"Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?"

OK, so maybe I don't speak for you. But with you, perhaps?

Our interest in music, sports, politics, or finance is seldom confined to itself - it contains within it some essential, genre-defying kernel that defines why it matters to us.

"The Lower Frequencies" tries to find those kernels. And cut through the static. 

Jamie Berk is the Editor-in-Chief of TDI. His column appears on Wednesdays. Send him hatemail at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Follow him on Twitter -- @jamieberk.

Read about his upcoming South by Southwest panel, "Music Journalism in the Post-Print Era," here. 

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