Happy 4th!
Jul 4, 2007 mp3
Thomas Dolby’s Blog has a gift for you:
I announced my presence [to Stevie Wonder], and reminded him we had an anthem to record. He asked if I had any ideas for it. I said, what about a really slow sexy groove on a drum machine, and really spread it out? Stevie thought for a moment, then said ‘uh-uh. Marvin tried that one time man. He sang it that way at an NBA all-star game, and you know what? he never got on TV again until the day he died. Because all the network executives couldn’t handle a black man singing a sexy soul version of the National Anthem.’
He’s got a link to the YouTube and Breath of Life (where I found this link) also has the mp3 of “a black man singing a sexy soul version of the National Anthem.”
Download it and make your holiday a better one!
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Inspired by her entry today.
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Apr 19, 2007 mp3
For no reason but because I felt like it. I was working out and Beecharmer came on just after The Simple Story and they sounded so nice together, I made a mix CD for y’all. Read the rest of this entry »
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Napster is dead; long live mp3 blogs!
Dec 4, 2006 mp3
Courtesy of The Hype Machine, I finally found this Shelleyan Orphan song a friend put on the “Happy Happy Joy Joy” mix-tape that she sent me while I was living in Portland (it is indeed a happy song):
Burst
And an added bonus for winter holidays (not as happy but prettier):
Ice
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