A new breed of tech-savvy DJs is giving the local scene a fresh spin
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A new breed of tech-savvy DJs is giving the local scene a fresh spin
Boston Globe United States
But the three Boston DJs providing the music that night were anything but traditional. ne of them DJ Die Young was spinning and flipping switches but his eyes were focused most intently on one thing: his laptop screen. Thunderdome like other local DJ nights is run by a new breed of music enthusiasts who’ve grown up with MP3s and hard drives instead of dusty vinyl records in milk crates. This cadre of Boston DJs – like DJ Die Young a. Jamie Michalski a 25-year-old Boston University electrical engineering graduate and Michael Potvin a bike- and electronics fix-it man and Apple Store employee – is riding the wave of DIY laptop beats popularized by big names such as Girl Talk into a new era.
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NTINS: Something to think about as a new year dawns
Indianapolis Business Journal IN
His mom and I go along. In the movie an alien named Klaatu arrives on Earth. Klaatu says things have grown hopeless here. He says people do too much damage and won?t change. He says the human race must be eliminated to save the planet. A Nobel-prize-winning scientist tries to dissuade Klaatu. ?It?s only at the precipice that people evolve? the scientist says.
Kings Place the Guardian’s new home
guardian.co.uk UK
First we have simply outgrown Farringdon Road. During the past 32 years we have expanded acquired a Sunday newspaper and grown a website. The Saturday paper alone is perhaps 15 to 20 times the size of its equivalent in 1976; the bserver probably five or six times. We’ve colonised assorted warehouses and office blocks in EC1. Any longer and the fire inspectors would have had us. Second the buildings are – to put it politely – showing their age.