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impalaportkey asked: But... I've only had tumblr for 11 months and 4 days.
But you have had other accounts since…I don’t even know when.All I know is when I finally figured out my user/pass this morning, all of your messages were on my page…so…i think you follow me. And/or I follow you.
impalaportkey asked: ohmygod. you found my tumblr.
ohmygod, i have been following you for about 2 years.
actually, it’s more like:
“Ohmygod, I found MY tumblr.”
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
Depends. Do the robots have weapons? And if so, what kind?
Good times!!! Beyoncé 'End of Time' Remix Competition We need some great producers, engineers, and remix specialists on this one. (wouldn't it be cool if a chick won it?)
Beyoncé is giving you the chance to remix her track ‘End of Time’, the latest single off Beyoncé’s new album “4”. She is looking to her fans to make their own remixes or versions of the track. Download the audio stems to the song below, mix them up, and submit your remix for a chance to have it appear on an upcoming Beyoncé release!
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Another installation of “Songs that Don’t Suck”…this time, with an Americana feel…
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The first time I heard Etta James, it was on Seattle’s KPLU show, “All Blues”…must have been 1996ish. It was “In the Basement”, and I thought it was really weird they’d found a Janis Joplin song I had never heard of, since I was a devotee. When they said it was Etta James, I went to the library and checked out every cd and book they had about her. (The internet was still in it’s infancy, and you couldn’t buy CDs online until a few years later. Whenever an artist bowled me over, I would go to the library and get everything available about them. I wanted to know everything.) I went nuts for her, and saw her in concert whenever she came to town, which wasn’t that often. She was my new Aretha, Janis, Bonnie, Otis, etc. for years. Without Etta, (and others, of course), there would be no Beyonce. All R&B singers have drawn from Etta James’ influence, whether they know it (or admit it) or not. She didn’t have the popularity of some of the other singers of her time, but that gave her the freedom to be fearless and experimental. She had talent beyond compare, she lived 100 lives, and in the end, she was surrounded by love.
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T-Soul’s “Best of Me” on the newest installation of “Songs that Don’t Suck”.
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Who doesn’t love Ben Folds? I did a super quick and dirty cover of a song I couldn’t get out of my head. I just sang it once and uploaded it, so I hope it’s okay. I think the volume is super low, but I didn’t have any time to fix it before my next student showed up. If you haven’t already, check Ben’s new retrospective record, “Best Imitation of Myself”. He’s brilliant.
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Songs that Don’t Suck…first song! More to come, stay tuned…
Launching “Songs That Don’t Suck”…the blog and the Soundcloud page on December 15. If you are a musician, drop your best tunes into the dropbox at http://ping.fm/ZutCI If you like music, follow the blog at http://ping.fm/895ZE
