It hasn’t stopped raining in Amsterdam since we arrived on Saturday.

But thanks to Jason Kottke, I now have some coolio tracks to groove to. “24 Hour Party People” just happens to be my favorite recent documentary.

Here’s Jason’s post…..

Thanks to 24 Hour Party People, I’m discovering New Wave, albeit about 20 years late. From 1983, here’s the original UK release version of New Order’s Blue Monday (mp3, 10.2 MB), the best selling 12″ single of all time….

[Kottke.org]

Here’s the comment I left on Jason’s blog…..

Dude - you’re rocking!

Even more than New Order, 24 Hour Party People highlighted a band called ‘Happy Mondays’. Their sequence in the movie, where House music/Rave culture was born - is classic.

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