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Oh, wow. where are you getting the sentiments from? or the subtext? is that the beats themselves signify pretention and condescension to you? or is it something he has said? Or is it the lyrics? (on the lyrical tip, "Gonna f*ck you in my red car" is no more or less extreme than lots of...

Yeah, I was going to mention the Hawerchuk record. Would that qualify as "drill'n'grime" I love it, whatever. I guess My Red Hot Car is off the radar, here? It's squarepusher and it's more r+B or 2steppish. There's bits like dentist drills in that, though.

Glad to hear Greg and Dinesh have gotten some of the flavor back. It might take the taste away of that (Goldspot-promoted) gawdawful Benny Ill show last year that was boring house from start to finish, plus one Dizzee tune. Seemed like they lost their musical nerve for a while, and melted back...

I'm coming into town that night as well, looking for gigs, Kid Kameleon may be coming that weekend as well, I'll keep you posted on that... And I'm playing at Bunker on the following Friday (the 25th), with Dj C, so don't miss that night for sure.

I like her fine. Right now, a little goes a long way, but I'm enjoying it.. Being a dancehall fan, I can't really speak to hating "gimmicks." Chiming in with the "bring on the gimmicks." A little fun is a good thing, and it works for me (and on the dancefloor). Also, I think the point about...

Cheers, Stelfox! I hear this time KM is going de-bug-ify the sounds a bit and play more straight dancehall? any word on that? curious.

Argh. Wish I was out there, sounds wicked! last summer Dj C, Kid Kameleon and myself played with the Scandalbag/Musical Bear folks and The Bug+ Warrior Queen in some 'loft' thing in whitechapel.. one of the best parties of the summer. Despite technical difficulties (some stemming from the...

You can count me in with Naphta and some other's accounts of what happened. As far as "djs killed it" - wel.. kinda in the "dumbing down of djing" vein - Djs have a lot more power to kill or lively up a dancefloor than they think.. It's just that power doesn't reside in the specific technical...

I just love the idea that the ability to clearly articulate what you want and how plan to go about it has any relationship to musical talent. What a darling concept!

My grandfather was a Shriner in Texas.. He played trombone in a Shriner dixieland jazz band and traveled all over the world to play at conventions.. I used to p lay with the stickers he put on his luggage, which had a scimitar and a fez on them. He did have his own fez as well. He died when I...

Machinehugger, I'm from Boston originally, and yet, strangely unmoved.

High Tone - Opus Incertum some other French dub sounds. Mutamassik - War Booty Also played both of those at the beginning of The Choon-Up last night. now the cafe I'm in is playing Rush - that Tom Sawyer song, and I admit I know every word, tho I can't say exactly how. I guess you're just a...

I think of Jump-up as the hiphop-influenced sound that followed ragga. If it has bouncy, wubba-wubba basslines, simpler beats and hiphop samples, that's my idea of jump-up. Aphrodite 96-ish and all that Mickey Finn that sampled Wu Tang Clan. So yeah, usually simpler beats, and often no ragga...

sounds like Joni Mitchell singing big yellow taxi with NWA lyrics.

When I first started djing, I was also studying Feminist Economics. (shut up, it is so relevant to the story.) I went to Amsterdam for a conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics in 1996, and on the Friday night after the conference, also found the one jungle night...

ah, "rational choice" "it does seem reasonable to assume that if the wages and conditions were worse than other, local, alternatives, nobody would take the jobs." I'm not sure it does seem reasonable. The choices people make are based on a whole host of criteria, most of which are based on the...

"giving your cash to starving filipinos" It's a bit simplistic if you think that buying from sweatshop/maquiladoras does nothing but put food in the mouths of starving filipinos.. It may be hard to avoid (buying sweatshop), and maybe thrift shops don't directly affect the wages of folk in...

Mms "very stupid indeed"? You mean you think artists and record labels are on equal footing at the bargaining table? http://www.negativland.com/albini.html is one of my favorite accounts of how a lot of deals in the US anyway get made. http://futureofmusic.org/contractcrit.cfm The...

"Everything is food!" I love Popeye - come on, how is "everything is food" not a genuinely bizarre genius musical scene? And I'm happy that California Split is coming out, at last. I found it pretty amazing, but disturbing. In some ways a brilliant examination/portrayal of a particular aspect...

yes indeed! Subtek is well skilled with the good tracks on hand. This first night of the monthly we're sharing it with the previous crew - sort of a farewell/hello party. kid k and subtek will tag, which should be hot. have you checked kid k's shockout mix? and erm I've got one as well...