Is Skrillex the most hated man in dubstep? As Skrillex, Sonny Moore has infiltrated the US charts and remixed Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Joe Muggs meets the man the underground loves to loathe Sonny Moore is one happy dude. Sitting on the roof of his UK record label’s office with a mid-afternoon Jack Daniel’s […]
I have lately noticed something that I am sure many have on HBO…John Oliver Is Outdoing Daily Show & Colbert Report. The reasons are many, but I like where he is going. There, I said it. John Oliver has proven that not only can he hold his own, he can make the genre of “fake” […]
It is amazing how far Amazon are pursuing their voice recognition technology. Here is a first hand Amazon Echo Review. The video is incredibly cheesy, but really hints at the potential of such a device with connectivity to the cloud. WHAT IS AMAZON ECHO? Amazon Echo is designed around your voice. It’s always on—just ask for information, […]
I have to say this, Apple Ear Pods are Terrible! I received the EarPods with my iPhone 5. I opened the package today to use them for the first time, even though I had been using other ear buds/pods for quite some time. This is what they look like when you take them out of the […]
‘Has Europe Become Too Expensive?’ The question is not really a question, but more of a statement, as part of the “global community,” you would believe that you can conduct most business remotely. After all, was not the promise of all of these digital tools that we could collaborate without the need for “face to […]
If you watch nothing else today, then watching how South Park rips music production definitely has to be it. South Park continues to be brilliant, as always. Stan’s father explains to his son “how he comes up with his best stuff in the toilet at work…”, then proceeds to show Stan a screen which looks […]
It is often been the case where people will look to “celebrities” as aspirational models. Take the Skrillex haircut, or what you should NEVER do. Skrillex, bless his heart, is not a fashion icon. He is a dance music icon. What he wears, how he dresses, his overall “sense” of fashion is non-existent. Yet, in […]
Is Dubstep Really Dinosaurs with Lasers? Describing dubstep can be painful enough to an unexposed listener whom often equates dubstep to transformers having sex. So this begs the question… Is dubstep this: Or This: Or…Is it just you… It is just you–to a point. Truth is modern electronic music (generally speaking) is really tribal, nit-picky and […]
When I was your age, music was good The latest edition of the 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair monthly poll is about music, and the results align with widely held attitudes toward pop. It looks like, no matter how old you are, you always believe the music was better when you were growing up. Nearly half of […]
Well, the debate never ends does it? At least on the interwebs. Our friends on Reddit have a hot debate going on whether or not to use loops in music. We won’t land on any side of this debate because it would reflect a bias. So we say, let the fur fly and see which […]