pidgin
>> Saturday, April 18, 2009
listen to cannibal ox - "pigeon" streaming on last fm
lyrics to "pigeon" here. more cannibal ox data here.
Onward
14 years ago
pop urls zen
>> Thursday, April 16, 2009
my (personalized!) recommended links from popurls today...
also:
and this, maybe the weirdest video i've ever seen. warning, sappy songs!
that veiled gazette #349
>> Tuesday, April 14, 2009
editor's note: sorry for the delay getting out this issue. i've been super busy, so blogging has been hard to get to, but admittedly i've also been a little geeked out on using facebook for the first time. finding old friends, writing letters, posting little things for them, becoming a "fan" of hummus, etc... for real though, it has been fascinating watching people from completely different periods of my life talking with each other. not that that doesn't ever happen here, but, well, it's a different audience. i love you both, and that veiled gazelle isn't going anywhere...
painter in bangladesh, via wall street journal's picture of the day
ART: the delicate special works of rachel sumpter. the composite (time not space!) photography of peter funch. the (street art blog) wooster collective truly continues to put out great stuff. check out sally's blue wall or this colorful wheatpaste. my old friend fran (thank you, facebook) documented a cool piece that involves ink drawing on walls and an air compressor. design is fun, but "hyperbolic bronnerism" is even more fun. it's a little hard to navigate, but the site neocha is a collection of independent chinese culture. also, check the vibrant, subtley pagan, mucha-like (mostly) nudes of svetlana valueva. also, while he's a bit miffed about watchmen (his work, originally...) that's o.k., because alan moore is a super-genius. witness video (direct link here):
MUSIC: wizards are better posts some good bassline & dubstep stuff (and some hipster crap). are you annoyed that pirating music takes so much time? take the wait out with skipscreen. blackdown makes a mind map on the origin of scenes. promotion services for world musicians. frieze article by dj rupture on the "decline" of digging. also, i hadn't heard about soul singer phyllis hyman, but she's got a nice voice (video) (and is from pittsburgh!) three more youtube music links here: kinsmen (indian jazz ensemble), carl craig classical remix, and some ethiopian heat. anyway, i've been posting A LOT of DUBSTEP. so here are seven songs that aren't:
your's truly spinning at global beats march 2009. photo by carla.
TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, DIY: great rhyme writing resource in writerhymes. inflatable hood for sleepy travelers. do dumb shit to photographs with pikipimp. laura's always been a proponent for local currency... learn about algebra (i forgot all mine in art school...) create large wall posters with little printers. nice home-made picture frames out of jars. and for the record, artificial life could be created within 5 years, whatever that means...
ECO: meditate on the size of the earth and how lucky we are. 25 reasons why you should consider earth-sheltered technology. paris is grey, and sarkozy has a plan. another weird plan on the table for global warming issues. or is global warming all a hoax? i dunno, i'm not a scientist... something tells me that it's not a bad idea to act like it's real, if only because we might help with the bio-diversity problem. good soy milk recipe. candle-powered heat? i don't live in these cities, but: space in detroit. space in baltimore. i found some nice eco stuff on chelsea green, including this article on the case for "small" hydro-electric power.
BABYLON, SCANDAL, POLITICS: you know about Carnivore and ECHELON, right? their giant spy networks that troll everyone's communications for these words, among others... well there is at least one more ghost-net recently discovered, this time in china. here's what you might look like to your government. there are some sneaky shenanigans in the obama copyright treaty... france is ready for rebirth of the "violent left"... that's a hilarious article, but to be fair, they have had some history of awesome riots (which in turn left us a lot of slogans.) there's been a tiny crack made in the travel restrictions to cuba, but then there's the wholeembargo thing. why? chomsky has some ideas on that... also an OLD scandal may be getting some light shed on it.
SUFI, WEIRD: perfect memory, anyone? bahauddin's book sounds pretty great. my friend found one of the (super rare) copies ofthis book in a junk shop... still haven't seen it yet. for free, an archive of female sacred poets. amazing horse dancing in pakistan (video... jump ahead for the fast parts.) the thousands of inscriptions are getting translated, finally. i'm starting to think i ought to learn a bit more about ramon llull. creationist science fairs... first prize in the high school division actually sounds pretty interesting... top ten secret scientologists. get your daily weird at the daily grail. finally, the sisters of perpetual indulgence celebrate 30 years.
Read more...
tease tease
>> Saturday, April 11, 2009
i'm in the tropics now... promise a big digest soon!
teaser... (mp3) fantastic mr. fox & rich reason - "bleep show"
mostly banal, but occasionally...
>> Saturday, April 4, 2009
...awesome. lolcats, people. they're profound occasionally.
"tower of babel" tonight folks... bangin' bangin'!
love
>> Thursday, April 2, 2009
river learned to kiss... he does it like a fish. sweet prince. thanks to dave for the photo...
dubstep is still awesome
>> Tuesday, March 31, 2009
fuck the haters...
dubstep is awesome part 2!
i'm just gonna keep giving away my favorite dubstep deejay tricks.
.zipped up on mediafire
(mp3) the widdler - "same way" HUGE BEAUTIFUL BANGeR!!!!
(mp3) babylon system - "hyphy" (feat. candy vox) - goofy intro track
(mp3) eleven8 - "this is risk" - dark shit with nice synth programming...
(mp3) starkey - "gutter music" feat. durrty goodz - been waiting for this one!
(mp3) jazzsteppa - "big swing sound" - AWESOME jazzy low-swingin' vocal track
(mp3) kromestar vs. hatcha - "bruce and the biscuits" - love these guys together...
(mp3) 2000f & j kamata - "you don't know what love is" - big 80's style vocoder
(mp3) 501 - "mind control" - i don't know anything about this artist... evil shit.
global beats & gypsy social
>> Wednesday, March 25, 2009
buddha beats night for spring global beats!
i'll be spinning dubstep, bhangra & other global beats.
carla will spin her usual mix of brazilian, colombian & dancehall
$5 10pm-2am saturday march 28th @ ava lounge 124 s. highland avenue
global beats on facebook
i'll preview my new mix "tower of babel" at the gypsy social after vibe
late saturday night (sunday morning!) april 4th 1am-5am
$12 gets you in and all you can drink... food is extra
i'm playing the realest of the real bass action!
gypsy social on facebook
come out and play, pittsburghers!
drum n rai
>> Sunday, March 22, 2009
carlos sent over this hilarous yet awesome algerian music video by cheb mami. i'd bang this at the club for sure. what's hilarious to me is the suit and non-chalant nature of male arab singers in their videos. reminds me of the omar souleyman video i posted a while back. it's like, "yeah, this music's hot, but i'm in formal wear just doin my thing..."
Read more...a quick link dump via the huffington post.
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