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Throwback Thursdays: Delinquent Habits

2012-02-23T15:00:39Z

With the rise of 90's hip-hop groups like House of Pain and Cypress Hill came Delinquent Habits. The first single hit pretty hard then they, of course, slid into obscurity. Take a peek at the lead-off track complete with a PSA from the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project. It was 1996.

Way Gone Wednesdays: Bicentennial

2012-02-22T15:00:22Z

Remember when our country was just 200 years old? Neither do I. I was only 3. But check out this trippy homage by animator Vincent Collins. Way gone.

Real Talk Tuesdays: Comics

2012-02-21T15:00:43Z

In a discussion with a few friends this weekend, I admitted that I had never really gotten into comic books. Of course I had a few lying around as a kid. Random copies of Superman, The Lone Ranger, Archie - but I never collected them or pledged any amount of allegience to one specific hero. In retrospect it seems a bit abnormal. Oh well.

*Note: I always had a stack of Mad Magazines laying around. I spent my allowance money on it every month - but that's satire, not a true comic. Also, the shot below is from the Lone Ranger mini-comic that you got whenever you bought a Lone Ranger action figure. I had a few of these.

Madhouse Mondays: Linsanity

2012-02-20T15:08:02Z

I missed SNL this weekend but managed to catch the opening skit - a send-up of all the nauseating attention being given to New York Knicks recent signee, Jeremy Lin. No knock on Lin, the kids got game - but the league is overexposing him in an effort to draw attention back to a game that was once full of legends....and is now overrun by half-baked college dropouts. Dig.

Feel Good Fridays: Fatlip

2012-02-17T15:00:53Z

Fatlip, the slacker clown from The Pharcyde gave us the incredible solo cut, "What's Up Fatlip". Still one of my favs. I usually scoff at any retreatment of the classics, but Breakbot was able to put a tasty spin on it. Dig.

Throwback Thursdays: Aaliyah

2012-02-16T15:00:52Z

I feel like I never gave Aaliyah the attention she deserved while she was still with us. Looking back, this is probably one of my favorite songs of that entire era. I was reminded recently when I saw The Gossip cover it. Pfew.

Way Gone Wednesdays: Shabazz Palaces vs. Battles

2012-02-15T15:00:13Z

Anyone familiar with Battles knows that they A) groove like mad and B) produce some of the most titilating instrumental post-rock out there. Shabazz Palaces (who you may remember as "Butterfly" from Digable Planets) remixed the Battles cut "White Electric". This shit goes.

Real Talk Tuesdays: Memorecks

2012-02-14T15:00:13Z

Some cats can work a drum machine, some cats can't. Memorecks is one of the cats who can. Dig.

Madhouse Mondays: Headnodic

2012-02-13T15:00:29Z

Headnodic is the producer behind Crown City Rockers, Mighty Underdogs and and Megaphone. He recently put together the most comprehensive mix involving Star Wars related songs. All the golden-age disco cuts that made reference to wookies and whatnot. Peep the teaser and then go here for the free download.

Feel Good Fridays: The Anomalies

2012-02-10T14:53:43Z

The Anomalies are a UK hip-hop group that tends to borrow heavily from the dixieland jazz era. Quite nice if you ask me. This is the first cut I ever heard from them (from 2009).