Chart Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Imagine, if you can, a time when it seemed like every third record in the chart shared a common gene. And not just a lyrical thread or a particular way of processing the human voice so that it sounds like a singing robot nose, we're talking about a drum sample, one which starts with a "whooh!" and ends with a "yeah!" , and back in the early '90s it was EVERYWHERE. Every dance track...
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...
Inside The Bills (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Friday’s practice had a bit of a different air to it for the Bills under interim head coach Perry Fewell. Practice got underway with a little background music as George Clinton’s ‘Atomic Dog’ was the first track. That was followed by James Brown’s ‘I Feel Good.’ We’ll ask coach Fewell about the choices after practice, but after a tumultuous [...]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Photo via Change If James Brown had been around to witness the rise of the green jobs sector and learned of the news from this recent study, he'd shake his head and say, "It's a man's world. Ow! After all these years and so much progress, even in a sector dedicated towards achieving the noble aim of an emissions-free economy, it appears some prejudices still plague us." Well, he might not...
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...
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Wherein 1958 was a good year Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots, Vaughn Monroe Blue Dress, Depeche Mode Blue Skirt Waltz, Jimmy Sturr Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins Boot-Leg, Booker T & the MGs Boots, Laurie Berkner Bring Your Clothes, Laurie Berkner Button Up Your Overcoat, Dick Haymes Buttons, Sia Chantilly Lace, Jerry Lee Lewis Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Paul Simon & Ladysmith...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Funk saxophonist Maceo Parker talks about playing with James Brown and Prince, and the infamous Zaire 74 music festival
FJ Girls Female Celebrity News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Kate Moss the Supermodel revealed some secrets about beauty and how she rates herself in the beauty stakes and it’s an interesting if not an earth shattering read, read on to find out more. Jun 24 2009. Kate Moss at the opening of James Brown’s hair salon in London. Kate was wearing a super short see-through [...] Article by FJ from: FJ Girls Female Celebrity News Kate Moss and her views...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Fela! Is a forthcoming Broadway musical that is based on the extraordinary life of the Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti. Brian Eno once memorably said : "There were three great beats in the '70s: Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, James Brown's funk and Klaus Dinger's NEU!-beat." The show opens on Nov. 23, and it has just been announced that Jay-Z will work as a producer on Fela! , providing some much-needed...
Popped Culture (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Sex Machine! from Dan Meth on Vimeo "I want to get into it, you know, like a sex machine. You know, doin' it, like having sex with a woman but as if you were a machine. Like some sort of mechanized device built for copulation with a lady. " Oh, so that's what James Brown meant... Previously on Popped Culture... Safe For Work XXX Porn Two Girls, One-Up Sex, Latex and Videotape
The Kill Zone (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
By Joe Moore I was listening to James Brown sing “It’s A Man’s World” while trying to decide on adding to the gender bias thread stitched so well into TKZ posts throughout the previous week. But since my fellow blogmates so thoroughly covered the SinC vs. PW dust-up and the related Venus and Mars writing debate, I chose instead to talk about Balloon Boy. We all saw it on TV....
Spare Room (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Spare Room has three copies of the newly released documentary Soul Power to give away, courtesy of Madman Entertainment NZ. Soul Power centres on the legendary soul music festival held in Zaire in 1974, featuring oustanding footage of James Brown and the JBs, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, The Spinners, BB King, The Crusaders...
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
recorded 1968 Tracklist: 1 Kick Out the Jams 2 Come Together 3 Revolutionary Blues 4 Rama Lama Fr Fr Fr 5 James Brown Medley-Cold Sweat-I Can’t Stand Myself-There Was A Time 6 Upper Egypt 7 Tutti Frutti 8 Borderline 9 Born Under a Bad Sign 10 I Want You Right Now 11 Starship 12 Black to Comme Download:
The Offside Rules (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
I'm putting my money on Shalrie Joseph for MVP; as Al Hopkins says, he played out of position, scored goals and put his team in the playoffs. Who are you putting your money on?
Pandora (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Baile funk, aka funk carioca or bailes funk, is a good example of how dance music conventions can be and often are shaped by the people and for the people. The DJ doesn't necessarily define the sound but does nurture and develop it. And, mash it up with the sound of other cultures thousands of miles away that share similar experiences. In this case, that experience was using the spirit of music and...
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