Monthly Archives: February 2008

Records at Random Vol. 42 - The Heptones Better Days

February 29, 2008 – 12:32 pm

A few days ago I was reminiscing with a friend about our misguided youths when the conversation turned to the music that served as the soundtracks to our lives over the years. For a short while the discussion hovered over the late early ’90s, and I got misty over the Reggae, particularly the computer-riddim-fueled, gun-talk […]

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No Moon, No Man, Just Madita

February 28, 2008 – 11:09 am

Last Spring I gave Canadian songbird Leslie Feist’s album The Reminder a lukewarm welcome here in the “pages” of Blogarhythms. Although I loved a few selections from the LP immediately, I was initially non-plussed by what I perceived as a departure from the formulas of her sophomore LP Let It Die. Months later, as the […]

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Those Show Promoters Better Not Front Now

February 27, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Hopefully you’ve been spending as much time with Erykah Badu’s “The Healer” in your ear as I have and it’s put you in the mood to feel good about Hip-Hop. I know that’s how I feel. Which is why I’m dedicating today’s post to a new Hip-Hop artist who I happen to be feeling especially […]

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Pyramides in Amerykah

February 26, 2008 – 12:53 pm

You may have noticed I don’t normally play cheerleader for Okayartists in this space. The insiders behind the Okayupdates that precede this blog are just that good at what they do that I usually feel like anything I might possibly add would be redundant. But before I let myself do anything else today I have […]

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Need an Excuse to Wear a Turtleneck and a Leather Jacket and Say Things Like “Up Yours, Baby?”

February 25, 2008 – 12:03 pm

So what if, instead of the daily drudgery of whatever your regular life might consist of, the start of a new week signaled the beginning of an exciting adventure instead? Well, this week we’re going to assume that’s actually the case. Let’s just pretend as though this Monday morning were nothing more than the “please […]

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