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Category: Listening

  • The Inevitable List for 2007 (Final Countdown)

    We’re not heading to Venus, but still we stand strong. And so, here’s the final ten: 10. “Pressure Suit” – Aqualung (Memory Man) – Here’s the first of two guilty pleasures creeping amongst my top ten. I can’t really explain it, but once I heard this song, I put it on repeat for a couple…

  • Thinking Outside The List, Take One (Battles)

    Everybody is putting out lists of bests for 2007 (here’s one, here, here’s another, and here’s still another), and it looks like we’ll have more bests this year amongst our merry band of local bloggers than previously. This pleases me to no end, and not just because seeing other people making lists contributes to the…

  • The Inevitable List for 2007 (15 to 11)

    And so, we ramble on. 15. “Desire” – Pharoahe Monch (Desire) – Maybe patience is the key to success. Monch’s first album was released in 1999. Desire is his second. I could’ve picked any one of about six tracks, but the title track represents the best of what Monch does. Great head-nodding beats (sourced from…

  • The Inevitable List for 2007 (20 to 16)

    I didn’t see so many movies this year, so I can’t give you a list of those bests. And while I’ve never been without a book to read, not all of this year’s reads were released in 2007, so no bests from there, either. Music? Well, that I can give you. Rather than doing my…

  • A Wherefore Mix From Back When

    In May of 2001, I directed my first show outside of college. That’s a gap of seven years, if you want the math. Well, let’s call it six and a half. My last directing gig at Berry was a restaging of The Actor’s Nightmare during my graduating semester, a play I’d put on the previous…

  • After So Long, A Monday Twenty

    “Pressure Suit” – Aqualung “Peachtree Street” – Spirit Of Atlanta – You’ve never heard of them, most likely. This is homegrown (mostly) instrumental funk from 1973 on the Buddah Records label. Relatively rare if you don’t know where to look. “Cakes (Instrumental)” – Marvin Gaye – Unreleased from the Let’s Get It On sessions. “P.D.A”…

  • Jaan Pehechaan Ho, Again

    I’ve a tendency not to close my old posts. The way I see it, if someone finds something worth leaving a comment, then the age of the post really doesn’t matter. The nice reward for this is when I’m not only reminded of older topics, but inspired to do a newer post on the same…

  • Modern Moonage Daydream

    As promised, as arranged, as ordered, the new Saul Williams release landed in my email this morning. I requested the free 192kbps version, figuring I would go for the higher quality edition at a later date pending my appreciation. After a single listen-through, I was ready to go back and drop the requested five dollars…

  • Thank You, Mister Williams

    Saul Williams wants you to have his new album. For free. Or for five dollars. Your choice. The album, entitled The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, is produced by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) and mixed by Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins). As this is Saul’s first official release since his self-titled second album, I’ve…

  • Thank You, Mister West

    Kanye West wants you to have a mixtape. Really. How do I know? His blog says so. The Graduate is “hosted” by Kanye and produced by Mick Boogie, Terry Urban and 9th Wonder. Now, I’ve got some serious doubts that Kanye West plants himself in front of his Mac on a daily basis, just so…