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Posted inEditor's Pick
Lay It Down
“People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.”
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It’s the Music You Hear All Day, Without Ever Noticing
“Sync music” has become the soundtrack to our lives — whether we realize it or not.
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Jeff Mills Loves to Forget
“How techno’s most vaunted architect is still building sonic futures.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Lost soul, copy that, missing beats, muzzled watchdogs, and a ramblin’ man.
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Lost Recipes
“The Mind Squad and editorial staff like theirs—people who understood and loved the music—would create a new, vibrant, and deeply informed style of cultural journalism that defined an era.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Eschatolgy, Texas style; dancing like nobody’s watching; the men, they myths, the legends; monumental responses; and notes fit for a King.
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The Ballad of Ollie Jackson
“How the baddest man int he St. Louis underworld failed to become a folk hero.”