Tag Archives: Minnie Riperton

Dear Q-Tip; Thanks for Not Sucking

One thing music lovers of every stripe can agree on is that they just don’t make ‘em like they used to. The cliché holds true for both today’s artists and the veterans of the olden days who are still around, and is applicable to music regardless of genre. No matter how much I […]

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 4 — Baby Ruth®?

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 […]

Perfect Angels Ride the Subway

You may have noticed in a shift in focus yesterday to a more gentle sound than has been the norm around here of late. I dunno if it was supposed to counterbalance all the “ruff, rugged & raw” Hip-Hop and hipster-pleasing mixtapery I’ve been featuring, a side-effect of my favorite ladyfriend being squishiery than […]

Records at Random Vol. 59 - Betty Wright Explosion

As you might have noticed, Records at Random was preempted by the 4th of July holiday last Friday. Prior to that I had kinda forgotten that we take holidays off here on OKP and I had been thinking about picking a record based on the patriotic theme of the holiday. In fact, I’ve […]

Easy Does It, Do It Easy, That’s How I’m Doin’

Hump-day or not, Wednesday isn’t gonna get in the way of my attempts at keeping my mood relaxed and easy-going this week. For me it’s just another opportunity to ease some smooth sounds into your ear with the same finesse I’ve been using to ease myself from a standing to sitting position and back […]