Human Planet – Wild Mares

. Human Planet is the first BBC/Discovery Channel co-production to focus solely on human behavior. Since premiering in the UK, the series has received overwhelming critical acclaim including The Telegraph proclaiming, “it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before” and The Sun stating that it’s “visually stunning and utterly fascinating, this is seriously impressive stuff.” From …

Demons EP, Debut US Release from UK Dance Upstarts Fenech-Soler is Now Out on iTunes Via Warner’s B-Unique Records

. According to the group’s publicist: The 4-song EP includes the anthemic, synth-fueled tracks “Demons,” ” Stone Bridge” and “Lies” from the forthcoming full length that has already been bringing the band buzz from UK tastemakers including NME, BBC 1, and Q Magazine. Fenech-Soler’s music draws from a diverse group of influences ranging from The …

Muddy Waters (1947) – I Can’t Be Satisfied, With Rolling Stones (1964) by John Siscoe

Two versions of the same song, recorded in the same city- Chicago- many years apart. Muddy’s 1947 recording, with Ernest “Big” Crawford on stand-up bass, established him as a blues star and altered forever Leonard Chess’ ideas about music. The Stones’ 1964 version, recorded at Chess Studio, went nowhere commercially, but reworked and re-imagined the …

Kala – Manila High

Jared at the cell phone store was telling me about some great bands in the Philippines and in particular he recommended a band called, Manila High. I haven’t found a band called Manila High yet, but here’s a really nice little song and video. The band is Kala, the song is Manila High. It’s a …

Monogamous Privilege Checklist, by Cory Davis

For the purposes of this list, I will refer to one’s position on the diagram of monogamy vs. various types of non-monogamy (polyamory, open marriage, swinging, religious polygyny, etc.) as simply “relationship orientation”. Note that for the purposes of this list, “relationship orientation” does NOT refer to one’s sexual orientation re: the Kinsey scale (heterosexual, …