Friday, March 28, 2008

Dio Fix: NonMetalheads need not apply




Dio 101
At the risk of sounding repetitive(sorry chris & lee). i have recently got into Ronnie James Dio in a big way. I made a playlist of his stuff, it seemed more necessary than my normal ocd freakouts. this is due to his involvement in several bands. First clip above is him with Rainbow in 1978.(Richie Blackmore from Deep Purple was also in the band)
Then the next clip is him with Black Sabbath after Ozzy left in 1981.
And then he went solo with the mighty Holy Diver in 1983.
Finally a clip of Tenacious D from their movie.(Dio at the end & Meat loaf)
Long Live Dio

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The Gutter Twins





All Misery/ Flowers
This is what i feel like every time i get high now. Sinister Purpose

Monday, March 24, 2008

Comedy gold served on fake china

Although I remember hearing of the film Waiting in passing, I recommend it to all of you Applebees Alumni



On a fluke, I passed over this novice gem on Comedy Central and had the pleasure of watching it in all its unedited glory the other night. Hands down, I believe Waiting is one of the truest testimonials to working in food and beverage service - especially chain restaurants. Golden performances by Ryan Reynolds, David Koechner, Alanna Ubach, and surprisingly Dane Cook.

Check it out bitches and get ready for a mouthful of reality.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

R.I.P.




I Was listening to J.B. today and he's still my hero.



Saturday, March 22, 2008

Yes, please


New version of Scion Hako concept. Always change, but this one actually looks good enough for production. Another take on the love/hate weirdo xb mixed with some early hot rod flourishes. Gimme Hako in flat black with some smoothies and i'm sold.

goes around, comes around.








Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Heads up...

If you didn't know, Portishead's 'Third' is already floating around, that Gnarls Barkley already dropped, Mike Patton's new shit is pretty nice if you dig his deal, and if Chunks didn't already clue you in to Hercules and Love Affair, you're missing out biggie style. Tighten up.

Smooches.


Sunday, March 16, 2008

Weezy Back Bia!



Still managing to be a proper weirdo even in obvious radio track terrritory.



and if it's long the rest here.

Peter ate the mushrooms, but we all saw "snow" in San Diego



Baby hail as glorified snow came down here. We're a mile from the ocean and it's clear blue sky T-shirt weather today. Kinda weird. Managed to stick around for several hours, sure wasn't expecting this. Just waiting for the whole of Cali to slide off into the ocean now.

More pics after the jump...










Thursday, March 13, 2008

Tuesday, March 11, 2008



Anyone with even a passing interest in hip hop, i haven't heard a mixtape as consistent in many many years as Pacific Division's Sealed for Freshness Blendtape, and i'm pretty sure most of this is a couple years worth of tracks. These fools put shit to shame with wittiness, flow, and energy to kill everything. I'm super excited for anything coming up. New favorites in a sea of status quo.

Not the same old bullshit. This video is definitely not a prime example, but the best they have out on youtube which is nothing. The only other shit is a radio appearance. Still solid, though not well representative.

These dudes are ready.





and if it's long the rest here.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Friday, March 7, 2008

The Gutter Twins







This is the only none live video clip i could find. Anyways the song is great. the band is Mark Lanegan & Greg Dulli. of Screaming Trees & Afghan Wigs respectively. their album just came out. you guys should download it.


Monday, March 3, 2008

goddamn SNL

so it turns out if Vampire Weekend didnt get the chance to play SNL this week i would have had the chance to record them live at a record store here at school

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Yaz (british Yazoo)



chunks probably hip already knowing his inclinations, i've been rocking for a while, this is mostly for convincing rick despite himself but at the same time for everyone down with openness for cool shit.

old as hell but just got onto Yaz's (Yazoo in the U.K.) 'Upstairs at Eric's' from the early 80's.

Vince Clarke was primary songwriter for the today still active and interesting Depeche Mode...



in the early days of the 80's, penning amongst others "Just Can't Get Enough" in which you'll possibly hear rhythmic/melodic similarities here, split off quick to do this with Allison Moyet due to differences in momentum, somewhat confusingly right when Depeche Mode were first gaining their notoriety. Seems to me, in an intriguing way, to perfectly balance the cold emptiness of early/still developing Electronic music (which in a lot of ways was the point of it for Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, and the like despite it's white folk danceability) with more heart than what a lot of the post-funk disco hits inflected on the powerful melancholy that prior soul/r&b provided.

Overtly obvious Eurythmics comparisons aside because of the (maybe unfairly) slightly homogeneous post-party mostly late eighties popularity of Eurythmics, and because Yaz was there slightly earlier/about the same time, i felt immediately and have enjoyed repeatedly enough that they have more of a re-visit value than anything Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart came up with as a group, handful of well worn universally overplayed singles aside for the sake of fairness.

Kind of got the deserved limelight stolen slightly by time considering the Eurythimics didn't hit amazingly big until much later sharing the same catchiness and employing literally the exact same style. I'll admit I'm an Annie Lennox fan, and after the first couple of weeks of rotation, i still think Yaz has way more to offer both in context and playability.

Check it out. No real videos i could find, but their myspace page has a handful of songs that are all impressive and i feel still relevant despite age. Then again, what is modern when everything recent is an attempt at unabashed idolization of the old? regardless, this is the heat for anyone that likes to boogie on the dance floor or has any interest in the building blocks of electronic music with a soul that modern R&B didn't seem to fully grasp until 20 some odd years later, to come back around to wholeheartedly, instead of playing the old style by merely replacing physical instruments with cheesy synths, a la Lionel Richie's post-Commodores campily enjoyable sing alongs and fighting through empty over the top nineties arrangements.

I've got this icebox where my heart used to be, you son of a guns.

The tracks "Midnight" and "Only You" available on their Myspace page are particular standouts ,again from the first album 'Upstairs at Eric's', for me amongst many many fantastic tracks that emphasize the greatness.

Yaz's Myspace Link Here with plenty more goodness