North Korea finally admitted they have the Paul C alternate test pressings of "Give The Drummer Some," but luckily "Paul C Lives" t-shirts have been spotted in Japan. The BBC says "this brinkmanship is turning up the ratchet." So while being scared shitless this Valentine's Day, you can romance your paramour with something like, "baby, Amerie wouldn't be shit without Paul C." And while he/she/it falls asleep in his/her/its plate of Eeesh-Meesh-Sun-Sheesh, you can twirl your spork and say, "He panned the drums! Paul C panned the drums! I better check my eBay auction for Princess Ivory's "Crackpipe Changed It All!" Then hesheeeit goes, "Hmm, I smell a duck in the grape preserves." While you compare matrix dead wax codes, and try to convince her that Dee Felice wasn't a fling, I'll filch her heart with my played out "Back in '96 Kool Keith called me collect from a payphone on Valentine's Day" story. Now NPR is talking about Tex Mex Polka. Now they're playing it. Another compelling argument to buy this Ultramagnetic classic. That and the fact they de-stitched James Brown's shoes.

reviewed by Dave Tompkins