So one of my favorite bands in the world is The Slackers. They are a spectacular New York City ska band. Their new album, “The Great Rocksteady Swindle” was just released last Tuesday. I recommend everyone bust open their wallets and spend the $10 for this gem. Here is a preview track available from youtube:

One of my favorites from the album is definitely the dub-remix of “Ain’t No Sunshine.” This track alone was almost worth the $10 for the album.

Also, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim put out a new album, “Here Lies Love.” My buddy Matt turned me on to its release a couple weeks ago, and I have to say I’m very impressed. This is good walking around town music.

Finally, I also grabbed Major Lazer, Guns Don’t Kill People … Lazers Do.

In conclusion, if you buy any album this month/year/decade go with the Slackers. If you are feeling adventurous, or have access to a good torrent client , go ahead and grab all three.

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Well, I have a little personal tradition on Wednesday. I call it Weensday, and I attempt to drink beer and listen to Ween.

Tomorrow’s Weensday is especially important because I am embarking on my 3rd annual trip to my favorite city, New Orleans. I am going to rage like a Slowtimer should, eat good food, and attempt to remember more than 50% of my trip.

In celebration of this glorious day, I have carefully constructed a Weensday Playlist. I thought I would share it with you in the hopes that you will construct a similar playlist and celebrate with me…

Comments? Questions? Suggestions?

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Snoop Dog and the Big Eighties Hair Singers, like totally 80s. Jersey Hair.

Yo Yo Yo SLOWTIMER RAPS!

top-Hat is one creative mutha effer, and I just have to give him mad props for all his work thus far.  It’s been hard fun.  The fact that he created an album and put it all together professional-like still blows my mind.  If you haven’t yet, check it out… it’s called Boostrpak.  Chweetbox, homey.

Well, here it is… the innaugural edition of the much anticipated 15 minute freestyle podcast.  When top-Hat came to me with the idea of the 15 minute freestyle podcast, I nearly shit myself.  Just kidding, I said that for emphasis, but I was psyched for real.  The idea was he would just spin a bunch of different music of his choice and just let it roll for 15 straight.  I had free range to do whatever I wanted and could just unleash my verbal diarrhea with no recourse.  We’ve been doing shit like this for years and it’s just something that we have genuine fun doing.  For some cosmic reason we have this ability to bounce ideas off each other in real-time and sometimes we create some funny crazy shit we never thought existed.  Obviously though, it’s not all gold records.  So we took a crack at it to see what would happen, and let the tape roll.  You could be the judge if you have the patience to sit through it.

One of the gems that came out of this weeks episode was the diatribe on big 80′s hair.  It made me wonder, “Is the magic still alive?”  The answer is, of course, on Facebook.  I must also give props to the founder.  God damn, god damn…  and stay tuned for the scoop on the flew the coop troupe.

*UPDATE*  WE’RE STILL FIGURING OUT HOW TO UPLOAD A HUGE AS FILE, BUT THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE THE VISUALS, SO I POSTED IT ANYWAY

*UPDATE*

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They finally made a song and music video (with dance) just for me. It’s been a long time coming, but really do appreciate it.

Watch it here because embedding is disabled.

Now that you mention it, I think I will hit the booty. Enjoy

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