From Alex Reynolds Sent Wed, Jul 28th 1999, 18:05
GROOVES no.2 The Acclaimed Journal for Excellent, Experimental and Expensive Electronic Music Out Now At Tower Records' Near You! Featuring numerous interviews with brand-name IDM artists: o funkstorung o trans am o add n to (x) o suction records o jake mandell o funki porcini o mark pistel o nate harrison o not breathing And a bunch of people wrote some reviews or something. I don't know what that's all about. I guess putting reviews in music magazines is the hip thing to do nowadays. If you're inclined towards HTML-based contraptions, check out: http://www.rain.org/~audio/grooves/ for more info on the 'zine and subscriptions. Oh yeah, and some guy wrote fake articles for a few laughs, but Grooves' corporate legal staff said nix due to possible slander proceedings: o Jimi Tenor's "Kazoo N' Bass": A Bold New Direction For Electronica Or Something Far, Far More Sinister? o Squarepusher: Amateur Jazz Hack Extraordinaire Simon Reynolds offers his objective take on The New Jazz, curses fans, insults non-fans, does drugs, writes about it o "Eat Shit and Die, Assholes" This month, guest columnist and Warp Records CEO Greg Eden dips into the mailbag to answer all your burning questions o "Weird" Al Yankovic Parodies Aphex Twin Parodying Puff Daddy: Can The End of Civilization Be Far Behind? o New Skam-based Global Economy Emerges: Trainspotter-cum-Dictator Lance McGannon Trades Beat-Up Copy Of "Lego Feet" For Various Third-World Countries In Landmark Auction