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  • New Music In Stores and Online10/7/08: The Streets, Sarah McLachlan, Oasis & More!!!

    Obviously I can’t have a record buying bonanza every week, otherwise I’d go broke. Definitely not a good look in today’s economy. So, this week will mark something of a vacation for me, with only one release that I’m nutso about. Here’s this week’s lineup of releases.

    Mike Skinner AKA The Streets. Photo by "realname".

    The Streets “Everything is Borrowed”:
    Folks on these shores (most of ’em) don’t get Mike Skinner or his style of music. Considering I didn’t think Amy Winehouse would cross over, I think Skinner is long overdue for some American love. “Everything is Borrowed” is his fourth, and reportedly the last album he is releasing under the Streets moniker. Expect more personal raps spiced with enough British slang that you might have to IM your best friend from London to ask “what the hell is he talking about here?”

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  • The Sunday Shuffle 9/28/08: Baby I’m Begging!!

    As someone who doesn’t watch a heckuva lot of TV, I think I’ve reached my fill for the day with football, the NKOTB Behind the Music (Jon got kicked out of the group? Who knew?) and the Family Guy premiere (this Cleveland spinoff doesn’t look promising). Needless to say, the time is right for the Sunday shuffle. So here goes.

    Track 1) Jodeci “Cry for You” (from “Diary of a Mad Band”, 1993)

    When last we saw any of the men from Jodeci, Jojo Hailey was eating stage while his brother K-Ci gamely continued singing “All My Life”. This song dates back to Jodeci’s second album, at a time when the four members were ostensibly in better physical and mental health than they are now. Actually, this is my favorite Jodeci song-almost over the top in its’ emotion, yeah, but that was these guys’ calling card before they became certified sexaholics. Neither the group Jodeci nor the duo K-ci & Jojo has released anything in half a decade, amid rumors of drug addiction and ego issues. With the R&B group field virtually empty, I’d think the time is ripe for a return. Don’t you?

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  • The Infatueighties Countdown Resumes: #93: “Rock the Casbah”

    The cover of the 45 of The Clash's 1982 hit single "Rock the Casbah".
    The cover of the 45 of The Clash's 1982 hit single "Rock the Casbah".

    Sometimes we have to justify what we really love with what our friends (or in this case, readers…well, actually both) will think is cool. Which is why I switched my Clash song three or four different times while compiling this list.

    Truth be told, I actually really do love The Clash. Were they “the only band that mattered”? Well, they certainly weren’t to me then. But then again, when Joe Strummer, Mick Jones and the boys were popular, I wasn’t even old enough to tie my shoes. So…The Jacksons mattered more to me then. Hall & Oates mattered more to me then. Hell, Air Supply mattered more to me then. Is it the same now? Well…Air Supply doesn’t matter to me as much, for what that’s worth.

     

     

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