{"id":2161,"date":"2010-09-03T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2018-11-11T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T23:33:49","slug":"solipsistic-nation-no-205-grooved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/solipsistic-nation-no-205-grooved\/","title":{"rendered":"solipsistic NATION No. 205: Grooved"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just encoded this week\u2019s show to mp3 (thanks, Blacktree<\/a>!) and I\u2019m coasting on the dregs of nervous energy. Before this buzz evaporates let me tell you about this week\u2019s show before I crash.<\/p>\n

And what a great show it is!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a little late to the party. Greg Harrison<\/a>\u2018s Groove<\/a><\/i> came out in 2000 but I only just saw it on Netflix a few months back.<\/p>\n

For a while I\u2019ve been thinking about the 90s and the millennium buzz that was building. Things seemed so optimistic but 10 years later, I just can\u2019t seem to muster that same optimism. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s guarded caution from 9\/11 or just a fact of getting older. Was I ever really that idealistic and is it possible to ever feel that way again? Harrison\u2019s Groove<\/i> put me in touch with the Y2K zeitgeist but also with the smaller, more intimate moments that Douglas Rushkoff<\/a> is always talking about. Come to think of it, Rushkoff wrote about his take on rave culture and meta culture in his book, Club Zero-G<\/a><\/i>. Groove<\/i> served as touchstone to how important those connections can be. I\u2019m very happy Greg Harrison came on today\u2019s show to reflect on Groove<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Just as I feel obliged to cover electronic music culture in popular culture like movies like Groove<\/i> I also feel obliged to promote electronic music festivals. This week we\u2019ll talk with Viola van Alphen and Kythe (Keith? Sorry about the spelling.) about the Gogbot Festival<\/a> taking place in the Netherlands September 9th-12th. This year\u2019s theme is the technological singularity<\/a>, which is a meme that\u2019s latched a hold of the my brain since the 90s. I blame that on rave culture!<\/p>\n

The second half of today\u2019s show takes place in my fair city of San Diego. My very neighborhood, in fact.<\/p>\n

A few weeks back I was kicking back at the Krakatoa Cafe<\/a> and while I was waiting for my latte to be brewed I came across two flyers for the San Diego DIY New Media Lab<\/a> and the Fundamentals Progressive Concepts and DJ Academy<\/a>. I invited San Diego DIY New Media Lab\u2019s Morgan Sully and Fundamentals Progressive Concepts and DJ Academy\u2019s Chase Costello to join us on today\u2019s show to talk about the art and craft of creating and producing music.<\/p>\n

And there goes my last bot of energy. Perfect timing! Thanks for reading, thanks for listening. See you next week for a special live set from Enduser<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: \u00a9Darrell Skeels<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n