Monthly Archives: April 2008

“Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this blog presupposes is… maybe he didn’t.”

April 16, 2008 – 10:48 am

Though it makes me feel like a passenger of genius canine Mr. Peabody and his bespectacled sidekick Sherman in their WABAC Machine I just couldn’t resist profiling another contemporary artist whose work is a tribute to the aesthetic of yesteryear in today’s blog. Hailing from Athens, Georgia, birthplace of many an alternative and independent music act, […]

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“Uncle El” Knows the “Future of the Funk” When He Sees It!

April 15, 2008 – 10:49 am

While all of that James Todd Smith “future of the funk,” “let’s push things forward” like Mike Skinner, visionary artist stuff I was popping in yesterday’s post is fine & dandy that doesn’t mean we should forget “old school” music or neglect to pay it homage. I mean, how else can we expect artists to […]

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Wanna See the Future? Take a Look Outside

April 14, 2008 – 10:35 am

This Saturday, after an outing to a record fair (more on that in Friday’s Records at Random post) organized by my homie 12XU to raise money for the Flywheel Arts Collective, I was lucky enough to catch previous Blogarhythms featurees Saul Williams and opening act Dragons of Zynth live on stage at the Iron Horse […]

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Records at Random Vol. 47 - Ohio Players Ecstasy

April 11, 2008 – 10:55 am

If the cover of last week’s Records at Random entry from MFSB was subtly sexy then the record lurking behind it in a pile near the television in my living room which earns the spot this week is damn near pornographic. Coming from a group — the untouchable Dayton, Ohio-bred Funk outfit the Ohio Players […]

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Colourful Ghosts are Made in the Dark

April 10, 2008 – 10:42 am

This Monday night The Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts will be graced by the presence of DFA Records‘ breakout stars Hot Chip. Although the proprietors of “the Hot Chip sound” are pretty much my favorite recording entity and live music act of the New Millennium I probably won’t be in attendance Monday. This is […]

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