This week on the Savage Love podcast, learn:

-How to confront your significant other if they start a bad habit.

-The best way to come out of the closet to your Jesus-freak family.

-What is going through someone’s head when they’re banging 17-year-olds

-Some theories on why people feel ashamed to buy sex, and why prostitution hasn’t been legalized.

Plus more!

While reading Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad, Lance Chess discovers a few bands he missed the first time around. One of these bands is Boston’s Mission of Burma. Check them out on this week’s episode of 3-Minute Limit.

In his final installment of the Houston hiphop podcasts, Chas Bowie delivers some of H-Town’s dopest new beats. The Houston scene is trying to find its legs after all the media attention of ‘03 and ‘04, and rising stars like Z-Ro, Slim Thug, and Trae are all ascending the ranks of the South’s rap pantheon. Established rappers like Mike Jones, UGK, and Chamillionaire aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, though, so the city boasts an interesting mix of styles and talent all trying to breakout of the regional scene. But why just read about it? Go ahead and start listening now.

Clad in purple overcoats and assless pants, Matt and Magenta purify themselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka and pay homage to HIS ROYAL BADNESS with a mere smattering of his prodigious output. If you haven’t figured it out yet, welcome to the much anticipated Prince episode of PURE POD FOR NOW PEOPLE.

It’s amazing how many cool music blogs are out there, and more amazing is the amount of cool new music available. A quick perfunctory web surf yesterday threw up a dozen gems, most of which are new, or new to Dave at least. Here’s the playlist:

01. Dr Dog (pictured below) - My Old Ways - from the CD We All Belong
02. Albert Hammond Jr - In Transit - from the CD Yours To Keep
03. Boy Eats Drum Machine - I’m So Stupid - from the upcoming Madonna covers CD
04. Blondie vs The Doors - Rapture Riders - from the CD Mashed
05. Panthers - Thank Me With Your Hands (remix) from the CD The Trick

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