August 2008
115 posts
For anyone who doesn’t think D’Angelo...
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I miss Cowboy Bebop. :-(
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My man Pharoahe Monch never dissapoints. ...
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Nas and Kool G Rap murk the beat on “Fast...
“Sarah Palin’s children’s names are Track, Willow, Bristol, Piper and...”
– Me
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a blind jazz musician who...
“I hunger, coward.”
– Sinistar, 1982
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All this Obama-mania reminded me of a great track...
Nobody Beats the Biz. Nuff said.
“Make you co-op-er-ate with the rhythm, that is what I give em/ Reagan is the...”
– Biz Markie in “Nobody Beats the Biz”
irony?
sevendeadlyseans:
al gore just finished a pretty good speech at mile high stadium. guess what music they used to play him off?
let the sunshine in from hair.
my questions for the dnc’s dj:
isn’t the problem with global warming that too much of that sunshine is staying in?
do you really want to propagate the outdated image of environmentalists as hippie tree-huggers?
are you aware that...
“They’re not particular about whether you’re playing a flatted fifth...”
– Dizzy Gillespie
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Watchinnonate:
Someone you know is in this.
Say word.
Kenny Garret peforms his “Sing a Song of...
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“I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really,...”
– Derek Zoolander
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Phenomenon: Muxtape Down >>> Opentape Up →
The RIAA’s vigilant army of lawyers has become its own worst enemy by spawning innovation that outpaces their legal protection. As a recently downed Muxtape contends with the crusade, out pops Opentape, the open source version, within two weeks. Anyone else see the pattern? RIAA sues for copyright infringement, and the open source version appears. RIAA sues for enabling discovery of illegal...
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The Marvin Gaye classic “Sexual...
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“Hey, where’s the potato salad and chicken?”
– Barack Obama at a Chester, Virginia event last week
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Deep Agile and SCRUM Action: Jeff Sutherland at... →
I’ll be there. You should be there. Jeff will be focusing on 3 subjects
Shock therapy as a strategy for booting up teams.
The Cosmic Stopping Problem, otherwise known as the choice uncertainty principle.
Punctuated equilibrium - how software systems evolve
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And we end with the funky SMB rendition by Phish...
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Aphex Twin gets in on the Super Mario...
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John Williams arranges the Super Mario Brothers...
OK, time for some Super Mario Brothers fun. Most...
“I walk the walk. In thought, word, and deed.”
– Wayne Shorter
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WatchI just got an email from my boy Tim Baker aka Alaska from Hangar 18. They are in a contest on MTVu called The Freshman where people vote for new videos to be placed in rotation. The above is their video for “Feet to Feet” - throw votes by Friday. And if you haven’t seen their freestyle on G4TV HERE, you’ve never head guys freestyle off the head this quickly.
A posthumous posting of superproducer Jay Dee aka...
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WatchFor all the Roots fans, this is the remix of “Proceed IV” that featured Roy Ayers on vibes. The original (which I’ll post tomorrow) was on the Red+Hot+Cool Stolen Moments way back when. I really think the Roots should have had Roy Ayers in the group permanently cause this sounds red, hot and…. Props to > Bounce.
D’Angelo “Left & Right Part...
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Fingathing’s “You Fly Me” is...
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Here’s a bedtime treat. My guitar guru and...
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Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane “Lush...
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Jamie Lidell’s “When I Come Back...
Lewis Taylor’s “Consider” starts...
“Life is like a snowball. The trick is finding wet snow and a very long hill.”
– Warren Buffet
