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Lisa , thank you for the thoughts on The Art Of Noise. Few people seem to realize just how important non-Black/Hispanic folk were in early Hip Hop. I remember walking the streets of the Village in 1984-85 and hearing Art Of Noise (Beat Box), Malcolm McLaren (Buffalo Gals) and the The Dominatrix (The Dominatrix Sleeps … Read more
You Are My Sunshine – Elizabeth Mitchell [You Are My Sunshine] When skies are grey. You’ll never know, dear, How much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away The other night, dear, As I lay sleeping I dreamed I held you in my arms. When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken And I … Read more
Download the MP3 Beguiled by blue moon Oh, enchanting light We lost our way like lovers sometimes do Searching, wide-eyed, for wild flowers In the fragrant forest of the night Now memories slowly drift on by Like grey clouds against the somber Winter sky And all our yesterdays are now become The Springtime of our … Read more
“High-quality” African-American Jazz musician are hard to find… Re: I read that and it’s hard to figure. Yes, there are fewer black jazz musicians than there were, say 30 years ago, but why no black musicians this year? Very strange. I think (the new) Yoshi’s is pretty much run strictly as a business, so maybe … Read more
I find the entire article elitist [Why does the kid have to be black while everyone else’s color is undefined? What is so special about classical music that we should notice? Why choose the metro instead of a more relaxed setting?] But the author writes well and brings up some good points. “If something like … Read more
I’m So Glad you’re Here – Macy Gray [Big] You ever hear a pop song and it get’s you? Ever wonder why you can listen to it a dozen times and not get tired of it? Macy Gray’s new album Big has a cool song on it called Glad You’re Here. I’m so happy you’re … Read more
Backing up your DVD’s should be easy. If you want to place them on your iPod it is trivial – just launch Instant HandBreak and click two buttons. handbrake.m0k.org – Rips your DVD video and puts it on your iPod with just two clicks. Schweet! If you want to make a duplicate copy of the … Read more
Maggot Brain (Live At The Hollywood Bowl) – P-Funk All Stars Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time For we have knocked her up I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe I was not offended For I knew I had to rise above it all Or drown in my own … Read more
Thank You – Dido My tea’s gone cold, I’m wondering why I got out of bed at all The morning rain clouds up my window and I can’t see at all And even if I could it’d all be grey, but your picture on my wall It reminds me that it’s not so bad, it’s … Read more
Ripple – Grateful Dead [American Beauty] If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung, Would you hear my voice come through the music, Would you hold it near as it were your own? It’s a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken, Perhaps they’re better left … Read more