Revelation Funk: Elastic Lover From 7" (Gold Plate, 197?) The Mighty Lovers: Ain't Gonna Run No More From 7" (Soul Hawk, 196?) As I learned from the omniscient Dante Carfanga, Revelation Funk was an Ohio outfit that, among other things, was where James Ingram got his start back in the early 1970s. "Elastic Lover," the b-side of "Bear Funk" is supposed to be their "common" 7" though let me tell you, after looking for it for over a year, it certainly doesn't show up as one might expect a common single to. This is all besides the point. I first heard "Elastic Lover" on a now-infamous Jared Boxx mix-CD from a few years back and partially because it's early in the mix, partially...

Harvey Averne Barrio Band: Let's Get It Together For Christmas The Black On White Affair: Auld Lang Syne (snippets) From In the Christmas Groove (Strut, 2009) It's post-Thanksgiving which means that in the last few days, every time I step into a retail store, I hear %#U*()!...

DECEMBER 2 — ANDY PALACIO Belizean Garifuna singer, cultural ambassador, folk activist. DECEMBER 2, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS Belgium: LOVERS’ FAIR.������������ FEAST OF PIRATE UTOPIAS. ALSO ON DECEMBER 2 IN HISTORY… 1620 — First English-language newspaper published, Britain. 1859 — Abolitionist...

Hey, I don’t know about you but today seems like the perfect day for some ridiculous French ukelele-synth pop with a cheesy mod-60’s feel. Impossible to find? Ha! Easy to find thanks to the lovely and strange Mareva Galanter. Her 2007 album Ukuyeye is a thrillingly silly and fun mash up of classic...

I had been with Grace and Miro in a hundred kitchens like that. Everything was wood, metal, paper or glass; nothing was disposable. I knew where to look for cloth filters, tea, compost buckets and co-op containers of peanut butter, honey and tahini. I knew how the bread would taste, how the clay...

After testing her acting chops with guest runs on the revamped “Melrose Place” and “CSI,” Ashlee Simpson has made her way to Broadway. The pop singer is currently starring in Chicago as Roxie Hart, a role she previously tackled during on London’s West End in 2006. [MTV.com] The popularity of...

DECEMBER 1 — ERNST TOLLER Leader of the Munich “soviet” of 1919. Playwright, bohemian, hounded to suicide by the Nazis. “Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so.” DECEMBER 1 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS INTERNATIONAL PRISONERS...

Bobby Reed: Time Is Right From 7" (Bell, 196?) Tek and Steele: We Came Up (Crystal Stair) (feat. Talib Kweli) From Reloaded (Duck Down, 2005) Tek and Steele: We Came Up (Bobby Reed Section) My man Hua hepped me to this Smif N Wessun cut from 2005 that missed my radar and the first thing I noted was, "oh schnap, they're looping up Bobby Reed's "Time Is Right For Love," aka "one of the few records I'd current break the $300 mark to cop". I can't believe I didn't already write about Reed for the site (I got brief mention before but never a dedicated thread.) Best. Thing. Ever. Seriously. This song is one of the best two minutes you'll ever enjoy. It's so good I'm not even...

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