The O'Reilly Factor: Chippendale Edition (With Guests)

I hope this makes it to the Daily Show.

Stinky Living Room

On Saturday I attended a local hip-hop "show". Show is quoted because how can a show be a show if the acts only performed for about 10-15 minutes? There were four acts, 4 x 15 = exactly 60 mins, for $5 dollars. Okay, that averages about $0.08 per minute. Shows at the Rialto usually go for $25 and last a good 4 hours and a half. That averages out $0.09 per minute. It's about the same. But how are you going to compare the local acts to Wu-Tang Clan, Atmosphere, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and etc. So I guess my complaint is not the performance, like I said "local acts", it is the goddamn $5 I had to spend for bad sound quality and songs I could have heard on myspace. Like Ricardo said, "I wish there was a home or back button in these situations."

And now for some real MPC 2000 use:
Damu the Fudgemunk - "Prosper" (Live)


Shall we keep the fail vibe going? Why not! These are the top 10 fails of 2009.

A Daily Pie Diet

Must not be good. But it's so good. Good, good, good.

Japanese DJ's are simply to cool for school.



Do any you guys remember the big craze I had over Menahan Street Band last year? Well, check out The Budos Band:


Brotha, if you cant handle the funk and soul then go dig yourself a hole.

Update

Still downloading too much music, eating too much food, and surfing the Internet way too much. And I got an A on Mrs. Cranes research paper. This pass weekend I caught up on sleep (which I loss during Mrs. Cranes research paper), watched t.v., and made a beat.

Black Stamps.mp3

Also, three of my good friends have blogs:

Gilbert- http://mindless-genius.blogspot.com

Esau- http://bigeasys.blogspot.com

And recently
Frank- http://famous-frank.blogspot.com

Chem em' out.

Now, for closure. On Gilbert's blog there are some videos of moi. I just want to say all those acts are practice for the day I work as a cast member on SNL. So, it's not that embarrassing...ok, it is to a point...

Sade - Soldier of Love

If you know me very, very well you will know that I am one of Sade's biggest fans. When I read online a few months ago that she was coming out with a new album on February I almost feel of my computer chair. Here is her single:


Listening to this single is giving me an idea on the direction Sade is going to go with this album. To be honest, I am kind of disappointed she is keeping the same computerized way of production she went with in Lovers Rock. I was kind of hoping for a revival of her Diamond Life/Promise years. But then again, the album does not come out till next year. I still get to anticipate.

The Conscience, of the Devil(?)

While strolling on myspace today I found this "quote" (note that I quoted quote) by some girl and it read this:
"To recover broken ground is like looking for a conscience in the devil"

Just to note, this person did not get this quote from a famous author or philosopher or politician or Chuck Norris. She quoted herself. By doing so, she already gives this quote no credibility at all. Now lets get to the good part. From what I know and where I've gotten all my knowledge from (books, textbooks, movies, music, magazines, t.v. shows, Internet, and etc) the devil does have a conscience. Have any of you all seen this famous picture?



This is the picture I get in my mind when I'm deciding if I should eat the last Chocolate Glazed Donut. From there, a debate starts.
Angel: "Don't do it Hector. Remember you couldn't fit into those brand new jeans you bought the other day?"

Devil: "Ahh, don't listen to him. Eat it. Who cares. You walk around all day! You'll burn it off by 3rd period."

Angel: "That is not true! Studies and statistics have shows that in order to burn a 10oz donut you have to run 3 miles! That donut looks like a good 20oz's."

Devil: "Studies my butt! Haven't you heard that Mark Twain's quote on statistics?"

Angel: "No."

Devil: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -Mark Twain

Angel: "I didn't know he said that."

Devil: "Yup."

Angel: "Well I'll be damned... Metaphorically speaking of course! Not like be damned to hell or something."

Devil: "Well, it kind of figures."

Angel: "What do you mean?"

Devil: "You are and Angel. You probably went to some super religious school that burned books and stuff."

Okay, were getting of track. Anyways. We all have experienced this inner conflict that goes on in your conscience once in our life's. Usually, it's good and evil that are butting heads. And like we just saw, it is usually portrayed with an Angel and the Devil. (Because we all know everything portrayed as evil immediately gets either a Hitler mustache or named the Devil) Everyone in this universe has some sort of evil in them, some have the ability to express it in an easier manner. Our evil lives in our mind and most profoundly in our conscience. The Devil, the evil in all of us, does indeed have a conscience. But unlike our human conscience his conscience consists of only evil. Giving the Devil the ability to express and practice his conscience through each and every one of us.

Girl on myspace, you've been blogged. And I hope she never reads this either, which will most likel be the case.

The Count of Monte Cristo (The Sandwich)

We meet on Facebook and we later Skyped with each other, now it was time for me to invite her over for dinner. Her name was Clarissa. I know that she has a cat named Charlie, was born in Chicago, is getting her graduate degree in biology at the UofA, and is a fan of Jimmy John's sandwiches. (I got all of this information of her facebook page.) "Sandwiches..." I thought to myself. "I'll make her a Monte Cristo!" Each ingredient that goes into the Monte Cristo can represent something out of our future love life. The bread would represent the warmth and comfort that we will have with each other, the ham would be the flesh of our love, the chess is the cheesy jokes and games we'll play on each other, the eggs are the children that we would someday have, the milk would be the breast milk she is going to feed to our kids, the oregano will be our hot and spicy sex life, and the butter would represent our ability to slip away but yet stay combined, since butter is slippery and it brings the whole dish together. When she came over at 7:30PM, like we agreed, everything was running like I planned. The Peter Bjorn and John (her favorite band, also got that info of her facebook) was playing smoothly and the $5 wine tasted pretty good for being $5, but then again...what do I know about wine. As I began to prepare the dinner I started telling her about my ingredient analogies. She left after the ham one.

And if you would like to know what a Monte Cristo looks like:
















It's basically a ham and cheese sandwich but the bread is cooked in a way that it resembles French Toast. Pretty tasty if you ask me.

On another subject. Have you ever felt in love with a song that's in a foreign language. I find myself doing that a lot recently, especially with a song named "Dancer" by Tatsuro Yamashita. I know that Japanese rock has become popular here in American but what about Japanese funk! Check it out for yourself.



That's it for today. Now, off to the study books! (Textbooks...)

So, I've Realized...

How detached I've become with mainstream music. In today's society, if you're in the ages between 14-25, you base who you are with what you listen to. It's kind of like that quote, "You are what you eat". As I meet more and more people of that age group I've also noticed that 9 out of 10 of them are going to tell me music is their life. 8 out of 10 of them can name you the most popular song on the radio within 5 seconds, even if it's played backwards. I can't do that. I guess that is why I don't get invited to social events.

Anyways. To celebrate, let's talk about a non-commercial album that has come out recently.



A Brazilian inspired album with guests such as Slug (from Atmosphere), Brother Ali, Murs, Blueprint, Raekwon, Scarface, Phonte (of Little Brother), and many more. What more can you ask for? The album opens with a skit that keeps going through the whole album, almost giving it a little theme, then followed with "Gititit" (all one word) featuring Brother Ali and Slug. It's a very party-full song with a lot of energy but still keeping it's musical elements, I can see why Bk-One put it as the second track. "The True & Living" featuring Raekwon and I Self Devine is first opened with the interlude "Caetano Veloso" which has a big-band feel to it. The climax of the interlude drops going into "The True & Living" making it truly a work of art. "Tema Do Canibal" featuring The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is a instrumental song featuring, as we can already tell, a real brass section and no samples. It's always delightful to find a song of such nature in a Hip-Hop album. "Philly Boy" featuring Black Thought (of The Roots) is definitely my favorite track on this album. The lyrical essence is met because non-other than Black Thought is in charge, but; the musical essence is most definitely at the pulp of greatness. The sample that it has going on is going to be a sample I'm going to be looking for, for ages. It's just delightful. "Blue Balls" featuring Blueprint is a song a Blueprint/Soul Position fans, such as myself, will greatly enjoy. Overall, in my mind this album is categorized under the "A Breath of Fresh Air" mental file. No 808's, no AutoTone, no silly melodies, just real hip-hop.
4.5/5

"Gititit" feat. Brother Ali and Slug


"Philly Boy" feat. Black Thought


Recently, I've been trolling around the world famous collegehumor.com. I got to say, they have some awfully funny stuff in there. Such as the "Social Hierarchy Org Charts Through The Years":

The Onion Gets Me. And Always Will.

Newly Discovered Recordings Reveal Beatles Actually Terrible Group
August 19, 2009 | Issue 45•34

LONDON—Just days after the discovery of several previously unreleased Beatles recordings in the attic of Abbey Road Studios, fans and critics across the globe have renounced their enthusiasm for the rock and roll band that was once revered by millions. "This unfortunate find has forced music historians to completely reassess the talents of John, Paul, George, and Ringo," said Beatles scholar Mark Lewisohn, who has dated the tapes to early 1968. "These songs are awful. That one sax solo alone has utterly negated the genius of Magical Mystery Tour and Rubber Soul combined. Certainly this missing link goes a long way toward explaining their solo careers." In reaction to the discovery, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has shown dramatic signs of improved mental health.



On the day that I vanish from this earth I am going to buy every rare Beatles album out there and give them to my children to use as cup holsters.

And BTW, Season 6 of The Office started this Thursday. It sarted with a good episode which gives me high hopes for the rest of the season. Here is the opening:
Parkour!

Summer in Paris

What a sheek place to be.

Happy Birthday!

To the Internet!!!
Today marks the 40th birthday of one of the most vital factors of todays world, the Internet. Imagine a world with out e-mail, myspace, facebook, twitter, youtube, google map, hulu, ebay, and blogs?!?!?! I don't even want to think about it to be serious. Here's a video on how a professor (Leonard Kleinrock), who we have to be very thankful of, at UCLA sent the first bits of data to another from one computer to another.



So the other day I was reading about Miles Davis and John Coltranes relationship with each other. And if you are either Miles fan or a Coltrane fan or a fan of both you may know what I am talking about. Miles and Coltrane appeared on a handful of albums together, most notably Miles's Kind of Blue. So before starting a recording session Coltrane kept complaining to Miles Davis that he doesn't know when to end or how stop a solo. Miles Davis briefly responded by saying "Why don't you try taking the m*****f***** out of your mouth."
Here's a video of Miles Davis and John Coltrane playing "So What" in 1958:



If you come up to me and ask me what I am going to do this weekend this is what I will most likely respond with. First, homework. Second, I am going to be attending the 3rd Annual Hotel Congress Record Fest presented by HocoFest 2009. Whats better than a room full of rare and collectible records? Two rooms of rare collectible records. (Haha...) Anyways, it's going to be this Saturday September 5th from 9:00am-3:00pm and it is going to be inside the Club Congress (311 East Congress Street Tucson, AZ 85701) If you are an avid record collector/digger, like to see crazy art work, or just have nothing to do from 9am-3pm on Saturday meet me there.


Any fans of Ben & Jerry's ice cream?
Who isn't.
I am pretty sure we all agree that the people at Ben & Jerry's are very liberal. I mean come on - hippie themes, the creators being hippies, and the name itself has a hippie feel to it. Due to that liberalism and the recent enacment that allowed same sex marriage in Vermont (the company's home state) Ben & Jerry's will remane their "Chubby Hubby" ice cream (Fudge covered peanut butter filled pretzels in vanilla malt ice cream with fudge and peanut butter) to "Hubby Hubby" ice cream. Here is the a picture of the official container:



Even though the container is official it would not be selling under the "Hubby Hubby" name nationwide. Which is a good news because we don't want conservatives banning Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

While Hunting For Some Funk

I found this by a funk band called The Meters.



The Meters didn't achieve must mainstream success but are seen as one of the most influential funk bands. Rolling Stones even has two of their albums on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. (Look-Ka Py Py and Rejuvenation) If your in to some serious funk I really recommend this band.

While surfing some food blogs I found an interesting post. The 10 Essential Steps to the Perfect Cheeseburger by Al Dente. Here they are:

1. Use 6 oz. of meat per patty, no more and no less. Don't guess, weigh it.

2. Shape it with your hands into patties. Ignore the common advice about not "overworking" the meat.

3. Liberally salt (use Kosher salt) and pepper both sides. Salt is the glory of red meat, don't stint.

4. Make a deep thumbprint in the middle of each patty (it evens out the burger when it cooks, don't ask why).

5. Refrigerate the patties until you're ready to grill. You can salt and pepper well ahead if you'd like.

6. Make a HOT charcoal fire.

7. Liberally oil both your grill and the meat before you start.

8. For medium-rare, grill the meat EXACTLY 3 minutes on one side (grill lid closed) and 2 minutes on the other.

9. Add the cheese, cover each patty with a burger cover, and cook for 1 minute more.

10. Remove the meat and quickly grill the buns (the only civilized way to eat hamburger buns).

My mom has a habit on over cooking the first batch of burgers. This are going to come in handy.

Human Hip-Hop Instruments

The Scratch Perverts and Foreign Beggars are the Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratories.