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Let’s Jam Some Soulfège

Published in July 15th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest, Music, Politics

Readers do you remember Derrick Ashong who became blog famous for his interview outside an Obama campaign stop earlier this year? Refer back to my February 28th post on the young guy who gave answers to an impromptu street interview. Guess what? Homeboy is a singer and he’s pretty good too. Actually he’s the leader […]

New War Declaration

Published in April 16th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest, Music

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So we’ll call this hump day 2 of my tribute to WAR. I’ll throw three more selections at you to carry you thru the week.
This one was their first release back in 1970. Spill the Wine is led by Eric Burdon. And when was the last time you saw a flute in a contemporary […]

Declaring War

Published in April 9th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Music, Politics

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Want to hear one of the first multicultural-multiethnic crossover groups to break out big on the popular music scene in the early 70’s? Tuesday Tunes is a day late but that’s alright. How about we call it a hump day special? We’re going back thirty years so allow me to declare WAR on your earlobes. […]

Saturday Love Grooves

Published in March 22nd, 2008

Posted by Marty in Music

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Anybody else out there have slow jams on the brain? O.K. got a little somethin’ for ya.
I have always loved one particular song by LTD. Jeffrey Osbourne has released a lot of material over the years but Love Ballad is the one that brought him stardom. Here’s a concert track to get you started.

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Kick Off Your Day With Some Tom Browne Funk

Published in March 4th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Music

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Today’s Tuesday Tunes features a couple of my favorite songs from the early 80’s. I always knew that Tom Browne wrote Funkin’ For Jamaica. I believe I’ve even featured him here before but I didn’t realize until recently that he made another funky song with some stroooong bass from back in the day. I’m going […]

Thursday Night with Bond…James Bond

Published in February 21st, 2008

Posted by Marty in Music

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I’ve been jamming to my Duran Duran Greatest Hit’s CD the last couple of days and my favorite song by far is A View to A Kill. It has a great bass line for a rock and roll song. The bass is my favorite instrument if you haven’t figure it out by now and the […]

Another Quick YouTube Hint

Published in January 30th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Blogging, Business, Faith, Music, Programming/Coding, Society

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If you see a video on somebody’s blog that you want to copy to your own, here’s an easy way to do it. Just click on the “menu” button at the bottm right corner of the video player. You’ll see a section on the next screen on the right side that reads “ embed”. Just […]

“I Wish” I Could Still “Kick, Push and Coast”

Published in January 29th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Music

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Today’s “Funk and Roll Tuesday” entry is all about childhood memories. My friend Villager had me reflecting on my childhood anthem written by Stevie Wonder the other day. Check out his post and reader comments. It had me smiling a mile wide so I’m going to add the selection to this morning’s post.
There’s also a […]

Blessings and Mercy

Published in January 20th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith, Music

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This morning’s Sunday school send off is a reflection of how Jesus wasn’t as anti-establishment as his contemporaries may have thought in his own day. Luke 6:27 says “But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies. Do good to them which hate you.” Last Sunday in class we learned that this actually wasn’t […]

A Slave, Steve Arrington Double Shot

Published in January 19th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Music

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Hey all you funkateers, when’s the last time you pulled out a Slave LP? For you youngster readers I’m not talking about “slavery” and LP stands for “long playing record”. That’s the big disk of 33-1/3 rpm vinyl in a cardboard jacket that your parents used to buy back in the day to play their […]

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