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Soobrosa's Bookmarks: music

Hampton Stevens: Michael Jackson's Unparalleled Influence
Videos didn't matter before Michael, and they ceased to matter at almost the precise cultural moment he stopped producing great work.
2010-07-07 to bestof, music, music video, portrait, video
Lynn Hirschberg: M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop
Diplo said, "In the past, we were a team. But Maya wanted to show us how much she didn’t need us. In the end, Maya is postmodern: she can’t really make music or art that well, but she’s better than anyone at putting crazy ideas into motion. She kno
2010-06-13 to bestof, music, pop
Norimitsu Onishi: Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord
“Misunderstanding and jealousy,” in his view, were behind the “My Way” killings.
2010-05-05 to bestof, crime, culture, death, karaoke, music, philippines
Lisa Robinson: Boogie Nights
It became known, and ultimately reviled, as Disco. But the music that surged out of gay underground New York clubs such as the Loft and 12 West in the early 70s was the sound of those who wanted to dance, dance, dance.
2010-01-24 to bestof, disco, history, music
Paul Morley: On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno
He's been a Roxy original, the inventor of 'ambient', Bowie's muse, the brain in Talking Heads and U2's 'fifth man'. Now Eno tells us where he's heading next.
2010-01-24 to bestof, music
Sasha Frere-Jones: Jay-Z, Freddie Gibbs, and the end of hip-hop
A genre ages out.
2009-10-26 to bestof, hiphop, music
Daniel Radosh: While My Guitar Gently Beeps - The Beatles - Rock Band
“In 10 years’ time you’ll be standing there, and you will be Paul McCartney. You know that, don’t you? I’ll be the guy on the original record.”
2009-10-11 to bestof, entertainment, experience, game, media, music
A Chat With Paul Kalkbrenner
I'm not in the studio much. I don't like music. I prefer silence, or I prefer reading books. I am best when I have no input.
2009-07-25 to bestof, interview, movies, music
Georgian splendour
As spring begins, the 250th anniversary of Handels death is being honoured with a glorious splurge of his music.
2009-06-01 to bestof, classic, history, music, portrait
miss toats: diplo interview.
the kids that i work with in brazil and africa are sampling stuff that i grew up in florida listening to; old hip-hop or cheesy techno records.
2009-05-20 to bestof, grassroots, interview, music

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