Comments on: A Danceable Solution To Teenage Revolution http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/03/a-danceable-solution-to-teenage-revolution Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:28:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/03/a-danceable-solution-to-teenage-revolution#comment-15846 Matthew Perpetua Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:00:22 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2214#comment-15846 Ha, I don't think I could even do a particularly good post on Cuban Linx, much less a book! I am definitely looking forward to the Wu-Tang book that is already in the works, though. Also, you can expect Christopher Weingarten's book about It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back to be terrific. Ha, I don’t think I could even do a particularly good post on Cuban Linx, much less a book!

I am definitely looking forward to the Wu-Tang book that is already in the works, though.

Also, you can expect Christopher Weingarten’s book about It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back to be terrific.

]]> By: riyadh http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/03/a-danceable-solution-to-teenage-revolution#comment-15845 riyadh Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:48:57 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2214#comment-15845 Great interview with Carl Wilson, although for once I think Colbert should've laid back on the jokes and let the guest speak a little more. I look forward to reading a 33 1/3 from you sometime in the future, and maybe even Tom Scharpling's 33 1/3 on Styx, but I really consider the series to be prejudiced against Hip-Hop music, which really comes off as elitist. It's five years strong and we still haven't seen a book on Paid In Full, Illmatic, Ready To Die, De La Soul Is Dead, etc. There are plenty of great minds in the world of Hip-Hop journalism who could offer their insight, so what's the deal? My proposal: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Matthew Perpetua. Great interview with Carl Wilson, although for once I think Colbert should’ve laid back on the jokes and let the guest speak a little more. I look forward to reading a 33 1/3 from you sometime in the future, and maybe even Tom Scharpling’s 33 1/3 on Styx, but I really consider the series to be prejudiced against Hip-Hop music, which really comes off as elitist. It’s five years strong and we still haven’t seen a book on Paid In Full, Illmatic, Ready To Die, De La Soul Is Dead, etc. There are plenty of great minds in the world of Hip-Hop journalism who could offer their insight, so what’s the deal? My proposal: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx by Matthew Perpetua.

]]> By: Nick http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/03/a-danceable-solution-to-teenage-revolution#comment-15844 Nick Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:38:39 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2214#comment-15844 English 10 Sincerity Quiz 1. One item has "a touch of sincerity." Another one has "a bit of smirk." Which item is more heartfelt? (Think carefully.) Extra Credit: Who is the only person to have won three Oscars in one night? English 10
Sincerity Quiz

1. One item has “a touch of sincerity.” Another one has “a bit of smirk.” Which item is more heartfelt? (Think carefully.)

Extra Credit: Who is the only person to have won three Oscars in one night?

]]> By: Sean T. Collins http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/03/a-danceable-solution-to-teenage-revolution#comment-15843 Sean T. Collins Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:32:07 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2214#comment-15843 See, I feel the sincerity more with Roxy simply due to the conviction in Bryan Ferry's voice and just how heavy and loud everything is. With the cover, it's like, obvious the Scissor Sisters knew it was funny to do a disco version, just like they knew it'd be funny to do a disco version of "Comfortably Numb." Also, Jake Shears's vocals definitely go for the laffs now and then--"mashed po-ta-toe," anyone? Of course, this is not a complaint by any stretch of the imagination. By all means, make a funny disco version of "Do the Strand." It makes me wish Giorgio Moroder had thought of it at the time, or maybe even Roxy themselves, like how Bowie did that disco-R&B "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)." See, I feel the sincerity more with Roxy simply due to the conviction in Bryan Ferry’s voice and just how heavy and loud everything is. With the cover, it’s like, obvious the Scissor Sisters knew it was funny to do a disco version, just like they knew it’d be funny to do a disco version of “Comfortably Numb.” Also, Jake Shears’s vocals definitely go for the laffs now and then–”mashed po-ta-toe,” anyone? Of course, this is not a complaint by any stretch of the imagination. By all means, make a funny disco version of “Do the Strand.” It makes me wish Giorgio Moroder had thought of it at the time, or maybe even Roxy themselves, like how Bowie did that disco-R&B “John, I’m Only Dancing (Again).”

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