If you're a newcomer to this blog, let me explain where I come from. It's called "The Pop View" because it's a view of the world through the lens of pop culture. Yes, I talk about specific movies and TV shows and I'll post MP3s, but if browse through the archives, you'll find me ruminating about "What does it all mean?" Popular culture is important because it both reflects and influences our culture (which is to say, our way of life). Everything – economics, clothing, politics, the environment, healthcare, education, [...]
Thanks to Lewis Heriz (the graphic-design mastermind behind London's Sofrito , and our Whitefield Brothers and Seu Jorge and Almaz album covers), we are pleased to offer you another entry in our sporadic "Not Really A Podcast" series…. The Poets of Rhythm featuring Malcolm Catto "Moanin." This is the first in a line of songs we'll make available from a gig Heriz produced for the Poets of Rhythm/Whitefield Brothers, Heliocentrics drummer Malcolm Catto and vocalist Bajka at The Maze in Nottingham, UK, in 2006. First up – a funky take on [...]
From 2001's Discern/Define , PoR's "Moira" shows that all music need not be dusty in order to be funky. Download - The Poets Of Rhythm - "Moira"
Cookin On 3 Burners (Myspace) Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria Australia Album: Baked - Broiled And Fried (Buy) Label: Freestyle Cookin On 3 Burners - Cressy St Breakdown The Apples (Myspace) Hometown: Tel Aviv and New York Album: Buzzin' About (Buy) Label: Freestyle The Apples - Debil's Dream The Poets [...]
[This week's Sunday Supplement has been very kindly written by perhaps my oldest (and oldest) reader, Campfires & Battlefields. C&B has emailed me more good music suggestions than pretty much anyone, being the first to alert me to Samamidon, O'Death, Fleet Foxes (okay, we'll forgive him that one) The Felice Brothers and quite a few more, so hopefully we can persuade him to do a monthly column - sort of a Letter From America sort of thing. Thanks C&B.] A few weeks back these hallowed pages were given over to iniquity in [...]
Poets Of Rhythm - Summerdays label: Gomma year: 2003 side a: Summerdays side b: Summerdays (Instrumental) www.myspace.com/thepoetsofrhyt hm Poets Of Rhythm/Budos Band - More Mess on My Thing/Budos Theme label: Freestyle year: 2006 side a: Poets Of Rhythm - More Mess on My Thing side b: Budos Band - Budos Theme I got the "Summerdays" 45 from my buddy David L. "Great track for [...]
Danny Green MP3: The UNC Marching Band - I'm A Tar Heel Born MP3: The Poets of Rhythm - North Carolina Bookmark It [...]
Image - Jim Hawkins (InsideCarolina.com) Go Heels!!!! Download: MP3: House Of Pain - Jump Around MP3: The Poets Of Rhythm - North Carolina MP3: Les Mccann & Eddie Harris - North Carolina MP3: James Taylor - Carolina On My Mind MP3: Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina MP3: Corey Harris - [...]
The New Mastersounds Download: MP3: The Poets Of Rhythm - Funky Runthrough, Pts. 1-2 MP3: The New Mastersounds - L.A. Root Down (Dub Side of the Pier) MP3: Fort Knox Five - Papa Was Stoned Download: The Poets of Rhythm - What Goes 'Round (iTunes) The New Mastersounds - 102% (iTunes) Fort Knox Five - Radio Free DC (iTunes) [...]
I've been listening non-stop to The Menahan Street Band's ' Make The Road By Walking ' and Fort Knox Five's ' Radio Free DC ' albums for the past couple of days. As I mentioned yesterday, there are some incredible bands in this genre, such as Galactic, The New Mastersounds, The Poets Of Rhythm, Antibalas, Karl Denson, Medeski, Martin & Wood and The Budos Band. Even though the majority of these guys have been playing music for well over a decade, I still consider them new Funk. James Brown & The [...]
Want to go to the Playground Weekender for free? Well here at Deckhead we can help you out with that! Thanks to the playground group, I am proud to announce that we are giving away a double pass to the Playground Weekender 2009 for free, all you have to do is win our competition haha! The tickets are 3 day camping passes, which means you can get on site, if you bring your own tent it wont cost you a thing, alternatively there are a range of accom options you can check out at the [...]
Parenthetical Girls This is the Pampelmoose edition of the New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM. Some more new music from my email inbox. As we head towards the end of the year I will be playing my top 13 songs from 2008 next week [a baker's dozen as they say..] and then the following week I [...]
Galactic No Hip-Hop today for the Jive-Five. All of the bands below have dabbled or still dabble in hip-hop. I purchased tickets today for the Medeski, Martin & Wood show @ The El Rey Theatre. I will most likely check out Galactic, but I don't care for The HOB. Galactic @ The House Of Blues Sunset Wednesday November 12th (Buy Tix) Medeski Martin & Wood @ El Rey Theatre Friday, November 21st (Buy Tix) For New [...]
New Funk at it's best. Download (Right-Click Save As): MP3: Stanton Moore - Poison Pushy MP3: The New Mastersounds - The Minx MP3: The Budos Band - Chicago Falcon MP3: The Poets Of Rhythm - Strokin' the Grits MP3: Mocean Worker - Son of Sanford Buy: Stanton Moore - Stanton Moore III (iTunes) The New Mastersounds - This Is What We Do [...]
From: Discern/Define (Quannum Projects, 2001) Download Learn Home MySpace Last.fm
Download "Coffee" (mp3) from "Tuesday" by Headnodic Insiduous Urban Records, Inc. More On This Album Download "An Elegy" (mp3) from "The Free Design: The Now Sound Redesigned" by Kid Koala & Dynomite D Light In The Attic More On This Album [...]
Once again, back is the incredible, the rhyme animal, the incredible D. I've been busy trying to get things done before my semester starts - reading the ten foot high stack of books I've built up in my queue, shooting the Bay Area up with my Holga, and finishing up research projects at work. All the while, I've somehow found myself quite a social life. So putting up music hasn't been quite on schedule. But alas, nothing like music blogging to while away the afternoon that should have been spent writing a research paper. [...]
This is for all of the people who have to travel (see Chris), go holiday shopping (see me) or work today. It's a nightmare out there, so I had to come up with something to help keep the sanity. Sit back and listen to these funk grooves. It just might make the day slightly more bearable. If you like what you hear, you can find all of these songs and much more here . Smile, it will be over soon. The Poets of Rhythm - More Mess On My Thing [...]
Poets of Rhythm - Discern/Define While I wouldn't exactly agree with RJD2 when he says that Deadringer is shit , I will agree with his assessment of the Poets of Rhythm's first Quannum record as essential, excellently recorded funk. Originally from Germany, the group first got noticed backing up Lyrics Born, whom they would later help out on his excellent solo debut and future album of the day, Later That Day... Here, the group displays their unbelievably tight playing style, effortlessly merging rare groove and hip hop, updating the former and giving [...]
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