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Five Songs, 2/21/2018

Still haven't missed a day yet this year! Ghostface Killah, "Ghost Is Back" I think Ghost's skits just kept becoming less comprehensible as time went on. They're not even really skits any more. There appears to be no bottom to the gibberish. Anyway, this is...

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Five Songs, 2/10/2018

Songs! Scarface, "In Between Us" Scarface is one of the elder statesmen of rap, having gotten his start with the Geto Boys, who terrified the hell out of mainstream white America back in the day. After leaving them and going solo, he's had a long...

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Five Songs, 1/25/2018

Today's music. Coil, "Who By Fire" Peter Christopherson is one of the true innovators of underground music, performing as a member of industrial/noise pioneers Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle. He then went on to become part of Coil, a band dedicated to electronic music...

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Five Songs, 1/19/2018

Shuffle's kind of been killing it lately. Marvin Gaye, "Your Unchanging Love" Marvin Gaye, here on a single from 1967. It's impressive to listen to the difference between this and what he'd make a mere four years later with What's Going On. Mephiskapheles, "Plan B"...

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Five Songs, 1/16/2018

Today's music. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, "Come On Do The Jerk" Smokey Robinson here with the official anthem of red pillers everywhere. Slick Rick, "The Ruler's Back" Slick Rick's classic debut, The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick, was tremendously influential. While there's nothing super special...