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BUSTA RHYMES – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See BUSTA RHYMES – Get Out
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BUSTA RHYMES – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
BUSTA RHYMES – Get Out
A sorry tale of decline. “Put Your Hands….” is absolutely typical Busta, but his formula was so winning that the best example of it becomes his[…]

Save Napster
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Save Napster – how much more Napster commentary do you want? Just read it.[…]

Lester Bangs
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Lester Bangs: “I didn’t go around shoving my prejudices down everybody’s throat. I just endured Cream every fucking day, “Spoonfull” and all the rest of that whiteheap bigdealsowhat . And you’d think it’s onl[…]

TOM WAITS
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TOM WAITS
Rawwwrrr, rawwwrrr, rawwwrrrr.
Your beloved Tanya has come down with a bit of something, faithful readers.
Oh, you thought I was impersonating Tom Waits? No, heavens forbid. Sure, the man has a voice that sounds like the result of gargling[…]

THIS IS SEEE-REEEEY-USS
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THIS IS SEEE-REEEEY-USS
Yahoo! suggests I should address the Celine question. Now I will admit that Dion isn’t much cop, indeed would happily concede that the very existence of Celine Dion invalidates all prior achievements of human civilisatio[…]

IHM Lyric watch: I rock the house with the power of a bee
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IHM LYRIC WATCH: I ROCK THE HOUSE WITH THE POWER OF A BEE
“I move with the strength and speed of ants” – Ghost Face Killa, “Wu Bangers 101”
Sorry, I must have misunderstood, I thought rap boasts were meant to present the[…]

dr. fetid’s wizards of the sonic
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dr. fetid’s wizards of the sonic: if you’re the kind of listener who likes to hear celebrities singing terrible versions of schlocky pop standards, or who is into bizarro covers of more ‘respectable’ material by obvious lunati[…]

Jejune
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Jejune asks a question: “is there any song on this earth more horrible and unlistenable than Roxanne by the Police? (Assumed answer: no.)”. A quick call to Tanya’s mobile elicits the following answer:
“Roxanne” by the Po[…]

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