Category Archives: Music

Portrait of the Artist as a (Neighbor)Hood

July 23, 2008 – 11:01 am

Yesterday afternoon I spent a couple of hours engaged in discourse with fiber artist m. Cody and her homegirl, visual artist Christine Hajjar. Topics of discussion included art, music and all sorts of other good shit. Both ladies have recently set up shop in new locales, so the conversation turned to the communal […]

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S**t! God-Damn! Get ON This Ass & Jam!

July 22, 2008 – 10:54 am

There are sequels, and then there are spin-offs. After initial reports that Lovefoxxx, lead vocalist of Brazilian Post-Punk dance-band Cansei de Ser Sexy, was working on a solo album after the success of her band’s debut I was living in anticipation of the latter more-so than the former. In the end, the reports of a […]

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Not to Be Confused With the Young Black Teenagers

July 21, 2008 – 11:47 am

In the movie business Summertime is the season for sequels. The past two weeks have borne that out as sequels, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and The Dark Knight, dominated the box-office. But more and more it seems like the music industry has latched on to this practice too, because it feels like […]

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Remixed at Random?

July 18, 2008 – 11:07 am

I’m in “a mood.” It’s uncomfortably humid here in my apartment. I’m bored just looking at the armload of vintage vinyl I’ve already flipped through a hundred times that’s leaning against the shelf next to my desk. And I don’t really feel like moving crates around in order to pull some other […]

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Free Equals a Broke Emcee Squared

July 17, 2008 – 11:02 am

Over the years I’ve been a huge supporter of Brooklyn’s Nuclear Family both here on Blogarhythms and elsewhere. I’ve blogged about their projects dozens of times. Their music has provided the backbone of my radio playlists numerous times. I keep all of their albums — save the crew’s debut The New Singles, […]

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