NUTS IN MAY

Dancehall yah in the dirt with flashlightya

La Lupe

La Lupe's act was an exorcism. Her fans gave her the nickname, La Yiyiyi, for her ecstatic cries and wails. On stage, she picked at her face compulsively, pulled her hair and bit herself, clutched her breasts, and tore her clothing. She flung herself back and forth as she sang until her shoes, clothes, and wig were strewn about and her make-up smeared with drool.

Guadelupe Yoli grew up in 1930s Santiago, Cuba under a strict father and a stepmother who hated her dark skin. She skipped school one day to enter a radio contest, winning first prize and booking clubs immediately. She caused a stir throughout Havana with her epilectic sex appeal. Considered a poor role model and much too vulgar for the general public, she was also revered by other artists like Tennessee Williams, Hemminway, Sartre, and Picasso. Deemed too risque by Fidel Castro himself, La Lupe was exiled first to Mexico, then to New York City, shortly after the Cuban Revolution.

VIA MURKY RECESS

Kool it Now

This goes out to everyone suffering through a heat wave. Los Angeles will be getting one this week apparently and I plan on using this too.

New Edition==Cool it Now (chopped and screwed version)

Yo Majesty 'Club Action'

Minimal Beats + Hyper-Speed Raps = Yum.

AHHHHHHHH THIS SONG SLAYS ME!

Best dance song I've heard in months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want the Mp3, let me know

Nina + Rowland

Rowland S. Howard, underrated musician, former member of the Nick Cave's first band, The Birthday Party, and other projects, died this past week. Here's a track from his band, These Immortal Souls.



Hey Girls——These Immortal Souls

And here's a Mp3 version of this amazing video of Nina Simone. I don't know how she did it, but she squeezed every drop of emotion out of anything she sang, especially during this number, even though she looked kind of bored while singing it.

I remember reading somewhere how she used to hold Richard Pryor to relieve his shaking before he went out on stage, and how thankful he was for it.



DOWNLOAD MP3 of "Ain't Got No..." by Nina Simone HITHER

The Royal Family & The Poor

A little known Factory Records stablemate, mate.
Produced by Peter Hook (Joy Div., New Ord.). Recorded in 1980.




The Royal Family and The Poor——Motherland

John Lennon/Yoko Ono: Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him

(via art decade)

Lazy Hollywood Weekend

(Laziness) Hollywood is Just a Dream——Amanda Lear

More Summer tunes

...of fine quality for very hot days only





Back to School——Royal Truxx



Dean——Terry Reid



Too Hot, too dry——Dadamah

OMAR SOLEYMAN

Sublime Frequencies, the label run by the dudes from Sun City Girls, have released a record by this Syrian musician Omar Soleyman. It's very dancey, pretty catchy, and has some tripped out drum machine and keyboard action, and 'exotic' rhythms. I've been listening to this record at least twice a day. It's esp. good to exercise to.

Things to note in the video: I love how people are dancing shoulder to shoulder in a line and how Omar 'makes it rain'. Oh and his 'discussion' at the doorway of what I assume to be his lover is pretty funny too. They work it out and enter the room hand in hand. I don't know if this is risque for Arab culture, but I'm assuming it means they're going to do it doggy style.

Let me know if you want to find the download and I'll forward you the link.

Junky Music

Ozean——X-Mal Deutschland