saturday special

Saturday morning special. Good day to all. For more treasures from Wax Poetics click here.

36 years ago...

... Ebo Taylor's self-titled album was released. Now Mr Bongo reissues the album. Jump into the world of Mr Bongo, it's worth a dive or two. All will be essential ones.

the best is yet to come, vol 2

The best is yet to come, right? :) Indeed. Get funky. Stay positivo. And go forward.

yellow vibes | getting high

Feeling yellow again and taking this morning funky shot. Good. Day.

my white powder dreams...

...when Gil Scott-Heron meets Esther Philips.



home is where I live inside my white powder dreams
home was once an empty vacuum that's filled now with my silent screams
home is where the needle marks
try to heal my broken heart

my latin way

No sun outside the window even though it's mid July? There is a cure for that: voodoofunk! Always spreading its funky vibes come rain or shine.

Sunday voodoofunk

Sunday morning vibes on repeat from Voodoofunk. Get Funky!

remembering forgetting

Yesterday I remembered a friend's birthday and then I remembered I'd forgotten about another friend's birthday. But isn't "forgetting, not remembering, that is the essence of what makes us human" as Jorge Luis Borges said? Well, either way, then I was once again remembered that Marva Whitney is a saver of all of us! She's The Queen. Here in a great mix from Voodoofunk. Oh, get funky!

get funky with Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart

What'll it take to make you people dance?!

Graham makes a good point again. Ellen and James surely wouldn't have such a problem. They simply make people dance. Well, and so does Graham. Just get up offa that thing and stay tuned as Graham's new album is in stores 2nd April 2012! Yeah! Oh, I wish March wouldn't exist this year at all!



Meet the director of the video Ninian Doff and those who dance in the video :)

a good song from Hawa

Hundred times funkier than Black Eyed Peas

I have the best neighbours in town. I just paid a visit to my Ukrainian and Russian friends and they are just irreplaceable! Oh, how I'm going to miss them when I will be living in a new place... luckily I am not moving that far away :). Speaking of Ukraine and moving out - one band comes immediately to my mind - RotFront - Emmigrantski Raggamuffin Kollektiv. It's quite a suitable name. After all my zdies' emigranty (We Are Immigrants Here) as Gretkowska wrote. Get funky!



Meet the creator of the video Nathalie Lawhead a.k.a. AlienMelon.

Hey retro girl!

There is a trick with new year's resolutions. In April we no longer remember them and they simply melt away together with the snow. So I had a look on my new year's resolution list. In fact, I was tricky enough to keep it as simple as it gets and there are only two words to be found there: GET FUNKY. It's actually very healthy and easy to stick to that resolution. Especially with such retro, soulful and funky tunes served by Jo Stance from Ricky-Tick Records, a hub of Finnish jazz sounds (Jukka Eskola, Lampela, Five Corner Quintet). So for those with tendencies to get grumpy cuz of a delayed arrival of spring in Finland: get over it and get funky!

a good song from Mr. President

The best is yet to come

Being on a quest to find an answer to my multi-culti/linguistic identity dilemmas, I find it quite soothing to confront artists like Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart who are embracing multiplied music alter egos. I would probably do the same if I were blessed with some music talent. "The best is yet to come" is an adequete phrase for my fav time of the week - Thursday evening that's heading towards the weekend. Bruno takes us back to the vintage funk era yet we stay so freshly tuned. It's 2011 and that's the official tune of the upcoming spring. Ooooh, get funky!