Introducing: The Manhattan Brothers

THE MANHATTAN BROTHERS – BABY NTSOARE
‘In the years following World War II, the Manhattan Brothers were about as successful as black men in South Africa could be. The close-harmony vocal group, modeled after America’s Mills Brothers, had a string of hits and toured regularly but still were subject to the restrictions and oppression of South [...]

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Terry Wogan meets Cutmaster Swift

Terry Wogan is so fucking down.

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JAY $TAY PAID… New Dilla 4 the 09!!

JAY $TAY PAID
IN STORES JUNE 2, 2009 ON NATURE SOUNDS
MIXED AND ARRANGED BY PETE ROCK
Tracklist:
01 KJay FM Dedication
02 King
03 I Told Yall
04 Lazer Gunne Funke
05 In the Night (Owl N Out) – While You Slept (I Crept)
06 Smoke [feat. Blu]
07 Blood Sport [feat. Lil Fame]
08 caDILLAc
09 Expensive Whip
10 Kaklow (Jump On It)
11 Digi Dirt [feat. [...]

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cosmic jewel celebrations

From the shamanic predictions of the andes to the realities of the tibetan plateau to the climate camp in part of the financial district of London and even all the way to Walt Disney Studios we are experiencing a flux back towards the pulse of the planet.

Hopefully we begin to realise [...]

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BTG APRIL09

This is coming along nicely, i’m really looking forward to friday. Have to give mad props to Roscoe for doing such a great job on the poster. Went all out and printed 50 of these, which we’ll be numbering, on 200 gm uncoated stock and they turned out wicked. Going to get 20 of them [...]

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THEWHITESTBOYALIVE

Saw one of the best gig my life last night at Cargo. These guys are so great.

Hadn’t seen this video before and its also really amazing. All illustrations done by Geoff McFetridge, one of my favourite contemporary artists.

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culture wars

Came across these gems while doing research for my dissertation…
Condom ad from Germany:

And a pro-life ad from the US, naturally:

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Black & White People

Felt like sharing some random black & white party impressions I found on my harddrive .. in no particular order:

One of the few living room-sessions in our flat. They were not meant to have a long lifespan because the old lady from the first floor sleeps right beneath .

Party and Bullshit on the parking lot [...]

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Hey Euan,

you are the wolf, nicotine is the pig.

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Hey Euan, have a self congratulatory pat on the back

Why thank you I will. After having puffed for just shy of half my life, I thought Id better kick the fags as I was smoking up to £8 worth a day, that’s £2500 a year. Not to mention I might go to hell

I feel like I ve actually got a shot at it this [...]

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