss to a disturbing (and yet boringly...
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    why do you think us dnb/grime/dubstep producers never quite get it right?

    if "get it right" equals being english, then you've answered your own question if "get it right" equals making good music, then many have (except new good dnb eludes me, with a few exceptions, regardless of origin) if "get it right" equals sounding exactly like all british grime/dubstep...
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    Serato Scratch - HELP!

    when there are line/phono switches on one channel, I put serato on line and the turntables on phono. There will be two sets of outputs from the Serato box, right? One is the throughput from the turntable, and one is the output from the computer. Set it up as directed and make a note of where...
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    Live fast...die young

    hey. what's the point of this? what's the point of this discussion? what are you trying to prove? edited to add: if I were the moderator I'd ban you for that last one, undisputed.
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