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This Week in Music – New Björk Video, Madonna on Howard Stern, Kurt Cobain Documentary Trailor & Princess Rap Battles
More weekly music news from yours truly at 303 Magazine in This Week in Music. I’ve decided to spare…
Festival Diary: EDC UK
I’m an Electric Daisy carny. That’s the opening line of a song I penned on the flight to…
Festival Window: America’s Largest Carnival Crosses the Pond
Dance music has long been mainstream across the pond. Brits were certainly early adaptors. House was born in…
Go-Go Soapbox: EDC Dancer Chelsee Heinrichs
Go-go dancers are like motivational coaches for the dance floor. Even before the majority of inhibitions are lubricated…
Brain Pickin’: Fedde Le Grand
Fedde Le Grand has been a staple in the house music scene for the past decade and shows…
Cockpit Kingpins: Manufactured Superstars
The camera opens on what appears to be an “astronaughty” slumber party. Hotties in orange spacesuits gradually begin…
Moving Pictures: The EDC Experience
How often is a straight-edge Mormon blamed for inciting a riot? Last week’s Hollywood Boulevard block party outside…
Shutterbuggin’: Beta’s fairytale campaign
Tired of being invited to nightclubs by stock photography models who'll never step foot inside? Beta, arguably the number one club in the country, offered a remedy in March when it kicked off a fairytale-inspired promotional campaign featuring actual club employees. Novel idea, right? Lauren, one of Beta's VIP hostesses, played Dorothy for the introductory Wizard of Oz images. I weaseled my way into the part of Scarecrow. And Toto was masterfully channeled by an ankle-biter belonging to photographer Jonathan Shoup's girlfriend.
NocturnOwl: Dubsteppin’ into the Mainstream
In last week's Music Monday blog, I mentioned Rolling Stone's “Dance Takeover†mini-feature. Black-Eyed Peas producer David Guetta kicks off the section and LCD Soundsystem scores the majority of ink, but half of one page is dedicated to “Fresh Beatsâ€, a chart-like breakdown of popular emerging electronica genres or “Clubland's Latest Soundsâ€. Dubstep sits at number two on the list. Duh.
Road Trippin’: Electric Daisy Carnival
Rolling Stone is a rock among print publications. It's also one of the few that I actually subscribe to. Comprehensive music industry coverage and no-holds-barred political reporting is a recipe that regularly sates my IQ appetite. Imagine my surprise when the newest issue arrived--and I found myself inside it.