Today’s bloggin best…
- Feeling 2005? New music by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Cribs and Bloc Party. NME
- Nas & Damian Marley album trailer. 2DopeBoyz
- Bjork collaborated with E-40, sorta. Fader
- Sarah Palin and Fox News declare war against LL Cool J. Village Voice
- Dark Side of the Moon as played on a classic Nintendo. Retrothing
- Buy a vowel. Lollapalooza announcing line-up Wheel of Fortune style. Lollapalooza
- Terry Richards shoots a clothed (thank goodness!) Ben Stiller. Format Mag
When seven of the world’s finest holed up in a cargo van to participate in the Red Bull BC One– a no holds barred, 3-minute b-boy competition to decide who’d get the throne and bring all other dancers to their knees – it was a chance bond with fellow b-boyers to develop friendships and even participate in a little friendly competition. But what began as an amicable journey ended up getting a little dysfunctional, as tempers flared and one of the boys decided to go Greyhound.
Oh, the continual debate.
Vogue continues to showcase and support the fur industry. It’s still seen as a luxury item, something for only the very wealthy (which adds to its aspirational appeal). But is it humane? Is it okay to wear the pelt of a dead animal? Haven’t we evolved past all that?
The questions keep coming. Should you wear the real stuff or do you prefer a faux muff? Will you buy it new or only wear vintage? If you berate fur wearers but still own leather shoes & purses, how do you justify that? Is fur chic or just freaky?
I am a huge fan of faux fur, and own multiple faux coats which are in almost continual rotation when the temperature drops. I was recently given an extremely old, vintage brown rabbit fur jacket by a friend of mine and I absolutely love it. It has been my first foray into wearing the real stuff, and I wore it on the plane from Austin to New York because I really hadn’t packed anything warm enough. After nine hours of traveling, as I was waiting for a car at LaGuardia airport, a surly teenager mumbled to me, “If you want to wear fur you should skin it yourself”, before being sternly reprimanded by his mother.
If Red Bull Thre3Style were a disease by now, you’d probably have it. And if you didn’t have it, well, you’d probably want to catch it for a while. If it seems as though a new club every week is playing host to the Red Bull-sponsored DJ battle, it’s probably because it’s true — 3Style is spreading across the nation like a virus, and people are starting to realize its showdown-style premise and display of virtuosity makes for one of those events that, even for those who aren’t DJ aficionados, will make you love it for the competition. So here’s a peek at what was going down in Miami last week.
Today’s bloggin best…
- TRON trailers get remixed. Boing Boing
- Police could arrest Erykah Badu for nude video shoot. That certainly doesn’t prove a point. Hip Hop Wired
- Biggie Smalls times The xx equals The Notorious xx. Prefix
- Some people may have heard new Burial music late one night, maybe. LA Times
- LCD Soundsystem album gets a name and a face. Consequence of Sound
- Did Flat Eric just eat LSD with Pharrell? Asian Man Dan
- Crystal Castles release a 90-second song for Record Store Day. Pitchfork
Usher - Raymond v. Raymond
Alan Jackson – Freight Train
Barenaked Ladies – All In Good Time
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Amy Grant – Somewhere Down The Road
Gretchen Wilson – I Got Your Country Right Here
Lady GaGa – Telephone: The Remixes [EP]
Meth Ghost Rae – Wu Massacre
Jon Secada – Classics
Joan Armatrading – This Charming Life
Delerium – Remixed: The Definitive Collection
Robin Williams – Weapons Of Self Destruction [CD + DVD]
Ferry Corsten – Once Upon A Night [2 CDs]
Original Cast Recording – Memphis
Soundtrack – God Of War III
E-40 – Revenue Retrievin’: Day Shift
E-40 – Revenue Retrievin’: Night Shift
Paper Tongues – Paper Tongues
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way
Black Francis – Nonstoperotik
Tomasz Stanko Quintet – Dark Eyes
Helloween - Unarmed: Best of 25th Anniversary
El Gran Combo – Sin Salsa No Hay Paraiso
Cedarmont Kids – Cedarmont Singalong Celebration
Turin Brakes – Outbursts
Edwin McCain – The Best of Edwin McCain
Bobby Caldwell – Consummate Bobby Caldwell
White Stripes – Under Great White Northern Lights [Box Set]
Hailing from New Zealand, Kerretta is comprised of three musicians who want to pummel you with something that could best be described as anti-music. For fans of prog and the more experimental side of things — and probably anyone fed up with the resurgence of redundant, retro rock recycling — it could be just what the Pro Tools-addled, over-saturated music world probably needs right now.
Another Thursday night in NYC, and yes, another fully-catered art event to attend – and of course, another chance to mingle with Gotham’s elite, indie and cool kid population. Sometimes us New Yorkers tend to forget how good our lives really are; not to trample on the nightlife scene of other cities, but in NYC, it’s truly an embarrassment of riches.
Don’t be alarmed…we have assumed control…just go to Haveyougoneawol.com and follow the instructions. Or the National Guard will come to your house, quarantine it and use your body for military experimentation. At least, that’s what AWOL Nation would have you believe. A cool little throwback to the Roger Corman schlock of the sixties, the band’s website boasts the 3-D Cinemascope of yore (Avatar this ain’t), complete with a double feature, Lost Signal and Deep Danger. They’re both short movies in their own right – one a deep space sci-fi flick that parodies Lost in Space and space fare of the era, the other a Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-inspired adventure, complete with giant angry cephalopod.
Today’s bloggin best…
- A new Jay-Z / Dr. Dre song might be dropping this week. 2dopeboyz
- Johnny Marr could play in two bands at Reading Festival. NME
- Madlibs drops bombs with Guilty Simpson and Strong Arm Steady.
- Gorillaz got an online video game. Pitchfork
- If wrestlers were rappers. Complex
- Erykah Badu gets naked and assassinated in new video. SFGate
- Deadmau5 goes Hollywood, guests on Gossip Girl, hangs with Tommy Lee. MTV