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  • Sonic Clash Radio – Episode #3

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    • Money Mike disappears before the Grammy prediction show.  Could he be the guy Chris Brown is taking the fall for?
    • Double G takes on Jessica Simpson with some interesting comments on what Jessica is most famous for today.  “Her singing career has gone down the toilet,” mused GG, dissing her country-pop style.   He even leaves Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo holding the bag (so to speak) after Nick Simpson.  That’s Jessica (left) in March 2008 visiting U.S. troops in Kuwait, which ain’t all bad.
    • The dissing continues with Bruce Springstreen’s crotch shot at the Super Bowl halftime show and morphs into a great explanation of why The Boss is ticked at Ticketmaster.

    Is there more?  You know there is!

    Will Money Mike show up?

  • Infatueighties #50: Genius of Love

    tomtomYou’re the bassist and the drummer of an influential new wave band? Whatcha gonna do when you’re on an extended vacation and you still have the urge to make music?

    They’re gonna have some fun.

    Not to say Talking Heads music wasn’t fun before, but prior to Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth breaking off temporarily to form Tom Tom Club, it was kind of stiff. “Genius of Love” is what a Heads record would sound like after a couple of spliffs. Loosey-goosey and effortless, the song’s rubbery groove is irresistible. Shouting out Hamilton Bohannon, Smokey Robinson and James Brown while giving props to the then-growing hip-hop sound (as well as a nod to reggae), it appealed to those graffiti drawing kids as well as the downtown arty types in similar fashion to Blondie’s “Rapture” (which you’ll find a few places back on this list).

    There’s a small percentage of folks who probably now know this from Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”, which samples it heavily, but like most sampled cuts, ain’t nothin’ like the original.

    The video is awesome as well.

  • Friday Throwback – Step By Step

    I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a New Kids On The Block fan. Ok, maybe just a little bit ashamed. But still, having a younger sister in the late 80s-early 90s meant that you either hated the New Kids vociferously, or that you let the catchy music embed itself in your ears. And the latter happened to me, though after their fall from their pop star perch. This is probably my favorite New Kids track of them all.

    • Holy cow, look at that hair!
    • I’m not too sure about Jordan trying to break dance with those superfly clothes.
    • Ok, the choreography on the stairs was pretty corny.
    • And what’s up with stealing New Edition’s dance moves?
    • Look at Donnie wearing the Public Enemy shirt.
    • I think I could get my hair like Jordan’s if I tried.
    • Is that what Danny did? Just lifted weights while everyone else was singing?
    • Did I hear a fiddle?
    • Step 1, we can have lots of fun …
    • A Marky Mark sighting!