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6/15/2010
Do as reggae lion Bob Marley instructs: "Get Up, Stand Up," because it's time for Reggae 201, your follow-up course of ska, dread, rocksteady, and roots tunes from sweet, sun-splashed Jamaica. W …
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6/15/2010
Classics like "Tanga" and "Manteca," from the Bauzß/Gillespie era set an impressive, quick pace, and more contemporary performances from Latin jazz cult hero Jerry Gonzalez and his Fort Apache Band pul …
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6/15/2010
Mystic poet, composer, and new age poster child Hildegard von Bingen's "Symphonia virginum: O dulcissime amator" is based on the fifth-century legend of the 11,000 virgins who were said to have been sl …
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6/15/2010
Um, yeah, so the swinging synths of "Work for Love" aren't a hoax. They are, in fact, the first, candied synth-pop incarnation of Ministry - a fun-house mirror image of the highly influential band that …
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6/15/2010
The synth pop scene died like a battery-powered (and completely drained) Moog in the late '80s - thank you very much, M÷tley Crne - but that didn't keep its influence from infusing every decade since, …
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6/15/2010
It's 4 a.m. - do you know where your head is? Of course you do. It's planted firmly on the floor of your favorite club, along with your feet, which haven't stopped moving since a support-slot DJ droppe …
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6/15/2010
Aside from being the spot to strut your stuff and sex drive, dance clubs are temples of a different sort - places to worship DJs as they lead the converted on a journey of exhausting, inhuman pr …
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6/15/2010
Not in the mood for marinating your mind in the chill-out room tonight? Stick on the main floor, then, as we keep the club hits coming at a clip so fast it'll give you whiplash. "Fire" is one of Prodig …
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6/15/2010
Ever hear the phrase "God is a DJ"? Well, it's true, in the fantasy world of a rave, where the evening's endless and songs are an extension of your emotional and physical being -- forcing feet to move, …
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