Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
I’m so used to ignoring most local music (indie rock and techno just aren’t my scenes, despite numerous friends’ efforts) that somehow Blue Scholars snuck right past me. I’m totally in love with the production and omg, those hometown lyrics. Hometown politics, hometown landmarks, hometown poetry. “Inkwell” and “Burn Offering” in particular are extra awesome.
Grab the albums: Blue Scholars (2006), Bayani (2007).
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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Ariel v.
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Oh yes. And I always love listening to Evening Chai. I love their politics, love their vibe, love the fact that they talk about smokin’ and tea.
And yeah, being such a huge fan of Seattle, the hometown lyrics get me too:
“I taste the evening and breathe in the crisp pacific northwest air…
This visual kiss, the Puget Sound
And the bluest of skies
Two sides of the abyss”
So glad you discovered!
Joy
January 4th, 2008 at 1:21 am
When I saw “Bayani” [a Filipino word for “hero”], I wondered whether they were Filipino. And they are.
Thanks for posting this. I like discovering new tunes, especially ones that I wouldn’t normally come across with.
b
January 4th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Oh man, have I failed! Well, at least you know them now. They are the essence of Seattle hip hop and are the most likely (with any luck) of all Seattle artists to make it onto the national scene.
“This city was built
on the backs of the brave
who gave up their homes
for a dollar a day…”
DOUG.
January 7th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
C’mon man, “Joe Metro” is life on the #48, right through both your Seattle ‘hoods!
“North of Martin Luther King: a straight warzone
Detours through the concrete, cranes, and bulldozers
No, the Hill is not over still
Every block got a coffee shop; it’s overkill”