15 Aug
Song of the minute
My uncle Bob used to make mixtapes of his favorite songs. At the beginning of the year, he’d take a cassette, mark it with the year, and whenever he became particularly attached to a song, he’d record it to the cassette, and by the end of the year, he’d have his personal Best Of. I tried to do the same myself, but never quite got around to it or remembered to keep up with it. Informally, we can try the same thing here. These songs may not be entirely new, and, really, they might not be entirely good either, but they will be the songs I am attached to at the moment I post them here.
Janelle Monae – Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)
The music video is terrific (as is, apparently, the entire album).
