FREE KEVIN

man, NYE in prison ain't no joke.
we're in your corner, lil buddy

some pics from last night at glasslands bk

even grey showed up

if you're in NYC for NYE, and wanna avoid the amateurs in manhattan, may i suggest:

LAB reccomended....see you in double O eight

WALA CAM ON CHICAGO PUBLIC ACCESS

no seriously

NEW LAB LA RADIO

OK I’m in idiot and you only have 3-7 days left to listen to this show. My New Years resolution numero uno? Get shit done on time. Until than, my suggestion is to make the radio show your home page, it’s that good.

This month my guests were…

THE GASLAMP KILLER

I recently found this clip of GLK in my iPhoto. It’s from one of the many great Stones Throw in stores we had back when you could still hear Rap music banging out of the LA store. Looking back it was a great time for all of us, so I thought I’d upload the video.

Gaslamp is hands down one of the illest next generation dj’s in the game. I like to keep myself surrounded by people who intimidate me, and no one does that better than Willie. Nothing makes you feel like an old man more than watching this guy destroy a set and have a room full of girls dancing their panties off to some instrumental b-side.

When we recorded this set he had just come off tour with the Dublab guys and had a box full of 7” Turkish delight to show for it. They were coming out the speakers like fucking Chinese stars.

SABO



This was the first time I got to seriously hang with Sabo and I must say, he’s easiestly one of the coolest dudes out there. His music description on Myspace includes “afro-beat, house & funk.” Usually I’d stay away from those three when they are being combined, but Sabo knows how to pull it off and how to pull it off sexy. I’m willing to go on record as saying Sabo is the most underrated Lab family member. Plus I’ve heard he keeps a supply of grade-A tang around, I love ‘um.

We recorded him right before he hit the airport after a long string of gigs in LA, so his set was kind of mellow. But it was a good, dubbed out mellow that would be perfect for a Sunday evening or getting your romance freak on. He dropped what ended up being the perfect ending to the year mix.

*As a foot note Haul was kind of making fun of me for having all this dance music on the Lab show, so my set was all below 100bpm this show.

…Next month is ladies month in LA…

im loving it.
a bootleg russian mcdonalds for all you duck haters

stolen from http://englishrussia.com/

Big party if you are in Brooklyn this Saturday Dec 29th! DJ performances by the likes of:
Blaqstarr, Egg Foo, Sujinho, Star Eyes, B. D'Elegance and DJ Ibitha From Barthalona! Slightly Used Sneaker Giveaways! Live Backgammon! Fog Machine! 289 kent ave, Williamsburg BKLYN. 10pm til mad late. Investment: $5. Sorry, guest list is full. If you are good at art bring markers or white out there is an upstairs painting room, open to anybody (who can think beyond graff)

(insert west london accent here): "not to be missed!"

now playing: Uncle Tony's Coloring Book

I fucking love Cristiano Ronaldo.
The fact that someone can make a 5 minute highlight reel of him, only using footage from ONE game, thats insane. Pair the tape with TUPAC? its over. Sorry Martin Highley, your Sunderland Black Cats blew...

Just for fun... Look at his ridiculous footwork...

Also, best headline of the day...
"Tiger kills one, mauls two"

In the words of Chris Rock... "Talkin' bout the tiger went crazy... that tiger ain't go crazy... that tiger went tiger! You know when the tiger went crazy? When the tiger was riding around on a little bike with a Hitler helmet on! Oh shit, I'm a crazy tiger!"

In this corner, the challenger--

In this corner, the reigning champion--

CONCLUSION: Tiesto is bigger than Jesus.

Recently I interviewed Klever & Tittsworth for Mixrevolution.com in the LA Store...

Check it out

keep in mind im not a tv personality, so be easy on me..

ELI ESCOBAR
- came to the attention of Money Studies by way of the Roc
- traded in Ill Bill verses for disco twelves
- seems like a reliable type of person

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1.Blunted Dummies - House For All
2.Holy Ghost! - Hold On
3.Puzique - Don't Go!

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1.Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
2.PJ Harvey - White Chalk
3.Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Bitter (this is old but I re-discovered it this year)

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
like: europe and toronto
hate: bottle service

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
205 chrystie

favorite lab personality of 2007?
blu jemz

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
the wire, the wire and the wire

your favorite places to eat this year?
Gramercy Tavern

your favorite youtube clip of the year (url please)?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
wii

your favorite tang of the year?
HUH? oooh I get it. My girl or Denise on the Cosby Show.

what did you learn as a human this year?
that Serato sounds like ass.

favorite moment of 2007?
getting engaged!

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
to be honest i kinda wish hip hop would just go away... even though it's probably the most important thing that ever happened to me. but it sucks now.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
listen to the 45 king

EGYPTIAN LOVER
- performed 2 instores at the Lab this year
- will perform the same for 10 people or 1000 people
- can rock a full show with only doubles and a mic
- 808 master

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. Planet Rock
2. Electric Kingdom
3. Egypt Egypt

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Timberland
2. Justin Timberlake
3. Prince

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
I loved D.J.ing in 2007 all over the world. I play old school on Vinyl so I get much respect for that. I also do many tricks with Vinyl and many people have never seen such on Vinyl before. It's always good to see people freak out with the tricks I do with records.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
Beijing China

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Egyptian Lover (LOL)

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
Smallville, 24 and the blockbuster movie Transformers.

your favorite places to eat this year?
Mr. Chow (Beverly Hills)

your favorite youtube clip of the year (url please)?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
52" Sony XBR TV

your favorite tang of the year?
My favorite thing of the year is Blu Ray

what did you learn as a human this year?
The whole world loves to dance, we all enjoy to party. World Peace can and will be done through Music.

favorite moment of 2007?
Hearing the Party people in Portland Oregon scream for more and more and more so we went out and performed some more to a standing ovation.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Not putting out a new album

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
Yessirrr (Yes Sir)

Sorry for being M.I.A. lately to all the Boy Genius Bloggermaniacs.

With that said, I want to give a big-ups to a great career... What an amazing story his career has been, would have been one of the best centers of all time...

CODY HUDSON
- produced some graphics for the lab
- obsessed with greek sportswear
- reps chitown hard for some reason?
- strugmart!

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
im an old man and don’t get out to the fancy French clubs so ill keep it Chicago style…
1. phuture – acid tracks
2. fast eddie – hip house
3. cajmere - percolator

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. bonnie prince billy – the letting go
2. casiotone for the painfully alone - etiquette
3. of montreal – hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
djing

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
The hideout

favorite lab personality of 2007?
ph

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
franny and zooey

your favorite places to eat this year?
lula café

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
weed

your favorite tang of the year?
orange

what did you learn as a human this year?
“2 fingers, 1 cube”

favorite moment of 2007?
The “Lights on” dance party from approx 2:20 – 2:32am at the Skylark as they were trying to close the bar but Jason Lazarus was playing Madonna and people kept dancing

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
We’d be out of iraq and not thinking about going into iran

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
brainwashington

speaking of roctakon.
so ive got a bunch of sound effect mp3's on my itunes. my plan was to compile what i had and make a cd for tonight. unfortunately i was thrown off guard when i stumbled upon some of andy/roctakons old drops. i think stretch made them. so fucking good. get involved.

merry christmas

see you tonight. jeah

always,
unemployed lloyd

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eli "bumjuice" aka the other manning disappoints once again as tony bologna destroys & eliminates the dark alley hairy bears.

another year of sitting on the fantasy football sidelines.

words can't express the emotions, maybe harvey can shed some light on how i felt monday night.

pete and tony creep into the semifinals, possibly going heads up for the crown check back for more....

2007 lab nyc employee dinner... head count 24! (missing Sabo and Jack)
we could have probably invited 20 more people who help us out, but we had to keep it to people on the payroll...

secret paella spot!

eggfoo is like an onion... peeling back the layers, you don't know what you'll find... champion mussels eater... check.. dude ate like 30. he's like the 2007 marc jacobs of the dj world... dude is working out, rocking tight tees, sporting a lines in his hair...

this year's secret santa was definitely the best in terms of overall creativity, here are some highlights (sorry, would have posted them all, but that would take me all day)

most thought out gift: josh gave mike an unwinding riddle of a gift, starting with a promo DVD fakeout (Rocket 9 "The Braveheart of hockey movies"), then some pens and a pad, then some poem that told mike to open the pen, which revealed a nicely rolled J.

customized gifts rule, shota the database gets the broadway graf cap from gonz...

tony, as usual, goes way past the $25 limit and gives NYC newcomer Josh pillows and 640 thread-count sheets...

two years ago, Dr. Pitts (where's the epic post?) gave Tony some porn DVDs... this year Eddie gave Elle a gay porn and a one-hitter...

happy holidays from sausage fest 2007!

lastly my favorite conversation of the nite

lab employee #1: i picture yoda when i'm trying to control myself, if i think of yoda i can't bust a nut...
lab employee #2: you bone yoda?!

ROCTAKON
- once worked in the lab manhattan store... could you imagine anyone worse for retail?
- loves to play the gay card
- reminds me of david duchovny's character from californication
- was once in the skratch crew The Goonies and used to rock DMC t-shirts
- got kicked off the lab blog for recklessness and intimidation

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
For some reason in 07 I always came back to

"I Need You" or "Over and Over" by Sylvester.... Everybody knows em and they never fail and sound totally amazing over the right system

"Voices In My Mind" by The Voices another great song and a great litmus test to see if your crowd is really with you, your average nu-raver is not ready for this kinda soulful shit, I always bring it in from the middle "Just a little bit more......" Cause I heard Louie or Doug from 95 North (cant remember who, maybe both) do it like this and it was just so right and so bangin..... Yea Im a biter.... had to do it tho 2 dope not to...

D-Train "Your The One For Me" The original 12 mix is one of the greatest records ever made, and the mix that Dimitry did with "Big Love" was a personal fave this year also... even tho its from 06

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
I don’t listen to albums, but I can tell you what has the most plays on my ipod...

I Love La by Randy Newman

Thanks For The Memories by Fall Out Boy

Pieces Of Me Ashlee Simpson

I actually listened to "The Sun Cant Compare" by Larry Heard more times that all of these combined but I would start it over and over and over and over on every flight i took for like a month trying to figure out what made is sound so amazing so it never registered as high on the play count

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
I really liked the money I made, I really started to hate serato and what is has done to us all....

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
on the commercial tip Vegas still killing it, 205 downstairs is the real love hate spot... Like it kinda sucks but its also so great really the catch 22 spot... Love for the system too...

favorite lab personality of 2007?
Jamal and Lloyd both helped be get back to my roots and get over myself and realize i still love music and its not only about making a buck......

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
I can't read anymore I've had such a hard time concentrating on books, TV I liked Deadliest Catch, Dirty Jobs , and the breakout program this year was for sure No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain, No movies are really jumping out at me American Gagster was the big let down of 07

your favorite places to eat this year?
Oklahoma Joe BBQ
BBQ in a gas station... I had it twice my two fave meals of the year for sure

your favorite youtube clip of the year?
Bear Force 1 DUH!!!!

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
RECORDS! Im Back and Dropping coin on E-bay, Discogs, and at The Lab, A-1 and Dope Jams

your favorite tang of the year?
I think this is last year but.... Jennifer Connelly in Blood Diamond was the hottest thing I've seen in years... I mean she looks like a woman... you can tell she just had a baby or is pregnant of something womanly and sexual its stunning visually... also probably the worst performance of her career...

what did you learn as a human this year?
What I feel inside and what I project outwardly are still miles apart and have a lot more growing up to do.

favorite moment of 2007?
One day Lloyd and Woody came thru the crib and we started gong thru my house records, that ended up becoming me and lloyd starting the Big Fun party which was the highlight of the year for me...

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
I think i kinda did it real big this year, if I could go back I'd probably be a little nicer and talk a little less pointless shit...

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
I think the hand motion that indicates "working the eq's" was that catch of the year... only gonna be more prevalent in 08.

DJ AYRES
- met pete in college pre-lab,
- does things with lab that you don't know about...
- very pale
- rigid dj body style (the anti-sabo)
- has developed facial hair nicely

favorite 3 tracks to play out (or you like to hear out)
1. UGK ft Outkast - International Players Anthem
2. Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul
3. Sinden and Count of Monte Cristal - Beeper

favorite 3 non-dj albums you listened to most this year
1. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
2. Devin the Dude - Waiting to Inhale
3. The Knife - Silent Shout (super late pass)

what you like or hate about djing in 2007?
I liked getting to play more house and club music out of town.

favorite place to dj (or hear djs) in 2007?
Southpaw and the McCarren Park Pool.

favorite lab personality of 2007?
I got to know Anthony better this year and that has been great. N.H.

your favorite tv shows, books and / or movies of the year?
TV - The Office, 30 Rock, Arrested Development and The Wire reruns.
Movies - Lives of Others, No Country for Old Men, The Host, Zodiac, 3:10
to Yuma. Books - The Road, Tree of Smoke, The Gambler.

your favorite places to eat this year?
Vancouver

your favorite youtube clip of the year?

your favorite thing that you bought this year?
Two bedroom apartment.

your favorite tang of the year?
My wife Veronika of course. If we're talking celebrities, then Beyonce.

what did you learn as a human this year?
I learned to manage my time better and that I don't have to help people
all the time.

favorite moment of 2007?
Finding out we're going to have a baby.

if you could change one thing about 2007 what would it be?
Bush, Cheney and Rove should have been imprisoned.

favorite word or phrase of 2007?
You sound poor.

Keepin' it real chill for Winter. . .

Yours,

TTL Annex
120 E 7th Street
212.677.4012

louisahhh and i are trying to thaw out the damn snow here on the east coast with our LA ways.... tonight, thursday and friday...we'll be in boston, providence and nyc... stay tuned...

the ridiculousness of this video must be posted.

just another monday morning for the almighty shipset...

monday morning music nerdery...

introducing the synthesizer...

i'm not a radiohead fan... but this is cool...

arsenal beats chelsea? (speaking of... this blog is great)
skins beat g-men?
an awesome freaking wknd...

jennifer love hewitt = 1 million
rest of the white girls = 0
a little cellulite don't hurt nobody...

I'M BACK YOU WONDERFUL NERDS!
I JUST SAW PORTISHEAD LIVE TWICE IN 2 DAYS.
I AM HAPPY.

Must be the holidays - Snowfall in Brooklyn, chocolates from vendors, and everyone is crankin' out the goods. Here's some essentials...

Forget Bing and Old Blue Eyes, this thing is Badd!

When you're warming up next to that special someone, here's the new
classic

Also, some cool threads by:
10 Deep,

Lemar & Dauley,

and Acapulco Gold.

and if you need to get yourself a present that will never stop giving, I suggest:
The MicroTrack II Recorder

Traktor Scratch

and the mamma jamma - Logic Studio

oh yeah and the last day of free shipping... TOMORROW!
Live it up.

Congrats Denver!!!
You've managed to beat Anchorage for America's Most Drunkenest City.
Where does your city rank?

Speaking of drunkeness... There's another COSO party in Bushwick this Friday. Here are some picts from the last one.

Some other flicks can be found on our blog as well.
Happy Holidays to you and yours...

at least with that hipster holiday guide you don't really have to leave Rivington,
that is, unless you want to go to San Gross-o for lunch.

FOOLS GOLD x THE RUB!

Brooklyn Radio asked me to interview Nick Catchdubs and A-Trak about the label - read it here. As a bonus I mixed an hour of music from Fools Gold and threw in some exclusive remixes from Nick, A-Trak and the rest of the camp. The mix:
download / stream

B/W

Brand new Rub Radio on Scion Broadband - special guests Pharoahe Monch plus DJ Co-op and Hunnicut. As always we hit you with 3 hours of stone cold jams! The show streams 24/7 on loop, and the title of the track playing at any given moment is diplayed under our sexy mugs.

AND

The Rub New Year's Eve tickets are on sale now! $40 gets you Turducken, cornbread, black eyed peas and cabbage from 9-10, champagne at midnight, and New York City's best hip-hop and dance party, over six years strong! Ringing in the New Year without the tourists and amateurs: PRICELESS.

ADDITIONALLY

I'll be spinning at Studio B this Saturday for the City Harvest Benefit alongside DJ Craze, Evil D, the lab's own DJ Elle, drum and bass dudes DB & Christian Bruna, Nigel Richards and more. Bring canned or boxed foods, $5 - $10 donation and your dancing shoes!

Check out this interview and performance from Gil Scott-Heron on NPR.

Epic post coming soon. Until then...

excuse the lack of posting
but holidays is pretty intense at the Lab...

make it rain...

Full racist rant here

WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT...

The 2007 Hipster Holiday Gift Guide is out...

And Two Items we carry happen to be on it...

The Diana Camera and the Gangster Rap Coloring book...

So if you have a few in your family that need gifts.... Look no further..

hipster_holiday_gift_guide_2007_edition

We've got two in-stores coming up this week at the LA store.

First, on Wednesday, we have Urthworm [Free the Robots] and Nosaj Thing [nosajthing.com and OG TTL LA Employee] performing live, with M-Audio Torq demos and giveaways, and free drinks. 7 pm

Friday, IAMSOUND presents the Black Ghosts in store for a pre party performance. Free Dewars and IAMSOUND Giveaways. 8-10 pm

URB Mag will be in attendance at both in-stores getting you the low down on the Look Sharp Neighborhood Sale this weekend.

HELP WANTED
PART-TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITION

REQUIREMENTS
- available Mon-Wed from 10:30am - 6:30pm
- customer service experience a plus
- able to multitask, and be detail oriented
- computer and basic MS office skills

email resume to rikki///at///turntablelab.com

Boom!!!

My man Ryan has a solution....

I have a comeback.... somewhere :-/

like this?

speaking of the legend, here's one of my favorite blog posts

Yes... Every poster.

(Poster by me, MS Paint fiasco by my brother)

Who needs On-Ree??

Still not as good as the Ronaldo face...

as you know, i rarely post about product, but this particular book deserves some shine. i've always been a huge fan of Kevin Lyons, but opening up this book takes me back to freshman year at NYU, when indy hip-hop, skate, and clothing were in its commercial infancy. I can't help but think that his work (amongst others) indirectly led to the birth of things like the Lab.

here's a peek...

cotton bound cover... so lowkey, but perfect

early Fourstar designs and some of my favorite shirts ever. They should reissue these. Kevin also did that Royal logo.

one of the most effective music logos ever...

KL is the undisputed king of the intelligent hip-hop shirt. here he flips Method Man's verse to shout out Huf.

early 1994 design for Kingpin... goin off the Philly Blunts craze. What started streetwear? The Philly Blunt shirt or Stussy's 8 Ball?

remember when those new broncos unis came out and how fresh they were? dude had a hand in it....

some KL designs we used to have... don't sleep

go get it

looks incredible!

If you think your life sucks to any reasonable degree, watch / listen to this and you'll instantly feel a whole lot better about your situation.

Cmon Gina, of course Boy Genius has this hipster game on lock! just see for yourself, I'm even in American Apparel's new ad campaign for men's undies.....

no homo

anyways.... have you guys seen American Apparel's website? its like straight-up porn.... I like.

if the model in said photos is reading this... holler at boy genius

ttlab la got luck as phuc yesterday....
(that's us to the left, Fresh Jive's Reserve on the right)
that car almost ruined my holiday...
photo via bobbyhundreds

who knew that boy genius was such a hipster-celeb?... look at him sporting the lastnightsparty photoalbum button... paul aoki!

and blu jemz is sporting a nice money studies t shirt on the cobrasnake too....

who's the hipster now?

Fuck. Texas hold your head.

See more of Ian's photos at Crewcial.org


Best thing on YouTube ever (via Scott Melker)

On the rare occasion I get to talk about politics with any of my friends, I usually end up learning that only 20% of the people in the room are even registered to vote. So whatever I'm a Dead Prez fan too, but that's pretty lame. I'm willing to wager that more people who read this blog are registered on The Hollerboard than registered to vote.

"You can sue me but i can not fuck with Rudy Giuliani"

Remember when we just let the Bush's fuck us on the last count? Now were in a war forever for nothing meanwhile Al Gore is running around picking up Oscars, Nobel Peace Prizes and probably getting his dick sucked more than Clinton.

Here's my point I don't know much, except that this guy is Black, has a Muslim name and looked pretty damn smooth back in the day.

To be honest thats enough for me...

My man Fader P put me up on to this group KIDZ IN THE HALL. They have a new track called WORK TO DO that' s like the official soundtrack to Obama's campaign. LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!

Finally! The video for "Pro Nails" (directed by Ruben Fleischer) premieres today on mtvU, please tell them to keep playing it and help us spread the link around! This is the first video for both Kid Sister and Fool's Gold, and we did it all independently - your support means a lot.

word on the streetz is that Boy Genius
gave someone the bizness this weekend...
please confirm...

time to visit the duke...

holiday gift guide has been posted...
this will be updated daily, so check back often

email this link to someone giving you a gift:
http://turntablelab.com/holidaygiftguide

don't forget about gift certificates...

also, Mad Decent digital has been posted...

Sometimes I get lost in my little Hollywood bubble and don't know how late I am on shit (someone may have even already blogged about it). If anyone hasn't seen this film, make it your only goal for the week. It's really worth the trip to the theatre.

CONTROL

More importantly the countdown begins... this Thursday I start a new monthly at 205 CLUB.
NYC LET'S GO!!!

The world according to Pretty Toney.