Let’s go back in time to about two decades ago, shall we?
The date was July 7, 2006: It was a humid summer day in Cambridge, not too unlike the few that preceded it. With a high of 70°, a low of 63°, and no chance of precipitation, it was the perfect day to go outside and enjoy the weather! Streets were bustling with people, beaches were beyond crowded, fancy restaurants had lines out the door for people waiting to feast on some good ol’ fashioned fish ... read more
Edit: You guys will listen to an hour and a half of Xiu Xiu moaning about watching BDSM while eating an entire leg of ham with a Voicemod robot filter on over a distorted fart sine wave and be like "Fucking. Terrifying.,, π₯Ά' but autotuned furry rock is too much for you to handle lmaooo
I feel like a lot of people underestimate how truly absurd Beatlemania was.
I wholeheartedly believe that there has yet to be a cultural phenomenon bigger than The Beatles at their peak. I mean, these four lot had 73.4 million consecutive live viewers watching the Ed Sullivan Show back in 1964. Excluding sports events, that makes it the fifteenth most-watched live television broadcast in history, squished right between the Grand Opening of Disneyland in 1955 and the first ... read more
How J. Dilla Turned The Sampler From a Tool to an Instrument
My favorite thing to do relating to Dilla, aside from listening to his work, is reading stories about the way he made music. One of my favorite Dilla stories was told by Questlove a couple of years after Dilla had passed. It was early 1999 and Questlove was visiting Detroit. He had planned to leave on a Monday, but after a blizzard took Detroit by storm, bringing down 7 inches of unexpected snow, his flight got ... read more
Quadeca: Try to get UNDER MY SKIN, I bet you can’t!
Breakance: “Hahaha bro, you can try to shoot it A LA CARTE, but you’re a HYPOCHONDRIAC, you’ll never make it!”
Quadeca: “U DONT KNOW ME LIKE THAT, I MAKE IT LOOK EFFORTLESS! Watch this!”
*Quadeca shoots a three-pointer and sinks it*
Quadeca: You see? I HAVE WAY TOO MANY FRIENDS! Next time try BEING YOURSELF!
Kevin Abstract: S(he’s) ... read more