Music you should already own #9

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What can I say about this pop masterpiece? Cool beats. Rock riffs. Songs that make you dance. Songs that make you think (or at least wonder what the hell he is talking about). Though his biggest hit song came two years before, this album was full of, basically, all his other hits… plus a bunch of other songs that should have been hits as well. I like every single song on this album.
Mike B.

Music you should already own #8

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What can I say about this album? A collage of sounds and inspirations, this album swam fiercely against the mainstream. Another exciting blend of samples and clever lyrics at a time when “gangsta” rap was ruling tape decks. I really love the work Prince Paul put in on this album; it is his masterpiece.
Mike B.

Had to show you this…

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In this interactive sculpture, thousands of recycled keyboard keys are embedded into a continuous textile. The keys spell out a line-by-line transcript of the email correspondence between the artist and fabricators regarding the creation of the artwork. As a result, the sculpture documents its own making. Viewers can also type their own messages on the active keys amid the first three rows of emails. These new messages are then projected onto the opposite end of the fabric, thereby continuing the virtual dialogue. The project speaks to the pervasiveness of email in our lives while commenting on the fact that, despite the modern technology of virtual communication, our written language is linked to the tactile sensation of moving our fingers over an outmoded typewriter system.

++ Jean Shin

Amazing.
Mike B.