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Shuffle Songs, Vol. 5 — Rappity-Rap Edition

December 11, 2008 – 10:30 am
If you shuffle the letters in the word “rap” you really only come up with “par,” a Golf term, and “Arp,” an old-school brand of synthesizer. I think there are even fewer anagram options if you use the term “hip-hop.” But that’s neither here nor there because today’s “shuffle” special is an all […]
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Shuffle Songs, Vol. 4 — Baby Ruth®?

November 13, 2008 – 10:30 am
Yes, that is Chunk–the pudgy, habitually dishonest, ice-cream-obsessed kid from the 1980’s flick The Goonies–doing his “truffle shuffle” at the top of this page. And that can only mean one thing…that in today’s post I’m putting Blogarhythms on “shuffle” once again! Named after a song by postpunkelectrogoths New Order, the Paris-based Thieves Like Us are […]
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Planning to Vote Today? You Might as Well(s)

November 4, 2008 – 10:30 am
It’s Tuesday, November 4th, which means that all across the United States of America it’s Election Day. Today, we elect a new president for our nation. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I want Barack Obama to be that president. But whoever wins (just let me go on record here […]
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Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: 100dBs and DJ Mekalek

August 11, 2008 – 11:00 am
Yeah, it’s another one. And no, when I started this “Mixtapes I Don’t Hate” shit I never thought it would become this regular of a feature. But the sheer profuseness of original, diverse “mixtape” projects hitting the scene seems to me like a fantastic indicator of just how healthy Hip-Hop is as an […]
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