WHERE THE HOKEY POKEY "IS" WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

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Kate

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Member Since

over 3 years ago

Total Posts

80

Total Comments

2110

Vital Signs

  • Mogger Since

    June 19, 2006

  • Age

    28

  • Favorite Genius

    Buckminster Fuller

  • Where I'm From

    Echo Park

Vinyl I Am Listening To

  • Jacques Dutronc: "Nouvelle Edition"
  • Roland Kirk: "The Inflated Tear"
  • Oliver Nelson: "The Blues and the Abstract Truth"
  • The Cramps: "A Date With Elvis"
  • Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense"

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Osibisa
over 2 years ago

Lately, my life is filled with coincidences. Sometimes I get lucky and these moments of serendipity revolve around music. This year I have been exploring the catalog of the band Osibisa, and as always, discovering that the connections between me and the music go beyond a simple appreciation of their sound. Begun in 1969, with a sound they describe as "criss-cross rhythms that explode with ha...

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I let my ears take my vacations for me
over 2 years ago

I know it's been a while since i've made a post. I've been busy, yes, but i've also been overwhelmed by all this wonderful new (and old) music and unsure how to fit it all into one post. But i'll sure as hell try!First up, Nicky Hopkins' 1973 album, The Tin Man Was a Dreamer. Hopkins was a piano and organ player who had a hand in some of the greatest albums of all time. He began his career ...

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The Felice Brothers
over 2 years ago

Someone's finally taken up the mantle of The Band. Introducing The Felice Brothers...Three brothers from upstate New York create songs that invoke dusty back roads, Dylan songs heard through a swinging screen door and the bittersweet feeling of dying summer light. Usually I shy away from artists that wear their influences so prominently, but not this time. From heart-wrenching tales of drug ...

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What my "Artists You Should Know About" list would look like if I was really being honest with myself

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My Top 5 Can Songs

  • 1.I'm So Green
  • 2.She Brings the Rain
  • 3.Red Hot Indians
  • 4.Babylonian Pearl
  • 5.Turtles Have Short Legs

The Best Concerts I've Been To

  • Rodrigo Y Gabriela at The Independent, S.F., 10/24/06
  • Brazilian Girls at the Avalon, July 2005
  • Tinariwen at the Santa Monica Pier, Summer 2005
  • Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man w/ Sparklehorse, Somerset House, London July 12, 2003
  • Al Green at the Greek Theatre, L.A. July 13, 2001
  • Bob Dylan, Irvine Meadows, June 29, 2000
  • The Cramps Halloween Show, SF 1999
  • Parliament/Funkadelic, Universal Ampitheatre, 1997
  • Bikini Kill w/ Spitboy at the Las Palmas Theatre, 1995 or 6

My First Concert Was

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers The Roxy - 11/27/79

My First Album Was

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