One to Watch: Daveed Diggs (free download)
I know Daveed from another life… so you can imagine my surprise when my friend told me about his mixtape online… You already know how much I love my Bay Area artists but he’s really doing his thing… it’s like everything I love about the Bay with a little dash of southernplayalistic. I love! Plus...
Free October Soundtrack via SPIN mag
At the beginning of each month I make a playlist to kind of set the tone for the month… Its quite the process… and it can get kind of expensive. How excited was I when I discovered that the editors of SPIN do the exact same thing and make it available on iTunes for free!?...
Louise Goldin / The Dean’s List
I woke up this morning and it actually smelled like spring outside. Love it! Also loving Louise Goldin… pictures from F. Tape and Goldin‘s site. More about the label from NYMAG: English designer Louise Goldin launched her eponymous knitwear line in 2005, just barely out of grad school. Eschewing traditional silhouettes, the label is known...
When in Romania*, Enjoy Vicious Candy… and Drake’s Mixtape
I just came back from another introspective/ coincidence filled weekend. 3 down, 6 more to go before things start to settle down. I had planned on devoting this summer to writing . . . but it seems like now it’s devoted to experience. I will save the writing for the cold Boston winter that awaits....
Boom-Bastic
It’s never good when you wake up in the morning to a horoscope that claims you will spend the day, “picking up the pieces of your shattered calendar.” It’s even worse, when as you read this prediction, you find yourself sitting there trying to figure out how that is different from any other day… Calendars, ...
Rap- Lies= Nas?
I told myself I wasn’t going to write about Nas’ new album . . . but how can I not, I mean, it’s Nas. After his first album I fell in love . . . but then he changed (typical guy). There were of course little glimpses of his former self sprinkled throughout his subsequent...
No More Rainydayz (Free download!)
Amp Live of Zion I has done it again. I can’t stop listening to his Rainydayz remixes, available for free at 1776. He’s truly my favorite MC out right now… his beats are SICK!! The album itself has some history: After a cease and desist put the breaks on Amplive’s Radiohead In Rainbows remix project,...
AT… L
This week has truly been a roller coaster. A week of reconnecting with old inspirations, taking on new responsibilities and true vindication. Plus, have you ever had a pile of things on your desk so high that you literally can’t see over it when you sit down? Needless to say, I’m looking forward to this...
Peel away the layers
We only truly get to know people when we peel away all the layers. The fancy clothes, the make-up, the false confidence, the mask that most people wear every day… I was just thinking about the people I know. About how you can see people every day and feel like you don’t truly know them…...
Nappy Soldier in the City of Dope
A lot of people have dual personalities. Your “work self” and your “real self.” I found this to be true when I was working at a law firm. My “work self” wore cashmere twin-sets and talked about the Red Sox (boring), the housing market in Boston (“Well, Tucker and I are not in the Market...
Behold a Lady
Sophistafunk, aristocats Distinguished stars, clean up your acts Pull up your pants, ladies and gents Please, act like you got some sense You know what I really wanna know? Where do all the good girls go..?* Behold a Lady Its your lucky day! If you’re truly wondering where all the good girls go to get...
Pandora’s (music) Box
If you haven’t already discovered the world of Pandora, I thought I’d give you the heads up on this fantastic music resource this weekend. Pandora is based on the The Music Genome Project. Each song in the Music Genome Project is analyzed using up to 400 distinct musical characteristics by a trained music analyst. These...
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