But You Don't Look Arab

Now is the summer of Arab Strap's (latest) discontent. In the late '90s, the duo's songs focused on vices—drugs, alcohol, empty sex. Thirty years later, Aidan Moffatt and Malcolm Middleton are repulsed and fascinated by the minefields of the online world: the conspiracy theories, the anonymized hate, the dearth of real human connection, and the addictive nature of it all. "I come to you for confirmation/ Testimony, adulation/ Education, excitation/ Palpitation and flirtation/ But you give me aggravation/ Insult and disinformation/ Hatred, bias and predation," Moffatt sings on "Sociometer Blues." Set to manic disco-fever beats that match his racing recitation, it presents as a romance gone very wrong.

Dancin' With Nobody But You Babe is the 1969 debut album by singer/songwriter Clarence Reid. Reid wrote or co-wrote tons of pop and soul/R&B songs in the 1970's, including Betty Wright's "Clean Up Woman" and "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker", Vicki Anderson's "Don't Throw Your Love In The Garbage Can", and Gwen McCrae's "Rockin' Chair" but for some audiences, he is infamously known as the horny and filthy costumed singer known as Blowfly. Before he became known as Blowfly, he was signed to Atco Records in an attempt to be a popular soul vocalist. It failed, and chose to do things in the background, both as a songwriter and as the pussy loving superhero. This album shows slight hints of the humor he already had, especially the album closer, "Send Me Back My Money." It also includes a tasteful cover of The Beatles' "Get Back", for Reid knew the advantages of covering a fab four song and publishing. This CD was released in Japan on 27 October, 1999 on East West/Atlantic.