For Your Viewing Pleasure, pt. 1

  “Epically Later’d” documents skate culture.  The host and creator, my man Patrick O’dell, digs deep, stays honest, and illuminates characters from the community.  He sets the tone with his questions and insinuates with his edits to give us an insider prospective.  The title of the program didn’t make much sense to me at first, [...]

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Minutemen

  D. Boon, Mike Watt, George Hurley.   Punk + Funk + Jazz = Minutemen – out of San Pedro, CA 1980-1985 Pioneering if every sense of the word, from their sound to their business ethic.  Aspiring musicians take heed.   “We Jam Econo” Thanks to Johny Corrigan for recommending.

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Style Wars

Documentary filmed in 1983, NYC.  Bombing + Breaking + Lyrics = Hip Hop Classic… [Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/941073]

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Copy right/wrong?

RiP! A Remix Manifesto delves into the ethical debate over the original intentions of copyright law and its current use by big business.  The film uses Girl Talk’s (aka Greg Gillis - a biomedical engineer) sample-based music as an example of true craftmanship within our information rich culture.  Major label’s don’t necessarily recognize the creativity of his digital manipulations, which leads to the question [...]

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Fearless Freaks

Learn how Wayne and crew grew their stage show into an enduring career.  From their humble beginnings making due by working at Long John Silver, the film depicts characters with honest intentions and tenacious creativity.  

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What’s up doc…

I’ve come across a few entertaining documentaries. I’ll highlight one every day this week.   loudQuietloud:  A film about The Pixies  I grew up moderately obsessed with The Pixies.  I never inquired too much about the internal chemistry of the band.  I knew there was tension between Francis Black (Charles Thompson) and Kim Deal, which eventually led the band to breakup [...]

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NJ’s Finest…

NJ’s Finest comes in two forms: Piggies will be conducting a DWI Checkpoint in Deal this Friday People from Wildwood The checkpoint will run from 11 p.m. Friday through 3 a.m. Saturday on Ocean Avenue.  Task force members and officers from the Deal Police Department will pull vehicles from the northbound lanes into the Deal Casino [...]

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Inhumanly Dense

Dan Deacon. Easy to write the man off.  Ultra indulgent on many levels. Yet, I encourage you to withstand the initial slap in the face of fluorescent-electro-freak-pop and dig a little deeper. For instance, Mr. Deacon attended the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College where he attained a graduate degree in electro-acoustic and computer music composition.  Bet you [...]

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