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Blogs have been nothing short of instrumental in the club-music universe in the last couple of years—witness the emergence of blog house, a term invented to describe the digital remix–sharing frenzy. With DJ-oriented MP3 blogs, the music files themselves can be DJ sets or track remixes, as well as original tracks that clubgoers and DJs can download and play at the club that night.
Discobelle.net DJs and fans of new club music around the world follow blogs like this to hear the next trend before it hits, bringing new styles and unsung classics to clubland faster than ever.
Trashmenagerie.com A small group of underground and industry insiders from Chicago (DJ Local Hero and Lovestar), New York and the U.K. contribute to this site, which features exclusive music from producer chums, alongside coverage of fashion and nightlife events. Inviting participation—it has a drop box for aspiring producers to leave their tracks—its critical function highlights unknown artists with potential. Trashmenagerie has broken out at least one act, Lillica Libertine, a teenage destruco-disco phenom, who released his first EP in January. DJs and producers also trade tracks, remixes and edits on secret, password-protected blogs—for added dance-floor freshness.
Everyoneisfamous.com, klickingandscreaming.com These Chicago-based nightlife photoblogs are an excellent way to find out if that club night you skipped was banging or boring, and whether a new venue is slick or just plain tacky.
—John Dugan
Becca
Thu, Jan 24, at 11:26am
I actually didn't care for bookslut.com. I really wanted to like it, but if you take a closer look at the reviews of the science books, she keeps saying that she's not a scientist, blah, blah, blah. The way in which she reviews these books is "I'm not a scientist, but...", I wish that she would hire a science major (maybe not a Ph.D or something), but someone who can speak to both the educated biologist/physicist/chemist AND the everyman interested in scientific pop literature.
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