On April 1, Bodega Pop Live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio celebrated the focused and foolhardy alike with a three-hour junket through the world of home recordings, cassette-only releases, DIY hip-hop, and all manner of outsider-y, field-y goodness from thriving underground scenes in Barcelona, Spain, and Recife, Brazil, to random acts of rawness from Austin to Zürich. Listen to the show now in the archives
Reupped again on March 26, 2015, at a reader's request, here. If someone put a gun to my head and forced me to choose just one Japanese rock band to listen to until my retirement years, my first impulse would be: "Just kill me." For, how could I--how, indeed, could anyone--choose just one? My second impulse, tempered by the desire to continue living, would be to flip a coin: Heads = Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her; tails = Guitar Vader.
Formed in 1998 as a male-female duo, Guitar Vader was largely influenced by the Beatles and the Pixies, though they also learned and/or borrowed from every late 20th century act from Guitar Wolf to Beck. Their first album, Die Happy!, was released on cassette and never had a proper CD (or LP) release. (It is, I would argue, the single most perfect example of Japanese pop rock ever recorded.)
In 2000, they added a drummer and a couple of years later added a(n American) keyboardist. They broke up in 2007 when their drummer began to have serious health issues related to his heart; they had been working on a sixth studio album, which was abandoned. So far as I know, none of them seem to have pursued solo musical careers.
I found most of these albums on other, now-defunct sites, wiped out in the Megaupload action. They are, so far as I can tell, all out of print and impossible to find.
Included here are:
Die Happy! (1999)
Wild at Honey (2000)
From Dusk (2001)
Baby-T/GVTV/Shimanagasgi (2001)
REMIXES_GVR (2001)
Dawn (2003)
Happy East (2004)
Watch an interview with Guitar Vader's Ujuan Shozo and Miki Tanabe:
Women have dominated the Japanese pop music landscape for a solid century, providing the archipelago with its most beloved and forward-looking artists, from Matsui Sumako, who recorded the country's first pop song in 1914, pre- and post-war superstars Kouta Katsutaro and Shizuko Kasagi, and iconic legends like Misora Hibari and Maki Asakawa, to contemporary pop innovators Shiina Ringo and Kahimi Karie and ground-breaking alt girl groups like Buffalo Daughter, Ex-Girl, Nisennenmondai and OOIOO. On Wednesday, March 25, Bodega Pop Live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio celebrated this rich X chromosome-centric history with a three-hour, 100-year journey from early 20th century shellac to today's hottest tracks, including many of your favorite cuts and at least a few jams never before aired on WFMU or GTDR. Listen to the show now in the archives
Listen to Wrinkar Experience's "Fuel for Love" Listen to The Semi-Colon's "Slim Fit Maggie"
Reupped once again on March 23, 2015, by special request, here.
[Originally posted in June 2012.] It's true: You can't judge a CD by the lack of a cover. This is one of the greatest things I've ever found; although, truth be told, it was handed to me with a very, very strong recommendation.
So, I returned this weekend to Blessing Udeagu in Corona, Queens. The younger woman who was working there last time wasn't there; instead, there were two women, older than the first, hunkered down over a computer where they were gossiping about a mutual friend or acquaintance: "How can she put all of her life like that on Facebook?"
When they saw me come in, one of the women asked me: "Have you been here before?" I said that I had, last weekend, in fact. "Did you buy music?" I nodded my head. "Did you like it?" Very much so, I let her know in uncertain terms. "My daughter told me about you!" she explained.
After establishing that, indeed, I was the guy who was there last weekend, the shop keep rose from the computer and came over to where I was standing by the CD rack and began pulling things off the shelf. "You need this one," she said, handing me the sleeveless CD you see above. I asked what it was. "Nigerian pop," she explained, "from the 70s." My heart began to race as she took the CD to the computer and popped it in. I nearly collapsed when I heard the first song.
"Uh, this is great--I definitely need this!" I blurted out. She smiled and popped the CD back out of the computer.
I'm not sure how to classify this music--it doesn't sound like highlife--other than, simply, "pop." It's incredible. For those who know something about Nigerian pop, I've provided a track list below.
Hey Kids, look: It's the 2015 WFMU fundraising Marathon! This year, WFMU will raise $1.2 million to keep the music flowing on one of the last great free-form radio stations in the country.
On Wednesday, March 4, Bodega Pop Live on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio spun three itchy and scratchy hours of the choicest freshly unearthed Argentinian arias, melismatic madness from Malta, sweet sorrow on Swedish shellac, heavy Yiddish yawping, and much more. If you missed it, you can listen now in the archives, HERE
The Guess Who? – It's Time (LP 1966, Canada)
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*AQUI:*
*The Guess Who? – It's Time* (LP Quality – V 1788 (C), 1966).
*Disco considerado raro. *
Produtor – Bob Burns.
*Género:* Rock, Rock de Garage...
SONGS UPLOADED ON YOU TUBE BUT NOT HERE
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*SONGS UPLOADED ON YOU TUBE BUT NOT HERE*
*Music By : LAXMIKANT PYARELAL,R.D. BURMAN,RAVINDRA JAIN*
Lyricist : *ANAND BAKSHI* *& MORE*
*Music Cop...
JOCKSTRAP
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The second demo from these Toronto mutants (the first, posted last year,
was titled *II*) is full of even more noisy stomping ferocity that teeters
along...
JUU / BASS DOWN
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ワンメコンの最高顧問であり、YOUNG-GのミックスCDでもお馴染みのJUUさんの名曲「BASS
DOWN」が7インチになりました!Soi48もデータでプレイしてきた曲なのでこれは嬉しいっ!非売品というレア度満点のアイテムでありますが、入手方法の難易度は低くEM
RECORDSフェアを開催している全国のCD...
Добро пожаловать в вечный сон
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Sleeping under the light of dawn.
(*Sedativ *was another great eerie post-punk project from Russian
underground legend Roman Sidorov from *Старуха Мха*, *...
Resonance FM 12/2/19
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Thirty minutes of Ethiopian pop songs, new and old! I think I'm going to
make this a semi-regular thing, like the 'DTT Speechless' series I'm
sort-of doi...
Etoundi Aloa's Bikutsi
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The "Patriarch of Bikutsi," Etoundi Aloa Javis, joined his ancestors on
November 6, 2017. Shortly before his death he was honored at the annual
"Festi-Bi...
Ghita Ben Abdeslam
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Here's a nice album in the chanson moderne style by singer Ghita ben
Abdeslam. Born into an artistic family, Ghita is the niece of sibling
singers Mohamm...
Ambiance Congo: February 3, 2019
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WELCOME!
Mostly older music from the 80s and 90s today. Thank you for your request
for a song by Tshala Muana! If you know the title of the Choc Stars song...
Africolombia needs your help
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For 12 years, Africolombia has dedicated to sharing with the world the
incredible picotero culture of Colombia’s Caribbean. From exposing a vast
inventory ...
The Sophist- Subliminal Control LP
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I’ve had this LP kicking around for ages, but never really thought much
about it. One of my recent great purges had me reconsidering this record,
and after...
Rahul Dev Burman: Adhikar (1971)
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[image: Adhikar]
'Adhikar' originally appeared on this blog as an EP, posted some 12 years
ago. It seems I kind of liked it at the time, but without being ...
Top 25 Releases of 2018: Extra
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In addition to the albums and EPs covered by my, admittedly selective and
only vaguely ranked, top 25 list, there were of course plenty of other
releases I...
february 3, 2019
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little steven & the disciples of soul - caravan
neil young & crazy horse - cowgirl in the sand
freakingsnap - a song for our pets
trampoline - astral master
...
Microtonal Youth
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In the late 70s I worked briefly for Europadisk, a small Manhattan company
that brought German stamper technology to record manufacture in the US.
Since ...
va -- Adieu Tristesse [Mixtape #49]
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Time for a new selection of delightful oldies: sixty minutes of
outernational pop and jazz for a trippy new year!
SIDE A
01 - Frantz Casseus - Dance
02 -...
Association Folklorique de la Côte Est – Tia Ambady
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Hello, hello – it’s been a while. The collecting hasn’t stopped and has
continued apace, but I’ve been concentrating on some upcoming releases
which I hope...
Cratedigger’s Lung - catch it
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Don’t miss the debut of “The Cratedigger’s Lung Adventue Hour,” tomorrow,
Nov. 30 at 7pm, EST.
*A one-hour exploration of excavations from the farthest re...
Família Ronin
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Família Ronin - Até depois do fim
1- Uma nova Missão - Nolts MC ft. Deck-B
2 - Dá o Play no Disco - Mano Regi
3 - Se Matar ou se Manter - Speedline
4 - P...
Free West-Papua!
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In 1953 my grandfather on mothers side kissed his wife and childeren
goodbye and left his lowland swamp house for an expedition far away into
the Dutch...
We Won't Forget You...
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Dengbej Gazin Dengbej Gazin was a singer from Van in eastern Anatolia, she
belongs to a tradition of storytelling through chanting. Consider for
example...
Jazz vs. Rock and Roll
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My baby and I, had a fight last night/ She said I´m wrong, but I know I´m
right/ Now, I love that gal – heart and soul/ But I dig Jazz! … and she
loves Roc...
so long & farewell.
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no long paragraph about how much of a pleasure this has all been. i'll keep
this real short & on brand. this is the final post of spookcity. thank you
to e...
Sofaüberwürfe
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Hussen u0026 Sofaüberwürfe für mehr Abwechslung von bonprix. Sofahusse,
Gaico, »Verona«, mit Melange-Effekt | OTTO. Beschreibung. Mit diesen
Stretch...
Original Beach Scorpions
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Well, this band is certainly one of my favourites: The Original Beach
Scorpions, led by Anthony Scorpion. Fine guitarwork, remarkable voices,
truly origin...
Tip For Choosing a Good Driving School
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Once you sit behind the wheels ready to start a car, you must be ready for
the tremendous responsibility that you are about to take over. The
knowledge o...
My Top 5 for Superfly Records
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I picked some of my favorite Congolese 78s and wrote a few lines for Paris
Superfly Records =>
http://blog.superflyrecords.com/guests-top-5/ceints-de-bakel...
Kasse Mady (1949-2018)
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Yet another of my musical heroes has passed away, and once more too young.
I still had high expectations from *Kasse Mady Diabaté*, who passed away in
Bama...
Sohnay da Sohna Rauza
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As the month of Ramzan approaches many of us like to listen to Naatiya
kalam to help put us in the right mood of devotion. This is the lovely new
Friday r...
Phono Mundial Toutes Etoiles – 12 Mai
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On investit les 700m2 en extérieur du Chapiteau Belle de Mai ce samedi, et
pour une fois on commence dès 14h avec nos invités : –L’Espadrille
(Phocéephone)...
Ndikho Xaba: share your love
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Composer, keyboardist, percussionist, instrument maker, innovator,
activist, Baba Ndikho Xaba was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 10 years
ago. *He no...
A Secret History of a Musick Yet To Be (Readable)
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In July, a bulletin on the myspace page of a group of Moroccan musicians
sent my mind wandering down some strange paths, got me thinking about music
as a t...
Membasmi Kutu Kucing Dengan Minyak Telon
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Jika kucing Anda membenci air, coba gunakan sisir kutu agar membasmi kutu
kucing dengan minyak telon merasa tidak nyaman. Anda perlu memastikan sisir
turun...
Penpals - 2nd Coming
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Penpals - 2nd Coming
321 Records Limited TOCT-24648
2001.10.24
Today I have decided to hack and slash all my prices on discogs. deep
discounts abound in ...
Camelia Jordana
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Camelia Jordana - Non non non
Camelia Jordana - Comment lui dire (Mathieu Boogaerts)
Camelia Jordana et Alex Beaupain - Avant la Haine
JET FM Fundraising Marathon
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Jet FM is a local independant radio in Nantes, France, which hosts my Cosmogol999
Radioshow and close friends Hashtag & Tête de bois's broadcast.
This rad...
No i było tak:
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Na wakacje po ósmej klasie w Trzech Kwadransach Jazzu Jan Borkowski puścił
kilka nagrań Free Cooperation. Po dwóch minutach pierwszego utworu mi się
to spo...
Field Report: Richmond Folk Festival
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Feature image above: Victor “Bitori” Tavares. Photos by Charles “DJ
Graybeard” Williams. The Richmond Folk Festival might not get a lot of hype
outside of ...
Anime4chan – Live Stream Anime Community
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That’s it for the update. I hope you enjoy these city pop and various other
artists posted. I want to take this time to invite anyone interested in
anime t...
goodbye, 8tracks
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I've started a project of daily music selections on Twitter at
*#hearsaysongoftheday*.
I hope you check those out. Let's see how this goes.
The post goo...
Current Events
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1
Bemoaned deranged
Weeds grow
All the same
An orchestra climbing to
Crescendo's windows
Flowering in jagged
Perfumes
Rotten
Breaths of
An imperial brigade
...
CDer Idol Club
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Here is the CDer Idol Club album.
1. 100% Danjou Kousai (Koizumi Kyoko)
2. Suki ni Narazu ni Irarenai (Iwasaki Hiromi)
3. Last Kiss wa Hoho ni Shite (Mats...
Livro "Lindo Sonho Delirante" saiu do forno
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BUY IT!
E finalmente já está a venda o fundamental *Lindo Sonho Delirante: 100
discos psicodélicos do Brasil (1968-1975)*, livro de Bento Araújo, que...
Jual ORP Meter | Lutron NI 214
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[image: alat ukur bod, harga bod, harga bod meter, beli bod meter dimana,
bod cod tss, dissolved oksigen, beli alat mengukur bod, cod meter portable,
cod m...
The Bottom of the Page
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Hi everyone! As 2016 draws to a close, I’ve decided to commit to something
that has been slowly happening of its own accord – the shuttering of Paper
for t...
KTK83: SLIMANE AZEM (AL07)
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Ladys & gentlemen...
As you probably noticed if you follow my other blog, I won't post any music
there during this month.
I still have hundreds of records...
Danialou Sagbohan: Live in Brussels (10/22/2016)
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Sagbohan is on small tour in Europe. He was in Brussels saturday for The
Vodoun Festival. He should play in Amsterdam and Berlin at the beginning of
Nove...
Dhafer Youssef – 2016 – Diwan of Beauty and Odd
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Dhafer Youssef‘s album “Diwan of Beauty and Odd” carries all the
trademarks this exceptional artist is known for: beautiful melodies,
heartfelt chanting ...
new blog
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Decided to abandon the expetc ship and start a new blog: Slowdive's Corner.
Expect awesome, (semi)obscure albums at least once a week, perhaps with
some wo...
F*** Your Playlist, Follow Ours!
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Maecenas vestibulum dui eu odio mattis aliquet et quis tellus. Morbi
pharetra risus eu feugiat sagittis. In sit amet enim eget ligula fermentum
placerat.
Pretty - Neo Damaging Noise III - 2006
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Pretty - Neo Damaging Noise III Cd
Fuck The System Records - FSR-003 - 2006
http://ulozto.net/xRBX1bcu/pretty-neo-damaging-noise-lll-2006-zip
More Interesting Records for Sale on eBay!
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* Rare LPs, 45RPMs from Egypt, Tunis, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
and Yemen!*
RARE EGYPTIAN 70'S LP! AHMAD ADAWWIYAH | SAHRAH MA' (LIVE) - MORIPHON
...
► Steve Beresford - The Bath of Surprise (1977-80)
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[CD: Amoebic/Valve, Japan, Dec. 1999; #AMO-VA-03
- LP originally released by Piano, UK, 1980; #PIANO 003]
Steve Beresford: all instruments
01. Punctuati...
LIBEREZ - "ALL TENSE NOW LAX" (2015)
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Θυμόμουνα το όνομα αυτής της μπάντας, θυμόμουν ότι είχα ακούσει κάτι από
αυτούς που ήταν της προκοπής αλλά τι και γιατί ιδέα δεν είχα – τόσο πολύ
αχταρμάς...
You No Longer Need to Beware of the Blog
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After ten fun-filled years, we're packing up shop here at WFMU's Beware of
the Blog. Many thanks to the dozens of volunteer authors who put in so much
time...
THE END
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Sorry keeping some of you on tenterhooks wondering whether Boot Sale Sounds
is still a going concern. I was hoping to get back into uploading some gems
fr...
Uncover Valuable and Semi Jewels
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Semi Jewels - Any mineral substance that's listed at its charm and/or its
strength may just like a gems. You'll find several kinds of gems for
instance rub...
Hiroshi Sato - Super Market (1976)
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Some readers may know the late Japanese pianist Hiroshi Sato from his
excellent *Awakening* record with Wendy Matthews, or his work with f...
Faktor Penyebab Kanker Payudara
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*Penyebab kanker payudara* belum sepenuhnya dipahami, sehingga sulit untuk
mengatakan mengapa seorang wanita dapat mengembangkan kanker payudara dan
wanita...
GRAMMY TIME!
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I’ll be heading down to LA this weekend to attend the Grammy Awards.
“Longing for the Past” has been nominated in the Historical category along
with four o...
A Chinese Ghost Story Soundtrack (倩女幽魂) [REPOST]
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*As I've posted several times before, I am a huge Hong Kong movie fan and
"A Chinese Ghost Story" is definitely on my favorites list. While Tsui
Hark's "Z...
Subway - Subway (1972)
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*Subway - Subway (1972)*
A beautiful and very rare album from the annals of European
psychedelic/folk/prog circa 1972. Subway were a half American, half...
Age Factory
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*手を振る*
Посмотрев, несколько раз подряд, клип на песню 真空から - стал долго и упорно
ждать их мини альбом. Ждать пришлось чуть больше двух недель. Оправдал ли ...
Prophétie - L'Eternel
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*Prophétie*
*L'Eternel*
*2004-2006? *(Cd rip@256)
*From Reunion Island, some perfect reggae. When I arrived on the island in
2006, we could still hear the...
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Hopefully all the links have now finally been refreshed and replaced with
working ones at a new service. If you still find missing or malfunctioning
one...
MC Swat - We Don't Want
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*MC Swat - We Don't Want*
*مانبوش - ام سي سوات*
*Libya*
Released May 2, 2012
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_TOS1ubAG4
Click here to download the m...
Akendengue – Sarraounia (1986)
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Reflecting on the nearly thirty years that have passed since this record
was issued, it is shocking to realize how profoundly the world has changed.
While...
Sounds of the Streets: Istanbul
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In September 2013 I visited Istanbul for the first time with the hopes of
recording street musicians and any other interesting sounds I could find
along t...
New Latin But Cool Vinyl Coming Out
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*ANA TIJOUX-Vengo (Nacional Records, 2014)*: For a while, after her
departure from *Makiza*, I remember *Ana Tijoux* was trying to detach
herself from the...
The Soap: "My God, That Feels So Good!"
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1.- Discotic
2.- We go
3.- Wait a bit
4.- 24
5.- Cheese Boy
6.- Las Vegas
7.- Street
8.- What’t up your ass?
No sé para que escribo nada si solo os vais a...
Seven Years in Fluville
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Today would have been Elvis's birthday, but he's dead.
Today is also the Boogie Woogie Flu's birthday and it's nearly dead.
I am...
Radio Show 12-12-13
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In this episode, we celebrate the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela through
the music of South Africa from the late 1950s through the dismantling of
aparth...
And We Danced
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*Celia Cruz con la Sonora Matancera*
*La Tierna, Conmovedera, Bamboleadora*
Seeco, SCLP 9246, made in New York
Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving weekend....
"Cries for Help" original art | SOLD
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*THIS COMIC HAS SOLD*
India ink on Bristol board, 11"w x 14"h
*$60 includes postage/handling*
Published in *Brooklyn Rail* September 2012
Check or Paypal...
Ok Motherfuckers! Let's Go!!
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I've posted a few Ultra Bide related things before and have always gotten a
number of emails and inquiries about Hide and his band. So you'll be glad
to ...
Songs for Her Lover: Afroz Bano
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Gopis (cow herdesses) and Lord Krishna
*Thumri, *a semi-classical genre of Hindustani music, arose out of the
love/erotic *Bhakti/sufi *poetry that desc...
Happy Solstice & Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
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*On Darkness:*
The child is born in the darkness of the womb; the chicken hatched after
incubation. Birth begins in darkness, as dawn follows the long nig...
Ravi Shankar - Sound of the Sitar
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*ravi shankar*
sound of the sitar
(sitar)
1. raga malkauns - alap
2. raga malkauns - jor
3. tala sawari
4. pahari dhun
listen
rest in peace ravi, you wi...
Technical difficulties....
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Sorry folks, I thought I was going to be able to post a 45 today but
various pieces of equipment have been acting-up ever since we experienced
damp conditi...
Sundaram Sai Bhajan Vol. 27
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*Download*:
FLAC: Side A Side B
320kbps MP3
*Side A*
01. Mangala Dayaka Hey
02. Sadguru Om
03. Mukunda Madhava
04. Allah Ho Akbar
05. Prema Mayi Sai M...
LAGOS DISCO INFERNO IS BACK AGAIN!!!
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Hello, blog fam... I've had some trouble with my Blogger account so I
haven't been able to make any new entries for a while, but if you're
connected to me ...
野路由紀子 - 北信濃絶唱
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野路由紀子 was an enka singer from the 1970s. enka is forever a genre that i
will find to be particularly spooky. something about it just sends chills
up and d...
SOLVA SAAL | MANZIL
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*Get it here.*
*Solva Saal (1958)*
Music: S.D. Burman
Lyrics: Majrooh
1. Hai Apna Dil To Awara | Hemant Kumar
2. Yehi To Hai Woh | Mohammad Rafi
3. Nazar K...
Au revoir
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Hi readers!
Thank you so much for all the support you've given this blog. It's amazing
the amount of traffic I still get, even when the blog has been inact...
G’OLD KOREA MIXTAPE 1
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GET IT NOW !! +++++TORRENT+++++ TRACKLIST 1 Shin Junghyun and the Yup
Juns – I Think (saeng gak hae)- (1974) 2 Bok Sung Ryu & Latin Koreana –
Walking...
Andrew Chen Shi An / 陈势安
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*Andrew Chen Shi An - Love Again. Stardom*
*Singer/band: *Andrew Chen Shi An / 陈势安
*Title: *Love Again. Stardom / 再爱一遍.天后陈势安
*Release date: *2011/11/11
*Yes...
QMix
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So here is a little sampler I compiled, reavealing my love for fancy pop
music + some other stuff - inconsistent and random as this blog is. Hope
you lik...
QotD - Sleazy on CDs
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I would have thought that CDs were things that homeless people hang on
their super market shopping carts to make them look less depressing but
apparently s...
S. D. Burman: Taxi Driver (1954/1977) Pakistan
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Ok, ok. I actually enjoyed the *Taxi Driver* soundtrack more than* Chalti
Ka Naam Gaadi*. And I have to admit that I am finding some S. D. Burman
songs wh...
Introduction
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Misora Hibari
"Everything absolutely has a tiny and flaring point which makes a person or
a thing different from others, like the incalculable stars in th...
Look at it as a Hiatus.
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First of all, Merry Christmas to all those who actually read this on a
regular basis. I hope you all have a great 2010.
I sadly however am going to be putt...
Inquiries
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Hip Hop in China is no longer an active blog. It will remain up as an
archive for people around the world to access information on Hip Hop in
China.
Plea...
Lord Astor e Seu Conjunto - E Danca (1961)
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Hello, good evening! I am very close to finish an important work to Loronix
and also a key effort to bring some relief to the financial problems I'm
facing...
Repi Multimedia - Fishing With Dynamite (2008)
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From my favourite Albanian DJ team and/or band Repi Multimedia we get this
new collection of "can i get a w00t w00t"-remixes.
From last.fm:
...
Disparition d'Orlando "Puntilla" Ríos 3/3
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Un autre album de Puntilla:
Autre volet de notre hommage, voici un album introuvable et méconnu en
France d'Orlando Puntilla, en fait son premier disque a...