Uncle Rufus grew his nose, threw away his circus clothes.
Cousin silas grew his beard, drew another flask of weird
Nasty Jonah grew a wife..
Judas drew his pruning knife..
Happy family one hand clap, four went on but none came back.
Funky ass Belgian jazz. How come nobody is making music like this anymore?
I haven’t had much time to sit down and write anymore. Life is throwing a lot of shit, and luckily I can juggle like nobodies business. I still have a little time to post about music. Specifically today about Placebo.
I can honestly say this is my favorite jazz.. It’s light. Funky. Almost library sounding, but the difference is how incredible the songwriting. Well thought out progressions and patterns keep it from ever feeling to repetitive or boring. Music drenching in analog goodness. Killer rhythm section with clavinets and flutes.. Super memorable horn ports. Jazz is never this catchy.. or this funky.
The song Balek sounds like it very easily could’ve been an early 90’s DJ Shadow experiment. Truly one of those WTF IS THAT songs.. that makes this whole planet more interesting. I feel bad that Placebo is relegated to the nerdy crate diggers. The world needs to hear this music. They need to do a TIMELESS concert featuring Marc Moulin.
Underground Jazz, strong drinks, and heavy beats. Speaking of which (on an unrelated note) you can catch me with the Gonzo Groove project every Sunday in Las Vegas @ The Artifice. I have no reason to plug my shit on Tumblr.. so I never do, but if you’re ever in town.. well hell come down and i’ll buy you a drink. Cheers.
We lost another great. LEGENDARY doesn’t even begin to describe old duck. MG. MARKEY. ELVIS. ISAAC HAYES. MUDDY. BLUES BROTHER. FUNK BROTHER. CHESS RECORDS. STAX RECORDS. MOTOWN RECORDS. Talk about a damn resume! They literally do not make bass players like this anymore.
Check out all these songs:
Stay funky in the afterlife brotha.
What? You haven’t drank the Flaming lips kool-aid yet? What’s the matter with you?
The unconscious. It comes directly from the unconscious. I think the unconscious is a very, very enormous universe, no? And when you open the doors to the unconscious, you start to receive. Sometimes you see a terrible vision of yourself: desires you don’t want to have, ideas you detest, feelings that hurt you. When you open the door, you can see yourself in a very weird way, like a bad trip on LSD. You can have that. You have all the hell, and paradise, no? You need to have the courage to open the doors.- Jodorowsky
It took me years to track this movie down.. then it was finally released on DVD boxset. Now here it is in it’s entirety streaming on Youtube & it’s about to come out on Blu-Ray. Internet is sometimes a beautiful thing. Thanks DM.
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