Aug
31

Beck-”Midnite Vultures”

Thanks to Nate Patrin, I recently discovered “Midnite Vultures,” the would-be title track turned “Nicotine & Gravy” B-side from 1999. Sez Nate: “some days, this would be my favorite Beck track.” Sez I: throughout of the duration of the weekend, it was mine. In hindsight, Beck channeling Serge Gainsbourg while smoking Gauloises and sipping Pernod,… Continue reading »

Aug
30

Joey Lestrat (Rah Al Milio)-”Touch”

As seen earlier, Rah Al Milio of the Knux has begun a blogging and recording side-project under the Joey Lestrat (Le Pop Killer) alias. He bills it as “The Knux, Vampires, Guitars and stars.” I can’t help but view this as a wise move. In these True Blood and Twilight times, the real money is… Continue reading »

Aug
29

Freddie Gibbs’ “Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik”

My bad. Three months ago, Smoking Section don, John Gotty sent out an e-mail requesting that I listen to Freddie Gibbs, a Gary, Indiana-raised, Interscope Records refugee with co-signs from Devin the Dude and Just Blaze. For reasons best blamed on scatterbrains and Internet fatigue, I never got around to The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs,… Continue reading »

Aug
29

Soul Summer: Summer Smoke

A few months ago, the estimable Oliver Wang invited me to make a mix for the excellent Soul Summer blog that he curates. Since my knack for procrastination is only matched for my gift for talking loudly in public places, it didn’t run until now. Part Sint Maarten travelogue, part ode to Jamaican music and… Continue reading »

Aug
28

Dungen’s Redefinition of Pyschedelia

 Photo By Jeff Cowan I stopped having a “favorite band” when I started to take this whole writing about music thing seriously. It seemed a relic of childhood absolutism, where there is A FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER (Eric Davis),  FOOD (McDonald’s hamburgers),  LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST (Tom Snyder, be thy name). But for this week–at… Continue reading »

Aug
27

The Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Weird Summer, A Mixtape

According to the esteemed Drunkard: “WEIRD SUMMER” was created exclusively to get you through those last few incredibly sticky days of the hottest god damn summer you can remember. Fuel for the fire. Grab that boom box, hit the beach, and turn up the volume. Best served before 9.21.2009. Mucho take it easy. – MB… Continue reading »

Aug
27

Sach O: Albert King – Everybody wants to go to Heaven

How to get over the sudden death of a 5 year old iPod: 1 bowl of particularly potent Jackberry Haze (saved for just such an occasion), 1 newly purchased 120 Gig iPod paid for with rent money, 1 high powered Stax-released jam from legendary bluesman Albert King. Some people posit than in 50 years time… Continue reading »

Aug
27

I See Buds That Are Green, Red Roses Too.

Aiyo, my wiz play the flute, I stroll through the forest like Peace, pussies, trees, hello, how was your day? Remember how I said that we weren’t going to talk about The Wizard of Poetry? Well, that was just an elaborate ruse.

Aug
27

The Next Spot: Quasimoto-The Further Adventures of Lord Quas

The Next Spot is a recurring series dedicated to the albums that could’ve, would’ve, should’ve made the Decade Top 50.  None of y’all will admit it, but Madlib went and dropped the Y2K Paul’s Boutique on us. The innumerable samples, the LA stoned immaculate vibe, and the back-and-forth interplay reminiscent of the Beasties’ classic. Of… Continue reading »

Aug
26

Bigmouth Strikes Again: A Resolution to the Mystery of the Disappearing Blogger Posts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igg_2ZqyMzQ While moronic major label meddling remains an inexorable part of blog culture, it’s comforting to know that my Feburary LA Weekly article about Blogger deleting posts made a minor impact. The details can be found here, but any way you look at it, it’s a small victory for the powers of complaint. Blogger, I… Continue reading »

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