Monday, June 28, 2004
Michael Moore is running this film ish | Q & The Cos: Obvs in '69 | One more reason why Von Dutch is wack
Michael Moore: respect his gangsta. (USA Today)
Related:
- How the FEC could rule in response to right wing partisan complaints that they might have a basis for banning ads for Fahrenheit 9/11 when the film does not mention John Kerry by name or otherwise even once is beyond me. Favorite bit in the movie: watching all the clips of Bush, Rice, Powell et al. emphatically arguing over the course of 2001 how Saddam did not have WMD. But surprised to hear Richard Clarke blasting off on Moore for his treatment in the film of the US government's efforts to fly Bin Laden relatives out of the country in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. (Los Angeles Times | CNN.com)
Also very gangsta: The Isley Brothers remix project. (allhiphop.com)
And speaking of remix projects: Wax Poetics/Soul Strut types, peep The Original Jam Sessions 1969 a newly-reissued album of music that resulted from a collabo sessions between Quincy Jones and Peabs running mate Bill Cosby plus an album of brand new remixes of the original source music. The Original Jam Sessions 1969 features Jimmy Smith, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Joe Sample and just about every other prominent jazz and funk artist of the era while The New Mixes, Vol. I features remixes by producers and artists including Mix Master Mike, Mario Caldato, Jr., Herbert, Cornershop, Ursula 1000, Soulive and Los Amigos Invisibles. (For more info click here.)
Battlestar America: part hip hop, part country, all good?
I knew there was more to why I hated Von Dutch clothing than just the fact that regulars in US magazine wore it. (OC Weekly via the underground post)
I'm probably crazy late on this since I'm not a regular connoisseur, but for those who dig crossover indie rock a la The Strokes, check out an mp3 snippet of The Walkmen's "Little House of Savages" (via XFM UK | related: official website)
And finally, props to Jenny F. for her cool-hunting acumen by being way ahead of the curve on the mini bike craze covered almost a month later in this past weekend's Sunday Times.
