KRANKY-PRODUCT OF THE FATT MAHN 1993

SO MUCH OF BUYING RECORDS IS BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY "LIFE" IS BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE...BLAHBLAHBLAH..I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE..BUT I WAS LUCKY  ENOUGH TO:1.GET A FRIENDLY RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THIS RECORD A FEW MONTHS BACK 2.HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ABOUT TITLES AND DATES SO I COULD REMEMBER TO JUMP ON THIS WHEN IT SHOWED UP ON DISCOGS LAST WEEK FOR $5.WHY ONLY $5? BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS THIS RECORD...AND WHILE IT'S NOT EXACTLY MY CUP OF TEA-ALOT OF WORK OBVIOUSLY WENT INTO IT AND THE PRODUCTION IS PRETTY EXCELLENT...ALOT OF RON CARTER STYLE UPRIGHT BASS SOUNDS ALA THE LOW END THEORY MIXED WITH A LITTLE LABTEKWON TRIPINESS..A COUPLE OF QUICK HENDRIX SAMPLES ON AS I COME BACK ARE ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE...DON'T JUDGE THIS ONE BY THE FIRST TRACK-IT PICKS UP CONSIDERABLY..VERY COOL RECORD AND UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE HEARD BEFORE OF ITS ERA FROM THE WEST COAST...LINKS IN COMMENTS

ANGELA JEFFERSON-I CAN FEEL MYSELF (SLIPPING AWAY) 1973

SOME RECORDS ARE TOO GOOD TO BE KEPT TO YOURSELF...THIS WAS MY ABSOLUTE MOST WANTED NON RAP RECORD FOR ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS UNTIL A COPY SHOWED UP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.ANGIE CAN SERIOUSLY BRING IT...

ALL THINGS MUST PISS..

...IT SEEMS LIKE THE GOLDEN AGE OF POSTING FREE DOWNLOADS ON YR BLOG HAS COME AND GONE.I RECENTLY LOST ALOT OF NOT-BACKED UP MUSIC WHEN MY 150 GB IPOD BIT THE DUST.I'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RECOVER AS MUCH AS I CAN BUT MORE HALF OF MY ATTEMPTS END IN EITHER AN ANTI-PIRACY WARNING OR  A DEAD LINK.I'M ASSUMING THIS HAS TO DO WITH MEGA-UPLOAD-OR WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED-BEING BUSTED BY THE FEDS.DID EVERYONE GET SCARED THEY WOULD GO TO JAIL?IT STILL SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE PLENTY OF RELIABLE FILE SHARING SITES,BUT ARE THEY ON THE VERGE OF BEING RAIDED BY THE FBI TOO?IS THAT IT?WHY PUT ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO UPLOADING MUSIC IF IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE THERE A SHORT WHILE??IS THAT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS??I DON'T KNOW....NOW,ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER READ THIS BLOG KNOWS THAT I'VE NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF AN MP3 PERSON-IF I CAN'T HOLD IT IN MY HANDS,WHAT DO I HAVE EXACTLY?-AND PRETTY AMBIVALENT ABOUT POSTING RECORDS ON THIS SITE.I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF VINYL FOR NUMEROUS REASONS.FIRST AND FOREMOST BEING THAT MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WHEN YOU PAY FOR IT.YOU'LL CERTAINLY COVET YOUR MUSIC MORE IF YOU LAID DOWN YR HARD EARNED CASHMONEY FOR IT.OUT OF THE 25,000 FILES ON THAT IPOD I PROBABLY HAD LISTENED TO ABOUT 30%.WHY SO LITTLE?BECAUSE I NEVER PAID A NICKEL FOR ANY OF IT AND SINCE I HAD NO REAL VESTED INTEREST I JUST NEVER LISTENED...IT WAS THERE FOR ME TO DISCOVER SOME RAINY DAY...AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED..OF COURSE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS (BERNARD FEVRE COMES TO MIND) AND OF COURSE THERE IS AN UPSIDE TO DIGITAL FILES AND FREE DOWNLOADING. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MUSIC ONE IS LOOKING FOR IS HARD TO FIND AND EXPENSIVE.BUT ON THE WHOLE PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU COULD EVER THINK OF WAS FOR SALE SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET..OR AT AN ACTUAL RECORD STORE.....I'M RAMBLING ON HERE AND REPEATING MYSELF AT THE SAME TIME...WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I HAVE NO PLANS TO PULL THE PLUG ON THIS SPACE JUST YET.IT MAY BE PULLED FOR ME BUT I'M STILL PRETTY INTENT ON BRINGING BACK ALL THE DEAD LINKS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH MEDIASHARE.I WOULD'VE POSTED NEW RECORDS BY NOW BUT MY PC IS STILL BROKEN.KEEP THE FAITH EVERYBODY...

ODE TO LENA DUNHAM

THIS ISN'T REALLY AN ODE IN THE CLASSIC SENSE BUT AN APPRECIATION OF LENA D. AND HER DEBUT FILM TINY FURNITURE WHICH I WATCHED LAST NIGHT ON NETFLIX AND IS GETTING A RELEASE BY THE CRITERION COLLECTION ON FEB.14.I WAS FULLY PREPARED TO HATE BOTH HER AND HER MOVIE BUT IT WAS APPARENT AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THAT LD HAS THE SAME THING THAT EVERY GREAT MOVIE STAR,GREAT SINGER OR MC HAS-I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT THING IS CALLED BUT IT MADE ME WANT TO WATCH/LISTEN TO WHAT SHE WAS DOING OR HAD TO SAY.PEOPLE TAKE CLASSES FOR YEARS AND SPEND UNTOLD THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO TRY AND GET WHAT SHE WAS BORN WITH.I WISH I COULD PUT A NAME TO IT,BUT I GUESS IT'S KIND OF CHARISMA + LIKABILITY.THE CHARACTER SHE PLAYS IN THE MOVIE-AURA-HAS JUST GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE IN OHIO (NEVER NAMED BUT OBVIOUSLY OBERLIN) AND RETURNED HOME TO HER MOTHER'S LOFT IN TRIBECA TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT.I'M NOT GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE MOVIE BUT ONE OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS IS A HIPSTER TYPE WHO MAKES VIDEOS FOR YOUTUBE THAT CONSIST OF HIM READING NIETZCHE WHILE RIDING ONE OF THOSE MECHANICAL HORSES THAT USED TO BE IN FRONT OF EVERY DRUG STORE 30 YEARS AGO.THE HANDLING OF THIS CHARACTER,AS WELL AS AURA'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND CHARLOTTE AND THE CHARACTERS HER REAL LIFE MOTHER AND SISTER PLAY,IS ABSOLUTELY PITCH PERFECT. EFFORTLESSLY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED..MY MIND WANDERED BACK TO DIABLO CODY'S SCREENPLAY FOR JUNO,ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL AT A CROSSROADS,AND ALTHOUGH COMPARING THE 2 IS REALLY APPLES AND ORANGES-IT WAS THE FORCED ARTIFICIALITY OF CODY'S TONE DEAF DIALOGUE AND THE STRAIN IT PUT ON THE ACTORS (AND MY WINCE REFLEX) THAT DESTROYED WHATEVER CHANCE THAT FILM HAD...SO MUCH OF TINY FURNITURE COULD HAVE BEEN SO AWFUL (THE ENNUI OF A WHITE UPPER CLASS 22 YEAR OLD COLLEGE GRAD FROM NYC IS NOT A SUBJECT OF WHICH I FEEL DEPRIVED) BUT DUNHAM IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH HER CASTING CHOICES (SHE REALLY DID GET HER MOM AND SISTER TO BE IN THE PICTURE-BOTH ABSOLUTE NATURALS) HER DIALOGUE,THE EDITING,THE SPARSE USE OF MUSIC AND THE EXCELLENT CINEMATOGRAPHER SHE USED.IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE INTERNET YOU'LL SEE THIS MOVIE HAS ALOT OF HATERS. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE ANY OF THEM MAKE A FEATURE LENGTH FILM THIS COHERENT FOR $20,000.THAT'S $20,000 IN NEW YORK CITY BTW...DUNHAM DESERVES ALOT OF CREDIT FOR GOING ALL THE WAY WITH HER MATERIAL.I MEAN WOULD YOU FILM YRSELF GETTING FUCKED IN A STEEL PIPE AT A VACANT CONSTRUCTION SITE IN YOUR DEBUT FILM??YOUR DEBUT FILM YR MOM ALSO HAPPENS TO BE IN??THE GIRL'S GOT BALLS.SHE'S A TRUE NYC ARTIST AND THOSE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THESE DAYS.I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT SHE DOES NEXT....