Sky News — A baby boom has pushed the UK population to a record high as fertility rates increase to their highest level in a generation, according to official figures. more info

Totally Fuzzy — JawsOfJosh said...NEW at the Hot Sauce Lounge...Black Uhuru - Liberation: The Island Anthology (2 CD) [1993]Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters [1973]also available...Various Artists - Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 1: Mondo Exotica (Capitol Records) [1996]Cal Tjader ... more info

Pasta Primavera — Mike Kuehn sent me an email detailing how he came to find my blog through the Hype Machine while searching for The Most Serene Republic.  He helped mix/record their last album Population and did some work on the last Born Ruffians album as well.Â... more info

The Culture Of Me — We still get all giggly about the fact that something like Definitive Jux has been able to maintain such an interesting space in the pop cultural landscape. The sort-of-avant/indie/left field hip hop label has been seriously putting the original... more info

Sky News — The rodent population of Britain is booming - local councils received more than half a million complaints about them in the past year. more info