Thursday, May 21, 2009  good stuff, maynard  The more I listen
to middle eastern dance music, the more i love it. It's so free
sounding. I think that's the polyrhythms but man, if there's
something that makes me want to dance, this stuff is it. A ended
up with a promo from a few years ago put out by Putumayo Records
called Turkish Dance Groove. It doesn't have any artist info,
but it says "A musical mix of Balkan, Central Asian, and Middle
Eastern flavors mixed with sophisticated global pop and dance
music". Whatever. It's good shit. I'm especially enamored by
Gulseren and Bendeniz. I think both of these are Turkish..  I
dig the different scales and vocal styles (different compared to
western music), how the instruments are used differently than we
would, and how seamlessly it meshes with techno stylings.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009  nuthin no how  I don't live in a
"community", if one defines "community" as a group of disparate
people working to make life better. Every effort to make it a
better place is stonewal