Get your guns, we're heading to FLA. If you feel someone is a threat, you are now free to "stand your ground," pull out your nine and start squeezing. According to Jeb, "to have to retreat and put yourself in a very precarious position defies common sense." Running away=Dangerous. Common Sense=Kill.

Chief Timoney, who has successfully pushed his police officers to use less deadly force, said many people, including children, could become innocent victims. The bill could make gun owners, including drivers with road rage or drunken sports fans who get into fights leaving ball games, assume they have "total immunity," he said.

The bill passed 94 to 20 in the house and 39 to 0 in the senate, and the NRA sees bringing the law national as "downhill rather than uphill." Apparently, some activist Governor in Arizona vetoed a bill that would have allowed loaded guns in bars. We've come a long way in the past 5 years, but there's still so much further to go.

Stand Your Ground Bill Passes [NYT]
Christians and Guns [Great Joy in Great Tribulation]

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April 26, 2005

The Shaolin Wolf

This is a really good read: Rza, "special water," Sifu Shi Yan Ming, and a big ol' party.

One night not long ago, about two hundred people left their shoes outside the door of the U.S.A. Shaolin Temple, on lower Broadway, and shuffled inside to await the arrival of Sifu Shi Yan Ming, a thirty-fourth-generation Shaolin fighting monk, whose forty-first birthday they intended to celebrate by drinking vast quantities of beer—or “special water,” as Yan Ming likes to say.

The celebrants spanned an easy range of age, race, profession, and style: deli clerk, baby, Wesley Snipes, sociology professor, Masta Killa. The RZA, of the Wu-Tang Clan, who spent much of his childhood skipping school to watch kung-fu movies in Times Square, was there, wearing a Staten Island baseball jacket and cap. In a room where hair was fairly unpopular, you could spot Jim Jarmusch’s tall, fluffy white head.

Drunk Monk [The New Yorker]
The Master [ShaolinWolf.com]
The Wu-Tang Manual [Amazon] P swears this is genius

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1990s Hip-Hop Jump Off Part II

I love to hate on Common, for so many reasons. This MP3 is a little rough, pulled from some vinyl, but Large Professor blessed this remix in a big way. I remember (Fall 1994) not being able to listen to the original Resurrection after hearing this one. I promise tomorrow we're jumping out of the backpack and into the Lex Land. It's going to get ugly, even worse than the album cover above.

Common - Resurrection (Large Professor Remix) {MP3}

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STAMPEDE Pt. II

PICTURE UPDATE.

Tell me that isn't the Bills logo in the flesh right there. More here.

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STAMPEDE

"Police shut down several major traffic arteries, including a section of the Baltimore Beltway, while they tried to anticipate which way the buffalo would roam."

You can't stop them; you can only hope to contain them. I've got to get some pictures of this...

Herd of Buffalo Disrupt Traffic in Md. [MyWay News] [via Drudge]

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April 25, 2005

Where You Been At?

Sometime after the Beck concert a couple weeks ago, dusk went on a routine canoeing trip when an earthquake struck (!) and sent him to the land of the lost. It was a pretty gully time chilling with this cat Cha-ka, dodging Sleestack and a T-Rex named Grumpy, basically some crazy transdimensional shit. Since I've been back kids have all sorts of questions: what did you eat since they're no sandwiches in prehistoric times, was it like the flinstones (no man, them freaks lived large), what no live bloggering, how did you escape, was it all just a dream?

Will Ferrel to star in Land of the Lost [E!]
Land of the Lost [tv tome]
Episode Guide [Nels Olsen?]

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1990s Hip-Hop Jump Off Part I

It's me, Justice Nash, helming our latest installment of MP3 carnage. It's strictly 1990-1999 in here all week long. Today the song of the day is from one of the most underrated producer/MC combos out there, Diamond D. Realize that he was doing it pre-92, and nearly 14 years later Kanye won a Grammy.

Dude killed it, and even though he was knocked for a lot of his rhymes - none of that really mattered - because it was his beats that took front stage.

Sally Got A One Track Mind - Diamond D {MP3}

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You're Saying There's A Book?

This doesn't seem possible, but oh my God, it is. If you look closely, you'll see that there are only 2 copies remaining.

Amazon reviewer Bob Oakberg had this to say:

"This really helped me with tips and techniques meeting ladies at my work place, especially with the grooming and conversation starters. Now I'm on top of the NOC."

How To Date White Women: A Practical Guide For Asian Men [Amazon.com]

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Buffalo Posts Up

Some dude is selling his bad luck t-shirt on ebay, and hoping for a Super Bowl win. You can own it RIGHT NOW for only $90,000, but I think that "gabbyjen" and his greasy old t-shirt are full of shit. Someone pass if off to a Dolphins fan - that's a good look.

This tee was bought when I went to Dallas to visit a girlfriend of mine before I got married. My wife hates her and she has never even met her because she was a stripper. This is the last piece of my former life before I got married and had our daughter. Everything I owned before we got married is gone except for this cursed, evil shirt.

My life sucked before I met my wife. Ever since we got married everything has been awesome. I have a beautiful daughter, a nice home and my health. I am a contractor for a major company in Buffalo and have been trying to get hired for years. I am finally up for a position to make me permanent but I need to get rid of the "BUFFALO BAD LUCK SHIRT" !!! If I dont get this job I will be working in Bass Pro. Come visit me.

This shirt is the ony thing that remains of my life as it s*cked. I believe this shirt is the holder of all that is evil in Buffalo. It is possessed and must go.

Buffalo's Bad Luck In A T-Shirt [ebay]

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Monday

This is going to be a very, very thorough week over here. Fuck the bullshit. The CD is out (get yours!), rent's paid, work's steady, classes ending. So we're ready to get back to where we once belonged AKA that number one spot.

1. Roxy's 18th birthday brings Pushermania and Rapid Ric to New York tonight at Sway. Flyer here. We'll be there, breaking our months-long Monday drought, so yell.

2. No galleries up in weeks (mainly because I'm still geeking about the Japanese psych ads), so here's a super hi-res compendium of old Hollywood headshots. Marvelous for many purposes, but I specifically dig it for playing the "would they be hot in 2005" game. (Veronica Lake - yes; Lauren Bacall - no.) Plus you just know all these b&w beauties have that delicious, long-gone 1940s way of speaking: dry wit, killer deadpan, staccato syntax, authentic "American" accent. I imagine these women drank gin and handled their business.

3. Whale + dolphin = wholphin.

4. Couple amputates ring fingers in the name of love. Funny (the couple looks like burned-out PLUR refugees from 1997) and disgusting (they really did cut their fingers off) pics and interview here. Best line: the dude says "Go big or go home, you know?"

5. Kid America Adventure Hour: old but still hitting. Esp. now that Wonder Showzen is doing its thing.

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April 22, 2005

WILDLIFE THUGS

Shooting kittens?

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It's Friday And You Know What That Means

It's been a really busy week over here at The Stencil, so let me just apologize for our lack of posting.

1. New Xbox or just some nerds having some fun being nerds?

2. I had no idea the job market was getting this bad.

3. Make sure to cop the latest from Catchdubs - Oh Snap. The cover art and the mix are too tight.

4. Somebody send us over a size 11.

5. Shout to 893 and his intense Prince-oriented blog U Mean Competitor. Animated gif fire!

6. Daft Punk Robot Rock video includes helmets that remind me of Shining. Am I wrong? I know I might be taking it a little too far with the Daft Punk thing, but it's Friday and I don't give a fuck.

Daft Punk - Emotion {mp3} for 4am brain melting

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Back in the Lab

Moving In Stereo update for you hoseheads: Now available at Turntable Lab in yesterday's Daily Shipment.

9 bucks! CHEAP!

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April 21, 2005

Peroxide

is back with a fucking vengeance, man. Woody's killing it dead. Don't want to get too heavy with the roach spray talk, but HE'S KILLING IT.

Exhibit A: Woody just produced an online 2-D comic musical. Plus the front page Older Brother porn drop-off jump is HOTTT.

Peroxide Comics [official-ass site] [nh]

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ACID, HO

Yeah, we fucked up and left you without a 420 soundtrack. We forgot.

To make it up to you, loyal reader, here's a pristine mp3 of Kanye's new shit. Moving on up from dorm rooms and bongs to VEGAS ON ACID. Big shout to young jay rome for pushing them tabs and breaking us off!

Kanye West - Diamonds {mp3}

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April 20, 2005

420

Us over here at el stence like our 1995-Spencer's-Gifts-7th-grade-hippie/alien accoutrements as much as the next dude. In fact, catch us on Haight Street next month. We'll be the shifty-eyed slouchers covered in Cheeto crumbs buying the glow-in-the-dark Area 51 keychains.

Check out these "blazin'" links and then check back later tonight for bongwater anthems.

420 Headquarters [Hightimes.com]
Half Baked [IMDB.com]
420 [RapDict]
420 Stoner Cartoon [whatisdeepfried.com]

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Poping Ain't EZ Pt. II

Stencil reader Chip writes to point our attention to the fact that when he was a little Ratty, the new Pope was Hitler Ute.

Hey dudes, just wanted to say that your site stands tall in a buffalo stance, and I found this at the London Times site (of course), don't know how out there this is, but if Germans THEMSELVES are opposed to the guy, then wtf? I've enjoyed your commentary on the media blitzkrieg of who will be the next pope. mayne....Hitler Youth? dude dun did dat?!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html

Shout to Chip for getting us up on our shit. If we had Stencil t-shirts, you'd win one. Want a mixtape? Holler back.

On a really second grade level, I'm entertained by the Pope's name evolution: "Ratzinger" to "Benedict XVI". Wow. For more Pope-'n-current-events coverage, check out Maureen Dowd connecting the dots in her usual favorite-aunt-who-lives-by-herself-and-drinks-martinis-and-laughs-a-lot kind of manner.

I got to get a glass of water; my hyphenation is so crazy right now.

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Swish

Even though March Madness is over, this video is still pretty insane. I showed it to some players here at work, and they didn't seem to think it was that crazy. I guess if you tried to make these shots over and over, eventually they would go in, but still - pretty fucking cool.

If that's really the DC Training Facility, then those are some lucky dudes.

March Madness [College Humor] via DC Shoes

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April 19, 2005

Breezy

Dru Down ft. Yukmouth - Breezy {mp3}

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Breaking Papal Hysteria, And No, We're Not Getting Religious

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Just When Grilling Season Begins

After going through all the trouble of putting a functioning grill on our rooftop - the Times rains on the parade. I'm going to ignore this story.

The news is grim for backyard chefs everywhere. For years, studies have suggested that chemicals in grilled meat may be linked to cancer. Now, just in time for barbecue season, the Department of Health and Human Services has added heterocyclic amines - the compounds formed in red meat, poultry and fish during the grilling - to its list of carcinogens.

Grilled Meat Causes Cancer [NYTimes]

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April 18, 2005

Sunshine

plays a major part in the daytime.

1. BIG SHOUT to everyone who came on Friday and hung out with us. Hope you're digging that 48 Minutes disc - there are a couple of joints on there that I'm pretty obsessed with right now. Pictures of the 8:53 PM stencil session here - along with one of me and Jones getting it in at like 6:30 in the morning, playing Sabbath into The Specials into Beach Boys...

2. New Sophocles, Euripides & Ovid? Ancient writings now legible? Yo. What I'm really excited about is the long-lost Christian gospels they can decipher now. Keep your fingers crossed for revelations: "Thou Shalt Keep My Name Out Thy Mouth. Thou Shalt Not Tamper With Social Security. Thou Shalt Repeal Thy Upper-Class Tax Cut. Thou Shalt Let Gay People Hang The Fuck Out. Thou Shalt Smoke Good. Thou Shalt Have A Four-Day Weekend And It Shall Be Good; Two-for-One Tanqueray Drinks All Night and Ladies in Free Until Midnight." Okay you get me.

3. Roxy's birthday party is gonna feature Matt from HoustonSoReal and TX's whut-it-do mixtape mechanic Rapid Ric. Flyer right here.

4. Ant from Via points us toward some very real ink, Vol. II.

5. DMX crashes his Magnum, gets arrested. ("EarthTimes.org" gets the scoop!)

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April 16, 2005

The Wheels Of Joy

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April 15, 2005

If God Were A Candle

He would probably smell something like this. Beware of imitations! He only smells like this.

Jesus And His Burning Smell [HisEssence.com]

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RELEASE YO DELF

Tonight's the night we're gonna make it happen, so excited I just can't hide it, etc. etc. etc.

I'm burning copies of our LIMITED EDITION catchdubs collaboration all day. The shit is really, really, really fun to listen to - Peedi Crakk and the B-52s and Frida and Trina and Trick Daddy - so definitely come early and cop one. Plus free beer & cheap Red Bull from 10-11 so life could be real good if you play it right.

In other news, huge shout to Scott Melker for holding Brooklyn down last night at Cosmo's Remedy 718 party. Cosmo's in Bangkok or something, playing "mash up" for Shanghai or whatever, so Scott came through and kept Philly's winning streak very alive. Dude even let me and Nash get on the decks for a minute. I think I wore out my welcome when I hooked up the headphones to the mic input and started hollering with the left earpiece, but I couldn't resist. The malt made me do it...

Speaking of, shout to COMPLEX magazine for hooking up the dollar 40s of OE every Thursday. I am in a particular kind of hungover pain today - it's a familiar ache that I haven't had like this since high school. OE is a serious drink, man. I carved a Wu logo into my forty label to make the cypher complete.

Meanwhile, Freshjive v. Stussy.

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April 14, 2005

50 Cent On A Box

Over in the UK, the new 50 cent Reebok ad is getting boycotted. People are fucking angry. Over here at work, we're pissed we didn't get the job, but I did get to see some different cuts of the Allen Iverson spot this week. Below is a short statement that represents how The Stencil and all of the REAL critics feel. Check the EatMail comment section for more fire.

who eva dissd this clip i hope 50 cent nd g-unit cum afta u nd kick d shit outa u til ur coughin up blood!ur jst jealous cos hez fuckin rollin in it nd ur stuck doin a 9-5 job nd earnin jack shite! nd he jst made few mil just for siting on a box nd laughing! if u had d chance u be doin 2 same! mutha fuckin h8rs! dnt h8 appreciate! if u dnt like 50 nd g-unit ur a mutha fuckin loser! 50 is the man!! anybody who bad mouthes 50 nd his click deserves a gud beating with a baseball bat nd a knuckle duster!! Wat up?! if u feel me hit bak!!

50 Cent Reebok Ad [EatMail.tv]

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A Whole Lot Cheaper Than A Townhouse

Following up on the $20,000,000 post yesterday, I ran into this bizarre and extra yuppie solution to the real estate bubble. Why not build your own Ikea inspired nightmare on a rooftop somewhere? For only 55,000 Euros, you can have a custom "Loft Cube" built.

This idea is so european, right down to the pebbled shower floor. I think I'd be a little worried about cold weather, thieves, and a whole slew of other shit - most notably the fact that I would be living in a box on a rooftop. Maybe if I lived in Oslo or something...

Loft Cube [Wener Aisslinger]

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April 13, 2005

Definition Of A Mark-Up

When will the bubble burst? $20 million for a townhouse in BK Heights? And I was seriously considering beginning to consider maybe thinking about starting to save money for some property.

$20 mil Townhouse [Curbed]

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Humpin' Around

Sweating in class. Now that the sun is setting up shop again, NYU Law needs to step their AC game up times ten. Or open a window. Shit, man, for my tuition (loan) dollars, these classrooms should be walk-in hyperbaric chambers. With top-shelf cocktails.

1. Malnu Man from Burncopy has a real nice, kind-of secret blog thing going with The Copyright Convention. Links you won't find elsewhere plus supercharged mp3s like this Trillville/Knifehandchop blend. Recommended.

2. Our aged Irish correspondent points us towards this evil tattoo.

3. Moving in Stereo update: soon to be appearing on the hallowed shelves of Turntable Lab. Selling out of Kim's, who call it one of their favorite mixes of the young year. Concordantly: new flyer for Friday and Red Bull/Red Stripe drink specials lined up.

4. Plastic Little's Jayson Scott Musson.

5. 2005 NFL schedj released. No Bills on Monday Night once again. (CONSPIRACY, dog. FOLLOW THE MONEY.) Also, word on the street is that the Bills will play at least one game wearing a new alternate uniform.

6. New X-Box 360 by Halloween? Platform's debut coming soon on MTV...

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YESSIR

JP LOSMAN IN THE BUILDING

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BREAKING NEWS

capsandjones.com is up.

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April 12, 2005

Every Single Day

Tom Judd displays his days through a series of illustrations. Not only am I impressed with the artwork itself, but his dedication to keeping it up. There's plenty of good shit on the 50up site as well.

Tom Judd - Everyday [50up]

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Blow Branford BLOW

The (tha?) Stence has been wildly negligent with regards to:

(a) updating;
(b) completing the MID-LATE 90'S R&B WEEK XXXTRAVAGANZA;
(c) keeping "it" moving.

But every right deserves a remedy, so here's your just desserts. Let me tell you what you've won:

(a) Aaliyah - Back & Forth (rmx)

R.I.P. we love u baby girl.

(b) Brandy - Full Moon

Not mid-late 90s, okay okay okay. But (ir)regardless! - this shit is, was, and always will be bonkers. Fuck the haters.

(c) Shanice - I Love Your Smile

Strike two, cause this shit is so so 1992. But goddamn this has some of the funniest shit ever: the rap where you can hear the thunderclouds rolling in, the part where she says "SIKE!", the part where she tells Branson to blow. (Lady you don't NEED to tell him, he just does.)

(d) Screeching Weasel - Every Night

Neither R&B nor mid-late 90s, but goddamn this shit is a fucking banger FOR LIFE. This goes way back to freshman year of high school when a punk girl liked me and gave me a mixtape that said "PUNKLOPEDIA" on it. I'm going to play the fuck out of this on Friday and mix it into ATB and blow minds.

But yeah, that's strike three or four and I'm out.

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April 11, 2005

COUNTDOWN to "STEROE"

We are COUNTING DOWN until the grand release of our new mixtape, Moving In Stereo. Consistent readers of this space - and anyone who's come within a five foot radius of your boy - will know already, but in case you don't:

So come through, bring your people, let's go. Based solely on the sheer ridiculosity of Nick's new tape (the appropriately titled "OH SNAP!"), I know everyone who comes through the door will be happy. Plus me and Jones have scraped together some truly, truly, truly outrageous jems to drop. This is going to be big fun. Quite possibly epic fun: slo-mo, fog, lights, magic, CGI gollums, all that.

Flyer for Friday is HERE.

Moving in Stereo snippet is HERE. Now available (& selling quick!) at MONDO KIM'S.

See you Friday, yall. If you see me, holler and I'll buy you a drink. Stencil will be in the building and I will be on the mic.

Oh yeah and I didn't forget about the final installment of last week's Mid-Late 90s R&B Spectacular. The weekend was more about being on the roof listening to Culture Beat than uploading that last piece of the puzzle, but I'll hook yall up tonight FOR SURE.

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April 08, 2005

Wish I was a Cousteau

Fabien Cousteau (grandson of Jacques) always wanted a shark-sub like Tintin, so when he grew up he built one. Ostensibly, the shark-sub will aid in research, allowing the scientist (in the Jane Goodall fashion) to be one with the beast (or at least a "retarded cousin from Australia," as Fabien puts it). The deeper reason, I suspect (blame Wes), is that he just wants to ride around in a shark-sub pretending he's Tintin searching for treasure, and that's why the Cousteau family is so damn gully.

Cousteau Sub Mimics Great White [Wired]

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DAY FOUR

Thought I forgot!

Monica - Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days) {mp3}

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Can We Keep The Heat And Lose The Rain?

Am I in outer space, or is Michael really an alien, and this picture is way too real? The big man is holding an umbrella. Take a minute and really focus on how fucked up this whole thing is.

Pop star Michael Jackson, left, and his mother Katherine Jackson leave Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, Calif., Thursday, April 7, 2005, after another day of testimony in his child molestation trial. A former security guard at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch told a lurid story Thursday about seeing the singer kiss, fondle and perform oral sex on a boy who later received a financial settlement from the pop star. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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April 07, 2005

Some things that make you go hmmm:

Remote control flies "could lead to a better understanding of overeating and violence in humans." [Newsday]

"41 days, 10 hours, 12 minutes, and 26 seconds" [Lining Up]

Sculptor kills karate instructor, goes to jail, then kidnaps the warden's wife and lives in a trailer with her in Texas for 11 years. [San Diego Union-Tribune]

Police kick down doors, harrass residents, arrest a man for having bar-b-que sauce on his shirt, and forget to check the broken elevator or the security monitor that was in front of them the whole time for a Chinese delivery man whose intercom pleas finally get noticed 81 hours later at 4AM on Tuesday. [NYT]

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White Block of Cheese

from New Zealand, smell me?

Here's where we're at...

1. Moving In Stereo, me and Jonesy's new opus, is sliding onto the shelves at MONDO KIM'S in Manhattan. Super big shout to my man Chris for getting at us. Want a taste? New snippy available for download here. Yell back!

2. Lemon-Red is having a t-shirt design competition. Chris is that dude, lemon-red is daily for me, and the prize package is juiced.

3. Speaking of Lemon-Red, Chris directed my attention to the bizarre San Francisco "mash scene" universe of Party Ben, the guy behind that colossal Oasis/Green Day/Aerosmith/Eminem thing me and Nash heard at the gym last week. (I'd link to the mp3, but it makes me feel kind of fucking dirty. You'll sniff it out if you want it.) Like Chris said, "Party Ben" is such an appropriate name for this dude. Poking around his spot, you can smell the spilled Bud Light. Mash-up is the new Weird Al; as Party Ben's website notes, "All mp3s and images on this site are for parody purposes only and not meant for distribution." For real. (Curiously funny to watch Z-Trip try to extricate himself...)

As far as the admittedly dreary etymology goes, I have no problem labeling this shit a mash-up - a rose (or whatever) by any other name, and all that. It's weird, it's drivetime top 40, it's roller-rink music evolved - but it has its place in the pop pantheon, so whatever. Just give me an Ayres, Cosmo, Crooked or Catch remix or a Benzi refix or a Ron G blend or just a goddamn Dirty Harry tape, and I'm fine. Same as it ever was.

4. I want some coverage of the SpankRock show last night. WHO WILL HOLD ME DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWN????????????????? Meanwhile, dude totally prettified his web presence. CHECK PLUS.

5. Our fam over at VIA is killing it dead every damn day. Charlie is dropping KJs so you can grow like beanstalks, Ant is the only person I know to give Fred Korematsu his due, and Ixley keeps everything tropical on page one. The website is way nicer than ours - the whole style is like hanging out at your best friend's house and not wanting to go home.

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The First Was So Bad, They Had To Do It Again

State Property 1 was such a disaster at the box office, (it brought in a whopping $2,106,838), I can barely wait for State Property 2. You may have seen the original being played nightly on Cinemax last year - it was almost impossible not to watch it. To get hyped up for the second edition, I checked out the Official State Property 2 The Movie Messageboard. Let me tell you, it's popping off over there! People really want to know just how fucking hard and gangster the new joint is gonna be.

Dudes also need to know what's good with the prison screenings. See, real thugs do go online.

State Prop. 2 MessageBoard [Lions Gate]
State. Prop 2 Trailer [Lions Gate]

Posted by Nash at 02:51 PM | Comments (0)

Bills Headed Downtown?

Old War Memorial Stadium, Home of NFL Buffalo Bills 1959-1972

Reports out of el stencil's hometown indicate some members of the City's Common Council are calling for a new downtown stadium to house our beloved Buffalo Bills.

Experts (me) put the chances of such a stadium actually getting built at 4 billion to one. As much as I admire the sheer audacity of the Masten Councilman's push to get the Bills back in the Fruit Belt - where they haven't played since OJ ran the Rockpile - keep in mind that the City of Buffalo's finances are so bad that municipal employees have to bring their own toilet paper to work. For now, the Bills' only real hope of getting a downtown stadium exists solely in Madden 2005.

Proposal Calls for New Downtown Stadium for Bills [WGR55]

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April 06, 2005

DAY 3: BLAZIN MID-LATE 90s R&B

Shit wouldn't be SPECTACULAR if I just posted ONE 702 song, you know??????????????

702 - Steelo {mp3}
Missy ft. 702 - Beep Me 911 {mp3}

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Cereal

A crunchy new (old) Force at breakfast: C-3PO's cereal. This commercial is pretty intense, especially with C-3P0 playing proud droid homemaker. Plus the voiceover guy is going for fucking broke: NOWWW, it's HERRRRRRE....THE exCITEment, the adVENCHERRRR... of a NEW FORCE at BREAKFAST!

Of course, this being the internet or whatever, some dude found a box of the stuff and wrote it up for posterity:

Okay, the stench is pretty explosive. Twenty years of fermentation will do that. Still, underneath the very bad odor is a kinda nice one -- a smell I distinctly recall from those long ago mornings.

Posted by caps at 06:49 PM | Comments (0)

Talking To You Live

Catchdubs served up the ringtone and set off the Jamster fiasco yesterday.

As a sidenote, Mike Jones fields 20,000 phone calls a day.

SOHH: What do people talk to you about?

Mike Jones: They say "I seen you on TV, when you coming to my town? When you coming to my school?" Or they usually say "This ain't really Mike Jones! I know this ain't the real phone number!" Then I tell them to check the website, and they call back and say "Aww man, it really was you!"

The Real Mike Jones:Unscrewed [SOHH.com]

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Quickly

cause the roof is calling me, but:

Today's Times features this SCARY-ASS picture of Senate Majority Leader (and all-around bad guy) Bill Frist. It's even better in print, so cop one if you can. My erudite and much-beloved mother would say dude looks gormless. See what I mean?

Elsewhere, the smoke billowing out from Tom "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" DeLay's political career is getting thicker.

I'll catch yall later with DAY THREE OF OUR MID-LATE 90s R&B SPECTACULAR!

Posted by caps at 02:35 PM | Comments (0)

Release 12.0

Nick Denton, Choire Sicha, and Ken Layne are at it again with SPLOID.

UPDATE: OK, this shit is pretty funny. Click here for a headline screenshot.

Posted by Nash at 01:43 PM | Comments (0)

Coding For Days

This is a really impressive collection of information.

Transparent New York [Skyscraper.org] via curbed

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Love Is In The Air

Are these two falling in love or something? Why is it that every time I turn around they're standing together, holding hands? The tsunami stuff was nice, but this is starting to spin out of control.

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New York City To Tahiti

It's impossible not to notice our new Spring colors. The Stencil is fed up with the snow, rain, dirty streets, busted-ass winter coats, salt-covered cars, slippery sidewalks, drinking in bar, freezing outside bar, drinking in bar, freezing outside bar, grey skies, and all that other shit that happens once a year.

Now that we've got more time during the daylight, I'm imploring you to check out this little Tahitian piece. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a letdown at the end, but you have to respect the effort. The design is over the top, and the music made me crack a big ol' grin. Reminds me of a little place I know.

Summer In NY Is Not Like This [NYCtoTahitiNonstop]

UPDATE: Make sure your pipes are fat, because this is heavy, and wireless will not cut it.

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April 05, 2005

MID-LATE 90s R&B WEEK: DAY 2

May 1998: junior prom. K-Ci & JoJo's "All My Life" was the song. They printed City Honors Prom 1998: ALL MY LIFE on all the little plastic champagne glasses we got to take home as souvenirs. That's pretty real, if you think about it.

K-Ci & JoJo: "All My Life" {mp3}

SPECIAL BONUS, as advertised:

Another duet, equally classic. Listening to it reminds me of being 8 years old, hanging out in JC Penney's with my mom.

Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville: "All My Life" {mp3}

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Afternoon Falafel

Points of interest:

1. Yagoohoogle gets an E for effort.

2a. Hating on Catch D (the hard linker) (<---- NH, obvs) for scooping El Stens on Jamster. Not exactly Raisin Bran scooping, since anyone who's glanced at MTV in the last three months has ingested Jamster's insistent pitch, but we snoozed & lost nonetheless.

2b. Nick says the Mike Jones-factor makes Jamster cool with him, but shit, man, I can't call it. I'm all for people getting pictures of rims as cellphone screensavers, but I fear Jamster has introduced a plague of biblical proportions: Crazy Frog. This little fucker, pictured above, is kind of like the dancing baby and the hamster dance rolled together - crack in "amphibian" form. I fear for the stability of our nation's junior high schools, and I confidently predict Crazy Frog t-shirts at Hot Topic by Labor Day.

2c. Aja, disgusted by "Crazy Frog" (who may be neither crazy, nor frog - discuss...), points our attention over here: Jamster slammed for mobile selling practices...

2d. Repulsed but fascinated, Aja also found THIS. Click on the close up - the "Annoying Thing" has genitalia.

3. I'm naive. All this time I thought Drudge did it alone. But no!

4. DJ Benzi holds the world down with rare Kelis for you and you and you and you and him.

5. CHECK BACK LATER FOR DAY TWO OF THE STENCIL'S WEEKLONG MID-LATE 90'S R&B BLOWOUT - tell you what, this one's fucking awesome.

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Morning Coffee

I’ve been away awhile totally protesting T Schi's most uncool and unholy treatment by non-believers and activist judges (Picturesss!! Check out my fly hat, I’m the one flashing the peace sign.) . But yo, I’m back like the sunshine and with some awesome news: Briterline Reality TV show, holler at that, on the UPN by the end of May. I am so totes excited. Brit and KevFed fight back against the haters, scram motherchuckers!

In other news:
All Reality All the Time [Guardian]
Neil Young recovers from brain surgery [BBC]
Gmail doubles capacity [Hindustan Times]
Firefox and Netscape vulnerable [Techtree]
Time to stop screaming "Free MJ!" [NYT]
More wisdom from the Krugman [NYT]
35K and counting [ABC News]

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BASS DROPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Me and my girl - who just got back from Nicaragua, yell! - are watching 106 & Park. Couple things:

1) The new Mario video got me thinking: someone needs to compile a DVD of nothing but "cold day in the hood" videos. You know all the hallmarks: fur coats, puffies, visible breath, slow motion, snow piled up on the block. Real classic aesthetics right there. We thought of like six in less than two minutes. Yell back and we'll post a bunch.

2) New Fat Joe video is fire, especially the Belly club eyes.

3) Mariah is looking weird, and JD didn't need those strings on the hook, but Fatman on the outro = worth it. Maybe.

4) What's the tattoo on Amerie's back about?

Conclusion is: it's mid-late 90s R&B Week on el Stens. First up is Donell Jones. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Donell Jones - "In The Hood" {mp3}

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April 04, 2005

PSA

House of Frame by Frame Fierce is a New York outreach organization that teaches animation skills to at-risk kids. This short PSA, "Thug Life", was done by Jayron Whitehead, one of their students - and it's well worth your time. Click on "download" - the "watch now" links are broke.

Best part is the beat at the end. It's kind of driving me crazy - something like Premier pianos and RZA synth and just perfect for this late afternoon Brooklyn sun. Anyone IDs it, yell back. Second best part is that the "thug" is thinking about "world beat phenomenon."

"Thug Life" [Youth Media Network]

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Poping Ain't EZ

The world loves it some John Paul II, huh? The nation hasn't seen this level of posthumous media spectacle since Reagan kicked off last summer. Don't get me wrong: when the spiritual leader of 17% of the world's population dies, it's newsorthy, no questions asked. But you got to love the way the cable networks are fighting to see who can pander, genuflect and grovel more completely. I got CNN (aka PNN) on in the background, and right now they're asking a nun just how often John Paul II prayed. I mean, come the fuck on. All Pope, all the time? What about all the other stuff going on?

Popey did a lot of good stuff - mobilzed Catholic support against the death penalty, constantly advocated for peace and freedom - and that's real. But he was also a real heavy arch-conservative when it came to contraception, a woman's right to choose and gay civil rights. It's important to keep that in mind.

Here's ace Washington Post reporter Dan Froomkin writing about the significance of Bush's reaction - lowering the flags, going to the funeral, etc. It is, how you say... real speak?

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The Results Are In - Oral Sex No Big Deal

Even though Elite News sounds like some kind of porn news channel, this still may be the weirdest headline/article of the month. Slow news day? Take this excerpt for example:

The study involved 580 students in two different high schools. The results were similar for boys and girls. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, who took the lead in this study, was surprised by this fact, stating, 'I think the stereotypes don't exist as much anymore. Girls and boys both see oral sex as not being a big deal.'

Teens Maybe OK With Oral Sex [Elite News]

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Recalibrated

Back from Texas. It's been a long time; I shouldn'ta left you - without some, uh, internet shit to look at. Rest in peace, Aaliyah - and everyone gone. We miss you down here.

Start off this Monday morning with my man Ekstra touching up that Karen O / Spike Jonze Adidas joint. Very nice as we try to transition over to some sun here on the East Coast.

Speaking of, I missed this Grove story on these two getting together for more than just a meme. What happened to the dude from The Liars?

Even more tangentially, when I was in Texas, I met the aunt of one of Ms. O's high school friends. She told me a wild story about her niece and Karen coming to visit when they were 14. The fam went mountain biking; Karen loathed the great outdoors, but trooped along, ill-fitting bike helmet and all. Everything was cool until Karen flipped headfirst trying to bike through a creek, at which point she announced her resignation from the bike ride. Rather than riding further, Karen instead insisted on sitting quietly in the woods, listening to her Walkman and waiting for the group to return. I can dig it.

Karen O Adidas [Ekstra Remix] {mp3}

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April 01, 2005

Stay Away From Negativeland

Last night I was lucky enough to attend an advance screening of Wedding Crashers, the new Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn cash money making drinking and sex-filled vehicle. It followed the same formula as most of their recent films, closely resembling Old School, but at times it got a little soft. On the plus side, there was plenty of funny shit, including the omnipresent Will Farrell cameo, and the fact that they absolutely nailed the preppie thing. Vince Vaughn looked nice and bloated, but I was a little weirded out by the pounds of makeup Owen Wilson had on. I'm talking lipstick and the whole nine. Dude is getting a little old. I bet New Line kills it at the box office.

Wedding Crashers [Apple Trailers]

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