The Rolling Stones - Dance (Promo Only Disco Instrumental) plus Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot

Rolling Stones - Dance (Promo Only Disco Instrumental). This is so great. SO GREAT. That era of the 70s with rock meeting disco and funk and fusion, then giving birth to new wave and electro in the early 80s…what could ever be better.
“This one however not many know of as it was [...]

Maze ft. Frankie Beverly - We Are One, Daft Punk - Something About Us

Frankie Beverly - We Are One. This song’s totally out of control. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone point out some nice atmospheric similarities between this and Daft Punk’s brilliant “Something About Us.”

Here’s Daft Punk’s Something About Us.

Here’s the album version of Maze’s We Are One.  Check out the similarities between the bass, [...]

Kool & the Gang - Get Down On It

Kool & the Gang - Get Down On It

Gap Band — Party Train and Early in the Morning and You Dropped a Bomb On Me

Gap Band- Party Train
Doesn’t get any better than this…
Gap Band -Early in the Morning

Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me

Shalamar - Night to Remember

Pretty smooth…Shalamar - Night to Remember.  let’s hope the 70s/80s come back for real some day. Prince, Gap Band, Earth Wind and Fire.

The Best Drum and Bass Song Ever Made

mp3: Lock and Shawl - Run That One By Me Again
This is the best drum and bass song ever made, hands down!
Killer space plants illustration by Doug Cummings (looks like my backyard); more plants.

Philip Glass — Train/Spaceship Pts. 1 and 2

Wow, such propulsiveness/rhythm, without any drums–though I would pay to have Damon Che from Don Caballero to record a drum track to this just to see how it would sound. Love the sax and woodwinds? in this piece. I love early Philip Glass, like the Glassworks album. Very organic, it’d be [...]

A Closer Look at the Basics of Functions and Derivatives

When looking at a function name, the input variable(s)/independent variable(s) are the letters in parentheses next to the function name such as the x in f(x). (Disclaimer: I’m no math pro, so take this all with a grain of salt). See the post When to Use the Composite Function/Chain Rule [...]

Sebastien Tellier - Une Heure

Nice…Sebastien Tellier - Une Heure. Some kind of new wave analog synth 70s/80s pop fusion song…the full, finished album version with vocals and lyrics is on the Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality album, produced by Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo of Daft Punk. Sounds sort of like a mix between Josef K and the Happy Family [...]

LA Times: Bret Easton Ellis

LA Times: Bret Easton Ellis, two decades beyond ‘Zero’
“I think in the last five years or so there’s been a rather ominous silence,” said Jonathon Keats, a San Francisco critic and artist who admires Ellis’ work. “It seems like Ellis has never been given the benefit of a test of time. He’s gone from being [...]