A desolate canyon? The barren remnants of a once powerful river? Try the grooves of a vinyl record, magnified 1,000x by an electron microscope.
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It’s official: Soul Train is rolling into the Smithsonian. The museum just announced plans to add memorabilia from the show’s 37-year-long run to its collection. I’ll be studying some of YouTube’s Soul Train offerings to celebrate.
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Via: Washington Post
If you need of a dose of funk, soul or general grooviness, pay a visit to the Funky 16 Corners. It’s a near-bottomless pit of rare LPs, mixtapes and one-off tracks that you can download for your desktop pleasure. This one’s from Mac Rebennack before he became known as Dr. John.
Image source: Funky 16 Corners
Must you sing of days gone by
Must you always sigh
Tell me why your song is sad, never glad
Blue River, Blue River
Do you hold the memory Of a vanished dreamWords he sang while they danced away.
Grooveshark.com is almost too good to be true. You type in the name of a band you’ve been meaning to check out, and voila! Full length albums appear, and you can listen for free. From the mainstream to the more obscure, this is my go-to place for party playlist options when I need a break from my IPod favorites.
Picture via: Libertad Leal Photography
