Blog Roll: Soul-Sides.com

Oliver Wang is the Daddy of the MP3 Blog in my universe. A hip-hop head funk collector cum journalist - I used to peruse his website way back in '99 and '00 cuz he'd post little mini reviews of his record digging scores along with photos of the record covers. I used his website as a measurement and cheat sheet. Oliver (aka O-Dub) would rave about Bettie Davis, or some old Dizzy Gillespie lp on Perception Records then i'd have to search ebay, the web, and of course good old xxxxxxx (edited for digging secrecy) in Tucson to find a copy. I credit the guy (and xxxxx) for helping me find a good portion of my digging 'gems' during the early years (1997-2001) of my funk and soul obsession, and the health of my radio show "The Worker's Playtime" on Radio Limbo.

Nowadays, his real live website Soul-Sides is more of a group written blog that pairs very nice MP3 files with scholarly type info (and an often healthy discussion of finer points in the comments section of each post) making for fun background info with your funk. Hit this site NOW!

Keep in mind: Many mp3 blogs only have enough server bandwidth to keep a limited number of mp3 files live for a short time period. This rewards the loyal, while keeping the mp3 trawlers at bay. Check your fave MP3 blogs regularly and download. Soul-Sides keep their files live for around 10 days, then gone! The info on all the songs is kept alive in the archives of the site for easy reference.

If you dig Oliver as much as I do, you can read all of his knowledgeable shit in the following places:
O-Dub's Published Archives
which cover his articles from places like the LA Times, Oakland Tribune, The SF Bay Guardian and NPR.

If you know what's good for you, you already subscribe to this magazine: Wax Poetics. He often writes for that bible of all things funky as well. (if you are good - you will sniff around that site for some mystery mp3 clips as well)