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Essa é muito boa! Ele conta a história inteira em seu blog no Seattle Weekly. Sublinhei os melhores trechos:

Rock and roll has been proclaimed dead countless times. After a slump, rock usually bounces back in a wave of new bands and sounds. Things are different today: Rock has found new life with video games, and the phenomenon is leading to a revival of bands that have been around for a long time.

I had my first experience with a video game when I was around 10 years old. It was called Pong. The contest was between two rectangular “paddles” that could only slide up and down the edges of a TV screen. Between them we bounced a small square dot—the ping pong ball—back and forth.

In high school, I jumped into the arcade game craze of the early 1980s. The game that I really enjoyed was Asteroids (and its successor, Asteroids Deluxe). I got pretty good at piloting the little ship and blasting the random asteroids, tiny flying saucers, and pods that threatened my existence in outer space. (Well, the virtual space I could afford for each 25 cents I dropped in the coin slot.)

More recently, while walking through a one-stop shopping center, I encountered the Rock Band 2 video game. It was set up on display for customers to try.

I know about Rock Band, because Nirvana has some songs on it. I had never tried the game before, so I gave it a go. I worked through the menu and found the song “In Bloom.” I picked up the little guitar-shaped controller and hit the stage.

I knew the bass line to the song, of course, but I couldn’t quite master this new, different way of playing it.

The game reminded me of Space Invaders. I tried to hit the notes cascading down the screen, but could barely keep up.

Meanwhile, this kid was watching me fumble with the game. I became self-conscious and took the controller off. I handed it to him, and he proceeded to jam on the song—and was really good! He had no idea that I was the musician he was emulating on the game, and I didn’t tell him.

Life goes on: I walked away to buy some paint supplies, groceries, and other items from the store.

Regardless of my first experience with the game as a player, I’m loving Rock Band. Instead of file sharing, people are actually buying music again! HA!!!

Putting that issue aside, I like how the game makes the player focus on certain components of the music. When I listen to songs, I’ll usually tune my ear to the bass line. With Rock Band, you can do that, but also see the procession of notes.

Music is a living thing. It’s fun to revisit songs in different forms. For instance, hearing the Beatles’ 2006 album Love, a mash-up of their classic tunes, is like listening to this seminal group for the first time! Love takes the sounds and instruments that were buried in the original mix and puts them up front.

Electronica remixes can also result in a complete reinvention of a song. (By the way—can we have more electronica on the radio?)

Good music, film, paintings, books, and other forms of expression draw you into them. The excitement and power of rock fits well with the dynamic new world created by video games. The virtual universe is interactive, providing sensations that are real. Keep on rocking in the free world!!!!!!!

A vantagem com que Florianópolis conta por não ter estabelecido uma cena musical própria em qualquer esfera de reconhecimento nacional é que não há expectativa em relação ao que pode sair de lá. E, sim, há uma certa fervura na cena da ilha que tem a ver com a ida do ex-VJ Gastão para a lá (e a posterior inauguração de sua casa noturna, a Célula), a criação da cooperativa de bandas Clube da Luta e da coluna do jornalista e compadre Marquinhos Espíndola, a Contracapa, e, claro, ao trabalho incansável de bandas como Pipodélica e Ambervisions que passaram a década insistindo em fazer música. Aí qual é a surpresa quando o primeiro nome da nova geração é uma dupla que desce a bordoada em sets com grooves sincompados e distorcidos? A dupla Discobot não faria feio nem em São Paulo nem em qualquer outra cidade do mundo e, pelo jeito, eles são só o começo de uma novíssima geração. Falarei mais disso durante essa semana. Enquanto isso, sente esse set que, gravado ao vivo, enfileira só remixes:

Discobot @ Music Holiday (MP3)

Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit (Patrick Alavi Rerox)”
Dirty Secrets – “5 Feet of Snow (Miami Horror Remix)”
Cut Copy – “Lights & Music (Moulinex Remix)”
Heartsrevolution – “CYOA (Flosstradamus Remix)”
Chromeo – “Fancy Footwork (Mr. Miyagi Remix)”
Teenage Bad Girl – “Hands of Stranger (Yuksek Remix)”
Tronik Youth – “Laugh Cry Live Die (Grum Remix)”
The Galvatrons – “When We Were Kids (Bag Raiders Remix)”
VHS or Beta – “Can’t Believe a Single Word (LA Riots Remix)”
Playdoe – “It’s That Beat (Toxic Avenger Remix)”
Justice – “DVNO (LA Riots Bootleg Remix)”
MSTRKRFT – “Vuvuvu”

Abaixo segue o planejamento prum site sobre os anos 90. A idéia original era resenhar os principais 90 discos da década (idéia besta, mas prática) junto com parágrafos comentando características específicas da década dentro de um contexto pop/rock/Brasil. Os discos tão em ordem, os itens, não. Quem sabe um dia eu me empolgo pra fazer isso (não vai ser agora…), mas fica mais a título de curiosidade…

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22/10/00
1) Screamadelica

Internet

DJ

15/10/00
2) Nevermind

Simpsons

Alternativo

8/10/00
3) Blue Lines

Axé / Pagode / Sertanejo

Techno

1/10/00
4) Ok Computer

Kurt Cobain

Unplugged

31/9/00
5) The Chronic

Beastie Boys

Juntatribo

24/9/00
6) Odelay!

Ecstasy

Mangue beat

17/9/00
7) Check Your Head

R&B

A Volta dos Mortos-Vivos

10/9/00
8) Endtroducing

TV a cabo

Mistureba

3/9/00
9) Samba Esquema Noise

Remix

Ska

27/8/00
10) Slanted & Enchated

Geração X

Drum’n’bass

20/8/00
11) Dusk at Cubist Castle
12) A Sétima Efervescência

Soul Funk

“Pelé? Samba? SEPULTURA?”

13/8/00
13) Different Class
14) Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Spice Girls

Renato Russo

6/8/00
15) Deserter’s Songs
16) To Bring You My Love

Titãs

MTV Brasil

30/7/00
17) Achtung Baby
18) Bossanova

Britpop

Crack

23/7/00
19) Bloodsugarsexmagik
20) Fear of a Black Planet

Música latina

Politicamente incorreto

16/7/00
21) Homework
22) Baladas Sangrentas

O fim da banda de rock

Barulho

9/7/00
23) Loveless
24) Dig Your Own Hole

Racionais MCs

Abril Pro Rock

2/7/00
25) Dust
26) Electr-O-Pura

Björk

Turntablism

25/6/00
27) Play
28) Dr. Octagonologist

Pós-rock

Nova Paranóia

18/6/00
29) Moon Safari
30) Better Livin’ Throught Chemistry

Gabriel O Pensador

Matrix

11/6/00
31) Adventures Beyond Ultraworld
32) Parklife
33) In It For the Money

Trance

Radiohead

4/6/00
34) Pinkerton
35) Eu Tiro é Onda
36) Coming Up

Grunge

“Máfia do Dendê”

28/5/00
37) Grand Prix
38) Portishead
39) Songs for Drella

Carla Perez

Midsummer Madness

21/5/00
40) Spiderland
41) When I Was Born for the 7th Time
42) Pills’n’Thrills’n’Bellyaches

Mamonas Assassinas

Lounge

14/5/00
43) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
44) Come On Die Young
45) Chaos A.D.

Hi-tech

Falcão

7/5/00
46) Descobrimento do Brasil
47) Cold & Bouncy
48) EP Jurassic 5

Big Beat

Maconha

30/4/00
49) Dig Me Out
50) Time Out of Mind
51) Soft Bulletin

Tomzé

C’est Chic

23/4/00
52) Sobrevivendo no Inferno
53) It’s An Out of Body Experience
54) Pre-Millenium Tension

MPopB

Pin Ups

16/4/00
55) Siamese Dream
56) Com Defeito de Fabricação
57) Samba pra Burro

Chico Science

Trainspotting

9/4/00
58) Afrociberdelia
59) There’s Nothing Wrong With Love
60) Downward Spiral

Lo-fi

General

2/4/00
61) Post
62) Gol de Quem?
63) O Dia em que Faremos Contato

Samba

Seinfeld

26/3/00
64) Alien Lanes
65) New Forms
66) Psyence Fiction

Indie

Gangsta rap

19/3/00
67) Millions of Now Living Will Never Die
68) 36 Chambers
69) Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Leonardo Pareja

Punk Pop

12/3/00
70) Last Splash
71) O Que Diriam os Vizinhos?
72) Munki

Anos Fernando

Anos 70

5/3/00
73) Gentlemen
74) Elastica
75) Second Thoughest of Infants

DOOM

Rave

27/2/00
76) Extra Width
77) World Clique
78) Ladies & Gentlemen We’re Floating in Space

Dust Brothers

Nerd

20/2/00
79) Rage Against the Machine
80) If You’re Feeling Sinister
81) Definely Maybe

Casseta & Planeta

Trip hop

13/2/00
82) Angel Dust
83) Mestre Ambrósio
84) Low End Theory

Sexo para todos

Resgate da melodia

6/2/00
85) In the Meantime
86) Timeless
87) Raimundos

Novo metal

AIDS

30/1/00
88) Dookie
89) Ê Batumaré
90) Ten

Raimundos

Pulp Fiction

E essa história do Caetano gravar “Come As You Are”?