From the AV Room: “Chicken and Waffles Fit For a King”
Cross-cultural hilarity from the Bollywood film Singh is King (featuring outtakes with director “Ala-Wishous Simmons“:
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Travlin’ Music
Hip-Hop in the ‘Holm
Who would expect hundreds of yellow-haired Vikings to be bouncing energetically to “Bonita Applebum” and not missing a word of Aretha’s “Think” on a random late-summer’s eve? Sure as hell wasn’t me; seeing a rack of blonde “single ladies” bouncing their Nordic booties on-beat (y’all read right) left me verklempt. I have to give it
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Global Juke Joint: Nat Geo Music
I don’t know when the hell National Geographic’s world music cable channel, Nat Geo Music, started airing, but from the moment I caught a glimpse this weekend, I’ve been addicted. So long CrackNewsNetwork! Flyest Lyrics: Flyest Video: Flyest Collaboration:
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From the AV Room: Titicaca!
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Global Juke Joint: Soundz of Colombia
Beyond the uber-famous, internationally-known Shakira and Juanes, Colombian music is a thick stew of flavors and spices ladled in from the three founding cultures of the country: Euro, indigenous, and, most potently, Afro. And, as in most post-colonial societies, it is the music of Colombian artists that speaks most loudly against injustice and in homage
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Global Juke Joint: The Fly Brother Theme Song
“Adore” by I:Cube. The sonic embodiment of travel. The video’s not bad; I love his jog through the terminal. Flight 245 to Caracas: I’m on it! First heard: Atlanta to Madrid First Class Cabin (buddy pass) Delta Air Lines August 2004 Last heard: Five minutes ago Appears on: Adore Hotel Costes Vol. 2 – La
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Travlin’ Music
I was in college when I first started traveling frequently by plane, between Florida and the Northeast on Delta or the defunct MetroJet by USAirways. This was the late 90s and my musical horizons, already broad for having grown up with a band directing father and a soprano-singing mother, were being expanded even further beyond