simple but brilliant way to catch up with the evolution of western dance music
the map follows music from jazz and blues
right through funk, hip hop, house and techno
to the various genres that exist today

click image to open interactive version

[via Thomson Holidays]

after the history of house music
we guide  you to an another part of music history
let’s go back in time and check out the glory days of jungle aka drum & bass
the whole documentary is about 30 minutes but every second worth to watch

Somehow I managed to miss this entirely. Unforgivable for a audio pornographer like me. "The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present" explores Pitchfork's 500 favorite songs from 1977-2006 to construct an alternate history of the past three decades of popular music. Interspersed are sidebars on the most vital subgenres from electro to grime to riot grrrl. For a complete rundown, have a look here.

"The Pitchfork 500" is available in your local bookstore. Or you can order it via Amazon or Barnes & Noble, and the like.

We are starting a new category now, morepornbettersex. We will recommend you nice websites, blogs related to music. You know, more porn can result better sex. We are not jealous, we think there is enuff place for everybody under the sun. If you know a nice website what is not listed here, drop us a mail and if we like it we will recommend it and put that to the linklist. No artist sites pls, only music blogs, sites, forums etc. The linklist is in the bottom of the inner sidebar and here is our first pick for this new category:

You wanna know what happened in the music history today or in any other day? Here is the ultimate resource, thisdayinmusic.com. Pretty detailed and full of wicked infos database!