Energy Flush

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/05/culture-technology-energy-rave

I was going to do an FT post on this but my day is filling up rapidly so I thought I'd throw it to the wolves here instead.

Comments

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Have I talked about the cuntinuum symposium I went to the other week? It was very funny, k-spunk got murked repeatedly and went purple in the face. Am hoping Melissa B (http://melissabradshaw.net/) writes about it at some point as promised.

Don't plan to read whatever nonsense he's coming up with this time; whenever I've expressed frustration about him and SR, a frequent response is that they must be doing something right to get us all fixated on what they think. And I'm like, absolutely not - the reason I, and people I know, rant about them is because we constantly see things like this - people linking to them and talking about them and generally treating them as authorities, even under the guise of mockery or disagreement. I'd rather just ignore them at this point.

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Also, I've pimped this elsewhere already, but Cooly G's Fact mix (http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2507&Itemid=98) is a must-hear and probably single-handedly proves the carpers and moaners wrong. Joining the dots between abstract, dreamy beats and big-room diva house to incredible effect. (BTW: Cooly G is a single mother and semi-pro footballer /irrelevant backstory)

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[cis.livejournal.com]

it is amazing! but it doesn't go to disprove kpunk's thesis at all, alas - his thesis is undisprovable given that it rests on an impossible assumption.

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[cis.livejournal.com]

oh god it really is amazing. WHERE CAN I HEAR THIS WOMAN DJ?

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't know! I've never seen her play...surely she must be a future Night Slugs guest though.

'Dis Boy Pt 4' is so gorgeous - it's the murmured "he says he wants to run away" one - and I've had her new ones, 'Narst' and 'Love Dub', on loop all weekend...

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The difference here - and the reason it got my attention - is that I *didn't* come across this through people going "oh look at Keith and his great theories". I found it via the other half of my infostream - ad planners and comms people who I suspect have never dipped so much as a toe in the music blogosphere, going "fascinating article on cultural exhaustion in the New Statesman". So the authorityness has happened because of the channel it's in.

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[theastronomymod.livejournal.com]

This may be a stupid question but, link to Moggy's blog, pls? (Do you mean PirateMoggy - and do I have to be a friend to read this rebuttal piece?)

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

nah it's unlocked - here you go (http://piratemoggy.livejournal.com/367782.html)! (ps i just remembered i didn't reply to your text yesterday - this is because i didn't recognise those lyrics...did you find out what they were in the end?)

Re: What I said on Moggy's LJ

[theastronomymod.livejournal.com]

No, I never did find out. I think I have fallen in love with a new genre - Pound Shop Disco! It's even better than what they play in New Look. Sod Top Shop, I aspire to do a DJ set in the local Pound Shop.