Archive for October 9th, 2008

One of my favorite moments is when I’m listening to a record and hear a sample in there. Depending on the record, it may or may not hafta be something obscure. If it’s like it was just now, and it’s being scratched in, I’m geeked up that I could recognize that, as is. The thing is, it’s not even like I think I’ve got some type of perceptive powers because of it. Really, I’m surprised that I never noticed it before. In any case, I’m really trippin off that Gap Band cut into Buck Whylin by Terminator X. Everybody knows that his destruction of En Vogue’s Hold On is one of the most thorough dismantlings of any song, but he pretty much did the thing to Burn Rubber, too. I’m just mad it took me that long to recognize it.

UPDATE With the records in there.

With gas prices falling, I should probably try to look up some numbers. According to most of the economists I heard a few months ago, the only reason gas prices were high was because of supply and demand. Oil speculators, they said, were not behind the high prices at the pump. So what I’d like to know now is, what’s changed? Is supply up significantly, is demand down significantly, or is there some other explanation?