Some days are great. Others aren’t. This mix is for the latter.
You’re in your mid-twenties. You graduated college in four years. You’ve made the right decisions in life, yet you watch people less qualified than you find jobs with salaries five times yours. In fact, you don’t even have a “salary.” You make an [...]
As part of their feverish quest to become my favorite hip-hop group, Atmosphere has recently offered a free CD for the holidays called “Strictly Leakage.” The record is just the latest in a string of events that are leading me to the conclusion that Ant Davis and Slug are possessed to impress me with [...]
Atmosphere has released two “Sad Clown, Bad Dub” EPs this summer, led by the strength of two cuts in particular, “Sunshine” from SCB-Summer No. 9, and SCB-Fall No. 10’s “Lyndale Avenue Owner’s Manual.” Listening to these EPs and looking at the Rolling Stone on my floor, I can’t help but think about Kid Rock, Pam [...]
Ever become totally addicted to a song that’s about two minutes long? Punk fans know what I mean, but they probably don’t understand my issue with that.
I’ve recently stumbled upon “Milf” by 88 Keys and Bilal, which is the best R&B song I’ve heard in awhile.
(Sidenote: If you don’t know anything about Bilal, check [...]
Yeah, so I’ve been working on search and seizure cases all day as they relate to traffic stops and this is pretty much all I can think about.
[Verse Two]
The year is ‘94 and in my trunk is raw
In my rear view mirror is the mother fucking law
I got two choices yall pull over the car [...]
(Ed. note: This latest entry is from Aaron Bergstrom, one of my best friends who I only get to talk to over the Internet since he moved to San Francisco. I’d make a long-distance relationship joke, but since he lives in San Francisco, it’s really too easy. Anyways, he fucking rocks and makes my writing [...]
I wonder if Paul McCartney thought this is how he would end up at 64: a divorced widower and nearly the last living link to The Beatles.
Granted, Sir Paul hasn’t had the best last couple years. Then again, when you’re Paul McCartney and you’re ridiculously fucking rich and you were one of the two songwriters [...]
“All aboard! Or all y’all bored?” yells Andre Benjamin on the ninth track of last year’s underwhelming record Idlewild. For the first time in OutKast’s career, yes; we were bored. Fine, second. “The Land of One Million Drums” from the Scooby Doo soundtrack was the first.
The record capped off a sharp [...]
*edit: I changed the title. That’s how we roll here at Ell’s blog.
During one famously hilarious episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, our red-haired host interviewed Wayne Newton about his zest for performing. At one point, Newton replied that he would perform for free; he loved being in front of people so much. So, [...]
Before I list the songs from my latest mix, I have to share the background.
Ever since I was a little shooter, I’ve always loved making mixtapes. It started on Sunday nights, listening to the “Shadoe Stevens Top 40,” trying to seamlessly tape songs without Shadoe’s “Holllllyyyywooood Squuuuuares!” voice. The [...]
