JOVM’s William Ruben Helms pays tribute to the life and music of Coolio.
Tag: throwbacks
Throwback/Live Footage: Mayer Hawthorne Performs “Mr. Blue Sky” on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
So strangely enough, while checking out the video, which would wind up comprising this site’s previous post, the related video tab on YouTube brought up live footage of Mayer Hawthorne and backing band playing a breezy cover of ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky,” on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic several years ago and coincidentally, the track appears on Impressions. The internet is a wonderful place, is it not?
Some time ago, a fellow blogger did some research based around several references within Ice Cube’s It Was A Good Day,“ and he determined that the particular day Ice Cube was referring to had to […]
When Living Colour came out in 1988 or so, I thought that it was probably the most awesome thing ever – I mean guys who can kick ass and looked a lot like me? Shit, […]
After a discussion of old school hip hop with several Twitter followers, I had mentioned this track, the Young Black Teenager’s “Tap the Bottle.” I remember that Kid Capri used to play this one quite […]
The Knife’s “A Tooth For An Eye” managed to remind me quite a bit of this song – Peter Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey,” off Security. Much like the video for “A Tooth For An Eye,” “Shock […]
Kurt Cobain would have turned 46 on February 20th, and in the case of all of those musicians who have left way too soon, there’s always the haunting question of “What If?” Nirvana’s Unplugged in […]
A dear friend of mine and her boyfriend had a birthday party the other day at King’s Cross in the Lower East and the only time where I didn’t feel like an old curmudgeonly bastard […]
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It’s been a while since i’ve had a throwback post, and since i mentioned Timex Social Club’s “Rumors” in relation to both Public Enemy‘s Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black and Steven A. Clark’s Weathervane Music collaboration […]
Since i mentioned Shuggie Otis’ “Strawberry Letter 23,” I think it was appropriate to mention the Brothers Johnson’s rendition of the song. So check out this performance of it, on Top of the Pops. As you’ll […]
It’s been a while since I’ve heard this particular track, let alone watched the video, and since I mentioned it earlier in relation to Bleeding Rainbow’s “Drift Away” check out L7’s “Pretend We’re Dead.” This […]
As a music fan and as a hip hop fan growing up in the 80s and 90s, I was a big fan of A Tribe Called Quest, so when i saw Q-Tip, Talib Kweli and […]
With only a few moments left in 2012, I wanted to take one last trip – for now, at least – down the nostalgia train. As I mentioned before, as a child I was a […]
I recently came across some live footage of the legendary Bob Marley live in Santa Barbara, CA back in 1979. Marley as a performer was an electric performer, and some of the footage I’ve come […]