I really struggle with those Da Youngsta's singles. Great production, decent hooks...they're so much fun! But the rapping is so mediocre.

Amazon is quickly overtaking HBO as the worst streaming app…

Fair…though I’d counter that Beastie Boys were more into sonics and aesthetics from a B-boy perspective and less concerned with fundamentals. Maybe that approach hasn’t aged as well.

Hard to say which one is better. They’re two very different albums.

Doing a deep dive on the Bronx tonight.

It's hard to argue with the results. I just wish he controlled the ball better.

Yeah, that's my point...pun intended.

I feel like whenever folks claim Curry is the best point guard ever, I have to interject, "but what about the turnovers"...

‘He’d gaze at the stars and go: I’m gonna be up there one day’: Prince by those who knew him best, 10 years after his death From lurid pranks and late-night drives, to why playing in the Revolution was like joining the marines – Prince’s friends and collaborators recount their memories of one of the music world’s most maje...

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Good tip. I liked "Take Care," but then I got fed up with all the MAGA cosplay.

‘How Could You Be Against Joy?’: Bay Area Artists Are Turning on the Civic Joy Fund A private initiative founded by the mayor and backed by a crypto billionaire is increasingly shaping San Francisco’s arts scene. Musicians are asking questions — and some are calling for a boycott.

The brave and talented @emmaruthless.bsky.social took on a BIG question today for @coyotemedia.org: What the fuck is the deal with the Civic Joy Fund? Can you ethically play their shows? And what would real arts funding look like in San Francisco? www.coyotemedia.org/how-could-yo...

Ha ha…sure!

Fair. I read the piece that said “records used to mean money,” and I realized the author didn’t know about the 90s, when labels like Rawkus used to scan their own barcodes, and the 60s, when Motown employees used to bootleg the label’s records.

Here's hoping the Dems find the xenophobic, anti-immigrant, former Republican white male resistance hero of their dreams.

Trend I initially loved but now wish would end: local dealers that “go to Japan” and come back slanging overpriced records “with obi strips.”

Set of All Sets, by Parts & Labor 17 track album

whiney g is “too cool” for bsky but that doesn’t mean i won’t celebrate the announcement of the first parts & labor album since 2011 here !!!! partsandlabor.bandcamp.com/album/set-of...

The term “spiritual jazz” is becoming as oppressive as “boogie” was 15 years ago…

Good catch. The opening has been delayed many times...it's currently slated to open this year.

I wrote this about Afrika Bambaataa and "Planet Rock" for my website nearly four years ago. I hope Charles Aaron is doing well. humthrush.com/the-50-best-...

Here's an updated version, with corrected date and cause of death per Associated Press. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Hip-Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67 Afrika Bambaataa, the visionary DJ, rapper, producer, and activist and later faced multiple, widespread accusations of sexual abuse, has died at 67.

I wrote an obituary for Afrika Bambaataa. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Attending the Mega Record Fair in the Netherlands is a life goal of mine.

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Noz has a Patreon. Last I checked – admittedly it's been a while, hope he's doing well – he makes a nominal amount of money from that.

At any rate, he deserves to present his aesthetics the way he wants, even if it's inconvenient and sometimes annoying for the rest of us.

Okay, I'll play. Too many to mention here, but what comes to mind is being stunned as the Wicked crew played Venus Dodson's "Shining" at an all-night party. It took me nearly two decades to identify what I heard.

Yeah…XTC’s lyrics are often like that. Try reading the lyrics to “Grass” sometime.

I’m glad Kristi Noem outed Daniel Lurie as a friend of the current administration. Too many local liberals were distracted by his goofy-ass social media posts. Now they realize he’s not going to be the SF version of Pritzker.

I miss Quadron.

Tough time to get your first loss of the season.

“D.O.M. (Death of Mumble Rap)”