Travel back in time with another exciting adventure of The Best Cuts of Music! Hosts Robe Flax and Sam Houser have some uncomfortable realizations about their predicament of being in the 70's and are given a task from their mysterious benefactor to change the course of history. Jokes abound and cultures collide as they continue their romp through time and space. What misadventures will the intr...
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Unless you live in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Germany this Radiohead story will probably just annoy you. Thom Yorke and co. are "heading back out on an early spring tour":http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/radiohead-snags-kraftwerk-for-spring-shows-1003926634.story which will hit up spots all over Latin America. If Radiohead wasn't enough to get your money's worth, the band has recruit...
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The BBC is currently working in partnership with Music Brainz - the world's largest public domain music database, which currently lists 8 million tracks by half a million different artists. The eventual goal is to create and maintain an artist page for every performer whose music is played on BBC radio and television. The front end for this hugely ambitious project is already up and running at ...
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Kraftwerk offered up a free download of their song "Radioactivity" for Stop-Rokkasho.org, a rare live version recorded in Warsaw. The Stop-Rokkasho organization is working to disrupt or hinder the reprocessing, storage and disposal of nuclear waste near Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture Japan and around the world. The group hopes to draw attention to their cause by enlisting support from the music co...
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Kraftwerk have embodied the robot spirit in sound and longevity and it has fueled their musical careers for 35 years. The German quartet that pioneered not only electronica but their own Doepfer sequencer announced a few shows in the US leading up to their Coachella performance. Only 3 dates have been reported thus far - Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Denver.April:19 Minneapolis, MN - Myth20 Mil...
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As the landscape of the industry continues to change, musicians have shown they no longer need record companies to survive or sell their music. Now we can see the industry no longer needs musicians. Check out this example of machines doing it for themselves;Of course you have got to give them the basics first, but once they are shown the ropes they knock out those tricky solos again and again w...
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Those of you who have written about your love for the bio-chemistry experiment known as the Tour De France might be interested to see a photo tour of the "Trek bike factory.":http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/08/my-visit-to-tre.htmlIt's a fascinating tour of how high-tech bikes get made, with a lot of photos of Lance Armstrong's Tour bikes, plus that of Greg Le Monde. If this photo turns you on,...
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It was written in the stars. The remastered boxset, titled "12345678 The Catalogue", including eight of the Kraftwerk albums in a remastered version will not be released on October 5 but on November 16. It's not only the boxset that is delayed also the high...
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Source: MotherJones.comA new bill would give the President emergency authority to halt web traffic and access private data.—By Steve Aquino Thu April 2, 2009 12:33 PM PSTShould President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establi.
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It's that time of year again, when the back pages of your average newspaper are swamped with stories of top athletes abusing steroids and shaming their sport in front of the watching world in the process.Yep, it's time for the Tour de France.Electronica-pioneers Kraftwerk - who created an entire album of music based on Le Tour - played at the Manchester Velodrome on the eve of the first stage, ...
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MUSIC NEWS - KRAFTWERK have announced their plans to release eight of their albums in remastered editions this autumn. The German electronic rock legends will release the albums, which include their classic discs 'Trans Europe Express' and 'The Man Machine', on October 6. The album reissued, entitled '12345678 The Catalogue', will be available as individual CDs and as an eight CD box
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Kraftwerk live in Stockholm - photo: Andréas HagströmTo coincide with the 35th anniversary of the electro classic Autobahn all eight Kraftwerk albums are released in various formats, most notably as eight disc box set named 12345678 The Catalogue. Kraftwerk have upgraded their Kling Klang masters with the latest studio technology. The box set will be distributed in two versions, with English-la.
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Radiohead has drafted legendary German electronica act Kraftwerk to support its spring tour of Latin America, which begins March 15-16 in Mexico City. Kraftwerk will also play headlining shows April 25-26 in Wolfsburg, Germany.Full story here.
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Kraftwerk will re-release eight albums from their catalog as individual discs or as a box set knowns as 12345678 The Catalogue. Included in the campaign are the albums Autobahn (1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans Europe Express (1977), The Man Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986), The Mix (1991) and Tour De France (2003). The albums will also be available as downloads or ...
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While Kraftwerk is more or less known for helping to pioneer electronic music, their earlier years are also worth noting for their more rock sounding collaborations. The push towards a more electronic sound didn’t really start full swing until their second album, and their earlier live performances (circa 1970 / 71) were more or less jam sessions. Florian Schneider, who played everything from S.
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