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Original Artwork, Joseph Arthur 2008

This past Friday night, we went to go see Joseph Arthur play a solo show at the best music venue in San Francisco, Great American Music Hall. When we showed up, I was surprised that it was a sit-down show, which I have never experienced at GAMH. The show was missing the sampler theatrics, which I’ve come to associate with Arthur, but it was far from a disappointment. He ran through such classics as Speed Of Light, Birthday Card, In The Sun, and a slowed down version of Honey and the Moon, which takes away the somewhat light-hearted optimism of the original, and turns it into more of a mournful plea. After the show, they were selling cd’s of the recorded show with Arthur signing and drawing (see above) on each cd cover. He was also kind enough to give a smudge on the hand to my cohort for the evening.

Joseph Arthur – Honey And The Moon (Live @ GAMH, July 19, 2008) – an intimate show with a great re-working of a classic choon.

Cex – Just Don’t Bite It – from the Tigerbeat6 Attitude release, which takes NWA classics and chops them up to make it seem like your record player is broken, or just skipping badly.

Santogold – I’m A Lady (Diplo Mix featuring Amanda Blank) – from the Top Ranking Diplo Dub megamix off of the Mad Decent label. a little LL with Miss Blank on the mic—how can you wrong?

Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar – Dzumbus Funk – for fans of Beirut and everything else eastern european, way eastern european. a brass workout.

Richie Hawtin’s Concept 1 series was a revolutionary achievement in terms of creativity, and the distribution by means of 12″ monthly singles limited to 2000 copies make it an expensive and quite sought after commodity to this day. The CD version has been remastered by one Stefan Betke (Pole) as well as the Variations by Thomas Brinkmann which is included in this double CD pack. The Concept series marks a moment of minimalism in music that still fits in nicely to the nature of techno today. The Brinkmann reworking with a custom made two-arm turntable, slowing the speed and separating the right and left channels brings out more of the genius contained in these recordings. Listen up, because these recordings are part of the reason that we are here right now in techno.

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now, for the music:

Aretha Franklin – The Happy Blues (Let Me In Your Life Outtake) – from the ‘Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul”, these recordings show a more stripped down version of songs from most of aretha’s career. it also displays the diversity of music from jazz, to standards, to soul and beyond.

Bangers & Cash – Loose featuring Amanda Blank – spank rock and benny blanco are on this 5 track EP which samples the work of 2 live crew. most of the tracks have been all over the interweb, but the sound quality has been pretty low. once you can hear the music especially the bass, this EP is the party continued. spank and amanda blank are two of the best mc’s out there right now.

The Celebration – Tame The Savage – the organ based drama is still there. guests from tvotr and the yyy’s are all here. the songs seem to be there, but katrina ford’s vocals seem to be lost or muddled in the mix. it’s hard to listen to the whole album.