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US Senate approves the death of the internet<b>Open net calls fall on deaf earsInternet campaigners have failed in a bid to prevent plans for a so-called "two-tier" internet from going ahead.[/…
... to prevent plans for a so-called "two-tier" internet from ... . "This is the preservation of digital democracy."Limited access?Hundreds of interest groups ... broadband providers to limit the access of customers.The proposals aims to make ... -
best of the best ofCurious what 'best of' comps (of any genre) do a good job of presenting an artists career. Where all you pretty much need is the 'best of' and your …
Curious what 'best of' comps (of any genre) do a good job of presenting an artists career. Where all you pretty much need is the 'best of' and your set. Anyway, I'll start:Harvey Mandel's 'best of' on Janus -
50 state strategy (yeah or ghey?) Howard Dean RelI have been stunned at how little I have heard from puniditocracy whether Dean's strategy was a net plus in the midterm elections. This was the deba…
... important. In his mind, it means that any voter in any ... he spending so much money to strengthen the intermediaries? Weren't the state parties ... handful of perennially contested states -- so much so, in fact, that every four years the ... -
Reef The Lost Cause on Hip-Hop, Nas and allathat<blockquote> Before I even get into this I just want to state that these are my thoughts on hiphop music and not a debate on what is "real" and not "…
... and well, so is it that the players have changed so much and these ... 's the voice of the coon. The charicature of the black man at his worst. The savage ... youth and speak about the problems of the community, the real community which consits ... -
What shall I put at the top of my queue on NetflixI am on the 2 dvd/disc at a time deal. My girl and I like to get one dvd that I REALLY want to see, and she gets something that usually, we both dig…
... get and kind of music related shit, or the weirda or tripped ... joined, so I am sure there are all kinds of dope shit ... that has came out in the past ... right through the cracks. I like all kinds of shit..so just name ... -
Vinyl remains relevant at United (article swipe)It's a wire story, but I just noticed it today.<a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070221-0934-enduringvinyl.html">http://www.sign…
... 1962, the plant is as much a throwback as the shiny ... so DJs can mix and manipulate the sound.Another portion of ... a valid need for the change.???The means of music delivery continues to ... experience or knowledge of the industry. At the time, the vinyl record ... -
The Politics of SoulHi all. I posted this up in the James Brown concert footage thread, but that's sinking like a stone, so I figured I'd give it it's own thread. This i…
... produced by WGBH called "The Politics of Soul." You can watch ... ve run across many of you on the interwebs before in ... it comes to depth of knowledge on the raer, so I tend to ... race-baiting, peppered with the occasional discussion of great music. Good stuff ... -
Producing Great Sounding Records (article swipe)This is for those of you who continue to release vinyl, for those of you who are considering vinyl, and those of you who need a refresher. This is t…
... means the sound is monaural. The louder the sound and or the heavier the bass, the wider the ... , I understand the concept of making the record look ???full???.So much for the primer on ... -
WAXPLOITATION! DJs Fri 23rd @ The Mohawk Austin!<img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/koshkin/waxploitation03-23-2007JBTribute.gif" alt="" />***THIS FRIDAY NITE***WAXPLOITATION! DJs prese…
... give back to the man who gave so much to America? The man whose ... credited with taking the word Negro out of the American vernacular. The man who ... we know how: on the STONE VIBRATIONS of THE ORIGINAL SUPERFUNKY SOUNDS!www ... -
Guantanamo StoriesOver the weekend the local NPR station replied an episode from "This American Life" about the Guantanamo detention center. It was powerful stuff base…
... corpus. In Latin, it means ???show me the body.??? In other words ... .* * * * *HITT: So much of what we hear about Guantanamo is about the harsh treatment ... Pashtu) These are the first two lines. It means ???They bring good ... -
1,2,3rd June....the Weekend of Soul ahead in L.A.<b>Friday 1st June[/b] ???<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Belson/DustJunkiesimage.jpg" alt="" /><b>'Ovrcast presents.............Ori…
... boogaloo rhythms. The deep stuff right in the heart of LA???s China ... ........sweet soul, to the deeper edge. Soul music of the highest quality....every ... Renato[/b]An avid collector of the good stuff for a number ... .....it's all about building, so give me a shout. -
FINDS of the DAYS of the WEEKThat's right, finds fools. mad crazy stupid cheap kinda common but "dope" 45's:<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y264/MackMcCoy/sub1/IMG_272…
... Pop classic! So good, this is the stuff that all ... obscure Barrett Strongrelease, includes the sought-after gospel/modern ... smoooth version of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of theCity" ... ... nice shrinkwrapped clean copy of the Prunes, and the ... -
Etiquette lesson for the benefit of Young PhonicsIf you are going to go PMing people, at least do them the courtesy of emptying your own PMs first, so that they can respond.
If you are going to go PMing people, at least do them the courtesy of emptying your own PMs first, so that they can respond. -
UK folk; how did you remember the 5th of November?Those in the UK please to summarize what is going down? Is it like the 4th of July there? Did they just blaze up a big ass bonfire? How come the US d…
... going down? Is it like the 4th of July there? Did they ... down hittin' it in the woods.Is the party for Roman Catholic ... Holyfield, just postage. Does the movie adaptation of this story suck? Is ... television? Like a bonfire version of the Yule log? Do they make ... -
Is the era of club rap over?Not to say that id even mind if it was, but it seems to me that the days of the rap world revolving around what bangs in the club are numbered. Now i…
... seems to me that the days of the rap world revolving around ... what bangs in the club are ... either going straight at the radio or just saying ... really play rap in the club here at all ... least 6 months or so. what do yall think? -
Soulstrut Always Gets Horny At The End Of The Year...think about it.In 2005, one of the last major threads before Xmas day dealt with a guy who was feeling left out and jealous because his female roo…
... it.In 2005, one of the last major threads before Xmas ... pagers was titled something like "The Importance Of The Platonic Girlfriend" and wound ... here it is late 2007.So Salma Hayek's titt-...'scuse ... Tension Blowout Thread??In the words of Arkansas Red..."I ain ... -
Tenants Might Buy the Birthplace of Hip-Hop (NYT-RThis didn't come up in a search, so sorry if it was already posted today:<a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/tenants-might-buy-the-…
... working-class apartment building on the outskirts of the Bronx for less than ... years, and the rate of those choosing to do so has accelerated since ... such a designation.In December, the owners of the building, who operate under ... -
THE RUB HIP-HOP HISTORY SERIES IS BACK!What's good, y'all. We're back at it again, and I'm pleased to say that we've picked up our "History Of Hip-Hop" series again this year.We started th…
... freedom because the samplers had so much more sample time, so they could ... some of the constants of the genre are. It???s education as much as ... the technology, the increased complexity of rhyme schemes, the maturation of turntablism, and huge growth of the ... -
The Cult of ObamaThis line of attack has been gaining steam. personally i think there is something to it that is unsettling. is this just an attempt to marginalize hi…
... -of-Gold-type speeches to end the war. He's a politician so ... -of-Gold-type speeches to end the war. He's a politician so ... on the Internet, the millions of dollars raised. He lost track of the rest of the world ... -
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown AppreciationTo my considerable shame, I only saw this for the first time last night, and I wish I'd caught it sooner. Is this the best documentary ever made abou…
... of The Broken Hearted", because the band sounded perfect. I've heard so ... many piss-poor knockoffs of the Motown sound ... down the years, and ... the heart of what was some of the greatest music of the 20th century.The ... -
2 AM LOCKOUTS - The death of your city?<u><b>Melbourne venues set for 2am lockout[/b]</u><em>Premier John Brumby is expected to announce today drinkers will be banned from entering Melbour…
... ."The success or otherwise of these lock-outs is very much dependent on the ... conditions'' regarding the lock-out, and also the types of venues it would ... with it. Some of the cities best venues, many of which who host ... -
What is the appeal of minimal techno?Seriously, i don't get it.Over here in Germany "Minimal Techno" is the number one club music since a fewyears. In some areas it is hard to find a ven…
... Germany "Minimal Techno" is the number one club music ... something different. Some friends of mine (I regerade them ... to convince me of it's qualities.So far they ... had no luck. To me this kind of ... Can someone please explain the appeal of it and show me ... -
Is anyone involved in the sport of Stacking?Schitt kind of intrigues me. I think it's mainly mainly by 12 year olds, but Im going to try to master it. This kid is supposedly the Tiger Woods o…
... other around the waist so each uses just one hand.The origins of cup ... Hasbro Inc., the company making the cups, discontinued the line. So in 1998, Mr ... sport in the developing world, says Aristotle Alipon, the coach of the Philippines team ... -
DDA- the evolution of cd's?Off smh.com.au"After six months of "test marketing", the Australian entrepreneur behind a new music format believes his invention may have found a ni…
... as containing MP3 files of the songs on the album, gives users access ... grow to 25 by the end of the year. Of these, Murphy says, Gurrumul ... has been the most popular, with more than 1000 "activations" so far ... -
The evolution of the Strut.DjStyles52 (who seems to be S.P. to me) post on buying a strutters music has me thinking.Why has the strut not evolved into something where you can p…
... digital music offerings.Maybe the strut doesn't even ... example, maybe something along the lines of offering DJ's space ... mix of a massive overhaul of the site mixed with the base of what the ... strut is, could be a much ... -
Wtd: Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls & VUI've been thinking it would be cool to finally get an OG of the Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls soundtrack. Lower grade is fine, it's just a matter of…
... get an OG of the Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls soundtrack. Lower ... it's just a matter of cost. Would prefer to ... time so to be straight up, Im not the kind of ... person who can drop $75 on M copies of ... stuff. But there's been times in the ... -
"Dont rime for the sake of riddlin'" PE bioJust picked this book up the other day. Im half way thru but its killer... Im loving the inside info and candid intergviews by all the PE camp...a fe…
... its killer... Im loving the inside info and candid intergviews ... whidch hasnt been answered so far. Who the fuck is Carl Ryder ... provides great insight into the inner workings of the Bomb Squad, who made ... some of it hear... I dont rime for the sake of riddlin -
The conundrum of live performances of classic recordsThis is a thread to discuss why I find the performances of classic records so wanting in real life. I am specifically referring to the verocai and ax…
... discuss why I find the performances of classic records so wanting in real ... a live performance of the verocai and axelrod recordings sounds so clean and ... live outweighs the fact that the drums, the vocals and many of the parts just ... -
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico DustySo only got a heads up a little while ago that Big Boi was offering a stream of the whole album on his MySpace page (who would have thought that I'd …
So only got a heads up ... Boi was offering a stream of the whole album on his MySpace ... the album steers clear of what is to my ears the cheesier end of ... this type of sound. Will hold ... -
Paglia: "Lady Gaga and the Death of Sex"Camille Paglia<br /> Published: 12 September 201<br /> <br /> Lady Gaga is the first major star of the digital age. Since her rise, she has remained …
... strangely antiseptic, so stripped of genuine eroticism have become the icon of her generation ... reached the limit of an era???
Gaga has borrowed so heavily ... ???t tell the difference. Is it the death of sex? Perhaps the symbolic status ...