{"id":16635,"date":"2012-11-19T17:29:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T22:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=16635"},"modified":"2012-11-19T17:29:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T22:29:18","slug":"boiling-melting-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/boiling-melting-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"Boiling Melting Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did any of you read the article about the New Disco in yesterday’s New York Times<\/em>?<\/a> As a rock nerdist who will admit to loving dance music, I thought I would check the scene out.<\/p>\n

Holy Crap! I thought that Psy’s<\/strong> “Gangnam Style” was a record of excess, but The Crystal Ark<\/strong> put that video to shame. And it’s so much cooler.<\/p>\n

I admit that I continue to lament the end of LCD Soundsystem, so have had to make do by playing my “12” Eighties Electro Pop” compilations and old Deee-Lite cds. And I’m aware that RTH is not typically a place to hyperventilate about dance music. But check out the new video by The Crystal Ark. I think you’ll find at least a little something to love.<\/p>\n

Note the signs and signifiers of music from our cultural past. How about the “Letting Your Freak Flag Fly” multicultural and pansexual ethos? If Van Halen is worthy of a Critical Upgrade, maybe you, too, can enjoy this bands’ Unfulfilled Fashion Ideas? There are even uniforms! Yeah, yeah, yeah, the old “cello or guitar = stand in for a woman” has now been updated. Even tonyola had probably never seen keyboards like this!<\/p>\n