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Oakland here late of Brooklyn, now Oakland (as of August) hello hello: jungle grime breakcore dancehall digidub glitchybreak/hop rocksteady and plenty of other stuff in my record shelves

paying for cds Have to reiterate here, that just paying for CDs, even if they're more value-for-money, in no way ensures that artists get paid.. That depends on artists' bargaining power with labels. One of the things that boosts bargaining power is proof of popularity. What could be a nice...

effect in JA these kind of things could, and I think have had an effect JA, as far as Jamaican artists who want to break big outside JA. I think it might hurt their credibility back home, but I'm not sure how much lyrical gay-bashing is linked with authenticity. I.E. if the music is otherwise...

Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys! Oh, man. that would be one funny-ass campaign. And he's anti-death penality. "Asshole from El Paso" and "They don't make Jews like Jesus Anymore" were pretty funny, when I used to have to spend time in Ft. Worth with my Dad's Texas family. Not sure how...

ephemerality and exclusivity Seems like there's a connection in some circles between ephemerality and exclusivity - i.e. ephemeral means the experience of it is rare, and therefore more valuable.... what about dubplates?

where the money goes Late to the thread as well, but I did read it all. good points, all. But I keep reading generalizations about how artists make their money, about where the money goes. Before you get there, to the money part, you have to know who owns the copyright (broadcast right...

Hook us up on the West Coast too! Dunno who you would go to, since the dnb fell off and the ragga junglist west coast kinda disappeared up their own machismo or something.. But those of us djs out here are finding it hard to go mailorder all the way from the UK.. oh and hello, y'all. new...