Stuff You Probably Haven't Heard
How does one make sense of an annoying, hours-long, Amoeba voyage?
My approach: wine, cigs and a scattered bag of shit just for you. Dig it.
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Let's lead off with a little Ike Turner.
Ike was good at things. Yes, hurting women. But he also knew how to play some shit-funk guitar, tickle ivories and arrange what most of you may know as a J5 joint. Let's hear it:
Ike Turner and The Kings Of Rhythm—Getting Nasty
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Bettye Lavette with the Drive-By Truckers makes about as much sense as this (I saw him in person last week). But somehow it works. Well.
Bettye Lavette w/ Drive-By Truckers—Before The Money Came
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Clarence Reid showed up on the last post (scroll down). He now also holds the Ear Hole title for Best Album Cover.
Clarence Reid—Nobody But You Babe
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Ween. Oh, Ween. I thought they were off the junk, but the new record tells us otherwise.
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I know nothing about Robert Parker, other than that his is the best track on this disc I just bought.
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It's tough to pick a favorite from Atmosphere's new trifecta of EPs, but this is what I came up with.
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These guys are Italian.
The Link Quartet—Milwaukee Hunter
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And yes, it is raining in L.A.
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Betty Davis was married to Miles and nailing Jimi. Sounds like it, anyway.
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Guilty pleasure.
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If you've gotten this far, why not indulge with a plug: a good read on this MP3 blogosphere you are exploiting.
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Wait, here's another tight Atmosphere joint from the aforementioned EPs:
i hate when non musicians try to sound cool like u know sum' thing - fukk off u rancid hack, Betty was nailing Mile's and was it your father that nailed yiour Mom, or a escaped Baboon ?
Posted by: john | April 11, 2008 at 06:22 AM
Great post man.
Jurassic 5 used that Ike sample on Concrete Schoolyard. Just for giggles: http://www.songza.com/listen?z=a2r3-AZmQIGLNxBs
Love the blog homie, been lurking it for quite some time :)
Posted by: itsoweezy | February 06, 2008 at 11:42 AM