First Past the Post

The Kentucky Derby was this past Saturday, and for the next month I'll be into Horse Racing. I dont own sear-sucker suits or pastel polos (anymore) but I do find the spectacle of it all quite entertaining.

Now I would never bet on the Horses, mainly because it would be highly addicting and I'd lose a ton of money. But, if you placed a 2 dollar bet on the top 3 this past weekend, you would have gotten 40K!! That's insane.

SOTD

"Let Me See"
Morcheeba
Big Calm
1998

Morcheeba is the name of two DJs, the Brothers Godfrey, and Skye Edwards, until she was asked to leave the band in 2003. Together they produced 5 albums together, with moderate popular success. Their biggest song was "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" from 1999's "Fragments of Freedom," and made the circuit on The Gap and Old Navy radio.

They were apart of a group of bands experimenting in "trip-hop" and "downtempo" music (Zero 7, Portishead, Theivery Corporation, Air and Tortoise are others). What I love about this kind of music is the manufactured sounds of Moog, Synthesizers and other effects against the soft soulful voices. The two combined create an interesting contrast that works.

If you've never listened before, give them a try. Although Skye isn't apart of the group, the new album "Dive Deep" is a good attempt.