Jump Cuts, quick shifts-maybe 40 in a four-minute video, so we are left with almost subliminal images.
It’s a memento mori for the media age. A self-referential monument for a martyr who realized dying young was a guarantee of immortality.
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It’s War!: Kirk DeGiorgio replies to Simon Reynolds’ attacks on him. “UK dance music journalists neglect the bulk of the influences on House and Techno because they know next to nothing about it. I know about it because unlike my ma[…]

Jazz in Paris has exotic implications:Josephine Baker dancing hoodoo at the Revue Negre , Paul Robeson intoning marxist lullabies on street corners and at the Opera House; Nina Simone singing one song or three hours worth depending on how she felt ab[…]

Tom’s Top Ten! (business as usual)
ANDREW WK – “We Want Fun”
LOVE CLINIC – “Reach Out”
SWV – “Right Here (Human Nature)”
LANCE LOCKARM – “Save The Whole World For Later”
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THE CLIPSE – “Grindin’ (Selector Remix)”
Insidious as the original might be it’s also way too horrible for everyday playlist listening, but oh that beat – so when Jess tipped me off to a dancehall-inspired remix I […]

OMNI TRIO – “Step Off”I’ve been in a time warp for the past week. Yes, this year has been brilliant, Ludicrus is mighty, Missy knocked out the box, Kelly Rowland’s solo single is mint, The Clipse are excellent, blah bla[…]

ILM and occasional FT writer Sterling Clover gets a piece in the Village Voice – how cool is that? Well done Sterling! (Also it’s actually good, too – a very interesting angle on the new Madonna single).[…]

The Breeders are going to be on Buffy??? What have they ever done to deserve such a shining honour?? The Perfect Disaster were better than the Breeders anyway! Not that I am jealous I am not going to go and play in the Bronze with Willow and Buffy an[…]

What kind of mentalist writes almost 3,000 words about “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina”? Me. Also up on Freaky Trigger today is David Howie’s word-jazz write-up of Lift To Experience’s The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads.
And an[…]

MOUNTAIN – Nantucket Sleigh Ride
I’ve never been to Nantucket – but I’ve always assumed it would just be a mixed up version of Kentucky. Not having been there I cannot comment of the quality or not of a sleigh ride there. Howe[…]