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Thu, Mar 04 2010 12:09 AM
So I finally broke my streak of only seeing hip-hop shows with a fortuitous turn of events that led me to seeing Hey Rosetta! and The Constantines for free during the Olympics in Whistler Village. Well, the turn of events was really just me being there and looking at a music schedule...something most able-minded people are capable...
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Sat, Feb 20 2010 8:51 PM
I already got my copy of Ice-T Shot Me In The Face and eleven other hip-hop stories in the mail, and devoured it on a plane ride. It's certainly not the academic, "holier-than-thou" prose you'll find in a lot of music writing, and that's a good thing. Get your copy today . One subject of said book, Doom...
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Fri, Feb 12 2010 4:53 PM
Luke Fox, one time editor of Pound Magazine (or maybe he still is...depends if the magazine still exists or not), has very quietly published his first book: Ice-T Shot Me In The Face . Here's the description: "Luke Fox loves rap music. And when Fox writes about rap, he's not musing about poetry. He's also not...
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Wed, Feb 03 2010 5:25 PM
In case you were wondering, "shing-shing" means to be sharp, or on point (origin: the sound of sharpening a knife). Hip-hop taught me that at the Gza show last week. Now get out in those streets and talk like you know what's up. Kevin Drew talks about the new BSS album at Pitchfork . Music: 2009: Blame It On The...
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Thu, Jan 21 2010 9:33 PM
Shows: Wed. Feb. 10, The Balconies @ The Drake (w/By Divine Right, Gentlemen Reg) Tues. Mar. 2nd, Wale @ Tattoo Rock Parlour I started to look at the Coachella lineup and got completely overwhelmed. I hope you have better luck: Music: Dinosaur Jr. - Hot Burrito No.2 (Flying Burrito Brothers cover) The Besnard Lakes - Glass Printer...
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Thu, Jan 14 2010 10:08 PM
April 17th: Celebrate Record Store Day with one of these fine purveyors of tangible music: http://recordstoreday.tuneportals.com/CustomPage/564 I'm not sure if I was really desperate for new music or Amos the Transparent is really good. Regardless, they've got their hooks in me. Maybe it's that loud/soft mix that...
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