one last post about the Mad Decent vs. Turntable Lab party TONIGHT...
reason #57 to be there:

Mad Decent x Mishka x Turntable Lab
UZI SQUIRT GUNZ...

remember,
there's gonna be some crazy special guests that we can't announce
(on top of Santogold, Spank Rock, and DTL)....
for the flyer check previous post.

also,
word on the street is that the TTL room at last night's Wish You Were Here Party was the best thing in WMC thus far... jemz, woodman, llloyd, mike B, and eli going 1 for 1 disco records, then ending the night 95 style with classic hip-hop? Jemz is a jugganaut.

it keeps getting bigger

special guest #2
Drop The Lime from Trouble & Bass crew
playin the late set

special guest #3
Money Studies affiliate Spank Rock

more guests coming...
remember this party goes until the sun comes out.

this WILL BE THE PARTY OF WMC.

frogman thinks there's an outside shot that diddy might even come.

special guest announcement #1

remember when we had MIA make that landmark performance a couple years back at our WMC party... before she really blew up?

this could be part 2 with Santogold gracing the Mad Decent vs. Turntable Lab WAREHOUSE party.

ps. still working on special guest #2, whom you'll not want to miss!

pps. TIESTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO might be there!

New Annex storefront visual.










Moths, meet Mr. Light.

-Rainey

Download all the MP3s from this new 45 King remix project for free: Zip File

new feature on the blog,
i'll be posting some images that inspire(d) the lab and money studies...

lab graphic inspiration 001

nice one...

ps. i'm still in Thailand.
afraid to post stuff i'm into now.

Shady Dude

thanks to erock for brightening up my day...

tang of the moment...
lecktra
(excuse the hipness)

RSVP here for free entry

that's right, it's a warehouse party.

hooked up a lab exclusivo deal for
people interested in purchasing Traktor Scratch

go there

too bad the lab decent jumpoff is on the same night as this (way to go jasper! i keed, i keed...) but im sure you fine WMC folks can get someone to chauffeur you the three minute drive between events.

So normally, when I'm not at The Annex, or on the injured reserve bench of life, I'm out sauntering through the city. Today was no different, and guess who I wind up bumping into, shooting for a new Fendi campaign, down on the Old Fulton Street pier?

Freakin' none other than the Daft Punk of the fashion world himself, Karl Lagerfeld. You know, Mr. Chanel, blah blah, mysterious weirdo with the classic white hair, black shades, and OJ gloves.

Anyway, after watching the shoot for about 15 minutes, peeping the official wine-glass-holding assistant, the countless do-nothing "gophers," and Mr. Lagerfeld in all his glory, I couldn't help but to conlude that. . .

"Damn, some people get paid f*ckloads of $$$ for doing absolutely nothing!"

Cheers to you, shady cool man with the killer gloves and bad-ass, extended bank account!

-Rainey

P.S. Not that I'm hinting at the slightest sprinkling of any salt-like residue on ANY playaz game.

STUDIO GANGSTER

Leave it to your boy Cosmo to come up with the new series to keep you straight in these crazy times of politics, parallel universes, hotdogs and whatnot. He told me and C'mish he was gonna write some shit up, but I had no idea how thorough it would be - so next level! so anyway, without further ado -- here is the debut edition of

What's good, people? It's your boy Cosmo Baker coming back to drop a gem on you with this new series called "Role Model Of The Week." You know, this is a wild and crazy world that we all live in, and things sure do seem to get rough and tough out there. It's kind of hard to figure out what the do, where to go, and how to act sometimes, especially for the seeds out there (who are the ones that need our guidance the most - they are the future.) So with the feature I'm just trying to shed some light on human beings, animals and other things that are doing it real big on the tip of the type of shit that you need to be getting your levels up on. Self-empowerment, internal realization, power of refinement, that's what we all should strive for ever day and passing these (and other) lessons off to the seeds is just one of the things that is my life's work. Just ask the dudes at The Lab - I'm always dropping knowledge when I come through on my monthly "enthusiasm workshops." My repertoire isn't limited to push-up reps or having breakdance clinics to Brass Construction.

So anyway let me talk about this week's role model: Dolph "Wrecking Shop" Lundgren.

First of all, I always thought this dude was a German, but he's not, he's Swedish. That's cool with me. Secondly he's a big motherfucker - I mean we all could see that when he played Ivan Drago and went up against Rocky. But on the real, let me get deep on this Dolph Lundgren tip for a second. I always thought that dude was just another big motherfucker that was supposed to be an Arnold clone. I'm gonna put it this way - Arnold may be the Governor of California but I don't think he's that bright. But when I went to do the knowledge on Dolph here I found all sorts of ill things about the boy. First of all, dude is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Institute Of Technology. After dude graduated he went and got a masters degree in chemical engineering from the University Of Sydney, after which he was awarded a motherfucking Fullbright Scholarship to M.I.T. Doing it fucking BIG.

But the thing is, Dolph decided that he had enough schooling and wanted to become an actor - and that decision was the right one because check it, he became one of the biggest and best of his generation. "Universal Soldier," "The Punisher," "Rocky 4" - the list goes on and on. I mean fucking for real, this dude IS HE-MAN.

Off screen dude is as ill as he was on screen too. He was in the Swedish equivalent of the Navy SEALS, so he'll fucking do some real damage. He's a black belt in Kyokushin Karate, and he not only was the captain of the Swedish Karate team but he won the European and Australian tournaments, as well as placing high in the world tournament. Dolph also was the Swedish team leader for the Olympic Games in his event, the Modern Pentathalon (which is a sport that he actively still promotes. That shit seems tough.) He gets in shape and does his physical fitness. Also THIS motherfucker speaks English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish, some Japanese and Italian. Illmatic.

PS: Dolph got a strange power over the ladies. It's interesting, don't know what that's about but I won't deny it.

So yeah, Dolph is no joke. Also peep game - dude went out with Grace Jones for a while which is a trip. I mean, you know, who knows, that's a look right there and all. So yeah, DOLPH LUNDGEN is this week's ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK, which means that he's a dude who's LEVEL YOU WANT TO GET UP ON.

So tune in next week when I bring you the next installment of COSMO BAKER'S ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK. Until then, stay focused and keep your levels correct. 100,000!

DOLPH GOT STYLE

He's a good actor (but you know, USA #1!)

alright i wave the white flag in the almighty name of the weiner

When's the next lab bbq?

my daily routine when i wake up is to open my blinds and check out the people waiting for the bus on 1st ave. you can generally tell the weather by what they are wearing and their postures. it's also a concrete manifestation of the city's rat race. there's a line like this at 7am, and it doesn't end until noon.

the people movers come by every couple minutes and take the rat people away... then it starts all over again...

and minimal, parallel universe will never die!

remember, back in the day, ph called for a cease-fire on the over zealous flyer posting?

think we can rock a moratorium on the parallel universe shenanigans for a minute? that shit got hammered hard, and...yeah. it lost its funny. fail.

So... here is how mos def feels about our Presidential Candidates, This is just too good.

mos def.

I love you.

Struggle,

I had the distinct pleasure of eating at The Wiener's Circle when i was in Chicago for a wedding last year. I'm into the toppings, too. And the Chicagoans who took me there were really proud of it.
Gray's Papaya, NY's best in my opinion, is way more derelict. it's good when you're drunk/high/broke/not hanging out with girls.. .and combined with "tropical" fruit juice gives you some crucial gas.

-P

all right peoples, just to clarify the world of encased meets for you. what i was showing you before was a pork sausage (similar to a brat or a polish). it is typically shorter than a hot dog (but props to the commish for the graphic). also i do enjoy an occasional NY dog while out visiting your fine city and don't want to open up a NY vs. CHI hot dog war, but for me it comes down to the toppings and a traditional chicago style hot dog does it every time for me.

and after reading the hooves and lips comment, it got me so hungry that i ran out to Hot Doug's to snag a traditional dog (which ive now nicknamed the trife dog (no relation to phife dawg)) so i could get a photo of it for yall.

now a little history...

A Chicago-style hot dog is a steamed or boiled all-beef hot dog on a poppy seed bun, which originated in the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois. The hot dog is topped with mustard, onion, sweet pickle relish (usually neon green), a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt; but never ketchup. It is taboo to put ketchup on a Chicago hot dog; some hot dog stands don't even stock the condiment.

Many sources attribute the distinctive collection of toppings on a Chicago-style dog to the "Depression Sandwich" originated by Fluky's on historic Maxwell Street in 1929. Vienna Beef frankfurters, the most common brand served today, were first sold at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Chicago-style hot dogs are boiled or steamed before adding the toppings. Less commonly, they're grilled and referred to as "chardogs." The typical dog weighs 1/8 pound and the most traditional type features a natural casing, providing a distinctive "snap" when bitten.