Monthly Archives: March 2008

Parlez-vous Français?

March 31, 2008 – 7:34 am

My grandparents spoke French fluently. They never bothered to teach my mother though. And she never learned on her own. I followed her example of Franco-linguistic ignorance. So I’m clueless as to what’s being said on all the French records I listen to. I’ve actually been listening to quite a few French records of late […]

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Records at Random Vol. 46 - Tom Scott & The L.A. Express Tom Cat

March 28, 2008 – 12:40 am

My introduction to saxophonist Tom Scott was a two-fold affair. On the one hand I was exposed to his music through sampling, particularly the extensive use of his “Sneakin’ in the Back” break on Hip-Hop records. On the other, I knew his name and face from his stint as bandleader on Pat Sajak’s short-lived late-night […]

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Bloggers Will Listen (While Stroking Our Chin Chin)

March 27, 2008 – 11:22 am

There won’t be any theoretical physics or flashy vehicles turned plutonium-guzzling makeshift time-machines in today’s post. Neither will there be any overt sensuality or ’80s throwbacks, even if there will be synthesizers. There will be a flashback of sorts later on though. And there may be a time-related paradox insomuch as today’s first featured artist’s […]

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Did Doc Brown Build a Beat-Making Robot Too?

March 26, 2008 – 11:13 am

Whenever I encounter media dealing with time travel I do two things; pick apart the project’s treatment of the “rules” of time travel and bring up the 1985 film Back to the Future. Whether it’s the hiatus-taking NBC series Heroes, the Denzel Washington flick Déjà Vu, or the two-hour block of new Futurama episodes that […]

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Beware Giant Squid!

March 25, 2008 – 11:38 am

My expertise in the field of astrology is, admittedly, pretty limited. Which is okay, since this blog isn’t actually about astrology. One of the few things I do know about stars-n-signs, and it was an early discovery for me, is that sharing a sign with two close relatives was cause for a lot of familial […]

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