Living Colour: A Vivid Recollection

Review, discussion, and anecdotes surrounding Living Colour’s 1988 album Vivid.

Swimming With The Fish Part 4: Clutching at Straws

Review and discussion on Marillion’s 1987 album Clutching at Straws

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Part 1 – Script for a Jester’s Tear

Part 2 – Fugazi

Part 3 – Misplaced Childhood

Jan Hendrick Fennema’s channel

Fela Kuti's Zombie: Weapons of Power and Practice

Review and discussion on Fela Kuti’s 1977 album Zombie with special guest commentator Digital D.

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A old text post on the Budos Band and Fela.

Zombie was a top 10 album for me in 2004

Digital D’s Soundcloud page

Summer Album Overview 2020: Shades of Black pt. 2

Another overview as summer 2020 draws to a close, including:

Funkadelic – Maggot Brain (1971)

Heroes are Gang Leaders – The Amiri Baraki Sessions (2019)

Moses Sumney – Græ (2020)

The Koreatown Oddity – Little Dominique’s Nosebleed (2020)

MonoNeon – Living The Best Life And The Worst Life At The Same Damn Time (2019)

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On? (1971)

Previous post in the Shades of Black series

Link to Robert Johnson post

And below is the ever-growing 2020 Radio playlist

Summer Album Overview 2020: Shades of Black pt.1

Overview of my mid-year music stimulus package, including:

Run the Jewels – RTJ4 (2020)

Damon Locks and the Black Monument Ensemble – Where Future Unfolds (2019)

Moor Mother – Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes (2019)

Afrikan Sciences – Centered (2019)

Shon Dervis – 16 (2018)

The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py (1970)

Relevant Links:

Review of Hama’s Houmeissa

The ever-growing 2020 Spotify Playlist

Fishbone's "In Your Face:" Echoes of Desegregation

Review and discussion on Fishbone’s 1986 album In Your Face through the lens of 70s and 80s school desegregation practices.

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Older post on Truth and Soul

Album Overview 2020: A Month In Summer

An overview of recent listening, with albums by

Mother Yeti – My Best Please (2020)

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith- The Mosaic of Transformation (2020)

Man Man – Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between (2020)

Frank Zappa – You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore v.4 (1988)

Carl Stone – Baroo (2019)

Markus Floats – Third Album (2020)