Wednesday, December 19, 2007

People I Steez With


This is Gina. I met her back when we both lived here freshmen year here. She's moving back home to this state today so she can go to school and become a nurse. Gina's super funny, smart, sweet, and obviously can do some entertaining things with a plastic cup. We'll miss you girl.

Best Youtube Clip I Ever Seent

Found this on Turntablelab's blog this morning courtesy of Ayers:

Try and act like this isn't funny... I CHALLENGE you

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Evil Dee Is on the Mix (C'Mon Kick It)

I'm always giving props to DJ Premier (best of mixtape still to come... sorry for the delay), but I think I should recognize DJ Evil Dee. For those who don't know, he's a member of Da Beatminerz production crew and Black Moon as a producer and DJ (simliair to Primo and Gang Starr). He also used to record at D&D Studios along with Primo (who now owns the studio and uses it exclusively for his label Year Round Records). Basically, if you're down with Primo, you need to recognize Evil Dee. Peep game:
Who Got the Props

I Got Cha Opin

New Spot + Cool Roomates = Big Things

Since moving into my new spot on the peninsula, I've been doing it pretty big. Got and MP3 player from the library for starting this blog, bought a bike (picture to come later), started skating again, and been steady cooking meals to save money. My roomates are chill, they got nice friends, and I'm pretty excited to go home to FTL on friday. Overall, big shit poppin... youknowwhatimtalkinbout

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Big Things Poppin at the Library

This Saturday, Dec. 15th at 1:00 pm, the Main Library branch (68 Calhoun St.) is hosting the first of a series of opera performances. If you haven't already heard about it, we just installed an HD receiver as well as a 7.1 digital surround sound system in our auditorium. The opera performance is a simulcast of the New York Metropolitan Opera's production of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette. What that means is while the performance is happening at the best opera house in America, it is being beamed live to us in the library via satellite in high definition with digital surround sound. It should be a great experience and a wonderful debut for a series of performances I am super excited about.

I am by no means an opera fan, but I've seen a few performances live and even more recorded performances on DVD and CD. I'll be at the library as an usher/projectionist, so if you are interested, come check it out this Saturday at 1:00 pm.

Did I mention it's FREE?

Thursday, December 6, 2007

A lil somfin special (for all the ladies in the world)

I was checking out Turntablelab's Daily updates and found this hoody for the ladies... peep game, I would dig on a girl if I saw her sportin it:

Forget what ya heard, Craze is King

Don't Front:

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

People I Steez With


This is Emily. I met her back in Clemson. She's a karaoke champ. I can't tell you how many times the word "classy" has been used to describe this girl. I met her fam this weekend, and I think it runs in the genes. Hold your head, E Bar... we love you.

We'll Miss You, Pimp C

Last night, Pimp C died in his hotel room. It's a shame because this dude just got out of jail and had a number 1 album (as 1/2 of UGK). We'll miss you, pimp (c). Here's a video that someone made with some Sims-type animation of International Players Anthem... hope it makes you laugh and cheers you up.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

I'm All About Seeing This Movie


Just found out about the new Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, all those cool White Stripes videos) movie Be Kind Rewind. Looks pretty good. Maybe do some reading/watching/research and get ready to laugh... I really can't stress how much I'm down for this one (hopefully it will eclipse the bullshit that was The Science of Sleep). Interested? Here's the trailer:

Saturday, November 17, 2007

You Thought I Was Playin



Real Talk... this site is a little geeky, but I just spent an hour trying to figure out these charts and then trying not to laugh

Pretty Much the Cleverest Site I've Seen in a Minute


Check out this site to see some hilarious rap lyrics represented in math charts/equations (it's a lot more funny than it sounds)

Thursday, November 15, 2007

This is Why Craze is King

The Best I've seen and heard in a while...

People I Steez With (I've given up on numbering these)


This is Ben. I met this silly dude back during freshmen year at Clemson when we both stayed here. He now goes to school here where he's studying to be a doctor. He's super smart, well read, and has traveled to places and had adventures that I am thoroughly jealous of. He drives one of these, but mostly he just rides his bike. He's got a twin brother named Will (more to come on that later) and is hillarious.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

This Soulja Boy Thing is Getting Rediculous

I kind of understand this one. At least it's at Miami and they put up their U's... but still embarassing:

Finally, this one might be the first sign of the apocalypse:

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Thanks to Rebecca

For Putting me on to this:

Thursday, November 1, 2007

People I Steez With (part... wait, how many of these have I done?)


This is Mel (as Ashy Larry... plus Bronwyn feelin on the steez). He's a chemist, but I've heard him say that he hates chemistry. That's funny to me (like hearing a squish in the back of a movie theater... youknowhatimtalkinbout). He plays guitar, but he loses at guitar hero (this kid is a walking paradox). This girl asked us if we were best friends last night. We both looked at each other awkwardly and shrugged. Weird moment, reminded me of this book. Real talk tho, Mel (and Harry, Mel's white twin brother and true best friend) are hillarious (here's another phrase inside perentheses, just because I didn't think there were already enough).

Monday, October 29, 2007

Tech Trek 2.0.9

The last library exercise involves YouTube and podcasts. For those of you who remember, I wrote about this podcast I subscribe to a while back. Also, when I was in my last year at WSBF the computer engineer set up podcasts for every show. That was a great way for SWP to have archives of our work as well as make our "Best of Sunday School" freestyle compilation CD. I've always had the ability to create podcasts with my Mac and recording equipment, but I've never tried. The Odeo Studio page has a great tutorial as well as some basic lo-fi recording software anyone can use.

One of my favorite things to search for on YouTube are what I call superfan video compilations. Those are highlight videos for single athletes. I'm usually pretty critical of these videos because they are either made with horrible music or edited poorly. Today I searched through some Dwyane Wade mixes and found one with a song I like but subpar editing as well as lo quality footage. Check it:

Overall, I think podcasts are a more useful tool for the library overall because they work like RSS feeds and automatically update. It would be relatively easy for the media services department to record one of us listing the new materials of the month and have it automatically distribute to people who subscribe (but it would be even easier to just type this list out and start a mailing list). I'm not sure how useful YouTube is for other departments, but it is fantastic for media services because we can post videos of bands playing at our Blues Bash and Local Blend concert series, but we could also place video clips of upcoming Metropolitan Opera Simulcasts (more to come on that soon) as well as the films that we show in our Independent Lens series.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Into the Wild


Last Night, I went to see Into the Wild at the Terrace with Ben and Emily. It was a really great film. Sean Penn wrote the screenplay (which he adapted from Jon Krakauer's book by the same name) as well as directed. Emile Hirsch starred as Alexander Supertramp, and he should definetely be up for award consideration. Great performance. I don't want to ruin the film for anyone, so I won't go into any detail; but it's an inspiring story about a young man who decides to make his own way in the world all by himself. If you want to check it out (which I would recomend), it's playing at the Terrace Theater every day at 2, 5, and 7:45.

Tech Trek 2.0.8

The latest Tech Trek exercise is about web-based applications,specifically word processing. I used Zoho's writer application to create a document about a movie I was last night, but it would not allow me to publish the document I created to my blog. I kept receiving messages that the program was "unable to connect your blog. User name or password may be incorrect." I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. I added my blog URL, and I am typing the only user name and password I've used for every exercise. I find it easier to use blogger to post, so I won't use Zoho for that purpose any more.

The only real use I have for the writing application is to transfer word documents to my Mac. I've never been able to access emails containing word attachments on my home computer, but if I open the attatchment with the reader app I can save it there and read it at home. This should help me keep up with changes to the desk schedule at the library while at home, so I guess that is good.

I'll get that post about the movie up as soon as I can rewrite it in blogger.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Poodles


Found this picture on the Turntable Lab blog. This should prolly be Keiko's Halloween costume?

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Tech Trek 2.0.7

Before this exercise, I was not very familiar with Wikis (other than wikipedia, and I know better than to believe everything I read there). I explored around this site and was blown away at how many uses there are for wiki technology in the library. I think it would be cool to have a wiki site for media services to post our collection and allow users to make reviews, comments, and maybe even a synopsis of materials (especially DVD's) in order to help those patrons who make their reserves on the web. Here at the main library branch, I notice that we have quite a few patrons who simply make reserves online and come to pick them up. These patrons very rarely browse the physical collection, so I think creating a space for them to find out more about the materials they are requesting could be very informative. It would also allow our more active and interested patrons to share their knowledge of what they have already checked out with those patrons who have yet to consume a piece of our media collection.

I also really liked this site because it helps patrons find what they are interested in without requiring them to know title or author. This could be very useful in media services because we frequently get patrons who are looking for "a video or DVD on World War I" or "a DVD biography on an African-American leader".

This may be the most useful tool for our department introduced by the Tech Trek exercise yet

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

People I Steez With (Part 4)


This is Panda (Amanda). Today is her birfday. Don't let her unassuming visage (yeah I said it) fool you, she's scrappy. She isn't around enough... something about having a job and living in MtP, which I don't understand becuase me and Diddy both got those problems and you know how we do. Basically... get on that, Amanda.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

American Gangster Update

In case you hadn't heard yet, the newest single from Jay-Z's American Gangster album/unofficial soundtrack is called "Roc Boys". You can peep it on the latest edition of the Rub's online radio show mixed by DJ Ayers (tracklist here). You can also peep it here if you don't want to appreciate good DJing and would rather stare at a static picture on youtube while listening. Unfortunately, Great Hova has been removing all the links to sites like Zshare that let you download the jam, but you can always pull little stream rip tricks if you know how (and get down with piracy.... yarrrrrgh). Check the lyrics to Roc Boys here and a little back story on S Dot and Diddy working together here. Want to check the video for Blue Magic (first single from the album)? Well you're in luck, pimp:


Also, here is a great remix by DJ Green Lantern of Jay's vocals from Allure (off The Black Album) over the beat to Kanye's Flashlight (off Graduation). I thought the Allure remix on Dangermouse's Grey Album was the best ever, but this kills it.

Monday, October 15, 2007

I Like More Obscure Music

Ever heard of the Budos Band? Well here's your chance. They're on Daptone Records, which is an awsome independent label based out of New York. Want to know what they sound like? Here's your chance:

Like that? Here's a story from MTV that explains why I'm so opin over Amy Winehouse:

In all honesty, hearing Sharon Jones sing for the first time was one of the most stunning musical moments of my life. It ranks up there with listening to Otis Redding sing Try a Little Tenderness when the organ hits at the end. Don't believe me? Check this out:

Friday, October 12, 2007

I Like Obscure Music

Once upon a time, I stumbled upon this record while record shopping online. I was really impressed (so much so I bought the record and worked it into a mix the day I got it). I lost the record while SWP was playing a show in Greenville, but it killed every crowd I played it for. Truly a great band and a great record. An absolute killer. Check out this video of the A side cut "War":

And check out these live video captures:


Mos Def saw them playing on the street in NYC and made them a part of his live act:

Get that cowebell, Mos:

Check out their cover of Johnny Pate's "Shaft in Aftrica" (sampled by Just Blaze for Hov's "Show Me What You Got") here. You can also check out Bulljun's remix of Brass in Africa here. To find out more about Hypnotic Brass, check out their MySpace page or their blog

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Some More Samurai Champloo Steez

Here's a few more Samurai Champloo AMV's...

Thanks to Rebecca for this one:

And this one:

If you liked the song at the end of that, check this out:

Speaking of nice songs, Champloo has one of the best opening credit songs ever:

But here's the best opening credits (this is the new Season 2 version):

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Once Again, A Great Weekend (that overlapped into the week)

To start, I'm listening to this band right now (believe it or not, available at the library... once I'm done with it).

Had to let the craziness of this past weekend sink in before I could write about it... Friday, we played Edward Fortyhands (which basically turned into me and Mel drinking and talking about music) and then Mel and I walked down to Juanita Greenberg's before I went to sleep and he wen't to Wasabi to meet up with some friends.

I had to work early on Saturday here, but since my car was blocked in at Duncan, I walked it out. When I got off work, I went to Duncan to pick up Erin's car (she was on her way to Clemson with most of the crew by this time, so she generously let me peep her steez while mine was stuck at the front of the driveway). Peeped some Halo 3 steez and watched football all afternoon with Trey, Bronwyn, Mel, and Alex at Bogard. We went out to AC's for drinks... and things got hazy. The beer of the month is this, but they're charging $2.25 for it. There was a random super jacked and tan dude there who bought us HUGE shots that we didn't need... this was the beginning of the end. We all went back to Bogard to ride out the night (Bronwyn, who isn't drinking because of her steez gave me a ride back), and Craig came over with Jaime (a new addition to the steez).

Sunday, I went to brunch at AC's with Alex and Bronwyn while Trey did his own thing and Mel went to see his parents out in Summerville. Alex got the best thing: a peanut butter and jelly sanwich made with cinamon raisin toast... fried like french toast. Then me and Alex went on a Sunday drive out to John's island in Erin's convertible (which I was still driving until about 5 on Sunday). After that, I went home and got some dinner, then met Mel at the !!! concert in Mt. P. That was a ton of fun... we walked out sweaty and wet from the singer throwing water on us while we were dancing with some girls.

Monday was Craig's last night in town before moving back to Ohio. We went to O'Malleys and watched the craziest night of sports I've seen in a while. Yankees almost came back and Dallas pulled out an insane win. I made a killer purchase from Tin Tin (who usually hangs out on Bogard and tries to hit me up for cigarettes or money to get a beer) in front of the bar from some items he found in a pile of garbage on the street. For $2 I got a disc of The Simpsons Season 8 DVD (available at the library), a red stapler, and the best part of the transaction: like 15 pocket-sized spiral notepads. I gave one to Craig, and he got a pen from the bar. We insisted that he take notes on the rest of the night so he would remember everything about his last night in Charleston. We hung out on the smoking porch at O'Malleys while Craig did his best Hunter S. Thompson/Jack Kerouac impression, and I got crazy excited when this played:

After that, we cooled out at Duncan until Laura went to sleep, and now I'm at work on Tuesday paying for it... totally worth it. We'll miss you, Craig (no homo).

Monday, October 8, 2007

Samurai Champloo Steez

When I was living with Areou back in Central, we used to always record this show. We loved the music (done mostly by Fat John the Ample Soul Physician), the fight scenes, but mostly Mugen. Mugen is the dude in red who fights mostly with his feet. He's the most steezin samurai around.
Peep:

Thanks to Rebecca for putting me on to this one:



Be sure to check out the return of The Boondocks tonight at 11:30 on Adult Swim

There's a reason it's called the Golden Era

For those of you who didn't watch Yo! MTV Raps back when we were young, here's a few joints to remember and cause you to lament over what's coming out now

From the final episode of the best show ever on MTV:

when I said I'm number 1, I lied. I'm number 1,2,3,4, and 5:

The all-time kings of the native tounges movement:

I have always loved the nursery rhyme raps of Das EFX:

Can't stop the prophet:

And Alex, you should check out this to hear some real DJing from way back... here's a video you'll dig:

Friday, October 5, 2007

Sure Shots from the Lab

Came in to work this morning and went through my usual routine. Checked my email, peeped the latest on The Superficial, and perused Turntable Lab's Daily Arrivals. I found this 7" and immediately, I was opin. Check out Dunham Records on MySpace and peep the steez (especially "The World"). This is my true steez... funked out horns, scratchy guitars, hard synchopated drum beats, latin percussion, and bass lines that walk it out like Unk.

New Mixtape Alert:
Bird Flu - What I Put On When I'm Banging Your Mom
Lots of slow funky jams, jazzy hip-hop, some jazz, basically music you'd want to here when you're doing what you do in the bedroom with that someone special (or someone you met that night... I won't judge)

"Don't front, you know I got you opin" -Buckshot

Thursday, October 4, 2007

I Don't Like It Unless It's

Brand New... or at least looks like it is. I went by the shoe store to pick up my paycheck this afternoon. I was wearing my all-black Adidas shelltoes. I call them my "kiwis" because the New Zealand Rugby team is called the All Blacks (because they wear all black uniforms). I used a combination of leather and suede cleaner (with the plastic cap/brush), water and stain repellant, and Ugg brand sheepskin conditioner. I also threw on a pair of extra fat black laces to keep it steezy. Now a pair of shoes that's over 3 years old looks brand new. That's the best part about working in a shoe store: free cleaning supplies to keep your sneakers fresh. It's even better than 40 percent off.

I'm thinking about starting a shoeshine business where I clean, deodorize, and detail sneakers and shoes for a small fee. Let me know if you'd be down. Basically, I'm talking to you, Mel.

It's The Rub, Pimpin

I woke up this morning and opened iTunes while I cleaned up a little bit. Immediately, I noticed that I had a pending download and began to get excited knowing that it was the next installment in The Rub podcast. If you don't remember, I referenced The Rub in this post. The Rub is a DJ crew consisting of DJ Ayers, DJ Eleven, and Cosmo Baker. You can peep their weekly radio show on the Broooklyn Radio website, but I'm officially calling out all Mac owners and iTunes users to sign up for their podcast. This week's episode is the best yet: DJ Eleven presents Soul volume 2. It really made my morning.

Get On It.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

I Make Claims I'll Never Fulfill

While we were at brunch this weekend, International Players Anthem by UGK ft. Outkast came on. I made the claim that I could write an essay on the song, but instead I'll write a blog.

First off, here is the video:

Nice isn't it? Notice the cameos from Big Gipp and Khujo from Goodie Mob? Also, you can see former Mob member Cee-Lo (also of solo and Gnarls Barkley fame) singing at the wedding reception. At the ceremony, Farnsworth Bentley is sitting on the groom's side; and you can see Three Six (who produced the track) in the groom's dressing room. My vote for funniest part of the video is when DJ Paul asks why Andre is "dressed like Roddy Piper".

For more on the song, check out this explanation of the sample and beat. You can check out the lyrics here. In another soulsides blog post, Andre's opening verse gets a vote for best "single hip hop experience of 2007 so far".

Other than that, come check out The Mack at the library on DVD. I'm looking into getting the soundtrack into the collection, but no guarantees.

"Better choose the right one or pick-pick the kiddies up"

AARP

That's right... As Always, Representing Purple. Here's some steez to check out:

And here's the back:

In case you don't have a Mac (with the spiffy HD screen) and can't see the full steez... that's some gangster smurfs pullin some dirty deeds. On the back is a Loc'ed out Gargamel sneaking up on their tracks.

You can go here to check out where I shop for most of my steez online (when I'm not saving up for records or equipment.)

And also, check out this to see the most rediculous hoodie I've ever seen in my life.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

People I Steez With (part 3)


This is Leah. She lives with LP and Panda. She's in Pharmacy school here. She really likes this show and turned me on to it last night. She likes to party if not more, than at least as much as these people (you know what I'm sayin... we likes to party, we like, we likes to party). She's either lots of fun to be around or she's sleeping... those are the only two states of Leah... full on steez or unconcious. She also tends to disappear with Ben whenever we go downtown. I wonder what that's about.



On an unrellated note... just saw the blog steez got 200 hits. Nice to see

Monday, October 1, 2007

Tech Trek 2.0.6

The latest Tech Trek exercise involves Social Networking sites. I've been on Facebook for about 3 years now (in fact, I'm friends with a few people from the library... here's one of their blogs), but I've never created a MySpace account because I'm afraid of viruses (or is is virusi or viri?) and security. Since Sugar Water Purple created a MySpace page 2 years ago, our account has been hacked 3 times, and that really turned me off to MySpace... but we need the exposure so I put up with the security risk. In fact, I'm so warry of MySpace that I never even use my first name, only my DJ alias on our page. I like Facebook because you have to be a member to see any information, and I've set my privacy settings to where you have to be my friend to see my page.

Another reason I am so against MySpace is described here: I really dislike how long it takes to load a page with music and customized backgrounds, layouts, fonts, cursors and other extraneous garbage. I like that every Facebook page is no frills... just a way to keep in touch with old friends and get to know new ones.

I've considered the possibilities of using social networking sites to help people reference and reserve materials at the library, and I think it could work out. Personally, I keep a notebook in my back pocket with things my friends request from the library; and I place holds and renew materials for them. If you're reading this and don't work at the library... you can always get at me to see if we have what you're looking for and I'll help you get it. So send me a facebook message or call my cell phone.

Some More Steez from Hova

Here is a link to a story that gives a little insight into the upcoming American Gangster movie and album. You can also check out this page to cheap cheese.

Just to keep you opin, here's Hov at his finest:

Another Great Weekend

The steez was poppin off as soon as I got off work on Friday. Went to dinner here. We checked out the new Moe's Downtown. $2 Harp is always a good thing. We watched this happen. Ben was rediculous, but he was allowed to be after taking his first big test at MUSC. Will was in town, which stepped the party steez way up. Sad news from Bronwyn, but we tried are hardest to no let it get us or her down. Lots of people came and went (Panda, Blythe, Leah, Jess) and Ben and I caught a cab home to his spot. The steez was not over tho... I walked over to Duncan after Ben passed out and had a serious Guitar Hero sesh with Leah. Talkin bout full rock out performances and whatnot. Ended up falling asleep on a futon at Alex's at like 5.

Woke up on Saturday at like 11 and had to go sell some shoes while everyone else went to the beach. When I got off work I met up with all dems at Ben's and walked to Beer Works. For once there was no cover, so Mel made it (first time I've spent all three days of the weekend with Mel... he was an all-star). TJ was in rare form, and we were all seriously opin after we saw this happen. Got down on sumdis and sumdat. When we play bar games, the loser has to buy shots for everyone else who played. Let's just say I didn't buy any shots (because I was always second-to-last). Bronwyn was out again along with her friend (Audra) and her mom. We did our best to keep her spirits up by jamming out on the rediculous tip to this song. Walked back to Duncan after last call and marinated with Mel on the back porch. Can't say enough about that kid. No homo, but that's my man right there. Got to sleep at about 6, but had to sleep in a chair cause all other spots were steezed out.

Woke up on Sunday at 11 and made it down to AC's for brunch at noon with Mel and Ben. Alex and Diddy (with Bronwyn and Audra) made it down about 30 minutes later. There were Chicken and Waffles, some Greek chicken omlettes, a white trash omlette and some other stuff. All were perfectly steezed and completely appropriate (as always). Of course, International Players' Anthem came on and we were wildin. We hung out for a minute to get over the Itis and then went to play some futbol. It started out as me, Ben, Mel, Alex, and TJ. Will and Charlie met up, and we had a little 3 on 3. Went to see this movie and then got some Chinese food with Ben. All in all, an action-packed steezed out weekend. Would have been nice if LP, Emily, and Erin hadn't gone to Octoberfest in Charlotte so they could have cheese cheaped (Will came up with many new synonyms for "peep steez" such as cheap cheese and some others I can't remember... I'll post them if I do.)

Oh yeah... Alex was crazy excited (in true Alex form) over The Lebrons commericals on YouTube. Here's a taste:

Friday, September 28, 2007

Tech Trek 2.0.5

Another song of the day... you may remember it from the scene in the dance club in this Spike Lee movie. You haven't seen it? You might want to get on that.

Today's library exercise is on Flickr, which is a photo sharing site. I've never had a digital camera, so I don't have too much experience with uploading photos. I've been on facebook for a couple of years and SWP has had a MySpace page for a little over a year, but I've only uploaded and tagged a handfull of photos.

I've been a big fan of The Rub DJ Crew for some time, even though I've never been to one of their parties, I check out Ian Meyer's (Drink Moloko) pictures of the weekly parties in Brooklyn. Matter of fact, here is a shot of Rub DJ's Cosmo Baker and Ayers at the yearly McCarren Pool Party:

Once upon a time, when SWP still did shows on the regular, our friend Eric would come out and take pictures. I appreciated that since I spent most of the show staring at my turntables rather than enjoying the crowd. And actually, Eric is a great photographer... you can peep some of his steez here. Anyway, the thing that I dig most about Flickr is that you can add notes to your pictures. That's a serious step above tagging because you can explain what's going on in the shot more in depth than just naming the photo. Anyway, gotta get to work. These posts are getting longer and longer... I'm gonna have to keep my steez in check. Or at least tell a joke or something.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

What I've Been Up To

I haven't had too much time to blog this week... it's been crazy hectic between working here and here. I went out to LP's spot on Seabrook Island on Sunday night (although I previously stated that LP had the best house in Charleston in this post, I take that back... the Duncan St. spot is quite tasty, but the Seabrook spot is like Nutella on a toasted bagel... the BEST). Alex, Will, and I hit up a little juggle sesh on the beach. For those of you who don't know what that means, it involves me doing something like this:

I watched this movie on HBO two nights ago. I really can't say enough about writer/director Judd Apatow. If you've never peeped his steez, you should prolly look at this. He's the creator of my two favorite TV shows of all time: Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared (both available at the library along with his films The 40 Year Old Virgin and pretty soon Knocked Up).

Other than that, just been working and trying to find time to cool out... hopefully after this weekend I'll be writing another Great Weekends post.

Nice talk... see you out there

Thursday, September 20, 2007

New Jay-Z Album Out November 6th

Just got the news off ye old interweb that J. Hova is putting out a new album called "American Gangster". At first, I was taken aback because I had been looking forward to this movie for a while. First of all, Denzel in his most controversial role since Training Day and at his most bad ass since Man On Fire (both available on DVD at your local library). Throw Russell Crowe in the mix and Ridley Scott directing and you got a potentially great movie.



Anyway, J's American Gangster is not an official soundtrack, but the songs are inspired by scenes in the movie, which J said really spoke to him in this article. More updates to come now that I'm officially opin over both the movie and album... so stay tuned to the purple steez and get down with it. In fact, you could set up an RSS feed that will keep you up to date. To learn how to do it, check out this exlpanation.

UPDATE: You can peep the first single, which is called "Blue Magic" produced by and featuring Pharrell (I call you 'fareal' cuz you the truth) Williams here

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Of course, the afformentioned song has been deleted... apparently Hov doesn't want you to hear it yet. Hopefully you got to it before he did

Tech Trek 2.0.4

First off the song of the day is this.

Now on to the library business. In case you're new to the blog, it all started as a library project and became just random musings (like Peggy Hill in the Arlen Bystander.) If you want to follow along with me and the rest of the library staff who are participating, check out this blog. If you've already been peeping, I'm now checking out De.licio.us, which is a pretty convenient way of organizing your bookmarks (sometimes called favorites depending on what web browser you use) by tagging them with labels that you define. This is actually a pretty welcome change from the defined search terms of the library world and it allows me to use my own language to organize. I've been using De.licio.us to catalogue and organize my favorite youtube videos of DJ routines, like this one...

I've also been learning about Technorati. This is a great way to discover new blogs. Apparently, my blog was already listed on this site, which may explain the number of hits I've been getting recently (notice the hit counter on the top right of the page?). At first, I did not want to claim my blog, because I wasn't sure how comfortable I would be with tons of people peeping the steez and possibly fading the purple hue (for those of you who aren't fluent in Tony, that means I'm worried about haters checking out my blog); but I did claim ye old blog through Technorati... I have to admit, I'm usually pretty private about my personal life, so this whole blog deal is a huge change in my steez. Anyway, I'm still learning about both these tools. Both seem very cool for discovering and organizing new interweb findings, but I'm not sure how much I'll be using them in ye old blog.

I did in fact claim my blog with Technorati, which makes the steez more visible to the whole world. Maybe this will be my motivation to post more... who knows.
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Some more Flight of the Conchords Steez

This is crazy delicious hillarious

In case you didn't get the crazy delicious reference... check this out:

Nice to see more people peeping out the blog...

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Some Team DJ Routines

Check out this here video... best team routine I've seen since the Allies teamed up with rival crew the Scratch Perverts to showcase at the DMC as the Perverted Allies

In case you want to check it out, here's the afformentioned Perverted Allies routine:

Since that was crazy new school, I'll post this video of DJ Kohd showing how new school you can get if you have this mixer:


Enjoy international talk like a pirate day tomorrow... throw out an "Aaargh" for me

Monday, September 17, 2007

sports memories

A while back, Grant, Diddy, and yours truly were at Johnson's pub when Baron Davis did this to Andre Kirilenko:

I was randomly looking at the TV in the corner while we were coolin and saw it live... I grabbed every person around me (most of them I didn't know) to make them watch the replay. Truly the sickest dunk in recent memory. My vote for best moment is when the announcer points out that Adonal Foyle is the epitome of scrunch-faced, which is a great phrase.

Peep this here video to learn the origins of my favorite phrase to describe how you look when you are thoroughly impressed (or don't if you're offended by profanity):

If you dug that one, check out how Timbo toys with J, playing him some Nelly Furtado type steez, then some beat that made it on to Missy's "Cookbook" LP, then what became Luda's "The Potion" (but obviously no virgin ears beyond this point):

J is mildly impressed by the Luda joint, but outright blows off the other two TIMBALAND beats. Then you get to see J drop a verse that didn't make the final cut of the song for controversial battle ramifications which would force him to keep recording and therefore not allow him to retire properly. To top it off, Hov one-takes the last verse of the song and Timbo get crazy amped over how "Dirt off your Shoulders" would be the hottest thing out (which it was).

This post turned into me basically saying everybody needs to see Jay's Fade To Black DVD

Great Weekends



Big things were poppin this weekend. It was Diddy's birthday, and the Duncan crew made T-shirts to commemorate the occasion. Tre and Alex hosted the party, and Bronwyn made a great cake, which I ate on the late night tip.



Mel was there, which always makes for a fun time. Alex, as always, got super excited over a song he hadn't heard before (which is the best thing about knowing Alex... he gets crazy hype when he hears a song he likes and he's already opin.) Anyway... Me, Mel, Alex, and LP were in Laura's car on the way out to bars and this song came on the radio. Alex hadn't heard it before, so he changed the station. Mel and I went crazy in the back seat screaming for him to change it back, and once he did we all got hype. I was singing the "ohhhhhhhh" part through the hook and mel hit up the "i choose you" steez. Best car ride i've had in a while...



Other than that, Tre punched a wall (wish I had a picture of the hole) over a football argument with Erin, and Will once again proclaimed his hatred for Charleston Beer Works. We had brunch at AC's, which is always the right choice, and I slept a total of 8 hours in 4 days.

It's always a great time when I have 2 days off in a row, but I need three days of recovery after.

Friday, September 14, 2007

People I Steez With (part 2)




This is Laura (aka LP). Laura drives one of these. She's pretty handy with a camera, and she has really cool stuff (HDTV, XBox 360, TiVo). She also lives in the best house in Charleston:



I warned her that she was next and I was going to post this picture, but she's a rock star and the whole interweb needs to know about the LP steez.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Internet Findings

Sorry for the lack of posts (don't act like you didn't notice), but it's hard to keep up with something you're not sure anyone is reading. Anyway, here's a few videos from the internet:

I totally dig on Flight of the Conchords

I'm really looking forward to Rock Band

This is the greatest band ever


More to come

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

People I Steez With (part 1)


This is Alex. He works here. Also, he rides one of these... well, not as nice as that one, but you get the idea. He checked out the blog, so I figured I'd pay tribute to the first of my friends to peep the steez. Also, Alex showed me the coolest website devoted to Charleston I've ever seen. Good way to see what the deal is at D'Als before we go there. Anyway, more friends to come... we talked about making personal ads for everyone. I may do that. Stay on the lookout.

Monday, September 10, 2007

gimmsumdat

I peeped these sunglasses on the Urb blog a few weeks ago... if you got $1,000 you don't know what to do with, why not buy me the Louis Vuitton Millionaire suglasses designed by Nigo (of BAPE fame) and Pharrell.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Do Work Son

Crazy busy today since it's the release date for my "Tell a Friend" mixtape. Let me know if you want a copy.

Otherwise, I've discovered a new internet phenomenon: HAND FARTING. Much more on my new hobby to come, but for now... I'll be getting about 300 CD's ready for distribution

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Tech Trek 2.0.3.1

An update to the RSS feed activity I posted on earlier:
I now subscribe to The Superficial, Unemployed Lloyd's blog, the Lords of Apathy blog, ESPN, Best Week Ever, Turntable Lab's blog, the NYT Movie Review page, Urb's blog, Katy's blog, and the Sugar Water Purple myspace blog.

I've been using the bloglines aggregator to keep up with my frequently viewed sites, and I'm finding it pretty convenient.

Monday, August 27, 2007

DJ Bird Flu - Tell A Friend Out Soon


OFFICIAL MIXTAPE RELEASE DATE:DJ Bird Flu - "Tell A Friend" due out on September 4th (day after Labor Day). I'm looking into web hosting so you can download it, but I'll be putting it on Limewire as well as creating a torrent file and mailing hard copies."Tell A Friend" is a true school vinyl mixtape that includes new school indy hip-hop as well as some true school, classics, funk, jazz, fusion, and lots of remixes and re-edits. Get at me for a copy... or don't. You'll prolly end up hearing it either way cause I'm pressing an insane amount of these CD's, and I'm gonna hand them out all willy-nilly on the streets of the Chuck.

If you have any ideas or advice about how I can post this mix (split into 17 different tracks) on the interweb, holla. Meenwhile, check out the Sugar Water Purple MySpace Page

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Tech Trek 2.0.3

The latest Tech Trek activity was about using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) News Feeds. It's actually an extremely easy way to organize what sites I frequent to keep up with the new news (that sounds like the rich girl that TI dates in ATL... which was a surprising movie). By using Bloglines you can keep all of your blog and news sites organized, and you can be notified when each of those sites posts something new. I'm not sure how much I will use RSS feeds since I am still getting used to the new way of organizing (usually, I visit about 5 sites every day in the same order to keep up with blogs, news, and other posts). For now, I have Bloglines keeping me up to date on The Superficial, Urb Magazine's Blog, and a few movie and music review sites... we'll see how that goes.

Some DJ Steez

Figured I'd post a few fun links of some of my favorite DJ's gettin loose. First off, the king of mix J. Rocc. Next up, D. Styles doing his famous "Bust This, Bust That" Routine. Also, here's A-Trak from Montreal doing an ill routine that involves the classic Beats for Jugglers vol. 3 and moves into his well-known juggle and synchopate routine of De La Soul's "Oooh". Finally, if you have the patience, here's the ultra mega (and ultra long) classic battle between the X-Men and the Invisible Skratch Piklz.

For my own vanity, here's a picture of me spinning at a friend's party a few months ago:

Tech Trek 2.0.2

The latest library Tech Trek 2.0 activity involved instant messaging. I hadn't used and IM services in over 2 years, but I signed on to AOL Instant Messenger for a minute while at home on my Mac. I said hi to a few friends and left a few messages for friends with away messages up. I also signed on to iChat after I imported my AOL buddy list to try to do some video conferencing, but none of my friends with Macs were available. I don't really get down with IMing because it's hard to carry on a cohesive conversation, but I think it could be a useful tool for library patrons to get in contact with librarians without sitting on hold while we check on items. More on Tech Trek 2.0 to come, but for now... here's a nice video I found of J. Rocc from the Beat Junkies doing a trick mix demo.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Tech Trek 2.0.1

I just got done checking out the 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners for the Library's Tech Trek 2.0 program. It was a video lesson that explained how different adult learning is from traditional school. I think the easiest of the strategies would be using technology. I think the hardest would be to teach, only because I know Peter is going to ask me a million questions. Check out Peter's Myspace Page sometime. It's actually pretty cool, but he asked me so many questions when he was building his page. I've never even built a Myspace page, but we figured it out with my limited knowledge of HTML and a lot of guesswork.

Vegas, Son

Just got back from Vegas... my friend Jubes got married to Steph.



Lots of fun times... more to come I'm sure once more pics come in, but for now here's Head, Jubes, and me outside the reception













And here's Kutch looking real haggard with Jim and Jenn


Thanks to Jenn for uploading the photos to facebook while still in Vegas... seriously, who has time to tag photos in Vegas?