Genres are nothing but artificial constructs, but then again what isn’t, amirite? Is juke a real thing or just a word dummies use to describe ghetto house? Is witch house something Pitchfork created to further the already over-segmented world of dark music/rock music/lo-fi music or is it a point of coming together of for people who adhere to a series of aesthetics not addressed by prior simplifications like goth?
A little bit of me thinking too much and a lot of great, free, new music from DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, Hollywood Holt, SSION, Juiceboxxx, Dirty Diamonds, and Starfoxxx.
Sep 01, 2010 | Categories: blog | Tags: dj rashad, dj spinn, he say she say, hollywood holt, juiceboxxx, million $ mano, mixtapes, rockie fresh, ssion, starfoxxx, supreme cuts, we in the midwest, xlr8r
Chicago hosted the last great World’s Fair.
In my lifetime, it has been home to the best basketball player in the history of the game, the richest and most powerful woman in the history of the media, multi-faceted weirdo geniuses like Ed Paschke, Steve Albini, R. Kelly, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Divine and Henry Darger, sports dynasties, political dynasties, and the first multiracial president of the United States. Home to some of the best food and worst politicians in the nation. New types of theatre, comedy, and literature were born here.
The windy city. The city by the lake. The city of big shoulders. Hog butcher. Tool maker. Stacker of wheat. Here’s 100 years worth of songs about shaking your ass til your’e wet enough to fuck.
Mar 26, 2010 | Categories: blog | Tags: bbu, big black, Chicago, dj gant-man, dj slugo, dj spinn, fast eddie, flosstradamus, free sol, gemini club, ghetto division, green velvet, he say she say, hey champ, hood internet, house, kanye west, kid color, kid sister, kidstatic, mic terror, midnight conspiracy, mixtapes, moneypenny, murderbot, numero group, only children, outhere brothers, prairie cartel, rashad, thunderous olympian, twista, wilco, xlr8r, Zebo
Feb 02, 2010 | Categories: photobooth | Tags: aja monet, amilcar, bbu, benefit, Chicago, cool kids, da phedz, dj izzo, dj rtc, dj sean mac, every drop counts, fm supreme, fred hampton jr., glc, gyroscope, haiti, haki madhubuti, he say she say, hollywood holt, jean grae, john james, juice, mic terror, mikkey halsted, photobooth, political party, reggie\'s, rhymefest, rockie fresh, south loop, stop being famous, vertual vertigo, world water relief
Sep 14, 2009 | Categories: photobooth | Tags: Chicago, danny daze, debonair social club, he say she say, kid color, photobooth, Rehab, skyler, team bayside high, Wicker Park, willy joy, yello fever
Aug 09, 2009 | Categories: photobooth | Tags: band of horses, bat for lashes, boys noize, cage the elephant, Chicago, cold war kids, dan auerbach, dan deacon, deadmau5, deerhunter, downtown, esser, friendly fires, gang gang dance, glitch mob, he say she say, hood internet, jane's addiction, jobot, kaiser chiefs, kid color, lollapalooza, lou reed, lunch money, mstrkrft, neko case, outdoors, passion pit, photobooth, ra ra riot, raveonettes, silversun pickups, skyler, snoop dogg, the airborne toxic event, the killers, vampire weekend, yello fever
Aug 01, 2009 | Categories: photobooth | Tags: Chicago, dark wave disco, diesel, downtown, flosstradamus, Greg Corner, he say she say, hey! cliché! video club, jobot, kid color, lasalle power company, logo wall, lollapalooza, midnight conspiracy, million dollar mano, moneypenny, photobooth, skyler, yello fever
Apr 20, 2009 | Categories: photobooth | Tags: bald eagle, Chicago, dark wave disco, Evil Olive, he say she say, hey champ, hollywood holt, kid color, lollapalooza, moneypenny, photobooth, Rehab, skyler, team bayside high, Wicker Park, yello fever
