James D'Souza

Tag: music

  • Memories of Michael Jackson

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    Given the events of the past ten days or so, I feel obliged to write some of my thoughts and memories about Michael Jackson. His music makes me happy. It makes me want to dance. It evokes my childhood. It’s just simply great. I’m not sure that I noticed what he looked like when I…

  • MTV makes me wanna smoke crack

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    The mammoth musical monolith that is MTV. Music television… …it sucks. Badly. Its corporatised, homogenising, nonsense is rotting the brains of everyone. And THEY DON’T PLAY ANY FUCKING MUSIC! I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT? I remember and cherish the time when I could actually turn on MTV and see music…it was a revelation…

  • Radio/ Video

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    I think this is my theory, but I’m not sure. It’s called D’Souza’s Musical Circle (a bit like the political circle, and Eddie Izzard’s ‘circle of cool’). I don’t proclaim one musical form to be better than another – from S Club 7 to Ministry…it’s all expression, memories, and emotion. I also find it hard…