And I will always, always love the last track on "Beyond", the followup to "Rise":

Loved "Rise" when it came out (though I knew it was deeply uncool compared to everything my friends liked). But that record has some great deep tracks -- dig the synths on "Rotation":

At some point, I discovered another LP in my folks' collection. By this time, he was calling the band the T.J.B. and leaning hard into the easiest of easy listening, but I still loved it.

The @redstateupdate.bsky.social fellas just reposted the first two parts of the Cubby Free/Lee Greenwood saga. Seriously, it's hilarious.

That's INSANE

Now that I think about it, I knew enough to buy a King Tubby "Best of" CD, Lee "Scratch" Perry's Arkology box set, and a couple of Mad Professor CDs (including his remix of Massive Attack's "Protection"). Huh, I blanked on a whole era of my listening history.

Losing Rob Reiner was going to be a tragedy no matter how it happened. But it's so, so much worse than I'd thought possible.

My little Americana/country rock band -- circa 1994/1995 -- played the "Pusherman" goove during member introductions. I remember being worried that someone would figure it out, because it probably wasn't a good look. But what a song...

I will always upvote anything Superfly / Curtis Mayfield. What a masterpiece.

Made me think immediately of the RSU tribute, "Who's Gonna Fill Their (Funny) Shoes."

Good lord, almost 19 years ago, before Jackie's voice changed (and before he stopped smoking and drinking).

That's the good stuff right there.