Koch Lovers

Get ready for the grimiest 80 minutes of your week:






I'm seeing Wolfen, Saturday Night Fever, Dog Day Afternoon, Midnight Cowboy, Death Wish, Cruising, Superfly, The Warriors, Rosemary's Baby, Taxi Driver, French Connection, Husbands, Three Days of the Condor, The Odd Couple, Author! Author!, Klute, The Boys in the Band, Hi, Mom!, Superman, Scarface, The Landlord, American Pop, Mean Streets, After Hours, Wild Style, Panic in Needle Park, Fame, Downtown 81, Tootsie, Fritz the Cat, Serpico, Serpico, Serpico, and so many other movies I'm desperate to see.

Private Sparkle

Here are my two new favorite songs this week:



1.) Aretha Franklin - Jump

I read about this soundtrack album (that I had never heard of or seen even after years of record shopping) as being the most criminally unknown/underrated Aretha album. The fact that it's from 1976 and composed/produced by Curtis Mayfield should put any lingering doubt in your mind to rest. Here's the vinyl rip since I couldn't find anything online.


Aretha Franklin - Jump
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2.) Private - My Secret Lover

Sorry for the radio edit but it's all I could get for the moment. Watch the video for all the dirty bits. Apparently (but of course) this is huge in the UK, yet another reason I'm in the wrong country...


Private - My Secret Lover
[right-click to download]

Still Bill

Just picked up Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall for a dollar and can't wait to go home and listen to it. It reminded me that everyone should watch his performance at the Zaire 74 music festival (from the documentary Soul Power):