a hard quiz that is sure to take up a moment of your time

I admittedly am in feel sorry for myself mode lately. Not a fun space to be in and I haven't been posting due to my woe is me attitude the past few days. I have now been unemployed for almost two months and try as I might, I am not feeling as optimistic as I once was. Last week showed so much promise, but I am back to playing phone tag with one place and my little birdie friend at another job said it looked good for me, but alas no word yet.

So the only thing I can offer you is this really hard music lyric quiz. (That I found on my favorite blog Pop Candy)

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All of the words are in alphabetical order so it is a bit hard to switch your mind to think of a song in this way. I got 18/50 and am so bummed that I missed a song by The Clash, after talking about them.

Drop me a line and let me know how you did.

Filtering through nostalgia

This blog isn't as music heavy as the other blogs I have had. I kind of miss talking music w/ people.

This is good segue to....

One of my recent purchases has been the Filter Magazine winter '08. (with Q-tip on the cover.) Read the article "Q-tip and the Legacy of Hip Hop", I think it is one of the more eye opening articles I have read in a long time. I love the interview style to tell the story of an era. (See Yes Yes Ya'll by Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahern) Did you know that Low End Theory, which by the way is my greatest hip hop album of all time, influenced Dr. Dre to make "The Chronic."?

See all the people who were influenced by Tribe and what they say about them.

I remember running to a friend's house after school everyday to watch Yo! MTV Raps just to catch the Bonita Applebum video. Tribe was the first Hip Hop band I ever fell in love with. I love hip hop as poetry, I love hip hop as social political criticism, those are the reasons I love Tribe and continue to be a big fan. I regret only being able to see them twice before they stopped being a group.

By the way if you are wondering what music I listen to you can find me by my email address at www.jango.com. I have 4 stations to choose from.

Looking for some reviews

Can anyone provide me with a review of the new Goldfrapp and/or Erykah Badu albums? Especially for the fans who loved Felt Mountain and Mama's Gun.

Either comment or email me at fadeinmail@gmail.com.

You learn something new everyday, unless you stop yourself

Back in the day when I used to have time to read blogs, I really enjoyed tuning into this blog Souled On for my Hip Hop, Politics and random information I couldn't find anywhere else. Now that I am laid off, I have had the chance to pick it up again, thankfully.

I always learn something new, for example I learned that 50 Cent is endorsing Hillary Clinton. I guess she really embodies his values of clubbin', working out, vitamin water, steroids and gettin' shot.

If you are a politically aware hip hop loving, music historian, pop culture digger like I am you will love this blog just as much as I do.

Go now and give yourself some time. This blog has a soundtrack.

A category I would like to see

A category I would like to see featured in a movie award show is:

Best Movie Soundtrack

I know that people think it is copping out, just sitting there and choosing songs that other people have written and recorded sometimes hundreds of years ago and putting them together.
I think that people really forget how a soundtrack really effects a movie. There are moments that people remember in movies just because of the song that is playing. (My most cheesy remembrance is in Say Anything, you know what I mean. everyone does) Making a good soundtrack isn't like making a mix tape of love songs for your boyfriend.

Who would get your vote for best soundtrack in a movie for 2007?
Would it be:
Juno
The Darjeeling Limited
Control
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

more...

If you could go back and nominate a category for best movie soundtrack in the past what would it be? Mine would be Crooklyn.

Email me here at fadeinmail@gmail.com