Message in the music...

-NN

yeah, it's old news to hate on Ed Hardy,
but you have to respect the game...
interesting read in GQ about the story of Christian Audigier
who is really french... and was also responsible for the Von Dutch phenomenon.

Russian cheekiness
You have real big nuts if you pull this off in the Champions League, when the game-sealing goal was really vital at that point...

"Tatatucka-saloom tatatucka-saloom. Tatatucka-saloom. LALALALALA!!!"
So much better than any other commentary in English.
(no disrespect to my middle eastern Boy Genius Bloggermaniacs)

So you may remember that last week I said I was going on this Scion tour to all these weird cities with, Drop The Lime, Craze and Rob Wonder. Basically Scion's idea is to let us radio hosts take guests and do these parties in small venues in small cities that normally couldn't afford this kind of line-up.

The last time I went out with Hardy, Pase, Franki and Designer Drugs was crazy, but this time is even crazier simply because if not for this tour I would never be on the road with even one of these dudes, much less all three of them.

Tonight was our second to last show in SALT LAKE CITY

Tomorrow we're in MINNEAPOLIS at 7th st or 1st ave or whatever.

Anyway SLC is actually pretty fun, even though they have weird rules like they're not allowed to sell a double shot of whiskey?

The best look was this record store Rob took us to. I didn't think record stores still existed in the rest of America, but Randy's was killing it...

~photo courtesy of the future

The only thing more bizarre than ending up on the road with this odd-lot was going record shopping with them. I should mention that Craze opted out of diggin and instead went on the hunt for another addition to his infamous fitted collection (do you think A-Trak put him onto these hat suitcases or vice-versa?)

When Luca, Rob and I got to Randy's shop we all darted in different directions. DTL went straight for the sound tracks

~photo courtesy of the future

In addition to finding this and some Fellini OST he somehow got access to some secret breaks section I wasn't allowed entry to where he found a crispy copy of JAMES BROWN IS DEAD, which he only bought cause I threatened I would take it if he didn't.

Rob was in some Folk-World section, which sounds awful now, but somehow pulled out this crazy African record with a cover of one of ~dd~'s all time favorites PAINT IT BLACK.

I on the other hand did the obvious move, went straight for the 12"s and stocked up on some 80s shit.

Just in time for our ALL 80s ALL 12"s party this Friday with the original smooth operator himself MOMA helping us out.

The way I see it any city with a roller derby gets the OK from me. If my girl lived here she would definitely skate for the SISTERS OF NO MERCY.

~photo courtesy of the future

MINNEAPOLIS ARE YOU OUT THERE???

BTW HARDY BLOG IS BACK UP AND KICKING

Here's the blend I did of Hardy Time with that Holy Ghost! x Curses track. It's been killing them on this tour.

Oh yeah only one week until...

Heard this song in the store today off Eli's EVR radio show (what remix was that Eli?) and forgot that i wanted to post this before.

The song is great, and the video is super dope, Check out the NY store cameo at 1:35!!

Tonight! Los Angeles! We go til 2am!
I think we all already know who the magic secret guests are...

Since Acid Girls have a new record out, I caught up with Greg and popped 5 questions:

M: How did you guys come up with the name Acid Girls?
G: Deanne Cheuk had an art book called Mushroom Girls Virus Book but Mushroom Girls sounded stupid, so we changed it to Acid Girls.  Alternately, I tell people that I've never done acid and Jamie has never done girls.

M: When you first started making electronic music, what were your
first methods/techniques?
G: I think me and Jamie started roughly around the same time.  About 10 years ago, maybe. Several pets ago anyhow, sadly.  I started with this program called Sony MAGIX Studio or something like that, sampling little bits of songs and cutting them up into truly garish things.  I recall making something out of an Alice Coltrane harp sample and turning it, against all odds, into complete garbage.

M: What kind of car do you drive? why?
G: I don't drive a car because I don't like cars.  Jamie drives a John Deere because he has a farm in rural North Dakota.

M: What kind of sneakers or shoes do you wear out these days?
G: I wear some dirty Reeboks that I got for free in Berlin for playing a party for Awesome Agency/Reebok, some brown loafers that make me look I'm going to commit suicide, and some black Palladium boots because I like that they used to make airplane tires.

M: What have you been listening to in the past week?
G: In the past week I've been listening to Joy Orbison, Shortstuff, Bok Bok & L-Vis 1990, Harvard Bass, Classixx, Health, Broadcast, Burial, DJ Shadow, Hudson Mohawke, It's a Fine Line, Waylon Jennings, Billy Kinsley, Johnny Harris and other random dance-y things to figure out what to play out in a set.

word up, see you tonight, along with every dj producer promoter ever

this just in,
in a move of historic proportions, President Barack Obama extends the "hand of peace" to the Goth Community and its Leaders.

just got back from Frogman's bachelor party in Puerto Rico...

the view from our suite looked down directly at the Temple of Butt... that's how they do in PR. T devised a plan to spray paint a brown asterisk in the middle but it never happened... thank god...

in between the black jack table, the pool, and the clubs, we searched out Mofungo... not exactly the wild dish i had imagined, but pretty damn good with creole sauce...

our driver for the trip... eric. if you are down there, ask another driver for this guy's number... definitely the number one guide for your nite time adventures. dude knew everyone, never waited at a red light, and worked the reggaeton mixes like a dj...

another character from PR... this is the Big Pun of DJs. dood was well over the 300lbs mark and sat in this circular Mikey Dread At The Controls console... he had some his own signature growls, told Frogman that they should sign him to mad decent...

this pic pretty much sums up the trip, last ones to leave the club, everything blurry... wish i could post more pics but that wouldn't be advised...

ps. we made it rain.

1996.

Now.

Man, I've been doing this weekly since the summer of 1996. Through the years, I've partnered up with some great dj's and I've seen the music, people & attitudes change. Those changes aside, one thing remains the same - this night has always been about having the best time ever. ON A MONDAY NIGHT.

Before the internet, blogs and when skills still mattered, we were doing this shit and doing it large. In it's infancy, no one in Texas (especially in Austin) was really delivering a multi genre weekly. I've watched it start off slow, blow up like crazy, plateau, slow down and blow up again. In that small dive we do our thing at, I've had homies take their future wives on their first date, seen dudes propose to their ladies, mad kids having their first dj experience & couples literally sexing on the dancefloor. Even my past love life is marked significantly with moments from this night...

I pride myself in knowing that this night is for the people - it has nothing to do with cliques, class or race. I thank all the folks that come out week in and week out. Their support is steadfast. Monday is a hard sell. Which makes me appreciate those folks even more.

So with all that said, we are finally throwing our first anniversary party. I've never been one to throw events like this, but I think this night & our people deserve it. It's only fitting that we bring my friend DJ Eleven into town to do his thing. Playing alongside the dude will be a pleasure.

If you're around these parts, come out and support. It's gonna be a celebration!

BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE...

-NN

ok so one of my friends has this blog and hes funny as shit, he dose nothing but sit around and try to fuck girls using facebook and also trolls the internet for funny shit to re-post... enjoy it...

http://brooksbuford.com/

Football is for Pussies!

Murderers are the best football players

I love football.
If you have a penis or are American (or both),
you should too.

Ronaldo is UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!

Oh man.....

Look at his first touch when he receives the pass at the 1:30 mark. Then look at his side-step dribble move he pulls on the oncoming defender. The goal is just whatever for Ronaldo standards, but he had about three more legit chances to score. Regardless, thats FIVE goals in four league matches (a Real Madrid record)

TECHNOLOGY OVERLOAD MY HEAD IS GONNA EXPLODE!!!

-NN

MORE SK8 MADNESS!!!

SK8 or DIE!!!!

-NN

2 weeks in sunny Portugal and Spain was off the hook!
Beach in Porto was so beautiful


3 hour booze cruise thru the mountains and vineyards of Porto to get to the wedding which was at a castle.




the lovely couple Greg and Raquel.


Took a tour of the Port Wine cellars before jetting to Barcelona


The view at sunrise from my boy Pablo's roof in Barceloneta. Pretty much every night ended here.


Ate at the illest seafood restaurant. You point, they weigh it, then ask you "grilled or fried".


Raw Oysters give you stamina...


Best shrimp i think i've ever had


Airport in Madrid is intergalactic


Straight off the plane to a street party sponsored by Cuba's Havana Club Rum.


The flew in Gilles to play a private latin set. My boy Sandro wanted a pic with him.


Dj'ed El Junco Jazz bar for my boy Marcos' (in pic) birthday. It was packed but they were not trying to hear any house...that was the next night.


This is 5am Monday morning at Club Weekend in Madrid. Testing out a new Sol*Selectas tune on this system was kinda ridiculous.

I've never played this "techy" and hard before. The Spanish call it "CANYA", and they were asking for it all night. Here's my 3 hour set in parts:
Sabo live in Madrid part 1

Sabo live in Madrid part 2

Sabo live in Madrid part 3

Ended off the trip with a live dj set on Madrid's Radio Circulo. Big up Madactive DJ Collective!!

Big shout out to all the amigos in Spain and Portugal who made this trip possible!!
Next up, Playa del Carmen, Mexico....

juicy fruit,

"take a sniff.. pull it out?"

AYO!

We've come a very long way...

1989

2009

-NN

cutting edge in 87... we've come a long way, baby.
(via Kansas)

not as much as your post bothers the rest of us

Some people just are fucking crazy

This situation/event bothers me so much that I had to put it on blast to the world to inform you guys out there to stop acting like BITCHES. My friend's fucked-up roommate (Adam), after finding out he wasnt invited to a wedding of a friend hes not even remotely close with, decides to confront the groom about it (on gchat out of all means, like a bitch) five days before the wedding....

Adam: damn, i couldnt get an invite to the wedding, thanks fag
Ron: sorry man, Megan's family is pretty big and most replied yes. so we needed to keep the numbers down, which means i wasnt able to invite people from my side
Adam: yea right, that hurts my feelings.
i know its not
fine whatever
Ron: making me feel bad
shit
etiquette
Adam: well i feel bad now
didnt get an invite
we went out to lunch that day and talked about your wedding the whole time
Ron: thats not something people get mad about man, it is what it is, and it's not an easy thing, but you cant make someone feel bad about the wedding 5 days before
Adam: whatever still gay

NO MORE BITCHASSNESS!!!!

you will no doubt want to slap this girl, but not 2 hard just enough to sting and take the foreplay to the next level. I cant get enough of this website.....

http://imboycrazy.com/

boycrazy in bed from alexi wasser on Vimeo.

the best penalty shot debate rages on...

If you happen to be on the West Side come thru little vatos.

Ronaldo is unstoppable.

The 90's Hip Hop version of myself w/ Roc & Rob Swift.

What can I say about Raida that hasn't already been said? I will say that the X-Men were always a little funkier than most battle crews. It was most apparent when I played with them & Common Sense in Austin, around 1997. Seeing the videos is one thing, but them live & direct is another. My mind was blown...

I remember watching that X-men vhs tape that I got from Fat Beats over and over. The footage of Raida killing it on that talk show stands out the most. Also, him doing that Ed OG routine at Fat Beats was so dope...

Big up & respect to the GRANDMASTER.

RIP.

TOMMORROW!
cmish will be DJing

damn, Roc Raida?
i felt i needed to get my two cents in here cause if not for Roc Raida, i don't know if the Lab would have ever existed. it was 1995ish and me, jasper, and izzi went to our first DJ battle. it was Fat Beats 2nd battle and our first time attending one of these things. it was held at a tiny club/lounge on houston...

for the most part, it was incredibly mediocre. there seemed to be something wrong with the setup, cause everybody kept skipping and messing up. the only contestant i really remember is Spinbad (the defending champ), cause he brought his records and needles up in a pizza box and did some nice cuts, but he even had the needle skipping. i don't even remember who won...

but then the emcee (Red Alert?), announced that Roc Raida was going to do a showcase. i'd never heard of him, and with a name that audacious, I didn't know what to expect. so up steps this little snoopy dude with his signature backwards hat. but there was something different about him, there was no fear or trepidation... his body language read: you guys don't know what you're in for...

the routine started and magically, the setup fixed itself. here was this guy doing 10x harder tricks while spinning, grinning, and keeping the needle perfectly locked. I really can't explain how blown away I was... i love sports, but i had seen nothing like this... fuck behind the back, this guy was doing behind the neck, moving the crossfader with his mouth while performing a musical routine and keeping this "ridiculous I'm killing you" look on his face. just when I thought I had seen his whole arsenal, Roc dropped his "Sucker Emcees" routine, magically deconstructing the beats with featherlight touches and body tricks (he ended it with his middle finger!).... He concluded the set with his version of "Rock The Bells". this was hands down, one of the most incredible things I had ever seen. By the time it was over, the crowd was in a frenzy... and in perfect timing, Red Alert shouted Roc Raida's gonna bring the belt home for the USA, and then the place just lost it... like we were cheering on Ali or something... from one showcase, I was hooked.

from that point, we religiously started going to these battles. i bought an 06 in midtown... and a couple steps later, we opened the lab... (full story later)

I probably watched Roc do his thing over 20 times over the years, but I never got bored of his routines. he was always progressing them, throwing in new parts, changing the speed to 45, but most of all, it was charisma and dexterity on the turntables. he was the star athlete while every one else was just nerds...

early Lab essentials - like when they had a tape section and you could get seen One Too Many mixtape by Raida which i've had since then [i can't thank Pete, Jasper, and Tony enough for all those telephone orders and questions ;)]

in 1997 Mike Todd, older brother of my friend Sandy, had let me use his tables one day after school and to my very vivid knowledge of this afternoon, Beats for Jugglers 2 was the first record i ever touched with the dj mindset.

also, to my boy Ty Robeles out in chicago, i hope you still got my double of beat for jugglers 3 that i held you down with!

Tomorrow I embark on this "I HOPE WE ALL MAKE IT HOME" tour. Seriously Craze's agent told me she took out extra insurance on him for this tour and I believe her. I don't know what else to say but LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!

Scion Radio 17 Monthly Presents: Craze, Drop The Lime, Blu Jemz, Rob Wonder from Scion A/V on Vimeo.

REST IN POWER ROC RAIDA. SEEING YOU IN ZOO YORK MIXTAPE BACK in 97' MADE ME WANT TO START DJING...

-NN

This is kinda last minute but if anyone wants to go see Lupe Fiasco at Governors Island tonight in NY, we've got a few pairs of free tix at the store so come through quick...

Btw-We all know Lupe is a poser (just look at that photo!) but "Kick Push" was an alright song...just my two cents. Have a nice day.

-NN

doing a little "research" on the computer......

my new mantra: keep fucking that chicken!

Lab Radio Update!

Don't Look any further...

Altz
Arthur Russell
Brass Construction
Buscrates
Cluster & Eno
David McPherson
Don Willis Spoon Band Ft. Ella Hamilton
Fela Kuti
Giants
Hudson Mohawke
Ikim
Isaac Hayes
Jesse Gee
K.I.D.
Mark E
Mayer Hawthorne
Michael Leonhart
Milton Floyd
Moody Mann
Motor City Drum Ensemble
Nosaj Thing
Purple Reign
Rainer Trueby
Red
Reggie Dokes
Scotty
Siriusmo
Sorcerer
Soul Messages From Dimona

Also, if you're wondering what's poppin' tonight...We're throwng another Easy Access in Manhattan featuring the likes of DJ Anonymous, Love On The Run and myself. It truly is an honor to be spinning with these dudes, cause I've been jocking their mixes for years now. You can check some of them here and here.

Here's some pictures and a mix from the last one with Duane Harriott & Master Khan, in case you missed it.

It's at a small restaurant, where we're clearing all the tables and chairs, bringing in sound and decks - Renegade style!

Come on and jam with us!

*props to Snack for drawing the flyer, you drew up a hottie!

was it me or was Marquez drinking his own piss on 24/7
one of the craziest things ever on TV?

Bottin From Italians Do It Better will be playing an in store DJ set this Saturday September 19th
as part of our continued in store Saturday DJ Series.





If your out in LA this Friday you can catch him here:

Message from House of House/Super Family's Saheer Umar : China Chalet is ape shit already, plus it's end of fashion week and it's my birthday. Gonna be bananas Saturday dun, bananas indeed. Come through!

BLVCK AMERICA Presents . . . .

BLVCK BOX

Saturday, September 19th@
CHINA CHALET
47 Broadway @ Wall Street

10pm till . . .

Music by:
Saheer Umar
[House of House/Super Family]

with special guest DJs:
HENRIK VIBSKOV & ANDREAS EMENIUS
[www.vibskovemenius.com]

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Sponsored by:

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man, the backside of that 13-point program lp is mad wild. knowledge.

Heeesssss Baaaackkkk!!!!

Hurts to see this guy not in United colors, but hes still the same, just richer, access to hotter hookers (madrid hooks > manchester hooks).

Goal 1:

The classic pre-free-kick karate stance

Absolute classic Cristiano Ronaldo, not a keeper in the world that coulda saved this (also, note the music this European YouTube user decides to pair with the footage, surprising its not something 1,000,000% more gayer):

Goal 2:
Putting the kids to bed. This keeper must never have watched any footage of Ronaldo's free kicks ever. The motherfucker kicks it as hard as possible and always dips down, doesnt this keeper ever read this blog!? Even all you sports-hatin hipsters even know this, mang!!!
Worst example of goalkeeping in Champions League history:

After going up 3 in the first half, Real Madrid let Zurich come back in the second half. With heavy momentum and the score being 3-2, Ronaldo puts the entire nation of Switzerland to bed and does the Hulk Hogan for added salt.

Boy Genius is back from leave, bitches.
BG Blog Takeover coming soon....

I've been meaning to interview my childhood friend Matt Friedman for ages, and today seems totally appropriate.

Why? Cause the track he produced for Kid Cudi came out today on the album "Man on the Moon"

The song is called "Enter Galactic" and you should buy it.
So where do I begin?
...Around 1986 I went over to Matt's house after school, and he whipped out one of these:

The Casio SK-1. State of the art sampling technology. You could cough, and record it, and then play pitched coughs all day. We must have spent hours that day sampling everything in sight. Two little kids just going crazy for sound. Things got over the top when we took his cat, squeezed her, and sampled the "meow!"
Fast Forward to 1993 and Matt asked me to play trombone in his new band. A direct inspiration at the time was Nation of Ulysses frontman Ian Svenonius, because he would sing AND play trumpet, and it was awesome.

During the 90's we wrote numerous EP's and released numerous tapes. Played numerous shows in NYC and then everyone split for college.
Around 1997 Matt got an MPC and that changed everything. If you are reading this blog then you probably know that feeling. Also during this time Matt was cast for the movie "Private Parts" and played Howard Stern as a 16 year-old.

The thing I wasn't ready for was only 1 year later Matt taught himself Logic and was basically like "Check this out, this is the future."
I was the dude in the studio going "How did you do that?"
From that point on we were producing electronic music full steam, and sampling all our own instruments. In 2000 we got signed to an indie label out of Miami, and proceeded to release music under the name Secret Frequency Crew...

Fast Forward to 2005 and Matt started a production duo with Jed Cappelli called Illfonics. You know when you meet dudes in NYC and they talk like they got beats but they got nothing? -Well Illfonics has been the exact opposite of that. Their relentless work in the studio has led to their production speaking for itself, and thus landing beats with LL Cool J, Jim Jones, Mickey Factz, and many more.
Check out their myspace

After numerous negotiations with shampoo companies (it's fashion week) I caught up with Matt Friedman and got him to answer a few questions:
M: On Cudi's "Enter Galactic" what kind of instruments did you use to make the song?
MF: I did it all in Logic. Played live bass on it, there's piano, rhodes, Juno-106 (bloops), few other odds and ends, then programmed all the drums using Battery. Yoko Ono sang backup vocals on it, but I had to cut that part out.

M: Did you have Cudi in mind when you made the beat?
MF: No actually. It was originally made with a singer in mind. I had been sending stuff to Cudi for a while at that point and my manager was the one who was like "I could hear Cudi on this". My first reaction was "really?" Ha. But I agreed and he was right, so I guess he's a better A&R than me.
 
M: When the song was finished what kind of tweaks did you do to the
final mix? Did you team with engineers on a big console?
MF: No, I wish. I love the mixing process but the whole album was mixed by Manny Marroquin out in LA. He does all of Kanye's stuff, mixed for Rihanna, TI, Alicia Keys, etc so it was in good hands.

M: From your perspective, How involved was Kanye with
assembling/A&Ring the album?
MF: Its interesting, I thought he would have his handprint all over it, but really he only did two tracks on there. From what I heard he trusted that Cudi, Pat and Emile knew what they were doing and really just supported their vision. 

M: Now that you've produced a hit on the radio (Jim Jones' "Na Na Nana Na
Na") has that changed the way you approach an album such as this?
MF: No not at all. And I definitley would call the Jones track a "single" and not a "hit", ha. This project was different for me in general though because from an artistic standpoint I really wanted to be a part of this album. I felt like the type of stuff I do is really in line with Cudi's music and I went at it for months making beats with him in mind and sending them through, so I'm really fucking excited that it actually made it on there.
 
M: These days I can buy an album on itunes and still not get any liner
notes. Are there any heads behind the scenes you'd like to shout out?
MF: Whatup to Jed (my partner in ILLFONICS), Toshi (manager), Lena (Lawyer), Nigil (Cudi's A&R), Kaslow (his DJ), Pat & Emile, Fabian Guiseppi (Hair), Christepho (Makeup), Mom, Dad, You, Everyone ever

thanks!

TONIGHT NYC!!!

ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK

I'm so hyped for tonight, in my opinion one of the most important Italo/Electro dudes ever is coming to play a live set at our little Scion monthly. Normally getting an artist of this stature in a little ass club like Plan B would be a joke but thanks to the Fools Golder's great new single...

...it's happening. We all know (and rinse out) this guys 80s classics but his new shit (especially this new 12") is still fucking killing it. He goes on around midnight and will be playing a live set and like all the Scion radio parties this is completely free. It's fall, back to school time, LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!

Scion Radio Event NY

21+

coming soon...

I don't know if it's fashion week or what but NYC is so alive right now, basically this is how i'm feeling...

-NN

As fall approaches, so do all the new fresh new looks. Here's some favorites...

Solitary Arts likes skateboarding

New styles and collaborations fromWESC

Alphanumeric gets you ready for the fall

new type treatments by In4mation

LRG takes you to school

Staple comes clean as usual

and The Hundreds make way for the new season...

remember this blog post at the secret sauce in Paris? it's one of the posts that i've gotten the most feedback on (and my guido striped shirt report).... well the mysterious goodness can be experienced for all my new yorkers... they opened up one in midtown, probably gonna hit it up this wknd... look for me in the ugly silver shoes and the knocked up baby mama....

I'm throwing another installment of my 80's dance party. If you're near the 512 area code come by.

Here's a video to tease you.

Bring your black turtleneck.

Haven't fully digested OB4CL2 yet but from what i hear it's pretty ill. Now, i'm in no way expecting it to live up to OB4CL1 but at least it seems like Rae and affiliates were focused on making a classic (and in today's rap market, that sure the hell ain't easy!) I guess only time will tell...one thing i can say, if you truly appreciate the project, definitely kick down a few bucks and cop it. On another note, has the recession got you feeling a little down and out??? You might want to consider selling that copy of the Purple Tape you've been holding onto all these years. They're fetching some decent change on the Bay right now...

Knowledge God!!!

-NN

DUBSTEP LA FREE MIXTAPE SNOOP, MURS, XZIBIT, RAS KASS, GRAND PUBA, MESTIZO & MORE

I did this awhile ago and been waiting for a long time and its here!
So I know the Snoop Joint had been out, but heres the mixtape.
Its MAJOR enjoy.

MESTIZO

All Original Songs from these rappers

Download HERE

Here is the full tracklisting.

1. West Coast Rocks (Remix) - Matty G (Prod. Caspa)
2. All The Girls - Jams F. Kennedy (Prod. By Joker & Rustie)
3. Get to the Point - Excision & Liquid Stranger
4. Me N My - Eve (Prod. By Benga)
5. So What - Xzibit Feat. U-N-I (Prod. By D1)
6. 68 - 12th Planet
7. I Know - Dyme Def (Prod. By Starkey)
8. Get It (Remix) - Grand Puba (Prod. By 12th Planet)
9. Headshot - EMU & Pawn (Feat. Werd2Jah)
10. Malt Liquor - RX (Feat. Chae Hawk)
11. Snoop Dogg Millionaire - Snoop Dogg Feat. Tanvi Shah (Prod. By Chase & Status)
12. Back Off - SKisM
13. Mad House - Murs (Prod. By Chase & Status)
14. Area 101 - Cambo (Prod. By Jakes & Joker)
15. Rat-A-Tat-Tat - Caspa (Feat. Dynamite MC)
16. The Story - Type 7 & Youngsta
17. Waves - L7
18. Westcoast Dub - Ras Kass (Prod. By 12th Planet)
19. Teflon - Kelly Dean & Steady
20. I Got That Dy Lan - Alexander Spit (Prod. By Excision)
21. Satellites - Grouch & Eligh (Prod. By Jamie Vex'd )
22. Talk To Frank - Virus Syndicate (Prod. By MRK1)
23. Yin Yang - Excision & DZ
24. Drive By - U-N-I Feat. Theo & Curt@ins (Prod. By Chase & Status)
25. Beatingz - Starkey
26. Let It Spray - Mestizo (Prod. By Rustie)
27. Elixir - Plastician
28. Tonight - Droop-E Feat. Kanobby (Prod. By Silkie)

so the Argentine fulfilled one of his life-long dreams, and attended the Argentina vs. Brazil game in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina... probably no Lab blog reader will ever experience this event, so I asked him to write up an account from the cheap seats..

We (me, my blond girlfriend and my 65 year old Dad) made the mistake of thinking that “sitting” in El Popular (the area behind the goals reserved for the Inchas) was going to be no big deal. When we got there at 7:00 for a 9:30 game it was already overflowing. We somehow pushed through the people until we lodged ourselves in with the fanatics. It was rough – people cussing us out and pushing us in every direction. There are no seats, just steps meant for one, but they're stacked three people deep and you can’t even square your shoulders to the field – you just mash up in with pick pockets and hooligans. You try to act like you’ve been there before, but no body is buying it.

During warm-ups someone threw an M80 at Julio Cesar that almost blew my eardrum out – and I have to give it to him, he went down for a minute and then just kept on warming up. I would have shit my pants and called it a night. 



Once the game started and everyone was rooting for Argentina the creepy crowd got euphoric and started jumping up and down together singing songs. The crazy thing is you can’t actually jump, you just bob up and down, because if you do actually jump, someone is standing where you used to be by the time you fall to the ground and you end up just kind of crowd surfing.

A few minutes later Argentina made their first attempt at goal and everyone went “OOOOO” and the crowd was like a tsunami – I mean it picks you up and rolls you around. I thought it was awesome because I had seen it on tv, but my girlfriend went into shock… she started hyperventilating and could only look straight ahead. She eventually calmed down – tough girl.

A few minutes later some suicidal Coke vendor tried to make it through the crowd and spilled 90% of his drinks after making it 5 feet – may be the worst job ever. My poor Dad ended up getting into a scrum with the vendor and some other guy. I couldn’t even get to him to help and I was just 2 people away – that’s how tight it was. No worries – he’s doing fine.



Last update and tip for anyone brave enough to mix in El Popular is that at half time everyone sits down. But remember there are no seats, and it’s too crowded to even stand. That means there is a race to sit down and if you don’t move first , there is a domino effect and either you fall from people sitting on your legs and lose your spot, or you get pinned in and can’t even move your legs. Don’t bother asking them to move – they just cuss you out and remind you that you don’t belong.

damn, i know i've seen this shady guy around manhattan
look out for this bike thief

click here for Seth Troxler's DJ Set from Electric Zoo Fest NY

Thursday night don't forget to come out and show some support for Kon...

Eli Escobar had this to say via his blog...

"This is going to go down as the worst summer ever, especially for a lot of my friends and music lovers. All we can do is try and help and support those we care about while we are here. In the spirit of friendship we being you this event for Kon who is sick right now..."

-NN

awesome weekend

the pete shelly, so real

watching kung fu flicks, while listening to dancehall on a funktion-one. check!

BEST SONG EVER!

New Order live circa 87'...sure why not...promise it will brighten your day...

TRUE FAITH!!!

-NN

New Lab Radio Update!

Tons of new tunes by:

24 Carat Black
Andy Vas
Canyons
DJ Sneak
Donald Byrd
Doobie Brothers
Eddy Rosemond
Eli Escobar
Gaslamp Killer
Glass Candy
Juggy Murry
Los Silvertones
MIchael Jackson
Mono/Poly
Omar S
Peven Everett
Pisces
Popular People's Front
Rick Wade
Roy Ayers
Shit Robot
Soft Rocks
Solange
The Upstroke
Theo Parrish

Also, for those wondering about our 'Off The Record' party which was every Friday at APT, it's been put on hold while the management renovates the downstairs. Thanks to all of the special guests that stopped by: Kyle Hall, Master Khan, Duane Harriott, Beautiful Swimmers, Tkat, Erno The Inferno, Frantz and Ponk...you can check some of the live mixes here,.

In the meantime, we've set up something special on friday nights in a new spot in Brooklyn. The spot is raw and has one of the best dancefloors I've ever seen. We're bringing out 2 18" subs for this one, and the drinks are cheap! So tonight is the debut of the BROOKLYN DISCO CLUB.

@ Flushing & Thompkins, two blocks from the J Train, Flushing stop
Hope to see ya there!

We will be selling CD and vinyl copies of the Slew album 100% on the upcoming tour, but here it is in digital form.

Homework.

Pass it on. See ya at the shows.

If you guys are in LA this weekend tryn check out this shit Lotus is putting together. Music, film and art all under one roof and it's not in the club. Wish I was gonna be there. Also Dorian Concept is crazy on the MicroKorg live, sometimes Lotus and he "jam out" and it's known to cause seizures....

starting saturday,
Stussy will be available at TTL Annex

also, 50% off all summer gear sale ends tues....

for last days of the summer clothing sale
we're upping the discount to 50%
then we roll into fall next week...

have a fun sabo!

b/w

Yo Sabo, be safe out there bro and def don't forget about this!

Los Del Rio - Macarena - Funny videos are here

-NN

Sorry Pete, I just cut my hair with this:



Thanks to Sander in Belgium for the pic!!!



I just did another exclusive mix online, this one for the Art, Music, Photo blog CFYE out of Europe:



Click HERE or IMAGE to download the mix / read the interview



And Speaking of Europe, I'm djing this Friday in Portugal:



Next week I'm in SPAIN too:

Tuesday the 8th - Sidecar, Barcelona
Friday the 11th - Marula, Barcelona
Saturday the 12th - El Junco, Madrid
Sunday the 13th - Weekend, Madrid


Vamos a la playa amigos....

worth a visit, 17 mile drive about an hour south of San Jose...

atrocity... but Wenger kept his cool and his class

striking the crucifixion pose

some new stickers avail on the site soon. for this round of the serato labels, i got inspired by golf putter design... golf graphics are highly underrated.

My friend Puja wrote an article for her new Village Voice column about DJ AM. Thoughts from A-Trak, Eli Escobar, Diplo, ?uestlove, Nick Catchdubs, Primo, Stretch Armstrong, Matt Colon, Roctakon, Pase Rock and me. http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/08/rip_dj_am.php

Mike B was one of AM's partners and closest friends. Read his words here: http://djmikeb.blogspot.com/2009/09/words-for-adam-michael-goldstein-aka-dj.html