tunequest

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Classic

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In a former life, I got paid to write about music. Listening to Basement Jaxx's Rooty today reminded me of that past career because I remember it being on near-constant rotation during that time. I even wrote a lengthy, mostly positive, review of it, which I've dug up for your pleasure. Notice the references to those quaint devices known as "CD players." :: July 27, ...

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Happy End of the World is the Pizzicato 5 album, above all others. Yeah, the five by five ep is of course excellent, but this record is among the definitive late-90s shibuya-kei records from the definitive shibuya-kei act. It's chock full of that uptempo cheerfulness that one would expect to come from the bright lights of Tokyo, but it's tempered with just the right amount of ...

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cinco de mayo was a bit of a bust in my neighborhood, despite the rampant multi-culturalism. i've got a lot of mexican neighbors and was expecting a more raucous celebration or even some kind of block party with fireworks, maybe a pinata, or if i was lucky, some mariachi music. granted the weather was iffy for most of the day, but it had cleared up by ...

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Below is the music video for No Tears For Caesar, available on the bonus materials DVD for Free Enterprise. William Shatner raps some Shakespeare, Marc Anthony's speech from Julius Caesar specifically. And true to form, the good Cap'n Kirk doesn't disappoint; he's always entertaining when he's got a microphone. That's the theory behind those old priceline.com ads anyway. The song and video No Tears For Caesar from the ...

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