Photo credit by Do Kwan Come gather 'round, club kids and pay ye attention. There's someone you should know about. A piece of history died earlier this week. Someone as controversial as any rapper or rock star, yet someone with immense influence on musicians even today. I'm talkin' Pete Seeger. Pete Seeger was a political … Continue reading Pete Seeger–a class act and a reason not to paddle faster when hearing banjos
Category: music
shonen knife jelly bean staying power (how could you NOT uka-boo?)
I don't think that even Johnny Rotten could have imagined the rather warped directions that three Japanese women would take the punk rock genre
wwjsd? (what would Joe Strummer do?)
Some musings on the eve of Sarah Palin's visit to Madison...
a new year, newly amplified
New Year's Day combined with a little bit of extra pocket cash and the Internet can be a dangerous thing.
i’ve become involved in a cult, but this time it’s an awesome cult–a Cloud Cult
It's true. I ended up walking a mile through a blizzard at midnight for a group of people I'd only become acquainted with 24 hours before.
getting into my sound
I see one aspect of DJ'ing being the art of balancing the desires of the audience with one's own sound. I think DJ's, whether consciously or unconsciously, have their own sound and style, and it's something audiences can often identify even when the DJ's themselves can't. In my new introduction and artist's statement, I define my sound as an effort to explore alternative forms of beauty and inspiration. I did pretty well with that last night, I think.
when indie rockers my age start doing a reunion tour…
Yes, it's finally happened. And I'm not ashamed to say that I'm excited about it.
DJ set 7 may 2010
I spun last night what was definitely one of my best sets ever. One person told me she thought it WAS my best ever. I definitely would say my set was almost flawless, and I felt very tuned in with the crowd.
the dj set from the other night…and a defense of hip-hop
But it's also true that a lot of people have a visceral reaction to hip-hop, particularly here in Madison, and I feel like I need to say something about that. As for the people who left the comments at the Barefoot Boogie, I don't know what the basis of their objection is. But a lot of people view hip-hop as a negative force in our society--as if all of it celebrated misogyny, violence, gang life, and the like.
a new toy to play with, and something to get serious about
I finally broke down and bought a CD mixer for DJ'ing.