■"These Days, Kraftwerk Is Packing Light," by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, 27 May 2005, p. WE8.

Just a nice story about one of my favorite bands from my youth, a hugely influential German group that set many of the original rules about techno, house or dance music, and what later becomes rap and hip-hop. The last strains are the weirdest ones, because Kraftwerk is about the nerdiest band you could imagine.

I have just about everything they've ever produced, with my favorites being "Computer Love," "Autobahn," and "Tour de France." Their early albums are like listening to a popular music history lesson, because you can immediately pick up how much of today's music began with them.

Read the full story at www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/26/AR2005052600677.html

Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance!