In one of the more flagrant displays of EDM-related idiocy recently, University of Massachusetts canceled any and all “EDM” events, including upcoming performances by Pretty Lights and Above & Beyond. They then proceeded to book the rapper who got famous for the lyrics “Popped a Molly I’m Sweating,” Trinidad James. There’s so much brain here I’m amazed it fits in the administrative building. (via YourEDM).
Dance, Bitch. Because clearly, this is the track you need to hear today. I hope everyone who is into that show has a good end of show, and I hope we’re not too shell shocked as a nation after the finale of the exploits of Malcom’s Dad come to a close. Happy Sunday!
Mandatory. We can force JJ to watch this right?
Just in case you weren’t sure.
One of the members of the now-jailed actual punk band Pussy Riot has started on a hunger strike in protest of how she’s being treated while incarcerated. In a long letter published in The Guardian, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova details the conditions she faces, including extremely poor treatment, 17 hour work days, and exploitation of fear to ensure that the conditions are encouraged by the other prisoners. It’s a heart-wrenching letter that needs to be read and shared the world over. The incarceration of Pussy Riot is a reminder of the old ways, where the sad but powerful torture the free and young to prevent them from expressing themselves. So I’ll say it, like many have before me (via FACT)…
FREE PUSSY RIOT.
Photo care of Aleshkovsky Mitya/ Aleshkovsky Mitya/ITAR-TASS Photo/Corbis
While Assad terrorizes the Syrian people, according to the Daily Mail, there are about a dozen clubs still operating in Damascus. The clubgoers hit up one such establishment in the neighborhood of Shaalan, where they dance, drink and listen to music that’s generally pretty kind to al-Assad and his military. Throwing parties must get pretty tough, especially in a capital under attack, so I can imagine it’s necessary to maintain a pretty non-rebellious stance. Apparently there are clubs where there is still champagne, and with one mentioned closing at 2 AM, that’s officially better than last call in a lot of American cities.
I’ll let the rest of the article do the talking, but it’s good to know people are still dancing in the ancient city. I hope they find peaceful streets to dance in again soon.
http://stoneyroads.com/german-clubs-after-everyone-leaves-photos/
There’s a lot of really great photography of clubs when they’re packed, but we forget that these spaces are usually just gigantic empty boxes. Two university students out of Hamburg, Giesermann Andre & Daniel Schulz took some amazing pictures of empty clubs around Germany. Hey German readers, what clubs were snapped, and which are your favorite?
Avicii, the Swedish Sensation, has taken one of the roads less traveled when it comes to promotion, and I think it’s going to pay off big time. His new game looks simple, fun and it has a great soundtrack (of course). Apparently there’s an exclusive mix you can only get if you play the game. While this may end up annoying some Android users (as the game is only currently coming for iPhone/iPad), stoking demand for it if it goes well on the Apple side would do even more to promote him.
I like the idea, and I can’t wait for it to get big enough that I can run it in Chrome on my home PC (with big speakers) or my Android phone. It’ll be there soon enough. Kudos to him, I can’t wait to see other top level talent doing so. The ASOT video game would be so pretty…
November 25, the legend of Rough Trade on the other side of the pond are finally arriving in Gotham. Not only is there going to be a big ass vinyl flagship store, but a new venue sharing a 15,000sq. ft. (alleged) “warehouse” space. Honestly, this is exciting. A new venue and a new flagship vinyl record store in Williamsburg? It’ll almost be worth going back to that neighborhood on Friday nights. Bring your needles. (via The Vinyl Factory)
Just in time for the holiday season, Universal has started releasing details and remastered some of the best hip hop albums of the past. With Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. already out, I can’t be more happy that “It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back.” is being released Nov. 12, among a dozen other albums by lumnaries mentioned in the title getting hooked up and dropped. Best of all, now all you vinyl lunatics can grab an actual copy so you don’t have to keep sharing the one copy one of you bought back in 93. If vinyl isn’t a stocking stuffer, what is? (via Modern Vinyl)
Terry Gotham 