Friday, December 28, 2007

What It Do: Last Weekend of 2007

Oh snap. Here I thought I was going to be posting up this week. Instead I was busy, busy staying up late watching TV and busy sleeping all day. When the hell did that Rcrd Lbl thing grow to be a giant eyesore? Removing ASAP.

Friday
Saturday
Sunday
  • Socket with the Rdn Twns at the Barbary ( 951 N. Frankford)
Monday: New Years Eve
Tuesday

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Guns n Bombs and Hip Hop

Mad Pussy this Saturday. Guns n Bombs, straight blog house in the basement. Watch a live performance here. Now on the main floor, its Black Thought, from the legendary Roots crew, Dice Raw from Nouveau Riche and Brendan Bring'em. It's all for the birthday party of Bad Boy Record's Kwasi Asare and the Philly debut of his artist Blitz the Ambassador.

Guestlist for $5

Bonus: Blitz The Ambassador - Hands of Time

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Throwback Fridays - 1999


9 years ago? How time flies.

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Todosantos Live Saturday at The Barbary


Todosantos will be playing live at the Barbary this Saturday with Jhn Rdn, Designer Drugs and Club Lyfestile. Its going to be pretty incredible. The Acid Girlzzz EP out now, restocking at Turntable Lab.
Todosantos - Acid Boys and Acid Girls

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Vaudevillains City Paper Cover Story

The Space 1026 Mummers collective, the Vaudevillains, are this week's City Paper cover story. Ryan Creed looks into how a bunch of art school kids invaded the ranks of the Mummers brigades.

"They're going to laugh at us! We're the Bad News Bears of the Mummers!"

The New Year's Day Mummers Parade is one of Philadelphia's oldest and most popular traditions, second only to Independence Day. Despite its size, familiarity with the parade is still largely confined to the Delaware Valley. Having roots dating before the Civil War, the parade was officially recognized by the city government in 1901, and its present-day incarnation still shares much with the past: Members of Mummers brigades (largely South Philadelphia men of European descent) wear flamboyant costumes and perform choreographed dances with a rowdy, public drunkenness akin to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
The Vaudevillains will be marching 4th in line, starting at 8:45 from Broad and Washington and will be performing in front of City Hall. Be sure to catch them in person or on TV.

Citypaper: Never Mind the Sequins, What the Hell Are the Space 1026 Kids Doing in the Mummers Parade?

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Friday, December 21, 2007

What It Do

Happy birthday Seg! Holla! I'm faking my way through this. Friday looks dead, am I missing something? Alot?

Friday
Saturday
Sunday
  • Sundae house party with Dirty and Lee Jones and Bryon the intern at La Veranda
  • Socket with the RDN TWNS at Barbary
See yous next week sometime, maybe monday.

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WTWB at Transit Saturday

White T's back at Transit this Saturday. Crew love like whoa today. Emynd, Bo Bliz and Dan teh motherfucking Swede. No tickets, just a $5 guestlist and free PBR and Ciroc vodka 10 - 12. Holla! One!

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Freeway at White T's! EARRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY

Like wow. Freeway. Beards will be in the building. White T's will be in the building. First Peedi Peedi and now Freeway? I've been holding out on posting this until I got an official flyer just to show how official this really is. I just had to throw some Freeway on. Did you get Free At Last? Do you understand that it's about to go down? EARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY One!
Oh right, Freeway January 4th at White T's White Belts, Arts Garage 1520 Parrish

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No One Who Reads This Blog Carries About Indy Rock

Is this true. No one emailed me about that Ema CD. Fuck it then I am gonna go back to giving away Mix Tapes and shit.

Who knew that Couche-Tard is a convince store in Canda?

But fuck if it isn't the name of one of the best BBC mix tapes ever. Every BBC mix tape is just so good. I remember getting the first Viola mix tape and just buggin out. Lil John mixed with Pink Floyd in the hay day of mashups and shit like that. Plus they always got them cool Superman shit in the mix. Well not on this mix but on Heavy Metal Mamossa and shit like that. Man Darko I still really want a Darko shirt. Get at me. Oh yeah and he posted that Christmas mix over on the fully fitted blog. If you were lucky and got one from him it came in a Christmas card with a warning sayin, "This is really a mix of all Christmas music". Best part about Couche-Tard mix is that its got like three ska cuts in mix. I am so hyped that Ska is like in the mix next to some dope funky soul and then into so future disco and reggae cuts and shit like that.

Okay funny story about BBC and me. Not really to many cause I am such I fan I stay on the dance floor. I guess in LA I was totally buggin out with them when they was playing the ECHO. They dropped the Riddin Dirty cut on the dance floor and it totally went over well. Oh I guess it should be noted that the Sou Funk record with the Rocky Theme is used in every Spank Rock show and was featured in some You Tube Clip where Spank Rock busts out from under the Dj Booth to it with a cape.

They are basically the number one people I want to work with besides Amanda Blank.

On some other shit no more indy rock cd's although I got a ton of them.

If you want the BBC Couche-Tard mix, email 5151List [at] gmail with the subject "Put that Couche-Tard On Me"

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Throwback Fridays - Black Hole Sun



Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun.

Look it's not rap music! Inspired by the "great galactic beef" that Caps blogged about.

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Wire Series Finale



I am so stoked for this and so sad at the same time.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

New Years Eve Plans?

So what do you have planned? Here's a few options for you to wade through.

  • Paper Street presents Datarock with Low Budget, Brendan Bring'em, Juiceboxx and DJ Dee Jay playing in the backstage room. Holla at the flash invite and buy tix, currently $25.
  • Making Time sans guests at Transit. Tickets are $30 and $40 at the door. Admission includes an open bar.
  • Fluid is hip hop with Mike Nyce, Statik, Ultraviolet, Kenny Meez and Rob Paine. 2 floors with The Latest Dish offering 2 Hour open bar and "fabulous food" 9 - 11. $40 b4 11, $20 after. Buy tickets at the website.
  • House music all night long with the Sundae crew at Vango Lounge and Sky Bar. Lee Jones, Dirty, Bryon the intern and Aaron Dae. Festivities begin at 9. UPDATE: SOLD OUT
  • Hellcat Girls Burlesque at the Barbary.
  • Looking more bar/restaurant? Philly Weekly has you covered.
  • Robotique at Medusa with Mike T, Billy W, Darklord and Meg E. Mitch with no cover, $2 sparks til 12 and a champagne toast at midnight. See comments for more.
I feel like I'm missing something. Am I?

Update: thanks to our faithful commenters I've added Robotique to the list. Also Sundae New Years is sold out.

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Beanie Sigel Films Anti Violence PSA

Jeru the Damaja with DJ Too Tuff

Advanced Warning: Centerstage Promotions presents Jeru the Damaja with DJ Too Tuff and DJ Tat Money at the Tritone and hosted by Cee Know the Doodlebug of the Grammy award winning Digable Planets!!!. Holla. Scientifical Madness for real for real. Advanced tickets are only $13 and $20 at the door. Feb 1st seems like a long way away, but it's only like a month away. Pick up tickets at BrownPaperTickets.

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Edible Cocktails

Photo courtesy of neatorama
Yes edible cocktails thanks to Dave Arnold, the head of culinary technology at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan. David had developed a technique that will turn a pickle into a martini.
Arnold cuts peeled cucumbers into spears and puts them in a Mason jar filled with an 8-to-1 mixture of gin and vermouth. He also adds a touch of simple syrup to counteract the cucumbers’ inherent bitterness. The Mason jar is then placed into a vacuum machine, which removes the air, collapsing the cucumbers’ air pockets...
When the vacuum seal is broken, the martini mixture rushes in to fill the spaces in the cucumber where the air used to be.
Just imagine how many martinis she is holding in that picture. Oh and if anyone wants to buy me a Gastrovac for Christmas, email me and I'll send you my address :) It sounds like you could then make all sorts of edible cocktails. So many possibilities. Mmmm.

Also, if there are any pickle lovers, looking for their soulmate, I think I found your perfect match: Miss M Pickles

Edible Cocktail, The

Edit: Alternatively I might just get the Reveo, not quite as cool as the Gastrovac but quite a bit cheaper.

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Nothing Fancy Is Back

Nothing Fancy Volume 8 is now up. This version focuses on collections with 24 different artists and a musician. Also featured S P Lunny aka the director of Baby Rat and Bangers and Cash - Pussy. Be sure to check it out, some great stuff in there. Also, really cool is "Real Art Love Letters" from Jeremy Gecker. Following the rabbit hole I stumbled upon Mailbox Friends. All in all, good stuff.

Visit Nothing Fancy Volumes

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Ninjasonik - Tight Pants


This is out of control. Si Young dropped this at the Jang House on Monday. PackOfRats provided backup vocals. It was pretty ep.ic. They're from North North Philly, or Way North Philly. I think I like North North Philly better, but 215Mag seems to prefer Way North Philly.

Holler at them on MySpace.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Avenue Q in Philly

Woohoo! Avenue Q is playing in Philly for two weeks at the Forrest Theater. A portion of the actors in Avenue Q are actually puppets, however, this is not the Muppet Show. The theater warns against bringing children under the age of 12 as the show deals with adult themes.
AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice...Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
For an idea of the type of musical Avenue Q is, watch "The Internet is for Porn" animated using Warcraft characters.

Avenue Q runs from January 29th to February 10th. Tickets range from 31.50 to 126.50 and can be purchased here. Read more about Avenue Q.

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Two One Five Magazine Launch Party



Tonight, come celebrate the launch of Two.One.Five Magazine at Silk City. The event is free with RSVP and starts at 11. DJ's Statik, King Britt, Steve Bloodbath and White T's White Belts are all slated to grace the decks. I must say I saw the first issue at the Diplo and friends jawn and it looked really good. Congrats!

More Info RSVP by sending an email to launch@twoonefivemagazine.com.

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Monday, December 17, 2007

The Jang House and PackofRats Birthday

30 at the club. Come celebrate as PackofRats begins his "descent into old age and irrelevance". Tonight is his actual birthday so come out and buy him a shot as he attempts to dj with notable other non DJ MC Spankrock aka DJ Leroy Jetson and That Dude Ian. Actually there will be a real DJ and his name is Si Young. He's good. To make all of this that much more interesting, this is the start of a weekly party at the Barbary. Jayson also wanted me to blog about the conversation he had with John Thousand yesterday at the Flea Market. They got into a discussion about who the best kisser in Plastic Little was. Kurt thinks Jayson kisses like a girl and Jon was a bit upset that he hadn't got to kiss Jayson yet. I suggested a kissing booth and they both agreed. This is a special opening night jawn, so don't miss out.

The Jang House at The Barbary (951 N. Frankford every Monday)

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M.I.A. - Paper Planes (video)



"I fly like paper, get high like planes"

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Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss



Yo, for whatever reason Saturday I couldn't get this track out of my head. I'm thinking Diplo played it. Video highlights include 55 seconds in and Chris Brown rockin the Sabres fitted. What up Caps? Favorite verses follow:


Yo this is Nappy Boy radio live
With ya boy T-Pain
We love rap music
...
Girl I'm the king so that means I'm flyyy (awwww ruff)
If you wit it girl (ruff)
Get it poppin (ruff)
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You so hot hot hot hot
You think I'd be hollern if you not not not not
I'm king of the town you can take a look around
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Nappy Boy (AAA) and Pretty Boy (AAA)
Nappy Boy (AAA) and Pretty Boy (AAA)
Nappy Boy (AAA) and Pretty Boy (AAA)

Also, all of T. Pain. Pain wins out for the Nate Dogg award. I know, this is old.

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Friday, December 14, 2007

What It Do

Holla! Can't wait for tonight. It's about to be on. Also, got a project brewing that is about to be huge and can't wait to announce it on Monday, maybe Tuesday. Also, I promise I'll post more than videos next week. I felt like I was turning this into a vlog, but I'd rather post content than nothing at all. Speaking of which, I'm still trying to track down a new source for the Bangers and Cash - Loose video, I knew I should have grabbed it while it was up. Anybody else notice how we got kind of dirty in a good way though. By the way, got any sordid tales from a late night jumpoff? Maybe how you met your side jawn? I'm talking Penthouse letters, not Harlequin Romance. Send it to me with names changed, and I'll post your tail tale.

Friday
Saturday
Sunday

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Enjoy The Emma Pollock CD for Free




I got this CD a while ago and it just sat in my drawer. Then one day I put it on and had the first song on repeat for the whole day. Imagine one of those video montages of the same song were the listener is laying in a bunch of different positions on the ground, in the chair, typing, laughing, thinking, maybe alittle bit of crying and the song keeps playing. Well that was me one day all hung over at work. I was laying on the floor and shit looking all indy. Then it was 4:30 and I was like let me listen to the rest of the CD and I wasn't really feeling it. Its for like girls who wanna be standing in the rain while the dude they kinda like is driving away after they just had a light lunch and made out in rittenhouse square but only lightly since you don't wanna show any PDA but really cause she is kinda crushin on that cute red head dude that has that funny off center tattoo on his arm and he is always carrying around his little toy dog thats cute but only in that insensitive sort of way paired with a scarf, on a dude. Seriously I was kinda feeling this so now I am gonna pass it on to some chick or overly sensitive dude who is in the hug club.

Saturday with the Juan McLean

Its The Juan MacLean at Transit this Saturday with them Philadelphyinz on the main floor. You know DFA records, then you know them. Heck you probably know them better than I do. Don't worry, Brendan is still killing it downstairs and Dirty has the house music bumping upstairs. Also, free PBR 10 - 12. That pretty much pays for the 6.99 ticket itself. Get tickets here.


Btw, will be compiling New Years Eve plans real soon. Do you have plans yet?

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Vaudevillains NYB and Space 1026 Update

So remember that Space 1026 Auction? Yeah? One of the auctions was to be part of the Vaudevillains Mummers New Years Brigade and yours truly won. I'm super excited about this especially since the main perk is that I don't have to sew. I would if I could but alas I can't. This means come New Years Day you can point and laugh or come support as I parade down Broad Street. This weekend in support of the Vaudevillains is the 24 hour Sew-a-Thon.

The Vaudevillains, the 1026 Mummer Brigade, will be hosting a 24 hour sewing marathon and telethon style variety show to help raise funds for the upcoming Mummer’s Day Parade. Noon to noon. Saturday to Sunday.

This event will be broadcast live to the internet. Watch online and make a donation. Broadcast begins this Saturday at noon. We will be sewing, dancing, laughing, watching movies and sharing food for 24 hours straight.

Come visit and show your support.

Event Highlights:

Saturday December 15th
8 - 10pm Comedy by Non-Comedians : Hilarious comedy by your friends.
10pm Pinata Party : Smash something. Get Candy.

Sunday December 16th
7-10am Project Mummer Sew Off : Members square off to sew the best wench.
10 - 11am Vaudevillains Rehearsal : Watch us rehearse our NYE performance.

We will also be projecting movies, practicing our dance moves and building a huge octopus. Join us!

$5 gets tons of fun. Visit in person at 1026 Arch Street, or head on over to VaudevillainsNYB.com.

In other Space1026 news, go check out their Ebay art auction. After all the mummer madness be sure to stay for the Space 1026 Flea Market.

For now, take a listen to the mix, mixed by one Pandemonium Jones and watch the dance rehearsal.

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Throwback Fridays - G Thang


Its like this and like that and like this. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg - Nuthin' But A G Thang

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Mad Decent Video Podcast


Holla! Mad Decent Video Podcast Vol. 1 featuring none other than System D128. 5.5 minutes of Mad Decent / System D128 jumpoffs. You know the dealio. Subscribe and holla at me if you don't have one of the earlier episodes.

Subscribe now.

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Saul William's Niggy Tardust Review...in Haiku



Saul and Trent combine

and create great Nine Inch Nails

but not quite the same



Get the point? If not here is a little more extrapolation for you.

Point: This new album by Saul Williams shows growth and development by him as a song writer and as a vocalist. He moves out of his poetic flow, mostly, for more singing, chanting and some screaming; to varying degrees of success (and, in my opinion, little failure.) Lyrically, his specialty, he moves away from much of his direct lyricism and towards a more opaque, metaphorical style.

Counterpoint: Fans of his that vehemently hate the sound of Nine Inch Nails will probably dislike this record. Fans of Nine Inch Nails that could ultimately love this record will most likely never give it a chance because they "saw him (Saul) open up for Trent and he was pure crap." (real quote...repeated several times to me...by some idiots I know...my xenophobic friends)

Below is their cover of U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday."

Niggy Tardust - sunday bloody sunday

Buy or download for free Niggy Tardust

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30 Foot Tall Dollar Bin Jams


This is so ridiculous its awesome.

Sexy Beau Bridges and Joy Harmon in Village Of The Giants a spoofy movie where a gang of juvenile delinquents ingest a substance and grow to 30 ft tall, then proceed to take over a small town. directed by Bert I. Gordon (based on a novel written by H.G. Wells) , music by Jack Nitzsche with an appearance by The Beau Brummels, choregraphy by Toni Basil. This track by Jack Nitzsche, called The Last Race, is also featured on Quentin Tarantino's last movie soundtrack : Death Proof 2007).
I swear 30 foot Joy Harmon wasn't the only reason I posted this.Dollar Bin Jams Where Are You? You're my only hope.
Speaking of Dollar Bin Jams, Mike T is opening up his own vintage record and clothing store where you too can buy dollar bin jams. SweetJane will be located at 1724 E. Passyunk. Opening reception is this Friday from 7 - 10 PM and includes complimentary spirits and sound waves from Shawn Ryan, Billy W and Kyle [M]. Look a flyer.

Learn more about Village of the Giants at PCLinkDump

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Def Jux Belt Buckle and Dog Tag for Sale




El-P talking shit on Spank Rock sparked the hottest comments battle on this blog. Shit was kinda unincredible with three friends talking bullshit to each other probably all drunk by themselves in front of a computer when they should have been out and about getting wasted at a bar drinking with some overweight bitches. Instead they was like lets stay inside talk about hip hop cause like when I grow older I am totally gonna keep it real and teach my kid about that real shit and not that wack shit even though my son has an angle haircut and is listening to fall out boy 2 the sequel or maybe fall out boy will be like the Stones or some shit.

But this brought up the fact that I once was super into Def Jux fan boy type shit. And I mean super super into Def Jux cause I thought they were gonna change Hip Hop. I had the first Can Ox, Co Fo split 12" and sat in my dorm room buggin out. I just sat staring at the art work and the rhymes about scientifical word play madness. I was dating this girl totally into Jay Rule at the time and she was like turn that shit the fuck off and lets listen to some music that we can ball out in a hot tube in even though we was in the middle of Indiana in the winter time. We had a deep understanding of each other at that time so I totally tried to explain to her the power of Deep Space 9mm when I played it for her and her response was "no one would ever dance to this shit". And to this day thats still true. The production is incredible but its headphone music. So of course for the whole time we were dating I just thought I was musically superior to her. Then I heard the RJD2 single and my whole life was flipped since that dude really was the next Dj Shadow. This she enjoyed but still thought it was not as good as Snoop Dog, so I tried to educate her. Then we moved to Philadelphia together which I am super duper happy about even though the three years we lived here together were pure hell. So after buying all the Def Jux 12"s and CD's and shit and the promise to overthrow hip hop it dawned on me. They are not gonna do it. They just exist in there own scene that they created and will be the top of the heap in that scene. That’s about it. They don't really have cross over appeal there is no face of the Def Jux camp that is gonna be able to go up against Young Jezzy or what ever. They are just two different genres and it’s pretty stupid to compare them. If Def Jux really wants to cross over like that then they should sign Mickey Avalon but even his beats are not based on space samples and that really annoying sound the phone makes if you leave it off the hook for to long. There greatest hope for cross over appeal was RJD2 and all the shit he is touching right now turns to shit.

Bottom line is once in like 2004 Def Jux was running this special to buy a special DJ bag or some shit and inside was a bunch of records. Included in that was this special RJD2 private pressed record for his tour gigs of like special blends and break cuts for his live act. This is before Serato and all that shit so that’s what people used to do and any ways I wanted one. So I had to buy this whole craziness which I wasn't that mad at since I was a big Def Jux fan but..

Now I have this Belt buckle and Dog Tag that I have never worn so if some one wants to buy it for their independent hip hop hommie get at me. Oh yeah the belt buckle is the vinyl monster thing from Def Jux PSt Vol 2. Vinyl monster haha how things have changed.

I will let both go for a cool 50 bucks just hit me up.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Doin It Well Calendar


Art can always compensate for, how do you say, uh risque images. Take for example Loose, in the future there will be term papers written about the social significance of Bangers and Cash. Meanwhile, fellow Philly artists have compiled an artistic calendar fit for friends, brothers and side jawns alike. Enter the Doing It Well 12 Month Calendar:
Recipients will be able to savor that holiday magic year round with twelve full color 9x9 glossy illustrations of everyone's biggest fantasies. Acts made popular by internet creeps and urban legend are brought to life in fantastic illustrations inspired by The Angry Pirate, The Donkey Punch, and everyone's favorite, Dog in a Bathtub [plus 9 more!].
Sadly 2 Girls 1 (insert finale here) was too much of a late phenomenon to make it, but hopefully next year. Order Doing it Well for less than the cost of a cab ride and cheap bottle of wine ($12) from Bent Stationery.

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The Love Movement - YoYoYo

TLM Episode 005 - 12.12.07


From The Love Movement, my favorite Philly artists not living in Philly any more.
Thanks for putting up with us for another year, from our art shows in LA to Art Basel in Miami it has been a long year. Now it's time for your reward, our 2nd Annual Holiday Giveaway. We are giving away more sh*t than Oprah... 75 Hand Screenprinted Wave Prints, 12 TLM Shirts, 10 Yo! What Happened To Peace Books, and 4 Art Pieces From Previous Gallery Shows.

In order to win a present check the video below and follow the instructions.

Hurry up cause I just sent my email. Pick up any of The Love Movement shirts from Ropeadope. Tom Jonze already told you, but this is a perfect time for a Christmakwanaka present.

TLMPhilly

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Kinfolk Kia Shine - WOW


I really want to hate on this. A lot. I mean it's Krispy just not quite as good. But I can't quite get it out of my head. I want to be in the club at like 1:29 and do that WOW thing or maybe do it in the middle of a meeting at work. If only I could get the cartoon effects popping off I totally would. Also you can't touch my "Tech Game".

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Spank Rock and Benny Blanco are: Bangers and Cash feat. Amanda Blank - Loose (video very NSFW)



Where as all yall were hoping to see booties in B.O.O.T.A.Y. and it was entirely too wholesome, the gang made up for it with this one. Favorite comment so far "wow,i've never seen a porn music video this is amazing." Think Spank Rock invading a porn shoot and rapping with lots of champagne. Couple friends stop by including Brendan Bring'em, Rose from Sweatheart and Dirty South Joe. In the immortal words of Amanda Blank "These bitches is nasssttyy."

UPDATE: Imeem pulled the video down, but its up on youtube, probably not for long.

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Copyright Organizations are going too far...

Cool Hand Lex - The Pimp is Finally Free

Got this tribute mix from Cool Hand Lex in the mail.
I wanted to hit you with this Pimp C tribute I mixed live earlier this week. The song selections are based off my favorite Pimp verses. I saved the tricks for other mixes; this is just a sampling of Texas flavor from the late pioneer. Check out the end where I edited some interview snippets that I think really capture what the dude was about.
Download Cool Hand Lex - The Pimp is Finally Free (track list)

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