From the monthly archives:

January 2009

LaLaLaLy!!! Je Ne Comprend Pas! Lalala

January 30, 2009

Rupa grew up all over, so she knows that there aren’t different kinds of music, there’s just music.
So play!
Dance!
(And what’s even more admirable in many ways but especially in the don’t-let-people-tell-you-what-you-can-and-can’t-do kind of way, when Rupa isn’t busy slaying crowds, she’s making them well again.)
April & The April Fishes – Une Americaine à Paris from [...]

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I Can’t Say You Hurt Me When You Never Let Me Near

January 29, 2009

This one goes out to my main man and very own brother Xian, who floated me a mix yesterday that reminded me what a Great And Powerful song this is (props to songwriter Gary White). It seems to me that the 8-track deck in the family car was always kicking tragic stories of love and [...]

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Move Ya Body

January 28, 2009

I think we oughta pick up the pace and work some o’ yesterday’s Custard Pie off.
Les Rythmes Digitales – Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat) from Darkdancer

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It’s Good For A Man That Weighs 103

January 27, 2009

I had a fella come over to the house yesterday to do a little work, and I figured I may as well make a good impression and play some good music. I had never met this guy before, but I can pretty much guarantee that if you’ve got someone coming over and you put some [...]

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All Jokes Aside, Are You In Good Health?

January 26, 2009

Yes, I’m an old person and a softie, and I know I used to really enjoy music with extra-vile lyrics, but still all the same, don’t you think there really should be a lot more songs about not being a dumb dummy and disrespecting your mummy?
Maybe if Slick Rick the Ruler had listened to this [...]

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Dreaming While They Can

January 23, 2009

Chilly? Let Pierre and me warm you up:

[via WFMU's Beware Of The Blog]

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What More Can I Say?

January 23, 2009

The President of the United States is a Jay-Z fan.
Jay-Z – Public Service Announcement (Interlude) from The Black Album

http://www.myspace.com/jayz
http://www.whitehouse.gov

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And A Brawla, Brawla Soo-It

January 22, 2009

Turn back!
Once you’ve heard this song, that’s pretty much it for you. But I’m contaminated now, and bound by Satan to pass along this terminally catchy number with a somewhat disputed origin.
This version swings hella harder than other versions, and that’s how we like it here.
The Horace Heidt Orchestra – The Hut-Sut Song

WATCH! NO DON’T!
Here’s [...]

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In My Head, I’m Only Half Together

January 21, 2009

To quote DJ Kool, this is a special dedication going out to everybody here.
You can thank T-Bizzy for the Roberta “Lossless” Flack request, which sent me down a rabbit hole of soul. When I came up for air I was crying, and still clinging to Donny Hathaway’s mustache.
Roberta & Donny’s 1972 album of duets is [...]

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There Are Problems In These Times, But Whoooooo! None Of Them Are Mine!

January 20, 2009

OK, actually most of them are mine, but there’s an optimistic mood across the city (and hopefully beyond) today. So it’s an appropriate time for me to post one of the happiest-sounding recordings ever.
There’s this crazy joyful wh00phoot that Lou Reed gives out at around 2:40 that sounds directly channeled from above. That’s pretty much [...]

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