Zombie Dubstep

Wheres the Prince

I want to know where the Fresh Prince is in all this monarchy talk, I really hope that he makes one called He's the Prince I'm the DJ.

DJ Jazzy Jeff - He's The King I'm the DJ Mixtape

My Two Favorite Things

You have to enjoy the little things in life or you might just end up hating life because all the large shitty things happening in the world. Like right now my two favorite things is to make videos and to listen to dubstep. My two favorite dubstep remixes right now combine some of my favorite artists.

Chromeo - Night by Night (Skream Remix)

Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Slof Man Remix)


The orginal is just as good too

Rza's a Geek

Dizzee Plays with the Heritage Orchestra

Continuing to confound expectations, for BBC Electric Proms Dizzee Rascal delivered his first ever full length live show with a band, horns and string section. Dizzee was joined by Heritage Orchestra with string arrangements by Jules Buckley, and backed by a live band under the musical direction of Hal Ritson. A celebration of the artist's diverse influences, it was a party set of mash-ups, radical reinterpretations of Rascal favourites plus a few surprises.

Set List:

• 1.Jus' a Rascal
• 2.Live,Large & In Charge
• 3.Road Rage
• 4.Can't Tek No More
• 5.Jezebel
• 6.Dirtee Cash
• 7.Stand Up Tall (Teen Spirit)
• 8.Chillin With Da Man Dem
• 9.Old Skool
• 10.Dance Wiv Me
• 11.Leisure
• 12.Bonkers
• 13.Brand New Day
• 14.Holiday
• 15.Bulls On Parade
• 16.Dream
• 17.Imagine
• 18.Fix Up Look Sharp

New Spike Jonze Short Film : We Were Once A Fairytale

We Were Once A Fairytale from M. Fantu on Vimeo.

so I guess that makes it a “real” short. And now it’s been leaked online (temporarily by Kanye, himself). He who gives can also take away....

Chris Lander's Book Report on C-Murder's Death Around the Corner

Christian Lander from Stuff White People Like fame has wrote a book report on C-Murder's book Death Around the Corner. I think it's one of the best book reports I have read since ... forever.

Narrative voice and post-modernism in C-Murder's Death Around the Corner

Death Around the Corner is to the modern American writer what 100 Years of Solititude is to South American History. It is an allegory of epic proportions that captures the pain, triumph, and inner battles faced by all writers in this post-modern generation.

Many would assume that to understand this novel requires an understanding of the author and where he was when he wrote it. C-Murder playfully provides an Author's Note attempting to explain why he wrote the book. “I was behind bars facing a life sentence, so I didn't know what the future held. But I knew one thing: I had to get on my grind.” (p. 267). To an untrained reader, this seems like a straight forward explanation of his motives behind writing the tome. However, if we investigate only slightly deeper into the structure of the sentences and the historical precedent for what he's saying, we get a much different message.

When C-Murder talks about not knowing what the future holds, he's not talking about his own life. As an author, he already knows his position in the act of reading. Drawing heavily from Eco's work “The Role of the Reader,” C-Murder recognizes that this is own future is limited by time and his eventual death (a constant theme throughout the novel). The future he is referring to is the future of literature, and the uncertainty it faces in this era of post-(post?)-Modernism. He knows that his work as an author has no guarantee of intellectual importance, but by “getting his grind on,” he's able to sate his own needs of expression and the universal literary desire to be seen as part of the canon.

C-Murder takes Eco's hypothesis further by making it perfectly clear that his role as the author is sublimated into the role of the text. That is to say his intent for the novel is to ascribe the human frailty to the novel itself. “Death is so close—right around the corner. Everybody can relate to it, from my hood to your hood.” It is essential that we do not let that key statement simply roll past us. When he says “from my hood to your hood,” he is not talking about neighborhoods, he's talking about disciplines. Be you in located in Comp Lit, Colonial Lit, Victorian Lit, Cultural Theory, French Cultural Theory, Film, or even Creative Writing, we all face death in our cultural works and we cannot be protected by our disciplines. C-Murder is saying we must put ourself out there, on the street corner of academia and expose our frailty.

This of course, carries throughout the novel with the character of Duquan, who is very thinly veiled as a writer. Though the book has him as a street savvy hustler who sells drugs, becomes a rapper, and kills a handful of people. It doesn't take a Slavoj Zizek to see through the symbolism and recognizeing that he's describing the life of a writer.

C-Murder starts the novel with the line: “Macy! Macy! Can we go to the fair?” in reference to the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. In this opening statement, C-Murder has already set the tone that his novel will be a delicate tracing of the post modern writer. The World's Fair is a perfect allegory for the rise of Modernism and descent into Post-Modernism and the inherent sadness of recognizing the need to participate in a movement that has long since passed.

In the lead character of Duquan, C-Murder has created an everyman writer who stands in for us all. Immediately his life begins with a heroin addicted mother and a hard working father who eventually kills his wife's lover. This is, of course, an obvious reference to William S. Burrough's life as a heroin addicted writer who shot and killed his wife in Mexico. Soon Duquan is left alone as his mother dies of an overdose, raised by his grandmother “Mama.” His literary heroes have left him alone, he has no more interaction, only memories, and stories that he can pull from Mama. The grandmother of course is serving as a personification of the library – a repository of knowledge, stories, and love.

It is worth examining the tortured relationship between DuQuan and Mama. She beats him at times, gives him advice which he rejects, and eventually has to kick him out of the house because of his drug dealing ways. All of these scenarios are easily mapped on the experience of the modern writer, being beaten by self doubt, hearing and ignore the advice of previous authors, and finally being kicked out of the ivory tower for not conforming to their rules.

As Duquan ages he gets more and more into the drug game (the role of drugs in this novel will be discussed in a later chapter), he eventually gets caught and sent away to a youth prison. Working with the themes of the novels, C-Murder actually constructs the prison as a univeristy – equal parts learning and oppression.

“Looking at the compound for the first time, Daquan couldn't help the eerie feeling that his life, from this day on, would never be the same. He could tell everyone on the bus felt the same way...Once those gates closed they wouldn't open until each boy's sentence was over. Whatever happened while they were inside those gates, they would just have to deal with.” (p.44)

As if this “first day of school” description were not enough, C-Murder goes on to call the place “SCOTLAND” - a not so subtle reference to the ivory tower of academia and the need to study British authors in a university setting.¹

But C-Murder goes even further to make sure that his prison as college allegory is made clear. He actually inserts a C. Miller (Murder's real name) into the prison to help guide and offer advice to young DuQuan.

“My brother out in Cali got a record sto',” Cee told him. “There's where I'm goin' in a few weeks. He 'bout to put it down in rap fo' the N.O.,” Cee announced proudly.”

Cee is telling DuQuan and the reader that hip hop can be used to supplement life, to make it better, longer, more fruitful, and more passionate. In the novel, the quest to stay alive is matched by the author's quest to stay relevant. Rap is always seen as a secondary goal and a secondary commodity that merely improves life but cannot guarantee success or sustainability. Put simply, hip-hop is poetry and C. Murder is trying to show authors of prose fiction the importance of understanding and succeeding at writing poetry. C. Miller's invitation to come to California strongly evokes images of the writer communes of the 1960s that helped nurture Keysey, Ginsburg, and even Miller's obvious idol: Burroughs.

But a study of this novel would be complete without an investigation into the role of women in the life of Duquan. Though very easy to dismiss a sexist, C. Murder is actually positioning women in this story as publications. To sleep with one is to conquer them, to succeed, to get published. Duquan's first experience mimics that of a young writer finding success and not being prepared.

“Every muscle in his body seemed to melt into her softness, expect for his dick, which stayed rock-hard. It felt so good, he was frozen.”

“Well?” Mandi huffed. “Hump....shit, do somethin'!”

Though barely making his way through the experience, Duquan was not ready as a writer. He made an effort but ulimtately his success was in trying. As the novel moves on, he gets another shot with Mandi, and this time he is prepared. Much as an author is presented with another chance to submit to an editor.

“He could feel her body jerking, so he grabbed her ass, grinding deeper until they both came and she leaned down and covered his face with kisses.”

Duquan has matured into a writer, he can now call his own shots and write to his passions.

The novel is an essential and complex addition to any study of the modern plight of an american novelist. The quest for relevance, success, and knowledge binds us all and keeps us all striving for a textual ideal that may never be reached.

Ooah is Of Porcelain

I just got the new Of Porcelain who is Josh Mayer or Ooah from The Glitch Mob . It is very down tempo compared to his Pantyraid or Glitch Mob bassy glitch hop. I like it at work right now because it calms me from the tyranny of being apart of a corporate whoring structure. Check it out and pay what you can.

Of Porcelain - A Southern Summers Breeze

Kid Sister Oct.19th Canceled

The lovely Kid Sister who was suppose to start her Ultraviolet Tour here in Vancouver has now been Canceled. This is the second show I have wanted to see in the last two weeks that has been canceled. Starting to think that people don't like Vancouver.

OUR TWITTER CONVO:
ME: @KidSisterMelisa why did you cancel your Vancouver date? I gave tickets away on my radio show.....

KidSisterMelisa @Mrjoi fekkkk! so so sorry, actually dont know why it didnt work out!


Kid Sister - Right Hand High

Not A Game

No Rusko WTF

So Rusko didn't play last night and I am guessing from his twitter that he didn't get into the country. He also said that "fuck Canada" in his twitter which I am guessing that most people got upset about. But as I really don't like the Canadian airports either I can relate, I really just wanted to meet him and give him some Married With Children DVD's.

Dire Straights - Money For Nothing (Rusko Remix)

Little Boots - Remedy (Rusko Remix)

Happy Thanksgiving, Save a Turkey Eat a Duck

Rusko - Let Me Twitter Dat

I have been a huge fan of Rusko for awhile now and today not only did Twitter come through it has gotten me a chance to meet him. All because of our love of Married with Children and Twitter.

Andy Milonakis - Let Me Twitter Dat (Rusko Remix)

Amanda Blank - Might Like You Better (Rusko Remix)

Happy B-Day Mykro

The Mykro Douglas is celebrating his b-day today so I though it would be fitting to dedicate this track to to him.

Royksopp - Happy Birthday

The Tao of Wu

I usually don't post about books as this is mainly a music blog. It's not that I don't read, I just finished reading C-Murder's book Death Around The Corner which was very inspirational as most of his music was not. I am going to pick up RZA's new book the Tao of Wu just based on this quote : If you live through defeat, you’re not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won.

SKEPTA - SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT

My Weekend

Syndication: 50 Cent Talks About Kanye West's Canceled "Gay Tour"

R.I.P. Mr. Magic - One of The Great Radio Pioneers

Mr. Magic, an important figure in the world of hip-hop radio, debuted in 1983 on WBLS-FM in New York City with the first exclusive rap radio show to be aired on a major station. Billing itself as Rap Attack, Magic's show featured Marley Marl as the DJ and Tyrone "Fly Ty" Williams as the show's co-producer. Magic's reign on the New york City airwaves lasted six years and was instrumental in broadening the scope and validity of hip-hop music.^[1]

During the mid-80s there was a rivalry between Mr. Magic and Kool DJ Red Alert, who hosted a weekly show on WRKS-FM. The feud also played out between proxy rap groups, the Juice Crew and Boogie Down Productions (see The Bridge Wars). The Juice Crew - headed by Mr. Magic's on-air assistant, DJ Marley Marl - was named after one of Magic's aliases, "Sir Juice."^[2]

As confirmed by DJ Premier, Mr. Magic died on the morning of October 2, 2009, due to a fatal heart attack

Nothing Like A Little Weng Weng to Get You Going