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I'm a little curious as to the logic behind The Hype Machine (how they filter, how they choose what blogs end up on the front page, and so on) because half the time my posts don't show up there, and when they do they end up on page 6. I'm assuming some sort of hierarchy is in place. Not that I deserve a higher spot, but still, I've chopped up one of my shitstorms into 3 parts so that it looks a little bit more like what normal people posts tend to look like (even though I did the damn thing in one sitting as usual). I'm just gonna try and give off the illusion that I didn't do this the retarded way for once. Oh and for the record, I assume this tendency has something to do with always procrastinating with writing papers or doing projects for school and then churning them out at the very last minute (and I say always as in "every single time ever")...that's managed to translate into blogging. Pitiful!

But yeah, meat. substance. not semantics. I will just say real quick that I'm leaving for New York tomorrow for the first time in my life and my pump is through the roof and a good portion of the trip is gonna be funded by selling a bunch of First Generation Transformer toys on Ebay after they have been kicking it in my parents attic for the past 15 years or so and I think this act has got to entail some sort of symbolic representation of my existence in a wierd way. Also I've had diarhhea for the past month. Anyway, if anybody from New York has some suggestions as to where it's going down at night, please feel free to let me know! Fridays a toss up between Yo Majesty and Tim Sweeney and Saturday is a Trouble and Bass event at Tim "Love" Lee's party in Brooklyn.

OK, um I'm gonna get high now because it doesn't feel like this thing is gonna write itself today.

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(I guess that means he's getting high right now. Kinda explains why he's so random with the ellipses. Kinda. -Ed)



::cough:: YO LES DO DIS!



I'd say this is the funniest internet thing I've seen this month. Seriously, stick with it.



I gotta give it up to this one on multiple levels. I mean, if I was an avid churchgoer and my youth minister played this for me, I'd probably be genuinely tickled in the way they intended me to be. But I've got an aunt and uncle who are TBN power preacher status now with Porsches and facelifts so I've got that level too. Even the jumbo sized version that dude rocks couldn't handle all of my "Why's"...



100% Pure Highsauce. This makes me miss Wondershowzen...




Warning! These next 2 videos could be too awesome for your own good. This is from some movie that I really want to see now...



And this is more exploding psychology from Sekitani. This is a video for a group called Obakejaa. Ahhh, my mind has been scissored with funshine!





Some ultravans from Japan. They all tend to have those spikes, btw. The comment that I remember from wherever I got this?

"Yo, where all the tentacle-rape-themed vans at?"

Seriously!



Ok, music blog mode, GO! Here's the video for the first single for MIA's new ish. More of that lo-fi colorblast stuff that I've been claiming, only this is done with an early 90's Afrojamaican aesthetic. Is afrojamaican a real term? I figure its gotta be, right? Anyway this is cool.


Justice Essential Mix

Here's the essential mix that Justice did for Radio One. A lot of old school stuff and influences mixed together with their sound. I was pretty impressed. Here were my favorite tracks minus that Syreeta Wright jam because I don't have it. I really liked how they mixed back and forth from stress into that zzt-lower states song, it breaks up the monotony of it a little. Zzt is Zombie Nation and Tiga and they're gonna release the song shortly. Considering the names behind it and how many times I've heard people play Higher State of Consciousness in the last year, I'm assuming it'll be huge.

Alan Braxe and Fred Falke- In Love With You

AKA the other other Daft Punk.

Chic- Everybody Dance


Chic had way more to offer than just Le Freak and Good Times.

M83-Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix by Jackson)

At least these guys acknowledge Jackson and his Computer Band, because he did end up doing what they are doing first. They tend to do it better though. Dancier and less randomness just for the sake of it. Also can't wait for a new M83 album. In a year maybe?

Dabrye-Game Over (Flying Lotus Remix)

Flying Lotus's beats have been steadily progressing towards greatness. Warp took notice and signed him. 1983 was cool, but I have a feeling this dude is just getting started. This button turns this into a megapost

pear

(note: I figure I might get cease and desisted while I'm away so I'm putting these on a yousendit just so I don't end up getting sued to pieces while I'm gone. Or wait, no, I found these on yousendit so I decided to link to them. Yeah.)

Anyway, this portion is dedicated to dudes from my teenage years that are still throwing down even after I thought I could right em off.

Chemical Brothers-The Salmon Dance Feat. Fatlip

So I figure you'll either love or hate the first one. I've always had a soft spot for Fatlip after seeing him spill his guts to Spike Jonze on that What's up Fatlip documentary. I recommend seeing it, if only for the no joke tranny recap. But yeah, I mean joke-y songs usually only got like one or two listens in them, but this shit is dope. It's full of bleepy goodness. That bass that kicks in when Sammy mentions Japan? Unnh! But mostly I just want "The Salmon" to catch on in the club. That would be awesome.

Chemical Brothers-The Pills Won't Help you now feat. Midlake

And if that one doesn't prove that these guys are still paying attention, then this should at least let you know that they still know how to make a great song. They get cred points for pulling Midlake, but regardless, this song is wonderful. Plus I assume if you were huge into the Chemical Brothers in 94 then you realize how true this song rings at this point. Fuck knows I do. The new album, We Are The Night, drops July 2nd.

Beastie Boys- The Rat Cage

Beastie Boys- Freaky Hijiki


So this new instrumental Beastie Boys album just kinda crept out of nowhere. I was depressed by how shitty "To the 5 Boroughs" was, considering that I loved every other Beastie Boys album and consider them one of my favorite acts of my teenage years. But dudes are old as hell so I'd really rather not have to watch them pull a muscle while trying to keep things all rambunctious anyway...and I REALLY don't want a whole album full of preachy filtered vocals.

This was the perfect move at this point. Not only that, but it's pretty damn good! It's funky as hell, raw, and its got a bit of their punk influence, as well as a lot of spacey vintage keys. Some backwards retrogear association thing is telling me that it sounds like a mix of the stuff that DC Recordings and Truth and Soul are putting out now. The In Sound from Way Out 2 may be a more logical way of looking at it though.

And because I've got nothing but opinions, I'm gonna claim Ill Communication as my fave. Licence to Ill may have had the biggest cultural impact and Paul's Boutique may be the most critically acclaimed and groundbreaking as far as sampling is concerned, but I'd say that Ill Communication had the best spread of irreverance, musicianship, and thoughtfulness. Plus in 8th grade, I rode around the city cramped in the trunk of an Explorer filled with like 8 high school kids, getting drunk and blasting Sure Shot for like 3 hours straight so done deal.

Oh it looks like the Beasties have a little blog too. Stole these clip from them.



In high school there was this one dude's house that was like the afterschool refugee camp for everybody that was destined to fail. I really wanted those type of guys to like me back then. I remember the grandma of the house was super senile and dudes would get high and start fucking with her mercilessly. One time she ate all the cigarette butts from the ashtray. I wasn't there but I heard everybody just sat around and laughed and encouraged her while she did it. Then she had to get her stomach pumped. You couldn't fuck with Grandma after that because I think it was made very clear that her social security paid the rent. But the dude's sister was like 15 at that point so everybody just ended up fucking with her instead. Get it?!?

Anyway, that place was terrible.



Sesame Street most certainly was not. Way hopeful. This has to be the funkiest a children's show has ever gotten. Goddamn, Stevie. And that one kid on the ledge?!? He's like my idol. This button turns this into a megapost

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Dizzee Rascal- Where's Da G's feat. UGK

Dizzee Rascal- Bubbles

Dizzee's got a new album, Maths and English, due out the 21st here in the US. UGK is on that bitch! These are my two favorites tracks from it.

Roll Deep-Celebrate (JME Remix)

Other then Dizzee and Wiley, I've pretty much completely fell off with the grimewatch now that the hype has faded. I was always basically just about the beats when it came down to it anyway, so dubstep and other uk bass stuff has been more up my alley. Skepta's verse on this is a good example of why. Something along the lines of "I'm in Roll Deep but I live in North London so I only see them on the weekends but I'm still in Roll Deep, I swear, even if it doesn't seem like it, so uhh...Young Jeezy." Is that how you're supposed to represent on a posse cut? I guess rhyming a word with same word all the time doesn't really do it for me. This track is still hard as fuck though. JME's got good uptempo stuff.

JME-Duppy

True Tiger-Bare Face What

Here's another good JME produced posse cut that's a little older as well as the instrumental for that Bare Faced Dynasty track from the Run the Road 2 comp. It's a big ass industrial track that gets mac truck'd by some sinister horns, but the eq sounds all kinds of fucked up on this version. I'm offering it up because I want to know if it was a shitty vinyl rip or if that's how it was pressed. I can't really hang with the original vocals, but i figured i might be able to throw some trick daddy over it or something. It's got a scene tag so I assume it's the engineer's fault, but I would love a cleaner, bassier version if it exists. Don't really expect an answer on this one though. (Yeah, I figured you knew that all the questions you pose end up rhetorical at this point -Ed)

But anyway, back to UGK, I know I ragged on International Player's Anthem versus just regular old Player's Anthem because of Andre's verse bobbing around all over the place and taking up all kinds of time before the beat drops...but the video makes it come together so well that I take it back.



Paul's Rowdy Roddy Piper claims...Pimp C and Bun B's gear...those super focused hand claps in the car...and of course, ya boy Lukas Haas tenderly imploring Three Stacks to keep his heart. Everything about it is amazing. I don't think I can imagine myself enjoying any rap song more than this for a good while. Int'l Summertime Anthem as well.

Willie Hutch- I Choose You

Here's the original track. Between this and Stay Fly, I'd say the South owes Willie a whole lot of love. And don't even get me started on the Moby and Chemical Brothers samples, let alone the Dr. Dre or Biggie ones! He's up there as one the greatest in my book.

And on that note, shit, I gotta pack. Peace LA. This button turns this into a megapost

SCUMCAST!!

So I should've been doing this a long time ago, but I think I'm finally inching towards the "Go For It, Dude" point in my life. Not all pistons firing full speed do-or-die status yet, but closer towards that mythical place in my head where I feel I'm not just a huge waste of space and am actually taking steps to dig out this potential that I've been told I possess. I usually take forever to put together the mixtapes I offer up, just to try and ensure that when I do put something out, it is well worth listening to. But I've also realized I need to supplement the more crafted ones with something more consistent. Y'know, to keep my name hot in the streets. Plus djing all these standard working gigs has been slowly eating at my soul. So yeah, I took an hour out of my incredibly hectic schedule of constantly listening and hoarding, to actually string together some of the records that mean something to me.

And so, the SCUMCAST! was born.

SCUMCAST! ONE

1. Baby Oliver- Primetime (Uptown Express)
2. J.R Writer- Get 'Em (Dev79 Street Bass Refix)
3. Justice- Valentine
4. The Chromatics- In the City
5. Padded Cell- Unknown Zone
6. Feist- Sea Lion (Chromeo Remix)
7. David Bowie- Pretty Thing (The Scar Remix)
8. Goodbooks- Leni (Crystal Castles Remix)
9. Feist- My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)
10.The Hasbeens- Make the World Go Away
11.Charlie- Spacer Woman
12.Giorgio Moroder-The Chase
13.Black Devil Disco Club- The Devil In Us
14.Curses!-Tearing Me Apart
15.Surkin vs Khia-Radio Fireworks+My Neck My Back (Courtesy of DJ Eli)
16.Buraka Som Sistema-Yah!
17.Bonde Do Role-Marinha
18.James Braun-James Brown is Dead 3
19.UHU-Virtual Network
20.Dopplereffekt-Voice Activated
21.Stupid Set- Hear the Rumble (Pinktronik Re-edit)
22.Boom Bip-The Pinks
23.Digitalism-Echoes
24.Efdemin-Bergwein
25.Junior Boys-In the Morning (Hot Chip Remix)
26.Matthew Dear-Deserter (Four Tet Remix)

So yeah, this one's got new Justice, Bonde Do Role, Environ, Kitsune, some peak time party shit, some claustrophic robot shit, old italo stuff, all capped off with a heart bursting ending.

Again, I'm gonna stress that this was live. It's basically me just randomly pulling records from all kinds of genres and doing my best to put them together on the fly, brain-storming session style (I made an edit from that Boys Noize remix to the Hasbeens because I stopped and thought a nice long blend would sound good under the acapella part). There's some ugly blends and there's some decent ones but no straight trainwrecks so I figured might as well post it to help get over being super critical of my shit. My unk -> mims -> t-pain -> "some fucking Nor*Cal fratboy douchebag yelling in my ear to play some Mac Dre, son" game is immaculate though, btw. Oh yeah, and the left ear of my headphone isn't working. I've gone through like 4 headphones in the last year or two. Word of advice: Headphones don't got Lamborghini doors.

I'm gonna shoot for this being a monthly podcast so be sure to feed this .xml link to your podcaster.

http://www.djscallywag.com/Mixes/Scumcast!.xml

For itunes just copy the link into the "subscribe to podcast" option under the advanced tab. I also put the whole blog on some RSS shit via Feedburner but because I just use bookmarks like a dinosaur, I can't really say I know how that all works yet...not that I really feel all that dumb for not walking around with bluetooth gear strapped to my head, shooting all these rogue frequencies into my skull, rerouting crucial thinky-paths. Just don't come crying to me when you are busy spending all your moneys on little wheelbarrow sidecart thing to rest that lumpy-ass mess of a headgrowth you've got going on there. ( Um, yeah I didn't wanna say anything, but those anti-pulsing meds you've been taking don't really seem to be working...)

PS I still intend to post mp3's and rant about minutia and it'll still probably look like sloppy joe's only with words, so don't think you're off the hook. This button turns this into a megapost

Neil with the Deal ain't got shit on me!

So if you fuck with all this internet blog nonsense (you do), then you might have noticed these ad's for Wakeyz in the sidebar under sponsored ads. Or you might not have. I was under the assumption that my attention doesn't even begin to encroach on those dedicated "sell you shit" spaces. I figured I just had blinders on due to sheer conditioning at this point. Statistically, I'd assume that the auto-filtration of any sort of casual ad-related ANYTHING is pretty collectively developed by this point, at least on a conscious level (unless you are your grandparents or something, which again, you aren't...)

However, in the last couple days, my peripheral has been getting lit up by all these Dr. Mario pills raining down on a huge cracked out Residents' style eyeball guy, so my inner fiend begged me to take notice. Then I saw the words "Drug Mall" and floors and floors of condoned chaos started wildly sprouting up in my mind. Sedative Stands. Hopped up Haberdasheries. Wide eyed Willy Wonka shit as far as the eye could see. So not only did I click on it, I did the rapid fire multiclick thing while looking over my shoulder (I live alone).

So I hope you clicked on the Wakey's link. It'll be helpful if you are actually reading this and want to make sense of what I try and communicate. Lord knows I have enough trouble attempting to meet all you phantom people half way as it is. My ability to focus is pretty garbage pail kids (criterion edition). Ok, so if you care to, at some point you'll see a blue page slide down over the wakeyz products you are looking at and hopefully it'll all be clear. That's your signal to turn the page back here.

So obviously, the site is well designed, they went through great lengths to come up with the names of funny drug infused food supplements with graphics, menus, flash, all of that (I liked the ChloroFoam face mask and electrified cutlery). But turns out...it's a fuggin' mattress company! Huh? I thought mattress companies were terrible at marketing. The best thing mattress dudes got going for themselves here in LA (main guys being Leeds and Sit and Sleep) is that they battle to see who can outcheese each other with the low-budget factor. This here is like some Nike level consumer manipulation. By pretending to offer these ridiculous products, they call out our societal obsession with energy drinks and other "fda approved" stimulants. Yet at the same time, they are actually selling all this merchandise that coincides with the fake Wakey's ad campaign. Shirts, mugs, stickers...everything. Is this the ad guys way to circumvent that feeling of disgust you might feel when someone is trying to sell you something using methods that are transparent or beneath you? Is this self aware notion really that inherent to so many twenty-somethings nowadays? It does seem hard to deny that many many ideas are being increasingly re-examined and then coupled with a shit-ton of irony...repackaged by people that see the fault in everything. So it does make me think, are these guys trying to be the "indy" Tempurpedic? And is anybody actually buying their bibs or bumper stickers?

Anyway, biggest point being, I've never taken a marketing class or anything but I was kinda impressed by their tactics and how they tried to sell me some boring ass shit in a clever way that also entertained my eyes. The fact that they advertise like this on the hype machine, blogs, etc. just makes me curious as to how large this demographic has really gotten. Guess what, kool kids...even the mattress guys have this figured out to a certain extent. Uh Oh.

I guess the only recourse is to go ultrahypermeta, right? Then they'll never be able to stake a claim on you. I can't wait till people have to explicitly specify what level of irony they're on. (Oh darling, do you not see, I was making a level 7 double reverse pretzel comment on that subject, you must've thought I was addressing you in a level 4 way. Ah! You poor thing, you really couldn't tell I was inferring two more double negatives?).

Anyway, hit me off with that e-mail you promised and I'll tell you were to send the free full size queen, fellas. ::wink::
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So, there's my referential jump-off. I swear I told myself I was going to make these short and to the point. Instead I've got a page long tangent about some random ad I saw. Terrible! Plus all these blocks of text just look so uninviting.

(I believe it's called self-sabotage, my man! -Ed)

Meh...hey look, it's drizzling pictures.











I'll do another big art post again soon. But for the readers (people read?), I'm gonna tie this into my own promotionally-inclined inclinations by giving you one more natural alternative to restless nights. It's a mix I made three or four years ago, the first ambient one I ever made. Posting some old Xela and Super Numeri made me want to dig it up. I made it pretty much for myself, for utilitarian purposes, but my friends have said they like it and go to sleep to it too, so here it is. The only version I still have is already chopped into mp3's. Hopefully that gapless playback thing in iTunes will compensate.

Sleep Spindles 1: A Blanket of Stars

1.Ovuca-Untitled
2.Aphex Twin- SAW II Disc 1 Track 3
3.Aphex Twin- SAW II Disc 2 Track 5
4.Prefuse 73-Untitled
5.Xela-Bobble Hats in Summer
6.Bola-Vm8
7.Delarosa & Asora-Suki Swims
8.The Gentle People-Relaxation Central
9.Monolake-Indigo
10.Biosphere-Mestigoth
11.Fog-Plumb Dumb
12.Super Numeri-Electric Horse Gardens
13.The Album Leaf-We Once Were One
14.Labradford-Soft Return
15.Casino Versus Japan-Trad Velicido
16.Atom Heart-Acid Magic
17.Bochum Welt-La Nuit
18.Octavius-Artificial Spark of the Electrical Stripping
19.Biosphere-Kobresia
20.Biosphere-Poa Alpina
21.Brian Eno-Becalmed
22.A little thunderstorm action in case you haven't drifted off yet...

I'll just say, it's no Aurora Borealis in terms of arrangement or attention to detail, but it does start with Track 3 off Selected Ambient Works 2, which is one of my Top 5 recorded pieces of audio ever...so there's that. "Bobble Hats in the Summer" is also top 10 track that nobody has ever heard. The ending of that track? Tear-inducing. So beautiful.

Anyway, sorry for talking so much to myself while being watched from a two way mirror that I set up, ya know. From now on it'll just be party pictures with that one filter. You know the one.

Stay tuned for my Justice vs T-Pain mash-up, Buy you a D.R.A.N.K. There's bmore drums over it too. How do I do it, right?

Dntel-To a Fault (feat. Grizzly Bear)

Dntel-Last Songs

Jimmy Tamborello had quite the bevy of high profile indy people guest on just about every song from his last album. Makes sense though, it's common knowledge that he invented the genre together with Zach Braff. Anyway, The Grizzly Bear collabo was tops for me. That other song is Pre-Postal Service, back from his first full length from 2001, Life Is Full Of Possibilities. I stumbled upon it right around then and being big into samples and electronic stuff, I was really captivated by how he chopped up those acoustic guitar loops back in the day. Still a great song, though.

The Virgins-Rich Girl

I've dipped into pretty much every genre imaginable, and I know that jangly British guitar rock is not my strongest trait, tastemaker-wise. Certain genres like dancehall, hardcore, early house music, folk rock, etc. all have stuff I like, but I'm not driven enough to really turn them out and dig through them them. I leave those ones for others to inform me when shit is really good. I don't get a constant stream of blood and dopamine trickling out my ears this way. I think I was tipped to this joint on EVR. I like it a lot for what it is. Catchy riffs, clever lyrics, nice drawl, and a sick disco bassline. I'd say it sounds kinda like the Arctic Monkeys or the Strokes meets The Rapture, but I could probably break it down even better than that if I knew more about this stuff. That hard panned hi-hat kinda fucks with me though.

Dimlite-Lullaby for Gastric Ulcer

Dimlite-The Way Blood Travels

My original genre of choice was stoner downtempo stuff in the vein of Mo Wax or Ninja Tune. Nowadays, it's real hard to find artists that can really innovate with this sound, pushing it in a new direction while keeping things appealing but not strictly experimental. Dimlite's one of those guys whose forged his own sound but can still keep your head nodding. I'd say his stuff references J Dilla and Four Tet in equal parts. For fans of Daedalus, Caural, Flying Lotus, etc.


Cozy Powell- Dance With The Devil

This is a great but pretty obscure track that all the of sudden decided to randomly crop up in my life in a crazy little trifecta. I heard DJ Harvey play it his Sarcastic Disco warehouse party two weeks ago (dope as fuck btw), and then I listened to the new DJ Food Solid Steel mix, Now, Listen Again, and there it was again (this is also real good, but get's a bit too British with the Pendulum tracks towards the end). Then I saw the movie Hot Fuzz (hilarious) and guess what track pops up. Wierd shit. Anyway, this track is a monster, it's basically just a real heavy drum workout with some classic rock power chords but it is heavy heavy. If this is how the forces that be are deciding to collude on my fate, then sure, go ahead I guess, as long as you keep hitting me with jams of this caliber. Sidenote: If you look at dude's room in Shaun of the Dead, he's got a bunch of Ninjatune posters on his walls. I remember seeing that back in the day and I started geeking out and rocking back in forth in my seat while looking around the theatre smiling...nobody else got it. Story of my life?

Michael Rother- Silberstreif

Here's some more rock stuff from German musician, Michael Rother. He was in Kraftwerk in the early 70's, before they turned into robot. He also recorded with Brian Eno under the name Harmonia. This is like krautrock mixed with thinking back about how you used to go wind surfing all the time and how killer that was. In fact, some weekends, you like to take the Saab out and cruise the shoreline with the top down, and when this tune really gets going, you swear you can feel the ocean spray as your hair whips around in the breeze.

Anthony Rother- No Love

Anthony Rother- 10,000 Dancer

And here's another german Rother who makes electro that is obviously informed by Kraftwerk. Association City, huh? This is from his 04 album, Popkiller. I figured more people would know about his shit now that electro is big again.

No Bra-Munchausen

And now that we are in Germany here's some of that Level 3 irony we discussed earlier, courtesy of No Bra. The beat sounds like it was concocted in some pitch black underground fetish dungeon. Everything is made out of latex and the clientele use butt plugs like battering rams. The lyrics are a pretty hilarious though. It's a pretty scathing indictment of disaffected socialites who claim to know about everything. Thankfully, I only get like half of the references. Did you click that picture? Yeah, she just cruises to parties like that. Gravity has not been kind to this woman and she wants you to know this. I'm curious if she has a line drawn in her head where she knows just exactly how much she does this to make a social statement versus how much she does it to alienate people while still drawing attention towards herself in a publicity stunt kind of way. Or does that only matter to me?

Supercheap-Super Rich

I don't especially like this song, I just feel like I'm tying shit together left and right today so I thought I'd pull out the theoretical female response to that Virgins song, just to bring everything super full circle. I still like it though, it's just the chorus is a little disappointing. This comes from a comp from last year, Berlin Insane IV. See, it's German too! Yeeee. I have pleased myself once again. (I so let you slide this week -Ed).

PS Oh yeah, and I notice those match.com ads on myspace, i'd like to say mostly because of the fast loading streaming video, which seems like a kinda new advent. They are pretty funny to me. Like, how much body language they throw up in there because there's no audio or how they have semi-obtainable looking girls on it versus real model types. Like the nerdier looking chick who takes her glasses off and next thing you know, she's all that. Smart thinking, ad guys. Still haven't clicked though. Should've mentioned a drug mall. This button turns this into a megapost