EMBASSY80 – Prototype (video clip)
March 20th, 2010EMBASSY80 Beat Sampler
March 14th, 2010Currently looking for MCs and vocalists for an upcoming mixtape, but meanwhile, here’s a sampler of some beats that may be used in the project.
More ’90s Indie
October 21st, 2009Alice Donut – The Son Of A Disgruntled X-Postal Worker Reflects On His Life While Getting Stoned In The Parking Lot of A Winn-Dixie And Listening To Metallica
If anybody knows where I can get a good copy of Further’s “Gimme Indie Fox” (I have the CD, just looking for the video), PLEASE comment.
How Badass Was ’90s Indie Rock?
October 21st, 2009Lee Fields is the real deal
May 26th, 2009
I cannot WAIT for this new Lee Fields and the Expressions record, My World, to come out on June 2nd. Consider the tip on this one a gift, as this funk/soul masterpiece looks to be a guaranteed winner, but has a good chance of ending up a sleeper for a while unless the promotional machine behind it is still to come. I haven’t heard too much about it (kind of stumbled across it), but Stones Throw is hyping it up a bit, so we’ll have to see. The session musicians on the record worked on tracks from the Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, etc. as well, so no worries about the quality and authenticity of the funk on this one.
Listen for yourself at Truth & Soul. Stones Throw has a download of “Ladies” available too here. The only thing I’m not terribly excited about is the re-recorded version of “Honey Dove” which originally appeared on Lee’s Soul Fire LP Problems. The original version is ultra-gritty, just how I like it, but it’s a great track either way. Even so, Truth & Soul has recently issued a 7″ version of the original, so no harm done. I think I’ll be placing a pre-order for the 2xLP of My World this week.
Lady Terminator – Glorious Grindcore
March 25th, 2009
Finally made it through the copy of Lady Terminator
I’m not even going to bother explaining the plot as that is secondary to the main allure, the absolutely appalling quality and sheer ridiculousness of the film. What I thought was just going to be a lousy action film with a few laughable moments ended up being WAY over the top, with really bad production quality to sweeten the deal. It is seriously like if Ed Wood made an ’80s Asian grindcore film. An Indonesian Plan 9 From Outer Space. Yeah, it’s like that! Classic re-use of clips, low-budge special effects, the whole deal. Granted, it is a bit above Plan 9 as far as quality goes, but they came a lot further than THAT in 30 years. This is actually an Indonesian film from 1988 called “Pembalasan ratu pantai selatan,” and I found a trailer where it is also titled Nasty Hunter.
Here’s a clip from YouTube (note the segment where she’s walking with the gun on her shoulder, it is used over and over again):
The fine folks at Mondo Macabro have released Lady Terminator
L.A.U.S.D. Mixtape DL
March 25th, 2009
This is SERIOUS! I’ve been waiting on the LAUSD tape since I posted up about Blu & Jack Davey’s track iFeel when the sampler came out a few weeks ago. The full tape, Curly Tops and Nautica Jackets, came out yesterday, and I’ve got it on heavy rotation since I first checked it out last night. Dig out the Starter jacket and hit up zShare for a copy.
Found via What Eye Thought courtesy of Okayplayer.
Vinyl and VHS: What I scored at the flea market
March 16th, 2009Good day for flea market rummaging today. Here’s the rundown:
Vinyl
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The Brothers Johnson – Right On Time |
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Commodores – Midnight Magic |
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Dazz Band – Keep It Live |
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Earth Wind And Fire – Spirit |
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The Isley Brothers – Shout! (1990 reissue) |
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Jimmy Castor Bunch – Butt Of Course… |
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Newcleus – Jam On Revenge |
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Sly & The Family Stone – Stand! |
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The Best of The Stylistics |
VHS
Now, I’m not really into VHS. As far as home video formats go, it is rather awful, and the tapes don’t age well (although a played out VHS tape has a built-in “back in the day” vibe, it is generally undesirable). With that said, rifling through a ton of decomissioned VHS tapes can often turn up some rare gems if you’re into oddball cult b-movies (I am) that are either unavailable on DVD or need to be special ordered through people that are more obsessed with this stuff than even I. I’ll take a chance on anything that looks truly awful, as I clearly have some sort of weird masochistic relationship with film. Anyway, here’s what I brought home today:
Let it be noted that what I was really after was a copy of Superfly T.N.T. I picked up Friday Foster and Willie Dynamite, which are both readily available on DVD but I don’t have them, but no luck with Superfly. The search continues…
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Friday Foster |
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Willie Dynamite |
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Lady Terminator 1980s Indonesian action film. Ridiculous premise and horrible acting. A winner. |
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The Weird Ones Apparently a retitle of 1971’s The Irv Carlson Show starring Arch Hall, Sr. The one review I’ve found makes it sound painful to watch, so it should be great! |
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Secret Agent 00 Soul Looks like a lousy Billy Dee B-film. Looking forward to checking this one out. |
All in all, some decent loot for 18 bucks.
Hot track for the weekend: Blu & Jack Davey – iFeel
March 14th, 2009
This track started going around on Wednesday (courtesy of Miss Jack Davey herself) and I can’t stop listening to it. Definitely a staple of my playlist this weekend. It features the dream collab of Blu & Jack Davey on a track by L.A.U.S.D. You can download the album sampler here for the upcoming record Curly Tops and Nautica Jackets (out 3/24) which includes iFeel.
Check it out below.
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88-Keys Video premieres Monday 3/16
March 13th, 2009
Just caught a clip of 88-Keys’ video for Stay Up (Viagra) last night on MTV2, and it looks so good. 88-Keys and Kanye go all out with the old man makeup, and from what I’ve seen it looks hilarious. Good to see this record getting some airtime.
While we’re on the subject, I’ve had a little time now to let The Death Of Adam fully digest, and it has to go on my essential list. It’s one of those albums that is great the first time around, but keeps getting better with repeated listens. There’s just too much going on there to absorb it all on the first pass. Now go buy it already! For the record (bad pun), if Decon presses up some more vinyl, I’ll buy another copy. 
Anyway, the video for Stay Up looks like it’s getting a big blitz on Monday on MTV networks, and I’m sure it’ll be all over the web too. I don’t think MTV even shows videos anymore, so I would keep an eye on MTV2 or MTV Jams, MTV Hits, etc. MTV2 is running a special premiere sort of deal, so that’s probably the best bet.