Salon.com > DJ Spooky http://www.salon.com Wed, 30 May 2012 06:12:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Mixed message http://www.salon.com/2001/03/12/spooky_2/ http://www.salon.com/2001/03/12/spooky_2/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2001 22:01:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/audio/2001/03/12/spooky DJ Spooky (That Subliminal Kid), aka Paul D. Miller, expresses himself through nearly every sensory outlet at his disposal. He stands at the crossroads of academic and pop culture -- his moniker itself represents the combined inspiration of a sci-fi hero in a William S. Burroughs novel and an old commerical for Count Chocula cereal. In his written work, visual creations, musical pieces and DJ sets, he marries a highbrow wit with an infectious sense of whimsy, fusing cultures and ideas for the digital age.

Miller was born in 1970 in Washington. His father, a politically active lawyer, died when Paul was 3 and left his son an extensive record collection. Miller began his musical education by studying the sounds as a way to get to know the person who once collected them.

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