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Battles - Ian from Don Caballero in that band! I loved Don Caballero, especially For Respect, that album was killer. keep meaning to check this out.

Not sure what you mean here, about manufactured. manufactured, in the sense that all fashion and hype is manufactured, yes. do you mean more manufactured than some other collector-fetish? the science I was referring to was the sports/physics science in a lot of sneakers, in line with the...

I wonder about that generalization of hip-hop fashion.. seems like at least they can be in contrast - not a lot of functionality in jewel-studded grills. which leads me to the different strains of hiphop and fashion, OutKast, for example.. and so-called "pimp style", for example Snoop with his...

Yeah I'd like clarification on that too, even though I lived in Lower Clapton for 2 years.. I'm sure that's not long enough for a yank to get all the symbolism.. cooper, don't go to "Mary Poppins" for help either. It totally doesn't clear any of that up! :)

Stelfox, you know I've got a name belt buckle.. it's the best tour investment I ever made, when you're playing places where you don't speak the language, people still know who you are. my top ten for today at least 1. Enduser "Manouvre" EP 2. Murder Bot's latest on Mashit (Mashit 7) 3. DJ...

Yeah that was a great show. He was a lot more relaxed and confident than last year in Brooklyn at Volume (although that show wins handsdown for atmosphere, what with the truck and all). Overall the set was much more musical, more interactive, more dynamic. His a cappella stuff is still very...

Master of Puppets, on lovingly-bootlegged, second generate cassette tape. of the kind that MADE THEM POPULAR SO THEY COULD FUCKING AFFORD TO NEGOTIATE THEIR COPYRIGHTS, AND EVENTUALLY MAKE MONEY OFF THEM AND SUE THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THEM POPULAR IN THE FIRST PLACE THROUGH SPENDING HOURS COPYING...

Droid, I don't think white women and white men are treated exactly the same within rasta scenes.. Though it's hard to say what the "rules" of rastafarianism are, since there's no central text and no Pope-type figure. Although this doesn't stop most rastas from speaking very authoritatively...

Hell, yeah on Patrick Catani! by far the best to come out of that camp. the Puppetmastaz are genius. I saw Shizuo live, years back, and it was dreadful and boring and embarassing. All I can really remember is that there was some woman lurching around on the stage hooting "commit adultery" in...

If I understand what you're getting at.. For the US - Robin DG Kelley's done some solid work. I liked some of the essays in _Yo Mama’s Dysfunktional_ quite a bit, although I geek out on the historical work even more (a fantastic account/analysis of Alabama Communists during the Great...

Oh man, Hellfish & Producer. genius! I'm no expert by any means, but I love how the H&P tracks keep changing, new samples, new beats, always ridiculous but not the same for too long.

Heh. I went to Oberlin. It has a music conservatory and a small 'progressive' liberal arts college. I think the college has spawned more musicians (than the conservatory) in the pop/rock/post whatnot side of things.. but I'm not sure. Trans Am, Morgan Geist/metro area, Bevin Blechdom. Karen O...

I'm coming to NY and Boston in 10 days, so is Kid Kameleon. Kid K and I didn't find any gigs in NY on the first weekend (18-19), though we will likely go to Bangers & Mash (say hi!), and there's rumors of a house/gallery party Saturday night we'll play if it happens. Kid K and I will play in...

I used to think I didn't like the blueberries. But then I had fresh wild ones from my parent's backyard. Dayam that's good stuff. And Soya has plant estrogen in it. Jury's out on whether plant estrogen affects the body like animal/human estrogen. I actually haven't heard of it affecting men's...

thank god Jack and Phil Anselmo and suchlike are around to help the yout question their sexuality. and crack the denial around men-thumping-men music.. when will it happen in Grime?

I dunno if they still play europe. Who wouldn't in their position though? 1 month or so of touring and you're set for the year.. lots of aging US hardcore/punk bands pay their mortgages with german stadium shows. It was several years ago with the techstep.. to my mind the set that I caught had...

Oh I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Jack and the boys.. did you know he was starting to spin techstep a few years ago? heh. cosmic symmetry, really.

Not sure about this.. My impression of most of the DC Hardcore sXe kids I met were that they were almost all wealthy Virginians/Marylanders and children of privilege. Who are "Locals" in DC, anyway? it's pretty much an area of extreme privilege and extreme poverty with not a lot of middle...

yeah kind of a bit more than that.. She's a sex activist/educator/pornstar/performance artist kind of gal. I recall one piece she did where she was up on stage and invited audience members to line up and have a look at her cervix (using a speculum and a flashlight). It was cute. I also recall a...

Perculator is straight-up chicago booty house. (on that note, the Cajmere remix of "u got me up" is still my favorite chicago house track of all time). My impression of baltimore breaks is that it's kind of minimal got a bit of a shuffle to it. hell yeah on the gogo influence. I'm no expert...