Category: Blog
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Garage Picks of 2008
Lists can be hard and not really capture the spirit of the year. For me this year was all about lo-fi garage/punk/post-punk/whatever. Instead of doing a “Best of 2008″, here are some of the more garage-y and rock’n’roll albums, EPs and singles that I’ve been really into this year. Spider “EP” s/r Spider…
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DJ Olmec’s Top 10 Remixes of 2008
DJ Olmec (a.k.a. Nick I.) is VKR’s RPM director and does a wicked show called “The Hidden Temple”. Check out his blog for playlists, mixes and musings: http://djolmec.blogspot.com/. Here are his picks from the year that was. 1) Mariah Carey – I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time (Designer Drugs Remix) Everything about this…
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Shugo Tokumaru: “Exit” [by Misho I.]
What do novelist Haruki Murakami and singer Shugo Tokumaru have in common? Ok, yes, obviously they are both Japanese, but there is more to it than that. Murakami and Tokumaru share a markedly easy ability to be translated into English. Unlike other Japanese exports in recent years, say…the whole Harajuku Lovers phenomenon, Murakami and…
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Shugo Tokumaru: "Exit" [by Misho I.]
What do novelist Haruki Murakami and singer Shugo Tokumaru have in common? Ok, yes, obviously they are both Japanese, but there is more to it than that. Murakami and Tokumaru share a markedly easy ability to be translated into English. Unlike other Japanese exports in recent years, say…the whole Harajuku Lovers phenomenon, Murakami and Tokumaru…