Tag Archives: Tricky

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 3 — Tricks ‘N Treats

October 30, 2008 – 10:30 am
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 […]
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“Deportees (Things Change)” © Mark Anthony Myrie

October 16, 2008 – 10:30 am
Does anybody know what Sade’s been doing since she released Lovers Rock close to eight long years ago? Not that she really has to do anything, other than look sexy, but I kinda miss her is all. And I guess the Sophisti-Pop influence — an amalgam of Jazz, continental Pop, orchestral […]
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“Repent Ye; For The Upsetter Is at Hand!”

August 19, 2008 – 10:58 am
It shouldn’t have gone unnoticed that over time I’ve profiled a few records produced by legendary Dub producer Lee “Scratch” Perry in this space. I’ve also invoked his name on numerous occasions even when he wasn’t directly involved with creating the music under discussion. The frequency of his appearances in my writing is […]
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For Losers as Well as Super Stars

July 9, 2008 – 10:59 am
I spend so much of my time digging through obscurities that I often don’t hear about what’s going on well-established artists until the last minute. My underground fetish withstanding, this may have something to do with general skepticism of the things people in the entertainment industry say about their future products. I guess […]
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Yesterday’s Title Quoted “The God,” But Today’s Post Is About a “Blue God”

June 5, 2008 – 10:34 am
All my taking it easy this week didn’t amount to much more than sitting around, updating my music library, adding a bunch of tracks to the new Zune I’m trying out and watching my best friend crochet a bunch of bikinis. Feeling a bit bored with all this relaxation crap I started thinking it […]
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