Tag: sunday music

Sunday Music: Mos Def And Fat Booty Love

By the time I first heard Mos Def’s Black on Both Sides I was not just deep in Black Star and Mos' many amazing guest spots, but I was a reggae and soul-loving teenager too - steeped in Aretha Franklin and Gregory Isaacs.   It all came together when “Ms. Fat Booty” came on. A love … Continue reading Sunday Music: Mos Def And Fat Booty Love →

Sunday Music: Personal Journalist / Sage Francis

It didn’t age well. And that’s ok. It’s still got merits.  I have a series of Sage Francis quotes and references I repeat to myself regularly 20 years on. I’m not a college kid in a pre-social media era crafting AIM away messages anymore. All those bizarre curiosities have moved through and beyond subreddits by … Continue reading Sunday Music: Personal Journalist / Sage Francis →

Sunday Music: 1001 By Glitterer

Glitterer in Wilkes-Barre doing NEPA proud.

We saw Glitterer the other week and this song just stood out like crazy in the setlist to me: “1001” Shoegaze, at it’s best, combines melodic and harmonic tension and resolution. It usually requires the rhythm to be, sort of - plodding(?). Yeah, I’m not Wikipedia for this, but it’s the vibe I get. By … Continue reading Sunday Music: 1001 By Glitterer →

Sunday Music: Electric Relaxation (Tribe)

Is “Electric Relaxation” one of the greatest songs ever?  “Relax yourself girl please set-tle down” gets me going every time. Sexy as s***. And even if some of the lyrics are corny, they’re perfectly corny.  But for the non-music nerds, I have to clue you in on something else that's going on. Part of Q-Tip's … Continue reading Sunday Music: Electric Relaxation (Tribe) →

Sunday Music: Happy Horror Business Halloween (With The Misfits)

October is for Misfits. I’ve got one particular song on my mind this year - “Horror Business.”  There’s a weird, unsolved (re: not entirely worth solving) mysteriousness because the song references either/or the movie Psycho and the famous bathroom murder scene, and/or Sid Vicious’ girlfriend Nancy’s tragic bathroom stabbing and death.  We’re not here to … Continue reading Sunday Music: Happy Horror Business Halloween (With The Misfits) →

Sunday Music: Bad Religion’s 4th Turning Soundtrack – The Gray Race

Don’t you love the way books/ideas sequentially appear in your life?  I do. Even when they’re a little doomy with a side of optimism. I’ll plug the “Optimism” episode of Breaking News we just released where we wrestle with all this stuff if you’re interested, but I know you’re here on a Sunday because Sunday’s … Continue reading Sunday Music: Bad Religion’s 4th Turning Soundtrack – The Gray Race →

Sunday Music: She Giggles Because I Sleep With A Body Pillow

Atmosphere’s Sad Clown Bad Dub II was pretty much impossible to find. In 2000 I ended up with a ripped copy on CD. Then, some folded flyer of a mail-order catalog had copies for sale and I sent in $20 cash and waited.  Pre-streaming. Pre-online ordering of everything. It’s wild to think about what we … Continue reading Sunday Music: She Giggles Because I Sleep With A Body Pillow →

Sunday Music: Why Does Azealia Banks Still Hit So Hard

I remember having a 2012 conversation about how there was a noticeable lack of danger in pop music. I was ranting at the Billboard chart. I did a lot of ranting in those days (usually to myself, to be perfectly honest). My argument was centered around how you could see the edge people were willing … Continue reading Sunday Music: Why Does Azealia Banks Still Hit So Hard →

Sunday Music: The (Perfect) Un-Originality In Sublime’s “Caress Me Down”

I was in a conversation last week with someone who brought up how original and fresh 90s music was. I said it was refreshing, in the sense of how it was such an original act of musical collage, but it wasn’t in and of itself anything new.  They disagreed.  I got sublime.  Or more literally, … Continue reading Sunday Music: The (Perfect) Un-Originality In Sublime’s “Caress Me Down” →