RECORDS!2

In 1980 Alicia Myers left One Way ("Cutie Pie," "Push") but continued to work with the group's masterminds, Kevin McCord and Al Hudson (One Way used to be Al Hudson & the Partners!) on her solo records for MCA. One Way records had pretty poppin' production which explains the awesome crisp (early digital?) sound on this 12" "You Get the Best From Me (Say, Say, Say,)" and it's magically mechanical (LinnDrum?) beat break down towards the end. Josh has recently taken that beat out for dinner, talked it into bed, and slyly yet gracefully impregnated it with his digital finger fuck (somehow). But he can tell you about that--and that's not why we're here today: the B side has the real beauty. So much more immediate and sincere--although your initial impression might be "melodramatic R&B boogie ballad," give it a fucking chance you asshole!
This is one of my favorite songs of alls the times--deal with it.

Alicia Myers: I Want to Thank You (MCA Records; 1981)

Big n' Tall

"Now this cat I can get down with,'' P. Diddy said of the draft-night outfit worn by Giorgos Printezis, the No. 58 pick. "He looks like he's about to breeze through a club down in Miami. I love Miami, I record a lot of my music down there. And Miami cats don't wear those fitted caps. This kid knows how to pull the whole look off. That's Bad Boy, baby!''

Actually, it was Rochester BIG & TALL. The outfit cost Printezis $800 and he bought it two hours before the draft.

- Sports Illustrated 6 July 2007.