New generation, custom built record cleaning device using a high quality dry steam cleaner and a pottery wheel, rotating the record at 85rpm, while a cooling nuzzle floods the surface with a jet of ic

Yesterday, in a conversation with someone about immigrant communities in Los Angeles, I asked what is the difference between "Iranian" and "Persian". They're interchangeable, apparently. 

i still haven't seen Wild Robot but have read the books with the kids.  they're great so have high hopes for the films

I tried watching Batman Returns from 1992 with the penguin and catwoman but good lord it’s boring. I haven’t seen it since high school. 

I liked the first half of Nosferatu a lot - gripping and the Nosferatu character is really effective.  Production values are really high.  But I thought it flagged in the second half and went on too l

edit: also kinda crazy that guy was in high school and gotta be mid late 30s by now

My place is the same size also with a collection of around 1500. I only keep the best of the best: soul staples, underrated gems, jazz and rock from around the world which slingshots you into oblivion

Absolutely. Junior High, Astoria Queens: rampant! It went right along with “What size you wear?” after spotting your shell toes, etc. Self-removed to avoid the being a mark and how crazy the tug looke

realplayer was so clunky, but was the only option for checking out Gilles and dem back in high school.  winamp ftw. 

Everyone's in their 40s wondering why their utility bills are so high and why their wife can't shop at Aldi instead of Trader Joes.

Everyone's in their 40s wondering why their utility bills are so high and why their wife can't shop at Aldi instead of Trader Joes.

My older brother convinced our dad to take us to see Akira in the theater when it came out. I was about 10 years old and it seared itself into my brain. My father slept through most of it. 

i've learned about a lot of deep cuts on the the strut, so i'm really going to miss the finds (and the thraeds extolling and expounding on teh raers).  here's a few recent pickups from a trip to lyon,

Not the same thing, but this reminds me of the bimonthly events we have in Los Angeles, and elsewhere in the US, where the city closes select stretches of main roads to traffic for bicyclists on a Sun

Caught up with TomO, late of these parts, and his band Resolution 88 last week.  This set is a tribute to that Mizell "Sky High" sound.  Not bad seats either.

The first Bayern goal was really weird: Gabriel chasing back a highball, looking over his shoulder and aware that he’s being closed-down, goes to pass the ball back to the keeper… who’s nearly level w

Pookie was a known older member of a street gang known as the  9-Crew which were the West Bronx off-shoot of the disbanded Black Spades Gang division from University Avenue. Slick Rick referenced Univ

i hadn't watched the whole thing yet - the "pink cookies" story is amazing!  "high as a mf'er" (in LL's words), on the phone with a girl, rambling and comes across those magic words. and Marley Marl i

"Musical Massacre" was my shit when it first dropped. Never seen them live, unfortunately. LL on "Hot Ones": the parts where he reacts to Da Bomb (15:50) and explains "Pink Cookies" (20:00) were hilar

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