Hello, kiddies.
Another term comes to a close. I didn’t fare as well as I had planned in the end, but I think that’s because I really have to get away from here.
You all know how I just love the summertime… UGH! Heat, humidity and headaches. Oh well, I’ll get through this one just like every other.
Saturday marks our first wedding anniversary, so Leslie and I are returning to our summer place for ten more days of rest, relaxation and records… I hope that this trip proves as fruitful as the last.
The time comes to give up another one of those freeform exercises. This one was inspired by taking those visits around the land of blog and having my mind blown. It was just as exhilarating an experience as when I made that tape from the radio, which I finally found out just about all of the song titles and artists. For the past month, I’ve been totally immersed in anything Psychedelia. Fuzz… Sunshine… Freakout!!! There was a time so long ago. I’m sure you’ve all been there at least once. Well for me, it was 1986. MTV was playing the first of many marathons of Monkees episodes. I found Sgt. Pepper for the first time… and botanicals… I look back on it all and don’t regret a single minute. Yeah, young and stupid I was. I guess saying if I knew then what I know now isn’t really necessary. Now that I’ve put my heart on my sleeve again, let’s get to the food… brain food, as the image below may suggest.
01 Introspeak (and subsequent thoughts)* by Timothy Leary
02 Magic Key-Rare Earth
03 The Flying Teapot-Gong
04 No Escape-The Seeds* (just found out that Sky Saxon is no longer with us. Rest in peace…)
05 Open Up Your Mind-The Nuchez
06 Hashish-Indian Puddin And Pipe
07 Get High-Gran Am
08 Smokestack Lightning-Howlin’ Wolf
09 2000 Light Years From Home-The Rolling Stones
10 War Of Distortion-The Leaves
11 Intermission…
12 A Girl Named Sandoz-Eric Burdon &The Animals
13 (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet-The Blues Magoos
14 Fifty Two Per Cent-Max Frost And The Troopers
15 Herbert Harper’s Free Press News-Muddy Waters
16 Nightmare Of Percussion-Strawberry Alarm Clock
17 Termination-Iron Butterfly
18 Sunday Morning-Five Day Week Straw People*
19 You Can’t Ever Come Down-Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies
20 Season Of The Witch-Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll
21 Star Collector-The Monkees
22 Nice To See You-The Left Banke
Please download and enjoy Fufu Stew No. 12.
here is the link to the zip file, complete with three different covers, 76 MB
Here are the mp3 links. each link has a different cover. Which one will you choose… (click on any of the images)
Thank you to Huddinge Hill, Phrockblog and to my friends and esteemed colleagues Nikos and Ronnie… I hope you dig it as much as I did.
…and now for the closing commentary, which simply put, says that when I come home, I hope to post again. Also, the mighty Tony C. returns once again with another batch of heat. This one promises to be extra special so be sure to stand by, especially Lily, Heavy Soul Brutha and W… hint, hint… 
My only thought for the 4th of July is this: One world, independent and free… Until the next time we meet, have fun(k), enjoy the upcoming weekend and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
keep on reading… there’s another new mix for you.
Hello again, kiddies.
I did another guest mix for the fine folks at jemsite.com that I thought you all would enjoy. The last one sounded so good, and I am so glad to have time on my hands again (if only for a week or so)… It’s just another freeform exercise done on the fly, so strap on that stratocast(air)… get it? 
01 Days When We Are Free-Mashmakhan
02 Mr. Soul-Buffalo Springfield
03 Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll-Tony Joe White
04 Mona-Quicksilver Messenger Service
05 Cynthy-Ruth-Black Merda
06 Feelin’ Alright-Rare Earth
07 Soul Soul Soul-The Wild Magnolias
08 I Got A Thing, You Got A Thing, Everybody’s Got A Thing-Funkadelic
09 Biding My Time-Pink Floyd
10 Psycho Part 2-The Fabulous Mark III
11 The Devil Made Me Do It-Curtis Knight
12 Engine Number 9 (Part 1 & 2)-Wilson Pickett
13 Let The Sunshine In-Dennis Coffey
14 Juicy John Pink-Procol Harum
15 Hardcore Jollies-Funkadelic (bonus)
16 Go For Your Guns-The Isley Brothers
…and there’s a surprise at the end.
Please download and enjoy More Six String Fufu, a zip file, 72 MB
if you would rather have the single mp3 file, head on over to jemsite, and whilst you’re there, feel free to browse around… Thanks to Ava for asking me to come back.
Now that I’ve had my fun, it’s time for vacation!!! I’ll try to get one more in there before I have to get back to the books so until then, have fun(k) and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
Hello, kiddies.
Just got back from a very relaxing vacation, hence my tardiness. I don’t have too much time, but I wanted to keep the AntiDivas train rolling just a bit longer with a special mix I did over at Four Brothers’ Beats. While we do have our normal program, I decided to throw ‘em a curve ball of sorts. It’s a bit of a “best of” exercise for the 4BB faithful, but there’s some new scores in there too…
01 What’s It Gonna Be-Dusty Springfield (Philips)
02 I Got My Baby Back-Lorraine Ellison (Warner Brothers)
03 Weak Spot-Ruby Johnson (Volt)
04 Broken Hearted Fool-Inez Foxx (Symbol)
05 Gotta Find My Man-Linda Mackey (VJ International)
06 And My Heart Sang Tra La La-Brenda & The Tabulations (Top And Bottom)
07 Dirty Man-Laura Lee (Chess)
08 Talking About My Baby-Gloria Walker (Flaming Arrow)
09 He’s Not That Kind Of Guy-The Tangeers (Scepter)
10 One Step At A Time-Maxine Brown (Wand)
11 Another Night-Dionne Warwicke (Scepter)
12 To Love Somebody-The Mirettes (Revue)
13 Boss Love Maker-The Emotions (Volt)
14 Echoes From The Past-Hot Sauce (Volt)
15 Love’s Made A Fool Out Of Me-Betty LaVette (Silver Fox)
16 Cherish What Is Dear To You-Freda Payne (Invictus)
17 Forget It-The Sandpebbles (Calla)
18 Sho Nuff It’s Got to Be Your Love-Barbara Lewis (Atlantic)
19 Gotta Find Me A Lover (24 hours A Day)-Erma Franklin (Brunswick)
20 Chopper-Tina Turner (United Artists)
21 He Was A Big Freak-Betty Davis (Just Sunshine)
22 You Think You’re hot Stuff-Jean Knight (Stax)
23 World War Three-Barbara Mason (Buddah)
24 There’s Got To Be Rain In Your Life (To Appreciate The Sunshine)-Dorothy Norwood (GRC)
25 Oh Me Oh My (I’m A FoolFor You)-Lulu (Atco)
26 It’s Gonna Take A Miracle (Medley)-Honey & The Bees (Josie)
27 Step Inside My World-The Magic Touch (Black Falcon)
28 It’s Time To Go Now-Gladys Knight & The Pips (Soul)
Please download and enjoy 7″ Sisters – The 45s Collection by dropping in on the 4BB compound. I really enjoy being a part of that experience, it certainly makes my cratedigging experiences that much better.
With that said, let me say that the vacation was great, albeit too short! I did rediscover lots of great food in the pantry while I was there, some stuff that I haven’t eaten in a long time! You’ll see what I mean the next time we meet. Until then, have fun(k) and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
Hello, kiddies.
There was a bit of a struggle with what to cook up next… I haven’t really gotten the live music bug out of my system yet as the following hyperlink suggests. Feel free to click on it and check out this mighty comp that I shared with my man Ronnie over at the Psychedelic Lion but before you do, remember that I did promise y’all more AntiDivas. Now this one has been lodged in my brain for quite some time, so please allow me to express myself for a bit here. It’s been an awful long time since I had a blues fix, so for your enjoyment…
Now as most of you know, the Blues as we know it is the culmination of a lot of different feelings, so it’s here that I plan to present all of them. The introspeak is presented by Minnie Riperton. Therein was the “conflict” which I rectified, because as much as I enjoyed doing the guest post for Ronnie, I still had a couple more joints that I wanted to add to those mixes, so listen for them in this mix…
01 Why I Sing The Blues-Betty Barney
02 Stormy Monday-Marlena Shaw
03 Homewrecker-Fontella Bass
04 The Thrill Is Gone-Aretha Franklin
05 Your Good Thing-Cold Blood
06 House Of The Rising Sun-Nina Simone
07 Me And My Chauffeur-Memphis Minnie
08 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley
09 Killer Diller-Betty Everett
10 Pounds Of Soul-Betty Bibbs
11 Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right-Mary Wells
12 I Worship The Ground You Walk On-Etta James
13 I’m Gettin’ Along Alright-The Raelettes
14 Me And My Gin (Gin House Blues)-Bessie Smith
15 Sweet Feeling-Candi Staton
16 Why (Am I Treated So Bad)-Julie Driscoll
17 I’d Rather See Him Dead-Tina Turner
18 Use What You Got-Sugarpie DeSanto
19 Baby Don’t You Know-Vicky Anderson
20 No Smoke Blues-Sarah Vaughan
21 Don’t Catch The Dog’s Bone-Erma Franklin
22 Mary Don’t You Weep-Aretha Franklin
Please download and enjoy AntiDivas Sing The Blues, a zip file, 70 MB.
Thanks once again to the Psychedelic Lion family for the love. Be sure to drop by and check out my guest post. And since I haven’t done too many shoutouts lately, let me say hello to my friends at ShoMerde.com and La Colmena de Humo. Feel free to fall by their spots too… Well, that’s almost it. For something totally related yet completely different, I left yet another AntiDivas special mix at my other spot for you…click on the image below.
Time now for another round of midterms, which means three weeks of cramming. I’ll be back soon so until then, have fun(k) and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
Hello, kiddies.
I’ll get back to the AntiDivas on the next go round (trust me, I have more), but I just got a nice treat from the fine folks at the most amazing Psychedelic Lion blog which I must highly recommend. (Welcome aboard, y’all, I hope you enjoy your stay…) Here’s a nice batch of live performances that are sure to blow your mind, hence,
Hey Lawdy Mama – Steppenwolf
Sookie Sookie – Steppenwolf
Summertime – Janis Joplin & the Kozmic Blues Band
Poor Elijah-Tribute To Johnson (Medley) – Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
Mojo – Quicksilver Messenger Service
No So Sweet Martha Lorraine – Country Joe & the Fish
Plastic Fantastic Lover – Jefferson Airplane
Wasn’t It Bit Like Now (aka Parallel 23) – The Association
Dancing in the Streets – Mamas & Papas
It’s About Time – H.P. Lovecraft
Savor – Santana
Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
Black Night – Deep Purple
Please download and enjoy Live Music To Blow your Mind Vol. 2…
If you like that one, check out Vol. 1 by clicking here. Thanks, Ronnie. Mad props… Don’t forget to check out the Psychedelic Lion and as always, please show your love. I hope to be back later on this week with another piping hot batch. Have a good week and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
Hello, kiddies.
My words will be quick today.
I got it done… all I can say is that this is the long awaited tenth installment of AntiDivas, just in time for the two year anniversary. As is custom, it started with one tune that I just couldn’t get out of my head… then another… and another… James once said “we got to let the girls know what they got to do for us”. Well, as far as I’m concerned, these girls got to SANG! Here we go.
01 A Little taste Of Soul-Sugarpie DeSanto
02 Jim Dandy-Margie Hendrix
03 Save Me-Nina Simone
04 Indian Rope Man-Julie Driscoll
05 Holdin’ On-Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
06 That’s How I Feel-The Sisters Of Righteous
07 You Gotta Push-Jodi Gayles
08 Leave My Man Alone-The Raeletts
09 Do It Right-Roz Ryan
10 Nothing But A Heartache-The Flirtations
11 Afro Texas-Letta Mbulu
12 Do Your Thing-Lyn Collins
13 The Real Thing-The New Brasil ‘77
14 You Can’t Turn Me Away-Sylvia Striplin
15 Quit It-Miriam Makeba
16 You-Spanky Wilson
17 My Love’s A Monster-Clea Bradford
18 Hit Or Miss-Odetta
19 Rocky Raccoon-Lena Horne
20 Don’t Get Funky-Gloria Walker
21 Going Down Slow-Aretha Franklin
22 I Believe In Miracles-The Jackson Sisters
Please download and enjoy AntiDivas no. 10, 71 MB
Here’s the link to the mp3 file
Here’s the link to the zip file
Thanks and much love goes out to Ms. Merising for the bounty she put in my mailbox last fall, and to ALL you hardcore AntiDivas fans… you know who you are. 
…and now for the closing commentary
Back to the books. I hope that this term is easier than last. With all due respect to my Algebra professor (who was instrumental in my bringing a D up to an A in less than three months), if I never see another equation in my life, it’ll be too soon for me, and that’s no joke my friends. I’m missing so many things and forgetting so many people that I should thank for their countless blessings. With only a two week gap between courses, I had to get lots of things accomplished, most important, some quality digging. With that said, be sure to remember Record Store Day this Saturday by paying a visit to your local record shop and showing your love. I know I sure will. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and a good week full of fun(k) of course, and please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
Hello, kiddies.
I’m finally ready to get this show on the road. After three grueling months of studying algebraic expressions and equations, I’m HUNGRY!!! With that said, it’s time to lay the first of what I hope to be many piping hot and fresh freeform exercises. First of all, this one was inspired by a recent email I received from the proprietor of jemsite.com, a discussion forum dedicated to the glory of the guitar (a hearty hello to all of you dropping by from there. I hope you enjoy your stay)… For those of you who enjoyed Organic Fufu last summer, get ready for what I hope will be a real mind blowing experience. Each and every ingredient in this my latest double shot contains some type of guitar chops, from full on riffing to the simple syncopated scratch. Pour a glass of wine (or your refreshment of choice, liquid or botanical) and dive in…
Part One
01 Showstopper-Iron Knowledge
02 Nickol Nickol-Brothers Of Hope
03 Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor 1st Movement-Grant Green
04 Hogwash-Earnest Jackson
05 Keep On Dancing-Alvin Cash & The Scott Brothers Orchestra
06 Confusion-Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones
07 Getting It On-Dennis Coffey
08 Africana-Propositions
09 From The Back Hand Side Pts. 1&2-Sons Of Funk
10 Ain’t No Sunshine-Eddy Senay
11 Untitled Instrumental-Parliament
12 Iceberg’s Theme-Dennis Coffey With The Lyman Woodward Trio
13 Detroit-Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists
14 Come Down Baby Pt. 2-The Beginning Of The End
15 Let Me Do My Thing-Afrique
16 The Girl From Kenya-The Fabulous Counts
17 Amazon Bossa Nova-The Cals
18 Trippin’-Cal Green
19 After You Done It-James Brown
20 Instant Whip-The Tremeloes
21 Get Into Something Pt. 2-The Isley Brothers
Part Two
01 Swivel Your Hips-The Gaturs
02 Stand Up-Maskman & The Agents
03 Do Your Thing-Mel Brown
04 The Git Down Part 2-Little Johnny Hamilton & The Soul Pack
05 Give Me Your Love-Funk Inc
06 Soul Strokes-Sidney Pinchback & The Schiller Street Gang
07 Mother’s Son-Curtis Mayfield
08 Every Man For Himself-The Road Runners
09 Success (Instrumental)-Peace Justice And Equality
10 Walk On-The Jackson 5ive
11 Train To Nowhere-Rare Earth
12The Drop Part 2-U.S. Warren
13 Crosstown Traffic-Gil Evans Orchestra
14 Love Can Be Anything (Can’t Nothing Be Love But Love)-The Temptations
15 Voices Inside My Head (Everything Is Everything)-Donny Hathaway
Please download and enjoy Six String Fufu, a zip file, 144 MB…
both parts in one, so Double your pleasure, double your fun. Besides, it’s been too long. I have to treat myself to some pleasure every once in a while. I’m keeping a 3.8 GPA, so I deserve it!
Big thanks to DJ Prestige, DJ Blueprint and my man Kevin over at the I Hear A New World headquarters for the inspiration this time around, and of course to Ava for inviting me to play for the good people at jemsite.com Feel free to pay ‘em a visit.
and now for the closing commentary…
I will make good on my promise to bring back the AntiDivas. In fact, it’s been two years this month since I dropped the first one on ya, so I will attempt to devote the entire month of April to the AntiDiva. It’s gonna be a lotta fun, I assure you. Since I only have a two week respite between terms, I figure I better get started. Again, I want to thank each and every one of you for bearing with me, and I want to send an extra special shoutout to the Guru and his trusted colleagues for continuing to keep plenty of 45 rpm heat on hand… the next time I see you all will be much sooner than the last time… Basically, there’s still plenty to eat ’round here so don’t go far. As always, have fun(k) and please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
Hello, kiddies.
The wait is over… I am pleased to announce the long awaited return of Four Brothers Beats!!!
Yes, that’s right. Ark, Laffy, Soulbrotha and yours truly are back… Go have a look at the new digs at http://4bbweekly.wordpress.com, but before you go, let me tell you that I have been busy here too. I got to do some much needed digging over the past three weeks, so look for some fresh and piping hot joints here in the coming days. Until then, have fun(k), and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
Hello, kiddies.
Before I go any further, I do have a couple of surprises. At long last, there are some new Fufu Snax!!! Head on over and help yourself…
In addition, I am trying something new and a little out of the ordinary in some cases. I now occupy another small space in the blogisphere which I call Fufu Stew Too. It’s still a little green, but feel free to drop by and have a look round.
Well, another week of algebra is over and I still have a good average. I am so strapped for time but I wanted to drop by and say howdy. In addition, I wanted to give a shoutout to my man the Scholar for a job well done on the Valentine’s day special. If you didn’t get the opportunity to check out my contribution, there’s no time like the present.
It was kinda ironic that I got that invite, because I actually had Souled On Music on my brain just a few days earlier. I had been feasting on some old recipes and found one of my all time favourites. For the benefit of those of you who are new to the Fufu Stew experience, here’s another chance to check out one of the first guest posts that I did back in August of 2007. I added a little spice and a couple extra ingredients for those of you who were there the first time around. With that said, here’s the first installment of My Favourite Fufu…
Fufu Stew’s Funkiest 45s in F Reheated (Originally posted at Souled On Music 10 August 2007). Click the link for most of the label scans, props, etc.
Intro: Doin’ It To Death excerpt-The JBs (People)
01 Here Comes The Judge-Pigmeat Markham (Chess)
02 Charge-The Mod Squad (Tangerine)
03 Tuck’s Theme-Bill Deal & The Rhondells (Heritage)
04 Vacuum Cleaner-The Isley Brothers (T Neck)
05 Working My Way Back (Into A Funky Thing)- The Unifics (Fountain)
06 Freedom Blues-Little Richard (Reprise)
07 There’s A DJ In Your Town-Samson & Delilah (Indigo)
08 TCB Or TYA-Bobby Patterson (Jetstream)
09 Do It To Me One More Time-Joey Gilmore (Phil LA Of Soul)
10 Golly Zonk, It’s Scat Man-Scat Man Crothers (Hanna Barbera)
11 Sock It To ‘Em, J.B. Pt. 1-Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers (Like)
12 Do The African Twist Pt. 1&2-The Mad Men (Gamble)
Intermission: The Beat Goes On Phase 2&3-Vanilla Fudge (Atco)
13 Sock It To Em Soul Brother-Bill Moss (Loren)
14 Sophisticated Funk-John Roberts (Duke)
15 Humpin’ Thumpin’ And Bumpin’-Andre Williams (Checker)
16 Seeds Of Life-Harlem River Drive (Roulette)
17 We Are Neighbours-The Chi-Lites (Brunswick)
18 Till I Get My Share-Clarence Reid (Alston)
19 Sad Feeling-Bobby Bland (Duke)
20 Mr. Penguin Pts. 1&2-Lunar Funk (Bell)
21 You’re Losing Me-Ann Sexton (Seventy Seven)
22 Blow Your Whistle-TheSoul Searchers (Sussex)
23 The Drunk-James Brown (Bethlehem)
24 Soul For Sale-Ace Cannon (Hi)
25 Yes-Suh’-Charlie Earland’s Erector Set (Eldorado)
Exitus: The Beat Goes On Phase 4-Vanilla Fudge (Atco)
Please download and enjoy Fufu Stew’s Funkiest 45s in F Reheated, a zip file, 70 MB
No real closing commentary this time around. I found a couple more that I will reheat later on. With a little luck I should have a brand spanking new 45 rpm exercise real soon, but I hope that this heaping helping of dusty singles will get you through. I do have term papers and finals coming up over the next three weeks, so I’ll be burying my nose in the books once more. Almost done with the work, then the fun will resume.Thanks one and all for bearing with me during my time of need. I haven’t studied this hard since I was in Middle school, but in the end, it will all be worth it. Have fun(k) and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
P.S. Please show your love to Daptone Records…
Time for a new look for the place.. Once again, the header is temporary…
Hello, kiddies.
The wait is finally over as I am pleased to welcome none other than Soul Psychadelicyde’s Lily Kane to the kitchen… This episode of Come On In My Kitchen is a joint creation that I’ve been working on for quite some time in between various real life situations, school and otherwise. Lil provided the base (as that is what makes any stew good and comfy) with a mixed bag of sweet and soulful sounds both old and new. Fans of her blog which can now be found here have already gotten a sneak preview, but I added just a little bit of extra spice from the pantry.
Lil had this to say… “All these tracks came from somewhere: some are from re-releases, compilations, some are from other blogs… and some others are from a generous 45 collector named Theo. Besides thanking all the sources, I mostly want to thank Vincent for helping me find my inner anti-diva.”
When she took the first spoonful of what I put together, she smiled with approval… with that said, grab a bowl and dig in.
The Soul Chef Meets The Soul Psycho (originally titled “Birdseed”)
01 How-The Masqueraders
02 Remember Me-The Trinikas
03 Tumbling-Albert Williams
04 Yo Yo Affair Pts. 1&2-Madlib Featuring Frenza
05 I’m Wishing-Lorenz Alexandria
06 Listen Black Brother-Marion Black
07 The Boogie Man-The Crystal Mansion
08 No More Trouble On The Mountain-Richard Groove Holmes
09 If I Do My Thing On You-Ann Sexton
10 I Wouldn’t Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)-Bobby “Blue” Bland
11 I Learned It All The Hard Way-Howard Tate
12 Run Run Run-Ann Peebles
13 I Don’t Know Why-O.V. Wright
14 Change-Daz’rene
15 Just My Luck-Syl Johnson
16 What You Don’t Want Me To Be-Lee Moses
17 Ain’t No Sunshine-Betty Wright
18 True Love Don’t Grow On Trees-Helene Smith
19 He Makes Me Mad-The Hollywood Jills
20 Gimme Some Of Yours-Rhetta Hughes
21 One Sweet Song-Gloria Lucas
22 If I Can’t Fly-The Honey Cone
23 You Need Me-Tiombe Lockhart
24 California Dreaming-Eddie Hazel
Please download and enjoy The Soul Chef Meets The Soul Psycho, 69 MB
Here’s the link to the mp3 file
Here’s the link to the zip file
Thank you to Soul Sides, The Captain’s Crate, Neopolitan Funk, Funk My Soul, and most important, thank you Lily for putting up with my tardiness…
The studies are going well. A cumulative GPA of 4.0!!! If only I had put this much effort into my studies when I was in High School. To celebrate my accomplishments, a much deserved digging session will definitely be in order this week, so expect a new 45 rpm exercise to grace this space sooner than later. Just a few more weeks and I can get back to business as usual for a while… at least until the next term begins. With that said, it’s time to get back to the books so have fun(k) and as always, please be safe.
Peace and blessings.
