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Music

via the always tasteful Fabulist

Sparks

You have to love new finds of old music:

I think they’ve got the wrong David.

They look more Lynch than Cronenberg.

Consider this Rated “R” for lyrics.

Delicious

If this isn’t a love song, I don’t know what is.

Poney Express

Go listen to “Les Avalanches” by Poney Express.

I defy you to not get happy while doing so.

More.

Bring the Beat Back

There are no words for how much I love the KLF.

QueenAdreena

How is it that I’ve failed to notice the singer and the guitarist from Daisy Chainsaw got back together?

The worst/best part is that QueenAdreena may be better.

Forget the Vote, Let’s Dance

Foxy Shazam has made me forget my election year malaise.

T is for Techno

Do you remember techno? I remember techno.

A couple friends have recently reminded me that I actually liked techno, before there were too many indecipherable genres to choose from. Back when it was all just “techno”, it was amazing and I’m more than a little nostalgic for the days when the whole rave scene seemed so innocent and people talked like there was a lot more “e” and smart drugs than there ever were. I got sucked in by the remixes. Hey, I was a nerdy highschool kid from the sticks, it’s amazing I heard about anything electronic.

Thanks to the magic of YouTube, I don’t have to dig out my tape player (really, this was pre-CD for me):

Sesame’s Treet:

Speed Racer:

James Brown is Dead:

“This is Sparta” would’ve fit right in, in the early 90s: