ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of… - Chrysalis, 1992. 🎤💰: Re-listening to this brings me back 3 decades. I purchased this as a new and noteworthy Hip Hop album which seemed to draw from a similar well as De la Soul. Now I notice… Continue reading In the Stacks 8/12/25
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In the Stacks 7/25/25
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Rubinho e Mauro Assumpcao - Perfeitamente, Justamente Quando Cheguei - Mr. Bongo, 1972. 🇧🇷📹 👁️🎧🪨🫧 🐠🗣️⎄ ⌘: A wonderful mix of Brazilian Psychedelic Pop and Rock. It’s really fresh and was an obscure release unearthed by Mr. Bongo. I will purchase any Mr. Bongo reissue, they are usually rarities and always follow… Continue reading In the Stacks 7/25/25
In the Stacks 7/7/29
ItS Intro/Key Playlist (*Note - Songs on Playlist are “Mix Taped” and not in reading order) Bali - Music for the Shadow Play - Nonesuch Explorer Series, 1970. 🇮🇩 ✺ ❂꧂🌎📣 👁️⌛️: A traditional collection of songs from Bali. These songs are meant to accompany the Balinese Shadow Play, Wayang, featuring Gamelan ensemble. This is… Continue reading In the Stacks 7/7/29
Seshjawn Notes 6/29/25
Playlist Bart - Starts out sounding Reggae-ish to me, but only the opening line and then turns Jazzy in a Zappa-ish way. The vocals that come in make me think this is something from International Anthem, experimental and yet grooving and with an aural sensibility that can appeal to non-Jazz folk. Really interesting timbres in… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/29/25
Seshjawn Notes 6/1/25
Playlist Travis - Chanting with some Mingus-ee sounding piano. And I mean Mingus playing piano, not compositionally. Pretty wondrous mixture I wasn’t ever expecting. Mingus—ee then/now Radiohead sounding. The timing may be slightly shifting, or drifting, its hard to tell with the stratification of the two parts. It’s also sustained the vibe longer than I… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/1/25