Sammy Younan
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This is a quintessential Hidden Gem. That voice…that rhythm…the playfulness in the song: oh yeah:
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Hidden Gem: Fadaul Et Les Privilèges “Sid Redad”
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
The Youtube description of this song sums it up perfectly: “Middle East & North Africa’s own James Brown!!!” (They added the 3 !s not me).
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Hidden Gem: Emma-Lee “Worst Enemy”
Sammy Younan
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Always a sucker for that big brassy female voice.
Illuminated Chronicles: O Pioneers! (Levi’s Commercial)
Sammy Younan
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This 2009 Levi’s commercial stays with me…I’m always on the hunt for creative and visual ways to communicate poetry. I’m a poet as much as I am a prophet…the free verse poem is my weapon of choice to confront a cold calculating culture. Yet in this modern society of guns and rough violence it’s almost like I am walking around with a sword. En Garde isn’t Avant-garde. Or is it?
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Hidden Gem: Lucius “Madness”
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How I discovered Lucius…
In early 2013 Mike from PledgeMusic emailed to say “got this amazing band Lucius to play at 6pm.” Dude’s got a fantastic ear so I dutifully located my pants and headed to Tequila Bookworm to check out their CMW industry set.
Host Haiku In Session With Girth…Eternia
As inspired by listening to Eternia’s Music
022 | Paul Vermeersch (The Holy Order of the Sasquatch)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Paul Vermeersch poet, artist & creator of a cryptoreligion called the Holy Order of the Sasquatch.
Hidden Gem: French Montana feat Kanye West & Nas “Figure It Out”
Sammy Younan
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Kanye is making everybody with a website who monitors metrics over quality rich; his nickname should be money (all due respect to Jordan). What with his insightful twitter diatribes and “journalists” playing Web MD constantly diagnosing his “mental health issues” websites are churning out content and “analysis.” Overlooked in the superfluous parroting “Kanye is a douche-bag” rhetoric is his musical gifts:
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Garbage Time: The End of the LeBron James era
If (when???) the Warriors win a championship this year it’ll officially mark the end of the LeBron James era.
Host Haiku In Session With Girth…Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
As inspired by listening to Michael Bernard Fitzgerald’s I Wanna Make It With You
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