Of Instagrammatology (think Zinc)

In amidst the endless how-to-hakken reels....... and the countless clips of scanty-clad female deejays jiggling as they performatively tweak the knobs ... driving huge crowds inexplicably wild with the tame-old same-old sounds of an endless, extending-into-perpetuity 90s (and not even the good parts of the '90s!)... in amongst all that, you come do across some nerdily informative reels of a historical bent on InstagramSuch as the triffic little micro-essays done by DJ Zinc, where he'll break down the technology and techniques used in a classic track, enumerate the samples and the breaks... position the track in the unfolding dialectic of the nuum.... maybe even have a tale about where and when it was made and how long it took (usually a matter of hours) ... and often he'll throw in a few personal memories of first-hearing or first-playing himself it at the Roller Express or somewhere like thatHe did DJ Vibes's "Obsession (Music So Wonderful)" the other day... talking about what it was…