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Did I hear you say, “All I want for Christmas is electronic funk and jazz?” Well, good. ‘Cause I’m gonna stuff your stocking as full as I would if it were Kilted-Yak-Eve! Yes. I know it’s a Summer Pop Mix in December. But it’s a testimony to my belief in the longevity of the latest installment of tunes. Don’t you want a little Pop in your life in the dead of winter? Half as many songs as usual today. No “Sophomore Slump” for this French-trained Interpretive Dance troupe. Named for the breaking news item “Some Senate Democrats Do Actually Have Some Balls (and they’re nice Christmassy balls too!)” If you’ve been jonesin’ for another elliptical mix, alternating between nu-jazz and hip-hop, the wait is over. This mix kicks off with two African originals: Mulatu Astatke (specifically the Ethiopian giant’s recent collaboration with the UK Heliocentrics) and a cut off Tumi & The Volume’s self-titled album from 2005. Todays batch is electronic and jazzy. Extended beats for weekend leaf-raking. Psychedelic pumpkin pie grooviness. Okay, so I’m not much of a punk purist and was never much of a juvenile delinquent, but I did spend serious amount of time in detention for my variations in class-clownery. When I was in Kindergarten, our Canal Street class went on a field trip to West Brattleboro, to the Chelsea House– a converted barn which served as a folk music venue back in the day. Unlike many of the other 5 and 6 year-olds in the crowd, I had been to the Chelsea House before, [...] |
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