Baker's Dozen... The VMAs. From KB's Bakers Dozen.
1. I'm sure that people out there were secretly fawning Lil' Jon's appearance on stage, and secretly vying for his album.... you all want me to purchase it so y'all can hear tracks on the next Friday Melodies, right? Riiight.
2. Yes, I know Chaka was a little off key, but by the time she finished off the set, she had her vocals back. Don't y'all engage in Chaka hateration now.
3. "Hey Ya" for the best hip hop video was probably the best award.
4. Xtina and Nelly doing a duet (with tapdancing)? Great. Surprised the heck outta me.
5. Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder with "If I Ain't Got You", also cool.
6. Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, and Lenny Kravitz - "Higher Ground" - Absolutely, positively classic.
7. Speaking of Lenny Kravitz, what about The Gap commercials? Great! Not Gap, mind you- just the commercials.
8. JT said: Is that Vivica Fox on stage shaking it like a salt shaker in coochie cutter shorts? My thoughts exactly. And, yes, we noticed, even though no one else seemed to.
9. I'm still in the "'We Want Britney Spears' Toxic but Not The Rest Of Her Album' Club" but don't tell anyone, alright?
10. Everytime I saw Andre 3000 I started singing 'shake it like a polariod picture'. I'm jus' sayin'.
11. I'm waiting for Farnsworth Bentley to have his own show. If Ali G can do it, why can't he?
12. The next time you hear us refer to someone as Weavoncey, then you know who we mean. Blonde, even? Um, no.
I'm trying to be good and go to bed early so I can wake up funky fresh on Friday.
Anthony David is
gracing the night with his release party for his CD.
Friday
Melodies XII.
01. Ernesto - Soul Creation. From Ernesto's Album. Exponent vibe forthcoming.
02. Foreign Exchange - All That You Are. I've been stuck in the hip-hop mood.
Actually, trying to categorize them as hip-hop might be a little too constricting,
since their vibes encompass nu-soul and jazzy vibes as well.
03. The Family - River Run Dry.
04. Naked Music NYC - If I Fall. From What's On Your Mind.
05. Goapele f/Papa Love - Ease Your Mind.
06. Caron Wheeler - Blue (Is The Colour of Pain).
07. Loopless - Is The Phone Broke or Something? They're the second
set that's been in my head all week as well. This song is reminiscent of Randy
Crawford and the Crusaders. Check it out.
08. Mint Condition - Back to Your Lovin'.
09. Boney James with Dwele - Break of Dawn. Mellow personified.
10. Dwele - Let Your Hair Down. From Subject.
11. Lucy Pearl featuring Q-Tip and Snoop Doggy Dogg - You.
12. Case - Shine.
13. Stevie Wonder - All I Do. Case was on the Stevie vibe, so it
was only proper to continue by gracing our ears with Stevie himself.
14. Blaze - Wishing You Were Here. A little house always helps.
15. Timmy Gatling - Rock Me Good. Finishing up on the old-school tip.
Hear this, and listen with your heart.....
It's been an interesting couple of weeks. Well, no, let's make that a month.
Remember when I said I was going to be out of work soon, and if I didn't find
something that I'd probably just croak? Well, it's interesting. I think I'd
better get everything out when I get time, because time is now a luxury.
My job was being exported overseas, and with that, my contract was set to expire
earlier this month. Well, as it was about to expire, I did my rounds, with my
resume in hand, and managed to find another gig. Then my previous contract got
extended not once, but twice. Not only that-- I'm having to work two contracts
at the same time. Sounds great right? Well, yeah, in theory. I'm assuming that
my work hours will be at the very least, 10 hours a day. I'm also on call for
the next three months. Vacation? I'm gonna have to steal a couple of days. The
gym is calling back also - since I'm going to be busy, the gym will be a nice
distraction. My ailment? It's on check, for now. More on that later - we all
know that it's not going to go away.
This of course, makes no excuse for me not blogging, for me being complacent,
for being tired one minute and stressed out the next. The radio blogs are a
piece of cake to me, although looking around me, all the blog peeps have been
asking me why it's easier to do a meme than actually blog about something with
substance. They're right. The journalistic vibes that are created electronically
through this blog has been largely set aside by me. For the ones who asked where
I had been and where I was going, thanks for the kick in my complacency. It's
absolutely what was needed.
But now, without further ado, I'd like to present (again): eXponent.
I've been trying to figure out a way to get back to it without having to type
so much, so I've decided to blog more with smaller reviews, since I tend to
purchase [at least] three CDs a week. It's such a shame to leave it sitting
there when there's so much music in my head, in my car, on the floor...you get
my drift. And of course, this was an idea that sat in draft mode for so long
that I had to actually had to see Time
Wastin' to get a kick in my complacency and realize that I could do something
without having to stress out and spend so much time doing it.
I'd also be remiss in saying it's been revamped and redecorated (psst, Blog Body Shop...word!) so you know that's where the funk lives.
Coming soon: Ernesto, Grenique, and Heavy, just to name a few. One and all, thanks for the reality check- you guys know who you are.
Baker's Dozen, Volume III. From KB's
Bakers
Dozen.
1. Preparing myself for working two gigs at the same time when I was worried
about not having any just one week ago....50% bliss, 50% anxiety.
2. 12 hour work days for the next month....see above.
3. Cerrone won't stay out of my head.
4. Must...send...Burn It...CDs....out......
5. Why watch the Olympics when I could live vicariously through
everyone else
around me?
6. Desperately trying to get Prince out of draft mode and publish.
7. MT
Blacklist for MovableType version 3? Heaven.
8. When instant messenger sessions on Sunday revolve around Mark
Adams, TaMara
and the Seen, and Dez
Dickerson's "Modernaire", who needs to get out of the chair in
the evening?
9. There's this whirlwind called Multiply
I'm being sucked into...
10. Like JT, also pulled into those
other conversations and nigritude. Might as well make it three and pull
down "Where You're At..." Who says blogwatching doesn't pay?
11. Being fixated on The
First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest. I can't help that I'm a technogeek.
12. Successful sleep-inducing technique: think about cooking. Imagine all the
steps it would take to cook something palatable. Think about how people would
receive the meal. Lay down instead.
