PAPA MICHIGAN – LOVE IZ (Rashanco) 2010 I’m a huge fan of Jamaican deejay duo Michigan and Smiley and I’m proud to say that Papa Michigan (aka Baddingo aka Anthony Fairclough) has recently dropped a first class new solo album called Love Iz. M&S were the foundation rub-a-dub team (and first duo) coming up around…
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LOST: My thoughts
I don’t really have much to say about it all…I had a major LOST overdose last night…watched over 5 hours of LOST programming. I always thought the show lasted one season too long…and I’m sticking by that assessment. I wasn’t really disappointed in the ending — I mean, I thought it was handled pretty well…
Creator of Iconic Coffee Cup — Dead
Any New Yorker knows the iconic, blue, gold and white paper coffee cup. It’s proper title is the Anthora. I did not know that. But I do know that the cup’s designer, Leslie Buck, passed away this past Monday at his home in Long Island. He was 87.
Music In Review: Winston Riley’s “Stalag 17 “
Keyboardist Ansel Collins wrote and recorded the durable instrumental, “Stalag 17” for producer Winston Riley in 1973. The track went on to become one of the most sampled and versioned riddims in the history of Jamaican music. There have literally been hundreds of different songs using Collins’ unique Stalag bass and drum riff, probably the…
Spring is Sprung
Happy April. I hear there’s something called the iPad out there. Someone, tell me what it’s all about. Don’t have the energy right now. But I did watch LOST tonight — quite enjoyed it, boyo — and I’m always interested in what anyone of my friends has to say about it…I had a theory that…
Netflix Streaming
I received the new Netflix Instant Streaming disc for the Wii this past Friday. After fussing with the wireless network security for an hour or two, I managed to get it going. I had some hopes for it, even if the Wii doesn’t support hi-def video. Hey, I don’t even have the Wii hooked up…
One Day in the Life: SXSW 2010
Unseasonably cold weather ripped through Austin, Texas during the third day of this year’s SXSW fest. It was the first I’d ever planned on attending in 13 years. Last time I was there in 1997, hawking my own music project and spacing out to the sounds of Wayne Coyne and Friends’ insane Parking Garage Experiment….
SXSW Bound
I’m heading down to Austin this weekend to check out the last couple of days of SXSW. I haven’t been to the fest in years. Heard it’s a madhouse from the locals, but I need to get out of Dallas for a day or so. I’ll bring my camera and get some snaps in and…
RIP Alex Chilton
Alex Chilton, the Memphis-born singer-songwriter and voice of The Box Tops and Big Star, passed away yesterday at the age of 59 (reportedly while mowing his lawn). He was scheduled to play a reunion show with Big Star at SXSW in Austin this Saturday. Chilton reportedly died from a heart attack in his adopted hometown…