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Born To Be Wild

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

As part of our ongoing commitment to electronica-fy classic rock, may we present:

Born 2B Wylde

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Revival Revival vs Steppenwolf

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Vocals and arranging by Barbara. Samples, guitar and drum machine programming by me.

The song was written by Mars Bonfire. Best stage name ever! I love this song as music, but its symbolism is a little lost on me. Bla bla bla sixties, open road, freedom, whatever. The biker mythos doesn’t grab me. I’ve never made it all the way through Easy Rider. I do like the poster though.

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Bloom County and Michael Jackson

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

A little late but it took me this long to track down: Steve Dallas channels the King of Pop. Thanks Adam G for scanning this from his extensive Bloom County collection and sending it. Click for full size.

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Hip-hop and electronica literature review

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

So as part of the competitive analysis for my developing book proposal, I’ve been looking at books about electronic music and hip-hop. I’m interested in books about the music itself, its production and content, as well as the lives of people making it and listening to it. Among the books I’ve read, the two real standouts are both about hip-hop. There’s Jeff Chang’s Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, the most ambitious and best work on the subject that I know of.


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