30th Century Man; The Scott Walker documentary

Man o man...

Scott Walker, what can I say?

Everyone should watch it. Seriously!

Slow and Mellow

I grew up with this kind of stuff in my house, a lot of so-called "Soft Rock". It's my guilty pleasure. I love almost all of it. I even threw two parties in honor of all things Soft and Smooth from the 1960s - 1980s. Here are some of my all time favorites.

Wichita Lineman (I love this song so much, here are different versions)







The original still the best!







The simplicity of this song is perfect. This song always gets me.

Free Association

Love
Sex
Death
Bed
Hotdog
Smile
Facsimile
Metaphors
That Roar
on the road again
I always cry when you tell me that you'll be...
beginning me to bring you back home.
oscillations
meditations
chili breath
monster dragon
little dudes procrastinating on a vision
what's the purpose of you stopping me?
square waves and sine waves
who cares
you're not that pretty
but yes I am
tall buildings
collapsing like a house of cards
alphabet city
alphabet street
pyschoalphadiscobeta
pyschobetabuckdownbaby
we're on a mission
you know?

Long Island Wildin

De La Soul completely threw me for a loop when they included this on Buhloone Mindstate. I loved that track then still love it now. Takagi Kan sounds like Popeye at the beginning.



they sampled a small section of this and slowed it down.

Is it in?

Jimmy Bo Horne yall.





also used by Jungle Brothers and Force of Nature.

Drums, drums, drums, drums

After all these years, I still love drums. Thick, heavy, loud, ass shaking drums. Hip hop was all about the break beats, the part of the song that was just drums. Then there was some electronica genre in the 90s called Breakbeat (which threw me for a loop b/c it had nothing to do with actual break beats... are you confused yet?) Here are some gems. Some are at the beginning of the track, others are more towards the middle.



play at 1:29

Anatomy of a Song:

This is a hip hop classic from a bygone era. JVC Force out of Long Island, New York released the single "Strong Island" in 1987 using 3 essential elements, which I will list the youtube tracks to. To anyone who was into hip hop during the so-called golden era, this is one of the most essential tracks, but to the casual fan, this song may have fallen under the radar.

I've always loved that song and when I heard the original sample sources, it just demonstrated how simple-yet-effective hip hop was at taking something classic and reconstructing it in a new and exciting way.

JVC Force "Strong Island"


Freda Payne "Unhooked Generation"


Freda Payne "The Easiest Way To Fall"

Random Videos

I got these in my brain!



Gang Starr sampled it for...



God, hip hop used to be so creative. I can't stand 99% of it now. Anyway, Jackson Sisters recorded one of my favorite disco funk songs of all time. This is the extended mix btw with the extended intro. Those horns and guitars are simply amazing.



The Meters baby!


Pazant Brothers amazing funker. I first learned about this from Main Source. It took me forever to track this down.



Kind of reminds me a little of Dr. John's Rite Away.

Even More Vids

Depeche Mode - Backing Tapes

These are pretty interesting.

De La Soul - Double Huey Skit

One of those lost tracks that was never officially released except for a few limited promos, the Double Huey Skit is a De La Soul b-side that sampled the Muppets theme song and was never released b/c Jim Henson wasn't having it.

I heard about this song a loooong time ago and forgot about it until someone brought it up recently. This is De La at their zaniest, Saturday morning cartoon-est.

I dig it.

More Vids

A Broken Frame was one of the last DM records I got (actually it was one of the first ones, but I took it back b/c it sounded so "corny"). I got it again recently, I can listen to it now. Not one of my favorites, but the last song "The Sun and The Rainfall" is one of the best DM tracks ever released and often overlooked.

Here's a slight variation of the original version.


Here's the Dominatrix remix (he also did the amazing remix to The Landscape is Changing). The lyrics leave something to be desired, but the melody is amazing.



and of course the pioneers...


And now for a rap throwback classic...


And a "remake"(?) from Five Deez (respect to Fat Jon!).


What about some classic vibes from the early millenium?


Based on this classic...


also sampled by St. Germain...


And Dilla ("why is America so fucked up!", "Bruce Lee would beat the shit out of your face" "The Samurai with the baby on his back" "I'm hanging out with Lucy, Bout to order some sushi, later on she's gonna do me!")...

That's What I Want For You

This was one of my staples from my early days of djing. I have to start playing this classic again.

what I'm feeling

I finally got an iPhone. Everyone expected me to already have one, I don't know why, I guess people think that being a designer means that you would own an iPhone (?)

Anyway, here's what I've been digging lately: