At the expense of launching into a repetitive and long-winded intro, allow me to get right to it. Here is Day 1 of Summer Jamz 08, a feature which will appear daily over the next two weeks here at the Passion and the very fine sites mentioned below. With that I present to… Continue reading »
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was working on a story about J Dilla’s legacy and the problems that his estate has had in enforcing copyright law. It’s up and running now for you to scoff derisively at. A follow-up story with Dilla’s family may be in the works, so there may be… Continue reading »
What’s better than one of my favorite songs of the year? A remix featuring one of my favorite rappers of all-time. The ideal way to start your weekend off right. Download: MP3: Erykah Badu ft. Pharoahe Monch-”The Healer Remix”
Odds are on any given day you can catch Nico the Beast rocking plain white tees. They’re his uniform of choice. Not because he’s trying to sell some D-boy image to get that Plies money.* but rather because they symbolize what Nico reps: a sort of basic no-frills, rock-ribbed fundamental rap. Or in sports terms,… Continue reading »
Photo Via American Songwriter Lamentably, I didn’t make it out to this year’s Bonnaroo, but thanks to some enterprising hippies, I’ve wrangled a bootleg of My Morning Jacket’s marathon four-hour set that was reportedly played in the midst of a torrential downpour. I haven’t had the chance to listen to it in its entirety but… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6rC1krGp0 10. After noticing a spare copy of Pigeon Racer Digest: the Thinking Person’s Journal of Racing Pigeons in the Hot Boys’ trailer,* “that boy” decided to join the American Racing Pigeon Union and make a go of it in the wide world of ornithology. 9. Decided to leave Magnolia because hanging out with Baby… Continue reading »
Photo via Stefano Paltera/LA Times I don’t even know where to begin. I mean I braced myself for the weirdness, but Monday night’s Lil Wayne concert at the House of Blues may have been the most surreal show I’ve ever been to. Among the bizarre things witnessed: Wayne repeatedly applying lip gloss taken from his… Continue reading »
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Really, I just don’t. Download: MP3: House of Pain-”Jump Around” MP3: Marky Funk & The Funky Bunch-”Good Vibrations”
Granted, the retina-ravaging neon nightmare of Long Beach-based buzz band Crystal Antlers’ fashion scheme can send you to the hipster handbook faster than you can say LBC, but it’s tough not to love a band whose percussionist’s name is Sexual Chocolate. I’ll let you guess which one he is. (Hint: not hipster Derek Zoolander on… Continue reading »
So the review for Steinski’s What Does It Mean? that I spoke of a little while back finally ran. It’s not long, just 300 words or so, but I’d hope that it at least partially conveys how incredible and influential this comp is. Highly recommended for anyone with even a vague appreciation of hip-hop, mash-ups… Continue reading »
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