Straight Outta Compton NEVER spoke for me!

Aisha Tyler just offended me with her idiotic, nonsensical complaining on The Talk (Jan. 19th) about Straight Outta Compton not being nominated for an Oscar or whatever.... she said something like, about how this movie or the so-called music of N.W.A represents people like her as an African-American, in her 40s, growing up in that era. Rubbish!
I'm also in my 40s, African-American, & from the hood, & Straight Outta Compton doesn't speak for me , I was NEVER an N.W.A fan, and I refuse to see that crap. I can't stand N.W.A & their disgustingly misogynistic lyrics.  And I know for a fact that there are plenty of people of our demographic who HATE gangsta rap & don't wanna see a movie glorifying it.
And there are also plenty of black people in their 40s, who are discerning listeners who would rather hear jazz, funk or rock, instead of thugs rapping over samples of SOMEBODY ELSE's music.


Aisha Tyler shouldn't get on tv, acting like she speaks for everyone who is in their 40s or African-American, I'm sick of people acting like all members of the black community under the age of 50, are "all hiphop"!

Flashback to Let's Dance...

So the story goes, when David Bowie called on Nile Rodgers to produce his Let's Dance album in the early 80s, he wanted "guaranteed hits" or something like that, now, that tells you how much music has changed since then...   in the early 80s, you could have radio-friendly hits & still have fantastic musicianship.
Both the title track & China Girl have gorgeous guitar work, while Modern Love has some sexy saxophone during the coda. Now, fast-forward a few decades later, & if you want to get played on the radio- FORGET the guitars & saxophones, & replace it with beats & autotune!




And now, people go to see DJs in concert(!)

David Bowie R.I.P.

James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It And Get Involved (Parts 1 & 2)

One of the most original & wonderfully weird horn arrangements in music history!




And when he says "Hit me".... they really  GET INTO IT!

Ohio Players - I Want To Be Free

What's in the water in Ohio, that makes people so FUNKY..... Ohio Players, Bootsy & Catfish, Slave, etc.

Parliament Funkentelechy

Things get even better AFTER he says "Take it to the bridge"..........




How's your Funkentelechy?

"The busy world was not for me, so I went and found my own" -I can relate..

The sky looks more interesting, when the rain is pouring down
A moody sky...


The bright, blinding sun is boring
















People who have good taste in music, read books, & prefer cats over dogs are disappearing off the face of the earth- at least, that's what it looks like from where I stand!
If I see, one more person walking a dog, I'm gonna scream... I'm being bombarded by this lately, I know I didn't see it as much last year. But that's what happens when they're in EVERY tv ad.....

The Whispers - Keep On Lovin' Me Official Video

More 80s r&b ....... woo-hoo!

Preach, Wynton...

"But it is a constant uphill battle in our culture, because we're battling against a culture of pornography. You've going up against something more basic than music. I mean, its all around us.  It doesn't even have to be explained. Everywhere you turn, there it is, 'Bitch Better Have My Money' "
Wynton Marsalis