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Rx

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Kriskha feat. Journey To The End – “Pillz Don’t Kill” Via French Lopez Records – track available now itunes.

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Throw This Town

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Aggrovators -”Kaya Dub” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Aggrovators – “Hide and Seek Dub” From the 1977 album Kaya Dub. The album consists of instrumental dubs that uses backing tracks from Bob Marley’s Kaya. For just a bit of history – The Aggrovators were [...]

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Parasite

Friday, December 25, 2009

So – the friday after thanksgiving, I almost went to Santos (where Questlove was guest dj-ing for the night) but I opted to stay in. The next day, I somehow through procrastination/random series of clickage, came across the Nardwaur interview with Questlove where in the last part they discuss a record by Eugene McDaniels entitled [...]

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From One Extreme To Another

Sunday, December 20, 2009

UK fam – you’re in for a treat. A retrospective of noted photojournalist Nat Finklestein’s work will be displayed at Idea Generation Gallery from 1/20/2010 – 2/14/2010. If you’re not familiar with his work, Finklestein is known for his documentation of Andy Warhol’s factory, shooting folks like Salvador Dali and Allen Ginsberg, and being forced [...]

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Uptown

Friday, December 18, 2009

photo of The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre’s “Uptown” I sat one row away from the stage in the Orchestra pit at the New York City Center waiting for the show to begin. This is where The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is performing its wonderful creations, running from December 2, 2009 through January 3, [...]

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Crawl

Friday, December 18, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] J*DaVey – “Crawl All Over” New mixtape from brooknjack coming 12/25. img/vogue-russia

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Side By Side

Friday, December 18, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Gil-Scott Heron – “Me And The Devil” [via] This is pretty fantastic. Dark and brooding – a fitting soundtrack to brick azz NYC right now. Should be on the legendary musician’s forthcoming record on XL. And if you dig the sounds (and really, why wouldn’t you), get another [...]

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Dead Ass

Thursday, December 17, 2009

In the bodega, a young girl wearing jeans so tight she has to use turpentine to get them off, says to her friends, Damn, it’s dead ass raining out! I was enamored.  Instead of cats and dogs, I pictured donkey corpses falling from the sky, clogging the gutters. That’s some “serious” rain. The song on [...]

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Molalatadi

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

BLK JKS – “Molalatadi” Get their debut LP After Robots, available on amazon and itunes.

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Onye-Ala

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Nneka – “Changes” (J.Period Remix) feat. M-1 & General Steele [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Nneka – “Walking” (J.Period Remix) feat. Jay Electronica What’s ill is that sometime last week right around when I figuratively dusted off the mp3-disc of J.Period’s Best of Lauryn Hill: Fire+Water [...]

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