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Fri, 29 Sep 1995 21:19:01 -0800
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Re: _The Perfect Beat_
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quoted 1 line Anyone catch the PBS "Rock and Roll" documentary last night?>Anyone catch the PBS "Rock and Roll" documentary last night?
quoted 11 lines In a nutshell, the documentary painted a picture from "Planet Rock">In a nutshell, the documentary painted a picture from "Planet Rock" >through "Walk this Way", LL's "Radio", PE's "Fight the Power", Derrick May >(a small on-camera interview where he described techno as the modern black >man's soul music), New Order and "The Perfect Kiss", house music and >"Vogue", and the Orb. > >Of course, considering that they compressed techno, rap, house, and >ambient into a one-hour program may seem criminal, understand the series >is on rock. Nonetheless, it was relatively interesting to see someone >outside looking in making connections between different genres of music. >
Sorry I missed it - guess I was expecting the worst. I noticed a companion book to the series last weekend. I'll give it a thumb through the next time I'm in a bookstore. _`~=~=~`boom~~`boom~=~= _-I-__\ /__ ` ~ / \_ -I-