Comments on: Polymetric trance http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/59 The daily organ of the Northeast Corridor Social Club Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:32:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: World's History at Culture Club http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/59#comment-49528 World's History at Culture Club Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:28:33 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/59#comment-49528 <strong>World's History at Culture Club...</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting... World’s History at Culture Club…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

]]> By: The Great Whatsit » Radio crush http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/59#comment-69 The Great Whatsit » Radio crush Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:15:32 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/59#comment-69 [...] 1. You don’t listen to as many albums beginning to end as you used to. Instead you want suprises, the uncanny, a drum beat from one culture or historical period bleeding into the same beat in another, the whine of a Punjabi chanter turning the corner so easily into Tom Verlaine (preferably something from a late solo album no one actually owns). In freeform radio — as in a good mixtape — the transitions are key, and a good set has a 30-minute arc of uninterrupted transitional bliss, an almost narrative arc, before a DJ returns. Though I’m still striving to achieve the ideal freeform iPod — downloading everything from my brother’s mbira collection, to all those recent compilations of German and French new wave bands, to catalogs of early Russian electronic music — I realize that the shuffle function will never replace a DJ like Trouble. (Plus, my iPod doesn’t have her giggle; nor does it have tweety birds; nor does it have a “Good Morning” for me first-thing on Thursdays; nor can it show up as Meg and Wolf’s guest at Record Club.) [...] [...] 1. You don’t listen to as many albums beginning to end as you used to. Instead you want suprises, the uncanny, a drum beat from one culture or historical period bleeding into the same beat in another, the whine of a Punjabi chanter turning the corner so easily into Tom Verlaine (preferably something from a late solo album no one actually owns). In freeform radio — as in a good mixtape — the transitions are key, and a good set has a 30-minute arc of uninterrupted transitional bliss, an almost narrative arc, before a DJ returns. Though I’m still striving to achieve the ideal freeform iPod — downloading everything from my brother’s mbira collection, to all those recent compilations of German and French new wave bands, to catalogs of early Russian electronic music — I realize that the shuffle function will never replace a DJ like Trouble. (Plus, my iPod doesn’t have her giggle; nor does it have tweety birds; nor does it have a “Good Morning” for me first-thing on Thursdays; nor can it show up as Meg and Wolf’s guest at Record Club.) [...]

]]> By: Lane http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/59#comment-41 Lane Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:54:10 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/59#comment-41 This is interesting stuff. If anyone likes this type of sound check Doug Schulkind's show "Give the Drummer Some" Fridays 9-12 on WFMU This is interesting stuff. If anyone likes this type of sound check Doug Schulkind’s show “Give the Drummer Some” Fridays 9-12 on WFMU

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