February 2012
6 posts
“I was reading an interview with somebody, somewhere, and they were saying that...”
– On the Media producer PJ Vogt.
Here’s the version of You Send Me in question.
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“Minus twenty”
– Phil Ochs, shortly before his suicide, when asked how he felt on a scale of one to ten – Magnificent Ruin (via nevver)
January 2012
6 posts
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FYI, found promising record Lousiana’s Le Roux at the Foundry thrift store this week, report forthcoming. Teaser: their best-of compilation is called Bayou Degradable. I’d buy that for a dollar.
“Frijid Pink: Not to be confused with the Frost—at least not if you come...”
– Robert Christgau: CG 70s: Distinctions Not Cost-Effective
December 2011
11 posts
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jessethorn:
Jimmy Jules and the Nuclear Soul...
WatchSwords, Sandals and Sex, by Django’s Ghost, via Danger Minds, mixes international grooves, punk and psyche with ultra-groovy dance sequences from vintage sword and sandal (pepblum) flicks.
01. “That’s Where It’s At” - Van Morrison and The Holmes Brothers 02. “Mabala” - Fathili and The Yahoos 03. “Saman Doye” - The Black Brothers 04. “Negre Africa Dub” - Sly and Robbie 05. “Daughter Whole...
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WatchThanks to Jake for the introduction to the wonderful Now Again Records imprint of Stones Throw, here’s
Emmanuel Jagari Chanda
Maintaining an oral history of the once vibrant Zamrock scene
November 2011
4 posts
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Rush, “Subdivisions” | Music | The Single File |... →
Quoth Jason Heller:
Is it sad, bitter, or even juvenile for a grown man of 30 to write a song about how stultifying and soul-crushing the suburbs are, man? In 1982, Milo Aukerman of punk legend the Descendents was spewing sarcastic anthems like “Suburban Home,” with its sneering declaration, “I want to be stereotyped / I want to be classified / I want to be a clone / I want a suburban home.”...
October 2011
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September 2011
2 posts
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August 2011
1 post
“I’m down at the ranch and Neil goes, ‘Hey Willie, wanna hear something?’ So we...”
– Graham Nash from the book Shakey by Jimmy McDonough
Via foreverneilyoung /glidingbird.
(via bigredrobot)
July 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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"Hang on, my love, and grow big and strong" |... →
Follow the link for a damn touching response to a fan from Iggy. Apparently this is far from the only example of Ig-to-fan letter-writing, however, as one Scott Crawford tells us, “When American Caesar came out in late ‘93, Iggy wrote ‘If you want to know more about me, write to me and I’ll reply’ in the liner notes.”
Commenter Kenny gives us additional...
Watchlonelysandwich:
This Girl from Sly and the Family Stone live medley
In January, shirtdress Erika posted this video of S&TFS performing a live medley on TV, and the camera catches this girl in the audience reacting to Sly in a way that you just cannot fake, a way that says that his voice and that music has reached out into the audience and kissed her on the head.
And that’s why I used the...
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Even before this song came on, I knew I’d...
March 2011
3 posts
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“James Brown. The beats and breaks of many of his songs have been sampled or...”
– TV Tropes makes recognizes an exception for James Brown regarding the “Seinfeld is Unfunny” effect
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“However, Van Halen’s philosophy did sacrifice one element of the classic metal equation: the sludge. For reasons no one will ever understand, Van Halen took the majority of their influences from Grand Funk Railroad. This is not to say that Grand Funk wasn’t a decent group; it merely means they didn’t seem to influence anybody else (with the possible exception of Autograph,...
February 2011
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December 2010
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One More, 'Tis the Season
fastandsloppy:
George Clinton Santa drives a magical hoopty pulled by eight tiny atomic dogs. On Christmas Eve we leave a line of blow and a rum and coke for him on the stereo. When you wake up your stocking will be stuffed with the funk the whole funk and nothing but the funk.
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"I think that makes this story extra special, like...
In the any-news-is-better-news-than-dead-Beefheart-news department, the AV Club reports, in a brief piece titled “And now George Clinton is suing the Black Eyed Peas for stealing music,”
The beat from Funkadelic’s “(Not Just) Knee Deep”—a song which has been sampled many times before, in hits ranging from De La Soul’s “Me, Myself, And I” to Tone Loc’s “Funky Cold Medina”—turns up...
RIP, Captain
See you someday? Maybe not. Maybe.
