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I saw Polar Bear yesterday, randomly on a little outdoor stage outside the National Theatre. Thought they were quite good, although the stupid bloke with laptop and joypad really didnt add anything to the live musicians. Ho hum.

Are they the same band? I downloaded a bunch of Spring Heel Jack stuff last year (hey, I remeber doing some of my first es to SPJ live when i was younger and thinking they were great...) and just assumed that the free jazz stuff, while pretty interesting, was another band of the same name...

Was at a bar on Friday night in Shoreditch, and one the the DJ's started their set with 2 Bad Mice's "Bombscare". People I was with had mixed reactions... what would yours have been? Appropiate or not?

I haven't seen "The Power of Nightmares", but does the recent bombing of London have any implications for what people have argued in this thread, about the lack of terror threat in Britain. Nick Cohen argues that it does in the Guardian this weekend...

I played Boards of Canada's "A Beautiful Place in the Country" EP at 33 for ages before hearing the CD, and also Autechre's "Cichilisuite" (spelling?) - I guess they lend themselves to wrong speed playing! Two Player's "Extreme Possibilities" had a track/mix that said "either 33 or 45" on the...

On the topic of cassette DJing, if you haven't seen this you really should... The Cassette Jockey World Championships: http://www.post-data.org/cassette/ They only seemed to get as far as doing one in 2003.. dunno what happened to them after that. From their FAQ: "What are some of the...

I can't believe no one's mentioned this interview Shields did for the Guardian in 2004: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,,1167043,00.html There were rumours floating around about a MBV box set coming out, a little while after Lost in Translation - including post-loveless...

mp3! If anyone is still interested in what sparked this issue, here's an mp3 of the track in question. Hmm, I can't seem to just upload it here, as its too big. so here's a yousendit link. It's only 1.6mg. http://s47.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1G04E6LBEOQSV2BHXGE1S36JYS Also, maybe take the drug...

Yes, I thought it was obvious too, and was very suprised when the people involved with making the track didn't find it racist, offensive or problematic, as I regard them as sensible, intelligent people. I just wanted to see what other people thought... I'm sorry if it isn't appropriate or of a...

Aha.. good one... I don't really have a defense against that, as I'm not disabled. It comes from.. never mind where it comes from, a rather juvenile insult from when I was younger. Maybe I should change it? How annoying.. hoist by my own petard! I have to say I chose it unthinkingly, and I'd...

I'll see about posting an mp3... my friend is involved with the production of said record, so I should OK it with him first... Would it make a difference if the singer was asian or black? Maybe... but since he targets at least two groups - and lets not forget, the queers as well, I'm not sure...

Ok, there are certain abstract uses that arn't racist then - describing someone else's speech, discussions of semantics.. etc. But I think one has to make fairly clear from the outset that's what's going on. Maybe they have certain meaning unless it's specified that they arn't being used in that...

Does it entirely depend on the intent and context? I can't see anything but negative intent in this situation. Is the user obligated to make clear their context and intent to avoid the charge of racism? My opponant in this argument flatly denied that the song was racist, because of the...

This stems from a piece of music, so it's in this forum, but really goes beyond just music... I've been having an argument with a friend of mine about whether the lyrics to a particular song are racist or not.The song is basically a rant, a litany of disgust, where the singer reels of a list of...

I think it is still like this, from people I know who are into that scene, but my information is probably about a year old. What I'm interested in though, is do any of the people on that scene aknowledge K as an influence on their music? Are they trying to make music for people on ketamine, or...

^ Definately. I don't really get the techno thing... K seems to make most dance sound more watery and washed out - the thud of the 4/4 gets lost. Maybe that's just me though...

Yeah, I had this at the back of my mind when I was writing this thread - it was actually called "ketamine laptop folk" in the original press release (or review?) (if you type that into google you'll get it). I was quite excited by the term at the time, and though I've never listened to the...

Hah. Well, I think any good music is good ketamine music... and have enjoyed the ketamine experience on a wide variety of sounds. Motown wouldnt be the obvious choice, but was great: lots of lovely, rolling, chocolate and gold waves in the imagery. Personally, I like shoegaze/postrock-y things...

I was thinking about this after reading an article in the Guardian about moves to control ketamine in the UK.. along with a lot of other rubbish about kids been dopey midweek at school after doing k at the weekends, there was this quote from someone: "It seems to fit in with the slow dubby...

In the context of a remix....? I feel like I ought to know this. I guess I first came across it in dnb, old Moving Shadow stuff, and now grime and dubstep tracks have VIP mixes? What does it mean/stand for, and what was the origin of the term?