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LONDON CLUB KIDS 2000💿
30 Apr
REMEMBER THE GOOD OLE DAYS OF THE $19 SAM GOODY CD? HAVING PARENTS THAT COLLECTED VINYL, COUNTLESS HOURS WERE SPENT LAYING ON THE CARPET PULLING OUT VINYL AND READING LINER NOTES, LYRICS AND ARTWORK. OUR FIRST VENTURES INTO “MUSIC BUYING” WAS THE BMG MUSIC CLUB – 12 CDS FOR THE PRICE OF 1, & HAVING COMPLETED THE CONTRACTUAL PURCHASE. WE COULD CANCEL OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN DO THE SAME THING AGAIN.
WHEN NAPSTER (AZORIOUS, MORPHEUS, LIMEWIRE, ETC) HIT THE SCENE IN OUR JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL WHEN 128KB WAS THE NORM, BUT BECAUSE ACXIOM WAS HEADQUARTERED IN MY TOWN, THE WHOLE CITY HAD HIGH SPEED INTERNET IN 1999, AND THE DOWNLOAD FRENZY ENSUED. PICKING UP B-SIDES, TRIP-HOP, & BASEMENT BANGERS, COUNTING THE WEEKS TILL ART SCHOOL & THE UNDERGROUND CLUBS IN LONDON COULDN’T COME FAST ENOUGH
THE GREAT THING ABOUT STUDYING IN CENTRAL LONDON AT 18, YOU ARE STEPS FROM EVERYTHING, CHARRING CROSS ROAD (BOOKS) OXFORD STREET (RETAIL), BOND STREET (FASHION), & SOHO (RECORDS) BACK IN 2000 THE MUSIC SUPERSTORES WERE STILL A THING (VIRGIN, HMV, ETC) WE LOVINGLY CALLED HMV “THE LIBRARY” BECAUSE OF THEIR CASH RETURNS POLICY, EVERY DAY DURING LUNCH WE WENT AND RETURNED WHITE LABELS FOR CASH, AND REPEAT, FOR ALMOST A YEAR UNTIL THE COMPANY GOT SMART & IMPLEMENTED ONE TIME EXCHANGE$. OTHER CHANGES WERE GOING ON IN LONDON, THE “WEEKEND SUPERCLUBS” WERE STARTING TO LOSE APPEAL. ALMOST SUBCONSCIOUSLY THE NEW PROMOTERS HOSTED THEIR PARTIES EITHER MID WEEK, OR SUNDAY NIGHTS.
(SUITS HAVE TO WORK MONDAY MORNING, & THE CLUBS WERE BEING RECLAIMED BY THE CREATIVE UNDERGROUND.) CITY ROCKERS WAS THE HOTTEST LABEL IN LONDON, & ELECTRO WAS JUST STARTING TO EMERGE AT 21ST CENTURY BODY ROCKERS, & THE GHETTO IN FALCONBERG COURT R.I.P (NOW BURIED UNDER TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD STATION) NAG NAG NAG WAS THE FIRST MID-WEEK ELECTRO CLUB IN TOWN, PHIL OK & JOHNNY SLUT WERE BASICALLY PLAYING INTERNATIONAL DJ GIGOLOS, MISS KITTIN & THE HACKER, & TIGA
SHOOTING AT THE CLUB FROM ITS INFANCY, OF MAYBE 15-30 PEOPLE, WAS AMAZING. GOING BACK TO THE STATES FOR A MONTH, & SEEING NAG NAG NAG BLOW UP. IT WAS INEVITABLE AS THE UNDERGROUND SCENE GAINED MOMENTUM, THE FASHION MAGAZINES TOOK NOTICE, WHAT WAS FREAKS AND AUDIOPHILES BECAME FASHIONISTAS & CELEBS QUEUING AROUND THE BLOCK TO SOHO SQUARE OVERNIGHT
AFTER THAT SUMMER, THERE WAS A SENSE OF HYPER-AWARENESS. EVERYONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEW AGE OF INTIMATE CLUBBING THAT CAME ON LIKE A EUPHORIC ONSLAUGHT. RADIO EGYPT, TRASH, THE COCK, GOLF SALE, WRONG MEETING, DURR, FAMILY, KASHPOINT, GAUCHE CHIC, TRAILER TRASH, BOOM BOX, & DOVEBRIDGE STUDIOS, WERE WHAT MADE A DECADE FOR THE AGES
SPRING AUDIO CLEANING X
27 Apr 
SHORTLIST OF THE MUSIC BLOGS STILL KILLING IT IN 2014
BEST NEW TRACKS JUST PRESS PLAY
BEAT ELECTRIC LITTLE WHITE EARBUDS
DISCOBELLE PRETTY MUCH AMAZING
FEEL MY BICEP VALERIE COLLECTIVE
ILICTRONIX WE DID IT COLLECTIVE
SHORTLIST OF THE BLOGS THAT DIED ON THE DANCEFLOOR
BRIGHT & SHINY MUSIC GET THE CURSE
AUDIO SILVER LINING I M // U R
CREAM TV NEON GOLD BEAT COMPANY
DALSTON OXFAM SHOP PALMS OUT SOUNDS
DIARY OF A SPACETRAVELER PERSONAL SAUNA
DJ’S ARE NOT ROCKSTARS PLANET SHHH
FUNKY BREWSTER WE ARE NOT A ROCK BAND
REFLECTING ON EARTHDAY
23 Apr
Over four decades ago, Americans from all walks of life came together to tackle a shared challenge. Pollution damaged our health and livelihoods — from children swimming in contaminated streams to workers exposed to dangerous chemicals to city residents living under a thick haze of smog. The first Earth Day was a call to action for every citizen, every family, and every public official. It gave voice to the conservation movement, led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and pushed our Nation to adopt landmark laws on clean air and water. This Earth Day, we remember that when Americans unite in common purpose, we can overcome any obstacle. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WE WERE GROWING UP WATCHING CAPTAIN PLANET, BEING AN “ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS 90’S YOUTH” WITH “SAVE THE RAINFOREST” AS OUR ANTHEM, BUT WE COULDN’T SEE THE FOREST FROM THE TREES… AS AN ADULT, YOU CAN USE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT COVERS AND CAUSES, BUT THEY ALL REALLY READ THE SAME THING: DEPOPULATION. AKA VEILED EUGENICS PROGRAMS.HERE TED TURNER LETS THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG 1:33 INTO THE VIDEO, BRAZENLY ASKING A “GUEST” OF THE CAPTAIN PLANET HOLLYWOOD PREMIER, “HAVE YOU TAKEN A POSITION ON POPULATION?” WTF. THERE YOU HAVE IT, VEILED EUGENICS PROPAGANDA, CAMOUFLAGED AS CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT.
FLASH FORWARD 2014, DIVERGENT HITS THEATERS, CURIOUS TO THE SYNOPSIS, THE POWER OF THE INTERNET REVEALED THE PLOT OF THE TRILOGY SET IN CHICAGO, AND THERE IT IS 1/2 WAY THROUGH BOOK 3. WHAT HAS REALLY BEEN GOING ON “Here they learn the truth about their society: many, many years ago, the government believed that society’s problems were caused by people’s bad genes. In an attempt to create a better society, they began to fix people’s genes with disastrous results. To fix its mistake, the government set up ‘experiments’, establishing isolated cities across the remains of the United States in the hopes of raising enough genetically pure (Divergent) individuals to fix the ‘genetic damage’ left in the wake of the Purity War.”
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A FAMILY ACTION ADVENTURE FRANCHISE, IS REALLY HOMEGROWN PREDICTIVE PROGRAMMING, A VEILED GMT FEMA/NWO/UN GENETIC CLEANSING PROPAGANDA TOOL. REMINDS US OF THE RECENT OPERATION PERPETRATED BY THE UN IN HAITI “Survivors and family members of nearly 700,000 Haitians who have contracted cholera are suing the UNITED NATIONS, accusing the UN of covering up its role in starting the worst outbreak of the deadly disease in modern history.”
IT’S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, INSTEAD OF SENDING MONEY TO INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES, OR PLACING TRUST IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES, WORK ON A MACRO LEVEL IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A VICTORY GARDEN HAS A BIGGER IMPACT THAN YOU MAY THINK. WE STILL LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE POISONS ARE AGGRESSIVELY MARKETED FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. JUST DON’T DRINK THE KOOL-AID, Diet Coke, or…
DEAR TED & CO, THE ILLUSION IS COMPLEX, AND THE DECEPTION IS WIDESPREAD, BUT THE BACKLASH IS BUILDING, & THE RESISTANCE IS RISING. YOU CREATED THE PLANETEERS AS A BACK DOOR CONTROL MECHANISM, WHEN IN FACT YOU GAVE THE TOOLS OF YOUR UNDOING TO A DANGEROUSLY CAPABLE GENERATION. x X x HAPPY EARTH DAY
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