April 2008
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Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 25th
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#107: blackalicious - alphabet aerobics (1999) blackalicious’ m.c. is called gift of gab, and, sure, he has the gift of gab, and i don’t want to say that his verbal gymnastics aren’t massively impressive, but when you watch this video you realize that all those words are just a jumble of nimble-tongued mish-mash that means absolutely nothing. still, “quarrelers...
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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#106: prince - kiss (1986) for a 5’2”-tall vegan from minneapolis who became a jehovah’s witness, prince has an incredibly tight grip on sweaty, thonged sexuality. what he fits into his little leathery frame is a universe-sized libido: prince doesn’t care who prince’s lovers are, prince just wants their extra time, prince just wants their kiss. by the end of this...
Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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#100: david bowie - drive in saturday (1973) “gee, it’s late, let’s go to bed,” is my favorite pick-up line, and drive in saturday is my favorite david bowie tune. yes, that’s right, i love it—lerve it, luff it—more than starman or any of that spidery jive. it’s just that there’s something about the doo-wop harmonies, the opium handclaps, the...
Apr 15th
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#96: le tigre - deceptacon (1999) sunniness has finally been rainbow-sprinkled around new york city! children are scampering, see-saws are see-sawing, puppies are panting, old ladies dressed in dresses are out in union square handing out yellow buttons that say “granny peace brigade,” and the red-cheeked, vintage-shirted post-college youth are out listening to their glorious late-90s...
Apr 10th
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#94: patti smith - gloria (1976) it’s officially women’s week at the spectacular. all women! all the time! for seven days only! girls girls girls! betty friedan, eat your heart out. first came miriam, then aretha, and now here’s patti smith, “the greatest broad poet that ever was,” nick tosches once said (he didn’t mean general poet, he meant girl poet). he...
Apr 8th
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#91: miriam makeba - qongqothwane (the click song) (1966, sweden) before snoop dogg and pharrell mouth-clicked their way to the most buttery hip-hop hit of the century, south african folk star (and anti-apartheid hero) miriam makeba used the click letters in south africa’s xhosa language to make the world’s catchiest, clickiest song. “everywhere we go, people ask me, ‘how...
Apr 5th
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#89: the flaming lips - bad days (1995) hair was longer in the 90s, breath smellier, torn jeans more acceptable, bike rides cooler, electric guitars fuzzier, life generally sweller. and alternative rock stars like the flaming lips happily tore up the (college music) charts with anthems about sleeping late. for some reason bad days was included on the camp-tastic batman forever (a film that...
Apr 3rd
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Apr 1st
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