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Did you know the original (well, stateside, anyway) Yellow Ranger died in a car crash in 2001? I feel like people should tell me these things.
From the better late than never files- Aries Spears' rap impressions. My brother showed me this over Turkey Break and I was just watching it again and it's still remarkable. I think his Jay Z and his Snoop are the best, but my jaw dropped several times; he's very spot-on with some of the vocal nuances of each rapper. Hee. I was kinda reminded of the effortless impressions Sammy Davis Jr used to do of swing and jazz greats. (I know, hush my mouth.)
I've been digging some of the Alice Smith stuff I downloaded recently, so I checked to see if she was gonna be in the area - she JUST played the Norva two weeks ago with Citizen Cope, and she was in Maryland over Thanksgiving break. Story of my musical fandom life :'(
Berkeley Place had a post last week of No Doubt rarities grabbed from here; some of the acoustic stuff and the remixes are good! I'd have linked to the BK post but there was this totally unnecessary and clearly photoshopped image of Gwen flashing chest and I don't even know what that's about. I hear she's still inclined to record with the band, which makes me happy, because I'm not really a fan of her solo stuff.
GWFA has up yet another good cover of Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God). This one by Patrick Wolf. He also has the Placebo cover if you don't have that yet.
Best of/favorites/top tracks of the year lists are popping up on the music blogs; always fun. Some stuff to check out, if you're in the market for new music:
++ Yellow Stereo says that's not even his final list...
++ Sneak Moves posted faves, and there's even some hiphop mixed in.
++ ...and Duke over at Late Greats saved me work by putting a post of 'Best Of' links together.
From the better late than never files- Aries Spears' rap impressions. My brother showed me this over Turkey Break and I was just watching it again and it's still remarkable. I think his Jay Z and his Snoop are the best, but my jaw dropped several times; he's very spot-on with some of the vocal nuances of each rapper. Hee. I was kinda reminded of the effortless impressions Sammy Davis Jr used to do of swing and jazz greats. (I know, hush my mouth.)
I've been digging some of the Alice Smith stuff I downloaded recently, so I checked to see if she was gonna be in the area - she JUST played the Norva two weeks ago with Citizen Cope, and she was in Maryland over Thanksgiving break. Story of my musical fandom life :'(
Berkeley Place had a post last week of No Doubt rarities grabbed from here; some of the acoustic stuff and the remixes are good! I'd have linked to the BK post but there was this totally unnecessary and clearly photoshopped image of Gwen flashing chest and I don't even know what that's about. I hear she's still inclined to record with the band, which makes me happy, because I'm not really a fan of her solo stuff.
GWFA has up yet another good cover of Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God). This one by Patrick Wolf. He also has the Placebo cover if you don't have that yet.
Best of/favorites/top tracks of the year lists are popping up on the music blogs; always fun. Some stuff to check out, if you're in the market for new music:
++ Yellow Stereo says that's not even his final list...
++ Sneak Moves posted faves, and there's even some hiphop mixed in.
++ ...and Duke over at Late Greats saved me work by putting a post of 'Best Of' links together.
