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Throughout this week and probably next, Riff Market is proud to publish some friends' remarks on Music 2006, with the emphasis on riffs. Each contributor was asked to spend only 35 minutes on his piece, though there were no particulars given topic-wise. Check back mid-day for the next one. Thanks for reading. --NBS

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YEAR IN RIFFS: PETE MACIA
Subject: Riffs

from pete macia
to riffmarket@gmail.com
date Dec 9, 2006 9:56 PM
subject riffs

Fuck man. This year-end shit, I don't know. I mean, what do you want? Top 857 Papoose Freestyles? Rank my favorite words on Ys? 5. lissome 4. inchoate 3. diluvian 2. hollyhock 1. a-skulkin'. I don't really have time, dude. I'm sorry. I just got Return of the Yardfather, and I need to parse it. I think. I'm not even sure anymore. I thought I liked Clipse and Wayne, but the internet called me a gay hipster. Or minimal techno, what the fuck is up with that? What I thought was the best minimal techno song of the year turned out to be just like all the other ones even though they clearly did not have the same grasp on horizontal dynamism or whatever. I've been thinking about that Nike+LCD thing that you like, too. Like maybe that is the way, corporate partnerships. If Trader Joe's wanted to hire me as a blogger or cashier today, I would quit every other job I have. Like maybe we are doing ourselves a favor by stealing music and taking all of the money out of "the game," our bald-faced thievery driving the truly ambitious into the arms of smart marketing departments. Not really any different than what record companies used to be anyway. Nerds just like making cute commercials and stuff now. Point being, let's thin the herd through crime and listen to Jeezy for inspiration. Anyway, I'm just saying I can't think of anything for your little season of riffs because I don't like thinking about the past. Onwards and upwards. Kuduro and Deerhunter. And what's up with that fake yawning and shit you pulled the other night? You missed out on pre-dawn conversations about Nas, man. Anyway, I'll be back in NY at some point, and we'll have to talk about some stuff (so homo).

Peace the fuck out. Sorry I'm kinda wired right now.

91 YEAR-END RIFFS

Labels: year-in-riffs-2006