The Champagne Bar, St Pancras, London

Roy Christopher’s comment about my Pownce post yesterday led me via his web site over to the Powell’s Books Blog and a post from the author Neil Strauss. What caught my eye in one of his posts was his experience of the book tour and its similarity to a rock band touring as he says “After being on tour, I understand why bands don’t interact with the city: They’re too drained and exhausted to do so“. So he decided to get out and about anyway and sample the cities he’s visiting. Here’s London -

“LONDON: I had exactly three hours of free time in London, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. And rather than sleeping, I ran out to shop for music and try a dumpling restaurant that had been recommended. Since acid house in the late ’80s, the British dance music scene has been funny to watch. At first, every year, some innovator came along and created a new genre of dance music. Gradually, that window of time between new genres decreased. Now, sometimes it seems that the new genres are changing faster than the actual innovations. So in the progression that has gone from jungle to drum-and-bass to two-step to garage to grime (and don’t even get me started on grindie), the 2007 favorite is dubstep. So I went dubstep shopping, picking up the classic compilation Warrior Dubz; a collection of Skull Disco singles; and, most impressive, the new Burial CD Untrue. Afterward, I went to Yauatcha for dumplings and noodles with a guy who claims he won the U.K. version of The Apprentice. (Note: Just looked him up on Google — turns out he did.)” Here’s Neil’s web site.

Burial - Archangel (Boy 8 Bit Remix) [MP3]

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