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  • BritPop,  Old School

    The Return of the Thin White Duke (finally!)

    It’s been ten years since David Bowie has released any new music and most of us were beginning to think that he packed it in. He just turned 66 so no one would blame him, right? Yet here is…back with…

    By markadelphia
  • Old School,  The Time

    Morris Day and the Time, or, How I Made Peace With a Fake Jerome

    Shame on me. I should’ve known better. But now I know: “Morris Day & the Time” is not the same thing as “The Time“. A few weeks back, a local Old School radio station, Mega 104.3, threw itself a 10th…

    By ick1999
  • Hip Hop,  Old School

    My Top 3 Hip-Hop Songs of All Time

    If you had to choose your top three rap / hip-hop songs of all time, what would they be? As I got on down to my Old School Mix at the gym today, that question worked its way into my…

    By ick1999
  • Hip Hop,  Jazz,  Old School

    Peter Piper / Take Me To The Mardi Gras

    Show of hands: who knows the genesis of the bell & percussion groove of Run-DMC’s “Peter Piper”? I stumbled on it tonight. I was listening to Afrika Bambaata’s radio show on Sirius Backspin on the way home from work today.…

    By ick1999
  • Electronic,  Old School

    Sounds from the Old School (Electro Mix-Tape)

    I took some time this past weekend to dive into some old school hip hop sites, and uncovered some gems. Don’t even get me started about Original Underground Hip-Hop, where S.O.U.L. posts a staggering amount of old school mixes (two…

    By ick1999
  • Old School

    Sirius Backspin Will Return, and doggone it if it ain’t raining

    As a guy who came of age in the classic age of early hip-hop, aka the 80’s – I was seriously bummed when Sirius’ Backspin channel was canned after the Sirius – XM merger. Sirius and XM did a pretty…

    By ick1999
  • Hip Hop,  Old School,  Video

    Public Enemy at Pitchfork’s Festival

    In the annals of classic hip-hop, last week’s Public Enemy show at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago has to go down in the books as Historic. Chuck D., Flava Flav and the boys performed their classic, It Takes a…

    By ick1999
  • Old School,  R&B

    Old School Friday

    My geeky music life just got geekier. You know the new iPhone came out today. Well, those of us with “old” iPhone get the 2.0 upgrade gratis, which includes the App Store – which includes a ton of free apps…

    By ick1999
  • Old School,  R&B

    Everybody all aboard

    The Gap Band. Venice Beach 1983. Charlie Wilson dancing in the surf in a Speedo. Yep, Spring is in the air. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTo7BXlqcHs]

    By ick1999
  • Old School,  Rock

    Shaq joins the Suns – Sports Music

    I’m a baseball fan above all else, but I have to say, my hometown team’s recent trade for Shaquille O’Neal has me pretty excited to watch more Phoenix Suns basketball. The Suns are the second best team in basketball as…

    By ick1999
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