ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Method to the Madness I (What was pulled from where): As always a mix of sleeves and cases. Mixed genres including Rock/Pop; American Roots/Blues/Gospel; Ambient/Electronica and a few International recordings with Africa and Asia/South East Asia as focuses. Also something from Smithsonian Folkways and a Non-Mosaic Box set. Älgarnas Trädgård - Garden… Continue reading In The Stacks 9/19/26
In The Stacks 9/7/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Chubb Rock - The One - Select - 1991. 🎤📝: My copy of this CD seems to be disintegrating and is testing the limits of the CD life span, as I probably bought it 35 years ago. It plays on my home system and not in my car, plus the ink from… Continue reading In The Stacks 9/7/26
In The Stacks 8/24/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Gal Costa - Gal Costa - Universal, 1969. 🇧🇷🗣️🫧⨻🎨🎭🧀⚙︎: Not her debut, between the first 3 decades of her career she released 6 albums with titles using some form of her name! This is an aspect of Brazilian music titling fancies common to most Brazilian artists and also that they often have… Continue reading In The Stacks 8/24/26
In The Stacks 8/13/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Bad Brains - I Against I - SST, 1986. 🪨🫧 🪩⾾ 🤘⚒️🎗️⨻🥃: A seminal Punk(?) Metal(?) band. Every song has an intense, violent delivery. In this case I think the drummer leans Punk, the guitarist Metal and HR is just HR (with a little Reggae influence). They were hugely influential and this… Continue reading In The Stacks 8/13/26
In The Stacks 8/1/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event - Final World Front - Elektra, 1998. 🎤📝⚒️: Busta Rhymes’ raw vocal tone and aggressive, herky jerky flow has always attracted me, but I think it is best served in doses, mixed up with other MCs. A lot of solo Rap projects include that feature anyway… Continue reading In The Stacks 8/1/26