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| - | [[Uncertain Times]] reacts to my [[TAFKAP]] post[http://un-certaintimes.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-youtube-prince-formerly-known-and.html]. And posts [[World music classic|wm classic]] #55; "[[Tainted Love]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U&] by [[Gloria Jones]]. I'd like to throw in [[Ann Peebles]]'s "[[I Can't Stand the Rain (song)|I Can't Stand the Rain]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CCrA5Lq5XU&] and [[O. V. Wright]]'s version[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY4HycGdfrc&] of [[Latimore]]'s "[[Let's Straighten it Out]]" as number 56 and 57. | ||
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| - | The "Rain" track by Peebles is a curious example of an 808-sounding "demented" bassline (but more probably generated by a [[minimoog]]) which can also be heard on "[[Why Can't We Live Together?]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikrz4RFDhjA] (which was [[wmc]] #2) and some of [[Lee "Scratch" Perry |Perry]]'s work, such as "[[Kentucky Skank]]" and to a lesser degree "[[Soul Fire]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKDLbKt9C6s&], with its added [[cow bell]]-style percussion. | ||
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| - | While we're on the subject of Perry: check "The City Too Hot" and a very nice selection of other Perry material.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hEhI35LWxQ]. | ||
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| - | ''[[The Fold]]'' ([[2008]]) is an American new [[web-based]] film series written by husband-and-wife writing team, [[Ray Sawhill]] and [[Polly Frost]] with [[Matt Lambert]]. It will be viewable at http://www.thefold.tv on [[2008 August 3]]. It is an [[Sex and Sexuality in science fiction|erotically-based science fiction]] series which content-wise comes close to [[ribaldry]] (think [[Pasolini]]'s ''[[Trilogy of Life]]''); while it has an artistic [[insouciance]] of an apparent [[Roger Corman|Corman]] heritage. | ||
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| - | ''[[Revolt of the Mannequins]]'' (original French: "La Révolte des Mannequins") is a new production by [[Royal de Luxe]], and follows their famous "[[Sultan's Elephant]]" show that was performed in several cities worldwide from [[2005]] to [[2007]]. | ||
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| - | In the Revolt of the Mannequins, 13 shop fronts in the city center are transformed into theater stages, where the mannequins perform a 10-day play. Every night, the Royal de Luxe team changes the positions of the mannequins, making the story jump to the next episode. 10 days, and 10 episodes per shop front, lead up to the final Revolt. | ||
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| - | The show took place in [[Nantes]] from [[October 1]]st to [[February 10]] [[2008]] and plays in [[Antwerp]] on the [[Meir]] as ''De opstand van de Paspoppen'' for [[Zva]] from [[July 11]] to [[July 20]]. | ||
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| - | I may have dismissed [[Philip Sherburne]]'s piece on the current state of beats too quickly in my recent comment.[http://jahsonic.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/the-prince-copyright-controversy-and-wmc-54/#comment-31163] | ||
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| - | The piece came my way via [[Simon Reynolds]][http://blissout.blogspot.com/2008/07/philip-sherburne-addresses-malaise-in.html] a couple of days back: | ||
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| - | :"[[Philip Sherburne]] addresses the [[malaise]] in [[electronic dance]] culture (i didn't know the [[music industry|economic side]] of it had gotten that [[parlous]]) and convenes a kind of brain trust to come up with remedies. --[[Simon Reynolds]] | ||
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| - | And thus starts Sherburne's piece: | ||
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| - | "[[Everything]] feels [[fucked up]]. The [[environment]], the [[economy]], [[war]], [[terrorism]], ..." --[[Philip Sherburne]] [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/142152-the-month-in-techno] | ||
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| - | Regarding the [[music industry|economic side]] Sherburne says: | ||
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| - | :"Still, dance music is suffering from some very real maladies, many of them economic. Record sales are declining-- labels that once could confidently move 1,000 copies of a 12" single now struggle to sell 250-- and legal downloads, while presumably growing, aren't taking up the slack." | ||
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| - | As I said in my comment I find it hard to imagine that beats are going out of fashion. | ||
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| - | Witness these beats set to [[The Stones]]'s "[[You Can't Always Get What You Want]]"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY0DVU0xEr0] [[remix]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDCm5A5FTe0] by Belgian [[dance-punk]]ers [[Soulwax]]. Listen for the choral arrangements by [[Jack Nitzsche]]. | ||
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| - | Regarding beats going out of fashion from a theoretical point of view. | ||
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| - | The [[beat]] is a [[celebration]] of [[dance]], dance is a celebration of [[hedonism]]. Hedonism flourishes in [[economic boom]]s. Today is an era of [[poverty]]. Beats do not fit in poverty. Perhaps. But. Counter example one: the beats of [[Lindy Hop]] during [[Great Depression|Depression America]]. So evidence inconclusive, but if I had to investigate I would follow the economic boom/malaise route. | ||
| + | # A city in west [[France]], in historical [[Brittany]] | ||
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