From the desk of Shayne » Music http://blog.shayneparrish.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 EMBASSY80 – Prototype (video clip) http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2010/03/20/embassy80-prototype-video-clip/ http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2010/03/20/embassy80-prototype-video-clip/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:55:48 +0000 Shayne Parrish http://blog.shayneparrish.com/?p=115

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]]> http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2010/03/14/embassy80-beat-sampler/feed/ 0 How Badass Was ’90s Indie Rock? http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/10/21/how-badass-was-90s-indie-rock/ http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/10/21/how-badass-was-90s-indie-rock/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:24:01 +0000 Shayne Parrish http://blog.shayneparrish.com/?p=105 Who remembers this one?

Chainsaw Kittens – Angel On The Range

]]> http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/10/21/how-badass-was-90s-indie-rock/feed/ 0 Lee Fields is the real deal http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/05/26/lee-fields-is-the-real-deal/ http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/05/26/lee-fields-is-the-real-deal/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 22:12:12 +0000 Shayne Parrish http://blog.shayneparrish.com/?p=101 Lee Fields I cannot WAIT for this new Lee Fields and the Expressions record, My World, to come out on June 2nd. Consider the tip on this one a gift, as this funk/soul masterpiece looks to be a guaranteed winner, but has a good chance of ending up a sleeper for a while unless the promotional machine behind it is still to come. I haven’t heard too much about it (kind of stumbled across it), but Stones Throw is hyping it up a bit, so we’ll have to see. The session musicians on the record worked on tracks from the Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, etc. as well, so no worries about the quality and authenticity of the funk on this one.

Listen for yourself at Truth & Soul. Stones Throw has a download of “Ladies” available too here. The only thing I’m not terribly excited about is the re-recorded version of “Honey Dove” which originally appeared on Lee’s Soul Fire LP Problems. The original version is ultra-gritty, just how I like it, but it’s a great track either way. Even so, Truth & Soul has recently issued a 7″ version of the original, so no harm done. I think I’ll be placing a pre-order for the 2xLP of My World this week.

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This is SERIOUS! I’ve been waiting on the LAUSD tape since I posted up about Blu & Jack Davey’s track iFeel when the sampler came out a few weeks ago. The full tape, Curly Tops and Nautica Jackets, came out yesterday, and I’ve got it on heavy rotation since I first checked it out last night. Dig out the Starter jacket and hit up zShare for a copy.

Found via What Eye Thought courtesy of Okayplayer.

]]> http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/03/25/lausd-mixtape-dl/feed/ 0 Vinyl and VHS: What I scored at the flea market http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/03/16/vinyl-and-vhs-what-i-scored-at-the-flea-market/ http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/03/16/vinyl-and-vhs-what-i-scored-at-the-flea-market/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:03:26 +0000 Shayne Parrish http://blog.shayneparrish.com/?p=74 Good day for flea market rummaging today. Here’s the rundown:

Vinyl

brothers-johnson-right-on-time The Brothers Johnson – Right On Time
commodores-midnight-magic Commodores – Midnight Magic
dazz-band-kil Dazz Band – Keep It Live
ewf-spirit Earth Wind And Fire – Spirit
isley-brothers-shout The Isley Brothers – Shout! (1990 reissue)
jimmy-castor-butt Jimmy Castor Bunch – Butt Of Course…
newcleus-jam Newcleus – Jam On Revenge
sly-stand Sly & The Family Stone – Stand!
stylistics The Best of The Stylistics

VHS
Now, I’m not really into VHS. As far as home video formats go, it is rather awful, and the tapes don’t age well (although a played out VHS tape has a built-in “back in the day” vibe, it is generally undesirable). With that said, rifling through a ton of decomissioned VHS tapes can often turn up some rare gems if you’re into oddball cult b-movies (I am) that are either unavailable on DVD or need to be special ordered through people that are more obsessed with this stuff than even I. I’ll take a chance on anything that looks truly awful, as I clearly have some sort of weird masochistic relationship with film. Anyway, here’s what I brought home today:

Let it be noted that what I was really after was a copy of Superfly T.N.T. I picked up Friday Foster and Willie Dynamite, which are both readily available on DVD but I don’t have them, but no luck with Superfly. The search continues…

friday-foster Friday Foster
willie-dynamite Willie Dynamite
lady-terminator Lady Terminator
1980s Indonesian action film. Ridiculous premise and horrible acting. A winner.
weird-ones The Weird Ones
Apparently a retitle of 1971’s The Irv Carlson Show starring Arch Hall, Sr. The one review I’ve found makes it sound painful to watch, so it should be great!
00soul Secret Agent 00 Soul
Looks like a lousy Billy Dee B-film. Looking forward to checking this one out.

All in all, some decent loot for 18 bucks.

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This track started going around on Wednesday (courtesy of Miss Jack Davey herself) and I can’t stop listening to it. Definitely a staple of my playlist this weekend. It features the dream collab of Blu & Jack Davey on a track by L.A.U.S.D. You can download the album sampler here for the upcoming record Curly Tops and Nautica Jackets (out 3/24) which includes iFeel.

Check it out below.

]]> http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/03/14/hot-track-for-the-weekend-blu-jack-davey-ifeel/feed/ 0 88-Keys Video premieres Monday 3/16 http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/03/13/88-keys-video-premieres-monday-316/ http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/03/13/88-keys-video-premieres-monday-316/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:29:39 +0000 Shayne Parrish http://blog.shayneparrish.com/?p=67 Just caught a clip of 88-Keys’ video for Stay Up (Viagra) last night on MTV2, and it looks so good. 88-Keys and Kanye go all out with the old man makeup, and from what I’ve seen it looks hilarious. Good to see this record getting some airtime.

While we’re on the subject, I’ve had a little time now to let The Death Of Adam fully digest, and it has to go on my essential list. It’s one of those albums that is great the first time around, but keeps getting better with repeated listens. There’s just too much going on there to absorb it all on the first pass. Now go buy it already! For the record (bad pun), if Decon presses up some more vinyl, I’ll buy another copy. ;)

Anyway, the video for Stay Up looks like it’s getting a big blitz on Monday on MTV networks, and I’m sure it’ll be all over the web too. I don’t think MTV even shows videos anymore, so I would keep an eye on MTV2 or MTV Jams, MTV Hits, etc. MTV2 is running a special premiere sort of deal, so that’s probably the best bet.

]]> http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/03/13/88-keys-video-premieres-monday-316/feed/ 0 New Kanye and Cudi Videos http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/02/20/new-kanye-and-cudi-videos/ http://blog.shayneparrish.com/2009/02/20/new-kanye-and-cudi-videos/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:53:23 +0000 Shayne Parrish http://blog.shayneparrish.com/?p=60 Two new videos from this week that are required viewing. The first is the Day ‘N’ Nite video from Kid Cudi that just debuted last night (found via okayplayer).

The second is the new Kanye West video for “Welcome To Heartbreak” feat. Kid Cudi (found via Kanye’s blog). Enjoy!

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On that note, this is from a while ago, but deserves a mention. If you haven’t already seen Chromeo’s appearance on Live From Daryl’s House with Daryl Hall, you should go watch it now (or at your nearest convenience). The whole show is probably better than anything that’s on TV tonight, and P-Thugg singing Family Man through the vocoder is absolutely priceless.

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