To celebrate the presence of the musical smut of Peaches and Spank Rock on the Big Day Out bill, this week ‘Living is Easy’ becomes ‘Living is Sleazy’.
That’s right a show dedicated to the finest, funkiest filth we can dig up. To get you in the mood here’s the video for the latest danceable outrage from Spank Rock ‘Lindsay Lohan's revenge’.
Warning: not even remotely safe for viewing at work or in the presence of the young, old or offendable.
James Brown, who died nearly a month to this day, lives on in the tributes that’ll be coming for a while.
Ignoring the fact that James Brown lay down the first foundations for house music, we’ll recognize him more for being the first rapper, extending the groove to orgasmic proportions, creating some of the finest funk in funk history, and being such a god damn good showman up until the day he died. He may of never allowed the James Brown team to ever use a computer (due to the fact that he thought computers could see him); hell, he was born dead, who wouldn’t think computers were looking at them if they were a stillborn child - he claimed he was born dead and revived, although all doctors say this is impossible.
Here we have mixes from two groups that to pay homage to the man. After all, if he hadn’t done what he did; these labels couldn’t have existed.
Both Stone Throw and DJ Food mashed and smashed their way through James Brown’s finest moments and the finest moments of producers who sampled him.
Thankfully a Blog friend of ours under the name BOSBOS has the resources to host both these mixes for your listening pleasure.
Stones Throw mix , and
DJ Food mix .
And refer to BOSBOS's main page for his other goodies.
Sharon Jones - How Do I Let a Good Man Down?
Chat with Imaginary Funk Collective and a selection of their sounds
- Hercules
- Impeach the President
- Can I Get a Witness
Quantic Soul Orchestra - Hold It Down
Bamboos - Step it Up
Sharon Jones - Genunie
Budos Band -
Gil Gilberto - Bat Macumba
Ann Peebles - I Got the Man (You Got the Paper)
Betty Davis - Your Man My Man
Edwin Starr - California Soul
S.O.U.L - Top of the World
Undisputed Truth - Big John
The Parliments - Testify
Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
J-Live - One For the Griot
Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty
True Live - Keep Myself Awake
Dangermouse and Gemni - Ghetto Pop Life
DJ Einstein and MC Zaakir - Haves and Have Nots
Blackalicious - Excellent
DJ ShortKut - Impeach the President
Brother D - How We Gonna Make a Black Nation Rise?
Ghostface and AG - 2K007
