Jam Of The Week: N.A.S.A. (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith) - "Spacious Thoughts"
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Rozenswag
on Friday, November 27, 2009
Tom Waits is one of my dad's favorite artists. OK, don't go alt-tabbing quite yet - my dad's pretty cool. He snowboards and mountain bikes and saves lives. Tom Waits does none of those things, but he's arguably much cooler. He makes weird guttural noises and his albums are alternately beautiful and cacophonous. The engaging visuals go well with Waits' rough voice. I don't know cool Keith as far as I can throw his wiki, but I like that he has approximately 10 monikers. Take a look - it's Thanksgiving weekend - what else are you going to do, hang out with your family?
Runner up after the jump
Runner up:
Bob Dylan - "Must Be Santa"
Only one this week - looks like everyone took vacation early this week. Hat tip BMar. When asked why Bob Dylan is doing a Xmas song, BMar said to me offline:
~BMar: no one knows
its puzzling
he's either insane or playing a joke on us
Late entry: OK Go - "WTF?"
Same dudes as the treadmill video.
Old school JOTW:
Eric B and Rakim - "Paid In Full"
No relation to the above videos (how could they?) Instead, I just opted for a classic jam.
Note: Apologies for the delay.
3 comments:
Kool Keith is one of the best rappers ever and the best rapper around today. His flow beats and subject matter are all innovative and about 20 years ahead of their time. He sounds like he's from another planet. Check out his myspace but more accessible albums are Dr. Octagon (produced by Dan the Automator), Black Elvis and Sex Style.
Todd, you are obsessed...
Do I entirely understand why Bob Dylan made this awesome, eccentric Christmas music video? No. Then again, I'm no Dylan connoisseur. I do know that this is the best Christmas song I've heard since Snoopy shot down the Red Baron. I played it at my first annual "It's a Wonderful Life" party last night. Unfortunately, I didn't show the video, which exquisitely captures the zaniness of the song.
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