connexion: the selector

Welcome.

Here at The Selector dot org our objective is inspired by the following tenet:

– The Global Pop Conspiracy Manifesto, specifically Section Two:

In the travelling Jamaican sound systems of the ’60s and ’70s, musical duties were split between the selector, who chose the records, and the operator, who played the records. A quarter century later, the selector and the operator have become one: the dj. In the dj, we have allowed execution to overshadow ideas. We have perpetuated the notion that the soul of creation is in the technique, and that, lacking technique, we forfeit the right to create.

Yet, from Duchamp to McLaren, from ? and the Mysterians to Simple Machines, from FactSheet 5 to weblog, it has continually been proven: Technique is overrated. Ideas are still important. Use the tools around us: boom box, transistor radio, word processor, scissors, old magazine, photocopier, construction paper, scanner, URL…

The Global Pop Conspiracy believes this: You are the selector.

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I am Jessica.

This is a community for us, The Selectors.

I invite you, friends, let us make this a place where we can share music and introduce each other to places we may not have visited otherwise without having been given the map.

I am excited to see what we can make of this. And finally,

You are the Selector.

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NB: At this time, the Selector is not actively looking for new contributors. This is not to say that there will be no new Selectors, only that their addition will be at my whim only, as I am power-crazy, and also people shy. In general, if I don’t know you well enough to want to share non-virtual physical space with you, it’s very unlikely that I’d consider making you a Selector.