Science Dropped
So DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid aka this dude we know named Paul sent us a package containing his new CD "In Fine Style," a two-disk Jamaican music extravaganza from Trojan Records. And we'll let you know what we think when we're finished listening to it. In the meantime we can't take our eyes off the other item in the package.
Call us "on the late train," but we didn't realize what we were missing not having grabbed a copy of his book "Rhythm Science," published by The MIT Press some two years ago. The book is a visual explosion of images, essays, illustrations, and logos--a sampled, remix manifesto for the hip-hop graphic eye set, covering Paul's usual canon of obsessions: philosophy, technology, beats, and all forms of Black science. We're told the 128-page book, published as part of the Mediawork Pamphlet Series, has been one of MIT's top sellers since its release. We'll be carrying this one around with us at all times for a while
14 September 2006