Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Monday, June 8, 2009

Blue Hipster

A few great Exotica albums
http://www.bluehipster.com/music.htm

Flip Your Wig

A bit of everything, touching on all kinds of genres
http://flipyours.blogspot.com/

LP's Vinyl Lounge Hut

Lounge, Percussion, Easy-Listening, Exotica and other rare hard to find music. http://vinylloungehut.blogspot.com/

Chicos Topo

Lotsa Lounge, Indie, Electronic, Synthpop, and more
http://chicostopo.blogspot.com/

Psychotic Leisure Music

Ambient, IDM, Alternative, Lounge, and more

Blog Libre y Aceptado

Modern and Classic Lounge, Jazz, and Chill Out
http://nik0demuz.blogspot.com/

Fat City Cigar Lounge

Home of a great variety of cool music. Lotta Surf, Instrumental, and Lounge
http://fatcitycigarlounge.blogspot.com/

The Hot Sauce Lounge

Lounge, Soul, Jazz, bits of rock,
http://jazzhotsauce.blogspot.com/

The Martin Denny Blog

The Exotica king has a few uploads at this new tribute site
http://themartindennyblog.blogspot.com/

The Crime Lounge

From Bond to Dirty Harry to Crime Jazz Comps
http://thecrimelounge.blogspot.com/

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Poll Results - Jimmy Cliff


One of my favorite artists
(12%)
A great artist!
(31%)
MEH (indifferent)
(26%)
Why do people like this guy?
(01%)
I HATE this guy!
(00%)
Never heard of him....
(28%)

Poll Results - Bob Marley


One of my favorite artists
(32%)
A good artist!
(40%)
MEH (indifferent)
(15%)
Why do people like this guy?
(10%)
I HATE this guy
(01%)
Never heard of him....
(00%)

Xtabays World

Space Age Pop, Exotica, and Lounge. Best blog for it? Likely!
http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/
old site (links working)
http://www.blognow.com.au/XtabaysWorld/

Les Baxter Tribute

Space Age Pop /Exotica king Les Baxter has this dedication site. A great partial discography
http://lesbaxtertribute.blogspot.com/

Reasons why to search BLOGS for music

  • Faster downloads then p2p
  • Complete zipped albums. No more partial downloads
  • No networking knowledge needed like p2p (ie ports)
  • Scarce and obscure music, discographies, and box sets
  • Find recommended new music
  • Cross-linking on blogs = unlimited choices
  • Worksafe surfing
  • Like Used Record Store Shopping Online
  • Torrents will track. Time to move away from music torrents people.
  • Try before you buy!