Last weekend I picked up the Tavares album In The City from Recycled and found, other than the classic tracks pressed on the vinyl, a piece of advertising on the sleeve that would never fly today (plus it wouldn’t be good as a metaphor for a bargain).
The latest in a long line of Warner Bros. ‘Loss Leader’ sampler albums, Supergroup is, track-for-track, today’s best music bargain. (Think of it: 90 minutes of today’s best contemporary music for less than the cost of 4 packs of cigarettes.)
The cigarette comparison would no longer fly. Pretty soon it’ll probably be the other way around – four CDs for the price of a pack of cigarettes. Not only that, but this seems like a trivial matter that people would be up in arms about today. I’ll have you know that I’m up in arms about this piece of advertising, and it isn’t due to the mention of cigarettes. I just want to know why they decided to put the last sentence in parenthesis. The aside is longer than the text that precedes it. What’s the deal with that?
Arriving with a whopping 2.1 hours of free music, Shiny Disco Club put together one of the largest free releases I’ve ever seen. Not only is it disco, which is always great, but it contains tracks from the likes of Bit Funk, Louis La Roche, Moonchild, Rockets, Xinobi, Go Go Bizkitt, and many more. Too good to be true you say? Direct your eyes below and make an attempt to believe them.
I can’t wait to see what comes out of Shiny Disco Club in the future! After a stunt like this they’re easily one of my favorite labels. A close second to D.I.S.C.O.Texas.
Listen to it below or download it! Part 1 – Part 2.
Videos for two of the songs off the new Jamiroquai album Rock Dust Light Star were just put up on YouTube. I’ve already heard White Knuckle Ride along with some remixes, and I can’t put into words how excited I am about this album. I’ve been a long time Jamiroquai fan and he’s a permanent fixture behind my DJ booth.
Without Jamiroquai the last five years of my life would have likely played out much differently. The largest difference would be that the idea to pursue DJing would have never crossed my mind. My first vinyl purchase was Jamiroquai’s Dynamite album. It was intended for framing and hanging on my wall. Long story short it never quite made it into a frame or onto my wall. Instead I picked up a Numark turntable and mixer, hooked it up on the floor of my room, put on a pair of headphones, and listened to it all the way through. Now we’re here. Thanks Jay!
I ventured out to Northpark Center this weekend as it was the only movie theater in the entire DFW area screening Catfish. The movie looked interesting enough, but it turned out to be a lot different and better than I had imagined. Aside from that, Catfish is one of the very few movies I’ve seen where the audience had audible reactions throughout the entire movie (minus a midnight screening). If you’re thinking about seeing this movie and have a theater in your are that’s screening it, go!
I’ll be fairly active on the blog over the next few weeks and until our next correspondence, stay thirsty, my friends.
Hey, here’s an idea! Let’s take the Evangelion out of Neon Genesis Evangelion and see what we can come up with. Enter Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse. I’m a sucker for anything Eva related; let’s see how this pans out.
Update: After reading Volume 1, it’s more accurate to say this takes the Evangelion dictionary and redefines each important term to fit into an alternate world. Still no giant mech sightings. One volume in and it’s new, yet familiar, territory.
