Not In Kansas Anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7h-3v7FRyk
Loved these dudes -- quiet acoustic hip-hop about beer and woman problems. How did this not catch on?
Base not bass, haha.
Before Google There Was… Speech
Genre jumping again, I know. Check this funky little thang a few years back from an amazing band that played the music business blues in the nineties then dropped from the scene.
NEO Neo
Ok sentimental fools, here in Cleveland we had our own version of the Beatles, or was it Queen? Well anyway, The Raspberries are one of the most underrated bands of the seventies. Check them out tackling this pop classical masterpiece.
Layup Lines
...and Dre on the Break!!!
My basketball team used to warm up to this track, aw yeah!
Potus With The Mostest
Very funny. Look at that applause too -- don't see that on the news much do you? I remember seeing cheering crowds of (white only) flag waving supporters almost every night for President Bush even when his support was at 10%, but here's a guy with genuine actual fame and appreciation around the country, and it's burried as deep as possible by our media gatekeepers.
Somehow a random black person committing a crime somewhere is tied back to Obama more in todays climate than the man himself speaking to his constituents.
Buy An Electric Focus, Get Solar On Your House
Great idea! If you get one of the new Ford Focus Electrics, you can get a rooftop solar array permitted and installed for only $10k! With the 10k tax credit for buying an electric this whole thing is actually quite attractive: an average driving family will have saved back the $10k in electricity bills in 5 years, and after that you are practically driving for free! Also, if your family drives less than average, like mine, you will be selling your excess electricity back to the grid and powering most of your household needs from the roof.
So you have a nice new Ford Focus which costs about $30k after the credit, a modern solar array on your house (hello resale value!), and very well might be the bees knees in 5 years after your investment is recouped.
Mellow Madness
One of the more radical covers, I dig it for sure. Here's Come As You Are done jazz bassguitar style.
Why Analog Matters
In reply to a thread on CNet about Record Store Day, I laid out a long reply to the idea that buying vinyl these days is pointless, especially if the artist records digitally. The poster implied that the CD format was the gold standard and that prompted my reply. It was too long for their system so here's the whole thing:
The issue with the cd format is not that it's digital, it's that it's 16bit/44k digital. This is not even close to the full analog sound as produced in nature. This number was chosen because it was all the data they could cram through the DAC's built in the late 1970's. The "CD format" as you know it is the best digital audio format that computers (actually IC's) could handle 32 years ago. Anything else a 32 year old computer is "good enough" for these days?
So why do most people think CD is actually the top standard, and that mp3 is "good enough"? Brilliant engineering, understanding commerce, and counting on people's horrible (and often damaged) ears. Let me explain:
Knock Knock On Your Front Door, Guess Who?
Wow Michael Franti has come a long way over the last 20 years. I remember the first time I heard this band, I loved them. A big early influence on 2merica, for sure.
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