In the mold of RJD2, DJ Shadow, or Prefuse 73 the Ninja Tune artist called Daedelus mixes together a wide variety of samples. While he is not reaching the lofty heights of the aformentioned he has put together his own unique sound which Ninja Tune describes as, "chops and splices of disparate acoustic sources into incredible works of staggering resonance. Contrasting IDM styled cut-ups with childlike arrangements from the 30's and 40's."

His new record Daedelus Denies The Days Demise comes out May 9th. Be sure to check out the eccentric Westcoast cat that gets alot of credit for his work with Busdriver.

Mp3: Daedelus - "Viva Vida"
Mp3: Daedelus - "Sunrise"

Buy Daedelus Denies The Days Demise ----> here.

Visit Daedelus' myspace here.

From URB:

Far from sloppy seconds, the album's both imminently enjoyable and a valuable glimpse into the creative process of one of hip-hop's most accomplished producers.

One of hip hops best producers is at it again. Madlib's new record Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes is a solid addition to the ever evolving catalog of Otis Jackson, Jr. Madlib's groups are a testament to his brilliance Lootpack, Jaylib, and Madvillain.

His latest is 35 solid instrumental tracks on Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes and showcases his hip hop production and taste in grade A beats. Some might be turned off by the lack of a rapper or singer but it doesn't bother me in the least. Like Dilla's Donuts the amount and complexity of the beats here can be overwhelming at times. This is a great album from one of hip hop's greats.

Mp3: Madlib - "The Payback"
Mp3: Madlib - "The Comback"
Mp3: Madlib - "Eternal Broadcaster"

Pick up Madlib's Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes here (iTunes), here and here (eMusic).

Cut Chemist? Babu? Madlib? Brasilian music? All in one movie and an accompanying record? I am excited about this. Come July I am getting my hands on this thing. Brasilintime: Batucada Com Discos looks awesome.

This documentary and record is an extension of Keepintime which was started as a simple idea, of bringing together some of the most revered and notable L.A. session drummers for a photo shoot. Then have them talk about the famous (to us) recordings that they treasure, sample and discuss endlessly.

Very very cool concept check out the trailer.

Bulls looking impressive last night in their win over the Heat. The win moves the Bulls to 8 and 0 in the playoffs versus the Heat in Chicago. So lets hope there is more good things to come tomorrow.

This Bulls teams is looking ridiculous especially with the up coming #2 pick in the draft. I am hoping they package somebody and the pick for somebody like J. O'Neal or Garnett but that might not be possible. Lets hope this is the first of 4 straight wins for the Bulls!

...being a Republican apologist. To be White House press secretary these days you have to constantly be finding ways to spin the Vice President capping somebody, GW going AWOL for his National Guard duty, finding WMDs that don't exist, justifying an 8 trillion dollar debt (yes I got it right this time!), corporate tax break after corporate tax break, reasons why blowing up people half a world away is more important than saving your own people from natural disasters...I mean GOD DAMN.

It takes a first rate bullshitter to do the job and so far the Administration hasn't found one. Well if you are looking for a top rate bullshitter and somebody that can justify white corporate America's screwjob of the entire country there is no better place to turn then Fox News. They have been doing it since their inception. Bravo my good friend George...bravo!

Did I mention Snow is a Jethro Tull fan? and that he is in a band. I hope he knows how to play that signature Tull flute.

Links:
How Tony Snow Will Do the Job by TIME
In Changing His Spokesman, Bush Hires a Loyal Critic by Ny Times
New Bush spokesman is a rocker by Seattle Times

Man, George W. Bush has never done so much for the environment since he came into office. He might not believe that global warming exists or in dinosaurs** but let me tell you by allowing gas to reach almost 3 dollars a gallon he has never done more to encourage people to walk and take the bus. Bravo.

Actually that is all BS he still isn't helping the environment. It was announced today that GW is going to eases environmental rules on gasoline. Nice, very nice...seems like a logical choice, the solution for sky high gas prices is to scrap Clean Air regulations.

Well all is not lost it looks like while gas prices are up GW's approval rating is down. Only 1/3 say that GW knows what the hell he is doing. You can count me in that other 2/3rds.

**Made up. I don't know if he believes in dinosaurs or not.

...its Battleaxe. This weeks Tuesday dig is all about Battleaxe Records an independent label based in one of the greatest cities on earth, Vancouver BC.

The label was created by Swollen Members member Mad Child so that SM could release their own material. It has grown to 9 other hip hop artists including Sweatshop Union, Freestyle, Moka Only, Abstract Rude, DJ Drez, Son Doobie, Buc Fifty and Shabazz the Disciple.

Swollen Members and Battleaxe Records for that matter have won high accalaides in Canada but remain largely underground within the international hip hop community. SM did win a Juno Awards (kinda like a Canadian Grammy) in 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Living in Bellingham Washington which is an hour south of Vancouver BC I had the chance to see these guys perform in Van City and at my school. Their live show is filled with a rawkus energy that makes them one of the best live acts I have seen. They stage dive, drink beer, and put on one hell of a show. Their debut album Balance remains my favorite SM record, but Bad Dreams and Monsters In the Closet are both equally as impressive.

Swollen Members have a new album out entitled Black Magic, head over to my man Kev. at So Much Silence to get Black Magic and Too Hot, some tracks off the new album here.

Check out SM's Myspace for some more Mp3z.

Mp3: Abstract Rude - "Stop Biting"
Mp3: Abstract Rude feat. DJ Drez - "Yep!"
Mp3: Moka Only feat. Abstract Rude - "Rolling Along"
Mp3: Moka Only - "I'll be cool"
Mp3: Swollen Members feat. Moka Only - "Bring it home"
Mp3: Swollen Members feat. DJ Revolution - "Take it back"
Mp3: Swollen Members feat. DJ Babu - "Ventilate"
Mp3: Swollen Members - "Killing Spree"
Mp3: Swollen Members - "Dark Riders"

Get yourself some Swollen Members records here, visit their website here for some free music, and check out the other guilty Battleaxe parties over at the official site.

And if you missed the Golden Axe reference check this out.

Apologies for the lack of posting I am putting the finishing touches on a 124 page paper. Yeah it took me awhile to start, work on, edit and hopefully finish very very soon.

Monster of a post with lots of music coming tomorrow for the dig. I promise you that. Go Bulls!

Recluse Record's Unconventional Science has remixed the entire Aesop Rock 's Bazooka Tooth Record with marvelous results. The record is called Bazooka Science. Its all exclusively available at the Recluse Record's website and is free to download all 14 tracks of Aesop Rock Remixed goodness. These are my two favorite cuts of the remix record. Check it out.

Mp3: Aesop Rock - "NY Electric" (Unconventional Science Remix)
Mp3: Aesop Rock - "11:35" (Unconventional Science Remix)

Buy Aesop Rock's Bazooka Tooth here and here.

The Centennial Society is a hand-made product line that was covertly installed in Wal-Marts around western New York and Minnesota from 1998-2000. Each product addresses negative trends in Wal-Mart's business practice. Most of these trends are common practice for any large retail chain.

Check out the Wal-Mart Project Website.

From The Wal-Mart Project:

Wal-mart is the largest grossing corporation in the world, earning in excess of $219 billion dollars a year (for current figures see http://www.fortune.com/ for the Fortune 500 list). There are Wal-Marts all over the world and its influence is expanding. Because of its stature, Wal-Mart is the most imitated model of corporate retail today. The implications of this are staggering.

Primarily, Wal-Mart locates itself on the outskirts of small towns with populations of 5,000 to 30,000. Local downtown business then goes head to head with Wal-Mart, an impossible task. Because Wal-Mart separates itself, people will not only buy the item they went for, but also shoes, auto parts, pharmacy needs, video rental, electronics, clothing, groceries, banking, and more. A whole downtown.

The result is the disintegration of the local economy that begins to resemble a fascist regime, or perhaps more accurately, a feudal system; the vassals tied to the land (generations of land owners in low income areas, unable to move due to economic circumstance.) and serving their lord Wal-Mart.

"Really well put together blends with all the mix nuances that make these type of things memorable."-Turntable Lab

I was just sent this record from a good friend at 3d Mas records in Chicago. Panzah Zandahz (PZ) pays tribute to Radiohead along with some gold standard hip hop favorites with a 42 minute record of original remixes, mash ups, and covers.

PZ describes the album:

(Its) nothing to be taken too seriously, it was just a lot of fun to make and I hope that you have fun listening to it.

While this defininately isn't the second coming of the Grey Album the remixes and mashups are all pretty good especially for those that like Radiohead and hip hop and want to try them at the same time. The fault I find in some of these tracks is that PZ is mixing to many varied sounds which prevents him from developing any continuity to the tracks. Like PZ said don't take it to seriously because it is damn fun to listen to. Hell its only $8 at the website, so at that price its more than worth the check out.

Mp3: Ghostface Killah - "Daytona 500" (PZ Remix)
Mp3: MF Doom - "Change the Beat" (PZ Wicked Child J5 remix)

Buy: Panzah Zandahz's "Me and This Army" here.

Links and songs should be right now: Thanks Scholar for the heads up again.

Well to update on an earlier story I have to say the karma of me returning the wallet came full circile. Today my girlfriend called down to the local police department and it turns out that somebody had found my iPod on the street and turned it in.

Kind renews your confidence in the good character of people. Whoever was the kind sole that picked up 250 bucks that was lying on the street and turn it in. I am forever thankful. How fantastic. Wish I knew who they where so I could buy them a couple rounds.

Damn. Finding the iPod was great but the boost of knowing there are great people out there might been even more encouraging.

The US government has released its first official list of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp. See the list in its entirety here. The list includes 558 people which comprises three-quarters of the total number of detainees who have passed through the camp. The people on the list come from 41 countries, nearly 2/3rds are from Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Looks like Yemen and Saudi Arabia need to be next not Iran.

More from Guardian Unlimited.

DFA or Death from Above is made up of Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy a production team that became known in the early 2000s for delivering a raw, thick sound steeped in post-punk and other movements that crested in the early '80s. Trademark production work and a series of low-key releases on their own DFA label in 2002 gained them a steadily developed word-of-mouth fan base.

Prior to working together Goldsworthy had worked most notably alongside James Lavelle. The two met in New York in 1999 while working on David Holmes' Bow Down to the Exit Sign (a ridiculous album that is a must own). Goldsworthy was programming for Holmes and Murphy was an engineer at the NY studio. Shortly after Goldsworthy and Murphy joined forces. I have already featured a DFA Remix of N*E*R*D* check out some of these others. They definitely know whats up.

Mp3: LCD Soundsystem - "Beat Connection" (DFA Disco Dub Version)
Mp3: The Rapture - "Sister Savior" (DFA dub)
Mp3: Unkle - "In A State" (DFA Remix)
Mp3: j.o.y. - "Sunplus" (DFA Remix)

Get your grubby little hands on some of these records.
Buy: Dfa Remixes: Chapter 1 (Rmxs)
Buy: Dfa Holiday Mix 2005
Buy: Dfa Compilation #1
Buy: Dfa Compilation 2

Source material: AMG's Profile of The DFA by Andy Kellman

Man I am bummin after a day like today. Just one of those days where things don't seem to shake out like you want. Nothing life threatening or anything, but I lost my iPod Nano someplace or it got stolen not sure which. Walked the dog at lunch threw it in my bag walked to work left the bag in my office grabbed some slices with a buddy then came back and noticed that the top zipper of the bag was open. No Nano. No clue where it went.

Big ole damn. Maybe it will turn up, maybe it won't, not much I can do about it now. Hopefully it just flopped onto the street and somebody will turn it in. I did find a wallet in the locker room yesterday and turned it it so maybe I have some good karma coming my direction.

Its not really the loss of the iPod that upsets me its more the realization of my stupidity for losing track of something like that. Anyways went to play some catch after work to get the ole arm in shape for some softball league this summer. During catch my glove slowly rips to pieces with lace after lace breaking. Might be able to fix it, might not who knows.

On the upside couple good things did happen I got my final edits for my masters thesis back (thanks to my little sister Mo), was killing with my jumper in shoot around at the park, had a record night in my office fantasy baseball league last night, and got on a softball team for the summer.

So as they say look on the brightside. I will still need to replace that Nano at some juncture the thing was huge when it came to working out. If anyone has suggestions on ways to go for a mini-mp3 player that is good for working out let me know. Alright enough of the sad story next post will be about music.

There has been a bunch of hip hop albums that have been released that I have yet to catch up on. I have checked out the new Soul Position, Ace and RJ, Ghostface, and Murs but there is a new Coup album out there along with Spank Rock, People Under the Stairs, M1 (of Dead Prez fame) and Five Deez. So much music so little dollars and time.

Here are just a couple cuts of the latest records I am going to be picking up next paycheck period. Very excited about the new hip hop records being offered up this listening season.

Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada) buy it
Mp3: Spank Rock - Rick Rubin (XXXChange Electro Remix)
Mp3: Live BBC Breeze Block Set (33.8 mb from Official Website)
Video: Chicago New Year's Eve (quicktime from Official Website)
More Spank over at So Much Silence

People Under the Stairs - Stepfather (Basement) pre-order it
Mp3: People Under the Stairs - "Flex off"
Mp3: People Under the Stairs - "Step in"

Five Deez - Kommunicator (Rapster) buy it
Mp3: Five Deez - "Let the People Know"

The Coup - Pick a Bigger Weapon (Epitaph) buy it
Mp3 link: The Coup - "My Favorite Mutiny"

M1 - Confidential (Koch) buy it
Mp3: M1 feat. Stikman - "Early"
Mp3: M1 feat. Raye - "Confidential"

Be sure to jump on those "buy it" links and grab these albums. As always these tracks will be up for only a couple days.

Update: Don't miss Haldan's remix Sunday V. 11 featuring some UNKLE, DJ Cam, RJD2, and EL-P remixes.

I first talked about the desire of the administration to bomb Iran here. As the Bush administration fails to accomplish anything of any sort of importance and continues to struggle to win either of the wars that it got our country into the only solution is more war.

Clearly. If Americans aren't scared shitless of bird-flu or somebody blowing the crap out of the neighboring high rise, the threat of nuclear confrontation should do the trick? right? Well Scottie McClellan has clearly played down press reports that the Pentagon and the Administration has accelerated the plan to bomb Iran. Well if they are playing it down they are sure doing a terrible job.

Doesn't the American government have more power than this? They can tap phones, see what books you check out at the library and pull pimple faced freshman out of their college dorms for stealing music but can't keep people from reporting plans that the Pentagon is contemplating bombing a dozen or more nuclear sites, many of them buried, around Iran?

Wow. I am very unimpressed. While we are talking about striking Iran lets first start with how much BS this idea is. Some might lead you to believe that its just a couple bombers that fly in, drop some bombs and then fly out...mission accomplished. Well that's garbage. The NY Times reports that in the event of a strike against Iran, scores of air bases, radar installations and land missiles would need to be taken out to suppress air defenses. Also, navy bases and coastal missile sites would be struck to prevent Iranian retaliation against the American fleet and Persian Gulf shipping. This is on top of the massive amounts of money that would need to be spent of intelligence gathering.

The fact that the administration or who ever is calling the shots is contemplating this is ludicrous, simply ludicrous. The United States is $44 $8.4 TRILLION DOLLARS in debt. The Iraq war alone has cost an estimated $274,007,517,845 dollars. That billion dollars could have sent 36 million children to attend a year of Head Start, could have paid for 13 million four-year scholarships at public universities, paid for 4.7 million additional public school teachers for one year or fully funded global anti-hunger efforts for 11 years. Hope the price of knocking off your daddy's arch-nemesis was worth it Bush.

Whoever thinks attacking Iran right now is a good idea is out of their damn mind.

Correction: I listed the national debt at $44 trillion which was grossly off. Its actually 8.4 trillion thanks to Kent for the correction. My mistake. My point that an attack on Iran at this juncture is absurd still stands.

Link: Bush declines to exclude nuclear strike on Iran by Reuters

Saw Inside Man last night and the film is awesome. Great story and very very good thriller that keeps you guessing throughout the entire movie. Spike Lee also does a fantastic job of mixing in social commentary throughtout the movie (doesn't he always?).

The synopsis of Inside Man is that a tough detective, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, who injects even more instability into an already volatile situation. On the topic of Jodie how old is she? cause she is looking ridiculously good. Nice to see an actress go away from the whole hack your body to pieces approach (ala Meg Ryan).

If you haven't checked out this movie yet I would highly recommend it. I should also mention that once again Terence Blanchard does a fantastic job with the soundtrack. My girlfriend and I had the pleasure of seeing him with an introduction by Spike Lee at a Chicago Symphony concert a couple summers ago. Simply superb.

Inside Man trailer from Apple (Quicktime).

The movie opens with one of the coolest hip hop remixes I have ever heard for a movie opening & closing. Its a cut called Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint (featuring MC Panjabi). I love it. I have the unremixed version without MC Panjabi which is not nearly as bumping here:

Mp3: Sapna Awashthi & Sukwinder Singh - "Chaiyya Chaiyya"

Still a damn good track. Also I shouldn't probably be using damn so much on Easter Sunday. Ahh well, buy the damn Inside Man Soundtrack from Amazon.

The new Hot Chip album entitled The Warning is due out June 14th. Check out a couple of the upcoming songs. Be sure to Pre-Order Hot Chip at Insound. Hot Chip is made up of Alexis Taylor (vocals/keyboard) / Joe Goddard (beat master/vocals) / Owen Clarke(Keyboards/guitar) / Felix Martin (drums/MPC) / Al Do It (guitar).

From Astralwerks:

There’s something odd about Hot Chip. Some fracture between conception and actuality that makes them all the more intriguing. Ostensibly Hot Chip sign up to the Hip-Hop dream as espoused by MTV Cribs and presumably as lived by, ooh, Pharrell Williams? They just seem to have some problems translating it to Wandsworth, SE London, is all.

In fact they seem to have trouble squaring it with the equal, but to some extent opposite, influence of, say, Bill Callahan from Smog. Or Lambchop. Or Crystal Gayle. So, instead of doing the obvious thing and working out what sort of band they are going to be, they conclude that they will be all of them at once. And then they’ll
make it all in a room smaller than the box room at your Mum’s house. With whatever’s lying around. That is, whatever’s lying around – toy trumpets, kazoos, blah. This to conform to a cherished idea of Brian Wilson’s that, in the studio, anything goes.

Mp3: Hot Chip - "Boy from School"
Mp3: Hot Chip - "Tchaparian"

Remember to PRE-ORDER The Warning at Insound for that June 14th Release.

Its Friday. End of the work week. Hope everyone had a good productive week. Challenged some popular opinions and learned some things. Time to kick back and relax for the weekend. Grab a brew or whatever it is that you do.

Here are a couple of bumping Neptunes Remixes and some N*E*R*D (RIP) for you to chill out to on your Friday. I plan on rockin'em and drinking a Heineken in my rocking chair while watching a baseball game or sitting outside watching the dog play. Now that is sounding real good right now.

Have a great weekend all.

Mp3: Sade - "By Your Side" (Neptunes Remix)
Mp3: Rolling Stones - "Sympathy for the Devil" (Neptunes Remix)
Mp3: Alicia Keys - "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix)
Mp3: Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Neptunes Remix)
Mp3: N*E*R*D - "She Wants to Move" (DFA Remix)

Buy some NERD/Neptunes records here (iTunes), here, and here.

I am getting more and more skeptical as the endlessly mounting"the"-Bands continue their onslaught of American music scene. Maybe its because this band didn't begin with "the" that allowed me to bypass my this apprehension of mine and check out them out. The new Islands record Return to the Sea is due out April 18th.

Islands are a Montreal 7 piece band founded by former Unicorns front man Nick Diamonds and drummer J'aime Tambeur. Their sound is varied and no song sounds quite the same. This album has crazy multi-instrumentation with different instruments attacking your ears at every turn. Rough Gem is undeniably catchy and I am sure Island's first single. Another one of my favorite tracks is the jazz sounding If. Volcanos is another track that is a sure fire pleaser.

I can't place their sound but it is definitely unique from other indie groups out there today. Its infectious and highly enjoyable. Check out what Pitchfork has to say.

John Motley of Pitchfork:

Return to the Sea is a case of Diamonds and Tambeur yanking up their anchor and setting sail for new waters, enjoying the freedoms of exploration and discovery. At no point in the record does it feel as if Diamonds is settling into any one genre or style-- hardly a surprise from this shape-shifting songwriter. It won't be a shock if, say, Diamonds and Tambeur announce 18 months from now that Islands is kaput and they're kickstarting another new band. And who really cares? As long as they continue to write songs as striking and immediate as the batch on Return to the Sea, their fans will follow them anywhere.

Mp3: Islands - "If"
Mp3: Islands - "Rough Gem"

Buy Islands' record here and here.

What the hell is David Sterns problem. Today he threatened Seattle and gave a warning that the SuperSonics could eventually leave Seattle, saying Thursday that the city is, "not interested in having the NBA there."

From the AP:

Stern has said the Sonics' lease with the city is the worst in the NBA, and he went to Seattle in February to ask Washington state lawmakers for tax money to renovate Key Arena. Sonics owner Howard Schultz, the chairman of Starbucks Corp., has threatened to move or sell the team if state lawmakers don't approve a sales-tax package to pay for a new or renovated arena. But state lawmakers last month said there would be no deal this year."I would say that the city is making it pretty clear of what they want us to do, and we'll accommodate them," Stern said.

Hmm...lets see Seattle built Safeco field in 1997 ($517.6 million)and Seahawks Stadium in 2000 ($300 million). Thats $817.6 million dollars worth of sports stadiums. Key Arena was built in 1962 and totally gutted in 1995 (costing the city 74.5 million).

SO when the Sonics start threatening to leave if they don't get a new stadium you can see why the people might be a bit hesitant. This is a city that doesn't have a light rail system and is suffering from an extreme lack of affordable housing. This is on top of the fact that the NBA is just not exciting to watch.

Sorry Stern but I hope Seattle calls your and Schultz's bluff. I don't think cities are knocking down the door to get an NBA franchise not with the product you are putting on the court. Hell why go to a Sonics game when you can catch the up tempo high scoring Huskies?

Doesn't matter I have the Vermont Frost Heaves now playing 10 minutes away! Season up this Fall.

Wow...totally slipped under the radar. I bought the new Murs and I forgot to write about it. As you know I am a big Living Legends fan. The new Murs record is no exception. The new cut is called Murray's Revenge.

Its a great record top to bottom. Murs and 9th Wonder wisely stick to the winning method that was so successful in 3:16, minimal guest appearances, kickin beats, and lyrics that are both conscious and smartass. There is no denying the solid chemistry between 9th and Murs.

The album's record time is a short 33 minutes but the stuff here is great and I would rather hear a solid 33 minute album then a 50 minute album with 20 minutes of fluff and skits. Murs has returned with force.

Mp3: Murs and 9th Wonder - "Dreamchaser"*
Mp3: Murs and 9th Wonder - "Yesterday & today"

Be sure to grab that record here, here and you can get it here too. Its all about choice here at AG.

I know that not all the ambient trip-hop downtempo stuff I listen to is enjoyable to everyone. But my journey through eMusic land led me to a new Ghostly International comp (its their 2nd) that is amazing. Really great stuff. Don't believe me? Stylus gave it an A-.

Ghostly International was founded in 1999, in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is managed by Sam Valenti IV. Ghostly International has been one of America's best electronic labels and has been able to hold its own against the Euro dominated electro scene. Ghostly's willingness to champion the extreme ends of the spectrum, from sweet to mean, and its brazen lack of adherence to genre has allowed it to stay remarkably consistant.

VA: Idol Tryouts 2: The Ghostly International Company Vol. 2 is a 28-track Compilation of the Ghostly Universe, most of which is new and exclusive. Its a double disc with each disk carrying its own theme. The first is titled “Avant Pop” the second “SMM.” I will lay it out on the table right here, I have no clue what Avant Pop is. So if you know enlighten me. So as you can imagine if I don't know what Avant Pop is, I am clueless-as-hell to the meaning of SMM. Doesn't matter, just check this record out its incredible stuff that I think even the non-ambient electronic crowd can enjoy....I guess they call that "accessibility."

Mp3: Dabrye - "Magic Says"
Mp3: Outputmessage - "Sommeil"

Get yourself this disc from either eMusic or Audiolunchbox or in the physical state from Amazon or InSound.

Can someone explain to me the thinking behind how nuking Iran shows them that using nuclear technology for weapons is wrong?

President Bush according to Seymour Hersh isn't afraid of nuclear confrontation.

Hersh in the New Yorker:

A government consultant with close ties to the civilian leadership in the Pentagon said that Bush was “absolutely convinced that Iran is going to get the bomb” if it is not stopped. He said that the President believes that he must do “what no Democrat or Republican, if elected in the future, would have the courage to do,” and “that saving Iran is going to be his legacy.”

This type of logic always escapes me. Kind of like to punish those who kill somebody we kill them. I guess this type of circular logic doesn't bother others.

The best first baseman in the league is back with the Cubs. Derrek Lee hit .335 with 46 homers and 107 RBIs last season and also won a Gold Glove. Some would argue that Pujols is the better player and while I think he is a better hitter he doesn't run or play defense like Lee.

Lee is making $8 million in the final season of a three-year, $22.5 million deal. His new contract calls for a $13 million annual salary from 2006-10 and contains a no-trade clause. Lee is crushing again batting .375 with three homers and six RBIs through the first six games. The addition of Jones and Pierre along with signing Lee to a long term deal I like what the Cubs are doing. Now if they can just get Prior and Wood back for any length of time.

Mp3 link: The Brothers DeFino - "WGN Radio Cubs Theme"

I know I hit on this live set thing in the very near past but I just found too much good digs this past week not to feature the live set again. Check it out.

Mp3 Link: Riddim Method - "Lemon-Red Mix Series" (78 mb)
a 51 minute mix that is solid front to back. Don't miss out on this one. The Riddim Method is a collective of DJs, producers from Beantown and Oaktown.

Mp3: Kid Koala - "Scratchcratch... Mix"
this Van City BC kid mixes it up like no other.

Mp3: DJ Shadow Live in Oxford England 10/30/1997 (17.2 mb)
from the Entroducing: Deluxe Edition. My favorite album of all time. Get yours now if you haven't gotten on that yet. Buy that reissue here.

These are courtesy of Needleworks Records:
Mp3: 2Tall - "Dday One Megamix" (10 mb)
Mp3: Sci Fu - "Non-Mathebetical Fiction Megamix" (18 mb)

These megamixes celebrate the forthcoming releases of Dday One's "Loop Extensions" and Waxfactor's "Sci Fu" albums. Both albums are out now. Go grab them at Needleworks Records.

Mp3 Link: The Chronicles Of J. Dilla - "The Mixtape Vol. 1"
I know your saying..."Dude K this is not live" and I say, "Forget you its J. Dilla enjoy." Offered up by hip hop blog royalty over at Freemotion Hip-Hop.

Thousands perhaps a million marched for immigration reform around the United States today to demand dignity and rights for millions of illegal immigrants. The marches which envoke visions of the legendary civil rights marches of the 1960's were stirred by legislation that would turn illegal immigrants into felons, fence off the U.S. border with Mexico and punish groups like churches that help undocumented workers.

Links:
Panoramic view of DC protests by Washington Post.
Photos: Immigration Advocates Rally Around U.S. by Ny Times.

Pat Robertson is a certifiable nutjob. I have established that here before and I have highlighted the ignorance that he exudes on a daily basis. But hell you have to give it to him for being a walking sound bite. Ohh did I mention that he has a direct line to God?

from CBS News Sunday Morning, broadcast April 9 2006:

Pat Robertson: "Yes, that's what my doctor told me." And I says, "There is no way that praying with nuns is gonna cause you-- asthma." And then I prayed. And I said, "Lord, what's wrong with her?" I just prayed silently. And the Lord said, "Ask about her sex life." And--"

Rita Braver: "The-- the Lord said that to you?"

PR: "Yes, He said that to me. And I said, "There's no way I'm going to ask a strange woman about her sex life." So I said-- (COUGHS) "Excuse me for-- being personal, but would you tell me about your marriage."

Excuse me but what the hell is Pat Robertson doing wasting God's time like this? And on top of that I never new that God was into the dirt and gossip. Asking Pat to enquire about people's sex lives he should know better.

I have already lauded the genius of the new Ghostface album and it might be the best album of the young 2006. You gotta check out Elliot Wilson's column over at XXL. In It is what it is, Wilson highlights the samples used in Fishscale. Be sure to check out Gone Fish'in: All Samples Cleared.

Pick yourself up Fishscale from Amazon.

As many of you may know Diplo the genre-crushing Philadelphia DJ-producer and M.I.A. collaborator has got himself a new label. His first signing is a crazy Brazilian funk carioca group (ohh Diplo you are so predictable!) called Bonde Do Role. Rolling Stone hypes them as one of the "next 10 bands to watch." Describing their sounds as:

from Rolling Stone:

In complete disregard for U.S. copyright law, Bonde do Role (D'eyrot, 22, MC Marina Ribatski, 21, and producer and DJ Rodrigo Gorky, 25) pile super-recognizable samples -- AC/DC, the Grease soundtrack, Tone-Loc -- into an over-the-top party-starting mix. A typical lyric (from "Melo do Caldinho"). They pair the biggest, dumbest samples ever with comically dirty shout-rapped Portuguese lyrics. "The joke is to be as stupid and cheesy as you can be," says MC and producer Pedro D'eyrot, "and people will buy it."

Check out a Bonde do Role track:
Mp3: Bonde do Role - "Melo Do Tabaco" (A-Trak Remix)

Get yourself that new the Diplo from Lemon-Red:
Mp3: Diplo feat. Macka Diamond, Dr. Evil et. al. - “Jungle Fever Riddim”

Check out Diplo's other work over at Pitchfork:
M.I.A. / Diplo: Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1
Diplo: FabricLive 24
Diplo: Favela Strikes Back

Make Lemon-Red a regular stop on your blog adventures Chris there has some crazy good stuff. Ohh and if you didn't know...Diplo just added himself to the Pitchfork's Music Snobfest Music Festival. I kid the indie kids! Should be a kick'in show with Diplo, Aesop Rock and Band of Horses all who are AG approved.

Knowing me I have been into Zero 7 for a long long time (and yes before Garden State). Their downtempo mix music is the perfect chillout blend for my relaxed outlook on life. Typically they blend their mellow beats with a woman crooner but for their new 12" single they have gotten songwriter/singer extrodinaire Jose Gonzalez. The single also features brand new b side tracks 'seeing things' (extended version) intramental and 'dreaming' feat. Sia Furler.

Roque Stew of Pitchfork:

The sun-kissed wooziness of their new album, The Garden, is a guileless species of retro. The first single, "Futures", approximates, in one friend's words, the sound of James Taylor and CSNY tripping together. A breezy midsummer languor drenches everything: the watertight drum groove, Henry's backup vocals, the pancaked synths, and picnic strumming. And yes, it's the toothless, melismatic cod-soul that you and your colleagues can enjoy an al fresco latte to, but it never claimed otherwise.

This new single gets me very excited for their upcoming album The Garden (what marketing fool thought up that title?). Pre-Order The Garden here.

Mp3: Zero 7 feat. Jose Gonzalez - "Futures"
Mp3: Radiohead - "Climbing Up Walls" (Zero 7 Remix)

Be sure to purchase Zero 7's classic chillout discs When It Falls and Simple Things here. Purchase the 12" single from iTunes here.

First, get Derek Lee signed, like today to that extension. Second, beat the Cards for the first sweep of their division rivals at Wrigley in five years tonight on ESPN. Would be a huge boost for the Cubbies in the early season.

Update: Hell of a game last night. Barret with the 8th inning granny was too sweet. Nice to see the Cubs down the hated Cards for a sweep at Wrigley.

Perhaps some of you missed this disk or simply forgot about it. In 1999 Dan the Automator and DJ Josh Davis (aka DJ Shadow) along with Nana Simopoulos remixed and reworked a collection of tracks that came from the bungalow of legendary Indian masala film director Anandji V. Shah after sitting and rotting for nearly 25 years.

Shah along with his brother not only wrote and directed dozens, perhaps several hundreds of films (no none knows for sure, not even them), and scored them as well throughout the '60s, '70s, and '80s. This is what AMG had to say about the album.

From AMG:

[They] add some nu-groove beats and a few extra sitars to the already drenched in groove and rhythm tracks. It wasn't so much to update them as to celebrate what was already happening in the music. Here is surf music, blues, go-go, discothèque, psychedelia, cheesy R&B, and exotica all wound together with spoken bits from the films that accent the wildness of these pieces. Tough, freaky, and completely enjoyable, Bombay the Hard way is a celebration of a particular kind of mad genius, the kind it takes to throw everything into a mix and make it work no matter what the circumstances or outcome! This is truly groovy, funky, tripped-out music from the movie capitol of the world, and showcases how the Americans and the Italians may have invented the noir and cheap thrill movie soundtrack, but the Indians took it to a whole different level.

Mp3: DJ Shadow & Dan the Automator - "The Good, the bad, and the chutney"
Mp3: DJ Shadow & Dan the Automator - "Punjabis, Pimps & Players"

Pick up this album its a Shadow Automator classic and a great listen. Buy it here.

A new study released today by the AFL-CIO shows the top corporate big wigs and their pensions. And who says there isn't a growing class divide in this country?

Results:
CEO Golden Years: The Top 25 Largest CEO Pensions

Pfizer Inc. Henry A. McKinnell $6,518,459
Exxon Mobil Corp. Lee R. Raymond $6,500,000
AT&T Inc. Edward E. Whitacre $5,494,107
UnitedHealth Group Inc. William W. McGuire $5,092,000
IBM Corp. Samuel J. Palmisano $4,000,000
Home Depot Inc. Robert L. Nardelli $3,875,000
Colgate-Palmolive Co. Reuben Mark $3,700,000
Comcast Corp. Brian L. Roberts $3,600,000
Bank of America Corp. Kenneth D. Lewis $3,486,425
Union Pacific Corp. Richard K. Davidson $2,700,000
Exelon Corp. John W. Rowe $2,600,000
ConocoPhilips James J. Mulva $2,600,000
Lockheed Martin Corp. Vance D. Coffman $2,591,856
(business of making bombs was never so good)
Robert Half International Inc. Harold M. Messmer $2,555,000
BellSouth Corp. F. Duane Ackerman $2,512,300
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. Patrick T. Stokes $2,500,000
Mattel Inc. Robert A. Eckert $2,500,000
Coca-Cola Co. E. Neville Isdell $2,500,000
Prudential Financial Inc. Arthur F. Ryan $2,456,000
FPL Group Inc. Lewis Hay $2,430,134
Eli Lilly and Co. Sidney Taurel $2,300,000
General Electric Co. Jeffrey R. Immelt $2,300,000
Valero Energy Corp. William E. Greehey $2,236,000
Countrywide Financial Corp.Angelo R. Mozilo $2,171,358
PepsiCo, Inc. Steven S. Reinemund $2,170,870

Cut those American jobs, cut those benefits get yourself a fat pension.

In other economic waste news, I got a chance to see the most vile, disgusting, obnoxious and mind numbing show on television. If you want a lesson in waste, self absorption, and complete ignorance to the suffering and problems of a greater world watch this. More plastic than the toy aisle at Wal-Mart. The show makes me literally sick to my stomach to watch. Seriously.

Offering up a hard to find RJD2 live set from Radio 1's Breezeblock set back in 2004. Check them out and have a great weekend.

Mp3: RJD2 8/6/2004 Live from Radio 1's Breezeblock (28 minutes)

Link fixed.

Get yourself some RJD2 stuff here.

Now that I have VH1's ear and this is my "best week ever" times 2 its time to hit up some political discussions.

Well, just when you think the Republicans are done shooting themselves in the foot more stuff about the incompetence of the Bush Administration comes to light. What is new today? Looks like Scooter Libby a former top aide to Vice President Dick "Shotgun" Cheney told a federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA agent's identity that President Bush authorized him to disclose classified intelligence information about Iraq as a way of rebutting criticism from the agent's husband, according to court papers filed by prosecutors.

Scooter assured us that although he gave a reporter sensitive information from a secret National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with the president's approval he did not disclose the CIA employment of Valerie Plame. Hmm...with the culture of lying that the Administration has propagated you buying this crap they are selling?

Funny how the administration is so crazed about criticizing the leaking of sensitive intelligence to the news media, and the administration has ordered investigations of leaks concerning a National Security Agency eavesdropping program and the existence of secret overseas CIA prisons. Yet on the same token they are willing to leak sensitive information in the case that it gives them a political advantage. Isn't this about national security not using sensitive information as a propaganda tool?

Just when the going is getting rough we have some ankle biting going on inside the administration. Rummy today criticized Rice for having "...a lack of understanding, at least my understanding, of what warfare is about." Thanks Rummy the spineless Democrats will take all that they can get. Looks like the toughest critics of the administrations are coming from inside the Administration. Problem is one week Donald is giving the war of ideas a D or D+ then he decides it time to tell Rice she doesn't know what she is talking about. Time to step it up opposition.

First off Jamie Hewlett's art blows my mind ever time I see a Gorillaz video, art, promos etc. etc. The guy has serious game. Amazing stuff.

The fourth single to be taken from Gorillaz' multi-platinum second album Demon Days is double A-side Kids With Guns/El Manana, released by Parlophone on April 10th. B-sides include new track Stop The Dams, recorded with ex-Sugarcube Einar Orn's new band Ghostigital and The Reykjavik West End Brass Band, in support of the Stop The Dams campaign. Also included is an unheard demo version of album track Don't Get Lost In Heaven, and CD and 7" also carry a limited edition poster. The DVD release features contributions from the winners of Gorillaz' online talent competition Search For A Star.

El Manana takes you back to where it all began: on the floating Howel's moving castlesque-windmill island from Feel Good Inc. Set against a beautiful blue sky backdrop we see Noodle sailing through the clouds on her laputa-style floating garden. But it isn't long before the tranquility is destroyed by the arrival of two black gun ships. An all too familiar scene develops as we see the creations of mechanizeded metal and steel rip apart the floating Eden. On top of downing Noodle and the floating island? A bomb. Lesson? War sucks.

The Video is directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland and produced by Passion Pictures, the team behind all Gorillaz' promos.

Be sure to Watch The Gorillaz's Live Webcast: Thursday April 6, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT Gorillaz will "take to the stage" for this highly anticipated live event (the five nights at the Apollo Theater in New York City sold out in one hour). Be sure to check it out.

Older tracks & a cover
Mp3: Gorillaz - "Spitting out the demons" (Feel Good Inc. Single B-Side)
Mp3: The Editors - "Feel Good Inc." (Gorillaz Cover) thx JDS

Buy Demon Days one of the best records of 2005 here or here and even here if you want.

Three words...Karma's a bitch.

Links:
Hammer falls on Top Republican by Justin Webb of BBC News.
Analysis: DeLay leaves troubling legacy by Tom Raum of Seattle PI.
Embattled DeLay to call it quits by Jill Zuckman and Jeff Zeleny of Chicago Tribune.

Another track off the upcoming Pearl Jam album has been leaked. This is a pretty mellow track called Parachutes. Hope you enjoy.

Mp3: Pearl Jam - "Parachutes"

Be sure to Pre-Order the New Pearl Jam CD available here. If you order now and you receive a bonus live Pearl Jam CD from New Year's Eve 1992 and a free download of "Pearl Jam" one minute after it becomes available in the U.S.

I dedicate this post to my friend Colbs who cannot, will not, and does not get tired of Pearl Jam...ever.

Be sure to check out more video footage and Pearl Jam stuff here.

Awhile back it was all about the Living Legends, then it was about Quannum, and last week it was all about going live. This week we go back to what this Tuesday feature started as, a little journey to my favorite blogs and a feature of my favorite music from those blogs. The art is from Matt Sewell.

Click the link to get to the post on that particular page.

Haldan at Palms Out Sounds
I realize I go a little overboard with the Palms Out picks but what can I do when there is so much to choose from? You'll just have to blame Haldan for having such great musical taste.
Mp3: Beanfield - "Planetary Deadlock" (Richard Dorfmeister's Belevedere Dub)
Mp3: Galt Macdermot - "Ripped Open By Metal Explosion"
Mp3: Unkle feat. Thom Yorke - "Rabbit In Your Headlights" (Reverse Light Massive Attack Remix)*
Mp3: David McCallum (Axelrod) - "The Edge"
Mp3: Massive Attack - "Special Cases" (Akufen Remix)
Mp3: DJ Shadow - "Six Days" (Remix ft. Mos Def)
Mp3: Madvillian - "Great Day" (Four Tet Remix)

Feed Me Good Tunes
No dig is complete without a couple selections from the fellas over at FMGT.
Mp3: Mr. Scruff - "Blackpool Run"
Mp3: Tosca - "Chocolate Elvis"*
Mp3: Musicians of Jajouka - "You Can Find The Feeling Master"

No Frontin'
Mp3: Bonnie Dobson - "Milk and Honey"

My Ole Kentucky Blog
Mp3: Spank Rock - "Girls And Boys"
Mp3: Spank Rock - "Backyard Betty"**
**be warned explicit content

So Much Silence
Mp3: Ghostface & MF Doom - "Iron Maiden"
Mp3: Prefuse 73 Feat. Ghostface And EL-P - "Hide Ya Face"*

Mental Combat
Mp3: Gnarles Barkley - "I Try"
Mp3: Gnarles Barkey - "Basically"

Analog Giant
Bonus Mp3: The Beta Band - "Won"*
check out this track its awesome off of Hot Shots II which you can buy here.
Mp3: Soul Position - "Hand Me Downs"*
Mp3: Soul Position - "Mic Control"
buy Things Are Better with RJ and Al one of my favorite records of the year from iTunes.

Hope you enjoy and be sure to get yourself the new Ghostface album and pre-order that Gnarles Barkley record that album is going to blow your mind when it comes out.

Well looks like everyone knows what I am talking about now after the final four is over. Sorry Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports its not College Hoops that is boring its Ben Howland basketball. Unfortunately, UCLA was unable to keep Florida under 50 points making it impossible for them to win.

Not sure what everyone else is doing but this has to be one of the weakest final fours in a long time. I really was apathetic to the outcome of the final four which was a real shame after the excitement and close games of the first couple rounds of the tournament.

Links:
Read Dan Wetzel's column here.

Crap the Cubs are screwed before the season even starts. You saw what Bush did with the Rangers didn't you?

Update: Well looks like not even the Presidents bad luck and poor decision making affected the Cubs. While my fantasy hurler Carlos Zambrano stuggled the Cubs' O definitely did the job, rolling to a 16-7 win over the Reds. Maybe this is the year? Hopefully Prior and Wood will be back soon.

Return of the Mash Up Monday this week. The Beastie Boys being the cool dudes that they are have a bunch of accapella tracks that you can download so you can create your own mashups. Check that out here.

The result has been the onslaught of some (what I think) are very cool mashups. I know not everyone is into the mashup idea but I think its cool to see a new twist on an old tracks. Enjoy.

Mp3: BB vs. Diana - "Upside Intergalactic"
Mp3: BB vs. Arcade Fire - "Looking down the Arcade Fire" (DJ Zebra)*
Mp3: BB vs. B-Real - "So Whatcha Want?" (Soul Assasins)
Mp3: BB vs. Andrew WK - "Andrew Fights for his right" (Tim G)
Mp3: BB vs. David Bowie- "Hey Ladies Let's Dance!"
Mp3: BB vs. Beck - "E-Pro Whatcha Want?" (DJ Erb)
Mp3: BB vs. Afrika Bambaata - "Check it Rock" (Protesta)
Mp3: BB vs. Franz Ferdinand - "Franzie Boys" (McSleazy)*

As always the ones graced with the * are my favorites of the bunch.
Ups for Adam Riff for offering up 3 of these tracks.

Well looks like 50 cent Loose Change is at it again. After his same old tired act of ripping on emcees like Ja Rule, The Game, and Kanye (the first time) he has now turned his focus on Kanye West...again. Hell he even went after Spike Lee.

First, I find 50 Cent incredibly annoying and second this is especially agrivating because he is attacking someone that I think is great for hip hop. I was tipped off about this shot at Kanye from one of my favorite blogs, the fellas over at PalmsOut. Scheme said it better than I could ever imagine to so read what he had to say about it.

Scheme from Palmsout:

In what is starting to become a trend here at Palms Out Sounds, 50 Cent has once again said some hypocritical junk that borders on clinical insanity to the press. According to sohh.com, 50 made an appearance on New York's Hot 97 morning show and told Miss Jones:

"They like Kanye West cause he's a safe n**ga," 50 offered. "It's better for your kid to wanna dress weird and just have a whole other vibe," Fiddy mocked before adding, "He said something in an interview one time that made me think about it. He said cause he was raised by his mother, he has feminine ways. That right there is who Kanye West is to me. That statement is stuck in my head. He said it like he meant it."

Now let's get one thing straight, Fiddy, since we're talking about "safe" here. "Safe" is dissing Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Gangstalicious or any other so called mic wielding thugster in the game. "Safe" is not poppin sh*t with the g**damn President of the United States (and I quote- "George Bush doesn't care about black people" -Kanye West, MSNBC 2005).

That's not rap, homie, that's beef.

That's the kind of beef that got MLK murked and Assata Shakur ducking in Cuba. That's the kind of beef that started COINTELPRO (a program designed by the government itself to undermine and destroy the leaders of the black power movement- this is not conspiracy, this is FACT), and led to the sudden and widespread dissemination of crack cocaine in the inner cities. Pardon the slight ramble, but my point is that this here government in this here fine country has historically cut down any educated, outspoken black man in a position of influence. Harris tweed rocking, sweater vest toting, Kanye West is such a black man, and aint a muthaf**kin thing safe about that.

Lest I remind you, Fiddy, that you're the very same individual that deliberately and admittedly removed any possible revolutionary potential out of your crew, label and clothing company name by changing it from "Guerrilla Unit" to "Gorilla Unit." Besides the offensive connotations that this name change has in relating yourself and your completely African-American crew to apes, a ridiculous correlation white supremacists have made regarding blacks on a whole historically, it also unmistakably exposes the profound levels of cowardice that inhabits your persona, and your disturbing aversion to openly bucking a system that has a vested interest in keeping the masses, but most particularly, black people, ignorant.

Now I ask you 50, with your shiny spinning Gorilla Unit chain, whom of Kanye and yourself is really, "safe"?

Like Scheme I find 50 Cent's act tired and foolish. First, the subject of many of the tracks on Kanye's records are far from "safe." Rapping about blood diamonds, how crack destroyed the inner city black community, and how if those that died with AIDS had the money of Magic Johnson they would still be alive today. Sorry not safe. Saying that you have feminie tendicies because of being raised by your mother. Saying that in an overly sexed mainstream America's machismo culture, sorry not safe. Go on MTV and say that some in hip hop are homophobic and that the use of "thats gay" or "don't be a fag" is negative and intolerant and needs to stop. Preaching tolearance is not safe. I just wish 50 Cent would go away with his tough guy image and bull shit music, movies and video games that add nothing and challenge nothing in mainstream society. There is just no need for it.

Link:
50 takes credit for Kanye West's success.
Here the fool say it in his own words. 50 on Hot 97 part 1 & part 2.

Get on over to Can I Bring My Gat? and grab some of the new DJ Shadow that is surfacing. Great stuff especially the David Banner track.

Link: DJ Shadow feat. David Banner & Nump - "Seein Thangs"*
Link: DJ Shadow feat. Keak Da Sneak & Turf Talk - "3 Freaks"
Link: DJ Shadow feat. Keak Da Sneak & Mistah FAB - "4 Freaks"

Well like I said I should be rooting for Westcoast teams all the way but last nights game of LSU versus UCLA was brutal. Sure Ben Howland has done great things at Pitt and now UCLA but for me its incredibly boring to watch a good defensive team. Maybe I don't understand the intricacies of the game but give me Huskies versus Gonzaga any day of the week. A 59-45 game is just not entertaining for me. I prefer to see some runnin and gunnin.

Ranks going into the final.
Props go to Modsuperstars for actually predicting a UCLA vs. Florida final. I would have never guessed.

1 Modsuperstars 103
2 AG Picks the Winners! 79
3 Feed Me Good Tunes 74
4 So Much Silence 72
4 Everybody Cares 72
4 Emerald Wildmen 72
7 Veritas Lux Mea 68
8 Bows + Arrows 52
8 CYSTSFTS 52
10 No Frontin' Just Winning 51
11 scatter o' light 40

Ever time I watch the NBA (which really comes down to a task in elimination, meaning there is nothing else to watch). I hear them gush over how great Steve Nash is and how he is the MVP and hear commentators spout out how great Kobe and Lebron are...well true these three are great players but none of them are as good as Dwayne Wade. Sure the Heat have a better team then the Lakers and Cavs but Wade does it all.

He shoots 49.7% from the field which is the most impressive stat to me. Meaning he isn't doing the Allen Iverson type scoring where you chuck up 50 shots a game. Wade is solid from the line at 78.4%. He rebounds (6.8) and passes extremely well out of the 2 guard position (6.8 assists). He is more unselfish then Kobe and plays better defense then Nash. Yet I never hear anyone bring up his name for MVP. Ohh and I forgot to mention that he is averaging 27.9 pts per game.

Kobe is over rated, Nash is a great player and point guard, LeBron can do it all, but Wade would be my 2005-2006 NBA MVP if I had the choice.

Goodie Mob + Dangermouse + Big Lembowski = Classic.

The countdown continues to one of the most highly anticpated albums of this 2006 music listening season. Now that Ghostface is out I am counting down till May 2nd's release of
Gnarls Barkley [Cee-Lo + Danger Mouse]'s St. Elsewhere. Already two shurefire singles have been released.

Mp3 link: Gnarles Barkley - "Smiley Faces"
from Cadence Weapon's Razorblade Runner Music Blog.

Mp3 link: Gnarles Barkley - "Crazy"
sure you have already heard this if you haven't do so now...like right now. Link is from my partner in crime over at cystsfts?.

Smiley faces is my favorite track thus far. I have heard about the first 8 tracks or so that have been pre-released. I am looking very forward to this ablum.