Word: bedrock
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...Carolina, in more moderate states it may prove to be something of a monkey on the governor's back. As TIME political columnist Margaret Carlson told CNN on Saturday night, "Bush has painted himself into a corner in the past couple of weeks. He's now a self-styled bedrock conservative who could be President of South Carolina...
Were there any chairs at Axis, DJ John Digweed would have had the audience out of them last week. Bringing his successful Bedrock club night across the Atlantic from Britain (where it takes place in both London and the small seaside town of Hastings) and transplanting it into the familiar environs of Lansdowne Street, Digweed, a reticent performer, kept his eyes on his equipment even as he worked his young, 20-something crowd into frenzy of worshipful, happy hysterics...
...Britain and indeed in the world, notably collaborating with Sasha both at their monthly co-residency at New York's Twilo club and on their successful mix albums Renaissance and Northern Exposure. As a solo artist, he's fared just as well. Under the Bedrock recording name, he released "For What You Dream Of" from the Trainspotting soundtrack and "Heaven Scent," both of which were hit singles in the U.K., while his mix albums under the Global Underground label were both commercial and critical successes...
That a DJ of such global stature as Digweed attracted only this fairly average crowd is indicative of the difficulties of DJ stardom. He may have flown here to promote his latest double mix album, Bedrock (and indeed, quite a few songs from the night found their way onto his playlist), but listening to the album is nowhere near as fun as hearing him live, even if it's a good recording. Perhaps what the night proved was that DJs--more than any other kind of musician, perhaps--are not suitable to export by compact disc. Lucky thing they...