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[edit] origin?

The first line lists his birthplace as Davis, CA, but on the right under his picture it says his origin is Hayward. Anybody have a definitive source?

Derekstiles 13:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] used-bin incidentelia

This odd phrase (and the list it is part of) is used here, amongst other places (all the same text AFACIS, probably cut and paste from bumf his PR company has sent them). But what the heck does it mean? Discarded incidental sounds, perhaps? Discarded by whom, then? No-one else in the googleverse uses the term in full. Mr. Jones 14:25, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think it's a reference to his legendary collection of used vinyl, of black-hole-formingly massive proportions.Lesqual 04:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] used bins

used bin refers to picking up cheap records from used record stores. Incidentalia is probably someone trying to sound clever when talking about incidental sounds.

so... used-bin incidentalia = incidental sounds from the used record bin.

FWIW, of course Antichris

[edit] entroducing/endtroducing

in the article, the album is only referred to as endtroducing, however, i was under the impression, which is backed up by the official website discography, that the original 1996 album was called entroducing (no d), but that then when the deluxe edition was released, with the bonus disc "excessive ephemera", it was called endtroducing. i have the non deluxe edition, which DEFINITELY has no d in the title on the sticker, but i can't speak for the deluxe edition...Febodyed 00:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

ok. don't worry about that, i got out my CD and the sticker on the front does indeed say entroducing, but both the side of the album case, and the disc itself say endtroducing. i guess it's a typo? that was also made on the website too!Febodyed 00:31, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "(This has nothing to do with DJ Shadow)"

Under the Mixes subcategory, two CDs are marked with this. Does anyone know what they are about? If they don't have anything to do with the artist, maybe they shouldn't be there. If they are related, this should be rewritten. --BillWeiss 01:01, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

He definitely did release material with the "What I Do In My Bedroom" title [1]. I don't see a good reason why the mystery sentence should be there, I'll remove it for now. Mazca 14:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Those were bootlegs that were put out in his name. They do not, as far as I know, include any actual work by DJ Shadow. f(x)=ax2+bx+c 23:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Maybe they mean he didn't write the songs just a mix or a compilation? XdiabolicalX 00:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biography section in need of clean-up

There are too many dates and bits and pieces of information. Look at the last sentence for example which is set in 2002. It lacks a fluid text worth calling "Biography". I'm suggesting and not doing because I have neither a detailed knowledge about him, although I like his music a lot, nor an actual hard copy to (I didn't say steal, did I?) some wiki-worthy text. Ran J. 00:37, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

That last sentence is totally out of place anyway... the previous few sentences take the biography up to 2006 in a fairly coherent manner, then the sentence about "Six Days" being directed by Wong Kar-Wai is randomly inserted at the end. I've folded it into the earlier paragraph about what he was doing in 2002, though it still feels a little tacked-on. Otherwise, the biography section is clear enough right now, in my opinion. Mazca 14:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2 things:

1) There should be a list of his samples somewhere. I know this would be a ridiculous task but it's what wikipedia is all about. See List of samples used by Boards of Canada. It's a combination of lyrics and references.

2) Wasn't his music also in that movie with Samuel L Jackson as a crazy teacher in LA? Can't remember the name right now... Kansaikiwi 06:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

'187' it was called, brilliant film. XdiabolicalX 00:12, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[s107 http://s107.net/dj_shadow.php] has a list of some of his voice samples. -Quasipalm 00:24, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] picture

can we have a picture of shadow Extremeweb 14:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The outsider

Come on guys, surely we could have more about this dreadful/wonderful album on, I mean, wow, it took the world of Shadow fans by storm, either to one extreme (hatred) or another (pure joy) . I think more could be put here. Hope its cool to addd input. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 20.138.246.89 (talk • contribs) 10:56, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Timelines

This is not the best biography page by any stretch, but it could at least have better timelines? For one, it doesn't list when Josh Davis was DJing at KDVS. For that matter, it doesn't talk about his life at all, only his albums. There's got to be better info out there somewhere...--Reverend Distopia 16:19, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] flattery, or crush?

There is also a female DJ in Shanghai who goes by the name DJ Shadow, and is planning to sue her namesake for piracy.. ok just kidding on the last part. "Beijing woman proves a force behind the decks" http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200703/20070322/article_309848.htm

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