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Bay Area Shoutout

Stream The New Devendra Banhart

October 21, 2009

You know how much I love hippies and Northern California, so dig in! (Plus, there’s a song called “16th & Valencia, Roxy Music,” so you know you can’t resist.)
Stream What Will Be, recorded in God’s country, at imeem.

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We Were Both A Little Hungry So We Went To Get A Hot Dog

May 21, 2009

Well, the Decemberists pretty much took the place apart last night.
With the help of “The Diamonds” (Lavender Diamond’s Becky Stark and My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden) and a passel of  on-the-spot instrument tech and roadies, they dropped the Hazards Of Love album front-to-back on all 2800 of us over there at Oakland’s new-again and astoundingly [...]

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Why Would You Fill Your Clip With Such Bogus Ammo?

April 22, 2009

Some days, you-all just have to live with what’s been in my head for the last twenty-four hours.
Must be all the glistening in the sunshine around here lately.
[language alert: audition this one before playing it for your mom]
Gold Chains – Break Or Be Broken from Young Miss America

http://www.gold-chains-worldwide.com
http://www.myspace.com/gcsc
Bonus Glistens
Why not go on a 24-hour-a-day Gold [...]

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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 Just Wiggle My Toes On A Mink Rug

September 19, 2008

Awwww yeah.
Mrs. Vegetables got to shake Rappin’ 4-Tay’s hand back in the day in ninety-foe.
I’m pretty sure that’s as far as it went.
Anyways, have a good weekend and be your own self person.
Rappin’ 4-Tay – Playaz Club from Don’t Fight The Feelin’
http://www.myspace.com/rappin4tay415

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Sobrante Park And Brookfield

May 27, 2008

“I have a bunch of thrift-store gear, and I like to turn on some red lights and just make some sounds. I guess it’s just the sound of really cheap equipment, listening to a lot of records, and goofing off.”
My man.
Too $hort – I Ain’t Trippin (James Pants ruff remix)
http://www.myspace.com/jamespants
http://stonesthrow.com/jamespants/
[quote from this interview at XLR8R; [...]

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The Cinema Was Mediocre

December 7, 2007

Hey, you don’t have to tell me the cinema was mediocre.
Yesterday brought us back to the Bay Area in 1992, so let’s hang out here for one more year. This tune and graphic brought to you courtesy of a visit to Rap Represented In Mathematical Charts And Graphs, via my man Tee Bizzy and [...]

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I Got To Get Some Gum And Some Tic-Tacs

December 6, 2007

Time to give a shoutout to my homies in V-town. Straight goin’ donkey.
N2Deep – Back To The Hotel from Back To The Hotel
(guess what these guys are doing now!)
Mandatory Christmas Content – Feigning Joy And Surprise At The Gifts We Despise, Over Mulled Wine

From the cheekiest band of all time. Singer Justin Hawkins [...]

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San Francisco Song

August 13, 2007

After two weeks of neverending heat, I wouldn’t care if they called it the Cool, Gray City Of Hate.
Camera Obscura – San Francisco Song from the Keep It Clean single (Merge Records)
You know I cannot stand your love for alcohol
You’re such a tall man, though you’re looking kind of small
I’ll send you movie [...]

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Yeah, You Do The Math

July 26, 2007

The K.G.B. was this amazing band of cute private school boys that laid down some East Bay Grease. Unfortunately, they were already signed to Dreamworks as a pop band when they discovered their true calling, and the rest is sad history. They had a seriously devoted following, were one of the best bands [...]

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