If you’re into hot, robot-on-robot love then this Bjork video is for you. Even though it is from almost 4 years ago, it sill looks and sounds pretty fresh. I don’t know how it took me this long to see it, and the images of a robot being put together really remind me of the opening credits of the first Ghost in the Shell movie.
Here’s the track:
After reading about him on Tzero I haven’t really stopped listening to Scotty Dynamo. It really doesn’t get much better than white teenagers making club raps about partying and living the good life. Seriously.
Scotty Dynamo - Cars Glamour Fame Money
Scotty Dynamo - Make It Right (Remix)
I had trouble choosing what tracks to post because they’re all gold.
Find the kid on MySpace, Twitter, Flickr and buy his stuff on iTunes.
Do it now, so you can tell your friends you were listenin’ to Scotty Dynamo before he blew up.
According to this, the sirens were “dangerous bird-woman…portrayed as seductresses in Greek mythology.”
They were known for their beautiful voices that would lure sailors to their death. Odysseus was one of the only ones to get away with hearing them, and he had to do so by having himself tied to the mast of a ship and plugging his crew’s ears with beeswax so that they couldn’t hear the sirens while they sailed by them.
Anyways, here’s a collection of modern-day sirens. Disco sirens, if you will. You’ll be tempted, but not to the extent that you’ll need to put beeswax in your ears.
Midfield General - Disco Sirens (via the Blue Walrus)
Lady Gaga - Just Dance (Something Wrong Remix)
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (Something Wrong Bassline Line Bitch Remix)
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (Vanderbilt Remix)
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (NONEWYORK Remix)
Hillary Duff - With Love (Disco Villains Remix)
Chromeo vs. Rihanna - Don’t Stop The Fancy Footwork (Hood Internet Mix)
Mariah Carey - I’ll be Lovin’ You Long Time (Gejius Dandy Lion Remix)
In order: my desk at the school where I worked (note the bottle of Pocari Sweat), a typical school lunch (bagged udon, processed squid-rolls, milk) and a bizarre building in my neighbourhood in Okegawa (Saitama Prefecture, just outside of Tokyo).
Just take a second and look at that last picture: what the hell is that structure on top of the building with the stairs leading to it? It can’t be an elevator mechanical room -that building is only a few stories tall, and I don’t think it had an elevator. Did someone live up there? If so, awesome apartment.
Anyways, here are some more sugary-sweet J-tunes from Pizzicato Five. I don’t actually think they are all that popular in Japan, but have a listen anyways.
Pizzicato Five - Nonstop To Tokyo
Pizzicato Five - It’s A Beautiful Day
And as a bonus:
SUITE CHIC - Good Life feat. FirstKlas
You gotta respect the amount of neon green on Pizzicato Five’s Myspace page
After reading an interview that Sirhan (Trash Menagerie) did with Little Boots I’m pretty sure that I have a crush on her, too.
6 Reasons why you should also crush on her:
1.) She says she likes her favorite clothing label (Felder Felder) because it is “very futuristic”
2.) The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is one of her favorite albums
3.) She took her name from the film/emperor Caligula (I’ve got a lot of respect for the Romans)
4.) She makes the Tenori-on sound amazing
6. )Little Boots - Meddle (Baron Von Luxxury Technicolor Remix)
You know what is messed up? If her Myspace page is anything to go by, she’s really into horses. Emperor Caligula was also into horses, and went as far as trying to make his horse into a priest and a consul (rumor has it he also turned the palace into a brothel).
Anyways, Little Boots reminds me of Goldfrapp who, it appears, is also into horses.
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse
Read the Little Boots Interview on Trash Menagerie for more.
William Gibson’s Neuromancer has always been one of my favorite books
Near the middle, the main characters, Case and Molly, end up on an orbital colony that had been populated by a group of reggae-loving welders. Case is a hacker, Molly his cyborg captor/guardian angel.
The two surviving Founders of Zion were old men, old with
the accelerated aging that overtakes men who spend too many
years outside the embrace of gravity. Their brown legs, brittle
with calcium loss, looked fragile in the harsh glare of reflected
sunlight. They floated in the center of a painted jungle of
rainbow foliage, a lurid communal mural that completely cov-
ered the hull of the spherical chamber. The air was thick with
resinous smoke.
`Steppin’~ Razor,’ one said, as Molly drifted into the cham-
ber. `Like unto a whippin’~ stick.’
`That is a story we have, sister,’ said the other, `a religion
story. We are glad you’ve come with Maelcum.’
`How come you don’t talk the patois?’ Molly asked.
`I came from Los Angeles,’ the old man said. His dread-
locks were like a matted tree with branches the color of steel
wool. `Long time ago, up the gravity well and out of Babylon.
To lead the Tribes home. Now my brother likens you to Step-
pin’~ Razor.’
Molly extended her right hand and the blades flashed in the
smoky air.
The other Founder laughed, his head thrown back. `Soon
come, the Final Days… Voices. Voices cryin’~ inna wilder-
ness, prophesyin’~ ruin unto Babylon…’
`Voices.’ The Founder from Los Angeles was staring at
Case. `We monitor many frequencies. We listen always. Came
a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. It played
us a mighty dub.’
Death In Vegas - Twist and Crawl
Thievery Corporation - Assault on Babylon
Peter Tosh - Steppin’ Razor
I know more about cyberpunk than anything dub- or reggae-related, so I could be totally off on what I think space dub would sound like. The Persian Prince says that dub is “an off-shoot of reggae that involves remixing or revising existing songs into instrumental or mostly instrumental versions by increasing the low-end and removing all or most of the vocals.”
Either way, I’ve been playing a lot of Halo 3 with Claudio lately and my next life goal is to get the Steppin’ Razor achievement. Suitably named, it involves getting a triple-kill with the energy sword in a ranked multiplayer match.
I used that picture of Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost In The Shell because if anyone is Cybernetic Steppin’ Razor, it’s Motoko. File this post under Ninjas as well, because you just know Steppin’ Razor is just rasta slang for ninja.
You can read the full text of Neuromancer here or buy it from Amazon here.
Then check out Thievery Corporation and Death in Vegas
You just have to listen to this absolute banger, straight outta the ghettos of Switzerland, from a group of guys calling themselves Subdelux.
Subdelux - Paparazzi (the video for it isn’t too bad either)
Also, just because 199x loves the Disco Villains right now, here’s their little treatment of N*E*R*D’s Rock Star. I thought it went well with the Subdelux track. You know, thematically.
N*E*R*D - Rock Star (Disco Villains)
Subdelux on MySpace
Discovillains on MySpace
It’s something we’ve known all along.
Great track from Kid Bass and Sincere. Download the track from Felicia at First Up, then check out GoodGirlsLoveRudeBoys.com.
I was going through photos that I’d been tagged in on Facebook the other day (you know, to de-tag any controversial ones) when I came across this classic one in the album of some guy named Scott Ramsay.
I don’t know who he is because I can’t access his profile, but I’m glad someone tagged me in this photo.
It is from a charity event called Bukavu that was raising money for some sort of African-related cause. The entire event was safari-themed. I was never clear on the exact details, but I knew that my $75 ticket entitled me to open-bar privileges and a swag bag.
It was a good night - Tzero and I drank Amarula until someone puked all over the inside of the bar. (It wasn’t me)
Anyways, check out this remix of a Rockland track by NONEWYORK (you can listen to the original over at The Docking Station)
Rockland - You Can’t Stop Californi Yee (NONEWYORK Remix)
They’ve got some other good tracks on their Myspace - give ‘em a listen.
On my way home from a little holiday jaunt over to the valley isle, airport security directed me away from the lineup of American cattle and towards the queue for Expert Travelers.
Finally - some recognition for the amount of time that I’ve spent at airports.
They still made me take off my shoes, and I was subject to additional screening because I forgot to take an American nickel out of my pocket.
Here are some airplane-related tracks that you can cruise the skies to.
Louie Vega & Jay ‘Sinister’ - Diamond Life (I just love those Hed Kandi cats)
Coyote - Too Hard (Aeroplane Remix) (snagged off of Palms Out)