And this.

Is kinda funny.  Congrats, nonetheless.  

Forever ever.

For those, in the New York area, the third annual Donuts Are Forever event is this Saturday at Public Assembly in Williamsburg.  Raising money for a good cause and paying tribute to the king.  And my friend Brainchild is spinning.  Details here.

Take it back 2

Just zone out for 7 minutes.
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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!)

Big In Japan

Someone once said.

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.