In The Stacks 6/4/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix B-52’s - Wild Planet - WB, 1980. 🪨🫧 🪩 🧴🚘 🧀 🥃💰: The New Wave/Pop/Punk band from Georgia that I listened to with trepidation when they were most popular. They were a little too goofy weird, I was all for weird, but their weird seemed more comical than creatively weird. I did call in to request the video for… Continue reading In The Stacks 6/4/26

Seshjawn Notes 6/31/26

Playlist Travis - Starting with a happy vibe! Sounds like a slightly Latin-y sounding Afro Pop recording. The percussion sounds like the real deal with the sparse instrumental parts kind of dancing across the top. The saxophone occasionally slips into a harmonica-like timbre and the basic form repeats with the bass line, then the bass… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/31/26

In The Stacks 5/24/26

ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Bo$$ - Born Ganstaz - Def Jam, 1993. 🎤🪦: Bo$$ appeared on the Rap map in 1993, she was featured as a hard, female, gangster rapper. Her appearance was minimal and severe. She seemed to fit in using hard language and taking the Gangster Rap genre into a new market as a… Continue reading In The Stacks 5/24/26

Seshjawn Notes 5/18/26

Playlist Dan - حبيبي فنك : Issam Hajali - “Ana Damir El Motakallim” (Lebanon 1976) Habibi Funk - This wild journey of a song, by Issam Hajali, was recorded in Paris with another Lebanese musician and a gathering of international contributors . it offers some sonic situations that I really enjoy. I always aim for that international… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 5/18/26

In The Stacks 5/10/26

Overall = 2.7 (10)  ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Vinicius Cantuaria - Psychedelic Rio - Sunnyside, 2024. 🇧🇷 😵‍💫 ⎄: I might describe this as Dreamy Brazilian Cowboy music rather than Psychedelic Rio. Perhaps the lyrics are the trippy part and I just don't understand Portuguese? The album has some creative guitar work and the songs create… Continue reading In The Stacks 5/10/26