Our big dog homie and personal life mentor, JD, puts 2 in the air for CrossFaded Bacon’s 1st and 15th mix series and Nolabounce.com with an old school Bounce mix.

Holleur at it, here.

Tracklisting:
01. Curtis Mayfield blend over Bunny Hop inst.
02. Da Entourage – Bunny Hop (they used to have Bunny Hop contests at Sharpstown mall, haha)
03. Ricky B – Ya’ll Holla
04. BMD feat. Papa Reu and Juvie – Nasty Girl
05. Big Tymers feat. Bun B – Playboy
06. Kane and Abel feat. Mystikal – Shake it Like a Dog
07. Juvenile – Soldia Rag
08. Mystikal – Big Truck Driver
09. DJ Jubilee – Get it Ready (live version)
10. Everlasting Hitman – Bounce Baby Bounce
11. DJ Jimi – Where Dey At?

Vive le Cabo’s on Richmond!

From Gizmodo.com

Despite the rumors, I never fully believed the Apple tablet was real, until I heard these words over my phone: “Hey, it’s [redacted]. I may or may not have sat in some Apple meetings for the tablet.”

I was driving, and swerved a little bit, even though both hands were on the wheel. Someone honked at me.

“What was that?”

They repeated themselves.

I switched on Bluetooth and pulled over to the side of the road to hear the story. You see, earlier in the day I’d given my phone number out to someone who sent me a cryptic email wanting to talk Apple. This must have been them. (Later on I verified to a high level of certainty that they were in the position to have access to the information and after talking to them for over an hour, I believe them to the same level of certainty.)

“The device, which I’ve held mock ups of, is going to have a 10 inch screen, and when I saw it looked just like a giant iPhone, with a black back— although that design could change at any time” they said, “with the same black resin back, and the familiar home button.” That’s obvious.

“But it will come in two editions, one with a webcam and one for educational use.”

Educational use?

They continued to explain the device as something that would sit between an iPod/iPhone and a Macbook, and would cost $700 to $900—”More than twice as much as a netbook,” he said.

To make up for that cost and make the device more than just a big iPod there was, this person claimed, there was talk of making the device act as a secondary screen/touchpad for iMacs and MacBooks, much like a few of the USB screens that have come out in recent months from Chinese companies. Very interesting.

They went on to say that although the project has been going on under various names between four and six years, the first prototype was built around the end of 2008. Adding, “The time to market from first prototype is generally 6-9 months.” That would place the device’s release date in this holiday season. They then said, “There was a question of what OS the device would run, too.” (Other people I’ve talked to have implied this remains a huge secret.)

My call dropped on some windy road off skyline drive. Fucking AT&T.

Later, I asked, was there a code name for the project?

“Yes…[redacted].”

I thought about it for a second, googled the term, and it all made sense.

“Don’t publish that name, please, ” they requested.

Don’t worry, I won’t.

Given the position of Gizmodo in the world of gadget blogs, I’m trusting that both the story and the source of information on the tablet are genuine. However, Apple has been known to make several internal fake mock ups and projects so that actual specs and tech will remain relatively unknown until the product’s actual release.

As far as the actual tech of the tablet, for me, the sole excitement is based upon it acting as a secondary touchscreen/external monitor for iMacs and MacBooks. We’ll see how this develops.

Brokencyde – Freaxxx (Music Video) from Eat Cake Films on Vimeo.

I can’t really tell if this is someone’s serious attempt at fame, a prank or a collection of deleted scenes from a Tim & Eric sketch.

Please feel the pain that is Brokencyde – Freaxxx.

UPDATE: After checking Brokencyde’s Wikipedia page, I had to post some choice criticism. Peep the hilariousness.

Metal Edge Magazine has called Brokencyde “fucking horrendous”.[12] Thrash Magazine has called them “a mockery to the world of music”.[13] Another metal magazine, Decibel, has repeatedly made fun of the band, mentioning them in a interview with the group Big Business, and once ironically referring to then as their “favorite screamo-crunk band”. British commentator Warren Ellis calls Brokencyde’s “Freaxxx” music video “a near-perfect snapshot of everything that’s shit about this point in the culture”.[14] Says August Brown of the Los Angeles Times,“The ‘Albucrazy’-based band has done for MySpace emo what some think Soulja Boy did for hip-hop: turn their career into a kind of macro-performance art that exists so far beyond the tropes of irony and sincerity that to ask ‘are they kidding?’ is like trying to peel an onion to get to a perceived central core that, in the end, does not exist and renders all attempts to reassemble the pieces futile.”[15]

“If this is the future of rock music, we’re fucking outta here”, – wrote Kerrang! in its January 2009 What the F* is up with Screamo Crunk feature. Placing the ‘irritation factor’ mark at level “very high”, the magazine concluded – “Thanks to their tacky, lightweight and frankly rubbish sound, they’ve probably only got a shelf life of about six months”.

Somehow this video makes me wonder where Squincy Jones was during the shooting HA~!

One of my favorite soul singers, Eric Roberson, is dropping a new lp, Music Fan First soon. He’s laced the net with a web commercial for the joint and a v-blog that you can check here.

Peep the link for an opportunity to pre-order the lp and receive an autographed copy. You know what is it!

Exclusive SLUMVILLAGE VIDEO “Actin Normal” from SCRAPDIRTY on Vimeo.

R.I.P. Baatin.

Dj Spinna takes us inside the Thingamajig Lab and shows us some of his equipment and record collection (we couldn’t share all of it but you get an idea).

Title: DJ Spinna Studio Tour
Filmed and Edited by Mark Carranceja of Noisemaker Media
www.highwaterISmusic.com / www.noisemakermedia.com

Stream here
or Download here.

“Nothin’ but that jherri curl funk all day everyday”
The Sheen Brothers is the one of the hottest collaborations out there right now! What started out as a not so serious idea and more of joke between Cosmo Baker (The Rub, NYC) and 4th Pyramid (Toronto) has turned into one of the freshest dance parties around. The Sheen Bros are a duo of slicked-out sleazesters that play greasy funk and drippy disco making ALL the ladies lose control! A twist on disco and funk the two have dubbed this new sound Scumbag Funk– Cosmo rocks the tables while Pyramid bangs it out on the MPD. Check out the first release from The Sheen Bros: Scumbag Funk Vol. 1, get greasy y’all!

Tracklist
01 – I Got The – Labi Siffre
02 – I’m Your Pimp – Skull Snaps
03 – Let’s Take Off – Dam Funk
04 – I Love To Dance – Kleeer
05 – Hollywood Hot – Eleventh Hour
06 – Daddy Cool – Boney M.
07 – Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin’ (Pyramid Edit)
08 – Baby Come On – Sex O’ Clock U.S.A.
09 – Touch Me Again – Bernard Pretty Purdie
10 – En Melody – Serge Gainsbourg (Sheen Edit)
11 – Comin’ Home Baby – Mascara
12 – I Don’t Know if I Can Make It – Dawson Smith
13 – Boogie Joe The Grinder – Ultrafunk
14 – Sport – Lightnin’ Rod

Want more? Of course you do. Over the next few months, the Brothers will be trading 30 minute volumes of Scumbag Funk, mix for mix, in an onslaught of awesomeness. Pyramid will be handing off the baton to brother Cosmo for Volume 2 of the prestigious Scumbag Funk series. Be on the lookout!

Stream here
or Download here.

If you’re in the NYC area on August, 15th, you can catch Cosmo Baker live at the Buhbomp sponsored 2009 Sound Liberation Festival.

Soooo good!

One of my favorite scratch dj’s from late 90’s, Mike Relm, enters his career’s second act by incorporating video into his live set. Here he is talking to Wired magazine about the current state of djing with video.

Craigslist, why art thou so trill?

I’m selling this picture of PIMP C that is digitally painted. It is a 20 x 30 printed on Kodak paper. Extremely clear quality print that is $40 alone. If you’d like it framed, I have a black glossy frame that fits it well, the price for both the frame and the print are $55. Below are clearer pics of the print and the framed pic. Thank you for viewing my ad and please only serious buyers and cash only. Have a great week!

How I Spent My Summer Vacation- A Film By DJ Shadow from DJ Shadow on Vimeo.

It’s basically just record porn without the penetration.