Saturday, February 18, 2017

James Brown - "Funky Drummer" (LP Review)

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After completing my previous blog post about an obscure source of hip hop samples, I just learned of the death of Clyde Stubblefield , t...
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DJ Shadow - "Midnight in a Perfect World" (LP Review)

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David Axelrod , another artist who nicely illustrates the difference between influential and popular, died earlier this month .  You proba...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

The Allman Brothers Band - "Dreams" (the song remains the same)

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The Allman Brothers Band are the link between the southern rock sound and Grateful Dead style jam bands , and one of the similarities bet...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Woody Guthrie - "This Land Is Your Land" (spotlight)

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Super Bowl LI (notice how we're back to Roman numerals?) looked like it would be a blow out, but then featured 25 unanswered points f...
Saturday, February 4, 2017

Asia - "Heat of the Moment" (forgotten song)

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John Wetton recently died .  Once again, you're probably thinking "who?"  The answer to that question is dependent on your ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Black Sabbath - "Heaven and Hell" (LP Review)

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Geoff Nicholls died this week.  You're probably thinking "who?" and that's ok, he was a journeyman in the NWOBHM movem...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

House of Freaks - "Cactusland" (forgotten song)

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Today's Virginian Pilot has a retrospective article on the murders of the Harvey family in 2006 in Richmond because their killer is s...
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