Tag Archives: The Meters

The Sound of Your DOOM is the Roar of the Tiger, No Jive

March 24, 2009 – 10:30 am
A couple of days ago the Northern Hemisphere crossed the threshold from Winter into Spring and with the exception of a few locations hit with “freak” blizzards or anachronistically chilly blasts of arctic wind that means ski-mask season is all but over for most of us. I mean that in a strictly meteorological sense […]
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Records at Random, Vol. 73: Labelle Nightbirds

November 7, 2008 – 10:30 am
Before I jump into the usual blah-blah-blah-blogging I want to take a minute out to aknowledge that yes I know there is a problem with the comments on the blog. You can’t leave comments, and neither can I. I have no idea what’s wrong but I appologize to anybody who’s attempted to leave […]
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And the Winner Is… (My Man…) SPEEECH!!!

November 5, 2008 – 10:30 am
Like a lot of people, I cast my ballot in the historic election yesterday for Barack Obama, a candidate who ran on a platform of hope and optimism. That hope was rewarded last night when he was declared the winner of the lengthy and contentious contest. Being full of hope and optimism I began planning […]
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Records Reissues at Random, Vol. 70: Allen Toussaint / Wild Tchoupitoulas

October 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
A while back I was directed to YouTube video of a commercial for some body spray or another where a dude puts on the body spray and turns into chocolate. I’m pretty sure I was shown the ad because somebody I know thought it was creepy and/or potentially offensive. I could see how […]
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No Relation to Big Mountain Fudgecake

September 4, 2008 – 10:46 am
A few hours ago I got together with Emeyesi to record a new episode of our weekly podcast series. A good deal of our between-song banter dealt with the Republican National Convention (which we’d been watching) and the GOP’s platform (which apparently consists of being old, being white, being rich, lying, wearing cowboy […]
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