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Flava in ya ear!
Posted Mon, 03/02/2009 - 12:12 by Jesse Thorn
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Fascinating profile of Eminem in the Independent (UK)
Is there something wrong with MIA's politics?
New This American Life live shows in Chicago, New York and movie theaters around the country.
Bill Hader talks to Danny McBride and Jody Hill about Eastbound & Down (iTunes link)
Nation of Thizzlam has some ill international gangsta rap videos
Flava in ya ear!
Posted Wed, 12/17/2008 - 19:48 by Jesse Thorn
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Jonathan Winter reads "A Christmas Carol"
I was interviewed on the public radio show & podcast "Media Soundoff"
The folks behind the Onion's video operation were interviewed on On the Media
Rufus & Chaka perform Tell Me Something Good live in 1974
Paul Rust argues that Paul McCartney is DEAD.
MaxFunPal Roman Mars reports on the A-11 offense that's turning high school football upside down.
MaxFunPal Luke Burbank has some thoughts on how to attract younger listeners to public radio.
Our pal John Moe talks about being a basketball fan free agent -- his Sonics left him in the lurch.
Flava in ya ear!
Posted Mon, 10/13/2008 - 10:52 by Jesse Thorn
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Jack Handey reads "Tiny Little Stories" on Studio 360(MP3)
Great profile of eccentric radio legend (he's not eccentric, the radio he creates is) Joe Frank
Hot new Jada and Jay-Z track "We Run This"
Noz digs up another fascinating artifact of hip-hop history - a Dre protege named 6 Two.
A Joell Ortiz double video -- and both songs are fantastic.
This new Grace Jones video will give you awesome, awesome nightmares
Flava in ya ear!
Posted Wed, 09/03/2008 - 20:23 by Jesse Thorn
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Great Genius of Comedy Chris Morris visits the world's largest particle accelerator.
Museum of the Moving Image panel on The Wire... now downloadable in MP3 format.
Josh Modell from the AV Club has a really fascinating rundown of his unlikely nerddom: prank calls.
Speaking of Fest, when he said his new album El Che was going to deal with heavy issues, he wasn't kidding. This powerful track is about meeting victims (and perpetrators) of genocide. Great video and great beat by No ID.
The SF Chronicle interviews Larry Wilmore of The Daily Show (MP3)
EPMD - Crossover
Flava in ya ear!
Posted Thu, 07/10/2008 - 12:51 by Jesse Thorn
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KEXP in Seattle has a new comedy podcast. Looks good.
Juvenile + Galactic + Soul Rebels Brass Band = a funk/jam band and a New Orleans Brass Band finally hook up with a decent rapper. I like it.
Has Andre 3000 ever NOT looked fly as fuck? Oh yeah... when he was wearing the catcher's gear. But otherwise...
New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones gets autotuned
Our pal Keith Phipps from the AV Club writes about Larry Norman, the "father of Christian rock," and includes a really beautiful, and really sad cut about the rapture.
New D'Angelo album? I'm not holding my breath. But I will if it helps... whatever you need, D.
Kanye West has genuine insight into the Ice T v. Soulja Boy beef.
XLR8R does a great job with the videos. Here's some crate digging with Kon & Amir
B.O.B. - Mellow Fellow: I like this BOB fellow. (MP3)
Flava in ya ear!
Posted Tue, 05/20/2008 - 09:30 by Jesse Thorn
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New Killer Mike f. Shawty Lo
Jad & Robert from Radiolab in the AV Club
New (free) mixtape from B.O.B., (as seen on this very blog)
Sweet pics of Dan Deacon and Les Savy Fav at Coachella, KICKING OUT THE JAMS
Speaking of LSF, here's their new live album, streaming
Fred Armisen "interviews" Amy Poehler (iTunes link)
I love Roscoe P. Coldchains. Is he still in jail? Will someone steal his old album from his label and send it to me and Noz?
Organized Noize + Neo-Doo-Wop = Summer Jam!
Merry Clayton's cover of Neil Young's "Southern Man" is what is known in the business as a FUCKING JAM.
It's also the sample in the ALL-TIME DUNGEON FAMILY SUPER-SMASH "Watch for the Hook" by Cool Breeze f. Goodie Mobb, Outkast and Witchdoctor
Tim + Eric + The Best Show = PRESIDENT BASEBALL
It's kind of weird that Usher was singing live on SNL, but Jeezy was lip-synching his rap verse, right? Oh well, I like this song, and Usher can dance his butt off.
Nice new joint from KRS and MC Lyte
Randy Newman + Nina Simone = kickass
Flava in ya ear!
Posted Wed, 04/16/2008 - 09:04 by Jesse Thorn
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Mike Schmidt, formerly of Never Not Funny, has launched a new podcast called The 40-Year-Old Boy. This is a direct link to the feed - copy and paste into iTunes.
Full set from highly esteemed UK alt-comic Daniel Kitson (authorized by no less than Mr. Daniel Kitson)
This is kind of old news, but since their publicists sent it to me with permission to post it, here's N.E.R.D.'s awesome single "Everyone Nose"
NPR: Long Duk Dong, Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?
Music Festival Dos and Don'ts with the Internets Celebrities
Sure like this new Busta
Seattle's KEXP is picking up a repeater station in New York City
New single (legal download!) from Flight of the Conchords is on Brooklyn Vegan
The earliest audio recordings weren't in the 1890s on wax cylinders -- scientists have deciphered recordings on something called a Phonautogram from the 1860s.
I think I'm gonna like this State Prop album. Peet Crack Daddilac!
Damian Kulash, past TSOYA guest and lead singer of OK, GO!, argues convincing in favor of net neutrality in the NY Times
Geoff Nunberg responds to all the dorks who email me about saying "um."
Flava In Ya Ear
Posted Wed, 03/12/2008 - 16:16 by Jesse Thorn
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New Roots f. Dice Raw and Peedi Crakk is bananas!
XM has launched a bunch of podcasts, including not one but TWO comedian interview shows, and Bob Edwards Weekend.
MFer Doug-Life remixed "Hyphy" by The Federation (and E-40) with The Free Design's "Love You," aka the theme to JJGo. Kick ass.
Neither Memphis Bleek nor Uncle Murder is a great rapper, but this is a pretty hot record.
Yeah, Billy Danze of MOP - God Bless and Goodnight
And "Gangsta". It is Billy Danze's opinion that you, sir or madam, are not gangsta. And he is unafraid to express that opinion emphatically.
Long, longtime TSOYA supporter Martin Degrell (of Sweden) has started a music podcast called Hour of Truth. Check it out!
New Devin mixtape (direct torrent link)
T-Mo Goodie f. TI - Connect Like Dots (love the white-guy voice chorus)
Devin leaving Rap-A-Lot
CHAIN FIGHT TONIGHT! The Gorch visits The Best Show
Audio plays by The Coen Bros and Charlie Kaufman (THANKS FORUMERS!)
Onion editors on WNYC -- listen as Joe Garden offers to pledge in exchange for Brooke Gladstone's autograph on his chest.
Flava in ya ear...
Posted Wed, 01/23/2008 - 13:34 by Jesse Thorn
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George Saunders, Zadie Smith and Vendela Vida discuss making fiction on WNYC
This unreleased Dangerous-era Michael Jackson tune is pretty jammin.
And speaking of the K of P, here's Rhymefest's new mixtape -- which is all MJ samples.
The AV Club celebrates "Nillson Sings Newman," the wonderful late 60s teaming of Harry and Randy.
Nation of Thizzlam runs down the best of Yay Area hip-hop in 2007. Was it the year Hyphy died?
Dan Deacon working on new 7" and album
Missy Elliott is underrated. And maybe overrated too, but more under than over.
Great interview with Peedi Crakk in Hip Hop Game -- an update from our interview a year or so ago.
Billy Danze of MOP - New York
Paul & Storm - If James Taylor Were on Fire (hilarious)
Classic Geto Boys video - Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta
Honestly, I can't think of a better dude to be on the Flashing Lights remix than Kells. He's perfect for the cool alienation combined with raw emotion on that record. Still creepy that he videotaped himself peeing on the teenage girl, though, huh?
Stretch and Bobbito reunion? Fuck yeah.
Flava in ya ear.
Posted Mon, 12/03/2007 - 16:42 by Jesse Thorn
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My man Mr. Sayre plugged this cat Richie Cunning to me... sounds good. Anybody plugging Rick Reuschel in their ad-libs gets big points from me.
MF Grimm on Fresh Air
Pay-what-you-want album from Saul Williams and Trent Reznor
Jeff Chang gives a great playlist to the NY Times Paper Cuts blog.
How Femi Kuti went international -- and why Fela never did.
The SP-1200: the machine that defined early 90s New York hip-hop
This new Too Short f. E-40 is a great record
New Andre 3K - Art of Storytellin' Pt. 4
Cocaine Blunts interviews underrated Dungeon Family member Witchdoctor, who didn't show up for his interview on The Sound of Young America
DID YOU KNOW: Singer/rapper Novel's uncle is Solomon Burke? Also, his album that never came out like five years ago was pretty good. Also, this is his new video.
I am interviewed extensively on the podcast of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
Jonathan Coulton in French!
