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Tag Archives: Tom Tom Club
“I Can Tell You’re Fly by the WEAVE! That You Wear… ” © Kelvin Mercer
February 10, 2009 – 10:30 am
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 […]
Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Micah James, Cadence Weapon and Juba Dance
February 4, 2009 – 10:30 am
Like I said yesterday, on the occasions when I find something to like about contemporary Hip-Hop I really like it. And for the last couple years some of the things I’ve liked the most have been “mixtape” projects. This despite the fact that for a number of years previous a decrease in mixtape […]
Records at Random, Vol. 76: Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club
December 5, 2008 – 10:21 am
When I was a little tyke my Mom made a habit of taking me out every once in a while for a special lunch at a cool bistro or pub. I assume it was as a reward for exemplary behavior or an exercise in teaching responsibility. I got to order “grown up” food […]
They’re Just Pretending to Be Fashionable
September 18, 2008 – 10:40 am
As much as I may enjoy a night on the town one of my pet peeves has always been nightspots that enforce a dress-code at the door. As most club-goers are probably aware, such policies are often used as an excuse for establishments to engage in racism and classism.
Sometimes the exclusionism is less sinister, […]
S**t! God-Damn! Get ON This Ass & Jam!
July 22, 2008 – 10:54 am
There are sequels, and then there are spin-offs. After initial reports that Lovefoxxx, lead vocalist of Brazilian Post-Punk dance-band Cansei de Ser Sexy, was working on a solo album after the success of her band’s debut I was living in anticipation of the latter more-so than the former.
In the end, the reports of a […]
