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Five Songs, 4/22/2021

Eddie Floyd, "Don't Tell Your Mama (Where You've Been)" We Love Song Titles (With Parentheticals)! The Books, "Smells Like Content" Can I engage in some old-fart bloviating? Of course I can, nobody else has the password to this site so nobody can stop me! The...

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Five Songs, 1/7/2021

The Beatles, "Birthday" Stupid Beatles! It's not my birthday! Or this blog's birthday, which is a day off of mine! I can't put them in charge of anything. christian fitness, "all ghosts to medicine counter four" When you make really elaborate song or album names,...

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Five Songs, 12/22/2019

They Might Be Giants, "Let Me Tell You About My Operation" I always enjoy the manic stuff when they really roll it out. A nice performance from Marty Beller on the drums here. DJ Muggs & Roc Marciano, "White Dirt" DJ Muggs was always the best...

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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, 2/8/2018

Six songs today! Xzibit, "Carry The Weight" Before he was on MTV, before he became a meme, Xzibit was a hardcore rapper, which sometimes kind of seems like it's forgotten. His debut album, featuring production by E-Swift and Muggs among others, is a strong piece...