Black Pumas


Bottle, are you ok?

Gnnnnhh.

You're drooling there boss, you ok? BOTTLE!

Hhnggff. Shut up, C-turtle, i'm listening.

What are you listening to?

I said shut up!

.....

Oh, man! That was even better than i thought it would be. What an amazing album. Oh, hey guys, been here long?

About 20 minutes, just watching you drool and bob your heard back and forth. What are we in for tonight?

Glad you asked, Sandra. Well, previous Bottle heard a song by a band and thought "yes please, more of that!" So he went over to the googlemabox and asked the nice people at Plaid Room Records to please send him a copy of Black Pumas. Those nice folks in Loveland, Ohio wrapped it in cardboard and handed it to some other nice people at a Post Office who planed, trained, and/or automobiled it over to the Bunker of Beef here in Iowaland. It arrived in tip top shape, and oh my it's so pretty.

I of course, being the unabashed audioglut that i am, took the first available moment to enjoy it in all of its glory. And, it is glorious. I may not be a lot of things, but knower of what i will like in the near future is not not not one of them. They also sent me a nice postcard with a picture of their dog and a thank you message on the back, and i certainly won't hesitate to send them more money at some point in the future. 


See how pretty that red/black split looks sitting on the table? Now, please allow me to share it with you...

Skip?

Oh, yeah, that is good.

Sandra?

Mmmmmmmm.

Compy?

They produced this themselves?

Oh yes, the very much did.

Wowzers!

Gladys!?

No talky talk down there, play it again and be deathly silent.

WHAT WAS THAT?

Oh, hi GREGORY. Did you like it?

THERE ARE NO WORDS. PLAY IT AGAIN LIKE GLADYS REQUESTED.

Ok, don't mind if i do. I guess the verdict is 12 thumbs up. You're wasting your life if you haven't heard Black Pumas. Well, what are you waiting for? It's everywhere music can be played. Go hear it for yourself.

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