Reynolds is a clever writer. Erm, sometimes too clever by half!
I still think my favorite non-genre of all time is "gabba handbag."
It's like they say -- opposites attract!
phred
William VanLoo wrote:
> That's the thing I dig about Simon Reynolds - I have a pretty
> different context than the one he comes from, and I don't always agree
> with what he says, but he's at least got a sense of humor about it.
Whaddya think about this paragraph where "the mad coiner" just
about
One more thing on the booty tip. D-Man has an almost shocking recent
release on Dance Mania (DM 274). The last track is simply him speaking,
with a bunch of shout-outs intermixed with a commentary on the sad
state of affairs in Chicago as far as DJs ripping tracks from each
other and other sins.
I get the impression, though, that bass/booty/jeep tracks are on a fast
downhill slide. I was kind of disappointed by what I found at Record
Time as far as recent releases. UC and other labels that followed
Dance Mania can copy the roughness but not the wackiness, which is what
I really love abou
>From Simon Reynolds' always-enjoyable (for purposes of insight,
yelling-at-the-monitor, and most things in-between) "tops of the year"
list:
Various Artists---Comin From Tha D (Intuit-Solar)
the gentrification of ghetto-tech continues with this comp of fine
"intelligent bass" and "avant-booty"-
