October 11th, 2007
The legend of elusive love guru, Will IM, is as long as Fergie’s humps are humpy. They tell stories of him from Argentina to Antartica, from Uruguay to the Ukraine (where, the stories are often used to wrap potatoes). After spending many moons trying to decipher his true identity, I believe I have unmasked him. Follow the link below and see who he really is (if you don’t Fergie will haunt your dreams for eternity).
The LA Weekly: Will IM Online Casanova
Download:
MP3: Black eyed Peas-”Joints and Jams”
MP3: Black eyed Peas-”Que Dices”
Sometimes doing an online background check can be useful, and not just for an employer running a background check on a new hire.
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September 10th, 2007
So this is it. The week you’ve all been kinda,’ sorta,’ waiting for: the face-off between Kanye and 50. But rather than do another “Kanye’s record is better than 50’s,” review, I’ve written a feature for the LA Weekly on the politics of both 50 Cent and Kanye West. Needless to say, 50’s the Republican and Kanye rolls with the Dems. I think it’s one of the better things I’ve written, so I hope you guys check it out.
LA Weekly-Decision 2007: Kanye Vs. 50
Download:
MP3: Kanye West-”Everything I Am ft. DJ Premier)” (left-click)
MP3: Kanye West-”Stronger” (left-click)
MP3: 50 Cent-”I Get Money”
MC Rove: An Enormous 50 Cent Fan
Blogs are for Dogs has re-upped all the tracks from Pitchfork’s Best 200 Songs of the 60s list.
Ear Farm goes goth (aerobics).
From Da Bricks analyzes Q-Tip’s unsung production technique.
The Gorilla (no Monsoon) has a track from Caribou’s tour only CD-R.
Aquarium Drunkard has MP3’s of Neil Young’s Time Fades Away, a very solid record still unreleased on CD.
Fellow Stylus writer Dan Weiss (not related), rips Justin Timberlake’s recent HBO special, makes a fellow Weiss glad.
Poisonous Paragraphs reviews the 50 and Kanye records so I don’t have to (because honestly, wild zontars couldn’t make me sit through a full listen of Curtis)
Zilla breaks down Wu-Tang Forever over at Souled On Music, thankfully forgets to discuss “Black Shampoo.”
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August 24th, 2007
This weekend is the fourth annual Fuck Yeah Fest, two nights full of freaky, eclectic music determined to prove once and for all, that hipsters know how to fuck. Or something. I’ve never heard of 1/4 of the bands slated to play, but at the very least, they all promise to be interesting. I’ve done a very strange preview for the LA Weekly, breaking down the acts into three categories: Fuck Yeah, Fuck Eh, and Fuck Nah. Needless to say, the Fuck Nah category involves me drawing an analogy between Deerhunter and the first scene of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Does it involve a man named Rufus and/or the word “bogus?” You’ll have to click below to find out.
Preview of Fuck Yeah Fest at The LA Weekly
Download:
MP3: Indian Jewelry-”Lesser Snake”
MP3: Indian Jewelry-”Health and Wellbeing”
MP3: Wooden Shjips-”Shrinking Moon for You”
So-Crates Johnson Presents This Week’s Links
I’m sure most of you guys have seen it already, but Sach Orenstein’s Living with Baduizm feature at Oh Word is a must read.
Berkeley Place is looking for your votes on the Top 10 Modern Film Soundtrack Singles. Hopefully, “Wu-Wear” counts.
Paul Tao, the man behind Hate Something Beautiful and I Am Sound Records is putting out a single of Nico Vega’s “Cocaine Cooked the Brain.” Go here for details to find out if those
“Just Say No to Drugs” ads from the 80’s were actually true.
Floodwatch and From Da Bricks collaborate to decide the Top 5 Best Pete Rock remixes (with Mp3’s)
Skeet on Mischa has been blogging regularly again, which maketh me glad (yes, maketh).
The Assimilated Negro breaks down “Silent Treatment” from the Roots’ Do You Want More?
Circa 45 posts on the original vinyl single for the Flaming Lips’ “She Don’t Use Jelly” a song forever enshrined in pop culture lore, thanks to a 90210 Peach Pit performance so good that even Steve Sanders had to admit he liked it, despite “not being all that into this alternative rock.”
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