Eugene McDaniels - Supermarket Blues
my buddy eugene, the coolest soul brother with the least coolest soul brother name in the history of cool soul brothers - and this is over 30 years before “gnarls barkley” redefined what it meant to record smooth soul under the dorkiest of monikers. supermarket blues has to be one of my favourite songs about being beaten up in the supermarket by some white grandma. goddammmmm. i love that not only does this nasty white grandma call eugene a ‘communist jerk’, but then she commits the greatest sin of all and just generally gets uptight. that shit doesn’t fly with someone as smooth as… “eugene mcdaniels”… i mean seriously..

Blockhead - The Art of Walking
blockhead aka tony simon. ninja tune downtempo driven by nostalgia and melody. he and dj signify have come through australia in the last week with prefuse 73, so he has been popping up in the street press and radio, and he’s an interesting guy. a lot of what he says makes a lot of sense, which i always find appealing. theres a cool but couple of years old interview here.

hope you’re enjoying the mp3s - i’ve got a couple more coming in the next few days..