Seems like the whole crew is on there way to stardom and no one deserves it more than my man Egg Foo Young. Feels like just yesterday he was sitting next to me in the warehouse doing a short term stint in the Lab's customer service department. Pete would constantly yell things at us from the executive office like "are you guys doing ANY work?" or "it can't be THAT funny!" (For the record we were doing all the work and it was THAT funny).

Flash forward to today and I'm getting emails announcing that MICHNA (some A&R convinced him the Chinese food thing wasn't working) has signed to Ghostly International and has the first track on their new Ghostly Swim project (even beating out Dabrye).

Like all of Michna's shit I love this track Triple Chrome Dipped. You can hear the whole album here and even download it for free for a limited time.

Even better perhaps is the video they made for Michna's track. Great Job!

Were proud of you Double Pack...

Stay tuned for updates on the Ghostly Swim tour, including a stop at the Lab in LA on Saturday May 17th.

Now for some classic footage of someone getting "MICHNA'D." I hope you got a refund buddy...

BREAKING NEWS:
Asian Oregon Rep. David Wu endorses Barack Obama!!

Can I say it?
Yes I can...

Its over.

sent via dj elle:

THE ROC IS BACK!
and it couldn't have come a day earlier...

Yo whats up with all the product making this blog lame? Isn't that what TTLAB.COM is for? Capitalism?

Now introducing Me, Lloyd-Ski and sTERRYo's new Small Room Trance crew...

HARDY BOYZ

Look out for our new jam "The Hardy Boyz Are Here" coming to a Myspace page near you...

Sun is shining and we need more Frogman reggae joints!
Until then, these rare disco and new minimal tracks are kinda the shit...

Patrick Adams
Master of the Masterpiece #2 CD

Professor Genius
A Jean Giraud (Brennan Green Remix) 12"

My current ladyfriend really likes groovin' to this...
H.O.S.H.
Steppenwolf Remixes 12"

For gear, 10 Deep cleans it up and gets political in time for the races

Mishka brings us some nice spring hoodies

and for the ladies in the house, have a go at these new picks from Claw Money

If you need me, I'll be getting my tan on...

THIS IS WHAT IM DOING WHILE YOUR CHECKING
SHIITY BLOG HOUSE BLOGS FOR CROOKER REMIXES.......

New York You Know I Love You....

WITH

What Skating In Ny is really like....

This is whats going on in my world. Skating, House and Disco.... Check me at the TF Check me at A-1, chek me at the lab, just dont check for me where people are playing mp3s of "across the dancefloor" or whatever caucasoid atrocity is the flavor of the month.....

i hate when Tim Duncan rubs/pats his teammates on the top of their heads. Anybody ever notice that? They must HATE it as well.

(Boy Genius laying low... I know you guys miss me)

some nostalgic stuff seen at comicon...

a little while ago i was thinking of trying to book Khia for the next Re:Up party, which led me to her myspace. It says "for bookings call Thug Misses Entertainment.." so I called it. She answered the phone, we talked, and was really a nice person. Anyways I'm waiting for her to email me but in the meantime,

you gotta read Khia's review of Trina's latest album

So apparently the guy in the skate video linked below, Zered Bassett, is wearing Roctashades. Roctakon demanded that I point this out, in blog form, to the world, since he himself was banned from posting here.

Yea, I guess you can also say that skateboarding's pretty nerdy nowadays too.
So if you didn't make it out to the "Con," perhaps you stopped by THIS???

Sorry that I couldn't embed, but the vid's in Hi Def. Told you that 12th n' A spot blew up!

And lastly, a shout out to the Lab's Shipset (Past/Present/Future), the reason behind all the goodies making it to your happy little doorsteps.

And the magic behind soprano saxophones in "custom" boxes making it to the Dominican Republic.

Can't hate on that.



-Rainey

first of all, i am not a comic dude. i had a short career as a collector in elementary school. my neighborhood gang used to go to the drugstore (People's), gaffle comics and Now & Laters, never read them, lookup price guides in the back of mags, trade them, and generally forget about em... my comic career ended when an older dude from the neighborhood pulled off a super-lopsided trade with me (he took my Punisher mini-series for a beat up copy of Ironman #100).

anyway, i am always down to go checkout subcultures, the nerdier... the better. and what's nerdier than Comicon?

before heading to Javitz center, you always got to stop by Manganaro's Heroboy for some big ass italian subs...

so when i first get there, i see a dude in a spiderman suit. i'm thinking "wow, that's cool, some dude is geared up as spidey, head to toe". A couple more steps in, I saw like 3 more spideys... they're everywhere... spideys are kinda the tools of comicon.

on the other end of the nerdus spectrum... these guys are the studs of comicon... they even have their own meeting place....

you decide.

i think this was a special premium event. pay extra and get your picture taken with a harem of Return of the Jedi Leahs. i won't lie, i was feeling it.

new Hellboy movie coming out...

a common scene at comicon: 2 dudes in full costume recognize the realness of each other's costume, so they take a picture together. they don't even talk to each other. it just happens. seriously, you see this everywhere. it's like woodman doing a live mash-up ceci peniston and tone loc.

again, you decide.

they had a huge section for Magic players. can someone explain to me what's going on. i tried watching for a minute, but nothing registered. just a bunch of dudes cupping cards and moving fake gems on a board.

another comicon phenomenon: swords. there were dudes walking around with swords on their back. there's even sword dealers. the one in the picture sold swords and bongs. as i was taking flicks of his setup, he was giving the ice grill and trying to read my retail badge. dude, don't worry, we won't steal your idea here....

another sword dealer. check the body expression of the dude... which sword shall i wield?

did i mention it was crowded as hell? the convention took up the biggest hall in the Javitz center and the place was packed. there were 30 minute lines for the ATM, and dudes were in massive lines with stacks of comics to be signed... i was only there for a little over an hour and only caught about a eighth of the show...

life size hulk sculpture was pretty badass...

part 2 coming...

just got word of this on friday from our French Connection... the last chapter in the trilogy from Young Cuiz, once again featuring the Genevan Heathen + produced by Orgasmic. dropping early May in Europe from Arcade Mode, and exclusively in the states at Lab site + stores. take that Mr. Producto!