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L.A. Style - James Brown Is Dead - 25-Feb-09 06:51 AM
This record has tremendous memories attached to it.

Picture the nascent stages of the american rave scene in a sleepy little college town in Upstate New York. A dj who can't even mix records drops this to a crowded bar of alternative rock heads only to find them going mental on the tiny dancefloor, spilling beer and screaming. Out of the crowd comes a girl dressed in a brightly colored outfit with beads around her neck. "Frankie Bones says peace and love" is what she says putting beads around the DJ's neck and then quickly disappears into the crowd.

ps. The record was a landmark, though quite dated by today's standards and was played to death from 91-92. It still makes me smile and remember those days.

JB³ - Big Funk Blaster - 08-Jan-09 12:50 PM
A lot of people dis JB3's funkier discofied sound. In fact this is really pretty hard stuff. 4 to the floor hard disco funk. Not some soft filtered house throwaway. While it may not be as elusive or hard hitting as something like the excellent Calibre EP or the 'return to form' of Shaking Trees, it is still interesting and pushed the boundaries of techno. Techno purists often get too wrapped up in what is a pure techno record and shy away from anything disco or 'feminine'. JB3 really shows here that he is not afraid to grapple with any kind of funk, be it hard machine funk or discofied filter flare funk. For this much I respect him.

Boomtown Rats, The - The Fine Art Of Surfacing - 31-Dec-08 09:47 AM
This album brings back memories of driving around in my friend's Cutlass Supreme in 79'.

It is probably Bob Geldof's shining moment in the sun musically. We all know what he went on to do on the humanitarian front. 'I Don't Like Mondays' (the hit on the record) is hardly the high point of this tightly written 80's alterno-pop affair. The ascerbic wit of 'Diamond Smiles' and the eeriness of 'Wind Chill Factor Minus Zero' and the paranoia of 'Someone's Looking At You' stand out in this post-punk celebration of the good, the bad and the frightening.

Though the music sounds dated the arrangements and creativity display the musical talents of The Rats and producers Phil Wainman and Robert John Lange. Apparently the Fine Art Of Surfacing is a reference to masturbation... but don't be fooled this is not some arty self-indulgence but more clearly is an astutely crafted pop gem.

Massive Attack - Singles 90/98 - 18-Dec-08 01:16 PM
As much as I love Massive Attack this was a real 'cash your chips in' kind of release. I mean it is not like this is (11) CD's of new material or anything particularly rare. In fact all of it had previously been released in some form or another. All the important trax are here and some of the remixes, particularly the remixes from trax off Mezzanine, stand out. The problem here is that 63 trax could have fit on 5 maybe 6 CD's and instead here we have multiple versions of the same track spread out over the eleven discs. The artwork and heat sensitive packaging are cool... but who really buys music for the artwork?

No disrespect to Massive Attack, they deserve to cash in a little, but maybe next time they throw on some new remixes or some rare studio stuff.

Devo - Duty Now For The Future - 27-Aug-08 12:44 PM
Devo's second record is quite a departure from the racey edgy Brian Eno punk of 'Are We Not Men'. It is much more electronic (though equally as good) and about as punk rock as the time permitted. From the opening monotone drone of 'Devo Corporate Anthem' thru to 'Red-eye express' this is a very solid and at times comical album. The highlights here are Smart Patrol /Mr. DNA, 'Swelling Itching Brain'and 'Blockhead' that are rife with typical devo-izms, drug references, and anti-establishment thinking.'Pink Pussycat' with its 'meow meow meow' chorus still gives me a laugh.

Devo were and still are eons ahead of their time and are perhaps one of the bravest bands ever. Who else took the risks these guys did?

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