@davequam badman

@davequam is running one of my favourite blogs right now. It’s After the End of the World doesn’t have a particularly well defined remit, and it’s great for it, but you’ll find posts about noisenik Kevin Drumm alongside posts exploring music from variously scattered global diasporas.

His blog has lead me to joining Dutch social networking sites just to get in touch with Dutch-Aruban teenagers and subsequently having awkward Google translated conversations with them on MSN. 

Ghetto house mutations form the staple of the blog’s content however, and i have found fewer places on the net offering better coverage of Chicago’s juke scene. 

Blogs like this are vital in exposing localised music to the rest of the world. I love music about which you know nothing. Nothing more than the artist’s name and a track title, harking back to the first records i started buying in the pre internet age. Dave Quam has got mystique music in high dosages. Hard drive jealousy much. 

Read his blog and be sure to check out this mix from Dave. It’s rather very special and includes an amazing juke edit of a Pink Floyd track by Dj Spinn.

And here’s me doing a little bubblin’ set on my Ustream broadcast from the other night.

Boomnoise Bubblin’ by boomnoise