Quit romanticizing old relationships. You’re too young for that kind of sentimental nonsense. Feel free to tell her that you screwed up, but don’t expect her to go all Lifetime mini-series weepy on you. She might appreciate it. She might not care. Either way, the past is still the past, and she ain’t your future wife. – coketalk

Dryhump Champion: I-LOW – Music Surround (Original Mix) (don lowed)

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Look at that sea, girls—all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn’t enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds. – L.M. Montgomery

Fingerbanger 1: Born Ruffians – Sole Brother (don lowed)

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The tales of great high school soul-bands are still rare. A ballad or two on the random Douglass High School Stage Band album or Timeless Legend’s mesmerizing entry on Columbus’s 1972 1st Annual Inner City Talent Expo notwithstanding, high school bands rarely struck into the realm of “grown folks” music. Enter The Equatics and their brooding masterpiece Doin’ It!!!! [ read more about the Equatics here] –  I’ll probably never have too many versions of this song.

Fingerbanger 2: Equatics – Ain’t No Sunshine (don lowed)

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He is not heroic, he is aware that modern life is full of nondescript melancholy, of discomfort, of queer relationships which beget emotions that are half-ludicrous and yet painful and that an inconclusive ending for all these impulses is much more usual than anything extreme. – Virginia Woolf

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Fingerbanger 3: Plan B – Crows Nest (don lowed)

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Some people blame all their problems on society and other people blame all their problems on those people and that’s the difference between a democrat and a republican.

Fingerbanger 4: Monette Sudler – Baby Erik (Blackjoy Remix) (don lowed)

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Now&Again artist Dimlite can warm you up and cool you down in the same instance. Making a name for himself with collages of chipped and chopped sounds, his new Prismic Tops album isn’t as adventurous as it is an homage to his sounds of influence, making the whole greater than the parts that its composed of. If you ask me, I’d say that is more artistry than his previous work, though probably less accessible than songs like Back to The Universe.

Fingerbanger 5: Dimlite – Can’t Get Used To Those (Afterlude) (don lowed)

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Tunawax is the 2010 Intercontinental Dryhump Champions. But rather than hold it over your heads, we’re giving back…Finely picked dance tracks to go cotton to cotton with.

Hard to say, but love probably sounds a  lot like this at the end of summer.

Dryhump Champion: Gusto – Disco’s Revenge (Original Mix) (don lowed)

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We’d been arguing about something on the hike up. Points and counterpoints shipped out slowly over the heavy breaths of midday exertion.

Back in the 2002 ( hiphops last stand) The Pharcyde and Souls Of Mischief quietly put out a 12″ on the Heiro Imperium under some not so subtle pseudonyms : Rod Sterling, Squirt Reynolds, Dick Vitál, Blair Thunderwood, Tony Boner & Danny Libido aka the Almyghty Myghty Pythons. I think there was always a “what if” hype about what would happen if those two groups were to get together, and when it did materialize I think it was just too late. 2002 was the ATL age of Outkast / Luda /50 Cent… and backpacker age of  Atmosphere / Aesop Rock / Murs. Everything in the middle kinda got lost. The regretful part is that The AMP’s didn’t disappoint… and any speculation on what a full production would’ve been like is sure to frustrate those of us that still consider the Loot Pack to be “new school”. haha… oh shit.

Fingerbanger 1: Almyghty Myghty Pythons – Curb Your Nerve (don lowed)

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Salaam Remi flips the Art Of Noise’s – Moments In Love and unleashes that Diabolical Soundmaker B…B…b…biz Markie

Fingerbanger 2: Biz Markie – Studda Step (don lowed)

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Spaniard Drem Bruinsma (Blind Coyote) started out back in the mid-1970s experimenting with two ARP 2600 modular analog sythesizers, a modified Philips electronic organ and two Revox taperecorders. Myspace. Q’ararenqa is a word originating from Quecha language, meaning a black bird with a white tail. When it starts singing near you, beware….danger!

Fingerbanger 3: Blindººcoyote – Q’ararenqa (don lowed)

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The title track is a unique collision of Eastern and Western melodies, a product of Talal & Zoi’s Pakistani roots and their current living quarters in Toronto. Inviting tech-house beats are infused with tweaked vocal snippets and rattling poly-rhythmic textures building to a deep, swaying breakdown. Shimmering sitar strokes interact seamlessly with haunting Rhodes keys, muted guitar plucks and tuned percussion, all merged together with top-notch production.

Fingerbanger 4: Tala & Zoi – Empty Roads (Original Mix) (don lowed)

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Proper old school jump up wikked stylee

Fingerbanger 5: Serum & Bladerunner – Snakefist (don lowed)

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Off of Deep City in the Miami soul scene heat of the 60’s. Too much heat, not enough love.

Soulback: Helene Smith – Thrills And Chills (don lowed)

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Soulback: Helene Smith – Pain In My Heart (don lowed)

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Tunawax is the 2010 Intercontinental Dryhump Champions. But rather than hold it over your heads, we’re giving back…Finely picked dance tracks to go cotton to cotton with.

If we’re going to close the fists, might as well take a good swing. Ante up fisticufs and knock me down.

Dryhump Champion: In Flagranti – I Can Thrill & Delight (A Rio Lobotomy) (don lowed)

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We can even say that our entire world view (including our self-image) has little to do with what is “out there” but has, in reality, been molded from the day we were born, to fit the cultural bias of our parents and society; that is, we see and know of only what is approved for us. This is why members of isolated cultures cannot apprehend each other’s perspectives, but it turns out that even those of seemingly the same background do not understand what distinctions each other makes – From how to resist propaganda (not that I believe in propaganda or coercion)

I don’t know what to call this song because it has about 8 evil twins, all of which are hot and as my friend Eric says, “Powerful distractions.” Not only powerful, but pervasive…

Fingerbanger 1: The Death Set – Far Weathered Friends ( Daedelus Cover )(don lowed)

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Some people are going to play this song and hear a Go Team sample, while others are going to play this song and hear a Archie Bell & the Drells sample. Of course… some might not hear a sample at all. They might only taste the deliciousness of a deli-cious.

Fingerbanger 2: Delorean – Deli (don lowed)

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Bonobo has been soothing our blown minds for a while, I think because his natural sense of rhythm seems to possess something of a familiar feeling. Like all the great people, he is telling us what we already know, but in a language that is better than we could have done it ourselves. That is art my friends. no egrandized superlative bullshit. real art.

Fingerbanger 3: Mechanical Me – Beachy Head (Bonobo Mix) (don lowed)

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dub dub dub dub dubs dub dubs dub dub dub dubs sub sub sub sub sub dubsub subdub dub(step).

Fingerbanger 4: Dr. Blue & The Time Travellers – Dr. Who Dub ( Skreamix ) (don lowed)

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If you think this sounds like Abba being producer poked in the rear by Phil Collins big baby face… you’re pretty much right.

Fingerbanger 5: Frida – I See Red (don lowed)

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over&End&out – P.tone

Indeed, indeed, I cannot tell,
Though I ponder on it well,
Which were easier to state,
All my love or all my hate.
Surely, surely, thou wilt trust me
When I say thou dost disgust me.
O, I hate thee with a hate
That would fain annihilate;
Yet sometimes against my will,
My dear friend, I love thee still.
It were treason to our love,
And a sin to God above,
One iota to abate
Of a pure impartial hate.
-Thoreau

An ode the the greatest thing that never got its time to be all it could have been –

“Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz together with rock and psychedelic music. Due to the strength of their debut album, several critics consider Moby Grape to be the best rock band to emerge from the San Francisco music scene in the late sixties. As described by Jeff Tamarkin, “The Grape’s saga is one of squandered potential, absurdly misguided decisions, bad-luck, blunders and excruciating heartbreak, all set to the tune of some of the greatest rock and roll ever to emerge from San Francisco. Moby Grape could have had it all, but they ended up with nothing, and less.” – From wikipedia

Throwback: Moby Grape – If You Can’t Learn From My Mistakes (don lowed)

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Throwback: Moby Grape – Indifference (don lowed)

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Throwback: Moby Grape – Sitting By The Window (don lowed)

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Tunawax is the 2010 Intercontinental Dryhump Champions. But rather than hold it over your heads, we’re giving back…Finely picked dance tracks to go cotton to cotton with.

Dryhump Champion: John Ozila – Funky Boogie (don lowed)

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Dryhump Champion: John Ozila – Funky Boogie (Pat Les Stache’s Chant-N-Boogie Re-edit) (don lowed)

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Dryhump Champion: John Talabot – C.I.N.C. (don lowed)

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Somewhat inappropriate picture today? though, I’m not sure why but somehow I think a half naker girl always seems appropriate. either way it’s a tease. When it’s good it’s good, when it’s bad its better… right? so… a few songs for whatever is teasing you, or for those that have only ever made it through a few pages of Ptolemy’s Almagest and then afterwards just stared at the sky thinking of something much more stupid but engaging, such as can i cook a pizza on the grill?, or how long could I live in the wilderness.

According to Wikipedia, Godspeed will be playing stateside in 2011… so… holy shit I hope they play a midwest show!

Fingerbanger 1: Godspeed You Black Emperor! – The Dead Flag Blues (don lowed)

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Here’s a test for you: Listen to the song and tell me, are The Flamin’ Groovies the newest alt-rock band with retro vocal reverb vibes on the scene or are they an authentic rock band from the 60s/70s???

Fingerbanger 2: The Flamin’ Groovies – Whiskey Woman (don lowed)

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Russian Adults do their thing over at their site and I’m sure I got this from them sometime back, but sometimes I’ll be going to get some groceries and I’ll think this song is alright. alright? Don’t hate.

Fingerbanger 3: Blur – The Universal (Russian Adults Remix) (don lowed)

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3 or 4 years back this song felt like a hot secret.

Fingerbanger 4: Elite Force – You Perc Dub (don lowed)

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livin’ it up, givin’ it up, rippin’ it up, back, I had to come, glad to come, the master comes phat!

Fingerbanger 5: Kool Moe Dee – Look At Me Now (don lowed)

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This is the best teaser so far… for 2011 videos that is… this shit is Qwee!

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