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Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor (Designer Drugs Remix)

The latest producers to put their spin on Treasure Fingers’ irresistibly funky Fool’s Gold debut “Cross The Dancefloor” are NYC’s Designer Drugs. They stay faithful to the original track’s melody while injecting it with a massive bass line and a garage-y break beat all their own. Get ready for the rewinds!

Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor (Designer Drugs Remix)

Sacheen Littlefeather

As you know we are getting closer to Thanksgiving. It's about the Native Americans. I came across Sacheen Littlefeather. She goes under Hollywood History. For bringing awareness about the Injustice, mockery, and humiliation. The Natives were not being properly acknowledged.

Sacheen Littlefeather walked up the stage during the Oscars to accept Marlon Brando’s award to only to reject it.







Sacheen Littlefeather (born Maria Cruz on 30 January 1947 in Salinas, California, U.S.) is an activist who donned Apache dress and explained on behalf of actor Marlon Brando when he would not arrive to claim the Oscar he had won for his performance in The Godfather in a prepared statement at the Academy Awards on March 27, 1973.
Marlon Brando became involved with the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the early 1970s. He decided in 1973 that he wanted to make a statement about the events at Wounded Knee and contacted AIM about providing a person to accept the Oscar for him. Dennis Banks and Russell Means picked Maria Cruz. She had previously been the winner of the 1970 Miss American Vampire competition.

She represented Brando and his boycotting of the Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather (1972), as a way to protest the ongoing siege at Wounded Knee and Hollywood and television’s misrepresentation of American Indians. Brando had written a fifteen-page speech to be given at the awards by Cruz, but when the producer met her backstage, he threatened to physically remove her or have her arrested if she spoke on stage for more than 45 seconds. Her comments on stage were improvised. She then went backstage and read the entire speech to the press. Exactly what became of the Oscar still remains unknown.
Afterward, she began a brief acting career. Cruz has a heritage that includes Apache, Yaqui, Pueblo, and European ancestry.

Currently, Sacheen is the co-ordinator of the Kateri Prayer Circle in San Francisco and resides in the San Rafael, California area.

Animated Music Videos

I been browsing looking at videos and recently stumbled across the new Kanye, Common and Gnarls. They happen to have graphics, illustration, and animation. I love art. It's dope to see this. All 3 artist have albums coming out in the next 2 weeks. Hear Kanyes pain, Gnarls soul, and Commons metaphors.

Common-Universal Mind Control is a dope video. I draw robots and clowns. I am on the robot tip. His video is some Robot Funk.


Kanye's Heartless video is well on point on it's designs. The movements, body language and feeling. You hear pain and see stress. It's dope as well Mr Hype Williams video legend and movie maker.


Heartless from kwest on Vimeo.

Gnarls Barkley Mystery Man is funny. It goes well with the song. Cee-lo's voice and Danger Mouse notes is a dynamic force of creativity. The animation and story telling makes it great.

Kaws Does Kanye Album Art

Kanye West is an artist in every sense of the word. He’s talented, cocky, insecure, and brilliant. This unique fusion can often times cause confusion and a wave of cynicism towards the man’s naturally born talents. After a successful third album to seal the deal of his school themed trio audio journey, it looks as if Mr. West is all grown up now as he embarks on a new terrain of experimental sounds that reminds me at least of how house music sounded like back in the early ’90s. Kanye practically sings in every track, granted his voice is filtered to resemble T-Pain; the man however has a unique vision. Kanye is in a place that is the envy of many artists, he has the ability to recreate himself over and over again and he has the loyal fan base that equally expects him to shape shift and transform. His new album, “808s & Hearbreak” is set to release late November. Of course out goes his flashy Jeremy Scott frames and his loud patent lanvin kicks and in is his subdued tieless door-to-door salesman attire capped with his fabric broken heart mended over his, well, heart. His album art was commissioned by Kaws, another artist who’s subtle commentary on consumerism and capitalism stands on an unsteady platform not yet quite defined as Kaws himself is thriving in wealth and fame from consumers of his work who appreciate his critique. But then again, I suppose this is what art is all about in the end, no?

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Joaquin Phoenix (dressed like The Dude) Debuts Rap Career

Joaquin Phoenix showed up at Dam-Funk's Culver City hot spot Funkmosphere on Monday night to debut his rap career, along with your boy Casey Affleck who was filming the chaos.

Joaquin announced the other day that he was giving up acting to focus on music. A source said: “He was filming a documentary of his transition from acting to music.”

Dam-Funk's Funkmosphere at Carbon was titled L.A.s “Best Boogie Funk” recently by LA Weekly.

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Santogold – Shove It (Switch Remix)

By opting for some more crystalline hi-hats and
a soupier kick sound, Switch has kept Santogold’s track
“Shove It”—one of the dubbier cuts from her
album—at a turtle-crawl pace, drawing the island vibes out even more
but never dulling her (or Naeem’s, of Spank Rock-fame)
performance.

Santogold – Shove It (Switch
Remix)

Mos
Def – Life In Marvelous Times

A little under a month ago, we premiered Mos Def’s
killer new single “Life In Marvelous Times”, but now we finally
have it available for download. Taken from his pending Downtown debut,

The Ecstatic—the track features a pretty thumping crescendo of
synths from producer Mr. Flash and really seems even more pertinent since
our election.

Mos Def – Life In Marvelous
Times

Gnarls Barkley - Mystery Man

New Video from Gnarls Barkley. Song available on the 'Whos Gonna Save My Soul EP' expected release OUT NOW. You haven't heard Who's Gonna Save My Soul. You got to hear it. Thanks for the good creative soulful funk, that you guys keep bringing.
www.myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley

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Cazals
– Life Is Boring (Crookers Zuppa del Cazal Mix)

Cazals is a gritty garage band that
plays scuzzy guitars with cigarette packs rolled up their sleeves. But
leave it to beat scientists The Crookers—who rocked a remix of
Kid Cudi’s “Day ‘N’ Nite”—to
deconstruct the rock track “Life Is Boring,” with colossal
house beats and deafening drum/bass. This remix will pound you out of bed
and tease you all day, bass thumping at your conscience.

Cazals – Life Is Boring
(Crookers Zuppa del Cazal Mix)

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I wish I can go.

LA's own Jane's Addiction will be playing in their original form this Thursday at the relatively tiny venue, El Cid, in Silverlake. The show serves as an apology to fans and family who were unable to attend their packed gig at La Cita in downtown LA last month.

Tickets will be available at the door, but plan on getting there extra early to ensure a good spot. Stay tuned for a potential Fall tour possibly in the works.

The Black Keys Release Live DVD

If your familiar with The Black Keys. There new DVD called Live at The Crystal Ballroom comes out. Here's a "I got mine" from The Crystal Ballroom.

Old Dirty Bastard- ODB R.I.P Happy B-day

November 13th was the day he passed away in 2004. His birthday is on the 15 of November, I was at a hip-hop show i was promoting for at the time. Now it's blown up world wide and that's Rock The Bells. It was the second Rock The Bells Festival with Tribe Called Quest Reunited! I heard news that Russell(ODB) Jones had just passed away. I was like damn you serious. I just saw ODB 4 months before the news performing at The Wu reunited with all members including ODB. I promoted my heart out it was a blessing to be part of Hip Hop history. Even his last show. R.I.P Russel Jones.

Old School Wednesday-Common Sense

I used to love H.E.R

The Yancey Bros J Dilla and Illa J

Delicious Vinyl announced the imminent release of Yancey Boys, the debut album by Illa J, younger brother of the late producer James Yancey (AKA Jay Dee AKA J Dilla). With Illa J rhyming and singing over untouched Jay Dee instrumentals, the project represents both a full-circle collaboration and a whole new beginning in the story of the exceptionally musical Yancey brothers.

DOWNLOAD: Illa J - We Here (prod. J Dilla)

Check out his release party @ The Root Down Nov 20

Mr Brainwash 2

Ok if your in Los Angles than you must take notice on Mr Brainwash. Who is he? If you ever driven Sunset Blvd corner of Gower ave than you'll see art show 2008. What's MBW? Why is Scarface on Sunset? Is that Louie? You ask lately there's been to people i been following. The other will mention later, but Mr Brainwash has been giving LA that street art feeling.

Graffiti lives in LA like anywhere else but graffiti art is like piecing has not been doing it for me. Like ownership walls, and so forth.


Like the saying go big! Mr Brainwash has been for more than a couple of years. From promoting the Life is Beautiful. Is that you with the aviators? Or recently seen that old Andy Warhol shit with a political twist close to the election.
Last but not least the fight bigger than Rumble In The Jungle. Obama wins by TKO! Mcain left drowning in a puddle of oil. Just a tax write for for him.

INVADER- Rubix Cubism-Part 2

Invader keeps his famous style alive in this video. You'll the masked invader talking abou this work.

Hard Haunted Mansion Review

I haven't posted anything new for a bit had a hectic week. Well here's my review of Hard Haunted Mansion I got there right when Crystal Castles came on they were ok. She yelled at me for a little to long and her voice was hurting me because I was next to the speaker. I hate there Management company Copyright Ingridgement it was my footage you fucken dump fucks.

Soulwaxwas dope I danced to there whole set. They were on point. I seen them before at a private BPM party they rocked it. I would love to see you guys a again besides a Coachella. It was funky funk chicken.




The Crookerswere hard! People slept on you guys. Killed it i mean Killed it. I was stooping, foot workin and even popping. It was Hard pounding body rocking Bass. Your BBC Set is one of my favorites of all time. We need to drink some beer.


Justice I saw i liked it but I am on the Deadmau5 were you at now? I say your cheese was tight. I was Muthafing dancing machine. The 1st hour was Hard the second i was a bit tender. I would get into it and then breakdown. If like you were busy or something was on your mind.




It was a good festival I am glad too DJ Am doing his thing. He was dope. It makes you appreciate the things you have. No more private jets the great ones die from them. I know i am gonna hear some wicked ass tunes. Big ups on the performance. Boyz Noize I missed a lot of your set but i did dance too a few songs got hated on no name here. Busy P Busy P what you doing wearing that robot head. Is it to remind me that they are in the studio? Or a publicity stunt. It was fun, laughs, sweat and lips. Hard 2009 It's a Annual thing. Good Job peoples.