warm streams of logic (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mister Finn has been talking a lot about zippers lately, except he says zippet instead of zipper. I started singing him “Push It” by Salt-n-Pepa, except instead of “Push It” of course we both say “Zip It.” He zips my sweatshirt up and down and says “Oh, zip it.” I say “Zip it good.” And [...]
Electroqueer (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
No, this isn't an advert for Vidal Sassoon... Say hello to new dutch girl about town - Abby and her slightly slutty new track "Boys". I knew nothing about her until DJ Adamix spinned this track last night at EQ...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
I was reminded of this song when a rerun of House MD showed this to be the good doctor's ringtone. If you've a mighty good man in your life, or you are one, this is dedicated to you. And our sister site Newstalgia presents a full concert on Saturday nights, tonight J. Geils Band, Augusta, Georgia, 1975 .
Living the Life - Mo on the Go (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I haven't done this in quite some time. I put Iggy on shuffle a lot at work and let him do his thing. Here are some of his most recent selections today. 1. Push It by Salt-N-Pepa 2. Me and You by Kenny Chesney 3. Say It Loud by James Brown 4. Fire Burning by Sean Kingston 5. No One by Alicia Keys 6. Pipeline by Stevie Ray Vaughan 7. Bossy by Lindsay Lohan 8. Cleaning Out My Closet by Eminem 9. Sugar...
The Modern Historian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On 20th November 1970, "The Godfather of Soul", James Brown, went into the King Records studio in Cincinnati, Ohio to record a session with his band, the James Brown Orchestra. The band included drummer Clyde Stubblefield, who had worked with Brown since the mid-60s, drumming on the hit records "Cold Sweat", "I Got the Feelin'" and "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm...
Sagacious Rambling (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I was probably around 13 or 14 when Marvin Gaye's life was ended by the very man that contributed to his existence. At the time the only song I truly appreciated was his 1981 hit Sexual Healing. Of course as an eleven year old, I didn't fully understand what the song was talking about. But I loved watching him sing it and his voice was like sweet nectar to my ears. After graduating high school and...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The first batch of artists are confirmed for next year's Bloc festival.
Blazers Edge (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
More photos » by Don Ryan - AP I started this game with a full head of hair. Browse more photos » Big Ben, Little Ben, what begins with Ben? "Ben" puzzled how the Blazers let the Pistons within ten. Tonight's game was an exercise in agony and ecstasy. More precisely it was an exercise in ecstasy then agony. But the Blazers won and that's the important thing. A loss after getting...
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The other morning, I found myself humming and snapping my fingers and could figure out the title of the track haunting my mind. As music comes out in bulk these days, it starts getting hard to keep track of the few gems one may dig up on the musical journey here. As I brushed my teeth, [...]
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
mmmmmANGELINA. Man gelina. I'm so curious to see Salt now that Jolie is staring me down from the poster (she does so more intimidatingly there -- the gaze is more benevolent in real life ) and I'm reminded that Salt was originally written for a male star. Will we see any telltale signs of that gender-switch in the movie? Oh link it, link it real good MovieLine awesome composer Alexandre Desplat doesn't...
Hip Hop Spy (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
1. Public Enemy 2. N.W.A 3. Run DMC 4. Wu-Tang Clan 5. Outkast 6. Epmd 7. Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five 8. UGK 9. 36 Mafia 10. Salt n Pepa There wasnt any real news today so I thought I would put together a top 10 List for the greatest Hip Hop Groups of all time. I started from the Birth of Hip [...]
Blogcritics: Video (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Chris Rock takes a funny, informative look at the black hair industry.
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A few weeks ago I offered up some words in testament to Warp records , the ambitious, tasteful, and increasingly eclectic label that's also earned itself a "venerable" descriptor having just celebrated 20 years of nurturing the processes of everyone from Boards Of Canada to Battles. Their latest signing, LoneLady -- who is in fact a lone lady named Julie Campbell from Manchester -- offers...
Ladylee...The Original Oldgirl (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Dedicated to That Southern black Gal... just because she will like this... One of my all time favorite rap songs... Salt N Pepa's "I desire", circa 1987. I loved this rap so much... So much so that my boyfriend at the time, Eli, who I just simply loved so much, recognized that it was MY song. He would pick me up from the train station every day after school in his maroon Ford Escort, and...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Disney’s A Christmas Carol was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend. Is Britney Spears planning to get hitched? Comedian Katt Williams got busted for breaking and entering. Oscar buzz for Up. South Park thinks it’s funny to call people “fags”. Holy Moly! The Kansas City Chiefs AXE a football player from their team due to conduct deemed detrimental [...]
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