This evening, me and the lady checked out Slumdog Millionaire.
Yes, the ending is somewhat predictable.
Yes, there is a Bollywood Dance sequence during the closing credits.
And Yes. It’s Awesome. Seriously, go see this movie, it’s really good. Uplifting, great date movie, visually stunning representation of the hyper eclectic planet we live in.
Anyway, MIA helped with soundtrack, and contributed to this track below. Enjoy!
Janelle Monae – Many Moons
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgbzNHVg0c
Black folk need more androids in our lives.
My boys Micah Vellian and Output Message have brought their excellent Marquis night back to city, In a brand spaking new venue, and your’s trully is going to up in the place on their opening night! Plus Dirty Steve and Jullian Franco are gonna be in the place throwing down, so you know it’s going to be good.
MARQUIS | 01.02.09 | “Sun and Moon”
Red Lounge | 2013 14th St., NW
21 + | Free Before 10 pm | $5 AFTER
Marquis 1.02.09
Featuring:
Outputmessage (myspace.com/outputmessage)
Micah Vellian (myspace.com/micahvellianmusic)
Brian Senyo (myspace.com/senyomusic)
When I hear new music, I really try to avoid watching an accompanying music video or reading too many articles or myspace pages to go along with it. I’ll get to them eventually, but at first listen, I want to hear the music.
On the Fader.com webpage, I just heard a track from someone name Lauren Flax, out of New York. First listen to the track:
You’ve Changed Featuring Sia
[audio:http://this.bigstereo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/youve-changed-original.mp3]
Download the track off the Mad Decent Website
Now, after perusing her Myspace page, seems she’s a DJ/Producer out of the NYC. In any case, the track, featuring aussie singer Sia, has a definite early 90’s CeCe Peniston, Detroit Techno, “Big Fun” R&B vibe.
All of this is a good thing. Fun, happy, cheesy, peak-time fun vibe to it. It’s a nice contrast to a lot of the electro grind bass stuff that is out there (i’m not hating, I just like the contrast).
Anyway, I can’t wait to hear, and play out more stuff like this. Find out more about Lauren here.
Common – “Universal Mind Control”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo7FpI8MmmE
Jim Jones – “Pop Champagne (Feat. Ron Browz & Juelz Santana)” (Yes, this is corny, ridiculous, misogynist record, but I can’t get it out of my head, so leave me alone!)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jZmntdzFBY
Roots Manuva – Again & Again ( I love this beat! old school british digital reggae sound!)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRxYNTH-5Go
Roots Manuva – Witness ( I could play this on loop all day long)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbuSdXKtJX4