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Friday 30 January 2009

Take it back 2



Just zone out for 7 minutes.
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Tuesday 27 January 2009

Bring it Back



Taken from the music blog of the senior vice president and director of music at my day gig, Josh Rabinowitz. These are his words:

"2. “Star Spangled Banner”, Marvin Gaye, Nike
If like me, you watched Marvin Gaye sing the national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game in LA on TV in 1983, you were so floored/moved/stirred/etc. that you tried to find a copy of it but to no avail. Not until a Gaye Box Set came out in the early nineties, on audio cassette only, were you able to hear it. Thank goodness for YouTube, and thanks to Nike’s Spot “United We Rise” for tapping into that magic of Marvin, who at that LA performance was armed with only a first generation drum machine (programmed the day before by Gordon Banks), and connecting it with the spirit of the Redeem Team (aka US Olympic Basketball Team). Not the greatest of Nike ads, but certainly one the greatest rendition of the Star Spangled Banner ever done."

Love the fact that they used a drum machine track made the day before as the backing music. Mssrs. Marvin and Banks remixed the National Anthem! (and thank God for that!)

Monday 26 January 2009

Monday 19 January 2009


Interesting Joy Division doc up at Pitchfork. For "one week only," though I'm not sure when that ends. Visually nice, lots of good interviews. Particularly liked the Peter Saville stuff. Anyway, a little antithetical to this week's events, but if you need a moody moment...

1938-2008



I'm pretty late on this, but with all the holiday hustle, didn't get the news that Freddie Hubbard had passed until after the new year. Perhaps best known for his run of early 70's releases for CTI Records (speaking of, is the CTI catalog of that period not in desperate need of a photo anthology/covers collection book of some sort?), Freddie was a key sideman on a number of significant releases throughout the 60's as well, and continued to play up until recent years. Rest in peace, Mr. Hubbard.

Saturday 17 January 2009

MLK Day:Barack Songs

MLK//HOPE by Dan23
I can remember being in elementary school before there was a holiday to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. My teacher led us in a debate as to whether there should be a holiday or not. If presidents like Washington, who led rebellions against the unfair practices of the government of their time, should be so honored, why not Dr. King? I couldn't put that into words then. I just knew he deserved to be remembered.

This year is special because the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama fulfills the promise of Martin Luther King, Jr.

So to commemorate these two great men, a quick mix of inspired and inspirational songs.


MusicPlaylist


"The only time brothers like us be poppin' champagne
is when we gonna celebrate Barack Hussein!" ~ Q-tip






Sunday 11 January 2009

So What You Sayin', Yo?

Oh my.  Can't figure out whether to download this or not.  Like, it's not really the death of autotune if I perpetuate it by listening to the entirety of this mixtape, right?  Audio samples are pretty hilarious, though.

Wednesday 7 January 2009

Kids On The Hook

I really didn't care for "Young Folks."  It picqued my interest most the other day when reading that Peter Bjorn and John had been using a pre-recorded whistle for tour performances.  Anyway.  I dig this new track.  Kind of like an updated indie cousin to Gorillaz' "Dirty Harry," no?

Monday 5 January 2009

New Prince Site



Here.

It's pretty.