Proud Galleries BANNED night...

Be defiant, revolt... put some anarchy back into this broke pig flu ridden world; let your peepers peruse some forbidden fruit at:

Proud- Camden

Koko- Camden

Ghost Farringdon- Farringdon Road

Core London- Wardour Street

The Last Days of Decadence- Shorditch High Street

Volupte- Norwich Street

Proud Galleriess have been told by the popo to apply for a lap-dancing licence or face having their Burlesque show banned. Whether under 18's should be allowed to the show is also being brought into question. Alex Proud of Proud Galleries commented on the Councils decision "If you run a public entertainment venue or a nightclub or theatre you just have to live in a very absurd Kafkaesque world."

Soooo let me get this straight, they'll quite happily let Ann Summers hold lil parties and show me how to use my dildo effectively however something that has been culturally relevant since the 17th Century in Europe not to mention that they made Moulin Rouge out of it... is getting banned!?

Burlesque shows have been going on since 1830's and were usually performed to Operatic style music just interpreted in a much more humerous risque fashion- a sexy carry on to good music. The yanks adapted it by adding the strip tease segments and used them in shows which were popular for people during the depression... we're heading into the recession surely we're not going to take away an institution that was built up to celebrate the curvy benita apple bom form, no one wants to go home and look at thier bank statements... we want back off and titties, gyrating to a backdrop of alternative bougie upper class musical shit. Frugality and decorated pig flu masks being everyones portion at the moment it's nice to be able to go somewhere for complete and utter escapism. It's the reason couture fashion shows are still popular, bejeweled merkins, diamond encrusted nipple covers, swarovski corsets this is what we want!

Dita Von Teese the figure head for burlesques rise in fame and current cultural relevance has said"It's not unusual for burlesque to be regulated because it always has been and the stars of burlesque from the past had to deal with it. The challenges of getting around the laws and the risqué element were always a part of what made burlesque exciting." She has encouraged the bending of rules in keeping with the burlesque history Burlesque which has generally become a far more popularised form of entertainment and can be credited to Dita Von Teese and music by people like The Dresdon Dolls cannot be allowed to be sanctioned. VIVE LA BURLSQUE.

The Dresdon Dolls

The Dresdon Dolls- 'Missed Me' performed by Melissa Bang Bang & Joey Martini (Melissa Bang Bang- whaaat a name shame about her rigid performance... gymnastics on the other hand are tidy and the song is sexytimes.)

DON'T CHA KNOWWW.

New Video for Bashy's 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' tune from his 'Catch me if you Can' album out on June 1st...

Enjoy the lil cameos... got to have love for Eddie Kaddi of course! Not to mention Bashy's doing a licckle dance routine at the end. Like an ACTUAL dance routine, BEST PART OF THE VID. Blaaatesss want to learn the end dance... We could have a grime version of Highschool Musical, Lots of chicken, music and skankin in time. GRIMESCHOOL MUSICAL. BIG.

I'd Lick That...

I'm loving me some Tinie Tempah since I saw him perform at the HardKnock Wife night run by Goldilocks.

Style wise I.E. his tasty collection of garms and delivery (my favorite song being the one in which he's describing getting stopped by the po po... sorry for lack of track title- the name escapes my knowledgings) and other such bangers under his belt like 'Wifey' and 'Tears' basically are evidence that he's pretty great. Think I fancy him, what am I saying... I would definitely lick his face a bit.

Tinie's currently in the studio recording Sexy Beast Volumes 1-3 having just got back from the U.S. recording with M.I.A. and performing a secret gig. It's safe to say and by his own twitter account that he's on his grind hard. @TineTempah-Left the studio 6 hours a go! gettin up & Going BACK IN! Its DEFINATELY THAT TIME!!!

His new videos out, The track produced by Rymez features the fabulous M.I.A. The song is a cocktail with all the flavor of LDN with a New York twist Cast your peepers over this...

Playing soon at ILuvLive at Favela Chic May 4th amongst other artists like Professor Green, Katy B, Young Nate & Fuzzy Logic... in the immortal words of Live and Kicking, Miss it. Miss out.

Catch Tinie on Twatter, his Blog or Myspazzz

http://milkand2sugars.wordpress.com/

http://www.myspace.com/tinielegend

3.A.M.

Soooooooo Ems next singles dropped. I'm not even going to start about the last one If you liked it you're a tool.

This new one I don't really know what to think I've heard some peoples are loving it 'Ems back on form' etc... I think I'm still trying to get over the fact he went through the stage of saying he wanted to die like Elvis with a burger in his hand and on the crapper... Whateves...

He's probably making all of his tracks whilst hocked up on Robutussin like all the other cool rappers.

Mayer Hawthorne - Just Aint Gonna Work Out

Google Mind Reading

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Animal Collective + Flying Lotus + Joker... and nature

David Attenborough should score his nature shows like this...

This kind of video makes me wish I could smoke weed again back when I was young and it was fun rather than now when it gets me paranoid, hungry and very stupid.

ppssshhhh, ppssshhhh....

Bassnectar "Superstylin Smashup"

To help with the promotion of the Art Of Revolution Tour this spring, Bassnectar have thrown up a ridiculously sick bootleg of Groove Armada's "Superstylin" for free. Don't sleep!

Shamelessly swiped from Rock The Dub

BONUS! Footage from their 2008 Fall/Autumn tour. Looks mad, no?

DJ Snips TV - Redman + Method Man album listening party

Red + Meth listening party @ the legendary Quad Studios in Times Square.... Enjoy.

DJ Snips TV - Super Producer Buckwild Q+A

I got to sit in on a Q+A session with DITC producer Buckwild at Don Hills in NYC. If u dont know about his work u should check the credits in your Jay Z, Black Rob, Nas, Biggie, Rakim, G Rap, Big Pun, Jadakiss and OC Cds... LEGEND! Enjoy....

Dubstep on Neighbours (yes... the Aussie soap)

2.20 in...

30 Seconds to Mars Kanye & Brandon Flowers...

Crazy say WHAAAAT??

So lets get it all straight... Jared Leto, Brandon Flowers and Kanye West... all holed up in Hawaii cooking up a song together. Man Kanye takes EVERYONE to Hawaii... first Hudson now the eye-liner crew... I want to go... I mean I know I don't look questionable in eye-liner neither do I have blonde flopsy hair like Hudson but I'd sure as hell have a whale of a time on the beach and I can hit some interesting notes! Any how Guy-liner and Louis Vuitton garms at dawn... I'm not sure that even makes sense... much like this whole scenario. needless to say like everyone else I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT.

Jared issued a lil note on his blog all casual about it like yeah tra lala la la Hawaii... yeah Kanye on my track man... pass me some eye-liner dude (no he doesn't sound like that I'm just sleep deprived and have just procured music gossip for you lot so forgive me)



JARED: "Kanye sang on a song I wrote called HURRICANE for our new 30 SECONDS TO MARS record and we experimented and explored on some other ideas as well. It was great. And he sounds amazing on the song. We may not have brought back any island tans but we did bring back the final track and it was an unforgettable trip."

KANYE: "I WAS WORKING ON THIS DOPE ASS SONG WITH JARED AND BRANDON STOPPED BY. I PLAYED THEM SOME OF THE NEW JEEZY BEATS AND BEFORE EVERYBODY BOUNCED BRANDON HOPPED ON THE KEYBOARD AND I HOPPED ON THE MPC. SHIT WAS DOPE. OH AND YES THOSE ARE SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS ON BRANDON'S SHIRT BY DRIES VAN NOTEN."

What the hell is this going to sound like!? Good??... please let the marriage of Guy-liner and Kanyeezy be out of this world... like to Mars -(gay pun... I've sent myself into a shame spiral over it already)

If you haven't heard of 30 Seconds To Mars... here is my fave song of theirs... The Kill


I used to harbour feelings for Jared... misguided, something to do with living in Bromley... I can't believe I just confessed that... FOR SHAME.

Fix yourself girl...

...You got a Camel toe!
My Best mate sent me this... It's disgustingly true to a certain degree... come on you've all seen it... I'm posting it because as you know it's heading into the British summer. I don't know what it does to some people, something about the U.V. Rays perhaps that appear to penetrate through their skulls and suddenly make things like unsightly midriffs and camel toe become common and awkwardly acceptable place...

Put that shit away babe. Ew.

Recession getting you down? Get some Shoulders to cry on...

You heard it from me first before everyone else starts banging on about it... Ok so perhaps not FIRST... I've been voguing my time away...

Super Shoulder Pads- Spring/Summer 09 they're a coming... get yours before Posh Spice other such celebrities make it well generic and before you know it your local chav/wag wannabe raid Jane Norman thus making the style redundant for everyone.



Stop your sniggering, EMBRACE IT. Yeah they were popular when everyone was glued to Dynasty but honestly whose gonna now tell me Joan Collins wasn't the shit back in the day!? fuck off all you boring arse people not willing to have a bit of fun and play about with your style yeah I know you... you who shunned the rise of the leggings, touch my leggings I'll poke your eyes out...

I'm not too sure of the mahussive wide kind of look favourite at the moment of Dolce and Nina Ricci but if you're bold enough to pull it off more power to you! Literally though more 'power' as shoulder pads at large are synonymous with power dressing women with 'drive'. So I guess if you're looking for that respect me now cos ladies you'z pimps too kind of look I suggest you dust those shoulders off. Here are some of my faves (Gianfranco, Lavin & Vuitton smacked it in my opinion)... and some of the more daring ones... mmm shoulder pads.

GIANFRANCO FERRE
LAVIN
VUITTON
DOLCHE
EMPORIO ARMARNI
GARETH PUGH

Fashion is form of art, an expression and an extension of ourselves... extend your shoulders, it has its benefits... obviously we all don't need to bleat to the same tune. But even if your against shoulders at large you can't deny the bang tidy lil perks they bestow on us... your waist and hips look smaller, your posture seems more upright and your spine straighter... Vive la Shoulder Pads... who knows might spark another revolution in this comeback!

battlecats

IKEA

i went to IKEA this week to get a desk for my turntables...



and the IKEA skank....

Righteous Bore

Just came in from hanging out with some pals about to go to bed... and I got the sudden urge to write, so hear I am... venting, Please indulge me.
I may be a bit late for the figurative rotten vegetable throwing at this film but I'm so vexed I had to share...
One of my new pet hates is when films steal your life... not like when you get consumed by it because it's so good so you watch it over and over again (bit like my 6 year old niece who back in the day watched Peter Pan so much she added the name 'Darling' to her surname)... no. What I mean is when you watch one... trusting it will deliver at least some element of enjoyment and it lets you down. Before you realise it, you're trapped and it's stolen 93 minutes of your life...

An hour and a half- I'm VEXED.



Worst film I've seen in ages... I'd have preferred watching a predictable teenage rom com or lame American pie remake.
The film received negative reviews... I can assure you it was far worse than they said... the most stressful viewing ever. Frustrating, insensible and full of crap, not to mention Fiddy. Minutes and hours I cannot un-do... I'm in a shame spiral because of watching it as I tried to endure it even when it was evident 45mins into it that it was tedious and not at all dissimilar to a bad episode of some crime show that some bigshot T.V. executives had the sense to cancel. I've had more of a visual feast from Diagnosis Murder. Fact.

ITV3 saved me... Gone in 60 Seconds came on redeemed movie night
...I literally Forgot how SICK Gone in 60 Seconds is... one order of Nicholas Cage on toast to go in that mustang, cheers.

Woody Harrelson I SALUTE YOU!

I uh... I thought you were a zombie... that's why I beat you to a pulp... not at all because you were pissing me off and I fancied giving you a good kicking... it's the zombie thing I SWEAR!...

Alrite so he didn't say it like that but it's just as amazing honestly I think I love woody Harrelson even more than I previously did... he gave us his loveable dim witted self in Cheers, I enjoyed him in indecent proposal and obviously his finest moment White Men Can't Jump... but this, this is well WOW... L-O-V-E him!

Basically Harrelson got understandably irate with a paparazzo lost it and chased him through an airport and broke the dudes camera. In the video footage the paparazzo is heard accusing Harrelson of assault... over and over and OVER again, he DESERVED more than a punch. Harrelson in a statement released on Friday as his excuse for his behaviour states (now pay attention people... this is how to produce the worlds best & entertaining excuses)

''I wrapped a movie called Zombieland, in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character,'' Harrelson said. "With my daughter at the airport, I was startled by a paparazzo who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie.''

Awesome! He can beat up whoever he likes as far as I'm concerned... If your response is going to be that imaginative... do what you will!!! Perhaps if Chris Brown had said... nah it's too soon right??

In the full Vid footage... you can see how you'd be pushed to violence with this annoying mother fucker stalking your every move and producing an aggravating nasally commentary that makes you want to boot him in the goolies...

iPrince

Hankering for the latest blackberry? newest version of the iphone... obsessed and consumed in a world of touch screen wonderment? well you aint seen nothing yet!

The Prince Opus is the new Prince Ipod that comes as a part of a a luxurious book of Prince photographs from Kraken Opus yes the Ipod is only a part of the package... Contests and Velvet and £1,500 QUID, OH MY!
Feast your weary recession eyes on this...



The iPod with the forty min movie of the tour and extra bonus tracks only comes as a supplement to the epic prince essay book of his 'lyrics and poetry'. Comprising of 280 pages weighing a whopping 17kg the leather hand bound opus comes in a velvet case... gold metallic writing printed on "a technically superior grade of silk paper" BOOGIE.COM this is Prince all over though isn't it... if it wasn't fierce and over priced it be for someone shit like Katie Price and Peter Andre. The book is of photo's from the 21 Nights 2007 tour taken by Randee St Nicholas the entire package produced by a company called Kraken (no not the giant squid in Pirates of the Caribbean) "the most luxurious series of publications ever created" it has celebrated the works of fashion icon Vivienne Westwood and reviewed the history of The Saatchi Gallery and even Manchester United... so it's well posh and WELL pricey.

So...hurry...there are a 'mere' 950 of these steals that have been produced... and if that isn't enough of an incentive there is also a ticket for one lucky winner to be flown out to LA for a prince concert... If I could afford a £1,500 book I think I could afford a trip to LA for a concert... how foolish!

... He just wants your mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah.... CASH!

All that Glitters is..... Goldie??

So Goldie does art, really??

Goldie
The Kids Are All Riot
Maverik Showroom,
London
E2 7DP

Starts 13 April 2009
Until 26 April 2009



Pardon moi for being a tad on the sceptical side... Just seems to be more of an extravagant effort to be more trendy as opposed to sending out a serious message through works of art. Some of the set pieces are being described as humorous and exhibit degrees of insight, I'm struggling to say and 'depth' so perhaps it's all just a matter of perception.

One of the paintings is a self portrait entitled 'Fuck Off'...inspired...:| its apparently of him giving the two fingered salute whilst holding a spray can in the other hand... genius. This is Goldie's second show (he had a first.... then they gave him a second!?) it's called 'Kids Are All Riot' which he says is "a prophecy for the Asbo generation written with spray paint and attitude". WTF, oh do shut up... "a prophecy for the Asbo generation" what two fingered salutes and spray cans hardly a prophecy more of just stating the obvious, rather clichéd if you ask me ... reminds me of the first episode of peep show where marks bombarded by those kids that call him 'Peado' and 'clean shirt'... children like that must be stopped!

Putting my obvious animosity towards crib midgets aside there's more to see in the collection and the price tags right up there as you can imagine... kind of makes it less 'urban' and smell a little more corporate. However I am intrigued non the less. The guardian have described the work as thoughtfully composed so I'm sure it's worth a gander...maybe...I'm trying to keep an open mind people... thou shalt not be judgy.

DJ Snips TV - Jadakiss Instore

Whats good people? Ive been a bit slack posting but now i have a brand new toy (My flipcam!) you should be seeing alot more of me. Check out the below footage of the Jadakiss Instore in East NY - Brooklyn and the Q&A session he did at Columbia University afterwards..... oh and the drops he did for my mixtape.... aaaaahhaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Obama Bows Out...

Oh... DEAR!
Foreign relation faux pas!... Bowing? Really?
Frankly everyone was ecstatic to get Bush out of office. (I know I was) near enough the entire world sighed in unison. Finally, someone new that we can watch and read about without cringing or finding ourselves wishing they wouldn't say or do anything to embarrass America & Britain-(as we generally always side with them) by making us lose credibility in the eyes of our allies and enemies alike.

America has always been accepting of other cultures they are never crass or ignorant when it comes to international affairs *cough*. Obama is said to have bowed to King Saud of Saudi Arabia but neglected to do so when in London upon meeting the Queen. In Muslim culture there are only two types of bowing and both are in relation to prayer, it is not custom to bow to any other people, only to God... The cringe worthy list goes on apparently Obama during his stay in London when visiting Gordon Brown, as part of the traditional gift giving process gave him a DVD collection... that failed to play on European DVD machines. He also gave a Winston Churchill bust which was given to George Bush post 9/11 by Blair.

It also appears Obama's administration trod on the toes of yet another tradition by cancelling a press conference with Gordon Brown due to the president being fatigued. When it finally took place Obama skipped the pleasantries and went on ahead with the question and answer segment-(perhaps he thought that was pressing) hmm I can't really sugar coat this. It seems that the President needs to learn the finer points of etiquette whether he may be under pressure or not...

Cassie's close shave.

...

Yup thats Cassie... Rockin' out with her new look... I'm enjoying it, wise time to do it we're heading into the summer sunshine and I'd imagine if she'd done it some months before hand the right side of her head would have caught a nasty chill... I hear that you lose the most heat from your head... Should she put sunscreen on the exposed bit of her head??

Though I like this look I'm not putting her down as the originator, the instigator... the perpetrator of the dozens of mini me scenesters all donning different variations of this cut. Alice Dellal was on that ish way before Miss Ventura.



I think I appreciate Dellal more, something about the ripped fishnet tights, Doc martins and scandelous lil Rock n Roll minis. She's a bad ass lil it girl copied about as much as Kate Moss of late... modelled for Burberry and Vivienne Westwood and she's a half pint! When your godfathers are Mick Jagger and Mario Testino 5 foot 5 and modelling is no problemo at all... hmm...
Memo to self: in next Christmas list to Santa make sure I make it known to him its not about what I know its who I know and whom am partially related to!

Tyson

DJ Cable's Guest Mix on BBC Asian Network

It's been a pretty exciting week so far. On top of having 5 shows to do, and Serato Video-SL arriving in the post, I also had a guest mix aired on DJ Kayper's show on BBC Asian Network, as part of the Hype "Mixtape Challenge".

For those that don't know, each week Kayper does the "Mixtape Challenge" on her show, where she challenges a DJ to fit 3 or 4 Desi tracks into a 15 minute mix of any genre; be it cutting them up, remixing/re-editing them, etc...In other words, you gotta be creative!

Previous DJs who've taken up the challenge include Crookers, MJ Cole, DJ Craze & DJ Yoda, so I knew I had to pull something out of the bag! So as a result, this mix showcases a lot more scratching, a whole mixture of genres, and some re-editing which I've done in Ableton. I hope you enjoy it!

Oh, there's also a brief interview with me at the start too...You can all witness how...erm...monotone/quiet I am lol...

Listen/Get: DJ Cable "Mixtape Challenge" for BBC Asian Network

Tracklisting:

01. Interview/Intro
02. Sukshinda - Shinda Wanga
03. Snoop Doog - Drop It Like It's Hot (Instrumental)
04. AC/DC - Back In Black
05. DJ H & Rags - Char Panj
06. Mavado - So Special/Unfinished Business Riddim (Instrumental)
07. Dil Se - Chaiyya Chaiyya
08. J-Kwon Tipsy (Instrumental)
09. Queen - We Will Rock You
10. DJ Starski & DJ AD - Right Thurr 2009
11. DJ Vix - Ah Chak Bottel Daru Di
12. DJ Class Feat. Lil Jon - I'm The Ish (Bonus Beats)
13. K.I.G. Family - Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes
14. Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall
15. DJ Zinc - 138 Trek (Bonus Beats)
16. Jammin' - Go DJ
17. Skepta - Duppy
18. Benga - 26 Basslines
19. Shreya Ghosal - Silsila Ye Chahat Ka
20. Chase & Status - Eastern Jam

Got any thoughts? Be sure to leave a comment or holla

P.S. Some of you may recognise a few tracks here from "The Mash Down: Vol. 2". You can still grab it here for FREE!

DJ Rags - Soul Nos Fundos: A FREE 30 Min Mixtape

A free 30 minute mix for late-night sessions.
Mixed and compiled by DJ Rags.

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Nina Simone - Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter
Jay-Z - Public Service Announcement (DJ Rags Blend)
Edit - Ashtray
DJ Shadow - In Flux (DJ Rags Blend)
Portishead - Undenied
Sly & The Family Stone - Time
DJ 2Tall - Rain (Part 2)
Four Tet - She Moves She
Gil Scott Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit

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unicorn on the loose

La Di Da Da Da

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Asher Roth April 20th from Album out 4-20 on Vimeo.

Asleep in the Bread Isle 4/20!!!