From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Ommmmmmmmm

March 31, 2009

Today, I make amends for publicizing yesterday’s false prophet by posting Bible-related music that (being wordless and beautiful)  heeds closer to the meaning of the Word.
Earth – Omens And Portents I: The Driver from The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull (9 minutes/13MB, so you might want to stream this one)

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So Now I See The Whole Design: My Church Is An Assembly Line

March 30, 2009

In the mid-80s, my dear, dear born-again uncle said to me, “I heard you’re into new-wave music. I thought you might like this.” He handed me a cassette tape called I Want To Be A Clone by Steve Taylor.
I was bright and worldly in the way that only 15-year-olds are, and had heard of these [...]

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That’s One Thing That I Can Do Without

March 27, 2009

I first heard this song on a mixtape given to me by my beloved Ida some many, many years ago.
The tape went woefully AWOL after a handful of listens, but the song never left my brain. That percussion!
Mose Allison – I’m Not Talking from The Word From Mose Allison

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Work Full Time To Shake The Doubts

March 26, 2009

Spring weather — time for some TTA, possibly the most perplexing and inspiring sun-pop act of the millennium.
You’re all worth something special!
The Tough Alliance – Something Special from A New Chance

http://www.thetoughalliance.com

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Making Them Mad When I’m Going Like *This*

March 25, 2009

Last night I dreamt that a friend and I were in like a produce/salad bar section of a store, being glad that at least they had green-leaf lettuce if not anything better, and talking about how kids these days just didn’t know as far as intros to rap songs. Back in our day we had [...]

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Rude Boy Pull It Back Check The Edit

March 24, 2009

Really good, listen-all-the-way-through breakbeat albums (not mixes, but so-called “artist albums”) are hecka hard to come by, yeah? Off the top of my head I’m thinking the Freestylers’ all-time classic Raw As F**k, Saturday Night Lotion by the Plumpers… and … yeah, dance music’s a singles game by nature. It’s hard to provide enough variety [...]

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Coulda Been Just Like Them Years Ago

March 23, 2009

Hey, listen. Maybe you feel slightly out of touch when you have to hear about a great band from the New York Times, but me? I take ’em any way I can get ’em, bwah.
Death was a fantastic, um, (I’m desperately trying to find a way to avoid saying “proto-punk”) … Detroit band that [...]

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I Married You, Took You Home In Spite Of All Of That

March 20, 2009

As long as we’re in the early 70s, I’m gonna slip back two years to 1971.
This one goes out with two shout-out proppas:
Number one to my main man Neg Segga for telling me, “You should look into this compilation called Eccentric Soul.”
Numero dos to the Numero Group, the folks behind not only the Eccentric Soul [...]

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You’re Wondering If Tomorrow I’ll Still Love You Like I’m Loving You Tonight

March 19, 2009

Is it me, or is Conway Twitty slipping from the public consciousness?
Conway Twitty, people. Never forget. Linda On My Mind? Hello Darlin’? He wrote those.
Say, did you ever hear about the just-married couple driving to their honeymoon in Mobile? The man takes his hand off the steering wheel and puts it on his new wife’s [...]

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Bonus Booty Bounce Preload

March 18, 2009

Listen up, dear hearts!
Breakbeat freakin’ deacons Deekline (Hands Up, One In The Front) & Wizard (Boom Blast) are busting out an album called Back Up, Coming Through next month, and the kind folks at Against The Grain have been gracious enough to tease us with a  mini-mix of what you’ll be shaking it like a [...]

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