Kaya Oakes on Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture

Posted on November 18th, 2009 by IOmonster

In the introduction to her book, Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture, Kaya Oakes writes: “If we understand culture to mean something more than a style of music, a visual aesthetic, or a literary mode and try to define it from its Latin root, cultura—“to cultivate”— then we can see how indie artists [...]

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Interactive List: NPR’s The Decade’s 50 Most Important Recordings

Posted on November 18th, 2009 by IOmonster

So when my friend, Ralph Klein, told me about NPR’s project, The Decade’s 50 Most Important Recordings, he admitted that he was not familar with some of the recordings. Musically pompous fellow that I can be, I thought to myself–well I’m sure I’ll be able to ID all 50 of them fairly easily. Boy was [...]

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