Tag Archives: The Clash

Lips, Sweat and Fake Asian Names

This morning I woke to a local news story about an aspiring Hip-Hop mogul caught up in a plot involving drugs, guns and kidnapping just a few towns away. While at the local news outlet’s site I noticed they have a new Twitter feed, which I clicked, intending to “follow” it. The first […]

“I Can Tell You’re Fly by the WEAVE! That You Wear… ” © Kelvin Mercer

I know, Hip-Hop is far from the only genre of music whose modern incarnation is fractured and unbalanced. Seeing the art of songwriting and raw talent replaced by a cult of personality drove most people to write off what passes for “Pop” music a long time ago. The voice of the disaffected, dispirited […]

Records MP3s at Random, Vol. 69: Big Audio Dynamite Tighten Up, Vol. 88

Writing about one-man British pixel-Punk band Sportsday Megaphone yesterday, and noting several qualities he shared in common with Mick Jones‘ post-The Clash group Big Audio Dynamite, inspired today’s choice of random record. Well, first it reminded me that I was supposed to put B.A.D.’s 1995 album F-Punk on m. Cody’s iPod, but after that […]

So Many Records / So Little Time

In my write-up on Chairlift’s new album from Tuesday’s “shuffle” post I shared a glimpse of the lack of awareness of my own music collection that I sometimes face. What’s even more absurd than realizing I’ve been regularly listening to a song all my friends have been asking me to find them for months […]

Records Reissues at Random Vol. 63 - Question Mark & The Mysterians Action

My homie DJ 12XU is one of my favorite local DJs. And its not just because he’s a good friend either. No, it’s due more to the fact that he’s the sort of dude who could have records from The Clash, Cutty Ranks, Radiohead, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Donna Summer, MF Doom, Nelly […]