Mayer Hawthorne "Green Eyed Love" (Classixx Remix)

This is what you get when you have a few great musical minds come together...



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Madvillian at 2009 We The People Fest????

Could it be that Daniel Dumile AKA Zev love X AKA Viktor Vaughn AKA MF Doom will be performinig with Madlib as the duo known as Madvillian??? Or will it be an imposter like the 2007 shows? Lets keep our fingers crossed and keep checking http://www.wethepeoplefestival.com/ for any late breaking updates on the line up of this years show set to go down Nov 21, 2009.

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Chico Mann...

Chico Mann is no new comer to the New York Music scene as he's been playing lead guitar for one of my favorite Afrobeat groups "The Antibalas". Chico Mann's Afrobeat roots are clearly present with a flare of classic electro sounds that only old school Casio keys can produce. He's has a few EP's (Manifest Tone Vols.1-3) as well as a handful of singles. I was able to catch one of his live performances on his brief west coast visit well over a year ago and I was blown away. He clearly sets a great vibe and make you move with his vibrant classic yet new sounds. I look forward to his next west coast visit, as he's hinted that it may be some time in the near future.

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DJ Numark In The Mix @ The Do-Over

Here is a link to DJ Numarks mix from eariler this summer at the infamous Do-Over Sundays at Cranes Tavern.

Click here to download the mix...

Fixed Gear...

There has been a lot of hoop-la about fixed geared bike these days and some see it as new phenomena. However fixed gear bikes have been around well over 100 years now. Also fixed gear track bike racing preempts automobile racing by a long shot and even deemed Major Taylor the first African American to become world champion in the history of competitive sport racing. So there is a lot of history behind these bikes. I myself have yet to ride a fixed gear bike or "Fixie" for short but recently it has gained more of my respect. Even some of the BMX companies like Volume, Subrosa and SE have jumped in and put out fixie frame and complete bikes. Although my love for BMX can not be changed, I look forward to building a Fixie pretty soon. So I'll keep you posted on my new venture as it begins.

SE Bikes PK Ripper Fixed Gear


Subrosa Malum


Volume Bikes Cutter





A Thomas Edison film of a man doing tricks on his fixed gear bike shot back in 1899.

See Major Taylor

Rey Fresco....

Rey Fresco hails from Ventura Cali and have generated quite a buzz on the indie music scene. These guys produce a unique sound that is comparable to no other band out right now. Around this time last year I saw them perform at the Pasadena Jazz Institute and was blown away by their talented blend of music.

Click Here To Listen to their album "All In Awe"

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Rusty hates my finger....

My neighbor's dog hates my finger...

Classixx...

These guys are some new comers to the LA music scene and have really grabbed much attention and buzz for all the right reasons. This LA based DJ\Producing duo have recently become one of my favorites. My first taste was their remixes of Phoenix's latest hit "Lizstomaina" and The Ting Tings "Shut up and let me go". Click on the links below to download some of their DJ sets.

42:33 Mix
KCRW SET
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Fire in the Azusa Canyons!!!

Our beloved canyons above Azusa are on fire! They have estimated that there have been 750 acres burned so far. I send my best to all those hard working peeps who are working to contain this fire.

Freestyle Sessions 2009...

Poland Vs. Spain



Mr. Wizard doing his thing in the 1st round popping competition



Paying respects to the one and only J-Dilla



A blurry pic of Chuco and Little Joe



Chuco Vs. Mr.Wizard



This past weekend my boy and I took a trip to the infamous Circus Disco in Hollywood to attend day 1 of this years Freestyle Sessions. The venue was packed with B-Boys, Poppers and Lockers from around the world. There were many familiar faces and new faces to this dance community right long with some of the worlds best.

Ghosts in the machine By Erika Iris...

Images of entertainment icons made of used cassette tapes and 8mm film Created by Erika Iris.

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DTLA Art Walk 8/09....

I had a great time, way too much to see. The DTLA Artwalk happens every 2nd Thursday of the month. Plus they give out free wine!!! http://www.downtownartwalk.com/

T&C Surf Designs...

This past Sunday I went to my local swap meet to browse around for crap I might like and stumbled across an old T&C Surf Wood & water rage video game cartridge for the Nintendo entertainment system. When I was a kid growing up in the mid to late 80's T&C t-shirts were all the rage. I clearly remember begging my mom to buy me these t-shirts when we would go to Millers Outpost. Although T&C still exists today they have yet to reissue these for reasons unknown to me. I do know that "Da Boys" Thrillia Gorillia, Joe Cool, Tiki man and Kool Kats were created by an aritist by the name of Steve Nazar who is still around. I found his website www.stevenazar.com and low and behold he has some of his original sketches of "Da Boys" for sale. So if anybody who knows me well, knows I have a thing for 80's nostalgia crap. So you know this will be on my things to look out for list.

Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So Maybe No...

Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No from Stones Throw on Vimeo.

Mayer Hawthorne is one of the latest additions to the Stone Throw line up of amazing talent. This guy comes from Ann Arbor Michigan where he was known as DJ Haircut and caught the ear of Stones Throw label owner \ Producer Peanut Butter Wolf with his throw back Motown sound. This is the video (which features LA's very own Do-Over Sundays and Venice Beach) of his second single from his upcoming album Strange Arrangements due out September. Don't sleep on this one, as he's been making his way through the underground music community.

www.myspace.com/mayerhawthorne www.stonesthrow.com/mayerhawthorne

Today was a good day with P-Rod

Check out the cameo appearances of Kobe Bryant and Ice Cube ...

X-Games 2009...

I had the opportunity to finally take my family to see the X-Games live this past weekend and I have to admit I had a blast. I have always wanted to attend since they been held in LA for a while now. After making our way into the press only section while the street skating event was going on, we were able to watch Nyjah Huston and Gold medal winner P-Rod tear it up. Another definite highlight of the event was watching Jaime Bestwick take the gold on the BMX vert event. I was thoroughly impressed by the way the event was handled, it was super organized and the staffers were friendly. I will defintiely return to see th 2010 games if they are in LA again.


My son with Tony Alva...


Stones Throw Dj Dam-Funk funking up the Dell Lounge...


Street course finals...



Freestlye Moto-X Finals...

Here is a tune to go along with the event...

Quantic...

Yet again Will Quantic has flexed his musical genius muscles. This gifted producer has once again shown that he can lay some sick Latin flavored tracks. He indeed is a music heavy Weight in my books...

Tradition in Transition: A Postcard from Cali (TRAILER) from Quantic on Vimeo.

Vintage Stores....

Although I love the Bar-kays, I just could not imagine dropping 50 bucks on this shirt. You gotta love these stores for their rare little gems like this, but you gotta hate the prices. Call me cheap, but that's just my opinion...

Treasure Fingers

Man this guy is something else, when I first heard his "Across The Dance Floor" a while back I was an instant fan. Going through my MP3's on my work PC I found a mix from last winter that I totally slept on. Although some may say I'm a little late, this is one you need to hear.

Treasure Finger Winter 08 Mix

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TRON Legacy...

I've been waitng for a while for this since I caught wind of it last year and it looks great. Rumors have it that Daft Punk will be composing the musical score to the film. On July 21, 2009, several movie-related websites posted they had received via mail a pair of "Flynn's Arcade" golden coins along with a flash drive. Its content was an animated gif image that showed css code lines. Four of them were put together and part of the code was cracked, revealing the urls to Flynnlives.com and homeoftron.com. This looks promising...

Be-With-Me...

I came across this beautiful animated short "Beneath the rubber tree" by Hanna Abi-Hanna layed over a super dope beat by Vinroc a while back. This one really hits my heart on a soft spot especially after the loss of my Grandmother and even more recently my Tio Jose.

Re-Edits...

Lately I've been on the hunt for good Re-Edits of old songs. I've came across many butchered classics that made me sick to my stomach but there are a few that I came across that were worthy of posting. So here is one to start. Its an excellent re-edit of the Rolling Stones "Under My Thumb". ***The Youtube videos are the original song and the click here link is the download to the re-edit***



Click here for the re-edit

R.I.P. Tio Jose (3/2/1934 - 7/14/09)

Tio,
Thank you for all the great memories and good times. You were the closest thing to a grandfather that I ever had. I will never forget you....

Tu sobrino... "Ese Chavo"

The Swingers in their 30's

Time flys when your having fun...

Fourth Of July 2009

So this fourth Of July We had A little bit of....

Ribs...


Beer...


Fireworks...




Dancing...