Monthly Archives: August 2007

Björk! Björk! Björk!

Yes, the image adorning this post is that of noted Muppet character The Swedish Chef. And yes, this post’s title is a play on his signature exclamation “Børk! Børk! Børk!” As you might have guessed, the title’s also an allusion to eccentric Icelandic songbird Björk. Before you think I’ve gone bat-shit insane, please note; my […]

French kids like donut-holes, but Charlie Brown likes crayons

The other day I was thinking “gee, it’s been a while since I featured instrumental Hip-Hop on Blogarhythms.” So I looked around my workspace and found about a half-a-dozen albums I’d previously set aside as candidates for such future featuring. Some theorize “the future” is in fact “now,” so I figured there’s no better time […]

Au Revoir Simone and …music video? push more keys than Rick Ross!

Wurlitzer… Hammond… Rhodes… Theremin… Moog… Mellotron… ARP… Yamaha… Korg… Roland… Casio… All the crazy shit that Bruce Haack invented… The fake midi instruments you have running on your laptop computer… You name it… If it’s a weird keyboard or synthesizer instrument I probably love it! And from Jean-Jacques Perrey, to Kraftwerk, to Postal Service, if […]

Records at Random Vol. 20 - Faith Faith

I bought the self-titled 1973 debut-album from Muncie, Indiana’s Faith because it came highly recommended. A recommendation from the pen of Phil “The Soulman” Stroman who name-checked the record in his World of Beats column in Hip-Hop periodical Rap Sheet. To be honest, he’d actually recommended an album by a group called Limousine, released in […]

French fries, oversized fingers, a keyboard-playing lady, and Rhythm & Blues ice-cream

The first time I saw Hot Chip in concert at Great Scott in Boston’s Alston neighborhood during March of 2006 I was also treated to an opening set by local act Big Digits. I knew nothing about them, but the two-man group wowed me with their on-stage warm-up routine of stretching and calisthenics, earth-quaking bass, […]