Tag Archives: M.I.A.

“…for the Benefit of Humans and Animals.” - The Edicts of Ashoka, 3rd c. BCE

With a full week of the brand new year firmly behind us I think it’s safe to say that 2009 hasn’t begun on the most humane of notes. Iraq continues to be plagued by suicide bombers. Tensions between nuclear superpowers India and Pakistan are heightened after the revelation that the men responsible for the Mumbai […]

“Lemonade Was a Popular Drink, and It Still Is…” © Keith Edward Elam

Unless you’re planning on busting out your old Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine so you can mix it together with some of the snow blanketing the country right now and make a tasty homemade lemon icy it’s not really the season for lemonade. I’m not generally a fan of warm beverages myself, but after the ice […]

The “Sound of Kudoro” Is “the Titts”

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 […]

The Alpinism’s Bumpin’, But I Need the Volume Higher

Like many Americans I’m still in a bit of a trance after the momentous events of November 4th. My wonderment at the fact that an overwhelming number of my fellow citizens voted for progress by supporting our first African American president is tempered by sadness that a whole bunch of them in a handful […]

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 3 — Tricks ‘N Treats

Randomer than a Friday Records at Random post, it’s another special “El Keter’s got way too much music and only so many days in the year to write about it all” Shuffle Songs post! First up…New Orleans-via-Hollywood duo The Knux dropped their debut Remind Me In 3 Days this week. I wasn’t sure what to […]