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The 100 Greatest Dance Records, Kool Thing, First Rate People & the best in new music

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The 100 Greatest Dance Records
Starting at 1965, DJ History compiles a century of songs that are the finest examples of making people move comprising of artists like Shirley Ellis, James Brown, Donna Summer, The Clash, Model 500, Underworld and Major Lazer. There’s also a Spotify playlist.
http://www.djhistory.com/features/100-greatest-dance-records

Kool Thing
From Sydney and Dublin via Berlin comes Julie Chance and Jon Dark armed with synthesizers, guitar and an art-dance ethos. Listen to The Sign and wait for it to kick in. Gratifying.
bit.ly/koolthing

First Rate People
Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art is a gentle and catchy dance-rocking tune from Canadians First Rate People. The technical term is an earworm. The whole EP is also a free download from Bandcamp and it includes the uplifting autotune-assisted Summer Job.
firstratepeople.bandcamp.com
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“Staring at crotches should be my only problem.” – links of the week

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The 75 best and 20 worst Life Magazine covers of all-time.

“Staring at crotches should be my only problem.” – Irish pop culture writer Louise Bruton highlights the lack of accessibility in Dublin music venues.

The definition of puppy dog eyes.

A US tourist claims she captured the image of Jesus on the Cliffs of Moher.

The Passion Of The Weiss’ 50 best rap producers of all-time.

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Poppin’ Slo Mo

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Watch breakdancers defy gravity in slow motion and feel totally inadequate because the closest you’ve come to that kind of dextrous physical contact is banging your knee off the bed in the dark this morning.

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