Monthly Archives: May 2007

This Ass Invented Fusion

Man I love Betty Davis. Something about that freaky attitude that makes the music sound so eternally vital (and just a little scary). Maybe it’s just what the seventies did to people- brought out all these edges. And that’s what… Continue reading

Category best of hl, miscellania, music Tags

friends of friends

image of rosie, denison and sufjan by liz wong via her artghost blog on thursday night i ventured out into the sultry heat of kings cross all on my own to catch a gig. i’d not been to a gig… Continue reading

Category charity, cover versions, music, my big thing, our famous friends Tags

Something for the weekend (summer in the city edition)

Gotta say jez’s post will be keeping me going for most of the weekend. Damn! indeed. Just incase you’re still in need of some weekend loving, here is a brief (but heavy) piece from marc mac’s criminally under-appreciated epic ‘It’s… Continue reading

Category miscellania, something for the weekend

dusty balearia

Sometimes my work in the jet set world of music and t’ing surprises even me by throwing up a track from an unlikely source. This little bounder was caught hiding on a soundtrack to the film Scandal. It’s Dusty Springfield… Continue reading

Category music

Africa Mon Amour

Some friends of ours have just come back from a trip to Liberia and the Central African Republic. Simon and Laura are involved in setting up the London branch of hl’s favourite charity charity:water so they took the opportunity to… Continue reading

Category charity, miscellania

Something for the weekend’s end.

this week I will dispel with the formalities and trick plays and get down to the brass tacks. spent the weekend on a Florida (Panama City) beach sipping belgian beer and mexican tequila—behold the clout of globalization. nothing like getting… Continue reading

Category limited editions, something for the weekend

Tokyo Balearic #2

“Tokyo Balearic?” To be honest that`s cribbed from DJ Marbo. Old sparring partner of DJ Harvey, now of Star-Lowrider. I DJed with Marbo a couple of months back. He was kind enough to guest at our night. He came down… Continue reading

Category hl *heart* japan, music Tags

for my love

Feather VII by Takashi Hirata (more here) sabata-man for my lady

Category other

it’s the quality…

scrabbling around my itunes for something for the weekend i somehow got caught up in a donut hole. i’ve heard a couple of things recently which have made me wonder what they’d have been if j dilla had’ve been around… Continue reading

Category music, something for the weekend

a prophet in his own town

Heading back to my old stomping ground tonight. It’s been a while since I’ve had any reason to return, so it’s gonna be weird seeing how much things have changed (and how much things have stayed the same). Behind my… Continue reading

Category third floor classics Tags