9/21/09

RIP ROC RAIDA

Back in 1996 I was bugging on music culture, DJ Shadow, Hip Hop, and booking shows at the university I attended: The Roots, Brainiac, Morphine, Digable Planets, Spore, J Mascis (when he was solo), John Cale. Music was very good to me at this time...the gateway to what my friend Felix and I would dub "The Nine Seven Style" aka "The 1997 Style" or the strange way music was moving in every direction or no direction; toward the cesspool of 2000.

This summer I bought a $17 tape deck boom box to enjoi the box of cassette tapes I have; rooftop style. I still have a Roc Raida / XMEN tape in there for sure. Not a lick of the Nine Seven on that man at all. Check the 1994 classic year air-check tape on Funkmaster Flex over at OB4ZL

9/19/09

JEFFREY OSBORNE

Some time back I got hooked music by an artist named OSBORNE.
Everything sounds crisp and gorgeous. Next generation digital R&B. Even the cover art screams "DEEP".




The sound, mystique, and name made me think of Jeffrey Osborne.






But its really all about this cat:




I really like the feel of this short video.
I recently saw another really great short film at the WARP20 showcase - PAPERBOY: produced (or commissioned) by Jack Spade, Directed by Mike Mills