June 2012
Rumor: BuzzMedia Attempting to Purchase Spin →
[First XLR8R, and now?]
According to Ad Age, the merger could help both brands:
BuzzMedia has been increasing its focus on music lately, hiring its first general manager of music in January and buying the electronic music site XLR8R in May. Spin, meanwhile, has been trying to pivot from a primarily print operation to a more digitally focused brand.
Survival & Resistance 5Min LP Sampler
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Research Shows That the Smarter People Are, the...
“people who were aware of their own biases were not better able to overcome them.”
via/thanks casuist:
Research Shows That the Smarter People Are, the More Susceptible They Are to Cognitive Bias : The New Yorker http://nyr.kr/JZOURa
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DJs Kicked Off Decks...
for not playing hits to bottle service crowds? Shocking, but true.
Farina, I can understand but Ferrer, and Harris, in particular, are already pretty commercial.
“Is America Killing Dance Music?”
Calvin Harris
DJ CALVIN HARRIS TWEETS HE WAS ‘KICKED OFF’ DECKS AT TRYST
“kicked off decks at Tryst for not playing Carly Rae Jepsen and hiphop.”
Mark Farina
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Cooly G ‘Come Into My Room’
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Tangerine Dream Touring US & Canada →
Also hitting the road this summer, Tangerine Dream.
More: http://www.tangerinedream-music.com/index.php
Tour Dates
June 30: Jazz Fest, Montreal, QB
July 4: Bluesfest, Ottawa, ON
July 5: House Of Blues, Boston, MA
July 6: Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
July 7: Best Buy Theater, New York, NY
July 8: Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C.
July 11: Granada Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
July 12:...
This is not my beautiful House...
[Ah, the circle of Pop life…]
The Secret of Swedish House Mafia’s Success Three Nordic nice guys are redefining rave culture – one pyro blast at a time
…their biggest success has been expanding the sense of spectacle in dance music by using arena-rock tricks – towering pyro, huge banks of LCD lights – and by mixing hip-hop and rock into their driving house throb (one of their...
