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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Little Jackie: proof that the mainstream doesn't always have to |
| Date | Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:03:49 -0400 |
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The healing powers of music, people!
That's the thing about this song, it's very specifically about
Bed-Stuy, which I have no personal experience of, but for me it brings
back memories of sitting on the porch in Lubbock, where it's so flat
that you can watch a summer thunderstorm come in from the west for
three hours before the first drops hit the roof of your car, with a
jug of iced tea on one side, a cooler full of Lone Star on the other,
a 10-pound brisket in the smoker and a radio on the windowsill.
Whatever your own perfect summer memory is, this song brings it back.
It's amazing.
Seriously, why they're not releasing this as a single mystifies me.
S
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob" <segarini@rogers.com>
To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Little Jackie: proof that the mainstream doesn't always
have to suck (plus Word issues)
>I know that we have 'agreed to disagree' in the past, Stewart, but
>you are dead on when it comes to this track.
> Having grown up in Northern California listening to KDIA and KSOL
> out of San Francisco, this track brings back summer memories of
> great King Curtis/Mayfield/Impressions/etc songs that filled the
> warm summer nights cruising on Pacific Avenue in Stockton, a cool
> breeze blowing off the Delta.
>
> Thanks,
>
> bob
>
>
> Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday, take a listen to THE STOOP by Little Jackie. It's a duo
> of singer Imani Coppola (neo-soul singer who had some solo success
> in
> the '90s) and producer Adam Pallin, proving that it's possible to be
> heavily influenced by vintage soul music (specifically Curtis
> Mayfield
> and the Invictus label circa 1971) without being a retro throwback.
> The title track would be a strong contender for this year's summer
> single were it not for the fact that the numbnuts at S-Curve Records
> aren't even releasing it as a single. Listen here:
>
> http://www.musicramen.com/2008/04/22/the-stoop-by-little-jackie/
>
> Also:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Smith"
>
>> BTW, when posting to PopU (or any Wordpress blog, for that matter),
>> either compose in the dashboard or use a text/html editor. DO NOT
>> paste in from Word or any other word processor - those programs
>> insert a lot of code that will gak the style sheet with very ugly
>> consequences. If you have questions about this ask me first.
>
> I use Word for all of my Little Hits postings with no ill effects.
> All you have to do is turn off all of the things where it tries to
> automatically style the text for you: "smart quotes," turning
> numbers
> separated by / into fractions, any of that stuff, which I personally
> don't want anyway. After that, it won't try to force any code into
> your text.
>
> S
>
>
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