It’s been a humbling experience, one that has moved us deeply - seeing a community of people come together in the name of our culture. It’s something we will never forget. | | | | | Crosley turntables. (Maurizio Pesce/Flickr) | | | | | | “It’s been a humbling experience, one that has moved us deeply - seeing a community of people come together in the name of our culture. It’s something we will never forget.”
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| | rantnrave:// The river of stories about hospitalized KANYE WEST continued to flow Tuesday, nothing you need to know unless you're a close friend or relative, and even then it's not clear you actually need to know. The LA TIMES has the basics, reported fairly and soberly. Everything else is speculation, fakenews™ and/or a waste of the media's time in 2016... (Oh, but there's this: SACRAMENTO's KHHM has banned KANYE's music for "a very long time" to protest his hurling of F-bombs at radio between his attacks on BEYONCÉ, JAY Z and HILLARY CLINTON at his show Saturday night. How long do "very long" radio bans generally last?)... Is the reopening of FABRIC—two months after Islington's borough council ordered it shuttered—a culture-saving moment worth celebrating, or a pyrrhic victory that should frighten dance-music fans everywhere? Or is it a perfect sign of the times: You can keep dancing but you will be watched at all times, literally in this case. The club itself continues its admirable policy of transparency in all matters surrounding the #saveourculture effort, including an accounting of all money received and spent... JAMES CORDEN will host the GRAMMYS next year, ending the underwhelming five-year reign of LL COOL J... At the LATIN GRAMMYS last week, reporters were officially asked not to ask political questions of artists. The only appropriate response to this would be to ask nothing but political questions for three or four hours. Kudos to VME TV's GABY NATALE for tweeting about it, in real time, from the ceremony... New old PRINCE!... BERNIE SANDERS was "a little bit nervous" when he first met KILLER MIKE on the campaign trail. But he eventually learned that "Killer Mike has never killed anybody"... Portable music circa 1938... RIP CRAIG GILL... MusicREDEF will be off the rest of the week for THANKSGIVING. Have a great holiday... Oh, and speaking of Thanksgiving: Here's where (and when) to hear "ALICE'S RESTAURANT" on radio stations from ANCHORAGE to ALBANY on Thursday. See you Monday, and don't forget to take out the garbage. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| On and off the reservation, American schools tend to whitewash the stories of Native Americans. Frank Waln, a Lakota hip-hop artist from He Dog, South Dakota, is endeavoring to change that -- with music that champions his heritage while demolishing Native American stereotypes. | | |
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| An adult website’s premiere of rapper Mykki Blanco’s new music video is the latest move by the video service to reposition itself as a one-stop shop for culture. | | |
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| Christian Eede looks at why the club's concessions for reopening might have come at a greater cost than they were worth. | | |
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| Charting the life and death of New York nightlife with author Tim Lawrence. | | |
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| With all the talk about how the country needs to come together, maybe a celebration of those we’ve lost is the path to get there. | | |
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| Neurosis look back on 30 years of finding "new ways to be heavy," as they celebrate the release of their new album, 'Fires Within Fires.' | | |
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| The internet culture of social media has created a phenomenon that allows for mediocrity - on and offline. | | |
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| The 22 executives chosen by Billboard editors for this inaugural A&R power list work at record labels and publishing companies, both for multinational major music companies and indie contenders. | | |
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| What made the combination of an accordion and Vivaldi so virally compelling? We break down the instrument, music, virtuosity, and emotion behind the video. | | |
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| The biggest night in Latin music happened one week after one of the most divisive elections of our lifetimes. But even though the United States just elected Donald Trump - a man who spent his campaign disparaging Latinos and has pledged to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants - the Latin Grammys chose to steer clear of politics. | | |
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| In a lifetime of looking forward to new music from Tribe, 'We Got It From Here, Thank You 4 Your Service' was an unexpected gift. | | |
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| Read how "Strawberry Fields Forever" evolved from a skeletal John Lennon demo into George Martin's glorious final version. | | |
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| The owner of the “sexiest elbows in rock music” may not ever get top billing, but that makes his lifetime making solid punk and indie rock on his own terms no less valuable. | | |
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| A program called Prime Tickets is coming, too. | | |
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| Your old records may not be worth as much as you'd hoped, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't cash in on the vinyl resurgence. | | |
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| The significance remains, even in a world of digital releases and streaming. | | |
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| Listen how a modest rap blog was able to become a media conglomerate. | | |
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| Mick, Keef, and co. throw themselves a massive exhibit that reaffirms their view of the Stones’ legacy, mirroring flaws they’ve had with overt commerciality in the past. | | |
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| "I’m always of the mind that content matters more than anything," Legend says. | | |
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| In the spring of 1971 Bill Graham announced that he would be closing the Fillmore East. Graham told the press it was all about changes in the concert promotion business and the music industry, but I knew he was just tired of the bulls***. | | |
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