30 January 2011

EGYPT


i highly recommend setting aside your CNN, Yahoo News or other corporately biased channels. instead, follow the facts on AL JAZEERA, which has demonstrated fearless journalism without all the bullshit sensationalistic commentary... major props to Al Jazeera!

what is going on in Egypt is of such magnitude! the closest i have ever come to experiencing something like this was the ensuing transitional government of a military coup. fighter jets looming over Caracas & all. sure i was shielded by the blanket of diplomatic immunity & would have had an easy way out if things went south, but i was there. i imagine Egypt is like that multiplied by the millions; this is a People's revolution with the military only standing by so far, thank God!


i find it baffling that some of my American friends are so self-centered that for instance, they gloss over the big picture only to focus on their fellows who they say are stuck on a cruise ship on the Nile. of course, i understand their concern & i wish them to to be safe. everyone deserves it. but guess what? if you're American, and you chose to vacation overseas with your American passport, maybe you really should give it some more thought. make informed choices, and don't expect to be saved just because you're American & you actually took a risk; dig a little deeper! where exactly are you going? do you really want to spend time in a place that is nothing short of a dictatorship? can you understand that public order in such a place may suddenly disappear? do you really have to feed into the economy of a government so corrupt it is destined to be toppled? because it might happen... and that's precisely what's going on. tough luck! hell, i won't purchase or even drink Fiji water because i refuse to indirectly support the shady Fijian dictatorship which overtly oppresses Gays & Lesbians. i'm just saying, know what's going on, consider the potential impact of your decisions, be clear on what you might get yourself into or what you might bring upon others & yourself. regardless, you will undoubtedly be evacuated, at the expense of your fellow taxpayers...

anyhew, my heart does go out to my Egyptian friends who were born & raised in this mess, aren't responsible for their luck in life, and find that if they are privileged, all they ever knew & owned hangs in the balance or might be stripped away. i admire them for standing up for themselves against great odds, and for doing their very best to keep things as peaceful as possible, and i am keeping them in my thoughts. i respect Egyptians for challenging the status quo & overthrowing a regime that has wronged them for 30 years. oh, and maybe, just a little, i hope the cruise ship on the Nile won't charge our fellow Americans for however many extra days they remain on their ship, safely; that would like totally kinda suck, like totally for suuure! more on what these particular Americans mean & the unfortunate foreign policies our great nation has inherited:

29 January 2011

nights turn into days...

i'm not so sure about the whole witch-house trend that CREEP (Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard) is lumped in; it's all soooo last year, now & even then! but i like this song a lot, particularly Deadboy's remix... while her bandmate delivers some of the best remixes today, The xx‘s Romy Madley-Croft keeps on lending her breathy, gothy, lovelorn signature thing. with 808s & sickly synths, Flax and Dillard’s music has a less fucked-up sound than that of their peers, unlike most drag, it doesn’t drag, it has a real 4/4 momentum to it. if anything, CREEP puts the house in witch-house, while Deadboy keeps it fun & funky:


the track's new video was directed by the Fischer half of Fischerspooner:



let's reel it in with another exciting remix from Evil Nine; what Daft Punk does for robots, Evil Nine does for zombies! the industrial dancefloor vibe of this remix evokes another sound of my past days of glory -breakbeat- while keeping things modern enough for today's saturday night fever:


stomping electro drums, ‘80s Italian horror-movie synths, dirty punk basslines, punctuated by the amazing Róisín Murphy no less - WIN WIN!!! i'm such a fan of hers. with this fashion forward lady in mind, i'm compelled to turn to an unrelated new collection i dig - Thierry Mugler's latest:
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did the man lay off the botox & roids long enough to think clearly again?! no longer able to squeeze into his own clothes, did he realize it was time to step aside?! in any case, that's what happened, and in the best possible way. pushing the Mugler mantle to new boundaries is Nicola Formichetti, the fashion house’s new creative director. here's my top 9:
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20 January 2011

Wanda 2 Rhonda

rocker Wanda Jackson is one bad ass lady...


Wanda Jackson ☆ THUNDER ON THE MOUNTAIN MP3

last week started on a strong note with the Gagosian's Mike Kelley opening; the weekend carried on with Lark's charity show & a few birthday parties...

Portishead ☆ WE CARRY ON MP3

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Magazine ☆ RYTHM OF CRUELTY MP3

if you're old & into fashion, or fall anywhere in between, consider club kid correspondent Stefon's scoop on what's up in the big city...

or simply break a sweat with Rhonda & her guest from Brussels, The Magician, whose Lykke Li remix got me bouncing like a raver in 1990!

Wanda Jackson ☆ RUM & COCA-COLA MP3

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Jo Tongo ☆ JANGOLO MP3

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Billy Ocean ☆ FEEL LIKE GETTING DOWN MP3 ☆ Rayko

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Jackson 5 ☆ DANCING MACHINE MP3 ☆ Henrik Schwarz
Magnetic Man+John Legend ☆ GOING NOWHERE MP3 ☆ Yoruba Soul

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Chilly Gonzales ☆ YOU CAN DANCE MP3 ☆ Gemini Club
Chromeo & La Roux ☆ HOT MESS MP3 ☆ Duck Sauce

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Cassius ☆ FEELING FOR YOU MP3
Michael Jackson ☆ DON'T STOP...MP3 ☆ Gigamesh

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Boogie Down Productions ☆ LOVE'S GONNA GET'CHA MP3

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Ms. Melodie ☆ TO SING ALL NIGHT MP3

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Sister Sledge ☆ THINKING OF YOU MP3 ☆ Dimitri From Paris

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Billy Ocean ☆ STAY THE NIGHT MP3 ☆ Andrew Clark

no doubt, Ricky Gervais' opening monologue at this Sunday's Golden Globes was the TV highlight of the week! to all those who were taken by surprise, face it - when you hire an assassin, he kills:

14 January 2011

art rules

Mike Kelley's opening at the Gagosian of Beverly Hills earlier this Tuesday was a lot of fun. i'm always down for some clusterfuck esthetics!!! enjoy a few more tunes along with my super lo-fi pics of the evening...
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12 January 2011

LEADERSHIP


I LOVE OBAMA! this is what great leaders are about & should strive to be! how lucky we are to have a president who cares about the American people, steps up when things go wrong & believes in how much better we can become... fuck Sarah Palin for being so clueless & insensitive as to release a self-serving video that same morning, about shit she barely knows how to pronounce. clearly, Sarah Palin is hashing out words written by others for her, without a semblance of her grasping what their broader & delicate implications might be... what an ass!!! & fuck all the sick people who are branding such an attention whore for the sake of their own shady agendas... LONG LIVE BARACK OBAMA & BLESS US ALL!!!

11 January 2011

i follow rivers...

i ♡ Lykke Li!!! i'm excited the lady will be back in LA this March.. the REMIX (MP3) of the 2nd release of her latest album by Belgian compatriot The Magician makes me happy. by the way, The Magician is Rhonda's guest here in LA on Saturday... Jamie xx's remix of Adele might be close to perfect; this one of Lykke Li is just pure fun. makes me bounce... anyhew, i finally went through the few lo-fi pics i took in Miami over the break; posting'em with a few other tunes from a mix i put together there, between the pool & the jacuzzi... here we go:

Omni Trio ☆ HIGHER GROUND MP3

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Aaliyah ☆ ARE YOU THAT SOMEBODY? MP3 ☆ Cedaa

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Phil Collins ☆ IN THE AIR TONIGHT MP3 ☆ ext'd

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rolling in the deep...

over the break in Miami, i was on such a 90s jungle trip. so it's fitting that this NEW REMIX (MP3) of Adele's unassuming song by Jamie Smith of The xx has officially become my absolute favourite one of 2011, so far... i've been playing it on repeat for a full week already!!! Jamie xx's tropicali 2-step garage vibe is reminiscent of the music i got into when drum'n bass died down in the late 90s & heartfelt crooners over chopped up house beats came back to transport me into a new millenium... anyhew, major props to Jamie xx for taking me back in such fresh fashion! i'm still amazed at how young members The xx are, yet they know so much & have such great taste. their songs impeccably remind me of many bands i i love without sounding like one in particular. Jamie xx does just the same with his remixes... brilliant!!! hopefully, Adele will eventually realize that getting much better producers will propel her dancefloor diva voice to no end; the original is too tame for my taste:

according to sources, Adele has credited Sarah Palin with the success of her career here in the US. Adele gave a performance on SNL a few years back where Sarah Palin made an appearance as a featured guest. During an interview with Attitude to promote her upcoming album 21 she was heard saying this: “Sarah Palin made my career by coming on that show. I saw the back of Sarah Palin, and I thought it was Tina Fey, and I fucking love Tina Fey, and I was, ‘Tina, Tina’. She didn’t even acknowledge me, she was just completely oblivious. Then Sarah Palin asked to come and meet me, and my gays were in the room, saying, ‘If she comes in, I’m leaving.’ She cornered me and said hello. And I had a massive Obama badge on my tit."

BACK IN DA 90Z






06 January 2011

HAPPY (2 PLAYLISTS)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
may 2011 bring us all more love, prosperity & boogie!
i made these 2 fun mixes last fall; enjoy & share the wealth: