SOUNDTRACK: MITCHMATIC-“Why Don’t You Know” (2012).
This song reminds me in spirit of the old Fresh Prince songs–buoyant and fun, funny and a little silly. And although it doesn’t sample I Dream of Jeannie, the mood is the same.
The track opens with a great sound of an old rotary phone. When the music comes it, it’s completely loungey: strings and easy music propel this song to the heights of Cool.
The delivery style is gentle but fast and the lyrics are funny “I’m gonna tell you some reasons that you wanna date me.”
Mitchmatic is a Canadian rapper and his record is coming out soon on Old Ugly records. Listen to the track at NPR and explore his stuff at his bandcamp site.
Darling I would like you so much more if you loved me back…
[READ: December 31, 2011 and January 24, 2012] “Wolves at the Door” and “Comment”
This is a blog post from Barry that deals with politics. Although it was written in 2004 it is completely relevant to the current state of affairs in American politics. I suppose it was ever thus, but it sure seems worse now.
He opens, “Stop me if I ‘m getting too cynical, but I think elections are won by the guy with the stupidest policies.” He explains that it’s not because people are dumb; rather, it’s because when you are marketing to an entire country, “your best strategy is to scramble straight to the bottom of the barrel and start groping around in the muck there for the lowest common denominator.” This is very true.
But I think the perfect summary for politics is (as Barry writes): “smart is complicated, but dumb is catchy.” (more…)
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