Pucker Up and Blow: How an ad flak revolutionized hip hop
At Waxy.org: Double Dee and Steinski’s “The Lesson.” Masterworks of sampling from the early 80s, done by Doug DeFranco (Double Dee, a sound engineer in a commercial studio) and Steinski (Steve Stein, a TV producer who worked for an ad agency). The article helpfully points not only to a Village Voice article from 1986 about [...]
No trouble like iPod trouble
I noticed this afternoon that my original 5GB iPod wasn’t charging in my car (I have a cigarette lighter to FireWire adapter, one of those insane gadgets that you think you’ll never need—until the right moment comes along and then it’s indispensable). I tried the adapter in another outlet: nothing. I finally jiggled the cord [...]
Is everyone gone now?
Funny couple of days with so much traffic coming from Dave’s link on Monday. Now that everyone is gone, I don’t know what to say, but I feel better. Quiet here the last couple of days with Lisa on the east coast. She gets back tonight, fortunately. Quiet in the keiretsu, too; Esta has started [...]
