"...I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like... Books, records, films -- these things matter. Call me shallow, but it's the fuckin' truth."
“Detroit’s Omar-S (Alex Omar Smith; aka DJ Snotburger, DJ Snotinburg) emerged in 2003 as an underground techno/house maverick, releasing rigidly funky productions, made with analog gear, on his FXHE label. Though his 12” releases were pressed in small quantities with handwritten labels (and with run-out etchings like “Techno music is my heritage — techno is not dead DAMN IT!” and “Thanks to Rick Wilhite — I know I get on your nerves”), it wasn’t long before his releases reached specialty shops in the U.K. and Germany. Though he was building a cult following and was often placed by writers within the same context as fellow Detroit natives Moodymann and Theo Parrish, it wasn’t until 2009 that he truly strayed from his low-profile, self-sufficient mode. Parrish’s Sound Signature label released his “Blown Valvetrane” 12”, and shortly after that, Smith provided the 45th mix for London club Fabric’s self-named mix series. The majority of Smith’s output was released on vinyl, but he also has full-length CD titles to his credit, including 2004’s Collaborating (billed as Oasis, co-produced by Smith and the possibly nonexistent Shadow Ray) and 2005’s Just Ask the Lonely. The latter was reissued on FXHE in 2009.”
“In Eddie Murphy’s standup comedy, Delirious, Murphy does an imitation of Pendergrass singing “Only You”, saying Pendergrass’ masculine voice “scares the bitches into liking him”.”
“In modern usage the term chemise generally refers to women’s fashions that vaguely resemble the older shirts but are typically more delicate, and usually provocative. Most commonly the term refers to a loose-fitting, sleeveless, shirt-like undergarment or piece of lingerie. It can also refer to a short, sleeveless dress that hangs straight from the shoulders and fits loosely at the waist.”
“Susan Christie was a Philly based sophomore folk singer who had one novelty hit for a major label and never quite recovered - Afterwards, her psychedelic take on country standards and hand crafted tales of inner-city solitude backed by a break heavy folk-funk rhythm section was never accepted as a commercial viability by record company big-wigs - They obviously couldn’t quite muster their Nostradamus sensibilities to foresee what future hip-hop producers and DJ’s would be feeding into digital music-machines 30 years down the line!”
“Serge Gainsbourg was the dirty old man of popular music; a French singer/songwriter and provocateur notorious for his voracious appetite for alcohol, cigarettes, and women, his scandalous, taboo-shattering output made him a legend in Europe but only a cult figure in America, where his lone hit “Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus” stalled on the pop charts — fittingly enough — at number 69.”
