Tag Archives: Vampire Weekend

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are The Very Best

January 12, 2009 – 10:30 am
For those not in the know, or anyone who was just born too late to get the reference, the title of my four-part year-end wrap-up was inspired by the song “You’re the Best” by Joe “Bean” Esposito. The tune, which is one of my favorite soundtrack songs of all time, was one of the […]
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“Cheesy Rat, You Ain’t All That…” © James Todd Smith

December 16, 2008 – 10:30 am
When I was young and could care less about my Hebrew ancestors’ pronouncements against “unclean animals” I somehow talked my mother into letting me keep a mouse in our house as a pet. I also owned a cat who was, by coincidence, named after a fictional mouse. The cat and the mouse were, […]
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Shuffle Songs

May 12, 2008 – 12:34 pm
Spending a good portion of the weekend out of doors with my earbuds in (so as to deflect the “how long you been growing that hair” and “is that your real hair” inquisitions) and my iPod on shuffle meant I got to listen to a lot of good music while enjoying the temperate weather and […]
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Vampires love Oranges

September 27, 2007 – 11:52 am
It’s not unusual for a band identified with one genre to glom on to another genre and start infusing their own tunes with elements of this new style or sound. Sometimes other bands follow suit and a new “scene” springs up, usually bearing some “clever” new epithet like “New Rave” or “Grindie.” In fact, it’s […]
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