(Note: Some of these tracks can only be found on Bandcamp.) So pull up a chair, split that PB&J sandwich with a friend and geek out on some choice cuts found on Bandcamp. beatmaker Ras G, an Afrofuturist who was (and still is) several levels ahead of everyone else. There's also a five-track mini-set dedicated to the late L.A. High on Fire has a barn-storming cover of Bad Brains' 'Don't Bother Me' from its Bat Salad EP, Laurie Anderson explores the Tibetan Book of the Dead and Cornelius made a perfectly tranquil theme song for Sa-Do (Way of the Sauna), a Japanese TV show about saunas. The playlist took a break last week, so I've got some jams to catch up on. Here at Viking's Choice High, our lunch tables stretch for miles to encompass metal, punk, drone, screamo and free jazz.
But what if the cafeteria culture map was based on, say, your favorite bands instead? Tables for fans of Paramore and Fall Out Boy, for Bad Moves and Future Teens. Where you sat in the school lunchroom was a crisis: a minefield of jocks, preps, gaming nerds and sexually active band geeks.
