Music as conversation

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

New Pitchfork column by me on answer records, fan fiction, music as conversation... thanks to piratemoggy for her help putting this one together!

http://pitchfork.com/features/poptimist/7635-poptimist-21/

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[petronia.livejournal.com]

One meme going around fan fiction circles for several years now is that of the "remix challenge": one fanfic writer picks or is assigned a story by another fanfic writer, transforms it into a different story per Jenkins, then gives it a cute name following dance music remix conventions. ("Albert Camus - The Stranger (Fat Bob's Dislocated Goth Re-Rub)").