Sampled: Rotary Connection - Memory Band

The following song is called 'Memory Band' by Rotary Connection. The song itself is pretty weird, totally crafted for a lazy sixties acid trip. Three great songs (that I know of) have sampled this tune however and for that I gotta give it up to RC. Visionary weirdness.



Both 'Killing Me Softly' by the Fugees and 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest sample the cool sitar riff from the beginning of the tune. 'Bonita' samples a little of the groove from the start as well.





A much more obscure song that samples 'Memory Band' is 'Life I Live' by the Pete Rock produced group INI. This song samples more extensively, adding some Biggie in there from 'Juicy' for good measure. I love this track.

Tom Brady is my Nemesis

Got me again, SOB.

Folks, he did it again. Just when I thought I had figured out a way to beat Tom Brady, he got me good. I figured that if I selected him in fantasy football I'd at least get some pleasure in his heartless domination of my Bills and the rest of the NFL. But Tom is too good at this battle, always staying one step ahead. He of course realized that the only way to beat me was to defeat himself. So yes, Brady's knee injury was an elaborate and risky gamble to make me look like a fool. Congrats Tom, you bastard.

Johnny Cash = Puff Daddy?

This may sound familiar if you know Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues.

I'm not hating on Johnny, but it puts the idea that rappers are 'unoriginal because they sample' in perspective. Interesting.

No one on the corner has swagger like us

As with everything M.I.A. does, I'm about 75% sure I really like this:



Sweet?

Donovan McNabb is the Man

Actually scratch that. Donovan McNabb is a man and I respect him for it.

I just finished reading an article about McNabb in training camp and he is ever the optimist. This post however is not in praise of McNabb's outlook on camp. This post is in praise of McNabb's professionalism. Donovan has taken more shit over the last 9 years then any quarterback in my short time on this planet. He's dealt with the Philly media, he's dealt with being a black quarterback in America, he's dealt with TO, he's dealt with injury and he's done it all with class.

First let me explain something about my personal feelings toward Donovan. Although I hail from the suburbs of Syracuse, I probably hated McNabb and the Orange more than anyone during that time period. I'm no hater, but as a lifetime fan of the WVU Mountaineers I was not a fan of SU football. So I'm speaking as someone who actually had every reason not to like Donovan.

If you follow Donovan's career though it's clear to see the guy is a class act. I feel he has handled every adverse situation like a pro and always stated that he was 100% dedicated to Philly and winning the Super Bowl. When TO was being a crybaby, Donovan just went out there and played. So I just wanted to write something giving some "propers" to DMcNabb. Tupac said it best: "keep ya head up".

The Future is Podcastic

1) I'm alive.
2) I've been a slacker.
3) I just discovered Podcasts.

For the uninitiated "a podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting." [Wikipedia]

Basically it's audio and video content available for your iPod that you can subscribe to, usually for free.

Since I found out how awesome these things are I immediately subscribed to about 20 of them. Now I have videos about scientific discoveries, audio of ESPN's PTI, hip hop videos, and a bunch of others. Seriously sweet. I'll try to make some recommendations once I try them out, but this is the biggest advancement in my life since netflix.

American Diversity: The Languages of the West

Aww broseph, that's sooo sick!