
It seems that as time marches onward I find that I listen to an increasingly dwindling amount of hip-hop. The bell curve of my rap listening habits probably reached it's peak sometime during 2008 and ever since that time has fallen prey to the slippery slope. The reason for this is due to a war of conflicts that exists between myself and the entirety of the genre. Most of the material being recorded today I find is either too hard or too crass to be relatable, or falls victim to bad production that at times can sound [...]
Velvet Monkey's remarkable debut is finally available on CD.

The Velvet Monkeys circa 1982; Elaine Barnes, Don Fleming, Jay Spiegel and Steven Soles Earlier this spring I mentioned the upcoming digital reissue of The Velvet Monkeys' seminal 1982 cassette release, Everything Is Right . The album is now available for download from the usual suspects (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon , etc.) and at long last is available on a format other than cassette. Additionally, on July 5th the album will be issued as a limited edition CD by Thick Syrup Records [...]

I had thought about posting this single by Gumball a long time ago. In fact, several years ago, I had a post all written up, and the music ripped from 45 and uploaded to my server. I planned to hit "submit" the next morning, but that night I had a dream I was abducted by aliens. The aliens poked and probed me in unspeakable ways. Then one of them unzipped his skin and inside it was Bono, only dressed liked Marilyn Monroe. He leaned over and softly sang in my ear, "Do not post the Gumball" in same breathy manner [...]

Back right at the end of another Wild Weekend , after a week-long hiatus caused both by a short trip abroad and some quite irritating computer problems. My router had re-programmed itself all on its own for some reason, and it took a while to get it to function again. But finally, here´s edition # 22, and once more the shuffle function of my iPod decided what goodies you´re going to enjoy. I know it's all been done before, and it's all been written in the book, but let´s carry on regardless, before the waters of oblivion come rushing [...]
The following recap is for the 6/24/08 installment of The Best Show on WFMU. It documents game-changing developments in the Newbridge Mayubernatorial election, and assorted non-political delights.</em "Imus level. We're going to ImusLand tonight. Get ready. We are not going to ImusLand." -- Tom, deciding against a stop at The Mushmouth Ranch "Good night, unfunnyman." -- Tom, eulogizing the stand-up comedian George Carlin "Go buy some gum and chew it and then throw it in the park and let the bums, like, find it and [...]

What do I have for you today? Why it's Psychedelic/Experimental/Acous matic/Tape Music artist Pollination remixing Rock/Soul/Shoegaze artist Yppah . Dig it. Downloadable: "Gumball Machine Weekend (Pollination Remix)" (box.net) The original track for comparison purposes: "Gumball Machine Weekend" (box.net) Pollination will be putting out an EP sometime in the near future. It will "probably" be on iTunes and "possibly" have a physical release through "maybe" Exponential Records . (Plus, Exponential Records SXSW 2009 Sampler is streamable... here ). Downloadable: [...]