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...concert area looks like the grounds for a massive county fair, with various tents rising up in the distance, capped by large balloons and corporate logos. Tenda Rock in Rio Eletro is the electronica tent, and as I pass by I can see laser lights flickering and trance music pumping and sweaty Brazilians dancing. Tenda Raizes (by this point I've figured out that "tenda" probably means "tent") features various roots artists from around the world, from Varttina (a Finnish group with peppy female lead singers) to Heri Dikongue (a guitarist and singer from Cameroon). Tenda Brasil, another stage...
...concert turned out to be my favorite. The next day, Saurday Jan.13, had its high points - R.E.M. turned in a great set - and Sunday, January 14, the hard rock night, featured not only Pato Fu, a promising local hard rock band, and Nacao Zumbi, a cool local electronica outfit, it also Guns N' Roses, and they're always interesting to make fun of (at 3 a.m. on Saturday, there were about a dozen kids waiting outside of Axl Rose's hotel, waiting for a glimpse...
Radio.sonicnet starts out promisingly enough, with a list of about 50 subgenres. You're asked how much you like to listen to each on a scale of 0 to 5. I nixed rap and country, gave Top 40 a low priority and high marks to electronica, jazz, R. and B., classical and old-school rock. I named my station "Taylor Radio: Home of Tasteful Music." And what did Sonicnet choose for Taylor Radio's inaugural tune? Electric Youth, by that forgettable '80s pop singer Debbie Gibson. Ouch...
...RADIOHEAD Kid A (Capitol). Well crafted and inscrutable, this deceptively mellow CD has the haunting power of a dream remembered. Tinged with electronica, bursting with restless creativity, it delivers rock's elegy and its raison d'etre...
...RADIOHEAD, KID A: Well crafted and inscrutable, this deceptively mellow CD has the haunting power of a dream remembered. Tinged with electronica, bursting with restless creativity, it delivers rock's elegy and its raison...