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Rest in peace to one of the cornerstones of New Orleans r&b, and American music in general. Passed Sept 11th, laid to rest in Metarie yesterday. Deep Soulstrut relevance. Pass The Hatchet, Trick Bag, Lover and a Friend, Allen Toussiant, Dr. John etc. etc. Respect.

My mother in law passed away in our home yesterday. She'd been with us for months, so it was a lovely, quiet passing. She told us she wants Miles played at her service. We have hired a very competent Jazz Trio. They need two songs from me, I don't know his catalog much. I'm doing my...

I'm taking the 15 year old and his best friend to Austin 3rd thru 6th for the Rooster Teeth convention, a gaming con. This was supposed to be me and the wife, her mom got sick, so it's just me and the kids. Staying at the Radisson downtown on Chavez and congress. So I got two days and nights...

So we finally have some real winter weather down here in the swamp, and as soon as we got some ice on the roads, they closed down the whole fuckin state. So I have two days off work, gonna deep clean the house, need some new stuff to listen to. Please to recommend some mixes with lots...

Yep, I've done been gaffled. I have been through some pretty intense family stuff this year in DC, asked the strut for some advice on the city and The Gaffler was the first to extend his hand. DUDE IS DUDE. Really went above and beyond, just a really friendly and helpful cat. Super...

It's my girls big 40th today, and I'm reppin hard for the most amazing person I've ever met. She's a poet (fo real), educator, copywriter, comic, songwriter, editor, chef, mother, lover, and best friend you could ever have. We're on year 8 together and she daily challenges me, supports me...

Wassup strut. So my wife just got word she landed a very cool teaching position @ the Kennedy center in dc. We have decided to accept and move the family up there this summer. I visit dc every 15 months or so, my father and sister live on the city, so I'm vaguely familiar. Questions ...

Having a garage sale this wknd to clear out the attic. Going to put out a couple of cratess of chud. Ohio players vg, shit disco 12s, your basic crap. What's the going rate? A buck, two? I've seen the thrift prices go up, same for yard sales? What y'all spending these days? I'm...

Wassup strut. Taking a last minute trip to see my sisters new house in Boston next week. Flying into Dc, seeing fam there, renting a car and then up to Boston. Taking I -95 all the way. East Coast Strutters: Please advise about the following: Route tips? Speed traps? Toll avoidance? Good...

Whatup folks, been a while. So, my smallish college town sucks for shows, and to my suprise and amusement I see that the local 800 capacity club has Ice Cube next weekend and Snoop Dogg the week after that. Now, I'm always bitching to my girl about the paucity of live acts around here...

With all of the goofy threads about pickles-n-such lately,I've decided to bring it back to the basics.This thread was inspired by my dinner last night, 2 thin cut t-bones, cheap at $6 apiece, pan searedwith herbed butter and salt-n-pepa.Simple, basic, low-end even on the beef scale.So...

Just getting this through my head.In addidtion to all of the '80s memories(I'm 38) of MJ beingexpressed so well here, I find most of the thoughts in my headturning to my memories of being in the club playing Michael.I mean, mygod, you just couldn't go wrong when the needle dropped.I distinctly...

You're on a roll, dood.

Or what?

So, I work a contract job at the local city park theatre, running sound.The majority of the jobs are dance company recitals and competitions.This requires playing a single song on a cd for 2-3 minutes, and having thenext ready to go after about 10 sec.The theatre has a NUMARK "CD MIX1" dual deck...

Ok, so the girl wants to stay in this pm, cook a meal and get drunk.For us, this usually means a couple of bottles of wine.Tonight, she wants to go with the hard stuff. Vodka shots.She usually drinks a madras with Absolut.I'm a strict Bushmills guy myself, but I'm down for whatever.It is our...

Okay, with 2 NOLA threads in a month, it's time for some REAL TAWLK.Who's down with carnival?As a mostly lifelong resident of THE BOOT, I've done MardiGras hundredsof times, uptown parades, nighttime quarter parades, New Roads swamp parades,midcity truck parades, zulu, all a dat.Now, however, I...

Sup fools.My girlfriend is a professional poet/performance poet (nodefjam)of many years. She teaches poetry to gradeschoolers for a living,but is a real-deal poet and performer as well.For the past year, I have been trying to get her to film some performances,and post 'em up on YouTube. She...

I just picked up a copy this morning of The 13th Amendment, "the strectch" 45 on Slave Records outta Baton Rouge.Now, I have a VG+ copy of this record,I found it about 10 years ago, and thisis the only other copy I have ever seen,and I have been digging in this area sincethe mid-'90s.Anyhoo...

Im in the process of putting up some rekkerds onEbay, and I am having some trouble finding any infoon a few "random" early 90's-late '80s TX and LA twelves.Any info appreciated:MC-1 GRAND - "International player"/"ColdBlooded", International Player Productions Records, 1990, Houston, TXTHE...