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song(s) for sunday: as serious as my life is...

2008-04-13T18:02:10Z

I've felt very serious this week. I'm trying to step my game up at work in hopes of gaining some new responsibilities and challenges. I'm taking ownership of my relationship with food (as in, I like food a lot) and in my responsibilities to those...

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song for sunday: love vibe

2008-03-30T15:41:59Z

No big pre- or post- amble this week. No ambles of any kind. Just...the groove.

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song for sunday: laredo 77

2008-02-24T17:23:51Z

I've recently been enjoying the sounds of Brownout, a Latin funk outfit out of Austin, Texas. They've been around for a minute in the form of Grupo Fantasma except here, they're strictly instrumental. What I like about these guys is not only that...

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song for sunday: the magic of your love

2008-01-27T17:36:23Z

Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label takes a look at the underside of Chicago soul through twenty tracks of blistering R&B, sweet soul, and discofied funk. Hundreds of hours were spent researching, interviewing, re-mastering, and compiling the histor...

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song for sunday: that thing happened...

2008-01-14T05:16:01Z

Berlin got a new show in 2006, Belle et Fou realised by four star chef and event caterer HANS-PETER WODARZ and producer/director ARTHUR CASTRO. Besides dance, theatre and refined culinary delights, this new project from the makers of Pomp, Duck &...

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song for sunday: the 2007 album that haunts me

2007-12-16T16:33:57Z

if it's the reclusive life that Burial seeks, he might just be his own worst enemy, because his new album, Untrue, bests Burial's fans' wildest hopes for the followup. Burial was a worthy, sometimes thrilling record-- an impressive debut-- but i...

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song for sunday: remember me

2007-12-02T20:29:17Z

Similarly unique is 'Remember Me' by female soul group, The Trinikas. A rolling bass with a nice 'n' fat backbeat eases in behind an overwhelming lead vocal; this track acts like trailer for the entire repetoire of cult band The Village Callers,...

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Song for Sunday: Fire Starter

2007-11-25T17:15:18Z

The song can be found on YHU’s penultimate LP Just A Melody, one of the only albums from their discography that has never been granted the reissue treatment. This is a real shame, because the album is a wonderful collection of songs permeated by ...

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Song For Sunday: Give A Little Rilo Kiley

2007-08-19T19:58:28Z

I'm going through my Amoeba purchases and audio blog downloads for the week and while there are several gems, this one, as Rilo Kiley tends to do, just smacked me right in the face.

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Song for Sunday: Return From the Ashes

2007-08-05T14:38:42Z

For those of a certain age, John Dankworth will always be stood slightly behind the massive perm of his missus Cleo Laine, quietly huffing on his tenor sax as he accompanied her on a spot on whichever light entertainment show Brucie or Tarby were...

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