The Null Device

Insightful Village Voice article on DIY bedroom electronica: (via RobotWisdom)

Pretty much all electronica, really, is DIY bedroom electronica-it's in dance music's family tree, only created by motionless, isolated people sitting at computers. But by playing up digital music's potential for expressive messiness, a fairly recent strain allies itself with rock's do-it-yourself sectors. The laptop underground loves beats, but it doesn't especially care about moving bodies.

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Great moments in advertising: Taiwanese importer advertises German-made heaters with likeness of Hitler: (MSNBC)

"We decided to use Hitler because as soon as you see him, you think of Germany. It leaves a deep impression," said Shen, who works in the company’s planning and design department.

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