11-20-08
Kings Of Rap
I posted earlier about the first rap tape I ever got, Power Rap from 1986. I knew I had another tape from around that time, that I could not ever remember the name of. Well today I found it. Kings Of Rap from 1985.
The Fat Boys’ “Can You Feel It” and Whodini’s “Five Minutes Of Funk” left the biggest impression on me with their futuristic vibes, but Shawn Brown’s “Rappin’ Duke” was a classic, if not only for the fact that somewhere there is a video of my dad lip-syncing to it after hearing me play it so much.
Tracklisting:
1. Run DMC - Jam Master Jammin’
2. Fat Boys - Can You Feel It?
3. Roxanne with UTFO - The Real Roxanne
4. Gifted 4 - Sounds of the Mic
5. Sugar Kay and the Mighty Three - Rock On
6. UTFO - Roxanne, Roxanne
7. Whodini - Five Minutes Of Funk
8. Fat Boys - Fat Boys
9. Shawn Brown - Rappin’ Duke
10. Divine Sounds - How Fast Money Goes
I wish someone had edited this Fat Boys video to show more footage of them rapping from a sea plane, it reminds me of me and my homies at Lake Tahoe last summer:
Whodini - Five Minutes Of Funk
11-08-08
It’s a strange world: SMule Ocarina for iPhone
What we have here is a man playing the theme song from Nintendo’s 1987 The Legend of Zelda on a computerized, pocket-sized telephone that is simulating a 12,000 year old flute-like ceramic wind instrument that was introduced to Europe by the Aztecs.
Smule’s Ocarina for the iphone:
11-05-08
My President Is Black
Young Jeezy featuring Nas - My President Is Black
Mavado - We Need Barack
Nas - Black President
(hint: use your keyboard) “The five minute fully interactive motion sequence promotes the 6th release of the DetUnd vinyl series and features a track by Detroit’s artist Kero called “3DEFORM4-Final�?. The video consisting of 74 single motion sequences and can be viewed linear as well as it can be controlled live via the users keyboard. The entire visual content was designed by Grünberger/Gandl and taken from Neubau’s “Neubau Welt�? book which is being releasing now internationally by dgv.” -From Vague Terrain Here’s a short clip of Eprom running the place red at the recent FRITE NITE party at SF’s Rickshaw Stop. The song: “Pintman” by Various Production. A couple weeks ago I had to go into work on a Saturday morning after wilding out all night. When I left, it was a sunny day in SF so I called up Boreta. He said that the Glitch Mob was about to do a guerilla show outside the Apple store downtown. I jumped on BART and when I got downtown this was going on. It turned out to be a hilarious day, and this video captures it perfectly. XLR8R TV Episode #83: Glitch Mob Street Warfare My dad gave me this tape for christmas in 1990. This isn’t the full track list, I am trying to track that down. I remember it had Whodini “5 Minutes of Funk”. I still regret the day when I was really angry over something and pulled all the tape out of the cassette all over my room. “SonicLife is a creative, interactive controller for iPhone / iPod Touch that sends Open Sound Control messages over a Wi-Fi network using the UDP protocol.” I’m working in the new lab for the first time, and after about 4 hours I’m starting to adapt. Can’t wait to get the sound dialed in here… Fall has arrived and some heavy tunes are in order. I don’t even know if I’ll be able to pry myself over to Speedy J tonight! This Thursday is the second, and last, Semisexual Night at 222 Hyde…. and to memorialize its short and poignant existence, our friend Sean has made this video flyer. More of his work is available here. I don’t know what I’m going to play, but I know I’m going to be wasted because my company’s “baseball” game is earlier that day. It’s too bad this is one of the last ever events at the 222- this is one of the only cheap, grimey clubs with a decent sound system left in san francisco. FREE before 10:30!
11-03-08
Interactive: Neubau / Kero “3DEFORM4-Final??
11-03-08
Big Tune!
11-03-08
XLR8R TV: Glitch Mob Street Warfare
10-28-08
The first rap tape I ever owned
10-20-08
Hexler SonicLife: I love the future!
http://hexler.net/soniclife
10-04-08
Breaking in the new lab on a Saturday night!
09-21-08
Semisexual Records Label Night at 222 Hyde Thursday!
