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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MADD stands for Musical Appreciation Deficit Disorder. It also stands for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, but that's not for this time.MADD, the one we're interested in, is a phenomenon observed by a Toronto DJ, and he's so fascinated by it that he's writing a book on the subject. He's observed that the current music generation of 25 years and under have very little tolerance for songs that last...
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It's never to early, or late, to get the kiddies started in Beatles music appreciation. The popular Kidz Bop series is finally taking care of that for you.They have surely recognized their failure to devote a slot in their series to the greatest band ever, (or they are just realizing that kids will now know the Beatles due to being addicted to the rock band songs they are now playing).Either wa...
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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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Perhaps I should have saved this for Toxic Tuesday, but it's too much fun to make you wait. One of my favorite music listening sites outside of MOG, is a site called Nutsie. It is a site that has lots of cool playlists, as well as the ability to listen to your favorite artists (much how I envision the new MOG will be). One of their very fine playlists, is a great collection of some unforgettabl...
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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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....in a land far, far away, the people of that land listened to strange but prophetic sounds leading them to a distant and strange future. Sounds like these:The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some LovinTraffic - Paper SunSpirit - Natures WayBlues Magoos - Ain't got Nothin YetThe Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
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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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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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Seriously, I am playing a joke on you guys.Press play already.
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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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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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