I recently read an article in the Village Voice about Questlove (of The Roots) and his hosting of a live performance of "Shuffle Culture". He is hosting a show hear in Brooklyn (BAM) on April 20 which features acts like Jeremy Ellis, Sasha Grey, D.D. Jackson, Rahzel, Kenny Muhammad, and Deerhoof. The line-up alone shows the various tastes that will be in the building and may open peoples minds to other forms of music and entertainment they may not otherwise know about.
Though Questlove is not the first one to notice the trend of "carrying around an entire record collection of all genres in your ipod", he is one of the most famous faces to speak about it, so it works. Exposing folks to music they have never heard or never took the time to listen to should make for an interesting experience. Despite the fact that anyone can Wikipedia research everything, then act like an expert, makes it hard to tell who really enjoys anything anymore or who just wants to appear to enjoy everything for "cool" points.
I am going to the show out of curiosity and I will report back what it is like to live inside of a rockstars ipod.
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