RIBS 5MN5D: 5 Mixes In 5 Days Funk-A-Thon…
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Wow, over two months without an post or an update here on NetInfoWeb.com. I knew it had been a while, but didn’t realize it had been that long. Well, truthfully, I think there are going to be some major changes around here in the weeks to come but that is a conversation for another time. Soon, but not right now.
Today’s post is all about something simpler and much more enjoyable. I’ve just finished another one of those 5 mixes in 5 days music marathons over on the MP3blog, Rhythms In Black Satin. This time around I selected 3 of my favorite “old school” funk groups: Mandrill, the Ohio Players and Kool and The Gang, and posted a mix a day over this past Memorial Day weekend. The theme was “funky” and “mellow” in order to highlight not only the fast and funky stuff that these groups have blessed us with, but also to draw attention to their sometimes overlooked “softer” side. All in all, I hope you enjoy these music extravaganzas. And of course, just like last year, we’ll do it all again with another RIBS 5-Mixes-In-5-Days Funk-A-Thon at the end of the summer for the Labor Day weekend!
For your convenience links to all 5 of the mixes are below.
2008 Memorial Day Weekend 5MN5D Funk-A-Thon links:
- Mandrill, part 1: “Funky Monkey”
- Mandrill, part 2: “Mellow Monkey”
- Ohio Players, part 1: “Funky Stuff”
- Ohio Players, part2: “Mellow Stuff”
- Kool and The Gang: “Hot and Kool”
RIBS: Temptations, Whispers, Thelma Houston and Jerry Butler…
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The new RIBS mix for this week has now been posted. It’s a day late but worth the wait, as I like to say. This week is a “Bonus Hours” mix that focuses on a single album from our chosen artists. The albums this week are:
- A Song For You
(Temptations)
- Open Up Your Love
(Whispers)
- Thelma and Jerry
(Thelma Houston/Jerry Butler)
RIBS TPTD: Temptations, Whispers, Thelma and Jerry
Check it out and enjoy!
RIBS: Get On The Funk Train…
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…you can catch it at Graham Central Station!
Got some funky goodness for ya this week over on RIBS. Larry Graham and Graham Central Station.
Can you handle it?
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Cupid’s Hunt: FAQs…
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Here are the “FAQs” about the Cupid’s Hunt Podcast Event:
Q1. OK, so what exactly is “Cupid’s Hunt”?
A1. “Cupid’s Hunt” (or CH for short) is a collaboration project of music podcasters and music fans in celebration of Valentine’s Day. On this day all of the folks who are participating have agreed to release and make available for download (MP3 format) a music and/or audio podcast with a Valentines Day theme. This year Valentine’s Day (February 14) is on a Thursday.
Q2. Why the name “Cupid’s Hunt”? What does *that* mean?
A2. The name “Cupid’s Hunt” came out of a late night/all night brainstorming session on Twitter. “Cupid”, the symbol of Love/Valentine’s Day and “Hunt”, meaning to search for. When you put them together and apply the phrase to the world of podcasting you have a “search for music online”. Or, as the CH project has been subtitled: “Searching for Love Music… In All The Right Places!”
Q3. Oh OK, now I get it. How do I get involved with the Cupid’s Hunt project.
A3. Easy. Just make a music and/or audio podcast with a Valentine’s Day theme, good love, bad love, want love, hate love… it doesn’t matter, go where ever your creativity takes you. Once your CH podcast is finished we want you to post it online on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14, 2008.
Q4. How will readers who visit my site know my podcast is part of this project?
A4. Glad you asked! There are several ways that your readers will associate your podcast with the Cupid’s Hunt Project:
- We have a Cupid’s Hunt logo that we are asking you to post on your site at least two weeks prior to the event.
- Each participant is asked to start off the Title of your CH post with “Cupid’s Hunt:”, and to also tag their CH post with the keyword “cupidshunt”. (no quotes on the keyword or the phrase in your post Title, of course).
- NetInfoweb.com, our official Cupid’s Hunt “Headquarters”, will be promoting the event and all of the podcasters/blogs involved in the days leading up to the event.
- We also have a webring that we are asking all participating sites to join. This will make the “hunt” easier by giving folks an easy way to move from one site to the next in order to find all of the podcasts.
Q5. Where do I get the Cupid’s Hunt logo?
A5. The logo can be downloaded here: Download Cupid’s Hunt Logo
Q6. How do I join the webring?
A6. The webring is called “SoulSites Podiverse”. The signup page is here: Webring Signup Page
Q7. How do I contact NetInfoWeb.com to give them information about my podcast?
A7. There are a few different contact methods: Send an email to TGrundy [at] gmail.com, or contact me on Twitter (tgrundy), or leave a comment on this post. Please let us know your CH podcast info by noon on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 so we can get it in the promotional post.
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Download the Cupid’s Hunt Logo…
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Lis (aka anewlis
) has created a few additional variations of our Cupid’s Hunt logo. We now have one with a white background, a black background (both .JPG file format) and two with transparent backgrounds (one a .GIF file format and one with a .PNG file format):
All four files are available for download right now in this file: CupidsHuntLogos.zip (right-click to download). Please grab the file and post the logo on your site to help promote the event. More detailed info it will be posted here soon.
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Cupid’s Hunt Is Coming…
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Cupid’s Hunt is coming soon… are you gonna be ready?
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RIBS: The Lighter Shades Of Soul…
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We’re talking about the color of Soul on RIBS this week, specifically the lighter shades. Proving that you don’t have to glisten in the sun like bronze to be funky, this week we look at three groups that have turned many a party out back-in-the-day when I was DJing:
- Average White Band
- KC and the Sunshine Band
- Hall & Oates
Check out the new RIBS Triple Play Thurs-Day mix here…
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SoulTrackin’ for 2008-01-24
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If you were playing a word association game with your average soul, jazz, and funk enthusiast, mention of Maceo Parker’s name would likely generate terms emphasizing his role as sideman to several larger-than-life personalities in contemporary music history…
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The National Black Family Technology Awareness (BFTAW) Campaign, will celebrate the tenth annual Black Family Technology Awareness Week (BFTAW), February 10 -16, 2008…
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The record industry is careering towards meltdown. A good thing too, says Simon Napier-Bell, after 40 years of working with its most notorious moguls: The Life And Crimes Of The Music Biz
RIBS: Eloise Who?
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How can you be…
- 1/4 of a very talented musical family
- Have 4 album releases by the time you are 33
- Star in a Tony-nominated play on Broadway (which you co-wrote)
- Have multiple other significant theater roles
- Star in a film shown at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
…and still be largely unknown to the public at large?
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce to you: Eloise Laws!
Younger sister to Hubert and older sister to Ronnie and Debra, Eloise is the subject of this week’s Rhythms In Black Satin Triple Play Thurs-Day mix.
Check it out, listen and… Enjoy!
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SoulTrackin’ – 1 Year Without JB…
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One year ago today we all awoke to the sad news that Soul Brother #1, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, had passed away and gone to join many of his peers in soul heaven. I’m sure the heavenly choir has never be the same since {smile}. A few days after that I posted a piece called “Without James Brown” which were just some thoughts and reflections on the man that had been bouncing around in my head at the time. Since I have a few more readers now than I had back then, I figured I would repost it today (who knows, maybe I’ll repost it every year on this day…)
WITHOUT JAMES BROWN…
…the Flames would never have been Famous
…we wouldn’t know the funky sound made by a Night Train
…I might still call myself a Negro, unwilling to Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud
…we would have never broken out in a Cold Sweat
…Mama might never have known that she could Feelgood
…Papa might never have gotten A Brand New Bag
…I might still be waiting for people to give me something, instead of opening up the door and getting it myself
…we might never have known what it felt like to be a Sex Machine…we wouldn’t know how much fun it is to be Super Bad
…Santa Claus wouldn’t know to Go Straight To The Ghetto
…we might not know how to Make It Funky
…we wouldn’t know the importance of Soul Power
…we might not know what it was like to be Down And Out In New York City
…the President would never have been Funky
…we would never have gone to the bridge in the first place
…Rocky wouldn’t know how funky it could be Living In America
…we wouldn’t have given the drummer a goddamn thing
…there might never have been Parliament/Funkadelic
…Prince, Michael Jackson, Usher (and a host of others) would have had to pay for dance lessons
…there would be no Rap, Hip-Hip or Club; let me repeat that… there would be no Rap, Hip-Hip or Club
…the Blues Brothers would have never gotten “The Band” back together
…nobody would ever Pass The Peas or Give Up Food For Funk
Without James Brown… the world would have been a lot less funky, a lot less soulful, and a lot more boring. We’ll miss you, Godfather of Soul, but your music and musical influences will be with us forever. For that we can be thankful.
Also, in remembrance to JB, I had the good fortune to be asked create a couple of memorial mixes for my good friend EJFlavors and his OSW (Old School Wednesday) podcast that he produces. The links to those mixes are below:
One last thing… if you use Last.FM let’s let the world know that we remember and miss the Godfather of Soul. Play some James Brown today and make sure you scrobble it to Last.FM. We want to make this a “James Brown Celebration” day today in addition to Christmas.
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RIBS: Some ‘Soulful’ Sounds of the Season…
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‘Sounds of the Season’ mix #5, “A ‘Soulful’ Xmas” is now ready for your enjoyment over on RIBS.
This mix features some enjoyably soulful renditions of Christmas originals and classics by some of your favorite Soul/R&B singers and groups.
Happy Holidays!
RIBS: More ‘Sounds Of The Season’…
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Two more “not just the usual stuff” Xmas mixes have been posted on RIBS for your holiday enjoyment.
The Xquizzyt1 was kind enough to send me a mix she had created a while back and after a minor tweak here and a minor tweak there we have:
…chock full of some all-time favorite and familiar holiday soul jams.
Next we pulled some of our special ingredients out of the cubbard to mix together:
…now, I’m not talking the “boo-hoo, I wanna cry my eyes out” kind of Blues, but rather the John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Charles Brown “I got soul down deep in my heart” kind of Blues.
Let’s see… so far that’s 4 Christmas mixes for the holiday and there’s still a couple of more (at least) to go before we get to the BIG day.
Enjoy!
RIBS: What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas?
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
This classic opening line from Dickens’ “A Tale Of Two Cities” is so very true when it comes to the Christmas holiday season. For most folks, they couldn’t be happier than they are at this time of year. However, for some others, they couldn’t be sadder nor more depressed.
It was with this latter thought in mind that this week’s RIBS Triple Play Thurs-Day mix was created:
RIBS TPTD: “Broken-Hearted” Xmas
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to bum ya out or anything; just taking a minute to look at the other side of the holiday season.
RIBS: Jazz, Poetry, & Social Commentary…
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…all from the mind of Gil Scott-Heron!
Take a trip over to RIBS and check out our latest buffet table of musical morsels we’ve prepared for you this week. Chef Gil Scott-Heron did the honors and he laid out not 1, not 2, but 3 different tables of jazz, poetry and social commentary for you to choose from.
Remember: Triple Play Thurs-Day, a triple treat every Thursday of the week!
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RIBS: Ahhh… The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
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William “Bootsy” Collins. Perhaps the most well known P-Funkster next to George Clinton.
Part 4 of our 5-day, 5-mix, P-Funk Extravaganza focusing on “Bootzilla” himself (and the rest of his many alter-egos {smile}) has now been posted.
Enjoy!
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RIBS Triple Play Thurs-Day: Going To The Disco…
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… with the Village People, CHIC, and A Taste Of Honey. Meet me there and let’s “boogie-down!”
RIBS: Triple Play Thurs-Day – Prayers For An Angel…
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Please take a moment to check out today’s TPTD mix. A tribute to Angela Bofill as she struggles to recover from her second stroke in less than two years. Also, there is some information from her website on how to contribute to her recovery fund. Thank you.
RIBS: The “Accidental” Double Triple…
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The Triple Play Thurs-Day mix is now out of the oven, on the buffet table and ready for your consumption. Although I really didn’t plan on it when I started, this week’s mix turned out to be a “Double Triple”, two full playlists of sweet, soul music by two classic soul groups and one of the most beautiful (both physically and vocally) divas of her era that, unfortunately, met a tragic end at too young of an age. Our featured trio this week:
- The Stylistics
- The Main Ingredient
- Phyllis Hyman
Rhythms In Black Satin’s Triple Play Thurs-Day, a triple treat every Thursday of the week!
All That Jazz: In Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month
I don’t talk about my love for jazz enough on this blog so I figure jazz appreciation month is the perfect time to do so. I have to admit that my knowledge is lacking. Mama Vivrant Thang was never really into jazz so it wasn’t played much around the house. She did love Kenny G though and [...]
The “Boys” Are Back In Town…
Remember the Four Brothers Beats blog? Well, the boys are back! BUT... not quite in the way you may have been expecting. It's, how shall we say, "the same, but different!"
Vendors, Authors and Artists– Sell Your Items in This Year’s Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest
Last year's Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest was a musical celebration while vendors sold their products to eager to buyers. Book authors, including Felicia Pride-- writer of The Message and activist author Devin Walker were among some of the top authors who sold their books. The 2009 Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest will be held this year on Sat., July 25 in Marvin Gaye Park in Washington DC. While the musical acts are still being selected, vendors are able to reserve their tables now to receive our Early Bird Discount. For more info, email us at CapitalHipHopSoulFest@gmail.com
Fusion: Where Music, Technology, and Artist Creativity Intersect
Hello readers and listeners. I trust all is well today. This post is a follow-up to the previous post about the subject of an upcoming podcast I hope to resurrect entitled Fusion. The concept of this podcast came to me via an off the cuff discussion I had a few years ago with a fellow podcaster/recording artist/graphic designer. Both of us, being musicians in our own right, began discussing our backgrounds and influences in making music, which invariably talking about how technology (past and present) played a role taking the music from inner to outer. I began to see the different paths ...
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