Donwill Presents:

Today's blog is brought to you by the rapper "Don". He's the pocket-sized member of Tanya Morgan who's kicks game is as mean as his verse on "We Be". He uses midwest words like "pop" (soda) and "gym shoes" (sneakers) and it greatly amuses me. He's really excited right now because he's officially tall enough to ride the ITS A SMALL WORLD ride at Disneyland. Victory. He has a couple of records to share.

Bette Midler's "Mr. Rockefeller" - SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION, Atlantic. 1976. Not too much to say here. It's an ego stroke from "Last Call" from the COLLEGE DROPOUT album. SONGS... has some gems on it like "Old Cape Cod", "Marahuana" and the corny classic "Strangers In The Night". Quite the bargain buy. I never really checked for Midler like that (not that I should have), but between she and Streisand, there are actually a handful of golden finds (see Tanya Morgan's "Stay Tuned").


Rodney Franklin's "The Watcher" - YOU'LL NEVER KNOW, Columbia. 1980. Homina homina homina and a dash of no homo. This piano player's "The Watcher" played home to classics from A Tribe Called Quest, Tanya Morgan and more. He's got the Billy Dee look on the cover photo which is why Donwill is holding it so near and dear.




Donwill isn't going to share where these digs were made. They were at yet another super secret dusty spot in the northern Cali area. But if you ever want to go, holler and you can be blindfolded and escorted to the spot free of charge.

In other news, Von Pea is Brooklyn-bound right now and we're all heading to DC at the end of the week. Then on to NYC for CMJ. A.O.K.? Lol.