World music is one thing that I am always on the lookout for. When I was offered a copy of Many Lessons, I jumped at the chance to listen to something really different - Islamic hip-hop from West Africa.Many Lessons is a compilation album with a selection of music from the region, highlighting the growing trend of hip-hop among Islamic believers in the region. The back cover of the album states...
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Comments I've Made on MOG:9004Poorest Urban County in the United States: The Bronx,New YorkPosts By Moggers in the last 24 hours: 71Number Of Golden Tickets in Charlie and the Choclate Factory:5Number of countries where the United States has active military deployed:150Songs I've listened to since June 12,2007 : 125,547Percentage of Black males incarcerated in 1993 in South Africa (apartheid in...
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Released in 2002, and billing itself as four decades of the very best acoustic folk music from the British Isles, The Acoustic Folk Box is an exciting four CD journey through the inspiring and provocative first four decades of the folk revival in Britain. There have been other anthologies but this is the first one devoted to the acoustic thread and features the leading artists of the genre. The...
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Weird thing happened when I searched 'morlock' in Youtube's top search field.Enjoy some of what I found.The Sweet - HellraiserB 52's - Planet Claire (this vid alone is worth the price of admission)Maxi Priest - That GirlSpook House Dave! - Ep. 2 School Dance (I recommend every episode of Spook House Dave! Good stuff. )Fields Of The Nephilim - Last Exit For The Lost
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On the menu tonight:Bratwurst boiled in beer then pan seared.Sauerkraut.Garlic Mashed Potatoes.Spatzle.Lettuce with hot bacon dressing.Buttered peas with mint and lemon zest.And of course lots of beer.Tuck in and join us for a round of 'Ein Prosit' says Kapelmiester Heilman.Prost!Weird Al - Polka PowerAlex Meixner - Hoe Down (Alex Meixner is somewhat of a rock/polka god round these parts)Joe Sm...
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in case u were wonderinggo here - http://thewvsr.com/index.php/the-woodstock-death-count/
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I cut my teeth on Baker. Davison not so much.Hartnell the first and Troughton more playful and less serious.Pertwee stoic. A Sherlock without a Waston.I think McGann deserved a second chance.Tennant is a fool for giving up the whole brilliant enterprise.C. Baker, McCoy, and Smith are a mystery to me.Eccleston while decent seemed to brash. Militant to the point of being flippant.Who? I mean the ...
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My pops in an actor and a writer, so every now and again he sends me scripts or plays he thinks I might be interested in. This past week he sent me a neo-blaxploitation story treatment that made my day. It's half tongue-in-cheek and half tribute, including a love story angle that, I think, is a genre first. You see in this flick, both the private dick and his woman are working the case. Su...
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Seriously, I am playing a joke on you guys.Press play already.
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Part A in the Dot, Part B below..Apologies to Mr. Bartz..Happy Friday.Side AGary Bartz- The Dozens (Sounding Song)Gal Costa - Lost In ParadiseJackie Wilson - Whispers Getting LouderC.L. Blast - Everybody Don't Know What Love IsCharlie Whithead - Raw SpittO.V. Wright - I'd Rather Be Blind,Crippled,and CrazyInez Foxx - Circuits Overloaded Side BThe Dayton Sidewinders - Go AheadFat Larry's Band - ...
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An England StoryFrom Dancehall To Grime: 25 Years Of The MC In The UK1983-2008 The title of this beautiful collection is the first sign that we're dealing with a well-researched music anthology. I half expected it to come with its own Dewey Decimal code or Library of Congress number! Besides being a historic document, An England Story is clearly a labor of love for the music contained within ...
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(Subtitled - America's Premier Black Music Label. 2002 compilation highlights the legacy of the Vee-Jay label, every bit as significant as Sun or Chess. Two CDs of pioneering blues, R&B, gospel, doo-wop & soul. Highlights include John Lee Hooker's 'Boom Boom', Little Richard's 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On', Gene Chandler's 'Duke Of Earl', Betty Everett's 'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss...
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Some people like to cover an artist in the same form or as close to the original as they can, rather than interpreting the song in a new fashion. Don't know why they don't want to give the song a new unique treatment, but they don't.I ran into a handful of these sort of "variations" in last week's new releases and thought I'd share them with you. You may like them all, or some, or none. It's al...
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From the dregs of a (to put it kindly) "mixed reviews" film by Dennis Hopper rises (IMHO) an incredible sound track that mates John Lee Hooker and Miles Davis - yes an incredibly inspired and sonically jaw dropping (and all too brief) mating. We can also throw Taj Mahal into the mix, just for good measure.To me, this is just an incredible tease, simply knowing it is a one off, never to be repea...
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