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R&B

I Guess The Change In My Pocket Wasn’t Enough

September 1, 2010

The jam of the summer for most folks, and a chorus we won’t soon forget. But is it old-school and catchy enough to make my mom overlook the language? (Responsible parents, please take this opportunity to teach your children about Harry Nilsson.)

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Friday Flackbash:
Here’s What’s Left Of Our Happy Home

August 27, 2010

Back in action, y’all, with all the latest old songs you’ve already heard a bunch. A lil sumpnsumpn for my overcast brethren and sistren in the cool gray city o luuuuuv. RJD2 – Here’s What’s Left first posted June 30, 2008 The Intruders: “Memories Are Here To Stay” David Matthews: “Silent Running”

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I Got To See For Myself If You Got Any Butter Left [video]

August 17, 2010

I want so badly to live in a world where something like this can actually happen. Oh, that’s right. I do. I can’t find the words to express how much I want to be like this. Rufus Thomas: “The Breakdown” from Wattstax

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Today’s Vegetable:
Gonna Make You Wanna Go on Back To Childhood Again

July 21, 2010

I don’t really have anything to say here. Just: SUGAR PIE! Sugar Pie DeSanto – Straighten It Out With Yo Man (available on Bay Area Funk 2) … and here’s some 1964-style Sugar Pie:

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That Bridge Is On Fi … Yah [video]

June 16, 2010

Those of us who’ve missed the supersonic rise of The xx — from the Independent to two sold-out shows at Great American Music Hall in 7 months — can catch the next leap this September 23 at the mega Fox. Presale tomorrow at 10AM (password: love). “Islands” (in session for BBC Radio 1)

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Today’s Vegetables:
Hear Me? I Said Beat For The Feet!

June 15, 2010

Lux Interior’s been gone for more than a year now, and his stature in my brain only increases. He and (Poison) Ivy (Rorschach) brought the dark weirdness back from the 50s and shoved it into our hearts. But in addition to being the rock-and-roll superstars that they were, Lux & Ivy were also inveterate record [...]

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Friday Flackbash:
I Just Got To Let You Know

June 4, 2010

Please, for the love of God, listen to Lionel scat-singing the guitar solo. Lionel Richie – Hello (Original Demo) [available on the Can't Slow Down Deluxe Edition] first posted May 21, 2007 and for good measure:

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Friday Flackbash:
You All Know Just-a How I Feel

May 28, 2010

Let’s welcome the peoples’ first weekend of summer. Sonny Jim – Can’t Stop Moving first posted June 15, 2007 Sonny Jim goes by Sonny J now, most likely for some sort of boring copyright-related issues — the same sort of issues that made the original, fan-made video for this go away. Here’s the OK-by-corporate-Earth video. [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
Pay Your Fare, Or You Can Go Fly A Kite

May 25, 2010

Charles Leonard – Funky Driver On A Funky Bus Part 1 (available on the Bay Area Funk compilation)

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Today’s Vegetable:
Pretty-Legged Girls In Oakland, Struttin’ Down East 14th

May 11, 2010

Here’s a sweet Bay Area Shoutout gem that I heard on The Heavy Light Show. Yeah, sometimes you have to hear about these local gems from the East Coast, but at least it’s not Br**klyn. Rodger Collins – Foxy Girls In Oakland (available on a couple of compilations, including Bay Area Funk, Vol. 1) Rodger [...]

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