September 2010
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August 2010
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#647: al green - tired of being alone (1971, soul train) what’s out today? let me tell you: three dvds with five hours of soul train, one of the great institutions in american pop culture, hosted by don cornelius, the best-named man in show business. and as if that weren’t enough, there’s over three hours that time-life home entertainment is promising to be “fabulous bonus...
Aug 31st
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Aug 31st
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Aug 30th
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Aug 30th
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Aug 27th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 24th
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Aug 23rd
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Aug 23rd
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Aug 20th
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Aug 16th
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Aug 13th
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#640: the jesus and mary chain - just like honey (1985) a slow-mo, long-haired, sweet-toothed summertime classic for those who enjoy wearing black turtlenecks while toeing that fine line between fuzzy and scuzzy.
Aug 11th
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#639: celia cruz & the fania all-stars - guantanamera rehearsal (zaire, 1974) james brown struggles and sweats, then celia cruz struts and sways. her effortlessness is something from a greek myth. it is inhuman. and when an audience is actually in front of her, brains will whirl into the cosmos.
Aug 10th
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Aug 10th
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#638: james brown - try me (1974, zaire) the song is a wedding cake, the album cover is a silver platter, and james brown’s acappella astrological breakdown at the end of his performance in zaire ‘74 is icing: “baby!” he says. “yeah,” grunt the backup singers. “can i call her? baby! woman! gemini! scorpio! pisces! libra! virgo! cancer! aries!...
Aug 9th
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Aug 9th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 6th
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Aug 5th
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Aug 4th
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Aug 4th
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Aug 3rd
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Aug 3rd
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Aug 2nd
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Aug 2nd
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Aug 2nd
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Aug 1st
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July 2010
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Jul 30th
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#632: das racist - rainbow in the dark (2010) first of all, this video is murder. second, the beat is delicious. thirdly, the cave-aged gruyère reference? fourth, and most importance by far, das racist has the couplet of the year so far: “catch me at the crib getting light to jeff mangum/ it’s fun to do bad things like rhyme about handguns.”
Jul 30th
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#631: neg ki pa ka fè la fèt - kimmannye (1990) i definitely think that the next big thing is an obscure creole hybrid of dancehall reggae and hiphop made on the island of martinique, where the basslines are from the apocalypse and the lyrics sound like the barren and violent hours directly afterwards. frankly though i am not sure about this band’s name: it seems to also be spelled as...
Jul 29th
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#630: the clash - bankrobber (1980) great moments in unexpected expressions of joy from members of the clash: 0:37 - mikey dread, producer and reggae legend, smiling with his tambourine 1:20 - joe strummer, frontman, twirls his bandana around 2:03 - mick jones, guitarist, grins punk rock’s rarest and most likeable grins 2:26 - mikey dread, at the controls, stands up and wobbles his...
Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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#628: the left banke - walk away renée (1966) it’s only the second most heavenly song that the left banke’s pianist, michael brown, wrote about the bassist’s girlfriend (no. 1 is here), but walk away renée gets bonus points for the black-and-white video, and because brown plays the harpsichord on the recording, and most importantly of all because he couldn’t play properly...
Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 19th
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