Great article in the Ireland’s Independent from Johnny Marr on Outsiders in the Music Industry. It always came from the outside, from outsiders created in the real world. These people, out of necessity, rejection, frustration and talent, and with vision, built their own ark and sailed it alongside and ahead of the music industry. In […]

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According to various sources, The New Yorker is standing behind its story that Prince has besmirched the gay lifestyle with some bible-thumping judgement high atop his purple throne. Prince’s minions are denying any of this, of course, with typically half-assed "out of context" excuses. No one wants to be publicly blackballed as a bigot, but […]

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Admittedly, I’ve been slow to come around on this, but Jay Reatard is devastatingly awesome. With only a perfunctory listen, his tunes can sound like generic punk thrashes, but if you take a minute to think about what’s happening, it’s clear that his music is very clever and well thought out. Perfectly taut little destructive […]

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Annoyed at having completely missed Stereolab’s recent swing through the south, I was excited to see a friend sharing a link to Southern Shelter’s blog in my reader. It’s streaming Stereolab’s entire show in surprisingly high quality audio, which is also available for download in both mp3 and flac formats. The setlist leans heavily on […]

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Man. I love Tainted Love AND My Brightest Diamond, so I am loving this version of the Soft Cell classic from the new Engine Room comp, Guilty by Association. (via Tug)

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Chuck Klosterman famously reviewed Chinese Democracy for Spin as an April Fools joke that worked because the album has become such a mythical clusterfuck that nobody actually thought it would ever be released. Least of all Dr. Pepper. Now that Axl has proven everyone wrong, does he get the last laugh? Surely not. The jokes […]

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Teac’s version of the clunky all in one CD/Cassette/Vinyl recorder is not only hideous to look at but also ridiculously priced at $700. These things are notoriously of shitty quality, but sometimes the lazy way is the only way. I’ve been wanting to digitize some cassettes for a long time, and while I know there […]

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