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Annie Mac Saturates: Inside the Question
One of the most respected entities on the planet in both the worlds of dance music and broadcast news is the one and only BBC. And the two BBC Radio 1 shows I generally listen to at some point during the week are the ones presented by Pete Tong and Annie Mac.
So when I found out that Ms. Annie’s bio page was linking here to the Frequency Horizon less than a day after I randomly put up a post with a photo of her DJing at 99 Sudbury in Toronto, I almost fell off my chair. So first thing’s first, I want to welcome all you international dance music fans to the Frequency Horizon, a place where the musical spectrum collides with fantastic visual perspectives and unbounded thought.
Strangely enough, all week while I was surfing the internet and prepping other blog posts, I had the distinct pleasure of doing it to the sounds of Annie Mac herself, since she was back in Britain and covering the Nick Grimshaw show all week (or “Grimmy” as she affectionately says).
So in honour of the Olympics and thanks to BBC spreading some love round this way to the Frequency Horizon, I figured I’d also turn my gaze across the pond and toss up a pic taken by my ‘lil bro when he toured the BBC complex in England.
What you’re looking at is the interior courtyard at the BBC News complex, as I understand it. The whole building is in the shape of a giant question mark and from this vantage point you are inside of it. “The BBC” or “The Beeb” is one of the (few) journalistic establishments you can consistently point to as a source of unbiased news focused on setting the tone for world affairs. So it’s nice to see that even the architecture is decided focused on keeping the corporate functionaries inside inquisitive for life.
Whether seeking out new music or blowing up huge stories that’s probably a pretty good mantra: stay inside the question mark and everything else will follow.
Magazine Shopping on 17th Ave
Justin Martin recounts being honoured by the one and only dnb maven and Metalheadz boss Goldie while adorned in a giant diamond in the corresponding mag pic.
I met Goldie for the first time last week in Miami, and I had one of those life moments and got a little emotional behind my sunglasses. He pulled me aside and told me that he loved my version of ‘Kemistry’, and I was completely speechless.
read online: dj mag
Here is the aforementioned track:
never… Unless
This ad campaign brought to you by The Walrus magazine reminds all of us that Canada truly possesses a diamond in the rough internationally when it comes to current affairs and cultural criticism.
Plus, let’s be real. They really hit it out of the park with their cover piece on Calgary’s new brand. The layout kills. And I have to say, I’ve never seen another feature on this city that manages to capture the way it actually feels to live here.
They’ve got it all: the rabbits, the quite average roadways, the sprawl, the concrete inclines, the angular towers. As you flip through the pages it feels quite like traversing this particular urban space. The images aren’t too dramatic, because hell Calgary sure isn’t.
The articles within the pages are always on point and a deep as the Marianas Trench, but for some reason there’s always one thing about the cover itself that causes me to pass it by. It could be my personal taste, or it could be that I haven’t given the issues a fair shot, but this one really nailed it.
That’s why it was so cool to see this hilarious and rather appropriate ad show up on the C-Train line at the same time that this particular story about the growth of a Western conservative beast is floating around in the Canadian (and Calgarian) consciousness.
And while I’m pretty sure that’s Helvetica on the simple black and white ad, the font they use for the headings themselves is a pretty classy looking serif, you must admit.
I always picture sleek black vehicles pulling into cozy Rosedale mansions where a well tailored individual relaxes in front of a fire flipping through the latest literary embellishments in the pages.
The typography fits.
But yea, please stay as far away as you can from this mag if you just don’t get it. Let’s not waste anybody’s time.
Corporate Rock Strikes Again
The news business reconfigured. It’s like DealB%k, Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol smushed into one work.