Defending the Truth (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
YouTube - Dire Straits - Industrial Disease LIVE '86 *Warning lights are flashing down at Quality Control somebody threw a spanner and they threw...
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Amazon is giving away a a free ‘sampler’ album from Light In the Attic records. It’s drop dead fantastic, I say. It’s got “Katie Cruel”, by Karen Dalton [wikipedia]. Such an amazing song, and an amazing voice – like Billie Holiday decided to sing a perfect contribution to the soundtrack for “Deadwood”. Dalton’s In My [...]
Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Shout Sister Shout Lady Funkadelic Right on patients, can you dig these sounds from the badas*, say what patients, Betty Davis? Today, we have some searin' sonic sounds from the original super freak outlaw diva's first LP. If yer rock 'n roll stethoscopes have yet to hear of Betty Davis... let the Doctors and nursemaids here at the 115th Dream tell you she was a cosmic fiend-a trailblazer who had a...
hog dog log BLOG bog (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
I was reading this morning about Galaxy 4C60.07 - a very distant, early galaxy whose light has traveled some 12 billion years (two years post Big Bang). I’m always fascinated that we’re able to glance into space and see events unfold in the fancy camera work of the universe from long before our earth was [...]
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
So, now we've got your interest, what's this all about? Well, 'A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble' is a 2CD mix by Gaz Cobain and Brian Douglas... from what I can gather. You see, this is a pair who will leave a trail of breadcrumbs to follow and by the time you think you're getting somewhere, you realise...
Greens for greens (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
[From On The Wilder Side] Betty Davis speaks at Public Area at Hofstra 10/18/2008 Well, the presidential debates should have been open to all candidates who are on the ballot in enough states to win in the electoral college. At least! Maybe they should even be open to anyone on any ballot, or anyone daring enough to [...]
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Are you aware of Amorphous Androgynous? You should be for two reasons. One - We've spoke about 'em before and, Two - It's the mighty Future Sound of London doing stuff under a different name. Now, if that's all news...
No Good for Me (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Herein we introduce our latest semi-regular feature, the nogoodforme IX -- a good old-fashioned list for your ADD-fueled lifestyle. Of course, we picked a doozy of a category to start with, and yes, we know we "forgot" a ton of...
Upset The Setup (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
I’m still laughing at the googles optimized title my editor threw in there, but here’s a round up of a few upcoming hip hop producer events in the DMV I just posted at the WASHINGTON CITY PAPER MUSIC BLOG BLACK PLASTIC BAG. Caps lock is a lifestyle choice With a number of globally recognized artists, a [...]
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
photos by Chad Syme review by Chris Estey Orgone is the energy of orgasm, as Wilhelm Reich theorized, and this band (affiliated with the Underground Kings), coming on right before The Saturday Knights and Lee “Scratch” Perry, create a steady deep stew of funk bliss. Their song “Sophisticated Honky” found much love on KEXP this year, and [...]
The Herald (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
The latest high-profile recruit to the independence cause yesterday explained how it resulted from a deathbed conversion.
Nerd Litter (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
1) "Southern Girl" - Erykah Badu ft. Rahzel from Make The Music 2000 [ Buy it ] 2) "They Say I'm Different" - Betty Davis from They Say I'm Different [ Buy it ] 3) "Fish In My Dish" - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings from Naturally [ Buy it ] 4) "More Than A Woman" - Aaliyah from Aaliyah [ Buy it ] 5) "You Don't Know Me At All" - Bettye Lavette from The Scene of the Crime [ Buy it ] 6) "Eyes On The Prize"...
Hecate (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
Hugo Schwyzer (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Jill had a meme up the other day: list the five most embarrassing songs you’ve got on your Ipod. There are both aesthetic and political reasons to be embarrassed, I suppose. At one time or another I downloaded each of these, and a couple have made it on to Friday Random Tens (which [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Buy Now: $16.98Track list and details Among '70s Funk aficionados, Betty Davis is something of a Fakahatchee Orchid: truly rare, exquisite, and without peer. That so little has been known about her for so long only adds to the mystique of this former wife of Miles Davis, who produced a series of albums so radical and, indescribable that they still have the power to tingle today, some thirty years hence....
