【女子！】Good Company - The Damn Good EP

　
再來一個加拿大人。

Fundamental和來自美國的Ayatollah Jaxx（不是那個東岸著名製作人Ayatollah）的團體Good Company，近期推出他們的EP《The Damn Good》。It's really Good！共有四首歌曲的這張專輯，前兩首還滿有水準的，很輕快分明，目前有一支MV可欣賞：

　
該專輯可在他們的網站下載：
http://www.myspace.com/wearegoodcompany
　

【趨勢】Drake ft. R. Kelly - Best I Ever Had Remix

　

1986年生的加拿大人Drake，幾年下來發表了三張所謂的「Mixtape」，內容確實有料扎實，會唱會唸。最近他以一首〈Best I Ever Had〉打入美國市場，如果沒有當紅的The Black Eyed Peas擋在前頭，或許Drake這位稍微偏向R&B風格的新生代，可以讓排行榜恢復「偏柔性」取向。無論如何，Darke、Charles Hamilton、Jesse Boykins III和Mickey Factz等等這些80年中段出生的好手，如果能順利躍升主流檯面，以「HipHop手段」行「R&B目的」，這是教人樂見的。

wiki對〈Best I Ever Had〉的介紹：
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_I_Ever_Had_(Drake_song)
　
最後這首附上加料單曲，R. Kelly並偷偷預告自己的專輯可能在今年9月發表：
http://www.imeem.com/khops/music/suiWaFVc/drake-ft-rkelly-best-i-ever-had-remix/
　

【MV】RODDYROD feat. Phonte & Carlitta Durand - This Time Around

　

【挖取】Marwan／LeVar Thomas／Thomas Hunter

　

本篇介紹三位獨立發行的R&B歌手／音樂人

Marwan偏Soul

Thomas Hunter偏流行

LeVar Thomas偏搖滾多元

Marwan - Change

http://www.myspace.com/MarwansWorld

　

LeVar Thomas - Missing You

http://levarthomas.com/

http://www.myspace.com/lthomasmusic

http://www.devendo1981musicmovies.com/levarthomas.htm

這是本尊Karaoke版

這是錄音室版

　

Thomas Hunter - Step A Little Closer

→→http://greglawrence.com/th/stepalittlecloser.mp3

（預選曲為〈My Angel〉，但無此曲連結，欲聽賞請至Tnomas Hunter之MySpace曲庫）

http://www.myspace.com/thomashuntersoul

http://greglawrence.com/th/index.html

　

【反拍】Llamabeats Presents: Hello My Name Is Llama

　
FREE DOWNLOAD!
http://www.myspace.com/llamabeats
　
tracklist
01.Kinda (produced by The What's Good ?)
02.One More Time (Again) (feat. Si Money)
03.All My Days (for Dilla) (produced by Madlib)
04.Paradise feat. Shabaz DeBongs
05.The Crew
06.Brain Salad Surgery feat. Red. October (Brain Lickin Remix)
07.Dear God (The Lost Verse) (produced by People Under The Stairs)
　

【水兒】Nate Smith

　　

　R&B / Neo-Soul又出現一位轉戰自Jazz的好手Nate Smith，先看看生平懶人包：

Nate Smith is an American drummer, keyboardist, composer, songwriter and producer. He was born on December 14, 1974 and is a native of Chesapeake, VA. His musical talent became apparent at the age of 11, after he found his brother’s old drum kit buried in his parent’s garage. He went on to earn a percussion performance scholarship and pursued his musical studies at James Madison University, where he received a B.S. in Media Arts and Design. After college, he was invited to continue his studies at Virginia Commonwealth University as a member of the Carpenter Fellowship Program.
　
While still in college, Nate was recruited by the great jazz singer Betty Carter to participate in her esteemed Jazz Ahead program, which has produced an impressive list of alumni including Jason Moran, Cyrus Chestnut, Jacky Terrasson, and Sonya Kitchell among many others. In graduate school he met and performed with the legendary jazz bassist and composer Dave Holland. He continued to perform occasionally with Dave over the next few years, finally joining his Grammy-award winning Quintet and Big Band in 2003. Shortly thereafter, Nate joined saxophonist Chris Potter’s group, Chris Potter Underground. Since then, Nate has gone on to perform and/or record with Jason Moran, Joshua Redman, Stefon Harris, Emily King, Patricia Barber, Adam Rogers, Craig Taborn, Scott Colley and many others.
　
Nate is also an accomplished songwriter and producer, having worked with Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley on the song “Heaven Can Wait” on Mr. Jackson’s Invincible album. He recently formed his own production company, Waterbaby Music, Inc., and released his first EP, Workday: Waterbaby Music, Vol. 1.0. For more information about Mr. Smith’s production and songwriting, please visit www.waterbabymusic.com.

Nate Smith currently lives and works in New York City.

（摘自http://natesmithmusic.com/blog/）

　

　看完官方介紹之後，我們可以了解到Nate Smith是怎樣的人物了，這是他的MySpace：http://www.myspace.com/waterbabymusic。Nate Smith於2007與2008年之間出版了這樣一張EP，《Workday, Waterbaby Music, Vol. 1.0》，曲目如下：

01. I. (Dream Sequence) Come And Go With Me
02. II. Monday Morning (featuring John Gordon)
03. III. I'm Rushing Over (featuring John Gordon)
04. Eye Contact (featuring Paul Moses of Good Company and Ali Shaheed Muhammad)
05. Small Talk
06. Come Back To Bed (featuring John Gordon)
07. Midnite-Daylight
08. Come Back As A Flower (featuring Yahzarah aka Purple St. James)

目前可以聽到的單曲是專輯第二首歌
〈II. Monday Morning (featuring John Gordon)〉

　
以及第三首歌
〈III. I'm Rushing Over (featuring John Gordon)〉
http://popolio.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/my-top-ten-hot-tracks-from-2008-7-nate-smith-im-rushing-over/

　當然，我們不能把這兩首歌的獻唱人John Gordon給遺漏了，這是他的MySpace：http://www.myspace.com/deaconoffunk。MySpace裡頭的歌曲也有可聽性，收錄於他的未發表專輯《John Gordon 2000-03 Yahya's Music》。好一個真假音難辨的歌喉。

　

【靈魂】DJ Phaze - Gypsy Soul's Ear Candy Chronicles Vol. 1

　
http://www.djphaze.com/

這張超過40分鐘的mixtape，曲目是近兩年來的neo-soul之選，而且男女比例恰如其分，可以感受neo-soul這種不易形容的曲風，分別在男女表現上的差異性。

中間有好幾段串場是DJ Phaze找來當事人的獻聲，因此是掛保證的好聽。（第10首，大注目！）

tracklist
01. Lydia Ceasar - Daughter Of A Preacher
02. Jazzy - A.W.O.L.
03. W. Ellington Felton - Gimme Some Action
04. Johnny Popcorn - Johnny's Secret
05. Darien - Gone
06. Chester Gregory - If You Only
07. Kimberly Nichole - Peace Of Mind
08. Jaspects - Unifunk
09. Yahzarah - Radio
10. Curt Chambers & Franklin Bridge - Love's Fool
11. Jaiden, The Cure - Borrow Your Cape

（直接下載：http://tinyurl.com/GypsySoulEarCandyvol1）

同場加映
Martin Luther - Last Few Days Freestyle
　
　

【MV】Darrius Willrich - Can't Get Enough

　

　來自美國西雅圖的Darrius Willrich，以穩定的姿態於2003、2005、2008年出版了三張個人專輯（曲風為Soul/R&B/Jazz），這首〈Can't Get Enough〉是最新專輯《Can't Get Enough》的同名曲，充滿著我認為「好音樂」的必備品──誠意。

　很出色的現場演出。

　http://darriuswillrich.com/
　http://www.myspace.com/darriuswillrich
　

　

【飲鴆罷收】Lance Ellington - We May Not Have to Be Alone

　
消失的七月，無痕。
如妳所言：「愛情的降溫，最適宜發生在這個季。」

我點頭，面朝歲月緩緩呼吸著......

Lance Ellington - We May Not Have to Be Alone
　
http://www.deezer.com/track/we-may-not-have-to-be-alone-T919379
　　

【好聽】Neo-Soul, 2009 Spring!

　
Anthony David
feat. Phonte & Algebra Blessett - 4evermore


　
Jesse Boykins III - Sun Star
　

　

【虛無】Little Boots - Meddle (Acoustic)

　
http://vodpod.com/watch/1616182-little-boots-meddle-acoustic-version-not-sure-where-this-
　
與 妳 的 相 戀
　在 虛 浮 的 光 陰 之 間
　　以 筆 直 的 路 線
　　　無 限 蔓 延
　

翻譯書籍時的兩個大原則

　

Q1：校譯時，若遇到同一人物，
　　 在A處以姓出現、在B處以名出現（或者暱稱、小名），
　　 這種狀況要如何表達呢？

　依我的經驗，按原文翻譯較為適妥。
　因為作者會一會兒用名或一會兒用姓，也許有其意義，也許無其意義，但無論如何，依照原文是最高指導原則，除非你能直接與作者作進一步溝通，否則我寧可照原文翻譯，讀者這時的心領神會就相對的顯得重要了。

Q2：若外國文學出現神話譬喻，
　　 類似的典故需要用「編按」交代嗎？
　　 或者要設計注釋？還是不管它呢？

　這和上個問題很類似，如果譯者加入編案是否會造成閱讀障礙呢？
　要是我的話，會先選擇：章節注 > 書末注 > 逐頁注 > 字後注，以上是有注的情況而且注不會多到難以忍受；而不管它的話就回到前個問題，不給「編按」，一切交由讀者感受了。
　
　然而所有的前提是：你是編輯身分，就得先問boss或參考社內先前書籍慣例；沒慣例或不統一或boss無意見（判斷是否真的無意見），就自己斟酌了。
　

【MV】Raheem DeVaughn - Customer

　

【這邊】MPC的小介紹

　

MPC是現代HipHop的偉大工具

這短片是滿好的推介喔

　

虹揅

　　　

緘默之中
沿著夢的阡陌邁進

沉靜的虹漸次凋謝
光影搖曳、生輝
塑成真實──

陳年舊事之後
沾了天空的折射
依舊收藏於心（那怎堪回首的畫面一再重演）
破曉時的初醒
引領靈魂走向更深遠的珠路
但我們卻睜眼，在同一齣夢裡
淚光閃爍卻不留情分
　
足矣。