One thing I dislike about the BART train? When I get out of a club/bar from SF and board the train, the loud, chalk-board-screech-eliciting turbulence just escalates minor head throbbing to amplified headaches, and it becomes almost too easy to miss your stop!
I sometimes wish I lived in Japan 1nce again, where necessity is the mother of invention, as demonstrated in their subway system:
G4 TV's Attack of the Show did a whole episode exploring Tokyo, pretty dope stuff. you can watch them all HERE. I'd like to see a doc of the hip hop world in Japan sometime.. "...You worry about the wrong things, the wrong things.. ..Anyway, they don't know you Like I do, they'll never know you.."
Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way (DJ Flow's Foundation Mix)
Remember Take Back TV in 2005? Seeing Mos, Ill-Lit, Goapele, Crown City Rockers, Kweli + countless others support CurrentTV's launch was surreal.. BIG UPS to G-kroosh + Chelsea for letting me experience a SF-only engagement like no other to come nor follow.. truly fresh.
DJ LeftOoO of BBC Worldwide Radio 1 has some excellent selection, and i'm beginning to feel his mixes more than good 'ol Giles' (sorry Mr. Peterson, LeftOoO has great sequencing sensibility). The selection on part 2 of his October 30th mix left me repeatedly referencing the track listing + there was none of that excessive name-drop transitional plugs, the like which make me forget a mixtape more than remember (it seems counter-intuitive for some, but for me, hearing the DJ's name a million times on a tape numbs out their name completely from my brain, whereas a well-conceived tape sans the 'D-d-d-d-DJ Echo-o-o-o' bombs will allow me to more securely cement the DJ's name into my brain). DOWNLOAD THE TAPE and peep the technique, you could learn a thing or two and inherit some great gems to your Serato library!
today's entry is brought to you by the number 5 (five).
1. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five Bringin' '61 back! That saxophone melody, the quintuple time and the somewhat haunting piano that pushes the rhythm section are a few reasons why this song became a jazz standard. Did you know that this song hit the Billboard Hot 100? If you've never known the title before, chances are you've already heard the song, even though it may be before your time.
2. Staple Design Commercial I love jeffstaple's BLOG, I've got nothing but the highest love for someone that has people making fake commercial for them, for free! + you've got Jeru the Damaja's 'Wrath of the Math' bumpin in the b/g, what more can you possibly ask for? (this was the 5thyoutubevid on my favorite list).
3. FruitionLV - Neon Leopard Jean Pants (5th item on FRTNLV's Shop Blog) Fruition is a crazy store. Vintage streetwear from the 80's and 90's, revived and curated to make your shopper's dreams come true. I've bought a few Fruition pieces (like the nice Fruition x Stussy shirt pictured above) because, as their mantra states, "We Are The Future." These neon-yellow pants emit the same youthful, vibrant flavor that Fruition is acclaimed for, and I wouldn't mind rocking a men's pair (not too tight though!).
4. The Hundreds - 5th Anniversary Artist Design Series The Hundreds is an LA-based clothing brand that entered their 5th anniversary this year and continues to bring out really nice basics and outerwear. I'm really picky about their stuff and usually go for the simpler, quieter designs, but they do flesh out the technicolor colors. Anyway, this is the fifth shirt of the series, done by Ususgrow. NICE.
5. Charles Cohen - Buchla Music Easel (the 5th (and probably freshest) Vimeo feature video i saw today) I REALLY want to own this. via wikipedia: "First built in 1963, this synthesizer was composed of several "modules" that generated or modified a music event. Each box served a specific function: oscillator, filter, sample and hold, etc. This would have an effect on the pitch, timbre, amplitude and spacial location of the sound. The idea was to allow musicians and composers to create sounds suited to their own specifications."
I know this may seem like a nuisance to control + master, but the Charles Cohen video just makes my mouth water..i want to play it!
"Self Knowledge is never ending.. Music is my life."
Damn... Common & Pharrell were pretty hard @ the 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards! I rarely watch anything on BET but their performance (& the cypher semi-circles that i blogged about on my OTHER BLOG) was worth more than the time i lost boycotting on BET, haha.
Bonus: Common & Pharrell - Announcement
"Beginning to let go, Maintaining all that I know, Continuing to inspire..."
When it comes to satisfying that sushi fiend, YO's the best place (in Fairfield at least.)
I first started going here in '04 & i mos definitely like it better than Ohkura's near Travis AFB, plus the sushi is way better than Fuji's in Davis; it's quality>quantity in this case, and considering the price you pay for the average roll--say i.e. soft shell crab rolls for $13.00 at most other spots that go for about $6.50 here!--as well as the 5 minute distance this spot is from my crib, YO's can't be beat!
I reccomend Lion King rolls because they are bomb, and you can't go wrong with the spicy CA rolls; the lunch special is crackin' especially if you're low on ends, but otherwise, with nice, great staff, clean and cool restaurant space, lots of sushi to choose from & great prices, YO's is the way to GO!
DOMO ARI!
PS, the next best place that i prefer sushi is from a nice little nook in Santa Cruz.. can you guess which sushi spot i'm thinking of?!
"I've been waiting for so long Toki to tomo ni kiete yuku no.."
I really want the Blackberry Bold! Blackberry Storm + No Wifi = No Thank you =[
Today i ran 2.5 miles, updated my new ipod (!), got an oil change for my car, got a haircut, knocked out for 4 hours, woke up, started backing up my hard-drive, & right now i'm downloading some DJ Horseshoe mixes and learning some new French vocab.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner!
"How much can 1 learn from love? Can one explanation derail the situation?.."
Horace Silver - Song For My Father - Song For My Father 12" VLS
As I was jogging today, something came over me.
Maybe it was the endorphines kicking in, but the natural high that doped me up has definitely sparked a drive in me, to get as much as i can done today.
It may have had much to do with my father's conversation resonating from earlier in the morning, when he--and my puppy, Bella--grew too tired to walk from a good 2 miles from home! when asked what motivated my dad to walk that far away, my dad replied, "I'm doing all I can--working extra, optional hours for double pay at work, excercising at work, going on this walk with Bella--because very soon, I won't be able to do this, son. And I know that if I don't take advantage of this opportunity, to get Bella + myself some excercise, I might regret it very soon.. I'm not getting any younger, you know."
I wish my father had inherited Benjamin Button's disease (or cure, depending on how you look at it)--in fact, at a certain age in my life, i hope we all do--so that he could drink his own fountain of youth and relive his personal glory days. <3 you dad.
Anyway, I managed to accomplish quite a large load of things more than I have been doing so in recent memory.. hopefully, tonight I can get some major beat work done!
"Those flashing L-E-D Lights keep standing behind me/ Reminding me I'm still alive..."
Here's what I like to do: Create & learn & listen to music, geek out on tumblr+twitter+fb, go jogging, work, get inspired, be around good people, live in the present, wake up each morning realizing that anything's possible, dance, & be happy *
