NPR, being free from commercial restraints, also is able to play LONG
excerpts from their musical selections.
NPR is definately the nads as far as mainstream media is concerned -
they are quite hip sometimes, but you have to admit that they do an
awful lot of stuff about crunchy old men with acoustic guitars or exotic
indiginous ethno-pop like "Native American Classic Rock."
Printed on the very front of DJ Shadow's album is a quote "Jimi Hendrix
or Jimmy Page of the sampler". Although I think it's a cheesy line
designed to catch the attention of folks who otherwise wouldn't buy
anything by a DJ, it does lead intellectual folks (by that I mean people
who are not fooled by the "twisted firestarter" hype) to listen to the
stuff too.
-Chris Fahey
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> From: James Newton
>
>
> >Tonight I heard the latest chapter in the mainstream catching up with
>
> >electronica...
> >Overall, a good review with an awareness of DJ Shadow and hip-hop.
> >Somewhat academic in approach but more objective than typical
> reviews.
>
> I've found NPR to be at least 2 steps ahead of the trends than the
> network tv and major magazines when it comes to reporting on musical
> trends. In the past 2 years I've actually been suprised at some of the
>
> reports they've given (ambient techno, DJ Spooky, Scanner to name a
> few).
> They're usually very intelligently done, and because it's radio, we
> benefit from the insertion of musical examples during the piece.
>
> James