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By Ines Schinazi From the moment I entered the throbbing box, I knew it was going to be a long night. Electro beats seemed to drop like heavy pounds of steel, hammering against our skulls, until we finally slipped into a mixed state of trance and headache. Electronic music. Like blood gushing.  Constantly in the [...]

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“A Fluid Mess”

Ines Schinazi The Manhattan summer, filled with pent up heat and the polluted desire of lust, ignites Katy Perry’s voice, making it the perfect soundtrack for half of an instant, as Lindsay Lohan kisses Samantha Ronson behind the DJ booth, in a scene so surreal it could emerge straight from “The L Word.” Flash forward [...]

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Inês Schinazi New York City. Underground morning rush, headphones glued to every pair of earlobes in sight. Stuck waiting for the next train. It’s like a silent film, except this time the live music plays in our heads. It can be whatever we want it to be. Personalized soundtrack. While we imagine the inner dialogue, [...]

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The song “comonossospais” (“Like our Parents”), written by Belchoir, and sung by Elis Regina, holds great significance, when it comes to thinking about generations. The lyrics reveal the immense gap between the singer and her parents. Even more interestingly, the song also expresses the huge gap between young people today and their parents.

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Clip from the band “The Zimmers,” singing “Generation,” originally recorded by the British Rock Band “The Who” in 1965.

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