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May 04, 2005
Wonsday
YO. Saw MIA on Jimmy Kimmel last night right before I went to sleep. MIA was just okay - maybe kinda beat after Coachella? looked a little sleepy - and Diplo was grinning and everything, but the REAL story was the cracked-out camera tricks they got nowadays. Made my 24-y-o self feel fucking ancient! I mean, there was like this rapid stutter superzoom in/out thing they kept doing - like ten times more potent than the old Wayne's World shit, I mean like really, really intense. Then they had some weird "blurry acid trip" effect where everything started melting together, like "whoa man it's diplo and he's part of the record whoaaaa" - and then, just to make sure you were totally fucked, they kept cutting to this fattish ex-raver white dude who was kinda gyrating a little bit. The cumulative effect was completely nauseating. With camera technology like that in producer's hands, it's a good thing they don't have The Grind anymore or 12-year-olds would be catching after-school seizures. Whatever though - I'm sure it went over real big in Oklahoma, where "Bucky Done Gun" probably sounds like an alien broadcast from Planet Awesome and MIA looks/sounds like Nothing You've Ever Seen Before But You Want More.
ANYWAYS.
1. Caps and Jones DOTCOM updated. A real temporary placeholder thing, but this should hold you down until we get out of exams. Downloads, live appearances, all that. Speaking of LIVE, me and Jones are doing it real big for Roxy this Friday at 217 Bowery. It's her new party, EASTSIDE GANGBANG, and it was a lot of fun last week when SpankRock and Lowbudget set it off. This week, we're downstairs, and the legendary LORD SEAR is upstairs. Come out and get with us, man. Pretty-ass flyer over here. Free Red Stripe 10-11.
2. The dude Jamo sent us a couple of mp3s of wild shit he's cooked up. Excellent goofy summer shit here - like being high at the County Fair with your crew, walking past the Tilt-A-Whirl with too many beats in your head.
Soulsonic Kelly - Jamo {mp3}
Tippin Vanilli - Jamo {mp3}
Doctor's warning, though - Kelly Clarkson WILL echo in your ears for hours.
3. Bunch of cats - including our boy Chris Lemon-Red - got together for Purpology, a new music video we-blog.
4. Ayres and Cosmo and Eleven just got back from California, where they brought The Rub to the people. Whole grip of chicken-n-waffle related photo documentation over here.
5. Speaking of the esteemed Rub faculty, they are back in Brooklyn on Saturday with DMC champ/Kanye's record-spinner, the one and only A-Trak. Don't sleep!
6. Big shout to our new friends a silent flute (BODYMORE IN THE BUILDING) and false crack (BERKELEY WHAT'S GOOD). Each of them keeps it very, very thorough and updates like CNN. Check for them.
7. The Simpsons' house made manifest! (via The Copyright Convention)
8. Last but not least, today is DUSK's birthday. He is now 19. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DUDE! (nh)
Posted by caps at May 4, 2005 12:07 PM