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Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove Album Review

Original BBC review written by Daryl Easlea Buy this album on Amazon. One Nation Under a Groove immediately welcomed new listeners inside Clinton’s parallel universe, with all of his ideas, mythology and strangely monikered players. For example, Bootsy Collins is one of the ‘Bass Thumpasaurians’ on the album, and Bernie ‘DaVinci’ Worrell and Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison were ‘Keybo’ Dans & Synthezoidees’. When Clinton conceived the album’s title track – from a girlfriend’s comment when he Read more…

By Daryl Easlea, ago

Commodores Album Review (Commodores)

Original BBC review written by Daryl Easlea Buy this album on Amazon. The Commodores’ eponymous fifth LP is very much a transitional work, highlighting the greasy southern funk that the group so ably practiced before pianist and saxophonist Lionel Richie firmly took centre stage. The ‘old’ Commodores is represented by the lascivious opener Squeeze the Fruit and Walter Orange’s funk masterpiece, the they-don’t-make-‘em-like-that-anymore tribute to the fuller figure, Brick House. Heaven Knows is a beautiful Read more…

By Daryl Easlea, ago

Interview with Marco Cavazos of Cigar Art

I am not a cigar smoker, but after checking out the CigarArt website and reading reviews from Yelp and TripAdvisor and stopping by for a quick visit, I’m hooked. If you are not a cigar smoker, you may just want to become one after a visit to the friendly and enticing CigarArt in the Bishop Arts District in Dallas. If you do indulge regularly in cigars and have somehow not made your way to Oak Read more…

By Brian Humek, ago

The BTS Wired Autocomplete Interview

There’s a lot of questions fans have about BTS. In this interview, K-pop superstars BTS take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet’s most searched questions about themselves. Here are some of the questions they answer: Will BTS come to your birthday party? Who joined BTS first? Can BTS cook? Does BTS drink coffee? Does BTS eat McDonald’s? The Bangtan Boys answer all these questions and much, much more! Enjoy the interview!

By Brian Humek, ago
Stink Soup by Jill Esbaum

Stink Soup by Jill Esbaum, Picture Book Review

Jill Esbaum has written a lot of books in the 21st century, some may even say she is prolific. I certainly would. Stink Soup is one of her classic titles, published in 2004. I consider this a multi-cultural book since it takes place on a farm and we all know, farms and rural life, is something of an oddity in 2021. Introduce your child to a book about a part of society that may one day not exisit.

By Brian Humek, ago