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Frank Zappa On Censorship
In 1986, Frank Zappa remained occupied ? some would say preoccupied ? with the activities of the American right wing and its efforts to censor rock and roll. In its liberal guises under Tipper Gore’s PMRC (Ms. Gore’s husband Al was Clinton?s Vice-President) or its more virulent religious and, as Zappa puts it, anti-democratic strains, headway was being made.
In the following interview, conducted on March 16, 1986, Frank Zappa talked about his recent appearance before the US Congress and his involvement in the fight against censorship.
From Freemuse via grow-a-brain
Aphex Twin At It Again
What is he up to this time? Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin has been the impetus and central figure of the electronic music scene from the 90s onwards. You might remember his deranged music videos, his habit of bullshitting the press, his outrageous stunts
(such as the DJ set where he dropped the stylus onto a sandpaper disc
before “seguing” it into a food blender, driving around in a tank,
owning a submarine, and recording in a bank vault) or his utterly
inconsistent discography, that ranges from genius to tripe. After much rumor and speculation, his record label, Rephlex, announced Richard will be releasing “Analord 10”, a 2 track 12” vinyl-only EP, 13 mins duration in elaborate packaging and selling for an absurd ?39.99 (~$77USD). Mike Paradinas (aka ?-Ziq) heard it and claims
(see soundmurderer’s post) that it is “some of the best music” he’s
ever heard, “the aphex everyone’s been waiting for”, but he might be in
on what may well be another costly practical joke. Analord pre-orders have shipped and everyone is eager to find out.
From MetaFilter
Hedonic Tantra: Golden Goa’s Trance Dance Transmission
by Erik Davis
In the early 1990s, I became aware of the growing psychedelic undertow of dance and electronic music. With the exception of the Bay Area, the United States was largely out of step with this aspect of the techno scene, and it was only through stray clues ? a boast by a British backpacker, liner notes on an import ambient CD ? that I first heard about Goa. When I interviewed Orbital for Spin, Paul Hartnoll confirmed the rumors: on the west coast of India, in the ex-Portuguese state of Goa, an old hippie haven hosted raves every winter, massive techno freak-outs that were less parties than rites of passage. These parties rode the cutting edge of psychedelic techno music ? what we now call psy-trance ? and they attracted New Age traveler types as well as the raver elite. Some suggested that Goa was the true source of raves, or at least of their spiritual essence, that ineffable gnostic intoxication whose articulation usually leaves outsiders in the dark.
From Techgnosis
Rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard Dies
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard died on Saturday (November 13) in New York, according to his spokesperson.
Sources close to ODB (whose real name was Russell Jones) said he had been complaining of chest pains earlier in the day.
From MTV News
Eminem’s New Politically Charged Video
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via the Guerrilla News Network
John Peel dies at 65
DJ JOHN Peel has died on holiday, it was announced today.
The Wirral-born broadcaster suffered a heart attack last night after being taken ill on a working holiday in the city of Cuzco, Peru, with his wife Sheila.
Blue Note Album Covers
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Thoughts on the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, and Collective Consciousness
When huge audiences voyage together through rock and roll heaven, where are they going, and what does it all mean?
by Ross Robertson
Deadhead Hopes To Break Drumming Record
SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash)—The world will be marching to the beat of a familiar drummer on September 18, when Mickey Hart, drummer for Grateful Dead, will attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Record for largest-ever drumming circle.
On Coventry and Phish: Rifts, Curtains, Meatsticks and More
by Stuart Gaines
Some people just don?t know when to shut the hell up. Phish lots and Phish shows have long overflowed with legions of such people, with many of them populating various phan-based internet sites stocked to the hilt with endlessly picky drivel about every mind-numbing detail that was?but is no more?a band called Phish.
Some DJ Mixes For You To Download
The Dead is still kickin’
Just before kicking off a nationwide tour at last month’s Bonnaroo, The Dead—which carried on after Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia died in 1995—spoke to The Associated Press about confounding expectations, jamming in no man’s land and surfing their eternal musical current.
Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004
Review by Charlie Bertsch
Hip-hop presents a challenge for ?grown-ups? who don?t like imposing their taste on others, particularly when those others are children. The music sounds best coming out of anti-social car stereos that make pedestrians? teeth chatter. And the flow runs richest when it bypasses the sewage treatment plant. Sure, you can listen with the headphones on, but what?s the fun in that? Enter the intelligent, earnestly ?alternative? releases of the Anticon label.
Infant blindness boosts music acumen
LONDON, England (Reuters)—Infants who go blind at a very young age develop musical abilities that are measurably better than those who lose their sight later in life or retain full vision, according to a new study.