2011 Rap-Up
No, Skillz isn’t doing one this year. And I’m not writing a long treatise about the hippity-hop. This 2010 Pitchfork piece still has that covered. These are just the last couple of things I wrote…
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Some words on Van Hunt
Ashamed to say that I got a promo of his debut album in 2004 and he’s been to DC many times since then but this was my first time seeing him. Here’s my assessment: In…
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Recent scribbles
A couple things I wrote: Jill Scott at Verizon Center, 8/7/11 Morris Day and The Time at Birchmere, 8/1/11
“Sum s**t I wrote” – © Com Sense
Musiq has nice songs, but sometimes less is more. Ray-Ray is flawless. Big Freedia, N’awlins bounce queen: [Posterior] Everywhere!
Went to the Black Milk show
Enjoyed it. Wrote about it. In concert: Black Milk at U Street Music Hall – Washington Post Click Track blog
Went to the Aloe Blacc show
Wrote about it: Aloe Blacc takes the soul train to the Rock & Rock Hotel – The Washington Post
Wrote about some rap dudes you may know.
Boot Camp Clik’s full-speed marathon – The Washington Post(aka The Day Job). photos by Josh Sisk Hearty congratulations are due to a crew who have survived 15 years in a business that eats souls, and…
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Going Out Guide’s Inaugural Happy Hour w/DJ Stylus, Wed. 1/7
Wherein the music activities collide with the day job for the first time ever… Join washingtonpost.com’s Going Out Gurus at the Going Out Guide’s first monthly happy hour of 2009. The evening features Going Out…
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Chatting with Roberta Flack
Q&A: Roberta Flack – Going Out Gurus blog, 12/11/2008 aka, the day job.
Writing about hip-hop for WaPo
Here: Hip to Hip-Hop: Songs That Shaped a Generation of Music We discussed it too.