Not as “contraversial” (re:Saigon) as the previous installment of Rza’s Kotori mag interview, lol. In this one Rza reminisces over his formative years as a producer and the equipment he acquired. The full interview should be available any day now…
The second batch of BDO announcements were made this morning, there’s a couple of new hip hop additions including some from outta left-field. Local additions include Scribe, no surprise there, and Dam Native have been added to the bill only days after their first live performance in a long time, Rimoni said that the gig was awesome and you can check out photos at his blog Clickclickclickclick. Two announcements that took me by surprise are Dr. Octagon with Kutmaster Kurt and Aceyalone. I’d be pretty keen to see crazy ass Kool Keith, I recall reading recently that he was gonna record an entire album about feces, lol.
New additions to BIG DAY OUT 2008: Spoon, Brand New, Anti-Flag, Carl Cox, Kate Nash, Shy Child, Enter Shikari, Operator Please, Unkle (live), Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite, Die! Die! Die!, The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello acoustic), Dr Octagon with Kutmaster Kurt, Aceyalone, Op Shop, Pluto, Scribe, Liam Finn, Tiki Tane, Havoc*, Collapsing Cities, Bleeders, Supergroove, The Checks and Dam Native
See the BDO website for more info.
Big Day Out first announcement
*Havoc from 95bFM not Queensbridge
Brand new Scribe video. Cameo from our boy D-Form towards the end. Props to Full Disclosure for the scoop.
Kanye spoke publicly on his mother’s passing at a show he did in Brussels on Sunday night. Given that his mother passed away just over a week ago and he broke down onstage the night before you have to admire the dude for having the strength to do this.
So the bNet’s went down tonight, the hip hop award went to Mangere Bridge representative Coco Solid.
The big winner on the night however was Liam Finn, who won something like six awards, well deserved too, I dug that Second Chance joint that he did.
May the hate commence…
Shot then sponsored even!!!
From Sole Jam!:
It’s going to go down @ The Met Bar, starting at 11PM on the corner of Shortland & High St right in the heart of Auckland city. Featuring a big performance by David Dallas (Con Psy) of Frontline, supported by Louie Knuxx, and with DJs Manchoo, Mouli, and Penfold spinning the wheels of steel all night long in the biggest sneaker party/event of the year.
We might have some last-minute additions to the line-up so stay updated here…
Remember, it’s FREE ENTRY with a Sneaker Pimps pass, otherwise $10 at the door if you can’t make it to the show earlier on at Qubic.
As for dress code - wear your best sneakers. Yes, caps are allowed. Nuff said.
Sneaker Pimps is the largest touring sneaker show in the world and is a must for die-hard sneaker heads. Legendary NYC graffiti artist Futura will also be heading to NZ for the first time as part of the Sneaker Pimps show. For more information on the Sneaker Pimps event check out Sole Jam!
This is the 3rd installment of Ethical’s “weekly” video diary, it features some behind the scenes footage of the video for Eth’s first single “Talk of the Town” which features Roc Raida(!!!) from the X-ecutioners on the cut. The video diary is a bit long and drawn out this week but there’s enough interesting shit to get me excited about the video. Also peep the MTC blog for what appears to be the cover art for the single.
Oh man, I just saw this video on Miss Info’s blog this morning and couldn’t help but post this (NSFW).
*SMH!
Fella’s, if you getting some loving on the side make sure to pack some soap when you roll out to the club, lol.
Ever noticed how you talk to some Welly people and they’re in denial about how windy it is ? Fuck, it’s annoying. You’re sitting in a room that’s sounding like ‘Howls Moving Castle’ outside, and you’re like “far it’s pretty windy ay ?” … then they’ll say something like “Um, no more windy than anywhere else mate” . 
Ay ? fuck off.
Anyways, 2 dudes who wouldnt do such an annoying thing are Brett and Jermaine from ‘Flight of the Conchords’. Winners of the ‘Wellingtonian of the year’ award at last nights ‘Wellys’. Ive never heard of the ‘Wellys’ before, but it makes me jealous we dont have an ‘Aucks’ awards. Congrats to the bro’s on the award, and Conchords fans can further rejoice in the fact a second HBO series is on the way. Mean. Oh yeah, and Murray should’ve been up in the mix for the award too. Maybe he’s from Aucks.
David Sides, a pianist who has a habit of covering contemporary R&B hits, has put together a medley of joints from Kanye’s Graduation album, it’s pretty impressive. Props to KanYe Talk.
Rest in peace Donda West