ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Babes in Toyland - Painkillers - Reprise, 1993. ๐ชจ๐ซง ๐ชฉโ๐คโพพ โ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๐ฝ: Power jams! This EP with a lengthy, live bonus track delivers on some angst that I feel is still relevant in our current demise. Babes In Toyland definitely do it hard and strange, but I find myself recalling all of their… Continue reading In The Stacks 7/7/26
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Seshjawn Notes 6/28/26
Playlist Bart - Very clean Tzadik-sounding improv music. I know its new, Bart mentioned that it was recently released. The pianist is killing it, though I think the trumpet player is the leader. It sounds like Sephardic Jewish Improv music. Could be a modern confection - not a traditional piece, or just a Folk song… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/28/26
In The Stacks 6/27/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Brand Nubian - One For All - Elektra, 1990. ๐ค๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฐโ๏ธ: A heyday era Rap album for me, good beats, samples and verbal acuity. Grand Puba seemed to be the prime voice in this group and he has a sharp, edgy tone that can inflect lines with harshness or humor. The other members… Continue reading In The Stacks 6/27/26
In The Stacks 6/4/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix B-52โs - Wild Planet - WB, 1980. ๐ชจ๐ซง ๐ชฉ ๐งด๐ ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ: 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