An Indian Too told me that tropical should be on the list of trends I put in the poll. I can’t see why not. The sun is still high in the Northern Hemi. On a good day it reaches deep into the infrared and pumps vitamin D into the appreciative dull skin that hangs between our knees and our tube socks. What can we do with fleeting heating? David Byrne tricked the tropical music gods into blessing his Make Believe Mambo. It ends up a really nice poser jam. Byrne? You don’t smell of sun tan lotion and wild dogs! You aren’t tropical.
Tropical Stormy
Posted: August 19th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Dance, Oddball, Rock and Roll
RIP Isaac Hayes
I don’t think there is a better near-tears rap out there. Here’s the mp3 too.
Posted: August 12th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Internet, Raps
Dog M.D.

A lot has been written about these choral boys. They must have been at one of The Band’s county fair appearances. Do you see similarities in the shine of their boots? I was kicking a river rock down a dusty path and I realized that I was actually at my desk studying Couette flow and listening to their new record Fate. Hold on, why are there foxtails in my socks!
Posted: August 8th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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R and B, Rock and Roll, Soul
Ground Control
This album is the closest I will ever come to traveling outer space. Too tall to be an astronaut, I rely on the imagination of Netherlands-based electronic music pioneer Tom Dissevelt. Under the molten odor of fresh solder, Tom and his technician tweaked knobs on function generators searching for the right level of vacuum solitude and plasmon excitement. The full title of the album is Fantasy In Orbit: An Astronaut’s Impressions While Orbiting Earth (1964).
On a more planetary note, I am playing records on Wednesday night {tomorrow} in Oakland. The Mile High Club on MLK and 37th. Come over and check it out. Expect bar food, megativity, friends, cheap drank, bad boys, and me.
Posted: August 5th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Oddball
Putting Refusers out with the Refuse
I will not dance to…. anymore
- I will always dance (89%, 16 Votes)
- Oldie Soulies (6%, 1 Votes)
- Rapping Rappers (6%, 1 Votes)
- Freestyle and Electro (0%, 0 Votes)
- Italo discotheque (0%, 0 Votes)
- Norde/Francy modern club (0%, 0 Votes)
- I don’t dance (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 18
That says it all. All those too tough to shake a leg can’t find time to read this blog. They are too busy crushing our readers’ glasses, picking up the shards of broken lenses, and using them to shave.
In honor of the dancing prancers who visit this dot com I updated my muxtape
Posted: July 22nd, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Internet, Oddball, Ridemypwny News
You’re Making it Hard for Me
In 1997 INOJ (pronounced “I know J”) released her cover of Ready For the World’s “Love You Down.” Its success can be measured by the level of frustration it generated in the world of middle school dance chaperoning. Covert OTP(HJ’s and FB’s) still write this song drunken 5 am SMS’s. They are best buds, forever tied by an emotional bond formed in awkward bodies poisoned with hormones.
INOJ also covered the song “Time After Time” but did not record “My Boo.” This myth pops up in itunes libraries because of some SoSoDef-Dumb-and Blind dweeb who uploaded his blooper on napster.
(OTP - Over The Pants…)
Posted: July 20th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Dance, R and B
Set It Off
This song has got grappling hooks man. It snuck up, dipped in pitch black crushed velvet, behind the exotic pet warehouse and busted in. Smoke poured from the mouths of the albino alligators and the toucan’s eyes glowed like opals. Siamese twin orangutans led the crowd in a coordinated grind mash.
Strafe - Set it Off (Instrumental)
This is the b-side to the 12″ which isn’t really an instrumental. It is way more mental than instru. The original recipe after the jimmy jump.
Posted: July 15th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Dance, Disco, Electroboogie, Synth
Monk Time

The Monks are a rock band from the 60s and they totally shred. I don’t even know what to say. Just read the Wikipedia article and it spells it all out: the Army, existentialism, shaved heads, all black, noose-neckties. Also, check out the Google Images page for them. Wild looking dudes.
The Monks - Monk Time
The Monks - Drunken Maria
The Monks - Shut Up
Posted: July 13th, 2008 by Mindbodian Soulman
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Rock and Roll
You Know I Read it In a Magazine
Just a quick little something to post this good-time-summer-fun jam. Go ahead, listen to the Biz falsetto the Hell out of some Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight and not be in a better mood. Go ahead, try it, you sourpuss
Posted: July 2nd, 2008 by Chas Tidwell
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Internet, Oddball, Raps, Ridemypwny News, Soul
Running for the Money and the Flesh
JUST LIKE YOU IS BACK! GET YOUR SUMMER GOING! GO MAKE OUT WITH SOMEONE NEW!
NEW MIX OF SUMMER JAMS TO MAKE MISTAKES TO!
If you subscribe to JustLikeYou! on iTunes, just go to the podcasts and hit the “refresh” button. If you haven’t yet, follow the instructions below.
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If you haven’t already, subscribe by opening up iTunes, going to the “Advanced” tab, selecting “Subscribe to Podcast” and pasting in the URL below:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/JustLikeYou?format=xml
After that iTunes should update it automatically every time we post a new one.
IF YOU ARE REALLY LAZY, YOU CAN JUST FOLLOW THE LINK AND DOWNLOAD THE FILE.
Posted: June 22nd, 2008 by Chas Tidwell
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Electroboogie, Internet, Oddball, Pops, Ridemypwny News, Rock and Roll
From Gangster Clones to Weirdos
This video from themeaningofdope.com got me all giddy. The content over there has many seasoned rapterneters gushing. My contribution is a little trinket from Heiroglyphics’ “You Never Knew” 12″. This Domino remix added touches of spaghetti western-esque guitar and a hypnotic bass to the crew cut. Listening to this song is like reading notes in an old yearbook. Page me this summer!
Heiroglyphics - You Never Knew (Domino Rmx)
Hey wait a second. What about that song “Burnt” mentioned in the video? Here it is.
Posted: June 19th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Raps
(Al)most Freakiest
Most Freakiest
- Prince (32%, 7 Votes)
- R Kelly (27%, 6 Votes)
- Trina (18%, 4 Votes)
- Adina Howard (14%, 3 Votes)
- Too Short (9%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 22
It is so like you guys to vote Prince the most freakiest. How many of yall were on Kells jury? They acquit a child pornographer and condemn a Jehovah’s Witness online. Hide in anonymity while you can you stone-casting mirror-dodging critics.
Trina didn’t win the award but she maintained baddest bitchdom over Adina (my vote). Here are two Trina songs. One is from 2000 with Silk the Shocker and the other is a familiar joint with Ludacris.
Posted: June 15th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Ridemypwny News
CAIRO!
Egyptian Lover is finally making his pwny debut with two freak driven epics. “Girls” is nearly ten minutes of elustro cat calls. “Voices” takes nightlife to the loony bin or maybe the other way around. Egyptian Lover rocked a surgeon’s outfit to the club, played records at +8, and hand-spun “Planet Rock” in reverse. Stop Smiling won my favor by writing this article/interview on Egyptian Lover.
Posted: June 9th, 2008 by Laundry Bear
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Dance, Electroboogie, Raps, Rock and Roll, Soul, Synth
Double Duty - HSH + WGMI
Jada is killing the game with that opening dance. Whale, pause. These are both the jam, despite the OG controversy (beef=squashed)
Your favorite albums, a bad hoe, a yacht, a plate of saLmon.
Jadakiss - We Gonna Make It
Posted: June 9th, 2008 by Technicolor Universe
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Oddball, Raps
Pop Lock and Puppet
I forget where I first saw this, but I watched it like 20 times a day for two weeks, and then it got deleted. Fast forward 8 months or so, The Brilliance posted a link to another video, and now I’m back on the train. It’s just so good. Great concept, great execution. There are like 20 more, which I have to yet to peruse. I’m too busy watching this one.


















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