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...Friends,” this reissue squeezes out session-outtake turds like the 15-second-long “Sentinel” and a song called “Soul Food,” which is—I’m not kidding—an improvised jam about buying some soul food.The live tracks aren’t much better. The band ruins an early performance of “Fight This Generation” by playing two slide whistles throughout the cut. Malkmus wastes our time by tuning his guitar for nearly a minute before a mediocre...
...It’s okay. We’re all drunk.” Just wanted to put that out there. Despite these flagrant party-fouls, Rebirth was still a good time and reminded FM of birth itself: moist, intense, and accompanied by a slap on the ass. Quisque Jam offered those who left Rebirth looking for something less sweaty with little relief, but the dancing was... how you say, muy caliente. The Chorus Line cast party in De Wolfe included a sweaty grinding line that brought FM back to our bar-mitzvah days. The Fox’s Margarita...
Lady Sovereign “Public Warning” (Def Jam...
Lady Sovereign’s generic home, the strange and wonderful London-based not-quite-hip-hop music known as Grime, is easy enough to pinpoint. But somewhere in between her North-West London home and Jay-Z’s Def Jam office, the S.O.V. started sounding like Eminem...
...Later that day, I tried to go to the Green Zone to get my press credentials, but got stuck in a traffic jam caused by the U.S. snatch of Sheik Mazin al-Saedi - a top aide to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr detained on suspicion of involvement in sectarian killings by Shi'ite militia. Sitting in traffic in downtown Baghdad is far more nerve-wracking than rolling down even the most dangerous road in the area. You wonder if there are any car bombs amid the traffic around you as you eye the gridlock. You wonder...