6/6/10 begining of summer top 5, recent record shopping related:
1. Celebrate- George Duke...
2. Scheek Fool- Goldfinger
3. I Dig You- Cult Hero
4. Purple Beats- Dynamix II
5. Masterpiece- Gazebo
5/1/10
so, the red light CD is out... however only available currently in japan... info, art, tracklistings, and a sound sample are
here also, we are having a CD release
party for it at Botanica on Sat. May 15 w/ guest DJ's and old Red Light buddies Teeth, Shakewell, and Duckcomb playing funky rock and disco all night...
CD's will be available for 5 bucks a pop...
4/12/10 top 5
1. trim-monkey, from Trim City mixtape... not the most consistant thing, well to me, Trim has not put out a consistantly GREAT mixtape
since Soulfood vol 1, but this song is amazing:
2. maxta- east london is back... sorta old track, but priming me up for his mixtape... sick danny weed beat
3. tinchy stryder and dirty dangerous... not the strongest song from tinchy's new free DL mixtape, but shit, they made a video...
the
entire mixtape is great, esp. the track produced by silencer (maybe the best beat i've heard from him...)
4. D double E- Bad to the Bone... best thing i've heard on the Woo riddim...
5. el michels affair- enter the 37th chamber LP... sort of a hard record for me to resist...
3/25/10 quick news update... guested on Small Change's pledge drive show on WFMU. Check it
here. I start at around 2:26, for the non-patient... What else?
My Proto-Disco mix with Reaganomics is getting pressed up right now, so check back soon for paypal links and whatnot...
1/10/10 Please note the "MIXES" section in the top right hand corner of this page has been updated.
Just got back from Morocco and Spain, so stuff like this is ruling my world:
top 5, on the club music ting...
1. P-Money- Left the Room ... sick grimey dubstep
2. Anything by Lil Silva... I know, I know...
3. Wiley- Take That (Boy Better Know Vs. Fire Camp remix) fun electro nonsense with a nice appearence by Scratchy, who's been MIA for a minute...
4. Cheb Bilal and Group Fnaire- Bladi ...nice mix of Algerian Rai singing and Moroccan rapping... over 140 bpm, expect to hear this in my grime/dubstep sets...
5. the entire Blaqkout LP by DJ Quik and Kurupt... some real next level stuff, or at least what an old man like me wants hip hop to sound
like circ now... personally i think the lead single "9 times out of 10" is one of the weaker tracks on there, sounds like a knockoff
of "grindin'", so don't judge the LP if you've just heard the single...
What's up with Tinchy Stryder being totally famous in England for making
fairly terrible Euro-pop? serious Boney M bizness for the noughts... and what is this "Brapp Pack" the Sun speaks of? And when is
Lil Vicious going to be known as the godfather of the Brapp Pack?
Below is the cover for a mix CD Reaganomics and I have done... should be available in the next three weeks...
10/2/09 man, have not updated this for a while... ok, how about a quick Top 5...
1. Raekwon- Cuban Linx 2 ...as good as a sequel to Cuban Linx as we could expect to hear in 2009... a solid, listenable record that
somehow makes sense as the sequel to a classic...
2. Ghostface- Wizard of Poetry... Ghost's R&B record... sans Autotune of course, but not a 70's slow jam museum piece either...
went to the record release party for this last week... insane... U-God, Jadakiss, Redman, Large Professor, and Kid Cudi all made
on stage cameo's. When Jada came out, I kinda lost it:
3. Legeti- Complete Works... got turned on thru the "2001" soundtrack... just amazing textures... uneasy music...
4. The Rugbys- You, I... the sort of psych I like... fuzzy and funky garage business...
5. Juicy J - Purple Kush... project pat's screwed verse,oh my....
big things in the pipe, i promise...
3/17/09 WTF?
3/12/09 a track i produced was featured on Dutty Artz's Jah Dan mix for XLR8R magazine... you can check it out
here...
3/7/09 upcoming DJ gig. this will be fun and i will be bringing out all sorts of french langauage jams both obscure and beloved...
1/21/09 i am djing this saturday jan 24 at Rubulad, going all night trading off
with my friends Count Zero and Four Eyes. Rubulad is a loft party in Brooklyn... it's my birthday... hit me up for
info, etc...
1/10/09 Top 5
1. Next Hype - Tempa T ...best grime track i've heard in ages... the track is great, and the vocal is indeed hype... makes
you wanna punch people...
you can see Tempz perform the song in front of the Acropolis (i think? I dunno, my ancient ruins game is weak) over Maniac's "Full Effect" beat:
2. Yes- Lil Wayne feat. Pharrell. Definitely a "huh" moment for dubstep. This track is produced by Pharrell and for all
intents and purposes it IS dubstep. I mean, it doesn't sound like every single sound has been painstakingly sweated over and EQed
to death like most dubstep does, but besides that, all the sonic hallmarks of dubstep are there (ie. WOBBLES). Makes me wish I was
doing some mainstream club DJing right now, just to see how it would go over.
3. Angry Garden Gnone dub- Wiley ...part 1 of Wiley's 3 part attack on Durrty Goodz. Glad to see grime get a little fire going. And
Wiley puts out his best music when's he's pissed off about something. None of these dubs are as good as his Nightbus dubplate
against the Movement, taken as a whole, these are pretty good... Both Wiley and Durrty Goodz sling mud at each other re: drug use,
murder, underage sex, familial betrayl, and the state of their respective careers.
A decent overview is here.
You can download all 5 (yes, five) dubs here.
4. Get Up and Dance- The Earls ...great funky disco from 1976 that's been killing it for me lately...
5. The Law is for Protection of the People- Kris Kristofferson. ...a great record from dad's collection... funky country tune... (pre-Streisand version or Taxi Driver steez)
12/20/08 i have an album out on my friend Flex's net label Black Rhombus. You can download
it
here
or listen here
here are the liner notes:
So Intelligent is a journey from the beginning of life to the end, with all the ups and
downs of the human experience included along the way. Every step of man's passage from the womb to the tomb is delivered in shocking and lurid living color.
For an ideal listening experience, position your chair between the speakers or if
possible wear headphones (note: we neither endorse, recommend, nor condone listening to So Intelligent while wearing those dinky little pieces of shit that come with your Ipod). Let the pure essence of the condition of mankind envelope you like a coconut flavored bodywash (note: do not drink the bodywash).
Thrill to hearing the detritus of 20th century recorded culture reworked and re-imagined into the embodiment of our current day and age (yet, remarkably timeless as well!). Remember that you as a human being experience the same thoughts, dreams, and emotions as your ancestors did untold millennia ago. Let the universal vibration of music take you back to that primal time and place where you felt yourself first gestate as a unique force in this universe.
But, remember that life is a many pronged journey upon thousands of possible paths, with untold toils, troubles, and temptations along the way. The vilest evil that could ever be inflicted upon a human being was done not by the gods or by fate, but by his fellow man. As we huddle cold, against the dark unknown, we blindly flail about for answers. Why was I put here? What should I do with myself? Who will instruct me? Where should I go? How will I get there? While this record does not promise to hold the answers to ALL of those questions, we certainly (when pressed) will admit that a small portion of the True Universal Truth will be revealed to you if you approach the sounds contained within with the proper and appropriate mindset. It contains little in the way of direct linear communication (only one song has proper lyrics as such), yet if you allow the primal part of your brain (the limbic system, known as the "lizard brain") to intuitively take in the messages conveyed therein, I believe you will be pleasantly surprised. It's sort of like that Spaceship Earth ride at Epcot Center, but way radder.
11/15/08 Slackk over at Grimetapes.com has compiled
a Best of Wiley pirate radio
compilation. Yup, over 45 minutes of Wiley's crazed radio appearences on
London's famed Rinse FM (among others), all given humorous titles like
"been doing this since i pissed in a potty", "if you know wiley,
you know i'm a ninja", "look clearly i was chosen", and
"suck your mum, soundboy." Sound quality varies, but chances are your
favorite Wiley bars are here, though I wished they included some banter from his
infamous God's Gift dis show, where he addresses "London" as if
it's his friend from down the road: "Hey, Hey London, you know what
this boy is doing?" Regardless, true quality stuff that captures the
genius and personability of Wiley better than any of his albums to date have.
In general, there is a magic to hearing grime on pirate radio tapes that is simply
never captured on record. There is an immediacy and a suggestion of an almost jazz-like off the cuff
improvisation to grime pirate radio; a feeling that anything could happen. In these tapes
you hear Wiley as an MC in its original meaning: a master of ceremonies presiding over a London
that he claims as his kingdom.
10/27/08 had a wonderful weekend selling records at the WFMU fair and seeing Harvey
Scales at the 5 Spot... lot of heads out at both locations it was cool to run into... i also
Djed on WFMU recently on my friend Small Change's show... check it
here i start two hours in...
also, i did an "around the world" mix a few months back... thought i'd put it up...
check it
here Stuff ranging from
Hong Kong Soundtrack bubblegum funk, Quebecois freak outs, Mexican hippie funk, Brazilian
Tropicalia, Bollywood Dub courtesy Lee Perry, NYC spaced out disco, and much more...
9/6/08
Clean and Humble Radio (my radio show with Flex Unger) is now up as podcast archives...
8/8/08 just been reminded that i haven't updated in a while, sorry been on myspace
and whatnot, so here goes... i saw Goran Bregovic at Lincoln Center last month... that was totally
amazing, i was worried it was going to be somehow unfun, as it was in Lincoln Center,
but people flooded the aisles and were dancing the whole time... a great atmosphere and
a great show... a release of energy like going to HC shows back in the day used to be...
and for everyone trying to draw a Gogel Bordello comparision, yeah yeah... Gogol Bordello
certainly puts on an amazing show, but they just don't have songs as good as Bregovic... i
remember when i used to go see the singer from Gogel Bordello DJ at the Bulgarian club on
Broadway and Canal back in 2000 and all he played was Goran Bregovic records!
Pure Fire has been going well at APT... much respect to Baltimore King Scottie B for killing it
in July and for Cx Kidtronik for doing the same yesterday... more to come...
also, i urge everyone to check out the French Film Noir series at Film Forum this month... lotta
sick films...
6/25/08 just checking in to say my
French music blog has been updated...
4/25/08 FILM NOIR NEWS!
"blast of silence" just got issued on DVD...
i saw it about 10 years about at a film noir festival and it really stuck w/ me...
first, because it was made 1961, it's WAY past my film noir cut-off (i cannot stand Kiss Me Deadly because it is SOOOOOOOOOO 50's and bourgeoise...), yet is it so fucking dark and urban. It is all filmed in NYC right when urban decay was beginning...
second, because it was so obviously the work of one man... Alllen Baron wrote it, directed it, and starred in it; total indie film thing...
third, becuase it seemed very influenced by the French new wave (particluarly Goddard's Breathless), which is funny as the French new wave was very influenced by American film noir!
But, the idea of a film about a criminal, complete with a low key "boring" middle section involving romance and woman and the dialogue therein is exactly out of Breathless... Shit, but not to give the movie away, but it even ends like Breathless... remove the French post-modernism and STYLE and add pure NYC dirt.grit.and.blood. and you get BLAST OF SILENCE.
i am curious as if he was familiar with Cassavete's "Shadows", as they have alot in common. Now, don't get it twisted, one is a Hollywood gangster pic and one is a underground sketch, but they have alot MORE in common with each other than they do with any other movies that came out between 59-61...
Oh AND WILEY - "WEARING MY ROLEX" = at number 4 in the UK... so funny... i mean this man has
made so much amazing fucking music and yet an electro song makes every douchebag in England knows
who he is...
3/16/08
1. ruff sqwad- ruff sqwad man dem- the return of grime vinyl, and in fine form... for a group
that started out as youngers, Ruff Sqwad are the grand old men of grime at this point
(roll deep = MIA, in truth...). video below, plus the b-side is "xtra", a/k/a the best
grime posse cut ever, never before on wax... the other track on this is the instro for
a track on the CD below...
2. tinchy stryder- cloud 9 EP ...EP is def. the move for grime these days, since Durrty Goodz
put out the Axiom EP... cut out the fat and leave the meat, yunno? i mean, i remember the
pre-cd days when rap albums had 12 tracks not 22, so for me 9 tracks IS an album... stateside
cats can cop at the applecore shop.
3. the kinks- misty water ...from "the great lost kinks album", a record i had been hoping for many
years to stumble upon for 6.99 in the "K" bin of some podunk record store. this never did
happen, but i was quite happy to pay 15 bucks for it in greenpoint. the chord progession
to this tune is simply amazing, another testement to the enduring genius of ray davies...
4. wiley- nightbus dubplate... this is an old track at this point, but some days i think it
is the best grime vocal track ever.
5. waylon jennings- the house of the rising sun... best version EVER
i am playing french music in W'Burg on April 2nd. Please come down, as I am going to pull out
all the stops and bring everything from Quebecois beat group 45's to French punk... spinning
with me is Melody Nelson from East Village radio...
2/5/08 much thanks to DJ Wonder and Unit One for a great great show at APT. Wonder
played probably the best grime/dubstep set I've seen, a great integration of both
genres. Much respect.
1. High Times- mc5 ...the last MC5 record (and the last one i needed)...
for some reason, i got all aghast when people would claim it was the
best MC5 record, mainly it because the rock critic hype machine somehow left this album
behind. I can see why people hype up "Kick Out the Jams", it's a wonderful live album
filled with energy, revolutionary jargon, curse words, and proto-punk energy. However, they
don't quite pull off a lot of the free jazz experimentalism they aspire to.
The more I listen to "High Times", the more I realize Jon Landau was a humungus douchebag
for emasculating their sound on their second LP "Back in the USA." It has no low end at all
and just doesn't punch you in the face. Now, "High Times" is really and truly their best
album. Heavy, experimental, and funky without being contrived.
2. Get Up, Stand Up- vein feat. Pitbull ...love the bassline sound, not too crazy about
the faux-daft punk chorus vocals. Still, a great beat with a forward looking sound.
3. Wearing my Rolex- Wiley ...wiley goes elecro-house, a la Bodyrox... cute...
4. Body- Secret Agent Gel feat. Warrior Queen... really great nasty dubstep business...
5. When She Was Bad- Diesler ...great great tune that somehow combines latin vibes and mutant basslines
in a way that does not sound contrived...
1/14/08 Pure Fire returns...
I am really excited about this. Wonder produced two of my fav underrated grime songs
"What" (a/k/a "respect me" by Dizzee Rascal), and his remix of Hype Hype by SLK. He
was definitely one of the first people to have a production style that straddled
the difference between grime and dubstep. Much respect to
Unit One for bringing him over...
1/9/08 i saw kilsug last week at club midway. they are a sort of post-hardcore punk doom rock band from
boston, active in the early 80's. uh, bands they sound like? flipper? the melvins? my first exposure to them was to
their "Mach 2" band, Upsidedown Cross, in the 7th or 8th grade. They were what all the fucked up deliquent skateboard
kids in my junior high listened to... i then got "This Boston, Not LA" a few years later on CD reissue, which contains
material from the Gronoids, who are kinda like Pre-Kilslug... Bored yet?
Anyways, Kilslug's LP "Answer the Call" is a sludge masterpiece I was definitely psyched to hear that they were
playing. They had played Boston on Halloween, but I had to work and couldn't make it.
Anyways, Psycho opened and they were awesome. Their split 7" w/ Anal Cunt is one of my prized possesions, so it was really
cool to finally see them live. Total nasty fucking grindcore business.
Anyways, so yeah, Kilslug lived up to my expectations. They played "Red Devil", "Into a Hole", and "Make it Rain", which
are my 3 favorite tracks... John Kozik from Anal Cunt was a suprisenly good bass player. Larry Lifeless was as crazy as
was to be expected. He had a cordless jigsaw and was cutting the heads off of 3 foot plastic saint statues. Grisley. Some
dopey punkers and hipsters (Larry: "Fuck you, you fuckin' yuppie!") kept getting too close to Larry so he was waving the
saw at them... ooof. Then some fat dude with a red mohawk kicked one of the statues so Larry jumped off stage and started whaling
on the poor bastard. Mayhem, mayhem, mayhem. Haven't seen a nasty punk show like that in a while and it was surreal to see a 50 year
old dude being the one handing out the beatings. Kilslug... see 'em if they come to your town...
1/2/07 i am playing punk rock records with Mr. Pat Longo on Saturday Jan 5 at DC's Tavern in Hoboken,
a/k/a, the best bar in the tri-state area... i promise to play:
1. Oi Oi Oi- Cockney Rejects
2. All Murder, All Guts, All Fun- Samhain
3. Sheila- the Outlets
4. Innocents- John Cooper Clarke
5. Jilted John- Jilted John
also, on the BUY BUY BUY tip, anyone in the UK can purchase both my grime/crunk blends record and
the latest Pure Fire mix from juno.co.uk
11/30/07 a quick review of Wiley's show at the Knitting Factory last week:
my two cents, not trying to diss anyone involved, much respect for putting the work in...
that said...
the dj's and mc's before MRK 1 and Wiley were pretty terrible...
whoever the asian indie-rock MC was, he was terrible... just really really bad...
i don't mean to be nasty, but he really had no business being on stage... i was up in
the balcony wondering why i was there...
the turn out was pretty bad... i don't know if this is b/c the people doing this
were from Texas not NYC, the fact that it was the day after Thanksgiving, or just a general
cool down on the hype that grime had a few years back, but the place was only about 1/4
full, compared to the Roll Deep show from two or three years ago that was sold out...
things got a bit better when Keith P started spinning some grime... he dropped Sidewinder
and people got open... i think he should have just dropped a full set of grimey stuff, but
he sounded good...
MRK 1 and his boys were ok... i was never a big Virus Syndicate fan, but they had their
moments... for lower level dudes, they had one or two good bars and MRK 1 def has a few
bangers (albeit monotinous ones)... they were techinal problems thru most of their set,
tho, leading to the Coki Marijuana refix being played for like 10 minutes straight (got
the biggest response of the night) Serato strikes again! basically the technical
problems dragged down a set that was only going OK to begin with...
Wiley came on and performed to a pre-sequenced track, reminding me of seeing hip hop
shows in the early 90's when people came out and performed with a DAT tape... I have to
say, having no DJ fucks up the flow, especially with grime... no rewinds, no changes,
no pauses, no funny Wiley chatter...
anyways, yeah, he performed to one big long track, that to his credit, he had
obviously put a lot of time into laying out... some songs he performed all of, others were
cut after one verse, going directly into another, like a pre-arranged mix...
he did alot of songs from Playtime is Over, like Bow E3, My Mistakes, Gangsters, Eskiboy,
50/50, and No Qualms...
the two songs i was most psyched to hear him do (and was def not expecting to hear )
were Sorry, Sorry, Pardon What (people kinda went nuts it, which i did not expect) and
Jack's Not Nimble... let's see, Nightbus dubplate was sick and he did quite a few things
I didn't recognize, although I am not caught up on anything after Tunnel Vision 5...
all in all a good setlist and a very long set, one of the logest i have seen a solo MC
do in a while... plus, he barely had any resting time, with the pre-sequenced backing
track and all... the minuses were he barely engaged the crowd, just paced the stage;
it was like watching someone shadowbox... little eye contact, banter, or stage show...
also, he seemed a little tired and his flow was definitely not razor sharp...
Wiley always has a tendecy to sometimes fall a bit off beat and this was definitely
apparent... plus, for Esiboy, Gangsters, and at least a couple other tunes, he rapped
on top of the VOCAL versions, which i think was really weak and unexcusable...
i am curious as to what his reasoning was, i mean, he MUST have the instrumentals and
it's not like Gangsters is a particually demanding tune to rap...
to close out, he spat over Marijuana refix (i think they were switching computers
or something) and then announced the last track... everyone yelled for What You Call
it? and Wiley heard them, telling the dude manning the laptop "we haven't done Igloo..."
after a false start, traded bars with Zinc Larnyx, who sounded better with Wiley next to
him (tho he gets the gasface for selling his CD's to the front row while Wiley was perfor
ming... c'mon dude, have some class....)
all in all, Wiley put on a long, solid set, tho i think he would have benefitted from a DJ and some occasionall pauses to catch his breath... and the attendence really made me question is anyone gives a damn about grime in NYC these days...
11/2/07 "Birds of Fire" by Mahavishu is killing me lately...
7/8/07here
is a quick psych/rock mix I did for a guy at work... enjoy... tracklist is:
i walk on gilded splinters- marsha hunt
funky dollar bill- funkadelic
1200 miles- flaming ember
ezy reader- jimi hendrix
poopsie- scrap iron
I want you right now- mc5
popcorn- ike and tina turner
runaway people- dyke and the blazers
walk on the water- the gollywogs
tango whiskeyman- can
familiar reality- dr john
you keep me hangin’ on- the box tops
river deep, mountain high- bob seger system
sweet box- slade
dynamite- mud
combination- aerosmith
memo from turner- mick jagger
evil- howlin’ wolf
long burn the fire- mer-da
le temps de l’amour- les classels
desperado- alice cooper
the Pure Fire summer mix is done and can be copped at the
applecore store. I am pretty big on this mix, I think we really killed it... a solid
mix of grime, dubstep, dancehall, hip hop, electro and assorted headtrips... also, my french music blog, tete carre, has been updated lately, so get yr frog on...
oh, and quicky top 5:
1. beggin'- timebox ...great funky rock/nothern soul thing that apparently has been remixed and revived in time for summer, the remix is good
but i can't say it's better than this...
2. truz n vogues- gucci crew II ...big thanks to Papawheelie for schooling me on this... he is indeed the miami bass historian
3. rain 2000- sultana ...i only knew the remake by megaton from 1975, the OG from 73 is pretty amazing, interesting how
nyc DJ culture was probably responsable for this song getting recut two years later, as the original
was definitely NOT a hit in the US...
4. plastic gangsters- the 4 skins ...me and reaganomics really want to do some sort of grime/oi mix, doubt we'll ever do it...
5. axiom EP- durrty goodz ...amazingly good, why so good i'll buy a CD...
but, yeah, the tightest grime release in a while...
6/3/07 i am djing this thursday june 7th at Psychedelic Perversions, a psych (duh) night held
by jen black and rebecca ross at daddy's in greenpoint, on Graham Ave. bet. Frost & Richardson...
10pm-3ish, i guess. i am psyched (doh) to break out some dusty old drugged out records and
old Red Light favorites. expect lysergic madness... i'll def. play some french stuff, like Bridget Fontaine
and Alpes, as well as some Robert Charlebois stuff that is a freak fest... and naturally a lot
of fuzzed out funk...
6/1/07 PURE FIRE SUMMER MADNESS!!!
APT 419 West 13th St. (at 9th Ave.)
FREE 9 - 4 downstairs
Pure Fire Resident DJs Criterion, NRON, Peter Gunn, Reaganomics and Smallchange spinning the best in urban beats, from dubstep, jungle, breakcore, grime, dancehall, rap, breaks and beyond.
www.myspace.com/purefirenyc
Thurs., June 14 - DJ Shotnez (Balkan Beatbox, NYC) The best in NYC gypsy punk, Shotnez fuses a deep collection of world styles with obscure punk and electronic
Free giveaway of our new Pure Fire 2007 Summer Megamix!!!
www.orikaplan.com
Tues., July 3rd - Timeblind (Soot Rec., NYC) - Back in NYC, our old friend comes correct with his own unique dubstep styles
"Sky City Rising" 12" Release Party with CD giveaways!!!
www.crucial-systems.com
Tues., Aug. 7th - Heatwave (Punchline Rec., U.K.) - Much like Pure Fire, these Londoners spin a mix of urban styles with a strong focus on Island beats (reggaeton, dancehall, etc.) and embellish their sound with a 7" mash-up label
www.scandalbag.com/heatwave
5/1/07 alot going on... djed at rubulad for 6 hours with Small Change on friday April 20.
So much fun. Went from Howlin' Wolf to Funkadelic to Wiley to Kelis to ESG... just tearing it up.
The best crowd in the city to play to. Heads from Phast Phreddie to Zack Shadetek were digging
it. Definitely one of those moments that reminds me why I live in NYC. Then last friday was
the 2nd Funkworthy Soundclash, this time versus Dave Q and Dubwars. It was a great night
and Dubwars did win in the end, tho much respect for Funkworthy for playing Eskimo back to back
with Igloo (wiley tunes, both instrumentals), something I have never done in front of that many
people... anyways, it was a great night and it made the red sox victory over the yankees
that much richer. and yo, who knew they'd win sunday, too...
anyways, Pure Fire has moved to APT, on the west side. we are there tonight, Tuesday May 1st, with special
guest DJ Rupture and an open bar from 9-10. Check our myspace for more info...
4/16/07 "Men are swine... Life has no meaning, except the satisfaction of one's appetite
for food and woman. There is no soul... I expressed in my work a strong disgust for life."
-george grosz
4/12/07 very cool Blackkat party this Saturday w/ me, Cx Kidtronik, DJ Shakey and more... It's in Long Island City.
SATURDAY APRIL 14th
The ANARCHIST BOOK FAIR afterPARTY!
Come to celebrate both the 1st ever Anarchist book fair in NYC and the
New
York Metropolitan Alliance of Anarchists (NYMAA) 1 year anniversary
with
Blackkat and friends...!!
WHERE: The Creek in The Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave. (Long Island City,
QueenS)
7 to Vernon/Jackson -or- G to 21 St/Van Alst.
From Brooklyn, its just left of the Pulaski bridge exit onto
Jackson...you
can see the colorful sign from there...
9:00PM-4?
$3-6 w/ ID
4/11/07
OK, here it is, my favorite Tonic story ever. I rarely ever write anything personal here ever, but a few years back, I wrote about meeting Springa’s (lead singer of Boston H/C legends SS Decontrol) high school girlfriend at the Model Café in Allston, MA, where she regaled me with stories that, um, contradicted the straight edge lyrics of SSD. Add to this the stories Neil Sugarman has told me as well as those of my friend Mark Francis who grew up in the same neighborhood as Springa in Quincy and I am a walking encyclopedia of Springa folklore.
Anyways, so I got off work and hopped a cab down to Tonic to see the Dub Wars event, put on by Dave Q. Loafah and Mala (who showed up at the Pure Fire/Funkworthy Soundclash the night previous) as well as Joe Nice with Sgt. Pokes and Juakali on the mic. Anyways, I get there and see Pure Fire partner NRON politicking with DJ Rupture. I followed them downstairs, going to snag a beer. On my way to the fridge, Joe, the resident janitor/mayor of the L.E.S. calls out to me “Hey Pete, this boy is from Boston, too!” Walking over, I see the dude Joe is talking about. Hmmmm, wait, is it? “Where you frum?” he asks. “Newton” I reply. Playing it to the hilt, Springa replies “I’m frum Southie.” I extend my hand and say “Peter”, and he shakes and says “Springa.” I couldn’t help myself. “Oh shit, I thought that was you!” I drank a few beers with him and his boys (one of the guys from that band Vietnam, I think) and told him Springa stories, like the above (and below) mentioned story of meeting his high school girlfriend. He was happy to have someone else confirm the more noteworthy and ridiculous aspects of his behavior. Having been in that position myself, I was more than happy to oblige. He was definitely a cool dude and definitely lived up to his reputation in Boston as the ultimate rock dude/rock and roll ligger. Though the night did sort of lose the plot when Springa told me he had a 63 song rock opera ready to go. It was kinda like a fart in church, where afterwards there is embarrassed silence and no one knows quite what to say, including his rock dude buddies. Apparently his plan is to license some SSD material to a label in exchange for them putting out his rock opera. More power to him, I say. In my book, dude is a legend, as despite the fact that they broke up when I was 8, SSD was the soundtrack to my adolescence.
Anyways, after a few beers, I went upstairs to catch the dubstep the rock guys had been ridiculing. Mala and Loefah were playing some vicious stuff and it was definitely cool to hear it with Moldy, a fellow New Englander, who basically saved me the effort of trainspotting, as he knew every track they were playing. It was just a great time. I talked to Don, the bartender, and he confirmed my hunch that he was the one who got Springa down there. Apparently the guys Springa was hanging with were friends of Don’s, so he told them to bring Springa down. Definitely a good look, as I never would have guessed in a million years that I would meet Springa in a dubstep event. It felt like my entire life had wrapped around into one big crazy coherent quilt of counterculture. Many beers later, I had a good talk with Loefah, who is very much a normal South London dude. He tried to call me on some shit about my London knowledge which was funny, because I wasn’t taking it. Check the picture (by Hera):
He was incredibly psyched to meet DJ Abstract, a/k/a Alex Posell, former Pure Fire bartender. It was a very cool scene to see. Alex released some very seminal dubstep stuff a few years back during a sojourn in London. One song is on the new Tempa “Roots of Dubstep” comp. I asked him if anyone had introduced him to Mala or Loefah. He said no, and I couldn’t help myself. I am glad I did. Loefah was fucking thrilled to meet him, enthusing over his work, saying how it had been a huge influence on him, something that had showed him how things should be, etc. It was definitely a cool moment to eavesdrop on. So, that’s it. That was my best night at Tonic and definitely a night I can’t see happening anywhere else.
4/7/07 long time, no update. much has happened. i admit, myspace has made
me update this less. anyways, Monday is the last Pure Fire ever at Tonic, as Tonic is closing
on Friday. A real drag. Tonic was just one of those places that made NYC special to me, kind
of like The Foundry did for London a few years back... i had a lot of good nights in the
basement there; djing, drinking, dancing (a rare occurance for me, but i remember when
Vex'd played there at the Bunker, I was cutting a rug)... anyways, please come by tomorrow and
say goodbye to one the last truly chill spots in manhattan...
SUBTONIC FAREWELL PARTY
Tonic (upstairs) 107 Norfolk
Mon. April 9th, 2007
10 - 4
$5
Pure Fire and Broklyn Beats Records invite you to a SubTonic Farewell Party commemorating all the good times we have had playing in SubTonic. This is an open call for all denizens from SubTonic's illustrious past to come down and play one last time. There will be a sign-up sheet for 5 -10 min. slots for you to plug and play or DJ one last handful of vinyl / bytes...
For all of the years that SubTonic has provided us a wonderful locale for hosting and attending experimental music, it's our turn to say thank you and goodbye! With SubTonic previously closed, this party will be hosted upstairs at Tonic, but SubTonic will be listening! There will be a DJ set-up, extra tables and a mackie mixer provided. Plan to keep it short and sweet. Sign-up will be at the door with the party started at roughly 10 after the early show. Spread the word!
oh, and Trim, who used to be in Roll Deep, is killing it lately. His new style is very
lyrical, strange and unique, yet still grimey. Definitely pushing the MC style of grime
forward. In a just world, he'd be the next Roots Manuva...
2/1/07 this week at Pure Fire, it's Small Change, playing all sorts
of gems from across the board, as he's known to do... Pure Fire is
at Tonic, 107 Norfolk St, L.E.S, NY, NY...
also, there's a soundclash coming up:
1/19/07 haven't updated in a while, the holidays were a
whirlwind. I've started contributing to Emcee Gabe's hip hop blog
at www.daftcrunk.com. My
french music blog is rolling, over at www.tetecarre.blogspot.com.
Pure Fire has been rolling on. Thanks to DJ Rupture, Magabo,
Funkworhty, High Priest, Leftenant, and all other recent
guests. This Weds, Jan 24, is myself and Reaganomics birthday
party and we are having a pile of DJ's guesting, playing everything
from grime to death metal, so check it.
I recently spun at Love, in a night my man Small
Change curated, I have to to say, it was amazing. That place is like
the disco museum. Monitors better than most places systems, a rotary
mixer, turntables on springs with ill needles, and a dj booth
that looks like mission control. What can i say, I'm smitten.
Belated top 5:
1. yeah yeah (D. Ramirez vocal mix)- Bodyrox (extremely
obnoxious hipster vocal track by a Lady Soveriegn wannabe that I can't
help but love... when i was in London, the instrumental version
was the hit of the moment. i heard it on the radio from passing cars
and at grime shows...
2. night life- elvis presley ...w/ sick fuzz guitar
and a nice groove, a hidden gem on a crappy looking late 60's
soundtrack LP...
3. pagliaro- michel pagliaro ...also know as "ayala
red" by the mighty, this is a nice disco/rock number in the vein of
Barrabas and The Congas; ie. Santana influenced percussive chanting
with guitars...
4. ay chico- pitbull ...this acapella is fun at +6...
5. 25 lighters- DJ DMD ...great texas rap from 1998...
12/12/06 a whole lotta news going on... first much
respect for the Funkworthy Fm people, who have now had 2 shows with the
Pure Fire Crew on the bill... the first being a soundclash
where they even had the following dub made: Sad For
You . It's basically the greatest thing ever, a custem dubplate
specifically dissing me and reaganomics, with plenty of jabs about how
we don't get any pussy, etc,
etc, etc... Being that I am sort of the Lane Meyer ("Somebody threw
away a perfectly good whiteboy!")
of NYC djing, I would actually rather have a song dissing me than one
big upping me... so, there
it is...
I also
started a blog, specifically about french music... peep it here.
10/28/06
while in london, in addition to a big ol' pile of records, i got the
new
ruff sqwad CD, Guns N Roses Vol 2. A couple things jumped out
instantly... firstly, everyone
in ruff sqwad has really gotten better at what they do the past few
years, like the
beats are tighter and the flows are much improved, it's no longer just
tinchy stryder
and some other dudes... this is definitely apparent on from the first
song, "Xtra." The instrumental of this has been out for a while and was
vocaled earlier by God's Gift, as the fantastic "Only God Know's What
I've Done". that version never came out in any form,
besides mp3, due to disputes between Gift and Ruff Sqwad. Ruff Sqwad
have taken their beat back,
in every sense of the phrase... as good as God's Gift's version was,
this buries it... the mc's are bobbing and weaving, attacking
("Bombaye!") relentlessly, trading off
bars in 2's and 4's in a way hip hop
forgot about a long time ago...
it's the
grime version of Wu Tang's "Protect Ya Neck", and like that track, it
inspires the same repeat listens in order to get yourself familiar with
all these voices in so
little time... just as Method Man and ODB were (to me) the cats in Wu
Tang you noticed first and then it took repeated listenings to
differentiate between, say Inspectah Deck and Raekwon (may the Gods
forgive me...), Tinchy Stryder (his vocal tone
and flow are just unmistakeable) and Slix ("Down, Down, Down") pop out
when you
hear Ruff Sqwad, but upon further listens, each member stands on his
own... but, more
importantly, they sound so great together, the type of vocal unity that
can only come
from people who spend ALOT of time around each other (and why the later
Wu Tang stuff never
had the same raw exitement of the first LP; they weren't living with
each other anymore, and no matter how many houses they rented in the
Hollywood Hills to hang
together, they never recaptured that vibe...). I won't even bother
hoping Ruff Swqad retain
that; after all one can't resist the temptation of sucesss without
being succesful first...
10/27/06
quicky psych mix i did available
here, some gems for sure...
10/25/06
just back from 2 weeks in London, where i had a great time... here
are two pics from Dirty Canvas, where I spun at...
here is the editor of I-D, working the merch table with plenty of Pure
Fire products
on display...
and here is half of my head on the left hand side of the picture
watching the Movement perform...
9/19/06
the most
ridiculous yet natural dirtbag marriage ever: the entire Rambo First
Blood movie
edited down to 7 minutes and then scored with "Am I Evil" by Metallica
(all done by a guy
called "conservativesunite" (thus explaining why the "how dare they
call us babykillers"
speech is highlighted by a drop out...))...
9/29/06
Jay Z spitting on top of the Foward riddim live in London last night...
sick...
9/16/06
thanks to Dave Q and Daniel Lion I for wrecking it last week
at Pure Fire... I think my fillings are loose... Turntable Lab is now
selling
the Pure Fire Summer mix... cop one
here... seeing G. Gordon Liddy on Fear Factor was some of the
best television I've ever seen. Made me wanna climb up a tree during a
thunder storm... tho,
to be fair his competition was Willis from Different Strokes...
Top 5:
Robert
Charlebois- s/t (Gamma)
Wiley- Tunnel Vision Vols. 1 & 2
Jacques Dutronc- Restons Francais, Soyons Gaulois
Krokodil- Blue Flashing Circle
Eddie Kirkland- The Hawg (just saw him at a random beach bar down in
Florida, but that's
a story for another time...)
8/30/06
8/18/06
CHECK IT. OUT
SOON!
8/14/06
a lot fo stuff. Pure Fire Schedule:
PURE FIRE!!!
Every Wednesday
9-late @ Subtonic, 107 Norfolk, NYC
esoteric urban musics dropped by DJ's
Reaganomics, Peter Gunn, NRON, and Criterion
Rap, dubstep, grime, crunk, dancehall, breakcore, reggaeton, jungle +
J train to Essex, F to Delancey
free, 21+
Aug. 23 - DJs Papawheelie & Misbehavior
Aug. 30 - Toecutter (Australia, System Corrupt)
Sept. 6 - dDamage (France, Peace Off, Tigerbeat 6)
Sept. 13 - Dave Q and Daniel Lion I Sound (dubstep vs steppers)
This mix is
totally awesome and flows well and has everything from dubstep to baile
funk etc etc...
As a free preview of the awesomeness, here is a bonus mix
Reaganomics and I did for Freenyc.net.
FREE MIX!!!
6/20/06djing
a blackkat party at the Frying Pan on July 1st. Info below. The Frying
Pan is an old boat anchored on the Hudson, near Chelsea Piers. My old
band opened up for the Yeah Yeah Yeah's there once.
SATURDAY JULY
1st
BLACKKAT - RIOTSOUND - WAXWORKS - KINDKIDZ - TECHFUNK.ORG bring you
JOLLY ROGERS
& TROLLEY DODGERS
Nomadik Pirate Audio from the East and West
on and in
THE FRYING PAN
Pier 63 North River
@ 23rd street, all the way to the Hudson, near to Chelasea Piers, next
to Basketball City....
3/28/06
this is a treat for any disco fans out there. here is
a recording
of my friend chris's (a/k/a DJ Baron of the soulpusher
party) father DJ Raunchy Rich, spinning at Playlounge in Manhattan in
the Fall of 1974. Very
very very cool stuff. My favorite part is when he does the (relatively)
quick cut from the Lyn
Collins version of "Think" into the Soul Searchers' version. Smoking!
3/27/06
top 5:
1. I Think
They Like Me- Dem Franchise Boys (D'explicit remix) ...just an amazing
record, a grime remix of a snap track. crossovers like this is what
inspired Pure Fire.
2. Tippin'-
Tinchy Stryder and Dillusion ...from Tinchy's mix CD, "I'm Back U
Know", which is pretty much more like an album than a mixtape, as the
majority of the beats are either original to this CD or from withim his
family (ruff sqwad and roll deep) . Anyways, this is the one US cover,
yep, "Still Tippin'" by Mike Jones. Now, if only Plasticman would press
his version of this on wax...
3.
Degenerate-Vex'd (entire LP) ...took me months to find this in the US,
distribution here for this has sucked. well worth the weight. people
call it dubstep, but it's definitely on it's own planet.
4. Back Your
Talk-Young Guns- ...the rapping is nothing special, but at this point,
d'explicit can make ANYONE sound hot...
5. Tell Me
When To Go- E-40 and Keak da Sneak. ...Spent all day Saturday trying to
find a non-bootleg/whitelabel copy of this in NYC. Failed miserably.
People talk about this like it's some weird regional Bay Area record,
but it's produced by Lil Jon for christ's sake. I think this will blow
up, but I'm usually wrong about stuff like that. I'll be playing it,
I'll tell you that much!
3/17/06
jesus, what a bad dream... site down for 3 months... and so much has
happened... let's see, finally joined myspace
for one...
been spinning lots of great parties, including one at my house that can
be seen
here (tho, i think by this point in the evening i
was downstairs in my room just smoking blizzes and drinking top shelf
tequila with my boys... i hate crowds...) ...had a great record release
party at Pure Fire for Small Change's Mix CD "Soundclash" (which is a
dope as fuck mix of dancehall (from the early 80's digital days to the
present), dub,
ragga jungle, classic ska and rocksteady and much more) courtesy of the
folks at
freenyc.net who
lined up the beer sponsership, did some great flyers, recorded the
sets, and just were basically
fucking superheros. Hats off to them.
And, yes, the
sets were recorded. To listen to them, peep it here. There are two sets of myself and Crito
tagteaming. It was a lot of fun.
top 5 is:
1. Gangsters-
Wiley
2. Guns N Roses- Roll Deep and Ruff Squad
3. War- Fumin
4. Gotta Man- Doctor and Davinche
5. Kryptonite- Purple Ribbon All Stars
lastly,
spinning amazing party tomorrow (sat., march 18) in bushwick, rsvp
details at
wildwildbrooklyn.com
SATURDAY
MARCH 18th
WILD WILD BROOKLYN brings:
I (Heart) DANGER!!!!!!!
8 PM until
early/late
come early for the interactive/danger art
workshop!(see below)
$5 b4 9:30
(no RSVP neeeded, only until 9:30!))
$10 after
@door----you MUST have RSVP after 9:30!
In order to come through you *must* RSVP at:
http://www.wildwildbrooklyn.com
Area S.O.S.
SYNAPSE (P Beautiful/Decay Magazine-NYC
www.Good-Peoples.com, Beatboxer Ent.)
NAKED SLICE (Jungle Terror)
JASON "Danger " BK (Blackkat, WWB)
JOEY JUPITER (LIVE) (Atomic Babies)
KIMYON (Pockit Rockit USA, Tru Skul, NYC)
Area 911
PETER GUNN (Pure Fire, Axis Chemicals)
HABITRAIL(ImageNode) vs NICHOLAS SAUSER (Goosehound)
with Jen K (Dendrites,
Portland, OR)
MADARO vs AMOK
(Blackkat, Waxworks Distro)
$mall ¢hange
(WFMU, Blackcrack)
DJ ESE (Def Jux/ Embedded)
sunrise rhymes and beats
1/02/06
playlist= side 2 of "surf's up" by the beach boys... been playing the
hell
out of this... stone cold classic... also, the entire Lil' Wayne LP is
fucking
amazing... he sounds just like Jay Z, but so what!
12/29/05
STILL have the flu... much thanks to Kid Chameleon for spinning at
Pure Fire this week, and turning me onto some good dubstep/grime i
hadn't heard before.
I am spinning New Year's Eve at Iona's in W'Burg, on the corner of
Grand and Bedford, one
of the first bars in the neighborhood, nice spot. expect a little of
everything.
Here's
another video,
"what we do"- kray twinz feat. Twista, Lethal B, and
Gappy Ranks ...sorta a desi/grime/hip hop/ragga
crossover.... uh, yeah... anyways the kray
twinz are two uk dudes of indian descent, who claim to
be the real producers of that Punjabi MC track with
jay z a few years back, like they sold him the beat or
something... this track is a nice hip hop club tune, with
Twista (yunno the world's fastest MC Tongue Twista,
aka Mr. Slow Jamz???) on it... could concievably
cross over, as this sounds like a US hip hop song,
more or less.
top 5
1. sexomatic-
bar kays
2. sexasonic- vernon burch
3. sexologie- rita
4. sexologie- danyel gerard
5. sexy sexy sexy- james brown
12/26/05
lotta stuff has happened... had a great weekend in montreal,
doing the town up and record shopping with DJ's Soulcracker and
Inbetween.
I may have to finally make a french language garage/psych mix CD. Also,
thanks
to Steve Shakwell and Ben Manzone, and Inbetween for having me guest at
their
weekend gigs at Skinny and Lolita on the ol' L.E.S. Good times were
had. Then, I had the flu for a week... boy, was that fun. I am almost
better and looking forward
to the new year. more later.
12/4/05
this week at Pure Fire, our guest is OCDJ from
WFMU. Expect everything from dancehall to ghettotech. OCDJ's show
kills it, recently he had Lady Soveriegn's tour DJ, DJ Frampster on and
he killed it with a grime set...
oh, and some
grime stuff for the masses. Jammer's
Murkel Man Outburst video
is completely bonkers. He's the grime superhero and he makes MC's look
like Urkel...
also, here's an mp3 of one of Wiley's famous
Eskimo Dance from a few years back ("Doing 'I Luv U' in person,
Dizzee Rascal!!!") that's
half radio ads for the show, and then half of the show. Rowdy as all
hell and
amazing to hear, here in the land of radio suckdom...
12/2/05
Top 5:
1. Galang-
M.I.A. (Dave Kelly remix feat. Cham)
2. Pull up the People- M.I.A. (D'Explicit remix)
3. Pulled Up- Nron and Miked
4. Standing in the Way of Control- The Gossip
5. Funky Like a Train- The Equals
had some fun
spinning lately, the WNYU thing was a lot of fun, hopefully have audio
up soon.
Filled in for Mr.
Finewine at his Downtown
Soulville night
at Botanica last week, as well as spun a great Blackkat party in Bed
Stuy, playing a Pure Fire set of grime, crunk, reggaeton, dancehall,
and more... always fun to play
in an alternative space with a good sound system...
11/15/05
this friday, November 18, I am spinning on WNYU radio from 10:30pm-1am
EST, on the "Rotations" show. You can find listening links here. I'll be doing a
Pure Fire set of grime, crunk, dancehall, reggaeton and who knows what
else...
11/12/05
my record is DONE! yes, after months (years?) of delays, the Crossvader
EP
"Doom on You" is finished. Updated Crossvader info coming here soon, as
well as
purchasing information. For now, go to the Crossvader page under
"stuff" and click on the
boy to hear a pre-release version of "I'm Feeling Sad".
11/11/05
SOULPUSHERNYC! NOVEMBER 17TH @ THE DELANCEY!
168 DELANCEY STREET @ CLINTON
DOORS AT 9PM - FREE!!!
sorry, i'll stop shouting... looking forward to this, last Soulpusher,
which i was too lazy too list here, was a blast. Myself and DJ Baron
spun a hour of James Brown, complete with
live percussion. So, expect funky things from me, as well as some great
live bands.
11/7/05
Top 5:
1. In the
Bottle- Brother to Brother
2. Memo from Turner- Mick Jagger
3. Welcome to Jamrock- Tego Calderon remix
4. Future Thugs- Redman, feat. Ghostface and Ludicris
5. Young Dot EP- Young Dot
10/14/05
BIG NEWS! starting October 19, "Pure Fire" is now a weekly
every Wednesday at Subtonic, 107 Norfolk St. (btwn Delancey and
Rivington on the L.E.S.). Yes, every week a night of
grime, breakcore, dancehall, crunk, reggaeton, jungle, and more. Raw
dance music
all night from 8pm to late. Hope to see you there. Joining me in this
venture are
Criterion from Broklyn Beats and DJ Reaganomics. Expect big things.
10/4/05
Top 5 as of now are:
1. Standing
on the verge of getting it on- Funkadelic (entire LP)
2. Private Caller- Skepta
3. Stay Fly- Three 6 Mafia
4. Friends of Rock N Roll- Easy Action
5. Vacation- Purple Crush
9/27/05
hipster alert! soulpusher is in lastnightsparty.com. I am in two pictures, that is all I'll say.
9/21/05
here is a remix I did a month ago of Life's a Bitch by Nas. Someone had
posted the acapella on Soulstrut.com, so I threw something together. Life's a Bitch
9/19/05
just got the Crossvader test press today! Sounds great. Look for the
vinyl in the very near (one week?)
future...
9/18/05
this thursday Sept. 22, it's Soulpusher time again. A great line-up of
bands
and DJ's. I am looking forward to seeing Purple Crush, who hit me off
with their record
recently, and it's banging...
SOULPUSHER
NYC's nastiest funk-soul-indie/garage rock dance party
returns to
THE DELANCEY
168 Delancey St. @ Clinton
THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 22
doors @ 8pm
FREE
ADMISSION!
w/RSVP to guest list
(rsvp@soulpushernyc.com)
$5 at door otherwise
9/12/05
hey, spinning at Rubulad, this Saturday, Sept. 17th. Info below.
I am spinning from 1:30-6 or 7ish. Expect everything from Paul Wall to
Willie Colon.
Rubulad
presents:
Disco Dollies vs. The Boogiemen
Featuring
Circus
Contraption
Live Music by
Fatal Flying
Guilloteens
This Moment in Black History
Shellshag
your deejays:
DJ Sandoz (happy birthday!)
Chris Catalyst & Mike Simonetti
Peter Gunn
on September
17, 2005
10:00 pm doors; 11:00 pm show; 10 beans at the door
Rubulad Home Base: 338 Flushing Ave., bet. Classon &
Taffee
8/15/05
spinning at Soulpusher at the Delancey on thursday. I'm spinning around
10:30. Info below:
SOULPUSHER
gets off the ground once again at
THE DELANCEY
168 Delancey St. @ Clinton
THURSDAY - AUGUST 18th
Your hosts
JUNE D., DJ BARON, & TKOmri
have put together another night of decadent,
danceable debauchery guaranteed to make you
wanna clap yo' hands and say "eeeeeeyeah!"
Resident DJ's BARON & TKOmri
w/special guest DJ's:
-33hz
-Peter Gunn
& -Rob Hitt (of Midtown)
spin dirty 'ol soul 45's with today's booty-shakin'
indie-rock jams & everything else in bewtween!
NO COVER
CHARGE!
3 FLOORS OF FUN, INCLUDING OPEN ROOFTOP DECK W/BAR
--smoke and drink til your brains fall out--
ONE HOUR OPEN VODKA BAR from 9 - 10pm.
DOORS @ 8pm.
also down in
the venue room: LIVE PERFORMANCES by
LOWER 48 @ 8pm
PAGODA @ 8:30pm
w/actor Michael Pitt
ALOKE @ 9:30pm
THE LIVING THINGS @ 10:30pm
MADISON @ 11:30pm
and special guests Columbia recording artists
ELKLAND @ 12:30am
upstairs:
LIVE PERFORMANCES by
SOULPUSHER's ultra-sexy house band
BLACKMAIL @ 11pm
and slightly-deranged NYC rappers
ZONEDOUT @ Midnite
8/14/05
saw Roll Deep at Knitting Factory on Friday and the East River
Ampitheatre on Sunday. Totally sick. While I am not
a blogger, I will say it lived up to all my artificially raised
expectations
I had from listening to this shit obsessively for the last year or so.
For those
who care, it was Wiley, Flo Dan, Trim, Scratchy, and Karnage. They
played for about 90
minutes at Knitting Factory. They mostly rapped over in-house tracks
(i.e. Wiley, Danny Weed productions)
but they did their last tune over 'Golly Gosh" by Sticky. They put out
alot of energy, especially Flo Dan, who when he really gets going
raises the temperature in the room a few degrees.
The highlight of the night to me was seeing Wiley rap over Eskimo, one
of those moments that seems historical and magical, if your world view
is as messed up as mine...
7/28/05
Friday August 5th, I'm doing a grime/crunk/ghettotech/miami
bass/jungle/ragga night at Rocky's in Williamsburg.
DJ's are:
Papawheelie, Criterion, Catchdubs, Shakey, and Reaganomics.
cover is 4
bucks. This will a SICK night of loud, fucked up, dance music.
Rocky's is at
351 Kent Ave (@S. 5th). Music starts at 9pm.
7/7/05
very fun night coming up. Bands n stuff and me spinning soul. Funnily
enough, this will be the second time in a few months I've spun at a
33hz show. If
you like Hall and Oates, Duran Duran, later Morris Day and the Time,
and later Kid Creole
, you'll love them. If all of that sounds repulsive, you'll hate
them...i'll be
spinning hard soul and funk to get the dance party started.
7/4/05
lotta stuff... first of all, i've scaled Red Light back to a monthly,
as after two years of DJing and scheduling a weekly, dammit people I'm
tired... also
no more Flipper at Belly. Thanks to all my red
light guests and to DJ Gilles, Papawheelie, Steve Shakewell,
Reagonomics, and Benguin for guesting at Flipper. It was fun, but the
owners want
monthlys in there instead of weeklys. Eh, have fun with your Ipod
DJ's...speaking of
R.I.P. to good nights, Sam Sever is no longer doing tuesdays at Don
Hill's due to Don
canceling his Cold Crush night on the day of...
I had a good
time a few weeks
back playing grime at Subtonic with Crito and Drop the Lime... those
breakcore
cats like their crunk and reggaeton, too... And they crank the system
good and loud. Oh, and a big thank you to the Western Massachusetts
people who showed Crito and myself
much hospitality a few weeks back on our one day sojourn to the happy
valley. Got some great records out there like the first Tuxedo Moon 7"
for 3.50 and a big stack
of 50's and 60's country, including some hard to find Hank Williams
records for 2 bucks
each... oh, and the Outlets LP, which is much better than a lot of old
Boston rockers
have led me to believe...
6/5/05
this Weds., June 8th, my guest at Belly is Steve ShakeWell. Expect alot
of electrodisco stuff. 155 Rivington, 9pm-2am.
5/30/05
couple of things... tuesday May 31st, i am again spinning at Sam
Sever's night at Don Hill's... performers are:
BOBBY DELICIOUS 10:30
FRO MAGNUM MAN 9:30
DIVEST 8:30
from what i hear, Bobby Delicious is a friend of the Bad Brains from
upstate NY (where
they now reside...)... these nights are always fun and it's a blast for
me to hear my music LOUD on the Don Hill's sound system...
my guest this
week at Belly on Wednesday is Papawheelie Joe, famed Miami Bass
historian,
Alldisco resident DJ, all around electro nerd... expect him to
thoroughly school me
on all things drum machine related... Flipper at Belly, 155 Rivington,
Weds, 9pm-2am...
5/24/05
nothing that interesting to report... i spun at Rothko, the "it" spot
de jour... it was underwhelming... DJ Gilles is leaving for France on
Memorial Day...
i'd like to smoke an L with Dizzee Rascal while listening to "Oh" by
Ciara featuring
Ludacris...
5/10/05
my grime mix "totally fucked" is available for sale at Other Music in
NYC, or directly from me.
It's a mix of grime, crunk, dancehall, drum n bass, reggaeton, and
more... yes, it's a small world after all and for some reason, we're
all singing
the same uptemp, angry song...
5/6/05
wednesday at Belly, Flipper is going electro. Yup, nothing but drum
machines from LL Cool J to Depeche Mode... 808 galore... to help
me out on the more new wave side of things, it's my friend
DJ Gilles of
Decadanse fame... catch him before he leaves for Europe to
spin at big smelly festivals...
Weds, may 11, 9pm-2am, 155 Rivington btwn Clinton
and Suffolk...
5/5/05
this tuesday, May 10th, Peter Gunn and Flex Unger are doing the DJing
and trumpet thing (I'll play some hip hop, funk, and dub records and
Flex will rock trumpet over them...) at Sam Sever's night, "Better
Days" at Don Hill's. The line is as follows:
BLESSTENATION
MR. MET (of Brooklyn Academy)
MONSTAR ISLAND CZARS (from the first MF Doom record!)
WHATZISFACE & SUBWAY STILES
TRAIN 94
Special
Guests
DJ PETER GUNN & FLEX UNGER
with some dusty ass dub!
this should
be pretty sick. I saw Monster Island Czars open for MF Doom at Knitting
Factory 4 or 5 years ago and they were nasty. I've heard good things
about Blesstenation... cost of admission is 10 bones... doors at 8,
we'll probably start close to then and then do our thing between
acts...
click here for info...
4/27/05
Attention hipsters, DJ's, A&R's, publicists, etc... reggaeton is
officially no longer edgey... last night while Djing, a 50 year old
Long Island housewifey stretchpants wearing type asked me for 50 cent.
When I replied in the negative, she asked for reggaeton (Admitadly, she
mangled the pronunciation). So, for anyone rocking Don Omar and Tego
because
it gives them cred, give it up because Murial and Esther are pumping it
in their SUV.
4/19/05 many things this week. Belly on Weds., Good World on
Thurs., Riingo at
the Hotel Alex (at 45th and 3rd) on Friday from 6pm to midnight. Riingo
is a slick lounge, drinks are expensive, be warned. But Flex Unger will
be playing his trumpet along with the records.
Saturday,
it's Red Light, and then I'm rushing over to Rubulad to close out the
night with a set of grime (with some dancehall, crunk, and jungle mixed
in). I'll be playing from about 3:30 til 6am. Come by late, it will be
sick. Info is below:
Live
performance by:
Dan Melchior Band
Phil Ballman (Antibalas)'s Batucada Ensemble
Chin Chin
DJ’s:
Mojo
Mousrock plus maybe L Ron (Version City Records)
scratch famous (Deadly Dragon Sound System)
Mike Simo and Catalyst (Troubleman Unlimited)
$mall ¢hange and DJ Shakey
Ursula 1000
Nydia (Daptone family)
In-between (Fixing Breaks)
Sascha (futurefunk)
Geo
OCDJ (WFMU)
Swingsett
Scott Mao and j. Dennis (other music)
Peter Gunn
Plus!
Amazing new
interactive Ice Cave sculpture by Paul Burn
Light Circus by Norm Francoeur
Décor by the Rubulad Home Crew: Evan, Kaia, Kelvin and Scott
Yummy food
Delicious confections by Brownie Points
10:00 pm doors; 11:00 pm show; 10 beans at the door
At Rubulad Home Base. For directions, location, e-mail me: pmc220 AT
yahoo.com (yes, replace tha "AT" with "@"). This is kinda on the
downlow.
4/10/05
coming up this week: Weds. it's Flipper at Belly (155 Rivington, LES)
where it'll be funk, rock and more... expect dusty and moldy 45's from
my parent's basement. Thursday, I'm at
Lucky Cat (245 Grand St. in W'Burg.) where I'll be Djing for the
Updown Originals. I Djed for these guys before when they played at The
5 Spot in Fort Greene. They are a really sick soul/funk band in the
Daptone style (the guitarist plays in the Sugarman 3 and the other guys
have played in other Daptone projects) and well worth checking out.
Cover is $5, which is well worth it. Saturday, my guest at Red Light is
Crito from Broklyn
Beats. I'm getting more and more into the stuff they put out and
breakcore in general. Love it or hate it, you have to admit you haven't
heard it before. Also, I am finally going to be playing some grime out
in the near future, so stay tuned!
4/5/05
Once I met a woman at the Model Cafe in Allston, MA who
commented on my SSD T-shirt:
"Oh My God!, that was my old boyfriend's band!" She said she used to
date Springa in
high school. I asked her what he was like. She said he was crazy, that
he liked to pull up to the
Quincy communter rail station when everyone was coming home from work
and stand on top
of his car and play air guitar to AC/DC. I thought that was funny. Then
I asked her if it
true that he was straight edge? She looked at me and cackled, "Yeah,
straight edge when
he was cuttin' the lines!". Hmmmmmm... I admit, my
younger self was taken aback.
Although I personally never subscribed to the straight edge lifestyle
in any way (well, I never
got laid if that counts...) I drew considerable strength from the
convictions (and overt self righteousness) from those who did.
"Are you serious", I asked, "'Cause I read in an
interview that he said when the band
was together being straight was the best part of his life and all they
did
was skateboard and drink Mountain Dew..."
Her face lit up and she burst out, "Yeah, mixed
with Vodka, we called them Voodoos! I taught him
to make those!"
Another childhood ideal bites the dust... (don't
even get me started about the time
Choke offered me a free haircut on Newbury St. I accepted, the girls I
was with
declined his offer of a free coloring)
3/16/05 for the 28 people who googled the phrase "dusted on my
honeymoon" and it lead here...
you gots to chill... angel dust=bad... ghost rhymed it, don't live it..
(can i get my check
now?)
3/02/05 new night. every wednesday. belly. 155 Rivington. LES.
3/01/05
"Now I'm living out my life in the corner, trying to console myself
with the stupid, useless excuse that only an intelligent man cannot
turn himself into anything, that only a fool can make anything he wants
out of himself." - Dostoyesvsky.
With that
in mind, Crossvader vinyl is getting ready to be mastered...
2/20/05
thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on the grime CD. With that in
mind, I have done a new one, consisting of a mix of grime, crunk,
ragga, and more.
It's 10 bucks including shipping. Cover art is below. E-mail me at
address above if interested.
1/19/05
my lil grime mix is done... a nice 25 minute sneak preview to those who
have no idea what grime is:
1. the
creeper- danny weed
2. bounce- roll deep
3. eskimo (devil mix)- wiley
4. eskimo (nu-bran flex mix)- wiley
5. eskimo- wiley
6. raw 2 the core- ruff squad
7, golly gosh- sticky
8. more weed- surgery
9. moving- jon'e cash
10. forward rhythm- lethal b
oh, and the patriots are going to win back to back...
1/17/05
this friday, i am spinning at the Lucky Cat at 245 Grand St. in W'Burg,
Brooklyn...
expect alot of OG breaks... in other news, the deli on the corner of
manhattan and greenpoint aves in greenpoint sells a 9.5% alcohol polish
beer
for 99 cents a pint
that gives me flashbacks to time spend in london, paris, montreal
drinking
high octane beer (tennent's super, carlsburg extra, elephant, carling
big 10)
1/13/05
this week, Saturday Jan 15, at red light, it's Crito from Broklyn Beats
spinning the breaks he chops
up into wittle wittle pieces... word... if you don't know now, he's on
some next level shit...
1/02/05 tues. jan 4, i'm spinning at Sam Sever's night at Don
Hill's. For those who don't know, Sam Sever produced almost every 3rd
Bass record... joining me
is Mr. Finewine from WFMU's
downtown soulville and flex unger doing his black rhombus sound system
dub thing... oh, and miller open bar from 8:30-9:30... my rushed hack
flyer job is below...
12/22/04 this friday, christmas eve, Peter Gunn is filling in at
Good World Bar & Grill @ 3 Orchard St. (btwn Canal and Division)...
if you are in town, stop by and get your scrooge on...
12/10/04 this monday, december 13 from noon-2pm, i will be
guesting on
Mark Francis' radio show on WMBR: Cambridge, Massachusetts. The
show is "Lost and Found", an oldies show of sorts I
used to listen to in high school while driving to McDonald's for lunch.
I'll be dusting
off alot of nice rock and soul stuff. You can listen here. I
don't
think they have archives, so catch it while it happens, office drones!
12/09/04 oh look, it's a two year old article from the Boston
Globe that mentions me...
wow
oh, and for those random people from (i'm guessing) europe googling me
to find out what the sample is for "my guitar" by ghostface... it's by
Jimmy Ponder... now go on ebay and buy me a copy...
11/26/04 "Harry’s an artist without an art... groping for the
right lever, for the means with which to express himself."
11/17/04
so, this Friday, November 19th, I have something new...
I am DJing at Belly (155 Rivington btw Clinton and Stanton on the
L.E.S.)... it's a nice spot, with a nice look, and they have great
lychee cocktails... I'll be keeping it a little slicker than Red Light,
more on the funk/disco/old school hip hop vibe... so, c'mon by... also,
at Red Light on Saturday, Jon Oliver makes his way to the Southside
Lounge...
11/10/04 this week at Red Light it's 3 the hard way! Myself,
DJ Soulcracker, and Simon Russell from London's Rough Trade
store...
expect lots of rare sounds... Saturday, Nov 13, 10pm-4am. 41 Broadway
W'Burg... remember, y'all are
Stuyvesant town, we're strictly Waterside Plaza...
11/01/04 ok, this week, my guest at Red Light is DJ Sims
from Lotus. Like last time we'll thrown down funk, rock, and
latin and drink and dance til late... also, next Weds, Nov 11,
Peter Gunn is guesting at
Jon Oliver's
Wednesday night at Madame X (94 West Houston, btwn Thompson and
LaGuardia)... I should be playing alot of Middle School hip hop, along
with a little dancehall and roots reggae, and maybe some grime...
9/3/04
Tomorrow, I, Peter Gunn will be spinning at the Twisted
Ones parking lot show with Shoplifting, Sightings, The Panthers,
The Liars, and Lightning Bolt. It starts at 1pm, and it's in a lot on
Kent Ave (btw Grand and Metropolitan) in Williamsburg. Get there
semi-early, as this will probably sell out by mid-afternoon. Then
follow me to the Southside Lounge afterwards...
also, on
Weds. Sept. 15, I'm guesting at DJ
Sims night at Lotus on the corner of Stanton and Rivington in the
Lower East Side. I'm planning on playing some hip hop, dancehall, drum
n bass, etc...
8/16/04 OK,this Friday, Aug. 20 at Piano's, I'm spinning as part
of a night called "Time Has Come Today." Each hour we will have a
different selector, six in all, representing a different decade. The
line up (as described by WMFU's Small Change):
10-11
Phast Phreddie (50's)
the boogaloo omnibus represents with the underground RnB and beyond.
Don't sleep, come early to hear some sick shit not often hear out in
clubland...
11-12
$mall ¢hange (60's)
I'll be diggin' out some forgotten soul and garage joints with a touch
of psyche and early funk.
12-1 Peter
Gunn (70's)
Mr. Red Light, and one the more underrated diggers in NYC with heavy
heavy sounds in soul and rock.
1-2 Gerald
McBoing Boing (80's)
People you know by now, when McBoing Boing spins, people not only
listen, they got a notepad...
2-3
Preservation (90's)
Jun has been killing it in NYC for years in both selection and skills,
expect some golden era hip hop and random illness
3-4 Angola
(00's)
NYC jetsetter takes time out from the models, bottles and cannes film
fests to represent the now.
This is
all happening FRIDAY over at:
Blackcrack
Sessions
Fridays, Upstairs at Pianos
158 Ludlow near Stanton
10pm-4am
no cover
8/11/04
This weekend at Red Light, it's fellow Boston homeboy Neal Sugarman,
esteemed member of the Sugarman Three, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings,
and operator of Daptone Records... should be one hot barbeque!!!
Saturday, Aug 14 @The Southside Lounge, 37 Broadway, W'Burg...
8/10/04 Dizzee Rascal rules, for real... homeboy has established
East London as a legitmate hip hop community like NWA did for Compton,
Three 6 Mafia did for Memphis, Luke did for Miami, Kardinal Offishall
did for Toronto, etc etc... more to come... also, there is something
brewing for a really interesting night at Piano's, with yrs truly
playing a key part... and DON'T
SLEEP ON THE GHOSTFACE HISTORY LESSONS!!!!
7/26/04 Ok, now there REALLY is a sound clip up on the Cross Vader
page. Just click on the sad boy... Also, the check out the Ghostface
page under "Projects"... more to come...
7/25/04 this week at Red Light, my guest is DJ Sims from the
Southside Lounge's sister bar, Lotus. Expect an epic battle of the
sexes on the 1's and 2's, where there can be no victor, except for you,
the lovely listening public. Saturday, July 31... 41 Broadway,
Bucktown... be there.
7/11/04 the Ghostface
mix CD is finished. Please e-mail if you'd like a copy. It's 80
minutes of Ghostface Killah, the songs he samples, etc etc etc... It's
got lots of unreleased white label stuff as well... It puts Ghostface
in context with the history of hip hop, AND it rocks the party...
5/5/04 I knew it!!! from the Wu tang website, an account of Ghostface live in
NYC two weeks back.
Later the Ironman called for the stage to be covered in
red light so he could perform "Holla." "I'm from a
place where fish was made," he rapped, setting up his dramatics. Ghost
began snapping his fingers and slowly winding his hips like a
modern-day Marvin Gaye. He dropped to his knees on the last verse
before rising back to his feet and dancing.
Read the Ghostface manifesto below and notice the similarities...
4/22/04
Brave Sabine Dardenne has vowed to face down the
monster who kept her captive as a child sex slave. She was just 12
years old when Marc Dutroux kidnapped her as she cycled to school.
He took
her to a filthy, makeshift dungeon in his cellar where she was held for
80 days.
Half-starved,
she was repeatedly raped and chained by the neck so she could not
escape.
Now aged
20, Sabine will be the star witness at Dutroux's trial, which starts on
Monday.
She
said: 'I've waited eight years for this moment. I want to look him in
the eyes and show he didn't destroy me.'
3/11/04
Friend
Flex Unger speaks after watching a documentry on hip hop... (a
excerpt from a longer rant):
...well
after seeing that the majority of rappers in this American rap thing
and hearing that the main motivation of all these emcees was money and
a dream home for their mom and real estate and a dog food line and a
triva board game, i thought, wow money is the main motivation of
the "rap game" (ps that term is soooooo gay)... Practical things
to make money which I totally understand and am in no way knocking.
...however,
I am a fan of music and authenticity, tradition, and quality and it
makes me sad to see things in hip hop suffer because of practicality.
It also occured to me that most emcee's goals seemed to be owning a
home and getting out of the rap thing and moving on into something
else, like acting or making some dumb product.
i think all these rappers should be selling amway or become stock
brokers.
Where are the Ian Mckays of rap?
Where
are the punk rock ideals of "dont be a fuckin sellout?"
where
is the spirit of sun ra in rap?
what
ever happened to making music for the love of music first and putting
the material and fame second?
I
had to listen to fats navaro to go to sleep after watching this to
remember that black music is made be tortured geniuses, not people with
the same views and goals in life as my parents and fellow Bay Ridge
Italian American peers (yes i think my dad and snoop would see eye to
eye in many ways)
(there both fans of the cadillac and my dad thinks money solves all
problems (also doesnt have any in the grand scheme of things like most
emcees))
and it made me think 2 things:
one: I wonder how many players in the hey day of bee bop had the same
view on the "bop game" gaining them real estate that the rappers of
today have
and
two:
what would happen if we could take some of these rappers and sit them
down and make them listen to things like bop and avant garde jazz and
unpractical music that is released with no expectation of sales what
would their opinions be?
2/20/04 wowsa wowsa wowsa... Peter Gunn is spinning 3
times next week... if you don't live in NYC, move there now... first,
on Thursday, Feb. 26, I am spinning at the closing of the Terrible Toy
Fair II at CB's Gallery... this was a really great show that got alot
of positive press, so say you saw it before it's too late... I'll be
spinning childish music (again) and classic UK punk... Friday, Feb
27th, I am spinning at that scenster palace, Piano's, on the lower east
side... if you know where it is, you must already be much cooler than
me (and perhaps you could give me directions?)... I'm planning to
school the hipster finks w/ a dark jamaican influenced set of dub,
dancehall, ragga jungle, and dancehall hip hop...
expect to hear:
R.I.P.- Remarc
Heavy Manners- Prince Far I
Eyes a Bleed- Bounty Killer (RZA Remix feat. Masta Killa)
Dwayne- Red Rat
Fire- Prinza feat. Demolition Man
Lock Off- Elephant Man (over Nothin' by N.O.R.E.)
Shoot to Kill- Mad Lion
then Saturday the 28, is Red Light time at the Southside Lounge in
Williamsburg, with special guest Monkey Man... we'll throw down funky
psych stuff like "Fish, Chips, and Sweat" by Funkadelic (dope
B-side)...
1/29/04 lots of neat things coming up... This Saturday Jan. 31,
I welcome Ms. K and her insane soul 45 collection to the Red Light
Party... and next Thurs., i'm spinning at the opening for the Terrible
Toy Fair at CBGB's Gallery ...
I'm going to try to spin childish music... everything from Sesame
Street records to The Residents...
1/20/04 ok, the graphics page is fixed, and the images
are now normal sized (more or less)... this Saturday, Jan. 24th, come
help Peter Gunn celebrate his birthday at The Southside Lounge... no
presents needed, just bring your funky self (or funky doppleganger)...
come before 2am and I may be coherent... actually if anyone wants to
get me a present, I am jonesing for a copy of the first Cro-Mags LP on
vinyl... I'd also dig the 45 of "Pretty Ballerina" by the Left Banke...
1/4/04 a very cool night this week at the Southside
Lounge... Peter Gunn, Partick Duckcomb (Beauty Bar, etc), & DJ
Shakewell play nothing but 12 inches from 1976-1981... super old school
hip hop and the disco jams they're based on... P&P records, Enjoy
records...Sat. Jan. 10... 41 Broadway, W'Burg, Brooklyn... Bounce,
rock, skate, roll!!!!!!
12/29/03 ...more French guilt... as follows are the
words of French Canadian/Indian Metis leader Louis Riel right before he
was led from his cell to the gallows on November 16, 1885:
"How happy and content I am! I feel my heart will overflow
with joy."
I'm not sure what all this means, but I'm sure it means
something...
12/22/03
Tomorrow, Tuesday December 23, Peter Gunn is spinning at APT in NYC at DJ Small
Change's Birthday Party. The event is titled "Golf" and there are
going to be 20 DJ's each doing 15 minutes. I plan on spinning some
French Canadian garage 45's... All the other DJ's are really varied,
everyone from Phast Phreddie (LA punk rock writer from the 70's who now
spins old r&b...) to Scratch Famous (dancehall DJ w/ Deadly Dragon
Sound System) so it should be a cool night. APT is at 13st and 9th Ave.
12/16/03
This week at the Red Light Party, it's DJ Shakewell spinning 70's funk,
latin, and more... check it! Saturday Dec. 20 @ 41 Broadway, W'Burg,
Brooklyn, NY USA...
12/5/03
Why do french writers have such persecution complexes? Dig the ending
of The Stranger by Camus:
"As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope;
for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened
myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like
myself-so like a brother, really-I felt that I had been happy and that
I was happy again. For everything to be consumated, for me to feel less
alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the
day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate."
Ouch! say it aint so, Al... reading that made think of A
Season in Hell by Rimbaud, where upon the narrator refelcts in a
similar vein:
"But orgies and the company of women were forbiddon me. Not
even a companion. I saw myself before an angry mob, facing a firing
squad, weeping miserably because they had not understood, and forgiving
them!-Like Joan of Arc!-'Priests, teachers, masters, you are making a
mistake in delivering me to justice. I have never been a Christian; I
belong to the race which sang on the scaffold; I understand nothing of
laws; I have no moral sense, I am an animal; you are making a
mistake...'"
I have to say, I like both books very much, but there is a
sense of self-pity running through them which i find a tad perverse...
12/2/03
Favorite Crunk Songs as of today are:
1. Tight Whips- 504 Boyz
2.Who you With- Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz
3. Tear da Club Up- Three Six Mafia
3.Uhh Oh- Lil' Jon and the Eastside Boyz
