Saturday, June 27, 2009

The Bay



Michael Bay (oh ye of good taste bear with this post - it's worth it for the youtubes).


Enlarge and read the above graphic.

I hate this Shy Leboof X Megaham Fox Tranceformerz Franchise as much as any other 80's baby who played with toys, but...one time only...begrudgingly...

In support of Michael Bay (via facts)

Dude waved 1/2 of his paltry 40K payday on Bad Boys to film an explosion.

He directed a movie called The Rock.

That is all.



The film adaptation of the novel Bad Boys 2 was a hefty slice of deece. The highlight being this scene where Will Smith made me laugh for the first time since he lived with Phil and Viv.



Word to Don Simpson (he's in the middle of Krooze and The Rook and he was THAT DUDE).

This Is Real


The Making Of Buzz Aldrin's Rocket Experience





Friday, June 26, 2009

Never Can Say Goodbye



It's tough to write an erudite obit/tribute to Michael Jackson, because I'm still shocked...however...I go on...

I've had this out in bars, cabs, on docks, on decks and more times than I ever wanted. I'm referring to the argument about Michael Jackson's body of work that I find untainted by his public relations and media management masochism.

Mike was great, remains great and always will.



No feelings are changed by his death, and the internet is boiling over with opinions, "Beat It" will be referencing the issue to death or the dead horse of an enduring legacy. In as simple terms as I can wring it out:

Michael Jackson was an incredible entertainer who became a lamentable, frightening and often miserable public figure.



His death is sad, but with his modern visage fading from the press, we'll be left with the music, which reflects the spectrum of human emotion better than anyone's. This is how I've been remembering him since the early 1990's.

Whatever demons were haunting him, I hope he's free from. Few artists convincingly display the sheer force of their gift. The otherworldly, intangible power that moves them to not only create, but transcend the medium. Michael wrote anthems for and from all the hearts of the planet at once.




I only wish that Michael himself could read the loving tributes that are cascading from around a world that he has seperated from and no doubt felt alien to.

Listening to these albums tonight, I don't hear a lil popstar with an afro and a billion dollar smile, I don't hear a spry twentysomething fully branded funky juggernaut moonwalking his way into every pantheon and stratosphere we have for entertainers, and I don't hear the besmirched skeleton of the circus of the last decade.

I hear the song and dance man, who wrote a tune called "Bad" that was the best thing I'd ever popped in my Fisher Price tapedeck. All it said on the tape was "Michael Jackson."

People who love music, LOVE Michael Jackson.

I was never afraid of him, only for him, and there's one less reason to be afraid.

Michael Jackson - Someone In The Dark



*Drawing by Eli Escobar (at age 8)

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

What Ever Are You Doing?



Hey friends/readers/countryfolk...

This blog is planning a summer and getting work done to facilitate said summer, hence the infrequent posts.

Here's what's been up (you're not missing much):



For your own sterry-erry-ohs, telephones, ipods and such...

Dj Ayres & Nick Catchdubs "Just Kickin It"

Relaxed. Check out the tracks and tell me this isn't...Reeeeelaxed!

DJ AYRES
Alkaholiks - All Night
Royksopp - Vision One
Snoop & Xzibit - Bitch Please
EPMD - You Gots To Chill
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Jazz
J Dilla - Fuck The Police
Slick Rick - Mona Lisa (instrumental)
Rene Costy - Scrabble
Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Mr. K edit)
The Apples - The Power
Africa Bambaataa - Planet Rock (DJ Ayres Unplugged Edit)
DJ B-Eazy - Bongo Remix

NICK CATCHDUBS
Novaima - Yo Voy (Seiji Remix)
Scottie B and King Tutt - African Chant (Top Billin Remix)
Rod Lee - Latin Groove
Dre Skull f. Sizzla - Gone Too Far (Buraka Son Sistema Remix)
Ms Dynamite - Bad Gyal
Dance Area - AA247 (Nacey Remix)
Cubic Zirconia - Fuck Work (Nacho Lovers Remix)
Juan Maclean - One Day (Surkin Remix)
Mac Dre & Mac Mall f. E-40 - Dredio
Kid Sister - I’ll House You ‘09
Donnis - Like Dat