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Saturday Soap Box! Bow Down to your New God : How RiFF RaFF Will Rule Hip Hop In 2013

I may be in the minority, but I believe that Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers will be the most culturally significant film release of 2013, as a result of its staggering depiction of the decadence and decay of the cheddar chasing youth of today. There is one man who will benefit most from Spring Breakers: a man who manages to influence the entire look of the film, from the girls in balaclavas to the white dude in cornrows, and all without even appearing on the soundtrack. And who is this cultural behemoth? Why, that man is a rapper named RiFF RaFF. Mr RaFF has already acknowledged that James Franco’s interpretation of him in the film will make him millions; all he has to do is sit back and let the money drip down. The epitome of passive income.

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The Weekly Froth!

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

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Brandt Brauer Frick : Visual and Aural Pleasures

THE GERMANS ARE COMING! And with the return of minimal polymath Reich-rockers, Daniel Brandt, Jan Brauer and Paul Frick to the UK, so are the British Coming! -  along to see the band perform in a series of explosive live dates, that is. Touring new album, ‘Miami’, the Brandt Brauer Frick ensemble arrive in the UK next month, playing Glasgow (19th March), Manchester (20th March) and London (21st March) on a whistle-stop jaunt to our shores.

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Shake, Rattle and LOL : The Harlem Shake Phenomenon

Evidently there are always late comers to the meme party. In the case of the thousands of parodies that sprung up in tribute to Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ it was ‘Norfolk Style’ that rubber stamped the meme’s death. People in the county are usually slow to new cultural trends, so despite broadband being available from Barton Bendish to the Broads, it was no surprise that this was the place where the joke wasn’t funny anymore.

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