Thursday, May 26, 2011

Memories


Waking skies, at sunrise
Every sunset too
Seems to be
bringing me
Memories of you

Here and there
every where
Scenes that we once knew
And they all
just recall
Memories of you

How I wish I could forget those
happy yesteryears
That have left a rosary of tears

Your face beams
in my dreams
'Spite of all I do
Everything
seems to bring
Memories of you


Frank Sinatra - Memories Of You (1956 Version) : Classic Sinatra II

Monday, May 23, 2011

the kisser

"When they slept together, she almost cried. He was a kisser, and he kissed and kissed. It seemed the kindest thing that had ever happened to her. He kissed and whispered and brought her a large glass of water when she asked for one."

-from The Jewish Hunter in the collection of short stories Like Life, by Lorrie Moore

Hungry


"That was the thing with hunger: It opened up something dangerous in you, something endless, like a universe, or a cliff."

-from Starving Again in the collection of short stories Like Life, by Lorrie Moore


Ben Lee - Hungry : Ripe

The end of the world?



Uh oh, overflow, population, common food, but it'll do.

Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed dummy with the rapture and the revered and the right - right.

You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.



Sunday, May 22, 2011

Sunday Soul - Don't Say Goodnight


Some people say
That life is for the livin’
So let’s live it, baby
Yeah...

Most of the people say
That love is for the givin’
So let me love you, girl
Yeah...

Hey, hey, hey, hey...
(Don’t say goodnight) Don’t say goodnight, oh, when you know
It’s time for love
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, baby
(Don’t say goodnight) Don’t say goodnight when you know
I gotta have your love




Saturday, May 21, 2011

Work To Do


Well I'm taking care of business, woman can't you see
I gotta make it for you, and I gotta make it for me
Cuz sometimes it seems that I'm neglecting you
I would love to spend more time
But I got so many things to do
Ooh, I got work to do, so much work to do
I got work to do, I got a job baby
I got work to do


First off, this is a great song. Secondly, It's a great cover of a great song. Thirdly, it comes absolutely free on a covers EP that Mayer Hawthorne just released. Fourthly, I can't wait for this man's next album. Seriously. In the meantime, download his EP.




Visit Mayer Hawthorne's label Stones Throw Records and become his friend on MySpace and Facebook.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Little Girl Blue


Sit there, count the raindrops
Falling on you
It's time you knew
All you can ever count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

Won't you just sit there
Count the little raindrops
Falling on you
'Cause it's time you knew
All you can ever count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

No use old girl
You might as well surrender
'Cause your hopes are getting slender and slender
Why won't somebody send a tender blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue



Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue : Little Girl Blue 7"

Nina Simone - He Needs Me : Little Girl Blue 7" B-side

Find them both on Little Girl Blue.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Wake Up Already!



Wake up everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead

Jon Stewart is the shiz. Talk about some backward thinking? Seriously...attacking Common?




Visit Common's website, his label Geffen Records, and become his friend on Facebook.

Sunday, May 08, 2011

Sunday Soul - Tears


As the sun sets and the night goes around
I can feel my emotions comin’ down
But now I pull the covers off my bed
Saying to myself, “Tonight I’ll forget”

Tears, tears
Falling like the rain
Tears, tears
Another heart knows my pain

Tears, tears
All the tears your heart wouldn’t hide
Tears, tears
Now the tears become a good cry


Force M.D.'s - Tears : Tears 7"

Force M.D.'s - Forgive Me Girl : Tears 7" B-side

Thursday, May 05, 2011

Kickin' It Galactic Style


Almost fifteen years after first forming, Galactic has slowly been edging closer toward their hip hop influences, especially on their 2010 release Ya-Ka-May, but with their latest release, the live album The Other Side of Midnight: Live in New Orleans, the band takes a step back to their funk roots. The show was recordedOctober 29th, 2010 at Tipitina's, a club in New Orleans, and the group pulls out all the stops to showcase their instrumental mastery for a hometown crowd. In fact, when describing them to a friend, I framed them as a New Orleans Soulive, a strong collective of musicians that can truly jam it out for real.

Guests stepping up in front of the band to take control of the mic include Cyril Neville (from another New Orleans original, the famed Meters -whose song Gossip they cover during the show - and of course the Neville Brothers) and Big Freedia, but there are still plenty of instrumentals to show what the band does best. In fact, they have a few instrumental guests to bolster their sound as well, including Trombone Shorty (who plays in Orleans Avenue) and the Soul Rebels Brass Band. Considering that many live albums are recorded over the course of several shows, and that this album all comes from a single show, the musicianship on display is impressive. Even the instrumentals have enough funk in them to hook, and the album scoots through amazingly quickly.




and an older one they did in tribute for another New Orleans giant, Fats Domino:


Visit their website, their label ANTI-, and become their friend on MySpace and Facebook.

Sunday, May 01, 2011

Sunday Soul - Booty March


can i get an amen for the booty?
AMEN!

now i want you to put your hands together
give me a clap
now i want you to take one step for every clap
and shake your booty one time for every step
now we're gonna do the booty bop
you ready?
well BOOTY!

i got money on my mind
but i don't get tired of watching that booty
i got money on my mind
still i don't get tired of watching that booty

makes my eyes feel good
don't get tired of watching that booty
makes my eyes feel good
don't get tired of watching that booty

walking through the park
i don't get tired of watching that booty
from morning till dark
i don't get tired of watching that booty


Rasputin's Stash - Booty March (stereo) : Booty March 7"

Rasputin's Stash - Booty March (mono) : Booty March 7" B-side

Sunday Soul - I Know You Got Soul


i know you got soul
if you didn't you wouldn't shake that thing
hit me with the beat
hey, 'cause it make you sing

i know you got soul
if you didn't you wouldn't be in here
i know you got the feeling
the way you move over there

don't let the green grass fool you
i know you don't like the faker
tighten up your game
and shake your moneymaker

say yeah
yeah!



Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul : I Know You Got Soul 7"

and because I'm feeling generous today: