Sony Music has confirmed, new SADE record coming in early 2009...the smooth operator is back...JEAH!!!

-NN

starting friday at the NY and LA stores...
also, the 30% online clothing sale continues...

Nick Hook and I just started a band currently known as "Cisco Adlers Ballbag"

The Parrot and I are on the last leg of our exodus across the USA, should be in NYC by midnight holler!

Check THEARABPARROT.COM for the complete story...

No rest tho cuz tomorrow night were off to MIAMI for POP LIFE and ART BASEL

Check the flyer for Saturday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE AND PRES!!! You know how we do, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Peter,

Im alittle hurt that you would assume my records peak at spoonman. To insinuate that i blew my load is just crazy talk. One sided spoonman promos is just the level im on when it comes to shit like this. Yea, i set it off with spoonman. SO WHAT! Spoonman means nothing to me! Perhaps i'll back it up a bit and start slow. Will that make you happy?

Maybe instead i should have started off with:

My "Doctor Feelgood" 12". (its an import which is kinda like cheating but its awesome none the less.)

Or how bout my Billy Idol "Cradle of Love" 12 with "Rob that the Cradle of Dub (Extended Inst Mix)" on the flip

NO NO!! How bout my "We didnt Start the Fire" 12 with an extended version of "Just the Way you Are" on the b side?

Ha.
An that was just 1989!
Im killin' these bamas chronologically!!!!
Shall i keep going?

Happy Thanksgiving,
lloydskittles

special thanksgiving edition of
tang of the moment

ps.
way to kill a great thread lloyd... you gotta build up to Spoonman!
that's like playing "Scenario" as your first song (do people even play "Scenario" anymore?)

Feel the rhythm with your hands
Steal the rhythm while you can, spoonman
Speak the rhythm on your own
Speak the rhythm all alone, spoonman

Spoonman, come together with your hands
Save me, Im together with your plan
Save me

All my friends are indians
All my friends are brown and red, spoonman
All my friends are skeletons
They beat the rhythm with their bones,
Spoonman

Feel the rhythm with your hands
Steal the rhythm while you can, spoonman

That new Bloc Party album Intimacy is pretty good, not as great Silent Alarm but def better than A Weekend In The City. "Signs" is one of the stand out tracks...probably gonna be a big one for the British boys...remix anyone???

-NN

What a country.

Who ever invented "working remotely / working from home" is a genius. Who ever invented the McDonald's breakfast is extra genius (Ronald?). My brother is right, its breakfast perfection, you can't get better than the Sausage EggMcMuffin combo. I caught the drive-thru just in time (10:29am, 1 minute before the end of breakfast), so I got extra hype and supersized my OJ and told the guy to double up on the hash-beezies.

Boy Genius is returnin to D.C. this week bitches!!
Cute sexy ladies: come find the flyest Korean and kiss me on the cheek.

i like where this is going.

i'll take that jimmy Ray 12" and raise you both a promo only domestic one sided 12" of sound gardens "spoonman." even though it may be one of the dumbest songs ever (besides me & the biz) i remember being unbelievably stoked when i found this in a friends put back pile while shopping for records in greenpoint.

now unless that hunger strike 12" i gave the roc for his birthday 4 years ago surfaces i can say with confidence im killing it.

i can do this all day,
lloyd

Woodman's blog is always an entertaining read, but the current "Cleaning Out My Closet" series of failed attempts at removing questionable records from his collection has been particularly spot-on.

Pt 1 / Pt 2 / Pt 3 / Pt 4

I too am guilty of rescuing absolute dreck from the dollar bins. The old Kim's (PS who's idea was that terrible downstairs redesign? Where are my dusty CD singles?) was perfect for that sort of thing. I'll see you that green vinyl Spin Doctors 2xLP and raise you a

- Catchdini

BLK FRIDAY clothing sale started yesterday...

go there

things that suck about nyc #285: the chance of getting stuck in an elevator
in nyc, you ride elevators more than any place in the US. i hear about people getting stuck all the time. this wknd it happened to me. 1 hour in a steel walled elevator with spotlights pouring down. the guy on the other side of the emergency intercom was cool tho, he played the radio for me and kept calling me "buddy," as in, "you ok there, buddy?" at dinner, i told a friend and he replied with another story about his friend getting stuck late night with a girl and the girl taking a piss in the elevator (they were drunk). they ended up going on some dates...

in our continuing tour of ny's soccer fields,
we visit randall's island again, this time the southside

weather was brutal, probably around 30 degrees at the 9pm kickoff... but it was gorgeous out.

great views all around and you can rent these fields for under $10 (but it's impossible to get a reservation)

the island is also famous for its psychiatric wards and other various, strange institutions. they put these here on purpose... you can peep em in the background...

things that are awesome about owning your own biz #2: you can make stoopid marketing materials
how can she slap thing has been stuck in my head now for over a month now. I want to say "you go" like every third sentence. so as a catharsis, i made these stickers so i never have to think about it again. you go.

"No one in the world got swagga like us"

Damn I miss DD.
One of the things that sucks about living in LA.
East Coast bitches: don't take it for granted, go treat yourself and grab a cup of joe, and tell the cashier not to hold back on the creme+sugar.

THE FUTURE IS HERE!

Everyone else out there trying to combine the formerly unmixable worlds of screamo, auto-tuned club rap, mall-core, choking and yelling at girls, pouring 40s out onto your cul-de-sac, Versace, being friends with girls who have never tried dancing before, and working at Hot Topic, hang it up... actually anyone else even trying to make music in general, don't even fucking bother, cause the groundbreaking musical mavericks of Brokencyde got that shit on LOCK.

The last couple weeks for me musically have been insane. I've gone to see some amazing djs perform and also have been fortunate to share the stage with some dudes that make me swooon.
So much so, that I have been saving up all my reviews of the artists I've seen for one Giant Post!
It all started on October 31st in a city called Juarez in Mexico. (just so happens to be the murder capital)
Staccato played a festival (Border Noise) with some of our biggest heroes in the world. We played on the MINIMAL day with freaking Tiefschwarz, Audiofly and Steve Lawler.

Here's a random "fan video" we found....

Then we get back to LA...
and The MAJOR CREW (STACCATO, ACID GIRLS, MIKE B) played DJ SNEAKS BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!!!!

And I must say, Derrick Carter played the sexiest DJ set I HAVE EVER HEARD.

The next night I went to watch Kaskade at Vanguard. I mean, I love the big room sound...but when I go see Kaskade, I wanna hear DEEP HOUSE. But when I saw him spin he spun 90% Big room Ibiza House..... But it still sounded beautiful on that Function One Soundsystem.

The next week, we went to go kick it LA's FIRST ALL DIRTYBIRD PARTY Featuring Claude Von Stroke, & The Martin bros. KILLED IT!!
Michna had his album release party that night... but he joined us after...

SO THEN THATSATURDAY THE COPS BROKE UP MAJOR WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OF THE PARTY. ASSHOLES.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME OUT AND MAKE AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TO SUPPORT. THE ANTI-RAVE TASK FORCE IN LA IS BACK IN EFFECT. JERKS.... AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO JEMZ & MICHNA.. WHO WILL BE ON THE MAJOR AT WMC NOW INSTEAD.

So after all that rain and sadness came the sunshine and happiness AKA my Favorite, Laidback Luke at CINESPACE.

here's a video.
Please Ignore Steve Aoki screaming on the Mic in the first 10 seconds "get off the stage" but for real the stage was about to collapse due to the amount of people on it!

AND TONIGHT!! IM GOING TO WATCH AK1200!!!!

Anyway, I guess my point is, LA is Killing it right now...
and for the first time This NYC Transplant can say "I LOVE YOU LA!!!"

PS!!! HERE ARE SOME GIFTS!


NEW STACCATO 'DEFINITION' MIX ON MEDIACONTENDER

AND

ME WITH LAZARO CASANOVA & BAG RAIDERS ON http://SCION.COM/CHANNEL6

I mentioned Danny Way was the greatest skateboarder in the world months ago on this blog...i hope there weren't any nonbelievers but if there was, this should put your second guessing to rest...

Oh yeah, don't front on that brat Sheckler either...dude puts it down something fierce too. Check planbskateboards.com for the full Super Future 15 minute promo vid. Lakai Final Flare DVD available online and at turntablelab NY/LA locations very soon...

-NN

he might have ruined our country
but he's a pretty funny dood...

Well spoken Ayres, you are truly a 23rd level OG. Try to keep your shirt on till after the shots have been drank though.

I'll be heading to Flashing Lights to handle that nasty business after I check the homies Catchdubs and Michna at..

More info can be found here.

I haven't posted on here in a while, so I'll now overcompensate with a big batch of photos from the last few months.

Giving the Planters Peanuts homie a run for his money.

Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum

They've event got miniature hobos.

Sittin' right up front at a Twolves VS Bucks pre-season game.

Pizza Farm in Stockholm, Wisconsin. Every Tuesday from Spring - Fall, this organic produce farm sells pizza and lets you hang out on their farm and eat with all this in the background. BYOEverything.

Probably the grossest thing I've ever drawn.

Banh mi bo kho. Vietnamese beef stew from a local soup spot. Served with far and away the best French bread you can get in Minneapolis. If you're reading this and you live in Minneapolis and you're a professional baker, you need to eat this French bread and get your game straightened out.

Per Struggle's recommendation, the BLT dog from Hot Doug's in Chicago.

Loveless Cafe in Nashville makes the best biscuits. Microwave the suckers if you want your honey runny.

Gross talking parrot with a wig. On a tree. At a shitty souvenir shop in Panama City. The sign under it says IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE PLEASE GO TO FUDGE SHOP.

Guess who's coming to your city?

I'm bringing my stylish Volvo S40 back to NYC with the help of the Infamous P (Arab Parrot) next week. If we're gonna be in your City give us a holler.

ALBUQUERQUE & ST. LOUIS & DAYTON

That's Bill Drumond from KLF shooting up a British awards show in the early 90s. Not to be confused with Willis Drummond from Different Strokes, who in real life shot up a crack house in LA.

A couple weeks back Catchdubs and I were having some drinks w/ Jokers, 1/2 of Nachos, Jess Jubilee, Margaret Trombone, and the Roc at Sake Bar. I had never met him before and due to his TTL blog musings was apprehensive to say the least. Dude won me over w/ his ipod playlist alone but was also a gentleman and scholar. I thought he was Scottish however.. Separated at birth?

23 OG points and a shot of Jameson for the Lab personality who can name the geezer in the bottom pic AND where he's busting off shots. I'll give a pretty obvious hint aside from the aforementioned fact that he's Scottish: "It's Grim Up North"

I was trying really hard to save this entry for Blue Jemz ever since he yelled at me on the dancefloor during Adrian's epic album release rooftop/loft rave for posting after he did on the blog but the shame of being outed for this grievous transgression should do the trick.

As for the Asian persuasion, my money is on Masuimi Max. And yes, I kept it tasteful for the ladies..

Producto picks...

Siouxsie & The Banshees
Spellbound 12"

Mars Volta
Vicarious Atonement 12"

Ras Trent pick...

Jurassic 5
Jurassic 5: J5 Deluxe Reissue 2CD+DVD

Here's the newest crack from
Staple Design

Crooks & Castles

and if you didn't know, The Hundreds are killing it!!!

also, AKG makes the baddest earmuffs around
K271 MKII Studio Headphones

And for Ph's post, I didn't know Roc is 1/4 asian! That explains so much(I knew he was compensating for something, ha ha!). It is true though, looks like the tides are turning and not only on the sports tip...

next up, some more big jackets I hope. It's getting brick.

big month for Asian-Americans!

Jin Soo Kim becomes the 1st Division I Korean Basketball recruit,
to Maryland nonetheless... he drops 20 pts in his first game.
in pickup games, people were calling him the "“Asian Kevin Durant”

Don Wakamatsu becomes the first asian MLB baseball manager

The Roc is in Tokyo! I belive this is the first time he's been to the motherland...
maybe he'll get in touch with his Asian side (he's 1/4 asian).
one of the rasta-chinks is his cousin or something.
it's rough growing up multi-racial...

park jin hee

Michna - "Triple Chrome Dipped" from Ghostly International on Vimeo. here it is my first official music video. In my world it looks like I'm gonna promote the album for the same amount of time that it took to make the album. ha ha. just kidding right. anyone get those chinese democracy promos yet?

the soup is the best show on television, hands down.

this week's had me rolling on the floor,
check out the state of WWE:

another one from this week:

Lab Radio Update! - a joyride through music...

Black Ivory
Bumrocks
Complainers, The
CSS
Diplo
Dukeyman
Frank Ski & Kenny B
Funky Four Plus One More
Gwen Guthrie
Icasoul
Illa J
Jackmaster Hater
Leo's Sunshipp
Margo's Kool Out Crew
Mayer Hawthorne
MFSB
Misled Children
People Under The Stairs
Q-Tip
Ramsey Lewis And Earth, Wind & Fire
Simian Mobile Disco
Universal Robot Band, The

midtown at night pt.2
aka amateur digital photography is the new spam

top 5 of the moment

1) brandon jacobs - crushing fools

2) real kona coffee

3) detroit music like this and this

4) this painting

5) stinky face boy genius wedding dancing

Saw RocknRolla this wknd. The character development and storyline seemed to drag on for the first half but once the action kicked in I had no complaints. As usual, the soundtracks are always blazing in Guy Ritchie films and I discovered the following joint by Australian group Flash and the Pan. The version posted has the dance scene in which the song plays so you'll get the context and who doesn't enjoy Thandie Newton? The quality is a little poor but the actual song/video kicks in after a few or just fast-forward..

This one by the same group is my favorite shit of the moment-

For extra credit, the singer in the group is George Young, the older brother of both Angus and Malcolm Young from AC/DC.

Finally, the bonus video. Thandie Newton and Ricky Gervais reading the script from the "Nailin' Palin" porno-

some ttl blog love...

sabo and neil nice are now blog gangsters!

check the highsnobiety feature on the manhattan stores

also check out the interview with that korean dood
on the newly redesigned Evil Monito site.

i was sent this clip some time ago by my friend mike and was recently reminded of it after a trip to DC. it might go over some heads but if youve ever been to a gogo or maine you know how mind blowingly awesome this clip is. peep gogo granny in the yellow at the .50 mark or dude crowd surfing at the end of the performence (both firsts for me atleast). who woulda thought!!??!

ok bye.

lloyd

midtown on a brisk night always amazes on how gotham-like it is.

i present to you the pictoral:

midtown at night pt.1
aka anyone with an iphone can be a fartist

perfect monday morning meds...
don't know why i find this so freaking funny.
not on the gold dolce & gabbanas!
shout to steve out in SF for the pic.

JOTS hit the LA Lab for some ravin Sunday evening. Check em out! There will be more local festivities as well...

Epic song...craze eye candy...big up to Hugmode for putting me onto this...happy Saturday! It's like 65 degress in NYC!

-NN

My boy HUGMODE wanted me to post this mix him and NICK HOOK did for the KORRUPT PARTY tomorrow night. It's all housy and cool, enjoy!!! Check out the party (Mad Decent in the house) if you hadn't already made plans to change your life at GOOD TIMES!!!

for a limited time only
get your holiday gift shopping done early
ps. ttl annual gift guide coming soon

Via Soulman's blog...I couldn't agree more with dude...big ting's a gwan for Mayer Hawthorne..

"Yeah... like I have any idea at all what's the hottest schitt of the moment... I barely listen to anything new anymore. But I did hear this record right here, and I gotta say it's fresh to def. This dude Haircut- err, I mean Mayer Hawthorne- is kinda killin' it I think. 29 year old white dude? Just the very idea of of it is fairly illmatic if you really give it some thought (I didn't, but I suppose it would be if you did). I like this record, and it's shaped like a Bobby Caldwell record too! I am now placing this vinyl up on my wall as the new centerpiece of my Stones Throw shrine- the Baron Zen album will have to come down, unfortunately."

-NN

NEW LAB RADIO

(click box, duh!)

This month my guests were…

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUGHTS

Australia (specifically Melbourne) is on fire and these guys are no exception. I really love their album and was really amped to get to do this interview. We talked about how they don’t practice, Prog Rock, being on the road with the Ed Bangers, their writing process, the Mighty Boosh and a bunch of other things. They had CD booklets that were more stacked than Michelle Obama’s ass, chock full of all kinds of shit from their own unreleased remixes to Enrico Morricone album cuts. Cool guys, schmoove dj set.

(thee) MIKE B

I met a lot of people in my almost 3 years in LA (geez, was it really that long?). Of all those people I can count my true friends with my fingers and Mike Beezy is without a doubt one of the best (and the first return guest to the show). I already told you guys over and over what an ill dj he is, but did I ever tell you about Pool Crew? Mike and I spent last summer on pool party radar. If you had a pool and you were having a party, the Pool Crew was cannon balling your shit! He recorded this set in my bedroom almost two months ago but honestly it’s still fresh as fuck, with all kinds of Knish Hit Squad and Grave Leaf exclusives. We decided to end my last broadcast from LA with a 30 min talk session ala classic Stretch & Bob that was pretty hilarious. Love you buddy! Come see us back together again at MAJOR this Saturday.

Don’t forget you can now listen to the show on iTunes...

iTunes → Radio → Dance → Turntable Lab LA Radio

The amazing Prince Terrence and I are starting a new weekly party in the basement of Webster Hall called Dance Class this Thursday, so go cop some Capezios.

Back in LA next week to get my Volvo and drive it back to NYC with The Arab Parrot (check the blog for full coverage). I'll be at Hollywood Standard Monday, La Cita Thursday & Teddy's Friday, but first...

Shit I'm listening to...

Pocketknife & Cousin Cole
Canyon Dancing EP

Where the hell did this come from? I don't care, it's awesome.
It's A Fine Line
Woman 12"

Frank-Ski's EA EA track is fuckin' ridiculous. no sing sing.
V/A
Baltimore Club Classics, Vol.5 EP

Who thinks Love Foxx is hot? Stupid question...
CSS
Move (Cut Copy Remix) 12"

TOP GEAR

Comfort Food by Krooked

The Hundreds - Goin' Off!

and dudes, treat your girl with one of these - truss!
Toasty

And the shiny new toy, from Vestax
VCI 300 USB Controller w/ Serato ITCH

Perfect for on the go or producing stadium bangers while laying in bed...
Korg
NanoKey Slim-Line USB Keyboard

easy...

dontcha just hate it when it gets to the wee hours and some hipster bitches are
looking for part 2 of the partay but no one's got any yak because of our economic
downturn? well now you can step up your game and play the role of snoman
saviour without putting a dent in the wallet.

good ones roc...

my only request:

d-i-e-s-e-l. as seen in chinatown...

swear to god, he's our rep at our bank...

another true story in a similar vein, my Korean friend was conducting business with this white lawyer,
and asked for his full name. he thought dude was being a racist prick,
but turns out, he's got one of the best names ever

proof

was all excited when i accidentally came across the chelsea garage flea market, but it was pretty weak...

however, i did get a box of these 1987 cold war baseball-style cards. Khadafi, remember that dude?
i'll send over a bunch to the Annex, $2 a pack... cheap gift or stocking stuffer.

lastly, i'm always trying to tweak my desk setup. i spend so much time in it, i'm looking for the perfect combination of desk, chair, lamp, keyboard, mouse, etc. i ordered this desk on a whim, thinking it would be better with the lowered keyboard tray (it is), but didn't know it'd be so small. however, everything i need from my desk is here. looks like an intern desk, but it's really crazy how you can run a business with just a computer, desk, chair and phone...

Requests for plan b tonight, if you guys all suck i will be furious...

Scion NY Radio Party

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Sinden
Fistfight (Nacho Lovers)
Michna
Nick Catchdubs
DJ Eleven
Blu Jemz

11:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.

Plan B
339 E 10th St
New York, NY 10009

Free as always!

I kinda fell in love with NYC again this weekend...
It all started Friday when we had DJ Cabide do an in-store performance at the LAB.




Dude was ill-matic on the MPC, and super humble and friendly, despite not being able to speak a word of English. Check the video I made, more (professional) footage coming soon:

Then Saturday night I dj'ed at Bembe , my favorite monthly gig in NYC. I do 6 hours straight, and as usual, it was packed, sweaty, and the energy was incredible. People were going crazy to my afro latin house set, and the percussionists were slamming away.
Here's a short snippet of that part of the night , before getting into the cumbia, salsa, and reggae later:

After Bembe ended at 4am, I went over to my friend's Justin Carter and Petrit's Easy Lover Loft Party. It was 5am and people were still going for it. Lots of LAB heads were in the house too. Lloyd, Jemz, Spank Rock, and Neil Nice pushing it to the limit. Good times til 7am...
Sunday i was pretty out of it all day back at the store, but after we closed, i somehow got a 4th wind, and headed up to Pacha, for Danny Krivit's 718 Sessions Party. His guest DJ was none other than Joe Clausell, so it was basically a Body and Soul reunion, and it was AMAZING!




Notice they were playing records and CDs - no Serato!!
If you like house, soul, and disco, and you've never seen/heard these two play - you are SLEEPING!!!
Now I remember why i would go to Body and Soul every weekend religiously, back in the Club Vinyl days.
The crowd was very mixed, and very open. EVERYONE was dancing, and cheering, and nobody was checking out each other's sneakers. I even got to see a Vogue-off in the basement by the bathrooms, with like 10 trannies just battling. So ill.
The sound at Pacha is fucking huge, and these guys worked that system like i've never seen before. Joe's EQing is simply untouchable, and they worked every single record from beginning to end, making it sound better and more incredible than i'd ever heard before. Joe dropped some insane 15 minute long version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and the place went ballistic. Here's my favorite shot of the night:


Joe get's so into every song he plays and when he's EQin, it likes he's staring into heaven, waiting for the signal from above to know when to drop the bass back in. Here he is bending back almost totally horizantal before slamming the crossover back and just murdering the crowd with massive amounts of bass. This was so inspiring to watch, words cannot even explain.
What a weekend. Thanks New York City. I still got mad LOVE for you.

スペクトラム

Trumpet spins.

I know this is the worst possible thing I could say but now that we won, fuck it! I'm gonna kinda miss Palin, she was hot!!!

Before you say anything Boy "Hussein" Genius, check this flick. Right up your alley...

I mean I wanna girl I can talk poltics with too. Ok, now that was going too far.

FRIDAY AT THE NY STORE

how can you not be curious?

funniest post-victory headline
read the article

Now that we (the rest of the world) can once again get inspired by America, I'd like to show some Posters seen in Goa last week. US pop mashed up in Indian massala with a little Portuguese flavor.

(saved from the garbage)

didn't even have to check the news, the streets said it all.

Lab Radio Update!
Check out the wave of new releases, exclusive tracks, and secret picks from the crate

12th Planet
Banbarra
Blackjoy
D-Classics
David Rubato
Dilla Ghost Doom
Entertainment
Fitzcarraldo Variation
Freeez
Galaxy Toobin'
Henri Rich
Initials
Light Of The World
Los Microwaves
Melvin Bliss
Menahan Street Band
Mickey Moonlight
Mock And Toof
Peter Brown
Shazam
Theo Parrish

LAST NIGHT IN CHI

YES WE DID.

last nite in the east village

Track Meat???

Oh yeah, go cop that new Q-Tip album...we can't stop playing it over here on 7th st...shit is kinda bangin' front ta back...thanks Kamal...

Q-Tip - "The Renaissance Promo" from Three/21 Films on Vimeo.

-NN

a lab exclusivo
get em while they last

Don't miss this Friday's in store in NYC. It's gonna be sick!!!!

ON BLAST: I THANK YOU FOR A NEW DAAAAY!!!

...OFF TO ROYAL PALACE!!!!

West Coast

East Coast

No Coast

the anticipation is killing me...

If you haven't voted yet:

you are a bamma.
vote for Chuck Todd.

fall tones hitting dumbo.

a halloween store on 14th street dumped a bunch of inventory on the street. within minutes the city rat folk were scavenging... me and frogman once dumped a box of promo records at cooper square to see how fast they would go... less than 30 seconds...

what up emma?

glad i kept onto this...