Wack Wednesdays

This beats 4 Minutes any day. Can't wait for the B-more remix!

Music With A Purpose

Southern Cali's Grande Dame of Hip-Hop, Miki Vale has dedicated a major amount of her artistic prowess to the aid of those in need. Her latest charitable endeavor is called The Upliftment Project, which was founded to raise awareness towards the desperate and displaced people of the world. Through private donations and benefit concerts, the project hopes to bring an educated consciousness, in regard to the ongoing genocide in many oppressed & war torn countries such as Darfur, Myanmar, Iraq and The Congo.


The Upliftment Project is also utilized locally, by offering their assets to assist the homeless in San Diego County, giving less fortunate individuals the ability to discover their own power. As of late, their efforts have raised over $2,000, all of which has been donated to the International Rescue Committee which provides humanitarian aid through their vast network of first responders, relief workers, healthcare providers, educators, community leaders, activists, and volunteers, worldwide.


This Friday at The Kava Lounge, Visionaries member Dannu of Writer's Block, will host a massive show which features Grammy Award Nominated artist Mystic, who will be performing live for the cause, along side SDMA favorites Deep Rooted, Sleeping Giant Artist herself Miki Vale, Anti-Citizens, DJ's Cleancut and Hektik plus Katzgroove from Satch-Boogie's highly respected Illfonix crew, who tear it up live and on their weekly Jazz 88.3 radio show, which is not to be missed.


Just added-M-Double-A-L!

www.myspace.com/mackalactickmusick


If you'd like to donate to the cause, hit up Ms. Vale: mikivale@giantsarise.com


MEGA respect goes out to those who make music that makes a difference!


"The Life"-Mystic


"Pure Love [Remix]'-Miki Vale


"Celebrate"-Deep Rooted


"If You Can't Say Love"-Visionaries

Hooks & Crooks

Those damn Crookers have done it up right with their Essential Mix...

D.J.'s Phra & Bot, straight out of fashion's capital Milan, Italy have remixed everyone from The Chemical Brothers & Nelly Furtado to Bonde Do Role, Azzido Da Bass, Armand Van Helden & Chromeo...

The signature rolling bass attack seems to be the common thread in all of their re-edits & re-mixes and their site claims that works in progress include 2 cuts that are currently tearing up the dance floors:

Busy P - To Protect And Entertain - Crookers dub'n'vocalz
[one of the versions appears in the mix below]
Moby - I Love To Move In Here - Crookers [2 mixes]

So MEGA is daftly awaiting the release of both, with baited breath!



Check out their MySpace for more electro-madness & live set itinerary


Buy their phat cuts @ BEATPORTor hit up their site for more purchasing options



THE CROOKERS - The Essential Mix 21st of June 2008


Betin Cocek - Intro Ca-Ca (PIC)

Erykah Badu - The Healer (Motown)

Nostalgia 77 - Seven Nation Army (CDR)

Dabrye - This Is Where I Came In (Ghostly)

Dabrye - Game Over (Flyin Lotus mix) (CDR)

Mr.Oizo - Z - (Ed Banger)

Portishead - Machine gun (Island)

Ratatat - Bird Priest (XL)

CSS - Lost (Dj Mehdi rmx) (CDR)

Syl Johnson - Different Strokes (Twilight Records)

Benga - Pleasure (Tempa)

Rusko - Mr. Chips (CDR)

Alter ego - F**kingham palace (Modeselektor rmx) (Klang Elektonik)

Radioclit - Secousse (Mental groove)

Radioclit - Secousse (Crookers Spino mix) (Mental groove)

Crookers - Il Buono (Mad Decent)
Tommie Sunshine - Limit Of Your Mind (Nic Sarno Remake) (CDR)

Crookers -Il Cattivo (Mad decent)

AC/DC - Thunder (CRKRS 10 min re-fix) (CDR)

Plastikman - Spastik (CDR)

Jape - Floating (D.I.M. Rmx) (CDR)

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (D.I.M. Rmx)

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Crookers Rmx)

Boy 8 Bit - The Things That Freeks Are Made Of (CDR)

Kw Griff - The Force (CDR)

N.E.R.D. - Everyone nose - (Phra re-fix)

Outlander - Vamp (CDR)

Crookers - Il Brutto (Mad Decent)

Crookers - Il Brutto (Bloody Beetroots Il Bruttissimo rmx) (Mad decent)

Alan Braxe - Addicted (CDR)

AC Slater - Jack Got Jacked (Jack beats remix) (Palms Out Sounds)

Don Rimini - Let Me Back Up (Crookers Tetsujin mix) (Mental Groove)

Crookers - Sveglia (Southern Fried)

Crookers - Knobbers (Southern Fried)

Duke Dumont - Hoy (Dubsided)

Math Head - Get Hype (Trouble and Bass)

Math Head - Turn the music up (Trouble and Bass)

Kid Cudi - Day’n’night (Crookers mix) (Fools Gold)

Busy P - To protect the entertain (Crookers mix) (Ed Banger)

Crookers - Big Money Comin’ (Southern Fried)

Yelle - Ce Jeux Acapella (CDR)

Foamo - Rockerman (CDR)

TJR - Sonic Chronic (Lee Mortimer mix) (CDR)

Bumblebees - Rio (Crookers mix) (Modular)

Crookers - Magic Bus (Southern Fried)

Crookers Ft Kid Cudi - Embrace the Martian (Southern Fried)



Download this summertime banger right HERE!






"Day n' Nite [Crookers Remix]"-Kid Cudi




We Are Prostitutes-Crookers





BONUS: Hit up RCRD LBL's website & DL the Crookers' Day N' Nite Kid Cudi Remix For FREE!!!

STYLUSTS+PALMS OUT=MEGA APPROVED!

Palms Out Sounds, one of the best progressive dance music blogs out there, posted this Summertime Disco Mix by Stylusts.


Stylusts is a co-operative of Canadian Team DMC champs: D.J's T-Wrecks, Illo & Drastic.


This shit is PERFECT for your Fourth of July fiesta of fireworks and water play, with it's mixture of old and new school disco anthems...


DL From Disco To Disco HERE Courtesy of Palms Out Sounds



TRACKLIST:

1. Intro


2. Bernard Wright - Spinnin


2. Donna Summer - If It Hurts Just A Little


3. Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Giving


4. Locksmith - Far Beyond


5. Edward Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby vs. Daft Punk


6. Pino D'Angio - Ma Quale Idea


7. Chaka Khan - Fate


8. Chic - Soup For One


9. Harvey Mason - Grooving You


10. Chicago - Street Player


11. Carrie Lucas - Dance With You


12. Patrice Rushen - Havent You Heard


13. The Clash Vs. Basement Jaxx - The Magnificent Romeo


14. Dynasty - Strokin


15. Abba - Gimme, Gimme


16. S.O.S Band - Take Your Time


17. Jeanette Lady Day - Come Let Me Love You


18. George Duke - Reach Out [Switch It One Time]


19. Gary's Gang - Love Dance Tonight


20. Black Ivory - Mainline


21. Annie - Heartbeat [Krazy Fiesta Remix]


22. Holy Ghost - Hold On


23. Cut Copy - Lights And Music [Boys Noize Happy Birthday Mix]

24. The Avalanches - Ray Of Zdarlight


25. Les Rythmes Digitales - Sometimes


26. Buy Now - Body Crash [Burns Remix]

27. Kill The Noise - Pull My Strings


28. U-Tern - Pop Lock


29. Theatre Of Disco - Yoa


30. Theatre Of Disco - Yoa [The Twelves Remix]


31. Boys Noize - Shine Shine [AC Slater Remix]


32. Alex Gopher - Knightlife [Riot In Belgium Rmx] vs. Disco Inferno


33. Super Final - Crowd Goes Jumping


34. Shizzam - Pool Party


35. U-Tern - Make You Mine (Now Switch It Back Baby)


36. Dj Grandtheft - You Should Be Mine


37. U-Tern feat. Kutcorners- Disco Sizzurp


38. Outro


Check out their bad-assed blogs, too!


Palms Out Sounds


Stylusts


Oh, and while I was checking Stylusts blog my damn self, I found another mixtape that has some fine layers and crafty segues in it.


I'm not too fond of the constant audio advertising for the club it was made for called Elsewhere, yet it's worth being put out a few times more than you'd like, to reap the eargasmic rewards found in their interestingly designed mix.



La-La & Flipout: Elsewhere Mix-ZShare 85.93MB

























Click It 2 Peep The TRACKLIST:

Who Wants Jell-O?

"Palace of Fine Arts/2006"-Liz Hickok














I remember when I went to art school for a second, literally, I had an instructor named Slater Barron, who ironically taught an Art/Media class. She was truly an interesting woman. In her spare time she was an artist/sculptor who used dryer lint to form life sized pieces and portraits, most of which had irony or sympathy as their subject matter. She would enlist all of her students to bring their dryer lint to school for her projects. At one point, she even gave specific instructions to dry like colors together, to insure the deepest colors possible. As I recall, my favorite of her past "lint-stallations" had a complete steak & lobster dinner in it...

Mixed media artist Liz Hickok has again pushed the already shaky boundaries of artistic medium with her Jell-O molded San Francisco cityscapes.


Her work description from the website:
This project consists of photographs and video, which depict various San Francisco landscapes. I make the landscapes by constructing scale models of the architectural elements which I use to make molds. I then cast the buildings in Jell-O. Similar to making a movie set, I add backdrops, which I often paint, and elements such as mountains or trees, and then I dramatically light the scenes from the back or underneath. The Jell-O sculptures quickly decay, leaving the photographs and video as the remains.

Just when you think you've seen it all?



"TELEGRAPH HILL EARTHQUAKE 1995"

The Fourth of JULY gets us HIGH--THINGS TO HIT!

TONIGHT-TUESDAY-Sonic-L/A






















TUESDAY-Dim Mak-Ness-L/A






















TUESDAY-White Girl Lust-S/F























WEDNESDAY-Nosaj Thing-L.E.T.-L/A






















WEDNESDAY-Rchrd Oh?!'s Rollerjam Birthday w/ Pase Rock @Vessel-S/F


























THURSDAY-5 & A Dime Fest-HOB S/D






















THURSDAY-Peter Hook [of New Order] DJ Set-O/C
























FRIDAY-Free Range @Kava Lounge-S/D
























FRIDAY-Pool Party @The Standard Downtown-L/A




















FRIDAY-Dubwise-L/A




















FRIDAY-Smash Disco-L/A
























FRIDAY-Tits-S/F























SATURDAY-Pigeon John @U-31-S/D
























SATURDAY-Gina Renee @The Derby-L/A
















SATURDAY-RIFA Artshow-Downtown Rialto
























SATURDAY-Bald Eagle @ Frisco Disco-S/F






















SATURDAY-The Rub's 6 yr Anniversary-N/Y
























SUNDAY-Banana Split-L/A






















SUNDAY-Eagle Rock-L/A

























MONDAY-Ninjasonic-N/Y

That's STUPID--Cool Kids' NEW Mixtape!

We MEGA fools, love us some Cool Kids cuts, so here is a link to their hot, new Mixtape, courtesy of The Cool Kids themselves:

DL-Cool Kids-That's Stupid/The Mixtape [zip]