Hearing Super Bon Bon today took me back to a flashback moment of the soundtrack that is my life. Before I moved to the 504, I got my first tattoo, a tribal design, at Crescent City Tattoos on Magazine St, in uptown New Orleans with Mike Doughty singing in the background. The tattoo artist was playing this beautifully strange music in the background. As he was inking me up, I had to ask him, "W...
I fell in love with Soul Coughing a long time ago, around the time I discovered Digible Planets, man where did they go. I love Mike's solo stuff just as much if not more than the rest. There is just something about his phrasing and his voice. He is the ultimate sing along artists for me. That siad, Soul Coughing sound is amazing.
The best music, to me, elicits emotion. How? Sometimes directly with the lyrics, sometimes with the groove, and when it's best, the emotion comes from an overall mood. Maybe it reminds you of the 70's, or maybe it just feels like home, but there's a connection and you feel it deep down. Helps if your toe is tapping too.Lazybones does it all for me. And the imagery is really special. There...