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This riddim needs a damn strait jacket. And something about the tone of the guy saying ‘don’t know’ in “Rock Me So” had me rollin. And then Timberlee says something about turning into a vegetable – of love (??) … what?! Yup, and she kinda definitely gets away with it.
Everything looks better at this time. The exposed brick of New York City’s tenement buildings perfectly complement the gleam of early afternoon sunlight. The skeletal frames of the buildings protect the hardworking vital organs of the city – people, New Yorkers. Working class, middle class, upper class, no class and so on.
Visiting a friend yesterday, I ventured uptown from union square to an area where the borders of the west side of Harlem and Washington Heights flirt, losing themselves within each other. Getting off the 1 train on Broadway, I then began walking north. In its finest hours Broadway is one of the most seductive smelling strips in the city. It smells like arroz con everythinggoodyoucaneverthinkof.
Mixed well into the waves of smell are the seasonings of memories; I am reminded of the two years I spent on Broadway, at Roberto Clemente Intermediate School 195. Junior High. That was a little time before the blizzard hit this neighborhood. The snowflakes of gentrification flurry around as I go on my way, my mind shifting gears into the present.
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DJ Orion – “Mal Creada”
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DJ Orion – “Carajo Colombia”
DJ Orion is a dj/producer from Austin, TX of Colombian/Puerto Rican ancestry and he’s just released a new album that, for tonight, has been the soundtrack to my insomnia. It’s comprised mainly of remixes and edits of tracks he grew up with and focuses on cumbia, with bmore/funk/hip-hop vibrations that manage to sneak in. Name your price and download the album here. And NYC heads, you can catch him live tonight at Santos for the Que Bajo?! party with Uproot Andy.
Transcribed from the back of the vinyl cover:
In performance “Angelitos Negros (Black Angels)” is introduced by Miss Flack as follows: “Painters, why do you always paint white virgins? Paint beautiful black angels.”
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