no rulebook, my ass: perhaps i should post that e-mail i received detailing all of the rules for posting to nylpm, all of the dos and don’ts. basically, if you’re thinking of posting here, be prepared with either a review or a link, or fa[…]
Have you heard this, josh? if not, you should coax tom into making you a copy. For me, it’s quite revelatory: if i was jason pierce, i’d be majorly pissed off at the writers of “can’t help falling in love” for nixing th[…]
Hi, my name is fred. as many of you know, i have my own blog called steal this blog! while tom’s off on holiday, he asked me to fill-in for him. as such, i’ll promise to try to stay on the topic of music, “try” being the opera[…]
“I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die…” That line from “Folsom Prison Blues” still gets a reaction out of the crowds whenever he plays just as it got one from the inmates at Folsom Prison when he performed this son[…]
First off, hello NYLPM readers! It’s been a long time (or perhaps only as long as since you last left my blog). I saw Tom post on this one, and I was about to do the same on my blog, but I figured what the hell. So here’s one for nostalgi[…]
COMMON – The Light (from the album Like Water For Chocolate) Greg brings up “The 6th Sense” which is the first single from the new Common album in his last post. He mentions how it has the intelligence for the street and the beat fo[…]
ERIC B. & RAKIM – “I Know You Got Soul” (from the album Paid in Full) Black Star – “Respiration” (CD Single) DMX – “What’s My Name” (from the album And Then There Was X) Aceyalone R[…]
Mos Def and Mahler? Debussy and Rakim? No, no. How about Warren G. and Borodin in the strangest crossover ever? This was the single from an album which was to have mixed hip-hop and classical; one that, to this day, i don’t believe has ever bee[…]
PIXIES – “Motorway to Roswell” (from the album Trompe Le Monde) Well, I’ve finally come into agreement with the estimable Tom Ewing: Trompe Le Monde is the Pixies’ finest album, period. While none of their albums disapp[…]
I really don’t have much of an introduction for this essay, and I use the term loosely. I just had my initial listening to the album as Dominic Priore believes, to the best of his knowledge, it would’ve appeared, and my mind became inunda[…]