big ups for including Big Chief.
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, John Culhane (GC) wrote: > Happy New Year, > > There is this huge music archive called the "313 Jukebox" which features > music from Detroit at Gigantic Artspace down on Franklin Street. It's > through January. > > http://www.giganticartspace.com > > This is from the intro: > > Introduction from installation: > Though far removed from America's so-called cultural capitals, Detroit is > hardly just a down-on-its-luck Rust Belt factory town; in fact, the Motor > City has been arguably the country's most important musical municipality > over the last half century, breeding ground to some of the world's most > potent movements: Motown soul, funk, punk, heavy metal, and techno, as well > as currently being home to hip-hop's biggest star and a flourishing garage > rock scene. The iPods in this installation are programmed with selections > providing an audio overview of the last five decades of Detroit area music, > a nearly 20 hour mix-tape of some of the finest and most essential > recordings in pop music history. Put on some earphones and scroll through > the songs, and you'll discover that Martha Reeves had nothing to worry > about; when it comes to music, forgetting the Motor City is absolutely > impossible. > --Mike Rubin > > There is a list of the mixes here. Some obscure stuff. > > http://giganticartspace.com/313_jukebox.html > > JFC > >
