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STONEHENGE WAS A RAVE {summary}

A university professor who is an expert in sound and a part-time DJ believes Stonehenge was created as a dance arena for listening to "trance-style" music. dig.

ALLMANS BEACON DATES ANNOUNCED {summary}

I've come full circle with The Allman Brothers. They were my first all time favorite band growing up as i smoked my first joint to the sounds of "Eat a Peach" and saw god somewhere deep into the "Mountain Jam". Then I got into jazz and became too cool for school, dismissing Greg and…

INDUSTRY DOWN, VINYL UP {summary}

Good people of this Ropeadope nation - we might be asking for hand-outs at some point because, as we all know, this business of music is FUCKED. and as all the year end/year beginning reports flow in, they all say one thing - music industry sinking like the Titanic. But hey, vinyl is still…

FLOPPY FLOP FLOPS {summary}

Flop is such a harsh word, but ummmmm, it does express a certain sentiment. So, according to many, here is a list of albums that flopped in 2008. Notice Axel leads the pack? Don't believe the hype - dig through that album and you will find at least three banging tracks.....which doesn't really cover up the fact that…

MIRROR NOIR {summary}

Arcade Fire always has a special place in our hearts. what they been doing? caught this great interview on pitchfork that touches down on some of their 2009 stuff. Always a visual band it's no surprise that we'll see as much as we hear this year including the documentary Miroir Noir and scoring The Box.…

FOUR RANDOM THINGS {summary}

(i) Professor Ferenc Sasz has found evidence that "rap battles" actually started in Scotland in what was called "flyting". (ii) One Laptop for Every Child has brought new digital images and speech of John Lennon; (iii) Elliott Carter is the 100 year old composer; and (iv) another hope to save the music…

FOUR OTHER THINGS {summary}

(i) Ski jumping world cup: picture number 5 is amazing; (ii) Take a peak of Budapest at night; (iii)Is he a War Criminal? and (iv)Some very cool guitar hero mods

WHY MUSIC? {summary}

From The Economist print edition Biologists are addressing one of humanity’s strangest attributes, its all-singing, all-dancing culture. enticing first sentence: “IF MUSIC be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it.” And if not? Well, what exactly is it for? The production and consumption of music is a big part of the economy"and the rest will not…

ALL UP IN THE KUF (KNOTZ) {summary}

Next best that already is? kuf knotz throws it every which way AND loose. when folks axe me (and i've been axed several times now that the year has ended and polls have been posted) they axe me and axe: "who's the next best thing from the land of philly bring? " and 9 times out of 10 i…

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