Volume 12 Number 11
NOVEMBER 1999

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Ever get your hands on a phat mix tape? Maybe it was a 90-minute Maxell someone gave you at a convention or a club – something that sat in the glove box for a week or two before you got to it. But when you finally slapped it into the deck that tape took hold and you couldn’t pull it out. When you realize you’re playing the same tape days later, the connection is complete and that charge of pure discovery is unlike any other. The DJ leads; you follow. more >>>>

If you’ve ever cast a fly-fishing reel into the toxic muck near Bayonne, N.J., then you’ve probably been blessed with patience enough to wait for Kool Keith to show up at one of his gigs. Two years ago, using the MC de plume Dr. Octagon, Keith tested my endurance and that of a New York City club crowd by arriving two hours after his scheduled stage time. He may be less reliable than a rusty Duracell, I thought, but Kool Keith’s verbal dexterity is tough to beat. more >>>>

As mobile and club DJs, we need current music like a ski resort needs snow. To get it, we’ll scour through record bins and CD racks at our local mall. We’ll subscribe to one or more music services. Maybe we’ll search through the several catalogs we receive in the mail every week. But that’s not all that’s available to us. more >>>>

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DJs Speak Out on Bootlegging & the Dance Industry
Straight Outta Brooklyn (click here)
If Madonna Calls, DJs Should Listen. Victor Calderone Did & His Remixes Helped Propel Him to Global DJ Status
21st Century Schizoid MC: (click here)
Who Is Kool Keith? Shedding His Various Incarnations, Hip Hop's Rubber-Room Rapper Reveals the Real MC.
When A Stranger Calls: (click here)
Proper Telephone Comportment Can Send Mobil Business Off the Hook.
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The Voice Behind "U Don't Know Me"
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The Legal Story Behind MP3
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SOUNDING OFF: The Pro Audio Column
Numark's TT-1: A New Turntable Contender
MOBILE OF THE MONTH:
DJ Serves His Maker With Gospel Ministry
CLUB SPOTLIGHT:
DJ Handles Hilton Head's Monkey Business
SAMPLINGS:
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Freestyle Star Updates Her Sound
Solar Twins-
Electronic Duo Succeeds With Happy Accidents
Les Rhythmes Digitales -
Jacques Lu Cont Finds Less Is More

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