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• Music, Nonsense

  Uncompromised

  02.28.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  I picked up New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War),the new album by Erykah Badu, the other day and I am really feeling it. I’ve had the 12″ for “Honey” for a while now, and while I love it (especially the video, it’s like she made it just for vinyl heads!) it was definitely more […]

• General, Music, Nonsense

  Am I Coming, or Going?

  02.19.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Man, life has been crazy the past month or so. School has been killing me, Pittsburgh has had some fantastically awesome bad weather (which I would actually like if I could miss school ever and have that be alright), and the record store I work at just moved locations which meant much heavy lifting and […]

• Music, Nonsense, Records

  Mo’ Records and Other Shit, Too

  02.01.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  It’s been a while since I talked about new records on here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been getting plenty of them! In actuality, I’ve been getting a bunch of nice things and just haven’t been writing about them due to my temporary craziness (which has been eradicated by my decision not to write […]

• Culture, General, Music, Nonsense, Records

  2007 Year In Review

  12.31.07 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  For me, 2007 ends about three blocks from where it began. Fortunately, those three blocks were the three blocks to the ocean. Looking out of your bedroom window and seeing the ocean right fucking there is what’s up. Big ups to the Baltimore crew for the hookup, it’s always a good time chilling with those […]

• Culture, Nonsense

  We Are (A Blog) Family

  12.14.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  The links sections here at ISM is meant to act as a dependable place to find MP3s, interviews, blog posts, and basically any good resource for music and record related sites. Every blog that is on there is in my personal reader, so that is the highest reccomendation I can give (and let me just […]

• Nonsense

  You Ever Dance With The Devil By The Pale Moonlight?

  12.13.07 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  AKA “The Pen Is Truly Mightier Than The Sword.” Whichever Batman quote you prefer.
  One of the reasons behind the inception of ISM was the lack of coverage this music received in the dance press. XLR8R went hipster, Straight No Chaser went out of business, blogs were overwhelmingly about mnml and electrohouse, and the big techno […]

• Music, Nonsense

  The Instigator

  11.28.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I mentioned Trevor Combee as one of the inspirations for my recent “Now THAT’S What I Call Techno” mix, but really he is as responsible for the music i listen to now as anyone else. Trevor owned and operated HyperVinyl Records in Pittsburgh starting back in 1997 and later started the label of the same […]

• Music, Nonsense, Records

  The Roots of Jungle

  09.19.07 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  I have a gig tonight deejaying at the local jungle party, opening for Fanu (who is the bomb, if any of you like that mid 90’s mashed up breakbeats flavor, Fanu has drawn comparisons to old Photek and Source Direct). For my set, I decided to do what I call “the roots of jungle”, which […]

• Music, Nonsense

  This Is A Takeover! infinitestatemachine On The Airwaves…

  09.09.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Our dear friend DJ Nosteel, a graduate student in communications at University of Pittsburgh and fellow music nerd) has invited ISM to appear on his Rustbelt Soul show on WPTS this evening from 9pm till 11pm EST to provide some tunes and talk about this here website you’re currently reading.

• Culture, Music, Nonsense

  The Kings of Electro?!?!?!?!

  09.06.07 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  The “Kings Of” series of compilations has been pretty solid thus far, especially the “Kings of Techno” with Carl Craig and Laurent Garnier providing very interesting listening that many who consider themselves “into techno” might not even recognise. Their upcoming “Kings of Electro”, though, is a straight-up joke.

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