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Monday, June, 30 2008 |
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Friday, June, 27 2008 |
just got back from brazil
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Friday, June, 27 2008 |
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Friday, June, 27 2008 |
This movie is amazing! Just look at the cast... For real get off that Reality Bites shit, MAD GAY! I mean I'm a big Stiller/Garofalo fan (I watch Mystery Men every time it's on cable) but come on! If you don't like Reality Bites come to our pool party July 4th!!!
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Thursday, June, 26 2008 |
Rants Pt 2 The most palyed out thing anyone has said or been saying the past couple years is........ "yea but hes a really good dude" or "yea but hes such a nice guy and he means well" IM SO SICK OF IT..... WHEN I HEAR MYSELF SAY IT I WANT TO PUKE AND DIE... Next time you want to stand up for some total waste of space cause they leave comments like "you rock" on your blog, DONT Also is it just me or is this SMD Kid Sister Remix Totally Good? I need to investigate further but it sounds good..... Im a dj and i play in big clubs I'd appriciate a Wave or Aiff of it in my gmail.... you know where to find me...
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Wednesday, June, 25 2008 |
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Wednesday, June, 25 2008 |
Rescue Me was filming on our block today. There's always shit filming on our block (most recently, this abortion and the Taking of Pelham One Two Three remake) but this was different because (a) Erock and myself are big nerds for that show and (2) they scattered "bodies," clothes and fake ashes all up and down the street. Sadly, no sightings of Denis Leary's smokin show daughter.
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Tuesday, June, 24 2008 |
2fer tuesdays on you readers. everyone loves free mixes right? you don't have to select your own music, and it may contain some records you don't have. so yeah, more than likely you're saying yes. well i figured that i would give a little contribution to the readers with something to grind away a summer day with whether you're working at the desk, lounging in a pool with some stunts, or topping off your peanut butter & banana sandwich with that honey in a bear. i hope you enjoy the funky sounds...
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Tuesday, June, 24 2008 |
Once in a wile a mash up or remix or whatever this shit is called now, once in a wile one comes along and blows your mind wide open... Like Redfoxxx's Olive Garden Vrs Heater youtube before it this is blowing my fucking mind.... This kinda crap almost never works on me, bullshit college humor but fuck this is amazing....
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Monday, June, 23 2008 |
Oh. I want these. In fact, I think i NEED These.
Also. Props on chromeo video, my cd makes a cameo, cuz I'm chillin next to Justice.. and props on Reality Bites, I remember I bought the soundtrack when it came out and played that shit at least 4 times a day, while I danced in my doc martins.
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Sunday, June, 22 2008 |
WTF?!? The Lab got featured on this MYSPACE Chromeo bit (about 2:33 in). How come nobody told me about this??? MySpace Presents: The Fit with Chromeo Totally TURNTABLE LAB public relations department right here! -Rainey
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Saturday, June, 21 2008 |
Get your Gen X on!!!!! Lets go! I feel like if you under the age of like 26 or 27 this movie will appear to be a total piece of shit..... but I swear its so good!
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Friday, June, 20 2008 |
There needs to be more fantasy art in 2008. This shit is ripe for a comeback, and not just amongst the metal nerdus. Here's a bunch of paintings from the boss of bosses in the game. Who? Frank Frazettaaaaaaaaa!
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Friday, June, 20 2008 |
Yeah that Tribeca Grand party was the first week I started working at the Lab. Who cares you ask? Just wanted an excuse to write.... POCKET CHECKERS IN THE SUMMER SATURDAY JUNE 21st NEIL NICE 10PM-6AM 87 Ludlow FREE!!!
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Friday, June, 20 2008 |
Lab Radio Update!!!
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Friday, June, 20 2008 |
Gawd damn!!! I'm surprised Obama or my mom weren't at that infamous Hollertronix party!?! Anyhoot, this was tonite's RED BULL GALLERY party for WAX PO and the LAS FLORES PROJECT. Mr. Las Flores himself with your's truly (peep how I look like i didn't know i was taking my own pic) Not for nuffin, but BUDOS BAND did their thing! Had all the white girls dancing like they were black, and the Japanese girls like they were Spanish! Mr. Banks on the set. Killed a set of almost nothing but THREE 6 MAFIA and extended PROJECT PAT -Rainey PS. Yo Woody, SATURDAY son!!
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Friday, June, 20 2008 |
Can't quite mention that Hollertronix night without mentioning an appearance by Lab Heartthrob Boy Genius. One of my favorite nights out ever, every mofo in New York was out that night, even Herb + Buck Williams!! Below are a couple shots from my Cannon Elph digital camera, which was 1.8 megapixels back then. I can't believe this was Pre-Hipster / Urban Outfitter / BAPE / Nike Dunks / American Apparel days. Before they were hipsters, they were just gay.
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Thursday, June, 19 2008 |
Not to Keep this crap going but.... my hip hop sets are mediocre compaired to people like Eli Escobar, Riz or dj scratch and a million other tru masters of that shit... That night is one of my fondest memories of my first couple years in NY and maybe my entire life. I was on point 100% killing it that night. Classics, into Classic hip hop, into 80s and dance classics into disco and a couple rare groove type things. I was on a mission to shine that night and i fucking killed it with a capital K.... big songs from that set at apt... D Train Your the One for Me If you knew how many gigs I got because of that set, its almost criminal, tons of fill ins at APT and it directly led to residency at Bungalow 8....... Wich basically led to me making kelly clarkson mash ups instead of doing dope sets of dope music..... OH WELL!!!!!
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Thursday, June, 19 2008 |
what is tony wearing - vintage edition!
see, tony is a complex character. he grew up in the heart of italian america (sheepshead bay, bk) then moved to atlanta when he was 10. this picture was taken during a time when he was examining his guido roots. he got his mom to buy him (like a true guido) several velour Sean Jean track suits. He would rock one everyday with those guido nikes... the pinky ring was planned, but never purchased. this phase lasted for a couple months.
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Thursday, June, 19 2008 |
United Go Skate Day is this Saturday. Dust of your stunt wood and get your shred on... Just be careful on the roll in dudes...
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Thursday, June, 19 2008 |
not to get all nostalgic but
as for the subject at hand...
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Thursday, June, 19 2008 |
I remember opening for Hollertronix at the Trifebeca Grand... Roc was upstairs the whole time DJing the bottle service scene... I remember him playing Endgames Ecstasy at one point. Meanwhile downstairs the only thing I remember was that I played Prince's Kiss and the Hollertronix hype man goes "OOOOHH SHIIIIT! WOODMAN DIGGIN IN DA CRATES!!!!" and I was like "no I'm not?!"
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Thursday, June, 19 2008 |
When im speaking about this stuff, Im talking about the sort of general turntable lab scene of people and associated stuff, not like the whole world of music....
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Thursday, June, 19 2008 |
In direct response to Roc's introspective last post: Considering that I'm 24, I totally (technically) missed out on most if not all of the dope NYC dj/music scenes--everything from Punk, Post Punk, No-Wave, Rave, even some golden 80's-90's Hip Hop goodness. You name it, chances are I wasn't there to experience it first hand. And not that I can offer much at my point "in the game," or that I'm existentially sweeping up the concerns, but. . . Really, I owe my "better" taste to the tons mediocre stuff out there, just like that stuff has helped breed the class of Lab All-Stars that I've learned to pick up the real gems from: Snack + Cmish, Jemz, Lloydski, Wood, Bog, Michna, Roc, etc. Hell, even Pete!!!
All I'm saying is, "Stay golden Pony Boy[s] and gals." -Rainey
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Wednesday, June, 18 2008 |
Wezz from Burlesque cranks out the best flyer I've seen since this one.
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Wednesday, June, 18 2008 |
Speaking of France: Romanthony, infinitely more interesting and talented than Daft Punk, also the only reason 9 out of 10 people have heard of Daft Punk...
I long for the days between the shitty backpack era and the dawn of Hollertronix..... Seemed like anything was possable and djing was still exciting... Actually I still feel like anything is possable and djing is still exciting its just the ammount of fucking horrendous bullshit one has to wade thru to find any truth today is exhausting..... Everything seems like some sort of snide joke, nobody seems invested in anything except self promotion and Djs have never been worse..... Its a bit ironic that to me it seems like Mad Decent is one of the few labels and groups of people that is still devoted to putting out interesting and exciting music, everyone else from that scene seems to have setteled for a quick buck, and flash in the pan releases... I just want to tip my hat to them and say keep it up, I dont always like what you put out but you believe in it and do it because you love this shit as much as people like I do, I appriciate ya'lls integrity......
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Wednesday, June, 18 2008 |
an interview with label head Jean-René Etienne what is the story of how the label was started? Best/most memorable party? GET THE FULL INSTITUBES CATALOG ON TTL DIGITAL NOW
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Wednesday, June, 18 2008 |
SSSsheck it out amigos: My boy Christian from the WESC store (Lafayette) is gettin hooked up with a sweet release party for his album, LAS FLORES PROJECT. Red Bull, Brewskies, and Vodka catered! And BUDOS BAND Holla for a dollar! -Rainey
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Tuesday, June, 17 2008 |
There isn't even a word for what the Celtics are doing to LA right now. I'm thinking "fuckbarrassing" or "rapediculous."
VICTORY MOHAWKS ALL AROUND
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Tuesday, June, 17 2008 |
I went out and bought The Virgins CD the other day. I have to admit it's kind of AMAZING! Been walking around the City all day listening to it, perfect NYC summer music. Especially this single Private Affair. Big shout out to my nursery school classmate Matt Lensky aka STES on the director tip. Ahhh Channel J and Robin Byrd we miss you, but NYC is still the best.... Let's get grimey NY... DA debut of DA HARDY BOYZ happens tonight (Wednesday)...
NEIL NICE You know it's gonna be craze... More info soon....
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Tuesday, June, 17 2008 |
Shut skates representative Luis Tallentino breaking the world high ollie record this past weekend right here down the street in the lower east side...check at 1:43...dude looks like Hosoi doing a laidback air in those Jimmy Z adds circa 1987...that's what you call some serious steelo on a board bro's... On the real though, who honestly would've thought that anyone could ollie higher than the one and only 90s skate legend "The Donger" Kien Lieu...
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Tuesday, June, 17 2008 |
quite possibly
i also hung out with some guy who owned a seafood restaurant in my town,
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Tuesday, June, 17 2008 |
Apparently all you need to be a "20th Century Master" is to have had one #1 single in your entire life. Also it helps if you masturbated to Cindy Crawford and had Beavis & Butthead think you were women: It has oft been stated that genius languishes in obscurity, never to be discovered til long after that genius has passed (see: HP Lovecraft, Kakfa, etc), but sometimes genius and mastery over an entire century can be achieved in your (and my!) lifetime, and still I will have literally no idea who the fuck you are: I had already purchased the Silverchair and Len installments in the "Unmitigated Geniuses & Iconoclastic Cultural Zeitgeist Champions of Modernity" series to pick up this little number: Ahh and of course here we reach the apex of modern civilization. I speak not of the wheel, the cotton gin, the printing press, or harnessing electricity, but rather of a gaggle of dongbirds in the early 90s getting together and thinking it would be a great idea to play a bunch of horns but not be a ska band. Ahh Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, is there anything less cool than swing revival? Anything at all? Finally! A recycled genre of music that is unique to my generation! And by my generation, I mean my grandparents' generation! Other mind-blowers include:
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Tuesday, June, 17 2008 |
SONGS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE VOL.UNO
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Monday, June, 16 2008 |
So our buddy, Them Jeans hosted a lil Lakers-Celtics BBQ the other day.... Ladies and Gents; I would like to introduce to you.... THE AYRES BURGER
This burger consists of:
I think I just clogged my arteries just typing about that...
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Monday, June, 16 2008 |
People Who Live in DC: My friend has produced a Doc about Arthur Russell. Its a tad arty and its really an excellent watch, and you should all go check it out if you live in that area, its showing tommrow the 17th on June.. all the info here....
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Monday, June, 16 2008 |
got the proofs back from the press...
images from one of my favorite blogs as of late:
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Monday, June, 16 2008 |
NEW LAB LA RADIO This month’s guests…
EROL ALKAN Scion set this up during WMC and told me I’d have to be in the “radio room” at like 10:30 am to interview Erol. If you’ve ever been to WMC you know that that is an un-godly hour. I dragged my self out of bed, through on my sunglasses and headed downstairs to what I thought was a radio interview. When I get to the room The Rub dudes are all sitting there bright-eyed & bushy tailed surrounded by video cameras. When I say “oh shit this is a video interview?” The whole room erupts in laughter (like I’m the retard for wanting to be asleep). Luckily Erol ended up postponing the interview till the afternoon, Nice! For some reason I was really nervous about doing this interview and I was just walking around the Raleigh party all day asking people what they thought I should ask the world’s coolest DJ. Luckily Alkan-Fan Club member #1, Greg from the Acid Girls was down to come help me. The result? Erol’s the ultimate homie. We asked him about everything except Trash. He let us in on production secrets for bands and beats, how he manages to blow up with out going pop and any other super-cool topics we could come up with (quite heavy shit). Wish I had his dj set recorded from that day, pretty fucking radical dude!
DJ SCRATCH Scratch is all business (must have learned it from EPMD), he even showed up in a designer suit to Plan B in the middle of the day to interview. He had just installed Serato on a new laptop and it wasn’t working with the 57. I told him it was probably because his version was too new and that I had the older version on my jump drive. So I gave him and Prince Paul the drive to take it off and all of a sudden the two of them start bugging like “yo what the fuck is this virus shit?!!” I had forgotten that I named my drive “Jemz Virus.” When I explained it to the two of them the comedy was lost. All I remember was Scratch asking “Why would you do that?” and Paul like “That’s really weird yo!” It’s funny as a kid I use to think meeting Prince Paul was all I needed to do, instead he likes dudes like Paul Barman and thinks I’m “weird.” Oh well. The interview was dope. Did you know he made the Rampage beat on a 8 sec sampler and 4-track? He gets into more shit like that, as well as early ‘80s roller rink circuit stories, interesting stuff. Plus he gave us the ill EPMD best of set that’s perfect for the summertime.
THE ARAB PARROT The Parrot lives around the corner from where we record so he came thru to chill too… He played some funny shit but got all clammy on the mic. SPEAKING OF SCION RADIO… THIS TUESDAY JUNE 17th I WILL BE BACK IN NYC DJING ALONG SIDE: BLAQSTARR Plan B FREE!!!
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Sunday, June, 15 2008 |
Sorta NSFW But Not really... this is what its like at my house when wifey goes to work....
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Saturday, June, 14 2008 |
Michna, holla for a dollar! - Rainey
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Friday, June, 13 2008 |
speaking of the untimely passing of Tim Russert, it'll be a sad day when this guy goes. Meet The Press came on right after this joint- of which i, nor my school, was ever on...
p.s.
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Friday, June, 13 2008 |
Rest In Peace
Tim Russert Unbelievable, he is simply the best, the equivalent to the entire Inside the NBA TNT cast passing away, along with Marv Albert, the Czar, and Kevin Harlan dying all at the same time. I guess the long, strenuous presidential campaign took a toll on him, I cant imagine this historic presidential race without him. The news of Russert passing totally nullified the great news that came out of Chicago today (and no, it wasn't from the Obama campaign....)
The Pied Piper of R&B, aka 'Your Boyfriend' acquitted on all counts of child pornography after less than a day of deliberations Friday, ending an ordeal for the R&B superstar that began when he was charged six years ago. He faced 15 years in prison. BRING ON THE 12 PLAY 4th QUARTER TOUR!!!!
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Thursday, June, 12 2008 |
Nice to see all the blogs this week. I was too busy tanning and drinking margaritas to check, but that Blowfly shit is hilarious! And message to Roc, how 'bout learning to cook, ya big baby! Actually don't, ladies love seeing bachelors with take out boxes everywhere. Well, summer is finally here, time to burn some dough! May I suggest some of these fine newies? 2K Gingham tributes to Smiths, San Fran, and a restock of our best selling shirt since Rocking On Your Dime.... and nobody can do shorts better than a streetwear company from Hawaii and here's some new tributes and stories from lab favorites, No Mas
more on the way,
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Thursday, June, 12 2008 |
coming tuesday...
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Thursday, June, 12 2008 |
I'm in LA all weekend, DJing Thursday night at Temporary Spaces and Friday at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa plus Saturday at a big party but that's a secret for now! Get all the details at my website. Here's a little 10 minute megamix with all the tracks from the new Royalty EP, on T&A / Unruly Records: http://www.zshare.net/audio/13215684fac43ca8/ . We also put up some promo MP3s of alternate mixes and a brand new joint not included on the vinyl at Discobelle.net. ![]() Buy the vinyl right here!
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Wednesday, June, 11 2008 |
I feel that I have reached the end of the internet... Oh and on a completely unrelated note.... All House Classics/Hip House set.
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Wednesday, June, 11 2008 |
for a week straight i've been dipped in my newly provided swagger. things haven't changed much though, except for maybe the numbers on the range.
respect due to Cosmo McNulty for steppin in the marina first with the swagger.
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Tuesday, June, 10 2008 |
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Monday, June, 09 2008 |
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Saturday, June, 07 2008 |
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Friday, June, 06 2008 |
Bukkake Guidelines
I got this from
This is way better than reading about random "boogie" songs or disco edits made by djs who have djd for about 500 people if you combine every time they dj'd ever......
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Thursday, June, 05 2008 |
Baltimore legend Rod Lee X Money Studies! Could it B-more perfect? And speaking of beats, check how we roll with Stussy at the wheel. Big shout out to also if you haven't been keepin' up, check the fresh threads for the season: Mike Giant's Rebel 8 and Archival more dope coming soon,
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Wednesday, June, 04 2008 |
BUT THERE WILL BE NO ADVANCED TICKET SALES FOR THIS SHIT! (go see egg foo, then stay up late for the rawness!) THIS SATURDAY JUNE 7TH... THE "REAL COOL KIDS" -AKA- THE BOMB SQUAD!
PPS...
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Wednesday, June, 04 2008 |
Got to see our dude do it to the crowd from about 40 feet away tonight in St. Paul. No Ludacris sightings, but he lit up the place moreso than anyone I've ever seen before.
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Tuesday, June, 03 2008 |
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Tuesday, June, 03 2008 |
Black Joy-
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Tuesday, June, 03 2008 |
Bloggermaniacs... The Next Leader of the Free World
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Monday, June, 02 2008 |
Come thru and check out these DJ's as they flaunt the latest fashions (all dj fashion show starts at midnight).
While most of these kids are well out of their teens, I think this title fits because they know about as much about records as I did when I was a teenager. Here's how you can spot them... 1- Big emphasis on playing records that Daft Punk, Armand, etc sampled in their "disco sets" (at first I was genuinely impressed with their deep knowledge of these records, than I realized there are like 10 million blogs that list and post these records). 2 - Instead of saying they "really love" a dj or "the dj killed it" they say things like "that guy really know his shit." This implies that the Teenage DJ's blog base of music knowledge is somehow comparable to someone's who shaped the game like a Cosmo Vitelli. 3 - Talking to them about music makes your stomach cringe in the same way as Estelle's lyrics on American Boy. 4 - They never stop trying to get gigs or setting up photo op's (squeaky wheel theory). 5 - They've heard of everything except Moodymann & Second Cousins... To be honest this isn't some hater shit, just an observation. I prefer this generation to the "Too Cool DJs" of my generation who just sit around and complain about how they have to "go to work" making $500 an hour. One Love & Strictly Positive Vibes To The Mighty DJ Nation....
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Sunday, June, 01 2008 |
stackswell graphic inspiration 001 before the lab manifested in '99 and ph had my attention with his design & sticker game, ego trip magazine was there. essentially they gave me some of my earliest inspiration(s) on how to apply creativity to what i was interested in; clean type, placement, and strong images. all revolving around the 5 elements of hip-hop [the 5th being guacamole] in some form or another. these are a couple of examples that i find to be perfect.
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