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...former WHRB DJ said that Other Music was quite essential to the show’s repertoire. He explained that often within a week of the arrival of some new obscure CD at Other Music, it would become an essential part of the collection of the Record Hospital...
...Stretching most of the way down Lansdowne Street, new arrivals joined the line outside the entrance to Bill’s Bar, a good 50 yards or more from Avalon. As the line shuffled its way towards the door, the thumping sound of the opening set by DJ and founding Gorilla Dan “The Automator” Nakamura throbbed out on to the street. Inside, the crowd was as hip, diverse and giddy as the band’s eponymous debut album: slightly ostentatious, but mostly with a self-deprecating sense of humor. As Nakamura?...
...early years of playing subways and streets in London and Boston allowed Lord to be a DJ again without the fetters of a playlist. She made it her mission to disseminate her favorite obscure songs, especially the work of then-unknown Shawn Colvin, who had yet to release an album. Lord vividly remembers when she first saw Colvin perform in 1988 at the Somerville Theatre. “Her songs were so good that I had to learn them,” she says. “I was just floored. I just sat there and I cried...
...world-famous NYC turntablist quartet X-Ecutioners returns to the public consciousness with a bang. Easily the most eagerly anticipated album of its ilk in years, Built From Scratch makes an ambitious attempt to bring the hip-hop DJ, long eclipsed by egocentric emcees, back to the spotlight...
...hooks up to your TV so you can watch yourself singing closed-captioned lyrics as they scroll by. If you think The West Wing is compelling viewing, you've never seen me cover Abba's Dancing Queen at fjord-rattling volume. Younger children might do better with Vtech's DJ Karaoke Studio ($39.99, ages 3 and older, available this fall), a surprisingly comprehensive little music machine with a working microphone, a one-octave keyboard and 24 preset tunes. There's even a baby scratch pad for extra flava...