Bass legend Charles Mingus created a manual for the toilet training of cats. His cat was apparently named "Nightlife" which is an unassailably awesome name for a cat. Give it a read below, it has gold like this in it:
"When he jumps up he will not be afraid of the hole because he expects it. At this point you will realize that you have won. The most difficult part is over."
If I had a cat I would name it Lance Dubowitz or maybe CC. I like naming pets after humans, and specifically after your buddies. The Wiz (bad name for a pet cause of pee) had a dog growing up named Howard, and Howard was one of his Dad's buddies. Everytime you go to your buddies place, the pet is named after you. You see how well this works, dear reader. Good clean fun for troubled times.
At 3:00 in the following video, Jeru rolls a Mingus sample beat by Primo down the hill and into the river.
Good Afternoon gang. Everyone excited for the weekend? Good. Nice, nice. I know I am.
My cousin Tidy reminded me of this today as she facebook tweeted that "her life has become Office Space" You can watch the clip in a second, but first...
Friday is about the classics. Every Friday is an INSTANT classic. If you work Friday nights, let that gig be temporary. The world turns that bit better on the weekend.
Admittedly, my day job is the following two clips.
The curmudgeon of cool TwentyTwenty dumped this on the rug of the interestnet, so I thought I'd post it here, cause shits needs homes in the neu economy, not to mention winter.
"a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb. "
I'd get to that faster than Garfield finds lasagna...nope...not funny...my wife thought that was gangbusters.
After nearly a month of being a certified hobo, I have a home again. That means we're back at Grilling It. Apres this, le deluge, but here's the funniest item in the history of the internet to get the faithful and users of google.com/reader warmed up.
Click the white box.
This is how I feel about the absence. Gold star to Apt One
TWENTY TWENTY has blessed the webosphere and earosphere and eyeosphere (not to be confused with Ionosphere, but see the tracklist as you may wind up gassed and electrified) with a new mix called "Forty Minutes of Fun." He's also launched a new website, it's got music notes, purple and everything...golly gang it's really quite sumpin.
Dude's a curmudgeon, but you know, for the right side. We have laughs. He's really good at what he does, I've prolly complimented him enough.
The Specs:
my egyptian lover (loose cannons mix)- space cowboy suenos dulces- thunderheist sweaty wet/ dirty damp- gameboy/ gamegirl lindsay lohan's revenge- pase rock chick fit (kissy sell out mix)- all saints helicopter (weird science mix)- bloc party shake it up (stanton warriors mix)- beatnuts camera (sebastian mix)- editors yummy knockout (paparazzi mix)- gwen stefani foxy lady (speaker punks mix)- jimi hendrix shhhake it up- diplo vs the beatles kinda new (dirty south mix)- spektrum rock steady (mstrkrft mix)- all saints fucking boyfriend (peaches mix)- the bird and the bee phantom (thunderous olympian's lite ghosts mix)- justice all that she wants- ace of base knife (girl talk mix)- grizzly bear / clipse In addition to being a Dj, twentytwenty is a brother. His sister Kim is a gas, a straight shootin goofy good dame-a-lam-a-dingdong. She plays voice and guitar in a Tinsletown two-piece called Eagle and Talon, that receive my pattented "Bandswatch" as a band to watch. EAGLE AND TALON - THEY'RE SO SHARP (snippet)
In a few years when they're both stars you can read my erudite but phlegmatic analysis of the musical personas of these siblings in something like Nylon or the wall of the third stall on the left of Norrie Mcentyre's Fish Farm and Mortuary, Falcon Beach, Manitoba, Canada. After all, who isn't a sucker for a brother sister combo with chops to go.
BBQ'S RIGHT ARM RECORDS: INSTALLMENT 1 Before being a monk, an islamist, supposed Rushdie hater and banned in the USA, Cat Stevens and made this:
On blast like Slayer in Guantanamo. This album should receive a commendation from the Worldwide Psychiatrists Guild for all the bad trips it must've righted before the mind fled.
This video illuminated much about hip hop that I didn't fully understand, and came along at a crucial time in my development, where Punk Rock and Metal could've had me forever.
Here's the opening sequence, which caused Sudermann to walk around all summer belting out "We came her tonight to get started, to cold act ill or get retarded!"
Here's Aaron Snyder's stellar debut:
Peter Smolik's shocking imtroduction to the world (poorly de-interlaced fanatics only:
This video had a great deal of influence on the widespread popularity of tech skateboarding and little kid teams.
Muska's Epic Work:
Speaking of epicism and skateboarding, Epiclylaterd has a new show on VBS
This is what Muska was aiming for, The Gonz, Video Days:
Guy Mariano as a kid:
Celebrity Movie Star Jason Lee!!!
Also directs Beck:
Fronts Stillwater:
Is Earl:
Of course, Brodieman:
All the respect in the world to Spike Jonze who directed "Video Days."
A few of the best TV Commercials ever:
Two of the best movies ever:
SO MANY MUSIC VIDEOS
Weezer + Green + Animals = Cuteapalooza
Bjork + Images That Distract From Her Voice/ Bjork Hams It Up X Bjork Uses Her Voice For The Forces Of Good = Busby Berkley Wet Dreams
Chem Bros + Sofia's Hammers = Godfather 3? No I beleive there were just two.
"How bout the power of flight, that do anything for ya holmes?"
Black + Gas / Spike = Epicly Timeless
GEEKED UP
Youtube is the weapon of choice:
Spike got over skateboards:
This Blog Post + Skate and Spike Youtubes = SABOTAGE!
