The talk show. Usually booked with talking heads that have very little to say. Leave it to the musical acts that get booked to make it all worthwhile… James Brown – “There Was A Time”
Selected by TimS – As I melt away in my first summer under the North Carolina sun it feels appropriate to post some of my favorite 9th Wonder tracks. Those that don’t know this cat can feel free to fall on something sharp…
Well, it’s not quite a jukebox. At least not yet. But it’s at least a place to post music! So you get the idea. We’ll see how this evolves over time… ASTRONAUTALIS – “The Wondersmith And His Sons” Astronautalis – The Wondersmith And His Sons First song on the 2008 album Pomegranate. BEASTIE BOYS – “Hold It [...]
Foreword by – J.C. Carnahan Proving there is indeed a first time for everything, the Orlando Magic won their first NBA Finals game in seven tries on Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Lakers. That cuts the series lead to 2-1 for L.A. and improves Orlando’s futile mark in the Finals to 1-6 overall in this, their second trip. The [...]
The World Wide Web is a busy place, a place where Joint Contrast wastes hours upon hours existing. Check out some of our neighbors. You never know, you might learn something new. Or not. But at least you would have put forth the effort… = June 6, 2009 == John Q. Public == What do you get [...]
The music video. An art form if actually put together properly. Back in the day, when MTV and other “music video channels” actually played music videos for music fans this platform was what helped connect it all together. It also introduced new sounds to a new audience. And as was expressed in KEEPING CAMERA ROLLING [...]
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
By – J.C. It seems like an eternity ago, when the majority of citizens in this country gave an outward sigh of “damn, here we go again” upon receiving the results of the past two presidential elections. But on Jan. 20, 2009 the weight of eight long years was finally lifted from the backs of us minorities [...]
Saturday, January 17, 2009
– By TimS Remember when that little Napster thing came along and ass-fucked the whole concept of the record business? I know Lars Ulrich does. Along with stuffing my (and essentially every other human beings) musical catalogue, what the peer-to-peer file sharing phenomenon eventually proved was that the people running the record business were as [...]
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tear down boundaries. That’s what the Tow Away Zone does every Wednesday morning from 10 am-12 noon in the basement of 91.5 FM (www.WPRKDJ.org) at the Rollins College campus in Winter Park, FL. As 2009 approaches and the one-year anniversary of the show nears, host J. Charles sheds light on the past 11 months… Why Call It Tow [...]
Monday, December 29, 2008
Because his opinion is very important (even if only to himself), Joint Contrast contributor TimS offers up his picks of the 10 best non hip-hop albums of 2008… Get Your Mind Right – Included are the 10 non hip-hop albums that didn’t make me want to throat fuck myself with a soup spoon. Seriously, extremely bad and [...]