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This is just a rough sketch of a conversation we had at Papa John's today. It isn't by any means exact. This is just usually how our conversations go. Thought you guys on last.fm would find this funny.

CALEB: (singing) "You are beautiful, in every single way. Words won't bring us down."
KEITH: You know Christina Aguilera didn't write that song.
JACOB: Who did?
K: The woman that writes Pink's songs.
J: No, she didn't. That's Christina's song.
K: No, someone else wrote the song.
C: Who wrote what song?
J: The one you were singing.
K: Someone else wrote that song.
C: Who did?
J: The woman that did Pink's songs. She's a famous songwriter.
C: Umm ... Carole King?
J: No. Not Carole King.
K: The woman that wrote it is a lesbian.
C: And it's not Carole King?
J: Carole King is not a lesbian! She had a solo career, or she was in a band. She's a popular songwriter. She used to have dreds like back in 2003 and now her hair is really short.
C: kd lang?
J: No.
K: I think it's that woman that did ... how does that song go? ... "I bet you think this song is about you."
C: OH .... her name starts with C-A-R
J: It's not Carole King! Carole King is not a lesbian!
C: No. Not Carole King! Ummm ... Carley Simon.
K: Oh, that's right.
C: Carley Simon's a lesbian?!
K: Oh, she's a big ol' lesbian.
J: Oh ... Her name was ... Linda ... something.
C: Linda McCartney?
J: Linda McCartney is not a lesbian!
C: Is it that woman from the 4 Non Blondes.
J: I don't know.
C: Her name is Linda. She had dreds and a big hat. She wrote music for Bryan Adams.
J: What is her last name?
C: I don't know. I don't think she had a solo career.
J: Ok.
C: ... Linda Ronstadt?
J: No, she's black. This woman was white.
K: Linda Ronstadt is not black.
C: She's a country singer.
J: Well, who am I thinking of?
K: What is that? Is her name Dutch? Scandinavian?
C: I think it's Norwegian.
K: Who is that?
C: (singing) "I don't know much. But I know I love you." with Aaron Neville.
K: No, she's gay like Larry Bird, that guy from Phoenix.
J: Larry Bird is from Boston.
K: No, he's not.
J: Larry Bird.
K: Yeah.
J: The coach for the Celtics.
C: The Celtics.
J: The Celtics.
K: Larry ... Bird. Uh ... no ... I mean, Charles Barkley.
C: Charles Barkley is gay?
K: Oh, he is so gay! He's so gay, he's a white man.
J: What about that guy ... Magic?
C: Magic Johnson is not gay! He has AIDS!
J: Oh, ok. ... What about that other guy? The Mailman?
K: What is his name?
J: Hey, Justin, what is that basketball player's name for the Utah Jazz?
JUSTIN: Karl Malone. He retired at 43, surpassing Michael Jordan by one year, I think.
J: Ok.
C: It's not Carole King?
J: Carole King is not a lesbian!
C: And it's not Carly Simon?
J: No. I think her name's Linda.
C: Linda McCartney?
J: Linda McCartney is not a lesbian!
C: I think it's the woman from the 4 Non Blondes. All those boys looked pretty gay. I didn't know she was a lesbian. I think you're thinking of her. I don't know her last name, though.
J: Linda ... Linda ... Linda ...
C: Is it Stevie Nicks?
J: Stevie Nicks is not a lesbian. She had sex with that guy in Fleetwood Mac. What's his name?
C: Mic Fleetwood.
J: No, the other one.
C: I don't know his name.
J: Justin, what was the name of the guy in Fleetwood Mac?
C: ... who isn't Mic Fleetwood?
J: He had a girl's name.
JUSTIN: ... Leslie.
JACOB: Leslie Buckingham!
C: Lindsey Buckingham!
J: What was that other girl's name.
K: There was no other girl.
J: Yes, there was.
C: Hutch might know. Let's ask him. ... Hutch, what was the name of the other girl in Fleetwood Mac?
HUTCH: There was no other girl.
J: Yes, there was. She sang backup vocals.
H: Well, everyone sings backup vocals.
J: She sang lead on those two songs.
H: Well.
C: Do you know the 4 Non Blondes?
HUTCH: (singing) wake up in the mornin' and get real high ...
C: Yeah! Do you know the lead singer's name?
H: ...
C: We know her first name is Linda. We just don't know her last name.
H: Linda McCartney.

By the way, her name is Linda Perry. She was the lead singer of the 4 Non Blondes. She is a lesbian, and she wrote "Beautiful" for Christina Aguilera. She also wrote music for Pink, like "Let's Get This Party Started." She did not write anything for Bryan Adams.

Christine McVie was the other girl in Fleetwood Mac.

4 Non BlondesLinda PerryPinkLinda RonstadtBeautifulFleetwood MacStevie NicksLinda McCartneyKD LangLindsay BuckinghamMic FleetwoodChristina AguileraBryan AdamsDon't Know MuchAaron NevilleCarly SimonChristine McVieCarole King

Mr. Scruff @ Solid Steel (2006-01-13)

Tracklisting :

1. 1. Chocolate Milk - Time Machine - rca
   2. Jimmy Gray Hall - Be That Way - Epic
   3. Woody Herman - The First Thing I Do In The Morning - Chess
   4. Carol Kaye - Burning Spear - Unknown
   5. The Fantastic Johnny C - Unknown - Unknown
   6. Justin Kines - Victory Strut - Unknown
   7. Willie Bobo - Unknown - Unknown
   8. Aaron Neville - Hercules - Mercury
   9. Prince Fatty - Lola - Anvil
   10. The Pharcyde - Otha-fish - Delicious Vinyl
   11. Mr. Scruff - Midnight Feast - Ninja Tune
   12. Weston Prim - Spider Web - Funk 45
   13. The Five Corners Quintet - Unknown - Ricky Tick
   14. John Cameron - Off Centre - Deram
   15. Unknown - Funky From The Get Go - Unknown
   

Download details :

download link : Mr._Scruff_@_Solid_Steel_2006-01-13.mp3 (right click, save target as)
size : 96mb
length : 60.38 min
note : this one focuses more on the oldies, love it.

enjoy the mix,

cheerz, Fré

Mr. Scruff - Live @ Music Box, Manchester (July 2006)

tracklisting :

1. Rhythm Masters ‘Black Conversation’ (success 7”)
   
2. Esther Phillips ‘Home Is Where the Hatred Is’ (Kudu LP)
   
3. Manzel ‘Midnight’s Theme’ (Kay Dee 7”)
   
4. Black Monk ‘Truth & Soul’ (PooBah EP)
   
5. Amp Fiddler ‘Faith’ (Genuine 10”)
   
6. Hi-Falutin ‘One Last Chance’ (Gum Drop 12”)
   
7. Wouda’s Boogie Sessions 1 ‘The Hangout’ (Dopeness Galore 12”)
   
8. The Skatalites ‘Freedon Ska’ (Randy’s 7”)
   
9. Gregory Isaacs ‘Top Ten List’ (African Museum 12”)
   
10. Mikey Dread ‘ancestral dub’ (Auralux LP)
    
11. Frank Zappa ‘Little Umbrellas’ (Reprise)
    
12. Votel ‘Spooky Driver’ (Grand Central 12’)
    
13. The Pharcyde ‘Pack The Pipe’ (Delicious Vinyl LP)
    
14. Early B ‘History Of Jamaica’ (Roots Records LP)
    
15. YT ‘England Story’ (Sativa 7”)
    
16. Daweh Congo ‘Take it Easy’ (Charm 7”)
    
17. Omar ‘Kiss It Right’ (Ether 7”)
    
18. Aaron Neville ‘Hercules’ (Jazzman 7”)
    
19. D’Angelo ‘Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine’ (Virgin 12”)
    
20. Skuff ‘The Repercussion’ (The Music 12”)
    
21. Aboriginals ‘Try These’ (Fat City 12”)
    
22. Teddy Rok ‘Nelson’ (Raw Fusion CD)
    
23. Danny Breaks ‘Duck Rock’ (Alphabet Zoo 12”)
    
24. Mr. Scruff ‘Listen To The Beat’ (Ninja Tune CDR)
    
25. Busta Rhymes ‘New York Shit’ (Interscope 12”)
    
26. Broke ‘N’ English ‘Manchester Shit’ (Estate CDR)
    
27. A Tribe Called Quest ‘Footprints’ (Jive LP)
    
28. DJ Ole ‘Epidemic’ (Players 12”)
    
29. Goodman ‘Addition Number One’ (Goodman 12”)
    
30. Cut Chemist ‘The Garden’ (Universal 12”)
    
31. Innershade ‘Operator (Attica Blues Mix)’ (Playhouse 12”)
    
32. Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble ‘Psych City’ (Aragorn LP)
    
33. Antibalas ‘Si Se Puede’ (Afrosound 12”)

download details :
download link : Mr._Scruff_@_Music_Box_Manchester.mp3
size : 224mb
length : 119.45 min
note : bring on the funk ! tunes tunes & tunes !

Continuing from my Streamable Track Gots - Jun 07 article, here's my monthly installment of goodies, from my streamable track wants tag!


All tracks on Aaron Neville's My Greatest Gift have become streamable, bringing a couple of my favourites with them: Hercules and Tell It Like It Is.

I think, first heard Amy Winehouse's Rehab on Later...with Jools Holland, now it's streamable :)

Dropping the mood, for a couple of tracks: B.B. King's The Thrill Is Gone and Bruce Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia (sacrilegious to some, I'm sure, but one of the few of The Boss's tracks I like).

Serrado is the track that first got me into Djavan, when it appeared in Gilles Peterson's Gilles Peterson in Brazil selection. The track's a luscious latin swing fest', the vocal gymnastics are amazing, yet so natural - Prepare to dance, this track's a joy!

Four Tet's She Moves She suffered from misassigned audio for a while - now proper stuff streams again :)

Heatwave's Boogie Nights is amongst the first 100 tracks I bought - great, great, great to now have this to add to radios!


I first got to know John McLaughlin, as a boy, through my father's Mahavishnu Orchestra albums. Electric Guitarist is the only solo album, of his, that I own. This album deserves an article of it's own - a galaxy of jazz fusion/jazz rock stars session here - see Jazz-Rock-Fusion-Guitar.BlogSpot.com to get an idea. Jack Bruce's bass on Are You The One? Are You The One? is characteristically outstanding and New York on My Mind is my favourite of the more traditional tracks.


Another two tracks that've returned from a streamability hiatus Ladytron's He Took Her to a Movie and Republica's Ready To Go.

Sarah Vaughan's In A Sentimental Mood is the first of two tracks, this month, contributing to the streamability of my Slushy Grooves - 1: DJ Scrawl 1992 PTT (a tag copy of a 1992 mixtape). Not my favourite recording, which's found on The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1, but excellent all the same.


The whole of The Faint's Danse Macabre Remixes album has become streamable :) Including the DJ's joy The Conductor (Thin White Duke remix) - this track rocks and's extremely easy to mix with!

I'd like to know more about For The Love Of Money, back in the early 80s there were so many covers of it, it's easy to assume this The O'Jays version is the original, but may be not.

I first came to know the song through Defunkt's For the Love of Moneycover, just listen to Kim Clarke slamming the bass on that one! IMO, Kim's one of the best female bass players the world's ever seen!

Van Morrison's Crazy Love is another contributor to the Slushy Grooves mixtape tag.

Finally, Zap Mama's Take Me Coco is another welcome return to streamability, after a few months away (and in mistagging land).

All of these are available, for you delight and delectation,
on my Formerly Streamable Track Wants Jul 07 PTT
or, more broadly, on my Formerly Streamable Track Wants 07.

Enjoy! - Ian :D _{Streamable Track Wants}

In 2004, the United States crowed Miss Ericka Dunlap as Miss America. The woman is beautiful. Full of life and energetic.




At the time of the pageant, she was pursing her degree at the University of Central Florida. She aspired to be an attorney specializing in sports and entertainment.

Source:



However, after her reign as Miss America her views changed because she is now pursuing a career as a country music singer!

Check out her official website:

Ericka Dunlap

Personal opinion..

Ericka Dunlap is a beautiful person. Knowing that she is an African American woman like me, I am going to check out her music and explore the country genre a little bit more.

I definitely want to listen and hear more of the country music of the past.

Etta James to me was a country/blues and r&b singer who I adore so I know I will appreciate some country music.

Shawnia Twain, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson, Charley Pride and Aaron Neville are the artists that I love and
adore.

Did you know that the Pointer Sisters were considered to have a country single with the song, "Slow Hand"?

Check out their entry in Wikipedia on this fact.

Artist Connections

Etta James

Shania Twain

Dolly Parton

Willie Nelson

Charley Pride

Aaron Neville

Yes...

We are EVERYWHERE..in every genre.

The one country singer that I know that is extremely popular is Charley Pride.

Charley Pride

Charley Pride Official Website


Another one that is a personal favorite is Aaron Neville

Aaron Nevile


Here is a great article about African Americans in country music:

African American Country Music, No It's Not an Oxymoron


Cleve Francis is an unsung hero when it comes to blacks in country music:

Article from Essence - Cleve Francis

Here is a link to a list of some of the current African American Country Singers.

African Americans Country Singers Waiting for Stardom

A short biography is on each one! These are artists who are trying to make it.

There names are:

Scott Eversoll

Rhonda Towns

Wheels

Missy Green

Carl Ray

Trini Triggs

Andrew Summers

Dwight Quick

Linda Terry

Kerr Alexander

Vicky Vann

Here is a good entry to what is country music and what has influenced its style:

Country Music Entry from Answers.com

This will be an ongoing lists but some of the gems I found. Enjoy and learn!


Charley Pride

Aaron Neville

Cleve FrancisScott Eversoll

Scott Eversoll

--> Oh no, lawsuit issues.

Look:

Scott Eversoll, et. all v. Earl Clark , et. all

Rhonda Towns

Here is here official website:

Rhonda Towns Official Website

Wheels

Missy Green

-- Here is a link about her and other issues within the country music genre:

Nashville Scene: That Ain't My Song on the Jukebox

Carl Ray

Here is a link to his official website:

Carl Ray: Musician/Songwriter

Trini Triggs

Official Website:
Trini Triggs

Andrew Summers - black

- considered to sound like Sam Cooke

Dwight Quick

-- young man who is a hip hop fan!

Check this article about country music and race relations and class relations to country music:

The Hidden Faces of Country Music

Linda Terry

- abstract of an article about Linda Terry

Linda Terry - newspaper abstract

Kerr Alexander

(there is a violinist called Alexander Kerr but not the one I mentioned)

Vicky Vann

Vicky Vann - www.blackflix.com

01. Why did you decide to take this quiz?
Track: Twilight
Artist: Elliot Smith
Comments: "go off to sleep in the sunshine, i don't want to see the day dying..." it's nighttime :)

02. Where will you meet your husband/wife?
Track: Under The Tracks
Artist: Coldplay
Comments: "can't you see it's a long way home"

03. Where will you "hug" your wife/husband for the first time?
Track: Build God, Then We'll Talk
Artist: Panic! At the Disco
Comments: "what a wonderful characture of intimacy" LOL

04. What is your secret dream?
Track: Crazy for this Girl
Artist: Evan and Jaron
Comments: LOL...ummmm, i'm totally not a lesbian. Maybe it's that someone will think of ME that way?

05. What song will they be playing at the morgue when they'll perform your autopsy?
Track: Open Your Eyes
Artist: Snow Patrol
Comments: LOL...oh man.

06. Who will throw a party after you die?
Track: Face Down
Artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Comments: "i see what's going down..."

07. What song describes you when you're so drunk that you can't speak?
Track: Have a Little Faith in Me
Artist: Jewel
Comments: hmmm.....

08. What will actually kill you?
Track: Always in My Head
Artist: Psapp
Comments: Apparently...my alter ego. Or Grey's Anatomy. :)

09. Who will be your slave?
Track: The Sweet Escape
Artist: Gwen Stefani f. Akon
Comments: "now tell me boy, wouldn't that be sweet?" haha apparently i'm going to have a love slave...

10. What will you look like at the age of 80?
Track: Vivo Por Ella
Artist: andrea boccelli
Comments: It's in Italian...

11. Where will you meet your arch enemy of life?
Track: In Repair
Artist: John Mayer
Comments: "And now I'm walking in the park..."

12. Where did your parents 'create' you?
Track: Falling By the Wayside
Artist: People in Planes
Comments: "losing control...." umm...

13. What will happen to you tonight, after going to bed?
Track: You're Still You
Artist: Josh Groban
Comments: guess that answers that one :)

14. What is the meaning of your life?
Track: Sympathy
Artist: Goo Goo Dolls
Comments: "I get scared but I'm not crawling on my knees"

15. What will be the meaning of your death?
Track: Your Guardian Angel
Artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Comments: "I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one"

16. How many necrophiles will ravage your corpse?
Track: I Don't Trust Myself
Artist: John Mayer
Comments: ummm.....weird.

17. What do you hate the most?
Track: More
Artist: Erika Christensen and Mike Vogel
Comments: "I don't know why you've got to be so undemanding"

18. What do you love the best?
Track: Play
Artist: David Banner
Comments: HAHAHAHA wow.

19. What makes you feel like jumping out the window?
Track: Be Without You
Artist: Mary J. Blige
Comments: that's sad!

20. What do you think about bananas?
Track: Come Back Down
Artist: Lifehouse
Comments: okay....?

21. Where would you like to be now?
Track: Anything Else but the Truth
Artist: The Honorary Title
Comments: wooooo irony....

22. Who would you like to have a tea-party with?
Track: Sowing Season (Yeah)
Artist: Brand New
Comments: "Take all you have and turn it in to something you were missing"

23. How would you describe your childhood?
Track: Such Great Heights
Artist: The Postal Service
Comments: "I'm thinking it's a sign..."

24. If you could do anything you want, what would it be?
Track: Wait
Artist: Ying Yang Twins
Comments: LOL...alright.......

25. Recent obsessions/existential problems?
Track: We'll Never Know
Artist: Lifehouse
Comments: apparently not....

26. If they would make a movie about you, what would be the title?
Track: Something's Missing
Artist: John Mayer
Comments: hmmm.

27. Where did the pigeons go?
Track: Anthem of Our Dying Day
Artist: Story of the Year
Comments: apparently they died.....

28. Are you a good stalker?
Track: Hands Down
Artist: Dashboard Confessional
Comments: guess so! hahaha :)

29. What will your neighbour think of you when they find out that you have naked pictures of them?
Track: Carry this Picture
Artist: Dashboard Confessional
Comments: apparently they'll be excited...lol :)

30. Who's for dinner tonight?
Track: When I Fall in Love
Artist: Linda Ronstadt/ Aaron Neville
Comments: umm...something romantic?

31. Who are you hiding in your cupboard tonight?
Track: Trouble
Artist: Coldplay
Comments: hahaha i am full of trouble...

32. Who is your fashion ideal?
Track: Set Phasers to the Sun
Artist: Taking Back Sunday
Comments: so pace the stairs to your apartment...well, it's a good song :)

33. This halloween, you'll dress up as a ...?
Track: Like the Rain
Artist: Evan and Jaron
Comments: that's new...lol

34. What would you like to keep in your pockets all the time?
Track: One-Eighty By Summer
Artist: Taking Back Sunday
Comments: "Are you afraid to say what you want to?"

35. If you'd won the lottery, what would you buy first?
Track: You and Me
Artist: Lifehouse
Comments: i thought money can't by me love...;)

36. Are we there yet?
Track: Lose Control
Artist: Missy Elliot
Comments: guess not?

37. Em...any hard feelings for choosing our survey?
Track: The No-Seatbelt Song
Artist: Brand New
Comments: "it's only you beautiful, or I don't want anyone." so nope :)

38. What are your thoughts about the ppl who made this quiz?
Track: Only Heart
Artist: John Mayer
Comments: you've got my only <3

1962, Brian Epstein signed a management deal with The Beatles. Epstein was to recieve 25 per cent of the bands gross earnings, the normal management deal was 10 per cent.

1955, Born on this day, Jools Holland, keyboards, Squeeze, Jools Holland Big Band, TV presenter on The Tube, Juke Box Dury and Later. (1979 UK No.2 single with Squeeze, 'Up The Junction').

1949, Born on this day, John Belushi, actor, singer who played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers, died of a drug overdose on 5th March 1982. Had the 1990 UK No.12 single 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love'.

1947, Born on this day, Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter. He had played piano with The Everly Brothers, recorded over 15 solo albums and had the 1978 US No.21 single ‘Werewolves Of London’). He died on September 7th 2003.

1945, Born on this day, Tammi Terrell, singer, who died of a brain tumour on March 16th 1970 after collapsing into Marvin Gaye's arms on stage during a duet of ‘That’s All You Need To Get By’. Terrall had undergone eight brain operations in 18 months. She had had hits with Marvin Gaye, including the 1967 US No.5 ‘Your Precious Love’.

1941, Born on this day, Aaron Neville, vocals, The Neville Brothers, (1966 US No.2 single 'Tell It Like It Is', 1989 UK No.2 single with Linda Ronstadt' Don't Know Much').

1941, Born on this day, Neil Diamond, singer, songwriter, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Cracklin' Rose' plus over 30 US & 10 UK Top 40 singles. Wrote 'I'm A Believer', No.1 for The Monkees. Many acts from Elvis Presley, Lulu and Deep Purple have all covered his songs.

1941, Born on this day, Ray Stevens, singer, songwriter, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Everything Is Beautiful' 1974 US & UK No.1 single 'The Streak').



This information was taken from:

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com