Electrode

• Recent Finds

  Electrode

  April 21
  
  
  Good stuff over the past few weeks.

  

• The “oh shit I just realized _____” thread

  Electrode

  April 19
  I heard Tommy Turrentine's "Gunga Din" on the radio and just realized that Rico Rodriguez' "Africa", on Blue Note's only reggae LP, uses the melody.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

• The “oh shit I just realized _____” thread

  Electrode

  March 28

  Jimster said:

  Barry White wrote "Doin' The Banana Split" for The Banana Splits.
  
  
  

  I remember reading this on Blaxploitation.com's LP reviews back in the day.

  Howard Shore started out with Lighthouse's horn section.

  

  

• 2025 RIPs

  Electrode

  March 15
  One of the first records I found was "You Might Be Surprised" at the thrift store my mother worked when I first really got into this. Thanks to Jim for "Silver Vibrations".

  

• The “oh shit I just realized _____” thread

  Electrode

  March 10

  Frank said:

  are you guys trolling or is this real?

  Haha, I knew that Frederick Forsyth made up the country name and I am partially familiar with the history of Persia. I just was confused about the proper demonym since the woman who cuts my hair uses one and the person I was talking to on Saturday used the other.

  I never knew about the 2004 attempt in Equatorial Guinea before even though I have always liked reading about small countries since I was a kid. Learn something new everyday.