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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Old Spice has a new ad campaign that shows what happened to some well known icons of masculinity before they started using Old Spice's new speed stick/spray "Swagger". This particular ad features the ever sexy LL Cool J.
But really LL...is it the "Swagger" or other bodily enhancements that help you look the way you do? This is an advertisement for Yell.com, the UK's version of Yellow Pages online. I mean really, who doesn't want some krumping babes? And "Newyorkify" is going to become a permanent fixture in my vocabulary. Tuesday, August 26, 2008
For some reason, I thought I had posted about Kanye West's video for "Good Morning" ages ago, but in reality, it just came out.
However, if you are like me and are obsessed with artist/animator Takashi Murakami's work, you would have checked out his exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum a few months back where you would have seen "Good Morning" being screened. Or at least, you would have checked out the website, where you would have also seen it before it was available on YouTube, Dailymotion, OnSmash, etc. The video is a mini-anime film in which Kanye West finally graduates. That's all I'm going to say. Watch and let the pretty colors enthrall you. Apparently Solange is not playing. I've been singing this shit all day. Her album 'Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams' dropped today and I friggin' dig it. Monday, August 25, 2008
Only Keter will find this as humorous as I do. BTW. College kids. Buy a Mac...and get a free iPod Touch or Nano. Still looking for that "Free Pizza" link for PC's. Right now I'd trade my Blacbook for a pizza. I'm starving. Ok maybe I'm not that hungry. But I'd at least trade an Apple sticker for a slice of Antonio's pesto tortellini pizza.  Well the 2008 Summer Olympics wrapped up the other night and I think I watched 95% of them. My vacation coincided perfectly with the Olympics and with it being broadcast on what seemed like 100 channels there was plenty to watch. (Also being on the West Coast didn't hurt, as I didn't have to stay up til 5am to watch the sexy lady volleyballers.) I think the last time I spent this much time watching anything Olympic was while playing 'Track & Field' on my Nintendo. Anyway peep this nice compilation of pics from Beijing.  Character actor Julius Carry -- best known for the role of martial arts master Sho'nuff, the "Shogun of Harlem," in the 1980s hood classic 'The Last Dragon' -- passed away last week after struggling with pancreatic cancer. Other credits include appearances on television programs 'Hill Street Blues,' 'Doctor Doctor,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Boy Meets World,' 'Spin City,' 'Moesha,' 'Cosby' and 'The Adventures of Brisco County.' His first film appearance was in the Rudy Ray Moore blaxploitation flick 'Disco Godfather.' He was 56 years old. Atlanta, Georgia Rap dudes Supreeme are dropping another free album/mixtape thing called 'Silver Medallion.' It's not out for another few weeks, but there are a bunch of new songs on their MySpace page, including a joint called "Live On" with an ill sample from Babe Ruth's breakbeat classic "The Mexican." They also made a video for a MF Doom-esque 'Silver Medallion' track called "I'm Crazy."
'Silver Medallion' is the lead-in to their next official album 'Gold Medallion' which will hit stores soon after. I don't know exactly when either is supposed to drop, but I'll let you know when 'Silver Medallion' goes up for free download as soon as possible. The cast and crew involved in 'New York, I Love You,' an anthology comprised of 12 5-or-so minute long films dedicated to the Big Apple is staggering! Actors include Kevin Bacon, Maggie Q, Orlando Bloom, James Caan, Hayden Christensen, Julie Christie, Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf, Cloris Leachman, Natalie Portman, Rachel Bilson, Shu Qi, Christina Ricci, Goran Visnjic, Eli Wallach, Saul Williams, Robin Wright Penn, and Burt Young. While the various segments will be directed by Zach Braff, Mira Nair, Park Chan-Wook, Yvan Attal, Wang Xiaoshuai, Emanuele Crialese, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Albert and Allen Hughes, Joshua Marston, Fatih Akin, Jiang Wen, Brett Ratner, Randall Balsmeyer, Shunji Iwai, Shekhar Kapur, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. I'm totally aghast that they didn't use LCD Soundsystem's similarly titled song in the trailer though. That shit better be the movie's fucking theme-song! Sunday, August 24, 2008
I'm not overwhelmed by the song or the video, but John Legend's new single "Green Light" featuring André 3000 is some breezy late Summer Pop/Dance/R&B fun. Did André produce it? Sounds like it. And I can't front, Mr. Benjamin kills it with his vocal input. His section of the video is pretty stylish as well. The epilogue is pretty cool too. Especially the song they have playing in the background and André riding a bicycle. "Green Light" is the first single from John Legend's upcoming 3rd full length 'Evolver' which is due out on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint October 28th. Saturday, August 23, 2008
Yesterday a friend of mine sent me a link to a video called "Rabbit." He didn't give me any forewarning as to what the video was about, just simply said he was amazed by it. And after watching, I was amazed by it as well. In fact, I watched it about two or three more times. Then I decided to do a little digging. The video was made by British animator and illustrator Run Wrake and was created by using old educational children's stickers from the 1950's. He also has other really cool animations that are based around music and beats, which he explains in this short interview. Check out more from Run Wrake at his website. Friday, August 22, 2008
Austin, Texas Garage-Rock trio White Denim put out one of the most hardest rocking records of the year. And now, with "Shake Shake Shake," they've released one of the most destructive and energetic videos of recent memory. This shit kicks so much ass!
The fat girl and the black chick could totally get it too. If you don't mind paying import prices you should get a copy of White Denim's 'Workout Holiday' LP which is out now on Full Time Hobby Records. Or, if you're cheap and can stand the wait, watch out for the stateside release, re-titled 'Exposion' and featuring a number of new tracks, on November 3rd.  For some reason caffeinated, citrus-flavored Pepsi sub-brand Mountain Dew has started their own online "record label." What that amounts to is a website sponsored by the former "zero proof moonshine" where they'll be giving away free MP3s. I guess that means it's sort of like what Converse did with that tune by Pharrell, Santogold and the dude from The Strokes earlier this Summer. Or what RCRDLBL is supposed to be. Or something. Anyway, the Green Label Sound's first release is a one-off from Chicago throwback rappers The Cool Kids called "Delivery Man." It's dope, like pretty much everything else Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish have done so far. Just as my excitement over 'The Bake Sale' was starting to die down this tune's got me amped for 'When Fish Ride Bicycles.' The Cool Kids "Delivery Man" Thursday, August 21, 2008
A few weeks of no internets and I miss this Claymation Zombie masterpiece? I can't figure out if this is just out or not, but it's worth revisiting if you've already seen it. Pure genius! The sound effects make it a Numeral Uno. I'd like to see the Chainsaw Maid slice~n~dice those annoying California Raisins.
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