DVS #4

Cause I'm old school and I'm so cool and I can't keep runnin....

"This is something for the radioooo.." © Biz Markie

Here is a mixtape that was sent my way via a myspace friend! Its pretty dope, it's tracked and comes with cover art for your stinkin eye-pod!


Click the Cover to DL

WGS #3

So here is my third installment of We Got Style, it's all wheat pasting. Some of these artist have many more designs that I haven't photographed yet, not to mention that there are many artists that I haven't even photographed. Look forward to more wheat pasting, stickers, and stencils from WGS!!

Murs and the Misadventures of the Nova Express

Murs 3:16 presents Murs and the misadventures of the Nova Express


It's a new comp. With some new songs from Murs (7 or so you've never heard). Murs stated that, "basically it's just something new I put together for fun to hold you over until the Murs For President album sometime next year."

I just saw this as a post on the space and decided to repost it here, you can find it at these locations:

Amoeba (SF)
Amoeba (LA)
Store 13 (West Covina)
Access Music (San Diego)
5th Element (Mpls) next week
hiphopsite.com next week

DVS #3

One more video for today! This video is pretty bizarre, you gotta thank El-P for that. I love this song, so all of ya'll can just keep crying!

DVS #2

This song makes me feel good, I don't know why. I'm not from L.A., maybe it's the beat or Murs' lyrics. Murs is by far one of my favorite emcee's,and he's better then your favorite rapper. So here ya go. L.A.

Aerosol Fiends

This has got to be the most exciting site I have found ever!
If your into Graff this website is for you.
You can buy, sell and trade flics with these guys. YOU CAN BUY 4x6 glossy fuji
crystal archive paper flics from these guys! Check them out its a must AerosolFiends

Damned Video Spot

"FEAST of the FORTRESS" Brothaz Bent
I discovered this on the Known Gallery site. Dope video, dope lyrics, dope beats, how much more dope could you ask for?? Check out the Known Gallerysite if you haven't already!

PLUG Independent Music Awards!

PLUG is about the independent music community coming together to recognize our own. We’re fans from every walk of the music world who gather each year to recognize the artists who live and flourish in the margins of mainstream culture. While many of the artists on the PLUG ballot are well known to fans steeped in the independent music world, most are nowhere near the household names they deserve to be. Click here to check out the nominees and the rest of the PLUG website. Support Independent music. VOTE!

Beatport Sync

Beaport Sync is a free, DJ-friendly music player / librarian / mixing app for Windows and Mac. On its surface, it looks like a hook for online music store Beatport and a beginner-friendly DJ mixer (two tracks, auto tempo detection and time stretching, pitch control) — and it is that.
But aside from the ability to mix and cross-fade, Beatport Sync has some features Apple’s iTunes lacks, which makes it potentially worth a download for just about anyone. First, it has real file format support: MP3 / MP4 / AAC / WMA / WAV / AIFF / FLAC / OGG (plus audio CDs, of course). WMA, FLAC, and OGG are all missing in iTunes. Second, it has advanced meta-data editing and file browsing, making it useful for organizing your music collection. What I really like: not only can you backup your library to external media, but you can browse external media, too. It’s a reminder that iTunes remains pretty primitive for listening and organization — it’s added some decent features, but not so much for the desktop listening experience.
Those aren’t a huge deal on Windows or even Linux with various reliable alternative music players, but they’re big news on the iTunes-dominated Mac. Native Instruments tells CDM that they do expect even their die-hard Traktor users may want Beatport Sync as an organizing tool or basic player.
As far as DJ-style features, this player is pretty decent for a freebie:
• Two-deck mixer with manual/automatic crossfader
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• Pitch control
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• Time-stretching and tempo detection, for smooth crossfades even if you don’t know what you’re doing (or you’re, say, folding laundry or cleaning your studio and want the software to DJ for you — it happens)
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• Rip and burn CDs
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• Access external devices for browsing and backup
• iTunes library integration (no playback support for DRMed tracks, though meta-data will appear)

Beatport Sync [Native Instruments]

We Got Style (Week 2)

I know it's early for WGS 2, but i'm going to post some older graff flicks that I have. These are from the same walls as the firsts weeks installment.










These are flics of a Saber piece at the funeral home. It probably rode for about a month and change, before the city forced the homie to paint over it. I think it was due to the fact that APD is trying to give graffitti a bad name in the city and consider gang related. Not to mention it was viewable from one of the most heavily trafficed corridors to the central downtown area! Go figure that there hasn't been a piece on the same wall since.






Your welcome, and until next time. Piece

None Shall Pass Tour (Austin)

Im no photographer, although sometimes I get lucky. These are the photos I took at the Aesop Rock show at Emo's in Austin. Enjoy!

C-Rayz & Parallel Thougt

Parallel Thought consisting of a Production Duo, (Drum and Knowledge) along with their DJ (RUFFneck), an emcee/producer Caness, and graff artist Uplift have been working on their debut production album for the past year and a half. They have been recording tracks with G.M. Grimm, C-Rayz-Walz , Vordul, Cryptic One, Jean Grae, Slug, MF Doom, Lo Deck, Rodan, Illogic, and many other underground artists. With this release Parallel Thought hopes to make a name for themselves in the hip hop community. With their stacked lineup and raw talent due to their young age getting their foot in the door should not be a problem with this album. Eager to be heard they are releasing a five song EP titled, "Drugs, Liquor, Sex and Cigarettes" and an MF DOOM 12" to hopefully create enough buzz for their upcoming album, as well as an album with C-Rayz Walz. The group's emcee Caness is finishing up his mixtape "Parallel Thought Presents: Caness & The Shit Spittin' Factory" and also currently working on an album with Loer Velocity. Caness also produced two tracks on Loer's upcoming album "Converstaion Pieces" on Embedded.

Drop The Lime

Dop The Lime from Trouble & Bass out of New York was recently asked to do a mix forDiscobelle: Mixin-it-up-DTLYou can check out the interview and tracklisting there along with descriptions of why Luca used these particular songs for his mix. Or you can click here and download the mix from zshareDrop The Lime mix For DiscobelleBe sure to check out The DTL Myspace Page and his affiliates. I got to hang out with Luca when he was in austin last year for an AMODA showcase, great guy well versed, well traveled bad ass dj.

Galactic's World Tour Mixtape, mixed by Quickie Mart,..FREE!

If you haven't checked out Galactic's new release "From The Corner To The Block" now is your chance. The record features Mr. Lif, Juvenile, Lyrics Born, Gift Of Gab, DJ Z-Trip, Ladybug Mecca, Chali 2na, Trombone Shorty, The Lifesavas, Ohmega Watts, and more.

Galactic and ANTI Records asked Quickie Mart to mix them up a sampler/mixtape for their upcoming World Tour.

So, Here it is. FREE for you to check out.

Just click on the link below the album artwork, it is just a brief download.

8 tracks, about 15 minutes
The Official European & Japanese Tour Mixtape By DJ Quickie Mart

We Got Style (Week 1)

This is hopefully going to be a fruitful weekly venture into the art scene in Austin, whether High brow, Low brow, grafitti or what ever else I see fit to post here. It's my contribution. WGS



This is in an alley way that runs paralell to south congress. I believe its artist "give up" may have recently landed some sort of deal with Nike SB. The picture below shows the whole wall. It looked like a stencil that was painted by hand.



These were on the same building around the corner, from the huge "give up" piece.



The following are photos from a leagal wal that changes almost weekly, and is owned by a writer as well. The building is an old funeral home. I've heard rumors that it is condemned and will probably give way to some sort of high priced condos much like the rest of Austin.






There were four of these hot girls painted on the stairway each with a different speech bubble. This was the first, I think it is a great way to be greeted every time yo come home.



These are more pieces on the legal funeral home walls.







I think this tattoo influenced piece may be by an artist known as "Gomer".








Until next week. I hope someone finds this interesting.

Alibaba and the 39 Thieves

Coffee.

With only three days left until The None Shall Pass Tour hits Austin, here is Aesop's video for Coffee.

A Year to the Day.

This is a blog I posted on myspace a year ago. It's crazy to read this and remember the feeling I had at the time I wrote it! To see in writting and compare it to my life a year later is a big eye opener in how much change you go through in a year. This is why iI love writting.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006


Push and pull positions.

The sweetness in my swagger lacks the comfort of the summers heat. So much I keep the nature of my warmth on pins and needles inbetween my sheets and a box of matches under my mattress, cause it and the floor are quite matchless. As much as I practice I can't seem to preach my habits seem to leach to what my psyche teaches in order to spite me. Now with my ego right beside me my id rages to fight me. Its victory seems unlikely cause you see I'm about as primal as it gets; hunger, sex, sleep in no particular order those I tend to keep. So inevitably detached that I'm about as stable as your latest pirated connection encrypted in shit sifted from my logic. So much that the signal you recieve fades in and out like the moons gravitational pull on the ocean affects this creature.

Aesop Rock Blog.

This is what comes up in wikipedia when you search Aesop Rock. If you havent caught his tour in your part of the country you should drive to another part of it just to see him, He will Rock your face off!

Music

A Long Island, New York-born MC, Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed records, Music for Earthworms (1997), featuring underground legend Percee P on two tracks, and the Appleseed EP (1999), while also working as a waiter. These two independent releases are widely sought after in the underground scene.[citation needed]
After moving to the Mush label, Aesop released his first major album, Float (2000), with guest appearances from Vast Aire, Slug, and Dose One. Production was split between Blockhead and Aesop himself, with one track by Omega One.
Shortly after releasing Float, Aesop Rock signed to Manhattan-based label Definitive Jux (commonly shortened to Def Jux), where he released Labor Days, an album dedicated to the discussion of labor in American society and the concept of "wage slaves". This album was most well known for its single "Daylight." Because of its popularity, Daylight was re-released in 2002 as a 7-track EP, including an "alternative" new version of the song, "Night Light," whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to, and stand in stark opposition to, the original's.
Labor Days was followed by Bazooka Tooth in 2003. For the first time, production was mostly handled by Aesop himself, with three tracks from longtime collaborator Blockhead and one from close friend and Definitive Jux label CEO El-P. Guest appearances include Party Fun Action Committee, El-P, and Mr. Lif (all Definitive Jux labelmates) and Camp Lo. With this release Aesop hit a higher level of recognition, releasing "No Jumper Cables" as a single and music video, then another single, "Freeze," shortly after.
In the summer of 2004, Aesop Rock appeared on the Evil Nine Single "Crooked" from the Album You Can Be Special Too, on Marine Parade records.
In February 2005, Aesop Rock released a new EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives. The first pressing of the EP included an 88 page booklet with lyrics from every release from Float until this EP (the lyric booklet is titled The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow); later pressings of the album come without the booklet, but with an additional bonus track. In addition, a limited number of albums were available direct from Def Jux with Aesop Rock's graffiti tag on them. In response to demands from his fans, Aesop did less production on the EP: three songs are produced by Blockhead, three produced by Aesop, and one by Rob Sonic.
Aesop Rock was commissioned to create a 45-minute instrumental track for the Nike+iPod running system, entitled All Day. It was released in February 2007. Distributed via the iTunes Music Store and featuring Allyson Baker on guitar and scratches from DJ Big Wiz, Aesop has described the release as "something that evolved enough that the sound was constantly fresh and attractive, as though the runner were moving through a set of differing cities or landscapes." [1]
All Day was followed in August of the same year by Bavitz's fifth full-length album, None Shall Pass (2007).
[edit]Personal life

Bavitz grew up in Northport, New York and attended Northport High School. He married Allyson Baker, guitarist of San Francisco rock band Parchman Farm in 2005. They reside in San Francisco together. His move was a highly discussed topic in the Internet community, as he was well known for representing New York City in his work and his life.
He has tattoos on each forearm referring to the chorus of his song "Commencement at the Obedience Academy." His left arm says the words "Must Not Sleep," and the right says "Must Warn Others," quoting the line "Must not sleep; must warn others/ Trust blocks creep where the dust storm hovers."
The Daylight EP contains a secret track at the end of the disk where Aesop discusses a bout of severe depression. According to the song, "In August of 2001 my seemingly splinter-proof brain bone, scaffolding imploded I kept it on the hush, but nearly tumbling to the cold hard concrete on near bodega trips for cigarettes and soda, shook me to casper. Dizzy with a northern chaser, motor sensory eraser agoraphobe tunnel vision, guilt, self loathing arrangements."... "And, I'd be lying if I said all of this made even the slightest fragment of sense to me. That's real... Simply put: I don't know what happened, or what's still happening, but I literally feel like I'm teetering on the blunt edge of my sanity." The song is written in dedication to four people who helped him with his problem.
Bavitz is a graduate of Boston University where he studied painting.

Project RIDE!

So this is where I am with this project. My last ride was stolen almost a year ago, and now it's time to build again, the handlebar and stem are loaners, As I put this together I'll take pictures of the build and post a parts list also. Peace.

Homeward Bound!

I should have purchased Greyhound tickets today. I'll be on the bus at the end of the month, for a drawn out ride to the Flats. Im excited to be seeing some of my friends graduate from college, get tatted, and party it up a little homestyle. Looking forward, to photographing my journey and being able to write about it as well. Random thoughts, late nights, anticipation of the future, photos, music, and more soon to come.......

Can't wait!

So I got tickets to see Aesop Rock this saturday at emo's, I cant wait. Im gonna take some photos at the show and post them up for all to see! I've noticed alot of new street art around town and will be photographing these in the near future and posting up also. So for now, just lame white words on the black screen!

Here it goes!

I spend enough time reading other blogs, on the net, downloading songs and what ever else. So I decided to create my own, you can look forward to my senseless rambling pictures and whatever else I see fit to post here. Thanks to Babs for the inspiration to do this!!