tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62445043193991490182024-03-27T01:37:31.245-05:00RXTT's FavoritesRXTT, a man of wide-ranging interests, shares what he loves.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-48332012894584320832020-11-09T09:31:00.007-06:002020-11-09T09:34:14.472-06:00Eight Tunes I have been enjoying a lot these past few months<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">It has been a while since I have posted some tunes. Here are a grab-bag of tracks that have been played loudly at the RXTT household these past few months. Turn it up LOUD.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Travis Scott feat. Young Thug and M.I.A. - Franchise</b></span></p><p><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy)</b></span></p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tAe2Q_LhY8g" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Sinseers - What's His Name?</b><br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ijwTXfwGO8" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Durand Jones & The Indications - Is It Any Wonder?</b></span></p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hIHxDxTcuDk" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sheck Wes - Rich One Day</b></span></p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T-W6SQJdFsc" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DaBaby - Practice</b></span></p><p><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1YzXZN37stw" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jungle - Casio</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7nJRGARveVc" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsccjsW8bSY" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /></span></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-80810820321310736412020-06-19T09:31:00.001-05:002020-06-19T09:33:56.509-05:00Eight Hip Hop Tracks to Bang In Yr Ear<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank Mario for the tunes. In this CoVid-19 time, music, as always, remains our greatest resource.</span><br />
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<b>Roddy Rich - The Box</b>
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<b>Da Baby, feat. Roddy Rich - ROCKSTAR</b>
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<b>Lil' Wayne - I Don't Sleep</b>
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<b>H.E.R. - Slide</b>
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<b>Jenevieve - Baby Powder</b>
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<b>BlowMONEY x POOHZUDA - Poles Out</b>
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<b>Future - Accepting My Flaws</b>
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<b>Young Thug, feat. Future - Relationship</b>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-24955460512146774942020-03-05T14:11:00.002-06:002020-03-05T14:11:33.391-06:0010 Hard-Hitting, Hardcore, Hard-Rhyming Hip Hop Classics<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am not aware of when I first heard Hip Hop music, but I have been alive through its entire history. I have been fortunate enough to listen to many of the old greats and continue to kick it with the new wave of rappers and Hip Hop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently I have been listening to a lot of old school Hip Hop on my long commute to and from work, and have been really loving the lyrical and thematic depth of these hard-hitting bangers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(BTW, just in case you are not aware, Puerto Ricans invented Hip Hop along with African Americans. We were there from the very beginning in the Bronx and Spanish Harlem. we helped create Hip Hop culture - graffiti, break-dancing, MC'ing, and DJ'ing, all of it. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Public Enemy - Louder than a Bomb</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock Dis Funky Joint</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Gang Starr - Skillz</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>RUN DMC - Down with the King</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Special Ed - I Got It Made</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eric B. & Rakim - Microphone Fiend</span> </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scarface - Never Seen a Man Cry</span> </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>RUN DMC - Peter Piper</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-42874906747889992832020-02-18T13:28:00.001-06:002020-02-18T13:28:55.449-06:00Ten Favorite Tony Bennett Tracks, to Class Up Your Life<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My wife, the ever-lovely Elizabeth, has been a huge Tony Bennett fanatic since she was a young girl and would listen to her dad's records at home. She exposed me to the deep cuts in the massive Bennett catalog of music, and I was hooked. We were also fortunate enough to see the master perform with his small Jazz quintet at Jones Hall in downtown Houston some years ago. That was an amazing show. Here are ten of my favorite Tony Bennett tracks for your pleasure.</span><br />
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I WANNA BE AROUND<br />
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THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
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FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
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IT HAD TO BE YOU<br />
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THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
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STRANGER IN PARADISE
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THE GOOD LIFE
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SPEAK LOW
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THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
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SHECK WES - YKTS
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YOUNG THUG (Feat. J. Cole, Travis Scott) - The London
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TOBY NWIGWE - FÛËGØ
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FUTURE - Mask Off
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FUTURE - Might As Well
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<br /><b>MIGOS - Stripper Bowl</b><br />
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<b>DOJA CAT - Juicy</b>
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<b>OFFSET - Cloud</b>
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<b>21 SAVAGE - A Lot</b>
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<b>BUN B - Recognize</b>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-9416422076393387582018-07-25T08:49:00.005-05:002020-10-08T13:38:55.926-05:00RXTT's Top Ten VAN HALEN Deep Cuts<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There was once a band from southern California that somehow combined precision heavy riffs, complex melodic harmonics, and the infectious party enthusiasm of a 16 year old at their first kegger. That band was Van Halen. (For the purposes of this post, and for my own sanity, I will not be delving into the "Van Hagar" era after the departure of Diamond Dave.)</span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-40756374289204854742018-05-24T10:11:00.001-05:002018-05-31T08:06:33.157-05:00Some old bad-ass tracks that I have just recently grokked<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the greatest things about music and music fandom is that every single day new songs and new recordings are released into the world's ear-holes and there is just no way to catch it all, or to even sample most of it. This allows for rediscovery! Sometimes I hear a track and think, "Oh shit this track is awesome," only to find it is 30+ years old and I just never got a chance to listen to it. This post is a collection of some of these oldie discoveries that I have been loving BIG TIME.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Tubeway Army is the name of the first project by Gary Numan, the pioneer who brought the extremely unnerving and awesome song Cars to our consciousness. This track is from 1979)
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<b>The Congos - Fisherman</b>
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(Jamaican music in the 70's was just so prolific, with so many acts and so many great tracks. I never got around to enjoying this classic group, The Congos, although I had heard mention of them. This is an amazing track.)
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<b>The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road</b>
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(I first heard this song when it was on David Lee Roth's solo debut, "Eat 'Em and Smile." I thought it was great. The OG though? so HEAVY! I love it.)
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<b>The Rockin' Rebels - Wild Weekend</b>
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(One of the greatest joys must be the early rock instrumental. They are just bad-ass. This classic, from 1962(!!!), makes me feel like I am having the greatest time of my life just because it is playing.)
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<b>Josef K - Sorry for Laughing</b>
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<b>Orange Juice - Rip It Up</b>
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<br />(This perfect song, from 1982, is, like many of my favorites, a bouncy tune paired with cynical and upset lyrics. Glasgow natives.)
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-57900090125239916582018-05-03T15:01:00.000-05:002018-05-03T15:11:49.535-05:00Ten More Hip Hop Tracks. Turn up the Bass and lay low on the Treble!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">YEAH. I cannot get enough! The hot tracks keep coming and I keep blasting them in my foreign whip on the way home. May the beats and rhymes help you out as much as they do me. Let's get this next batch started! Some are fresh, and some are old. Enjoy.</span><br />
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<b>Jhené Aiko - Sativa feat. Rae Sremmurd</b><br />
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<b>Young Thug - Digits</b><br />
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<b>Future & Young Thug - All Da Smoke</b><br />
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<b>2 Chainz feat. Travis Scott - 4 AM</b><br />
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<b>Young Thug - Tomorrow til Infinity</b><br />
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<b>Future - Rent Money</b><br />
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<b>Migos feat. Drake - Walk It Talk It</b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-78344254393133603722018-03-20T08:31:00.000-05:002018-03-21T12:13:11.816-05:00Some REM Tracks that Rock.....so hard!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Before they bored the world with their devolution into adult-contempo mope-folk-balladry in the mid-1990's, Athens Georgia's REM were a band that refreshed what rock music could sound like. Their first 15 years as a band saw them expand on a sonic vocabulary that took the then out-of-date pastoral sounds of the Byrds and similar acts and created a new brand of rock music. They were the original "college rock" band, called that by music press people who did not understand what to make of them. Many of their songs were straight-ahead, powerful rockers, contrary to their image as a folksy, country-music act. These songs were what first drew me into REM, allowing me to explore the rest of their music, and deepening my love for their classic albums.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(This song from the amazing LP "Life's Rich Pageant" starts off with a funny little Banjo line, a musical joke to distract from the hard-hitting song that follows. "Change is what I believe in.")</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">REM - Auctioneer (Another Engine) </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(The album Life's Rich Pageant begins with the best 1-2 punch of any REM album. First, this track, which starts off with a heavy groove and builds, and then the next track, which rocks me out every time)</span><br />
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<b>TY DOLLA $IGN - Don't Judge Me (feat. Future & Sway Lee)</b>
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<b>MIGUEL - Skywalker</b>
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<b>PEE WEE LONGWAY - Mega Bus</b>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-86298593633875398252017-09-12T15:41:00.004-05:002018-01-12T10:41:35.831-06:00Ten More Delicious Hip Hop Tracks for my EarsMan, there is nothing better at the end of the day than blasting some amazing new tunes as you drive home from work. That long commute really benefits from some bangers. Here are ten more to make your commute worth it. Some are new, some are older, but all are awesome.
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<b>Big Boi - Chocolate</b>
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<b>Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect</b>
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<b>Rich Homie Quan - Heart Cold</b>
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<b>Kadiata - The Surface</b>
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<b>Lil' Yachty - X Men</b>
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<b>2 Chainz - OG Kush Diet</b>
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<b>Post Malone - Congratulations (Future Re-mix)</b>
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<b>iLoveMakonnen - Love</b>
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<b>Luke James - Drip</b>
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<b>Rae Sremmurd - Perplexing Pegasus</b>
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<b>Young Thug - Check</b>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-90707355499829420872017-07-03T16:06:00.000-05:002017-07-03T16:10:30.377-05:00Top Ten Baby Dayliner tracks<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.babydayliner.com/" target="_blank">Baby Dayliner</a>, the sobriquet of one Ethan Marunas, has been an RXTT favorite ever since the good ladies of the Alley Theatre Costume Shop introduced my ex-wife to his first album, <a href="https://babydayliner.bandcamp.com/album/high-heart-low-estate" target="_blank">High Heart & Low Estate</a>, which was brought back from NYC by one Andrea Lauer, designer extraordinaire. I loved the tunes and would play his records at our weekly poker nights. It has been over a decade since Baby Dayliner's last album release, <a href="https://babydayliner.bandcamp.com/album/critics-pass-away" target="_blank">Critics Pass Away</a>. He is back soon with a new 4-song EP titled <a href="http://brassland.org/releases/youpushillgo" target="_blank">You Push I'll Go</a>. Awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In tribute to my main man Baby Dayliner, here are my ten favorite Baby Dayliner tracks.</span><br />
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - Raid!</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - Silent Places</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - The Triumph of Sarah's Past</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - The Way You Look Tonight</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - Through These Hills</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - At Least</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - Party Scenes</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - Critics Pass Away</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - Hoodlums In The Hit Parade</b>
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<b>BABY DAYLINER - Shah With That</b>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-8913620880955845402017-06-14T14:54:00.002-05:002017-06-19T09:47:05.640-05:00RXTT's Top Ten Neil Young Tracks<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I do not remember when it was that I actually started to like Neil Young's music. As a youngster I thought everyone associated with his early era, the folk rockers, the Crosby Stills and Nashies of the musical world, were so fucking boring. I needed to hear chaos and aggression and most of all energy. Around my sophomore year in college my friend Barnaby Struve (former VP at Three Floyds Brewery, and currently working at </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Barnaby Struve har landat i Sverige och börjat att jobba på Stigberget i Göteborg.">Stigberget in Gothenburg, Sweden</span></span>) left me in his room chillin' with Neil Young's Harvest Moon playing. Around the time Neil started singing about a lonely night spent with his dog I was swept up. I could not believe it. Since then I have explored Neil Young's records and found so much skronk, so much distorted, angry rock n roll, in equal parts to his soft and wise and funny folk and country tunes. I love hearing the man play guitar. He brings it all Live.</span><br />
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<b>Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez The Killer (Live 2001)</b>
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<b>Neil Young - Like a Hurricane (Live 1982)</b>
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<b>Neil Young - Harvest Moon (Live 2010)</b>
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<b>Neil Young - The Needle & The Damage Done (Live 1971)</b>
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<b>Neil Young - On The Beach (Live 1999)</b>
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<b>Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl (Live 1991)</b>
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<b>Neil Young - The Loner (Live 2002)</b>
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<b>Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) (Live 1991)</b>
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<b>Neil Young - Ambulance Blues (Live 1998)</b>
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<b>Neil Young - Cowgirl In The Sand (Live 1971)</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-56104868176787395932017-05-05T11:09:00.000-05:002017-05-05T11:09:46.947-05:00Ten Hip Hop Tracks I've been Bangin' on the commute<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a resident of Houston, TX (AKA Screwston, H-town, Da H, Space City, Hou-stoned, etc.) and because of this I have the curse of a long commute in to work. Most Houstonians do, and it is not an exageration to say that many people have commutes that are an hour or more. Quite a few people I work with drove 3 hours a day just going to and returning from work. This allows for a large number of talk radio stations, especially sports talk, but that gets tiring after a while. I use this time to blast music from my car. This is a collection of ten hip hop tracks I have been blasting lately. Some are very new, and a few are old tracks I am re-exploring. Enjoy.</span><br />
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<b>Travis Scott (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Goosebumps</b>
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<b>Digable Planets - Black Ego</b>
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<b>Future - Codeine Crazy</b>
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<b>Rae Sremmurd - Swang</b>
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<b>Future - Good Dope</b>
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<b>Young Thug, Travis Scott - Pick Up The Phone</b>
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<b>Rich Homie Quan - Word of Mouth</b>
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<b>Future - Rent Money</b>
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<b>De La Soul - Breakadawn</b>
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<b>The Roots - Act Too (Love of My Life)</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-76626848483206631892017-04-17T10:55:00.000-05:002017-04-17T10:55:05.170-05:00Bands that Michael Cavazos introduced me to<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Bands that Michael Cavazos introduced me to</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Polvo</b>
– I had seen the stickers and decals with the word “Polvo” on them on cars
parked outside the old Sound Exchange location in Houston TX.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never knew what they were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one I knew mentioned them in conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day, I got word from Michael that he had
made a mix tape of 90 minutes worth of choice Polvo material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he thought I would love it because
they did not tune their guitars on purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He came over and we hit play and the fucking awesome noisy riff of “Fractured
(Like Chandeliers)” came into my brain, and never left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I played that mix tape endlessly in my car,
and Polvo became one of my favorite bands ever.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Operation
Ivy </b>– All I can remember of when Michael introduced me to OpIvy, as the hip
kids used to call them, is sitting in the back of a car loaded with
Instigators, flying down Highway 59, and blasting these hyper fast songs with
freaky syncopated ska beats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It felt
new, like when I first heard Minor Threat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I dug the shit out of it and soon bought my own copy of their music.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Superchunk
</b>– Fuck Superchunk. Ha!</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fugazi</b>
– I had heard just one Fugazi album prior to seeing that Michael was the
sickest, most intense, most devout Fugazi fan, and through him I began to dig
into their catalog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Man, am I glad I
did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fugazi is amazing stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13 Songs and Repeater are two of my all-time
favorite albums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael and I went to
see Fugazi perform and it was bad-ass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On that night, we coined the term “couch rock” to describe the opening
act, Explosions in the Sky, who are better enjoyed sitting on cushy sofa while
enjoying intoxicants at home.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Le Tigre
– </b>Michael and I both share an obsession with Kathleen Hannah of Bikini Kill
and Le Tigre fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jean Instigator and
his ladies at the time would always be blasting Bikini Kill, and Michael
started playing Le Tigre videos which hooked me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The
Metroschifter –</b> Kentucky’s own Metroschifter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael bought their Strawberries EP because
the cover was awesomely designed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
wont to do such things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember
listening to it with him and thinking this was some good shit!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went out and got it myself, and several
other Metroschifter albums.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sebadoh –</b>
Michael knew I was a huge Dinosaur Jr. fanatic, loving their slack ways, and J.
Mascis’ sleepy, don’t-really-care drawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was a big fan of the band that Lou Barlow created after being booted
from Dinosaur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of this I ended
up exploring all of Sebadoh’s music, and thank Mario I did, because the shit is
so GREAT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have had the chance to see
Sebadoh live several times and it always rules.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Drive
Like Jehu –</b> Sometimes Michael likes the perfectly produced, immaculately
recorded tunes (see the Built to Spill below) and sometimes he likes to blast
off!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Drive Like Jehu blasts OFF!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Man, what a weird, disjointed, eminently amazing
band!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael would praise their LP’s
and how bad-ass they were and I had to get me some!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their self-titled debut and their 2<sup>nd</sup>
LP, Yank Crime, are masterpieces of jagged aggressive noise rock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s what I love!</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Built to
Spill –</b> beautiful melodies, complex, inter-weaving guitar lines, expert
songwriting and amazing musical craft, all wrapped up in the package of a
college rock band.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This stuff makes
Michael cry from his snake-eye he loves it so much!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had heard mention of Built to Spill and seen
their records reviewed in the magazines, but never got into them until Michael
made me a mix-tape containing the choice nugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I feel deep into it, and have enjoyed the shit out of BTS ever
since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to see them live in
concert and it was an amazing thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
many guitars!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a bad-ass band.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Slint –</b>
This was one of those bands I had heard mention of, like some sort of legend or
myth in the indie rock underground, but could never find any of their music
(pre-Youtube days) to sample it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would
hunt it down at record stores to no avail, until Michael lent me the soundtrack
to that shitty dull movie “Kids”, which ended on a Slint song, “Good Morning
Captain.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I played that song over and
over again, getting more and more sucked into its weirdness and bleak guitar
sounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was AWESOME.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I soon found Spiderland and proceeded to
fully immerse myself in Slint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was
no going back.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-58379367127811922612017-01-18T12:20:00.000-06:002017-01-18T12:20:21.593-06:00Ten More Hip Hop Tracks Twisting my Melon, Man.It is time once again for a run down of the latest Ten Hip Hop tracks I have been blasting in the car ride home from work. Some of these are very recent and a few are tracks I have been jamming for a while or I found digging through some of these guy's back catalog. Remember to turn up the bass and lay low on the treble. As always, thanks to the good folks at Street Flava, especially D Solo!
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<b>Future - Xanny Family</b>
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<b>Young Thug - Wyclef Jean</b>
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<b>Migos - Bad and Bougie</b>
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<b>Travis Scott ft. Future - High Fashion</b>
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<b>Rae Sremmurd - Real Chill</b>
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<b>Future - March Madness</b>
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<b>2 Chainz - El Chapo Jr</b><b>.</b>
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<b>Plies - Racks up to My Ear</b>
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<b>Rae Sremmurd - No Flex Zone</b>
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<b>DJ Chose - Everywhere I Go</b>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-20636079004795175092016-12-14T15:12:00.001-06:002016-12-14T15:12:52.868-06:00RXTT's Ten Latest Hip Hop Tracks He is Obsessing Over<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is yet again time for a list of the ten Hip Hop tracks I have been blasting from my car to survive the 1 hour commute each way to work and back. As usual, thanks to all the local Houston radio stations, the fellas over at the Sonic Youth Gossip Forum's "Louder's Hip Hop Cafe", and my man D-Solo whose TV show Street Flava still gets lit every Saturday night at 11:00 PM. Not all of these are super current, but I am always digging up older stuff I missed out on.</span><br />
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<b>Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles</b>
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<b>Young Thug - Swizz Beats</b>
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<b>Rae Sremmurd - Look Alive</b>
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<b>Young Thug - Check</b>
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<b>Vince Staples - Norf Norf</b>
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<b>Future - Perkys Calling</b>
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<b>Lil' Yachty - One Night</b>
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<b>Larry League & Lil' Yachty - Top Floor</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-30790856440129834502016-11-03T12:32:00.000-05:002016-11-03T12:32:10.162-05:00RXTT Fave: PAUL MOONEY!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Four years ago my wife and I had the great honor and pleasure of seeing one of our comedy gods in person, and OH MAN was it amazing! (Read write-up of that night here: <a href="http://5thbuddha.blogspot.com/2012/03/at-improv-in-houston-paul-mooney.html">http://5thbuddha.blogspot.com/2012/03/at-improv-in-houston-paul-mooney.html</a> )<br />
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Paul Mooney is a comedian of the rarest quality, one able to say anything and everything on his mind, n o matter how rough, raw, uncomfortable or sensitive it may be, and make you either laugh like a lunatic or sit there in shock because you cannot believe what you have just heard. Richard Pryor, Don Rickles, very few others share this upper strata of bad-ass comedy.<br />
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Having said that, Mooney's comedy is not for everyone. Close-minded people will cower in fear. Ignorant people will think they are being attacked. Prejudiced or bigoted people will not understand why they are the butt of the joke. This is not about whether you are brown skinned or pink skinned as bigoted ideas are ingrained into our American society, and it is the brave comedians who are willing to lay it all out, to rip off the pretty Mickey Mouse Band-Aid hiding the rotten cesspit of bigotry that is always bubbling up in the American narrative. The fact that Mr. Mooney makes it so funny just undercuts how serious it all is. I love him so much.<br />
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Here are some of his most recent full shows. Please remember, Paul Mooney is <b>NSFW </b>(Not Safe For Work), <b>NSFC </b>(Not Safe For Children), <b>NSFB </b>(Not Safe For Bigots), <b>NSFI </b>(Not Safe For Ignoramuses), and maybe most of all, <b>NSFS </b>(Not Safe For the Stupid).<br />
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<b>PAUL MOONEY - Analyzing White America</b>
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<b>PAUL MOONEY - Jesus Is Black</b>
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<b>PAUL MOONEY - It's The End Of The World</b>
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<b>PAUL MOONEY - Race </b>(Audio Only)
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<b>PAUL MOONEY - Masterpiece</b> (Audio Only)
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-48655318708478404132016-10-14T10:22:00.000-05:002017-03-21T11:48:50.764-05:00RXTT Favorite: CHUCK BERRY! Ten Faves<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chuck Berry</td></tr>
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On Tuesday, October 18, 2016, my main man Chuck Berry will turn 90 years old. I have always loved Chuck Berry tunes, ever since, as a little kid, I would play old Chuck Berry 7" singles on people's turntables. I distinctly remember dancing around with friends from church to My Ding-A-Ling... Ha!<br />
Chuck Berry is Rock & Roll to me. As I grew up and listened to more music and read more about musicians, I often heard mention of Chuck Berry as a primal, seminal influence on people. He was one of the first to combine Soul music, Country music, and Rhythm & Blues music into the fiery, energetic, driving music that became Rock & Roll, and he was most definitely the BEST. Chuck Berry's music does what the best, the very, very best of music does, and that is to make you feel ALIVE! <br />
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CHUCK BERRY - COME ON<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - THIRTY DAYS (TO GET BACK HOME)<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - YOU CAN'T CATCH ME<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - AROUND AND AROUND<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - LITTLE QUEENIE<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - REELIN' AND ROCKIN'<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - JOHNNY B. GOODE<br />
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CHUCK BERRY - NADINE<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-86874934836486084762016-09-26T15:53:00.000-05:002016-09-27T10:24:20.860-05:00RXTT's New Top Ten Current Hip Hop Tracks<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The last time I made a list of Ten Current Hip Hop Faves was in <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">June</span>. It is now nearing October, and the music never stops coming. Between my old stand-by <a href="http://streetflava.wixsite.com/streetflavahtx" target="_blank">Street Flava</a> (The SF !), Houston's hip hop radio stations, and the suggestions and recommendations of my pals over at the <a href="http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/" target="_blank">Sonic Youth Gossip Forum</a> (specifically the good folks in the thread <a href="http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=112934" target="_blank">Louder's Hip Hop Cafe</a>, currently in its 5th incarnation), I am always awash with new tunes and old <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bangers I may have missed, ready</span> to add to my ever-growing Spotify playlist which I title <a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/robinstigator/playlist/6pM86Xi7g5CixqkxjYSH1Q" target="_blank">A+ Whip Songs</a>. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dew Baby, Ft. Visto - Bu$$in Sudz</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Big Baby D.R.A.M., Ft. Lil Yachty - Broccoli
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>PARTYNEXTDOOR, ft. Drake - Come and See Me</b>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Ty Dolla $ign, ft. Travis Scott - 3 Wayz
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Future, ft. The Weeknd - Low Life</b>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244504319399149018.post-19648848604729600752016-09-07T16:35:00.000-05:002016-09-07T16:35:18.500-05:00RXTT Favorite - Deep Space Nine<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice how no one is smiling?</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Deep Space Nine</span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is now the year 2016, and
we have reached the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the first airing of Star
Trek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original Trek series (TOS) was
one of my favorite shows when I was young, and I would watch it whenever I
could find it airing on the TV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the
mid-80’s it was very hard to find the reruns on the TV, but I could always go
and watch the movies that were being made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The excitement I felt when I read that a new Star Trek show was being
developed was dampened a bit upon watching the first season as it aired in
1987.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is generally agreed that season 1 of Star
Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is subpar, as the writers and actors still had
to find these new character’s voices, and the influence of the old 60’s Trek
show seemed like too heavy a burden to bear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>TNG ended up becoming its own thing, apart from the OG series, and it
was very good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certain episodes reached
true greatness, but the old Trek model of a crew on a ship traveling through
the galaxy and exploring new worlds clashed a bit with that era’s awakening of
characterization in television dramas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everything essentially “reset” after every episode, just like standard
television shows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was cool in that
you could watch any episode in any order and still enjoy them (a must for a
show that seeks substantial syndication), but aside from the android Data, none
of the characters truly changed or grew with time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were essentially archetypes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the OG series, the
characters became archetypes for the fans, while the TNG characters seemed to be
presented as archetypes from the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their backgrounds were only superficially explored, their interpersonal
relationships were devoid of conflict, and their motivations were far removed
from us regular humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was all as
Gene Roddenberry wanted, for he envisioned Star Trek as an example of the
idyllic, humanistic, accepting future that humanity could eventually hope to
achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TNG achieved this, and is
deeply loved by fans, but it did so at the expense of characterization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crew, even one as big as the TNG
Enterprise one was, sought mainly to solve problems external to
themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only time personal
issues were ever addressed was in light-hearted or farcical episodes, such as
the ones that “explored” the relationship between Counselor Troi and her
mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TNG was essentially like a Greek
morality play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The good guys are unbreakably
good, honest, hard-working explorers, and nothing will change that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were paragons of virtue to be emulated
and admired, but they did not reflect the humanity familiar to us humans of the
20<sup>th</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On January 3<sup>rd</sup>,
1993 I was a student at the University of Houston and home for the winter
holidays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That day, a new Trek show
aired, one that from the start was a different beast than the previous two, and
one which would grow to become my all-time favorite Trek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deep Space Nine, a show named after its location,
was still a show about exploration, but not of the
boldly-going-where-no-one-has-gone-before type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are many ways for a being to explore the cosmos, and not everyone
shares the same appeal of flying from new place to new place, getting a
superficial understanding of it, and then moving right along to something
new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may be the way for those whose
thrill is to discover, but Deep Space Nine was a show about those explorers who
seek not just to discover, but to understand what they are discovering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a much harder and much more
fulfilling end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to frame this
exploration, DS9 gave us the most relatable Captain yet, Benjamin Sisko, and
instead of having him encounter a new friend/foe/anomaly each week, Sisko had
to manage a remote outpost of the Federation, one where dozens of alien races,
both from the Federation and from without, had to learn to live together, and
he had to do it while raising his teenage son.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">James T. Kirk (TOS) was a
man devoted to his ship, his crew, and his career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He never married (at least on the show). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did not build a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did not seek to educate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was first and foremost a swashbuckling
leader of men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He led by force of
personality, and by the respect and admiration he engendered in his crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His defining trait is his enthusiasm for
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jean-Luc Picard (TNG) was a
scholar and a diplomat, and every bit the refined European gentleman to Kirk’s farm-raised
Iowan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He too was a single man, devoted
to his career, never marrying or fathering children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a moral leader, one whose leadership
stemmed from his vast intelligence, his ability to think critically, and the
respect he held for both his crew and anyone they encountered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His defining trait is his emphasis on order
and stability, predicated on intellectual, philosophical grounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both Kirk and Picard are archetypes
representing the ideal of a man in the era when the shows were made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Benjamin Sisko (DS9) stands
in stark contrast to these two previous Captains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the first moment we meet him we learn he
is a widower, his wife dying at the hands of Jean-Luc Picard when he was
assimilated by the Borg and became Locutus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is a single father, raising his son Jake alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is an African-American man, raised in
Louisiana by his own widowed father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
has known a deeper loss than anything in Kirk’s or Picard’s initial
characterization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He initially does his
duty begrudgingly, for he nearly quits his commission when assigned to the
remote DS9 station seen as the Federation’s boondocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apart from that, he is seen by the people of
Bajor, the planet nearest DS9, as The Emissary of the Prophets, a messianic
figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is something he initially
denies and avoids, but ends up coming to grips with as he matures throughout
the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, he is a REAL
MAN, not an archetype of what a man should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whereas the Federation in
TOS and TNG was a group of humans with a few alien races thrown in (the only
alien regularly seen on TOS Enterprise was Spock), the Federation of DS9 better
reflected what was supposed to be a conglomerate of wildly different worlds and
races.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this sense it was much more
modern than its two older siblings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world
of DS9 is a lot more like the world we all seem headed for than the antiseptic
world of TOS and TNG.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We may all be
humans, but we should all revel in our differences just as much as we
appreciate all our similarities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cooperation, civility, and kindness are great equalizers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These traits, along with a deep intelligence
and a deep sense of empathy, allowed Capt. Sisko to manage a space station
where the bar owner is a greedy Ferengi, the security chief is a shapeshifter,
the security forces are Bajoran, the tailor is a Cardassian, and the great
masses of the galaxy come by regularly to repair their ships, engage in
commerce, or just have a little rest and relaxation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capt. Sisko was at home in chaos, and he provided
stability for all involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DS9 was also much
messier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A ship traveling from one
place to another can leave its cares behind every episode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A space station however does not go
anywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Issues that arise one day will
have repercussions on the next, and could continue to affect people for
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Religious fanatics will bomb a
school in one episode and they will not disappear in the next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their concerns and demands must be understood
and there are no easy answers, especially for their Emissary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The audience is taught to expect no pat
resolutions, and to instead appreciate the hard work it takes to bring
conflicts into non-violent resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This does not mean that Capt. Sisko is a pacifist, far from it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capt. Sisko is the foremost military
strategist of all the Trek Captains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
ends up leading the Federation forces against the Dominion in a war that takes
up years, and costs countless hundreds of thousands of lives. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He makes decisions that would be morally
repugnant to Kirk or to Picard, but they are still the right decisions to
make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He even falls in love with a woman
who turns out to be a smuggler, and ends up arresting and incarcerating
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way they reconcile this, and
manage to stay together afterwards, and grow in their love for each other is
very much like real life. It is through Capt. Sisko that all of the main themes
of DS9 are explored. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are never any
easy answers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DS9 is a show about the hard
choices that must be made in life, and the repercussions of those choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When people deride it for being the “morally
grey” Trek, I get so upset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dichotomous morality
is fine for children’s stories and simple comic books, but the world is not
that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are very few instances
in life where something is truly 100% bad or truly 100% good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything carries its positive and negative
effects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DS9 is the first and only Trek
series to deal with this universal truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not a single character remains unchanged, each one in some deep,
meaningful way growing from the first episode to the last.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a single character reaches the end of the
series without a deep sense of loss, even in victory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every single one of the characters
experiences profound changes, just like in real life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing is gained without an accompanying
loss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such is the real world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a masterful thing, looking back on all
of it, just how much I as a viewer was affected by the truths of DS9, in ways
that neither TOS or TNG ever sought to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The very Federation itself, the ground for all Trek fandom to grow from,
is challenged and its supposed ideals scrutinized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idyllic life of Picard and his crew is
only possible because of the stability and regularity inherent in their
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless something is attacking
the Enterprise, life goes on the same as every other day aboard ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capt. Sisko and the crew of DS9 did not have
that luxury, and it is very much a luxury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One more aspect of DS9
exemplifies the moral relativity inherent in the show itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The space station is located near the only
stable worm-hole the Federation has ever encountered, allowing near
instantaneous travel to an unexplored quadrant of the galaxy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people of Bajor believe that their creator
gods, the Prophets, live in the wormhole, which they call the Celestial Temple,
and that they bestow blessings upon the Bajoran people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capt. Sisko is taken to the worm-hole in the
very first episode, and is confronted by the Prophets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They turn out to be an alien race that exists
outside of our corporeal, linear time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Capt. Sisko uses his intelligence to explain to them the reality of his
existence, its linear nature, the limited time available to each creature, and
the motivation that this mortality imbues in people to better themselves and
those around them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his role as the Emissary
of the Prophets, Capt. Sisko is seen by the Bajorans as a conduit between them
and their gods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cold, clinical,
Roddenberry-esque character would never allow anyone to worship him when they
knew the “truth.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Capt. Sisko
is very aware of the role that faith plays in many cultures, and the fact that
denying that faith can be just as upsetting and damaging to its faithful as
reinforcing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has to walk the
thinnest line, and he does not always get it right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His humanity is always at the forefront.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the series’ last episode, a melancholy
meditation on what is lost when something is gained titled “What You Leave
Behind,” Capt. Sisko sacrifices himself and is taken to the Celestial
Temple/worm-hole to spend eternity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
son, now a fully orphaned adult, must continue in his life without his
father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The station itself continues
without its Captain, and the Bajoran people continue without their
Emissary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crew we have come to know
and love is dispersed to new duties, and will never be together again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is both sad and very real.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I could write for
pages and pages about Deep Space Nine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is so much I have not even begun to explore here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This show had the most racially, ethnically,
and sexually diverse cast of all the Treks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Topics such as terrorism, sexuality, war, religious hate, genocide,
post-traumatic stress, inter-species romance, racism, greed, etc., are all
explored thoughtfully and without pat resolutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whereas in TOS or TNG the crew members are all
supposed to be buddies from the start, the crew of DS9 is shown creating,
building, and also at times ruining inter-personal relationships in ways that
no other Trek has ever explored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
relations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire are so
multi-faceted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The development of the
best villain a Trek TV series ever had, one Gul Dukat, proceeding from a tyrannical
military man, to a despot who betrays his own people for greater glory, to a
flat-out unhinged lunatic obsessed with how he is viewed by his enemies and
former subjugates is an amazing thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The addition of the battleship Defiant, the massive supporting cast which were all treated with respect by the writers, the personal growth of each
character, the introduction of Section 31, Starfleet’s Secret Police…there is
so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is for all these reasons and
more than Deep Space Nine is my favorite “flavor” of Star Trek. </span><br />
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