Schnipper’s Slept On
- story THE FADER
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s Moodymann’s “Shades of ’78″ 12-inch. Listen to “Shades of ’78″ below, buy some Moodymann music and read Schnipper’s thoughts on it after the jump.
Moodymann, “Shades of ’78″
My desk is on top of a heater. I had to work yesterday and my feet got so hot I took my shoes off. Today I am wearing thinner socks. The dry heat makes me woozy. My coworker brought in the leftover cupcakes from her birthday and the sugar is being slowly burned out. I feel light and the lining of my nose is raw.
One of the headlines in the New York Times about Barack Obama’s inauguration this afternoon is “Millions Witness a Profound Moment in Nation’s History.” How do you compete with that? My own thoughts that Joe Biden’s kids look somewhat guido-ish should not be thinkable. Our office discussed what Hilary Clinton must be thinking. How can you think anything? I think only that I need protein and more moisture.
After work yesterday I wanted arugula and beer. I also wanted to take off my glasses, which only happens in the shower and when I’m asleep. They didn’t have arugula so I just got mixed greens. I put my glasses on the table and when I was just looking because I couldn’t see, the waitress came over because she thought I was looking at her. At the bottom of the salad bowl I picked up a piece of lint. But was a caper. There were so many capers, I just couldn’t see them. I scooped them into a big biteful on my fork and ate most at once. I got half drunk because I was tired and wanted to. I went home and listened to Moodymann on YouTube.
I bought this record at a thrift store in California two years ago. The labels are handwritten and Moodymann is spelled wrong. There is an insert that says the record is coming 10/26/94 and there is a Detroit phone number to call. I looked it up but there was no information. I’m scared to call. Why does Moodymann have the extra “N” in his name?
I watched Barack Obama’s swearing in. My dad sent me an email about the inauguration and referenced Goodman, Cheney and Schwerner. I realized I don’t know their first names. I wonder if that would bother them? Is it better to be a symbol than nothing?
The first song on the second side of this 12-inch is “The Day We Lost the Soul” it is radio clips of news anchors and regular people discussing Marvin Gaye’s death. Then there is a song with a Marvin Gaye loop. The song isn’t so good. I don’t listen to Marvin Gaye much, either.
Moodymann likes to take a sample, add a hi-hat sound, repeat everything in a loop for a lot of minutes and that is a song. It’s like Twitter; why didn’t I think of that? Except I hate Twitter. Is that because I resent it? But I like Moodymann.
In middle school I went to the Invention Convention with my friend Craig. The only invention I remember was an extended sun visor for cars so that children could block rays. Regular visors weren’t long enough. That was a stupid idea, but at least someone had it.
When it gets too hot in here, I open the window. Then it gets too cold.
Related:
- Barack Obama Will Be The President In An Hour
- Video: Young Jeezy, “My President”
- Schnipper’s Slept On
- Obama Has a Posse (if he wants one)
- Audio: Extra Golden, “Obama”
- posted on Jan 20, 2009 in SLEPT ON
- tags electronic/dance, Moodymann
