Rants and Raves
Rants and Raves is the podcast that gets down to brass tacks about what’s too often sidelined in dance music discourse- YOU. And the culture we collectively create. Yeah, the DJs are important and all, but they’re hardly the center of the dancefloor- or the universe. The life of the party is all of us.
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Host x Tovah Feinberg
Music x Claude Young Jr
Logo x Michael Magnan
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Rants and Raves
A Lost and Found Art: Scooter LaForge & Richard Alvarez
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What is the role of art at parties? Just because music is the resounding reason we gather to dance, doesn’t mean other senses have to go by way of happenchance. Visual art melded with sound in shared spaces has unparalleled potential to impact partygoers' psyches and shift culture.
This episode’s guests are Scooter LaForge and Richard Alvarez. Both legendary artists who’ve seen that, done that, and continue to do that across a multitude of major scenes for decades. Tune in as we explore art at parties past and present- with an eye towards inspiring the future.
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For more on Scooter and Richard:
richardalvarezart.com // V Magazine: "Viewing Pleasure"
Scooter LaForge: A Life of Art (documentary) // Zero.Nine Magazine: "Life is Art; Art is Life"
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Music x Claude Young Jr / Logo x Michael Magnan
