Lanky Halloween 2022
Shout out to Count Hoggula for making sure we didn’t let the Halloween mix slip through the cracks this year. I keep surprising myself with how many new dope Halloween…
Lanky Halloween 2021
While 2021 might not be everything we hoped for last year, some semblance of normalcy is slowly creeping back. Fall festivals are open again, Halloween parties have risen from the…
Lanky Halloween 2020
What a hell of a year it’s been, emphasis on hell. I’m not sure there’s anything I could write that would be spookier than 2020 but it’s finally that special…
Sam Cooke Opens the Door
It’s been a bit longer than I planned since the last post in this series. Originally, I thought I’d tackle the first half of the 60’s in one post. I’d…
Lanky Bastards Present a Stolen Footage Music Video
Gather round children and let me spin you a yarn. Once upon a time, I drafted my fellow lankers into helping me find more songs for a Halloween playlist. Shroomie…
Gospel and Rhythm & Blues Pave the Way
New genres of music aren’t created in a vacuum. If you want to learn about the history of funk and soul, you need to learn a little about the evolution…
Bowl Full of Funk n’ Soul
Something Special About that Sound There’s something special about funk and soul music. As a suburban-grown 90s white boy, I was raised on a steady diet of varied rock music—classic,…
Happy Lanksgiving
Happy Lanksgiving to all our U.S. readers today (…and a very belated one to our northern neighbors 👀). I felt bad when I realized we neglected Thanksgiving last year and…
Hallowe’en Tales: A Lanky Anthology
Its that time of year again—apple cider, pumpkin pie, hayrides, and spooky vibes. Its time I rise from the dead (was my last post really in 2018? 😞) to give…
Lanky Chrismukkah 2018
As the weather gets colder and the year winds to a close, it’s time for another lanky holiday playlist! Here at Lanky Bastards, there’s varied opinion on the Christmas classics…