Hadn't heard of that....and then I looked it up and Too $hort is actually in it?!  Looks like fun.

I thought this was going to be about Val Kilmer at first but I didn't expect Mike Hurley to be mentioned. Thanks to you, he was put on my radar and I enjoyed seeing him at a show down the road a coupl

I'll say! That Webs is a favorite of mine. It was used in a Killer Mike track last year.

Dream Warrios meet 2 Live Crew meet Mad Mike? A little ode to the classic 50s TTshakers by Analog Mutants

Alto sax legend David Sanborn.  Him, Grover and Mike Brecker had it on lock in the 70s and 80s.  Purists dismissed it as fuzak but in the words of Roy Ayers, "Man, those cats were grooving."  As a tee

So GPT can't get to the bottom of Rabbits & Carrots vs. Phirpo y sus Caribes, or for that matter, Rasputin's Stash "Dookey Shoe" vs. "Mr. Cool"?

And keep in mind it was Mike Nichols' first movie!

I've never been a huge fan of jazz in the 1980s but then, I did watch a lot of Night Court...

Finished my annual Summer Jams Mix over the weekend. Not a quintessential selection, just what's been in rotation this year.

Greenslade "Spyglass Guest", Gil Scott-Heron "Reflections", Renee Armand "The Rain Book", The Electric Flag, White Chocolate, LTD's debut, Babe Ruth's "Stealin' Home", Jimmy Smith's "Root Down" ($2!),

RIP Mike Nesmith.  As a huge fan of the Monkees and his country rock solo work, this one hurts.

Mike Dean is weirded out but handles it well

Boys From The Bottom – OPP Spells HIV (Naughty By Nature)

I'd do the Train buckle, but not this one.  The train one because it reminds me of the Brian Auger covers.

Damn, DMX... that sucks. He seemed to have turned a corner addiction wise and people are posting a lot of positive anecdotes about meeting him. Same day motherfuckers over here wall-to-wall covering 9

Thes' mix tribute on twitch last night, playing the records that made up PUTS' music, was pretty touching. Had a who's-who of strutters past, DJs and musicians paying tribute in the chat too. He was g

If there's a silver lining, after those words from Thes, it's that Mike did what a lot of artists who leave us too young don't get to do - think about their final art and words to the fans and put the

RIP to Double K and peace to his fam and Thes.  Mike had that rare and imo essential characteristic of a great MC, which is a voice that effectively communicates a persona.  I don't know how well it r

Condolences to his family and all who knew LA Mike, especially Thes.

I have so many fond PUTS memories. I remember I was in Oakland once for work, and PUTS was doing a show in San Francisco.  I met Meaty Ogre there that night for the first time.  Serg and Stef (RIP) we