Is everyone excited to be back at work? Would it piss you off if I told you that I’m in Sydney where it’s summertime? No, right? OK cool, you guys are good friends. Now let’s go over the last couple of weeks, shall we? So umm… I don’t even know where to start. Christmas/Hannukah time was a bit hectic for me because it’s deadline o’clock and I’m at the finish line for my Sebastien Tellier remix and this mix CD. (The former goes on the latter). As you may recall in my last post, we had that Fool’s Gold holiday party with the legendary DJ Premier and Cipha Sounds. Our sponsors Pepsi decorated the space heavily with Christmas trees and snow flakes. It was a bit more festive (in a family sort of way) than expected, but I think that just brought everyone together even more. Since practically everyone on Fool’s Gold was in town for the weekend, I had a little get-together at my house the next day and we sipped on egg-nog while listening to Catchdini’s tall tales of grimy New York hip hop. He’s an even better storyteller than Abe Simpson.
I’m about to do a “Forgot About Dre” song about all these (sun)glasses t-shirts. Well, no I’m not but the point is, I could if I wanted. YSL’s got this baby coming out… Sure this one is cheeky because it refers to the classic frames that Mr. Yves used to rock.
And I’m definitely not on some bitter “yall are biting me” steez… but do you remember the tee I did with Cody Hudson in 2006/2007?
Yeah that was cool. The only sunglasses t-shirt I remember seeing before that was the one I made with Kiser earlier in ‘06, the one that Kanye wore on TRL when he met Tom Cruise! Hahaaa…
Just felt like pointing that out. I REST MY CASE YOUR HONOR.
This is actually real… British cult clandestine brand Boudicca have this fragrance called Wode, named after the ancient woad plant, whose blue dyes were used by tribes for ritualistic marking by the Brittani tribes. You spray it with a can and it tints you with a TEMPORARY blue paint. The coloring quickly fades away and all that’s left is the smell. Interesting! Do yourself a favor and peep this video.
This just opened on Friday at the Pierogi 2000 gallery in Williamsburg and is going till February 1st. David Kramer makes semi-cheeky, eco-friendly works. More info here.
This came out in 2007. I remember when I was on tour with Kanye on the Touch The Sky tour, we rolled through Memphis and some of the guys went to the Stax museum at their old studio and brought back this movie. We watched it on the tour bus. I don’t remember why I didn’t go to the museum myself. I do remember that Ye also had an afterparty in Memphis and me & GLC invited Juicy J to come kick it with us, and he did! He came with his boy Computer, that’s the dude who would do all things computer-related for Three 6. Computer taught me the expression “snow bunny” that night. But I digress. We’re talking about Stax here.
PBS presents Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, which highlights the rise of Stax Records, death of Otis Reading, and the seizure of the entire Stax catalog by Atlantic Records, the label’s eventual recovery, and Isaac Hayes’ rise to stardom. (RIP)
Got this from this Flickr page. Dr Google brought me over to Steven Dufala and Billy Blaise Dufala’s website. They are brothers and (outsider?) artists. I like!!
I didn’t really think that my Animal Adventure series would delve into the avian realm. Probably because I like animals that are quirky and weird, and birds don’t usually fall into that category in my book. BOY WAS I WRONG. This lyre bird is a copycat. It imitates the noises of its surroundings, not just other birds but camera shutters! You gotta watch this…
By the way I got this from Carlena Altman’s blog, a stand-up comedian who also makes Jewish rosaries… Interesting.
PS: Honorable mention to the extinct Dodo bird, the original bird that tickled my fancy since my youth watching cartoons. What cartoon had dodos in it? I can’t remember, someone help me…
And I thought becoming an international touring DJ at 15 was a lot of pressure! My man here became emperor of China at age 3! Hehe… Seriously though, I really want to see this. It came out in 1987 when I was 5… Not that that’s a real excuse why I haven’t seen this classic, multiple-Oscar winning film. The reality is, we didn’t watch much TV or many movies in the Macklovitch household. Although I gotta give my dad props for watching Spike Lee movies with me and my bro when we were young… sidebar.
Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor recently came out on DVD (and Blu-ray!) on the uber-respectable Criterion Collection. Check the trailer on that link, I can’t embed it.
When I get home I should take a picture of my hat closet and post it. It’s like something out of Harry Potter or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But when I mention that I wear a lot of caps people tend to ask me what my teams are. I have no idea, I haven’t followed sports since my brief stint as a hockey player in the 2nd and 3rd grade. Rather than sports, my steez is when some of my favorite brands and designers make New Eras: Commonwealth, Supreme, etc.
High-end Japanese fashion line Number (N)ine just unveiled this new collection of checkered (and winged?) cap collection. According to hypebeast these will be available “at both Number (N)ine Tokyo locations”. Greeeaat.
Catchdini just sent me this megaupload of Beastie Boys samples that’s been floating on ze net. I’m downloading at the Air New Zealand lounge, can’t wait to dig through this. It’s for Check Your Head and Ill Communication. Dig in!!
