November 26, 2008 – 10:30 am
So, what do you do when it’s the day before Thanksgiving and you have no family to speak of and a distinct lack of grocery money in the bank? Well, if you’re me (which I am, so I can say this with total authority) you try to relax, you tell yourself not to worry […]
November 25, 2008 – 10:30 am
Blame the internet, or M.I.A., but I can’t remember when there was so much international cross-pollination going on in dance music. Yeah, back in the day the Brits took House and Techno and made them their own, spawning the Rave culture that eventually found its way back to our shores, bringing us Drum-N-Bass in […]
By El Keter
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Tagged 2 Hype Brothers and a Dog, Benny Blanco, Buraka Some Sistema, DJ Assault, Dude N Nem, Five Deez, Hot Chip, Justice, Kanye West, Kid Sister, M.I.A., Nina Sky, Pase Rock, Pitbull, Reso, Spank Rock, The Commodores, The Count and Sinden, The Federation, Tittsworth
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November 24, 2008 – 10:30 am
Traditionally I’d look upon an “illness” like Seasonal Affective Disorder as some manner of quackery or another. On the other hand, I’ve always thought all this Daylight Saving Time-related falling back and springing forward we do every year is a bunch of malarkey. It gets dark at four in the goddamn afternoon now! […]
By El Keter
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Tagged Bobby Konders, Burial, Diplo, DJ Rupture, Drop the Lime, Erol Alkan, Frankie Cutlass, Funkmaster Flex, Kenny Dope, Kode 9, Modeselektor, Shadetek, Sinden, Skream, Todd Terry, Toddla T, Zomby
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November 21, 2008 – 10:30 am
Back in August I marked the dog days of Summer–and the 13th anniversary of the album’s release date–by dedicating a Records at Random post to Wu-Tang Clan swordsman Chef Raekwon’s mafioso-Rap epic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. In that post I went to great lengths to outline just some of the myriad reasons that […]
By El Keter
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Tagged Busta Rhymes, Ghostface Killah, Gravediggaz, Killah Priest, Lost Boyz, Method Man, Nas, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Rampage, Stevie Wonder, Sunz of Man, The Genius, The RZA, The Young Rascals, Willie Mitchell, Wu-Tang Clan
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November 20, 2008 – 10:30 am
As I’ve already made abundantly clear, I have reason to celebrate this week. And while it’s true there won’t be much in the way of partying going on in my vicinity I still can’t seem to shake the festive mood, no matter how hard I try. And it’s in that spirit of having […]
By El Keter
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Tagged Armand van Helden, Cajmere, Dances With White Girls, DJ Mujava, Ghostface Killah, Martin Circus, Maurice Fulton, Northend, Paul Johnson, Raekwon, Richie Havens, Syclops, The Bar Kays, The Junkyard Band, The Rapture, Thomas Bangalter, Vaughn Mason
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