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The Latest In Artist Defamation: Fake Videos

Posted in Music, Video with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 5, 2009 by Ash $. Fiscal

A couple weeks ago somebody linked me a video of Beyonce’s performance on the Today Show, with a comment akin to “omg wtf.” I thought, what in the hell could warrant such a reaction from a Beyonce video? Thinking maybe she shows outrageous side-boob or top-crack, I gleefully followed the link.

What I found is the work of a master.

That master, however, is not Beyonce. The visuals of the video are from her real performance, but her vocals are awful – jaw-cringingly, eye-wincingly awful. Someone who is obviously super busy, not to mention content with his life, is creating viral videos slandering artists he presumably doesn’t like.

Warning: What you are about to see may disturb you and family members.

A Coldplay one also came to my attention last night:

Now, I’m not particularly enamored with either artist, so this is not a huge deal to me. The problem, though, is that now it is going to become impossible to distinguish the real videos from the real bad videos. In other words, how are we supposed to know who can sing worth a damn anymore?

-$.

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See It To Believe It

Posted in Music, Video with tags , , , , , on May 2, 2009 by Ash $. Fiscal

I rarely come across people who can beatbox better than me… but I must say, I’ve been taken.

Dude’s gotta have like a vocal chord implant or something. There’s just no way.

-$.

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ZOMG, Michael Jackson is Weird??

Posted in Art, Events, Music, News with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 28, 2009 by Ash $. Fiscal

Ok so you know how when people go broke they make matters  significantly worse by desperately selling off the ridiculous shit they owned super super publically, showing their ass completely to the public, further disgracing their image and humiliating themselves and their loved ones? And then all those criminal accusations that were sorta ambiguous when they surfaced and resurfaced come roaring back like Mufasa when everyone sees what was inside that person’s house? But then they get embarrassed or whatever, and maybe realize there was another way to make their debt back, and so they cancel the auction once a bunch of people have already seen it?

No? You don’t know what I’m talking about?

Oh, right…. there is only one MJ.

And “the real MJ” was again partially exposed recently when the Beverly Hilton hosted the Michael Jackson collection. Just check out some of these pictures.

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“‘If I can only find a white man, with a black man sound, I could make a million dollars’ Sam Phillips, Sun Record.” Ok.

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Two original compositions by MJ (top) and Mccully Culkin. Duhh obviously…

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Now excuse me while I go back to my regularly scheduled life and pretend none of this ever happened.

Via The Stranger.

-$.

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New Music Video: French Kicks – Abandon

Posted in Music, Music Videos, Video with tags , , on April 21, 2009 by Z TRAIN

This is a music video for the band the French Kicks. My buddy Austin made it and I think it’s dope. The song and the video this time. Enjoy!

Watch it in HD or HQ!!

the people on youtube however, not big fans!!

z.

Gorillaz Heart Bananaz

Posted in Movies, Music, News with tags , , , , on April 20, 2009 by Enrique Enfuego

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Gorillaz just dropped a revealing documentary entitled “Bananaz” about the geniuses behind the animated concept band and some insight into their creative process.

If it involves Damon Albarn, it’s gonna rock. And it does, so it will.

Watch the full documentary here.

Enfuego.

Cover Art XII: From Bulgaria With Love

Posted in Cover Art, Music with tags , , , , , , , , on April 19, 2009 by Enrique Enfuego

Stevie Wonder’s 19?? release “Greatest Hits”

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We do not know much about this mysterious Stevie Wonder compilation, but here is what we do know….

It is a Bulgarian release.
It is strictly 80′s Stevie.
It has sleeveface potential.

The vinyl art is pretty sick as well…

img00224-20090419-1724Enfuego.

Finally: somebody is able to reach Kanye

Posted in Music, News, Video with tags , , , , , , , , on April 14, 2009 by Ash $. Fiscal

South Park recently took shots at Kanye – nothing new or unexpected from Trey and Matt and frankly, it wasn’t even that funny of an episode. Watch it here.

But amazingly, Kanye wrote about it on his blog, and was so moved by the satirical criticism of his own highness that he pledged to reform his ways (part in bold sums it up):

SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF “I TOLD YOU SO!!!” IT’S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU’RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE’S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I’M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I’M SURE THERE’S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS… THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW IT’S ME!

Call me premature (sometimes that’s accurate, sorry ladies) but if we actually see a new, reformed Kanye West, let me be the first to nominate everyone involved with South Park for a Nobel Peace Prize.

-$.

1994: Pogs, Slammers and Swedish Pop Music

Posted in Music, News with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 10, 2009 by Enrique Enfuego

img00192-20090408-1640Skulls were really in that year.

I’ve heard it referred to as the Year of Skulls, 8-balls and Yin-Yangs, but I like to think of it as the year we got to answer the question, What is the Ace of Base? (Watching that makes me feel weird)

Back to Pogs, or slammers in this case…

img00196-20090408-1644Ah yes, it was the 90′s indeed.

Only could such a time in history really pump up little kids with names like these…

img00200-20090408-1647Pogs instilled gambling into a child’s list of activities at a very young age. Unfortunately, the fad came and went fast as the music of our favorite Swedish pop band.

Enfuego.

Could He Be The Next Bow Wow? Pac? MJ?

Posted in Music, Video with tags , , , , , , , , , , on April 1, 2009 by Ash $. Fiscal

Quick! Someone call Jermaine Dupri! There’s a child star to be exploited!

My guess is he’ll murder someone before he turns 14, with his tudey little ass. But I guess that’s how a superstar is born these days…

-$.

Taylor Swift… You don’t have me fooled!

Posted in Music with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 26, 2009 by Z TRAIN

I have for some reason a copy of Rolling Stone magazine behind my toilet and was mozing thru it the other day. This is the one with 19 year-old flame throwing country singer Taylor (Stromile) Swift on the cover.

People have been telling me she is a fox. But look at this picture people, she is creepy looking, she looks kinda like Sabertooth from X-Men. 

So I’m onto you Taylor Swift. I don’t think you are as hot as I was told you were.

The one on the left she  has mermaid make up on. On the right we have the return of Sabertooth. I also wonder what happens to Taylor if someone pours a glass of water on her face… I’m melting is what happens! The straw that broke the camel’s back for me though was the pic of her as a youngster…

AHHHH!!!!! SCARRRRY!!!

Don’t get me wrong though, I would still poke her… (The one on the right obviously.)

 z.

On another note, this interesting ad was found on the inner cover of the same Rolling Stone issue…

 

THIS MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.

Two-Track Tuesday

Posted in Music, Music Videos, Video with tags , , , , , , , on March 24, 2009 by Ash $. Fiscal

Two tracks this Rocksofter is feeling today…

1. Chairlift – “Evident Utensil.” This has got to be the most annoying fucking video ever made though.

2. Peter Bjorn and John – “Nothing to Worry About” Troublemaker Remix featuring U-N-I and the 87 Stick Up Kids.  The original is also very worthwhile.

-$.

Come Join Me on My Musical Adventure

Posted in Music with tags , , on March 19, 2009 by Enrique Enfuego

news-max_tundra-2I am taking zero credit for this one.

Every now and then you will be introduced to a new artist and really dig their style and think “how have I not known about this all along?”

That was the case here…

thejayoeee: you ever listen to max tundra?

me: no i have not

And it begins. Then I wonder, besides the obvious missing of live performances, there is the great benefit of being clued in at a later date. Instead of anxiously waiting  around for a new release from your beloved artist, you get to vibe on their whole catalog all at once.

I have only heard Max Tundra‘s 2008 release Parallax Error Beheads You, but the toughness level at which I am feeling this release cannot be put into words. So why am I even writing about it?

He’s critically acclaimed, yet does not have nearly as large a following as he should.

Weigh in after listening for yourself.

(via LaRoushe’s Skull via ComeRoundHere)

Enfuego.

Joaquin Phoenix Attacks Audience Member

Posted in Music, News with tags , , , , , , on March 12, 2009 by Jennesis

Joaquin Phoenix performed his “hip hop” act at LIV nightclub at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach last night. During his performance, an audience member began to heckle the bearded “rapper”. Joaquin reacted by jumping off of the stage and attacking the man. Security intervened and ended the show by dragging the angry rapper from the nightclub. This whole act is just getting old and annoying. I think we all know he doesn’t actually think he’s a talented rapper and this seems to be some failed, contrived, and unoriginal attempt to perhaps, be funny? Casey Affleck, who has been filming Phoenix’s entire rap career, was also at the nightclub filming the event. Click here to watch the whole thing go down.

Jsis. 

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I Almost Forgot…Happy 311 Day!

Posted in Music, News, Video with tags , , , , , , on March 11, 2009 by Enrique Enfuego

311bandIt goes to show how much relevance this band has lost over the years that I didn’t remember this day’s significance until I was physically writing down today’s date a few minutes ago.

I used to check for flights to New Orleans with the hope that I could experience one of 311′s epic 5-hour performances that they would hold on March 11th. Now, it almost entirely slips my mind.

Apparently they aren’t playing a show this 3/11, but if they were, I can’t say I’d be looking for flights. It’s been a while since they’ve released any decent work.

I still can’t believe I almost forgot. This is kind of how I feel…

Enfuego.

Bangers n’ Mashups

Posted in Music with tags , , , , , , , , on March 11, 2009 by Enrique Enfuego

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Mmmm, English cuisine. On another note…

A homeboy of mine, a Bostonian who lives in South Korea, clued me in on a great podcast/internet radio site, Dubstep FM. I am 100% down with 2-Step and Dub music but this was my first venture into the world of Dubstep. These guys dish out bangers-a-plenty.

And for all you podcasters who need a new dose daily, they rarely miss a day, updating their content even on the weekends.

So whether you are beasting at the gym in the pursuit of getting yoked out swoleface or hotboxing your mom’s Volvo, Dubstep is worth a listen.

It’s bound to inject vibes directly to your skull.

Enfuego.

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