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Body Music
“Fleshmap is an inquiry into human desire, its collective shape and
individual expressions. In a series of studies, we explore the
relationship between the body and its visual and verbal representation.
Using images of the body as pictograms, Listen offers a fresh look at
vocabulary use, ranging from the popular to the erudite. ” […]
We are all for Hip-Pop, and novelty rap.Hell I myself worked as the tour manager for a major label novelty rap act in the late 90’s. We can even will back you up if the song get’s your girlfriend to make out with her friend while you take pictures. Tonight at the Giantstep event at […]
Puppets are our role models
Kanye West “Champion Video” Official Directed by NEON from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.
Some puppets do rails and give head, Some puppets give us something to strive to. To be a Champion. Foam-Kanye shows us in this Steely Dan sample heavy track, you can work really hard, remain focused, reach for the stars still be […]
It’s not particularly a secret. In fact every artist and producer knows about it. Most every artist uses it. And some artist try to shine a spotlight on what has become known in the industry as the “Cher” effect. This week in the New Yorker Sasha Fere Jones breaks down exactly what the digital audio […]
My Morning Jacket plans to debut their upcoming album “Evil Urges” on the internet jukeboxes in dive bars nation wide one week before it becomes available in stores. This does seems like a new and interesting way to promote a new release. We thought that The Hold Steady would have beaten them to the punch […]
Baby Loves Hip-Hop
Does playing music for babies make a difference? Opinion is divided, but
many experts seem to think that it stimulates the brain and helps
educational and emotional development - boosting IQ, improving health,
strengthening family ties and even producing the occasional child
prodigy. It’s known as the […]
Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but I was brought up with the capitalist concepts of producer and consumer - someone makes something that I want, and I pony up the cash for my own copy of it. There are shared assumptions in this agreement - I believe that the company will make something that I […]
New York City is filled with aspiring musicians with delusions of grandeur, all of whom have their backup gigs…for Ashley Dupré (a.k.a. the woman of Former Governor Spitzer’s dreams) it was the Emperor’s Club. Putting aside for a moment all the political and ethical hooplah surrounding her sudden fame, one begins to wonder if […]
If you wanted to know why, the headline says it all read all about it here. But that’s not what’s interesting. What is fascinating is how burnt out that song is. More specifically how spent and ineffective the 1994 Jeff Buckley version is ( Leonard Cohen wrote and recorded the original on the album Various […]
Would you let this man recommend music to you?
According to MTV.com Mario Lavendeira ( a.k.a Perez Hilton ) is in talks with Warner Brothers records for his own label imprint. In the name of full disclosure I myself have taken some recommendations from Mr. Hilton. He picks some hits and some […]
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