Listen:
Fact Mag Mix: Darko - check it out.
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The Song Machine is one of my favorite new books of the year. Explains how pop music got its sound.
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Black Mirror from the UK - bleak, but worth pondering.
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FireHotMixtapes - kindred music mix fan.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee will floor you. We know America screwed over Native Americans, but the how...plus, like all history, it’s not quite black and white.
There’s hope for old creative people and filmmaking.
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Call Me Lucky - comedy and documentary fans will dig it. Add it to the canon of The Comedy Boom.
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Another Sofie, from Boiler Room TV, mix worth checking.
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A real epic tale - South by Ernest Shackleton. A classic Man vs. Nature.
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Mr. Robot - binge binge binge.
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The Red Bull Thre3style world finals took place in Tokyo, and the real highlights were the special guests. DJ Nu-Mark’s set was like going to a block party, and the toy gizmos. Also, the Invisbl Skratch Piklz, repeat ISP.
Stumbled upon Four Color Zack’s MixMix mix, and that’s another mix series, worth checking more often.
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A good primer that I wish was available in college: The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee.
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Alex Gibney’s documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine seems to be disrupting Apple devotees conscience. Another reason, why the Great Man theory is dangerous territory. More importantly, it raises questions we should all wrestle with..what legacy will you leave behind?
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Eli Escobar does it again..and to hell with sound issues..the party’s still bumping in the Boiler Room.
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Finally got around to David Simon’s Homicide - it’s a massive tomb that still holds up. Fans of The Wire will recognize it as the roots to the stories we’ve come to appreciate.
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Show Me a Hero is the evolution of The Wire. The mini-series is engrossing. It takes me back to watching city council meetings and how heated some issues can get. In hindsight and sometimes in the moment, you’re like “this is really an issue?” Next up on my reading is the book, the show is based on.
Dinosaur 13 - fascinating and upsetting documentary on the overreach of the government.
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