Well, it’s two weeks after the fact and I’m finally able to wrap my head around the musical smorgasbord that was Bonnaroo 2009. 75,000 people descended on Manchester, TN, (population: roughly 9,500 for 361 days of the year), for the festival’s eighth year.
The musical equivalent of Willy Wonka’s world of pure imagination, Bonnaroo once again [...]

Everyone should go check this out: The guys at Kissing Suzy Kolber – the best damn sports blog, period – did a mock draft to compile their funeral playlist. Awesome. Among the highlights: “Life is a Bitch” by Nas, “Tom Traubert’s Blues” by Tom Waits and a robust discussion about which Radiohead song is the [...]

A few of us here at Stranger Dance fled the DC area to get away from politics, but even we’ve gotten caught up this election season. Having said that, I’ll be happy when it’s all over and we can start moving forward.
However, if you just can’t get enough of this battle, you can even check [...]

As the rhythm designed to bounce,
What counts is that the rhymes
Designed to fill your mind.
Now that you’ve realized the pride’s arrived,
We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
This was the mainstream rap of my youth. Sure, Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” never climbed as high on the charts as MC Hammer or Young [...]

So, um, Rock the Bells released the roster of artists for the summer ‘08 tour and, ah, it’s fucking phenomenal. At least for an aging hip-hop head like myself. …
The tour is really a back to the future show with an all-star lineup of acts from the “Mid-Nineties Revolution” – A Tribe Called Quest, The [...]