April 2009
65 posts
I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.
– Elivs Presley
Lost in Space →
jstn:
Incredible (and impossible to verify) story about two Italian brothers in the ’60s who claim to have recorded the space deaths of several cosmonauts. It’s partially corroborated: “Mikhail Rudenko, a retired senior space engineer, claimed a few years ago that three early victims were test pilots who were simply blasted straight up into space between 1957 and 1959.”
Who knows if that’s...
Praises and Ballads selection →
New mixtape from Simon, who previously put out Slow Music from Africa (via Awesome Tapes from Africa)
Thione Seck - Chauffeur Bi Alou Fané & Daouda Sangaré - Nambara Mogo Super Djata de Bamako - Bimoko Magnin Etoile de Dakar - Aladj Kojo Mireku’s Band - Mepe Me Ho Asem Ashanti Brothers Band - Odo Afre Me Dr. T.O. Jazz International Band - Asem Atome Oko’s Guitar Band - Ebeye Yie...
The Wire "Bible" - David Simon's Original Series... →
Loudspeaker - Wikipedia →
Francis and the Lights - KTTF (live at Santos Party House)
francisandthelights:
Why does jury duty pay more than my job and why is it the only Joy I know is a...
– Swamp Dogg, from the liner notes to his 1989 release I Called For A Rope And They Threw Me A Rock.
The Hipster Grifter | The New York Observer →
Looking through YouTube for videos of people dancing is a great way to see inside a wide variety of apartments, houses, and rec. centers.