Tag Archives: Janelle Monae

Beats for Your Face (Or Lack Thereof)

December 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
So much for chilly temperatures and pretty powdery coatings…All of a sudden it’s a balmy 60 degrees outside with intermittent rain and it’s windy as a sonovabitch! So, what sort of soundtrack does a grey-skied, puddle-packed, wind-blown Wednesday deserve? I’m thinking something moody and changeable, that suits the days’ melancholy caste but still […]
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A Many-Hued Existence

November 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
I get tons of e-mails every day from bands, musicians, singers, rappers, public relations firms and even other bloggers asking me to listen to “their” music. Only a tiny number of those e-mails contain links to music which is actually of some interest to me. And amongst that privileged minority only a paltry […]
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Shuffle Songs, Vol. 2 — Happy Jew Year!

September 30, 2008 – 10:30 am
For those not “in the know,” it will be Rosh Hashanah, or “Jewish New Year” as it’s known to the Gentiles, until sundown tomorrow. Since I don’t currently have the cash to serve the usual meal of BBQ beef brisket, roasted red potatoes, carrot tzimmes and challah that my family has historically partaken in to celebrate […]
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You Got Quitzow On My Blog… I Got Blog On Your Quitzow…

July 2, 2008 – 10:51 am
For some reason I’ve both me and my housemate came down with a sudden craving for Reese’s Pieces candies yesterday evening. I actually got up, put my headphones on, and made a late-night trip to a nearby store, so I’m really not sure how I managed to come away without the tasty treats in […]
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Shuffle Songs

May 12, 2008 – 12:34 pm
Spending a good portion of the weekend out of doors with my earbuds in (so as to deflect the “how long you been growing that hair” and “is that your real hair” inquisitions) and my iPod on shuffle meant I got to listen to a lot of good music while enjoying the temperate weather and […]
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