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...most astonishing new talent on the decks is neither spinning 10-hour-long sets at London nightclubs nor waging vinyl warfare against belligerent turntablists at the DMCs, but wonders if there isn’t a more financially sound profession...
...starts with a drumbeat or bass line, adds piano or guitar to carry the melody, sprinkles in a few odd elements--a triangle, a cello, an organ--to make things interesting, and finishes the whole thing off with vocals. But before he begins, he has to comb through old vinyl bins for raw materials. "In the most passive way," says Davis, "what I put out depends on what comes...
...flipping through 10,000 records--mostly rare new wave European singles--that had been frozen in a storage locker for the past decade. "DJ Shadow is my best customer," says Village Music's John Goddard, who guesses that Davis has relieved him of around 7,500 pieces of vinyl over the past two years. "If there's an artist I've never heard of before, in a genre I've never heard of before...
...Sindhi Restaurant near Varanasi's Lalita Cinema to find half a dozen men sitting at the center table, rifles and sawed-off shotguns casually slung across the backs of their chairs. I thought it best not to ask why. None of the other diners, well ensconced in their peeling vinyl booths, appeared perturbed. Nor was I, once my thali, or set meal, arrived. Usually served on a flat metal plate divided into sections, thalis are a traditional Indian meal comprised of vegetable curries, a lentil soup, Indian pickles, flat bread, a dessert and a crispy popadam. My Sindhi special featured...
...sassy T shirts (notice me. your boyfriend is about to), leather pants, lace-up jeans, plaid miniskirts, even sexy lingerie--much of it with sought-after teenage labels like Paris Blues, HotKiss and Dickies. The store's lush look (New Orleans romantic fantasy meets Gothic) is unique too. Red-vinyl-upholstered benches ring the shoe area, hand-blown chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and gargoyles grace the cash-wrap...