Good Trade (for fans) - MMJ's new track for your email!

Fat Possom - strong first part of '11

three really great new releases.. Smith Westerns, Crocodiles and Tennis.
here are the videos.

Tennis - Pigeon from Scott Laidlaw on Vimeo.

I am America. I am a Pickup Truck.

Slow Start to 2011 - here's a video

20 Years of Ninja Tune

Ninja Tune. Perhaps the label behind more CD's in my college collection than any other. Earth Rise remains to this day, on heavy rotation. From flavorwire, here are some video's a quick overview of the 20th anniversary box set.



"Including six CDs, six 7-inches, two posters, and a hardcover edition of the retrospective book Ninja Tune: 20 Years Of Beats & Pieces, the Ninja Tune XX box is a collector’s dream. The set features new tracks and remixes from Roots Manuva, Amon Tobin, Diplo, Gold Panda, Kid Koala, Mr. Scruff, the Orb, and a host of others, alongside classic tracks from throughout the label’s history."

"Stream the first compilation in full, visit the Ninja Tune XX website, watch the top 10 Ninja Tune videos of all time, read an excerpt from 20 Years of Beats & Pieces, download the official iPhone app, get the details on Ninja Tune XX events around the world, and buy the box set or the standalone compilations and book."

New Black Angels Descends on NYC

One of my favorite bands has an new album coming out and a show in November here in NYC....

Check out the latest new tracks: Bad Vibrations by The Black Angels

Trust me - these guys rock in a serious way!

Summer Sounds - Sonny & the Sunsets

Great summer beach music - I suspect this will be blowing up in August when the heat hits... Ummm... The heat already hit in July, so go get this...

Mix # 1 - sounds of summer pt. 1

Here's our first mix... An eclectic selection of tracks for the car or ipod. Enjoy.
More summertime mixes to come.

Mix #1 5.27.10 by cebo

Track - ARTIST - Album

1. Back and Forth - UNKLE - Never Neverland
2. Be My Lover - ALICE COOPER - Killer
3. Summertime Clothes - ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Self Titled
4. This Whole World - THE BEACH BOYS - Sunflower
5. Have You Come To Realise - THE KLEPTONES - Yoshimi battles the Hop-Hop Robots
6. 10 Mile Stereo - BEACH HOUSE - Teen Dream
7. Kiara - BONOBO - Black Sands
8. Datascroller - APPARATJIK - We Are Here
9. Close Your Eyes - ALASKA IN WINTER - Holiday
10. Are You Lonesome Tonight - THE CANSECOS - Upper Class
11. The Only Living Boy in NY - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Old Friends
12. The Good Life (live) - WEEZER - B Sides & Rarities
13. Down By the Water - THE DRUMS - Summertime

Summer Music Festival Line-Up

Flavorpill

Whats on heavy rotation - Richard Hawley

A British crooner, I first heard Richard Hawley when I saw Banksy's 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' - his song 'Tonight the Streets are Ours' - see previous post. I think he's somewhere between Orbison or Elvis but modern.. Either way - I'm diggin' it... Here some recent video's.

Smashing Watermelons

Mashup of Stephan Hawking and crazy lucho libre type slow-mo video... Interesting combination - maybe......



Thanks SDL for the spot.

Random Aawesomeness pt II - 'Move Your Head'

I've been waiting to see how someone could take this new idea of chatroullete and do something with it... Well - here's a video from December of '09.... Whats almost more amazing is, it doesn't require any middle fingers or requests to 'show us your tits'.....

Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers - Really Good

Super nice mix. Some parts are less Beatles than others, but it all works together and compliment the Wu very well...

From the NYTimes Interview with the artist: “Uzi (Pinky Ring)” has got a lot of samples on it. There’s “Glass Onion,” then it went to an Arif Mardin version of “Glass Onion,” then when Ghostface comes in it goes to “Getting Better,” then RZA comes in and it’s a Ramsey Lewis version of “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey.” Then Inspectah Deck comes in and it’s a cover version of “Hey, Jude.” Then Method Man comes in and that’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” And then GZA’s at the end, and that’s “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road.” I’ve seen on blogs, somebody say something like, I’ve only heard two Beatles samples that I recognized in here. And to me that’s quite a good thing – you have to listen extra hard to hear them. I was purposeful not to take “Love Me Do” and put Wu-Tang with it

Dead At Last

Witnessed my first Grateful Dead concert - kinda... Was not the full team, but Rat Dog, Bob Weirs band... It was a Saturday show and with old friends and new, we sang, we drank, we.... well, we conquered... Overall, a great experience. Looking forward to future shows! Enjoy this highlight.

Skateboarding Video's from the Past

Recently found a great site that has compiled all those classic skateboarding video's from my past in one place. Perhaps not the most creative name, but still a good site - its called skatevideosite.

In the spirit of reliving the past, here is one of my favorites - the 'Falling Down' video from 101.... Love the pants and damn - thats a young eric koston!

The Complex Soundboard: Click On It!

Thanks to Matty P, an old high school friend for pointing this out ...

The Tap is Back - Unwigged & Unplugged

While the original Spinal Tap was over the top, I must be honest - these guys are looking like they're a littl over the hill. None the less, great news to see that even 25 years later they can still hit the road like champs....

Still no drummer?

Read more about the tour here.

Bouncing. Balls.

Awesome video - check the editing technique! Oh, and the music's not bad either... hehe.

Party Party for the two year olds

Awesomely creative - totally bizarre. Yo Gabba Gabba is so much fun, it almost makes you wanna run out and have kids.... Check out this video to get a sense of the wackiness and check out their site to see even more fun video's and cool gizmo's.

The old man is back - just in time for the down times

You and I aren't the only ones going through closets looking for things to sell and additional ways to scrape together some coin. And while the bankers may have robbed our accounts - at least it wasn't our lovers who emptied our pockets...

The only good news - well, all this bad luck has put old Leonard Cohen back on the road. Sorry Leonard - tough for you but great for all of America which hasn't had the pleasure of hearing your baritone pipes croon some old classics... The morose tone sung on favorites such as 'Chelsea Hotel' and 'Suzanne' can be heard here (thank you NPR) at his first US performance at the Beacon in over 15 years....

So long retirement.... looks like everyone's working a little harder for a little less these days.