News for the 22nd!

So I got that new computer...but I guess my parents had discovered Torrents since I'd moved out. So, I'd love to wipe everything, but they've lost their windows disk. Urg. Anyways, here's some news for you.


American artist Alexa Meadehas made some "Real Life Paintings". You just kinda have to look at it to see what I mean. Its pretty cool!


MLK is getting a memorial in DC, with the likes of Lincoln and Jefferson. Its about time, but I don't know if I really like the monument itself...


You've probably heard about everything that is currently happening in Libya, and how the rebels are finally getting into Tripoli, but here is an audio clip of Gaddafi's son getting captured while in an interview. You can hear the rebels busting in and everything.


I can hear the nails on the chalkboard now...


A woman in Florida has been accused of trying to sell her 5 year old son, for $2000, so she could feed her prescription drug habit. The people who turned the mother in, had helped her out in watching her son...so she figured why not sell him to them? This is so sad.


And speaking of sad...there was some big fight between two families in Winnipeg (if you've never been to, or heard of Winnpeg...I guess its comparable to any US Midwest city, just smaller. I don't recommend going. Ever.), and someone is being charged with using their car as a weapon. To quote the article "It was right about over here where a girl was dragged under the (vehicle), her legs. It was really hard to tell because there was smoke from the tires being spun, but it looked like one girl was run right over"


And on a lighter note, before I go, here is the headline of the day: Kiwi gals swig shots of horse semen. Umm.....

Rugged n Raw

Another quick post today! I got my parents old computer, and now have a decent work station for music production again; yes! So today I'm about to go out and get a new keyboard/mouse/monitor. Here's some tunes I've been listenin to recently:



I don't even care about how trancey this one is, its become a guilty pleasure (along with the whole album, tbh).



This has to be the collaboration of the year for the DSF awards...



Just nuts.


And for my old school hip hop heads...

I Think You Spelled 'Punching' Wrong....

Just a short post today. This News announcer gets takes a jab at Chris Brown on twitter, and then "apologizes" for it. Its a good laugh.




Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Your Midweek News (as found by me)

Glad to see the excellent response for yesterdays post! AK1200 is a personal favorite of mine, and I was glad to share what he's got. Here's a nice old skool track for y'all.


Unfortunately, he can't even play "Drowning" out live anymore, due to it being on his old label and blah blah blah. I actually saw him live twice in one week, a few years back, and the first show (which I think was a Wednesday)was the last show where he was legally allowed to play it. However, he might be able to gain the rights back in 35 years, as starting in 2013, any artist can now try to regain their song rights, if they apply two years in advance. The RIAA is not impressed, obviously.


And on a PSA tip,apparently, non-stick pans are apparently not healthy for us. If this is true, should we really be surprised? I mean, we all knew it was a chemical coating, right?


This video may be the sappiest video I ever post on here. It is an engagement video. However, if you can wait until the end, its totally worth it. I promise.



And on the other end of the relationship spectrum...Mayor dumps gift-wrapped 20-tonne boulder on ex-wife’s lawn. A quote, from the Mayor of Saint-Théodore-d’Acton, Quebec " I had to do something so she’d leave me alone. That’s the biggest rock she’ll ever get in her life." He also owns an excavation company, so I'm sure the town appreciates that wasn't at their expense.


For all the Tech heads, Nintendo is creating a "Massively Single Player game". This is for "Those who want to play games that are more dynamic, not-based on Al and not-pre-scripted like multiplayer games, however, don't want to 'deal' with other people, appreciate the privacy it provides." What are your thoughts on this concept? Do you think it will work?


Life magazine has assembled a bunch of pictures of the Berlin Wall for us, from its erection to its fall, and wrapped it all up in a nice slideshow.


For our last story, we go to Texas, where a 19 year old "vampire" broke into a womans house because "he needed to feed". Oh, and he's also been alive for 500 years. My favorite quote comes from an officer, Daniel Erickson: "He was begging us to restrain him because he didn't want to kill us". Had this kid been black or mexican, that quote would have been enough for them to get lit up.

Free Tune from Gridlok and AK1200

Before we get into the tune, lets look at this first:


Now, back to our feature:

To quote the soundcloud
'This was originally only available on vinyl. For the first time me and AK have decided to unleash it on the digital world as a FREE download! The Godfather of U.S. Drum and Bass teams up with the Rick Deckard of Drum and Bass to provide you a groove that the infamous Goldie described as: "a tune that shoulda been on headz".'

AK1200 and GRIDLOK - Dub 4 Dub by GRIDLOK

I think its pretty cool of them to release this one for free. They realize they made their sales off it, so fuck it, put it digitally for nothing. Big ups to the both of them! Here's a mix from Gridlok as well.


CARMAGEDDON by GRIDLOK

Yesterday Was a Good Day.

Quite a long day, but totally worth it. My parents had just finished packing up, and started the road trip to move back to the east coast. They're renting their house out today, so I had to get my uncle to drive me down (its about 300 km away...so its 3 hrs there and back) to go pick up their car! It feels so good to have wheels again. However, I haven't really driven a standard for 7 years now, so it was quite the crash course driving home! But I did okay, stalled a few times but got back going immediately.


Today is also seeming to shape up pretty good, as I have absolutely nothing to do except for pack (I am moving at the end of the month), and watch football (pre-season, anyways)! Who else is stoked that the NFL is back? Who do you cheer for? Should I heckle you for cheering for said team? I cheer for a weird bunch; my ideal Super Bowl would be the Raiders vs the Seahawks, just because it would be hilarious. I also like the Redskins...but they are just a mess.


Before I am off, here's a sample from Gemmy's W.O.W. label (release date is Sept. 1). Da Dodgems is on some serious business. Sounds like something the So Solid Crew should be rapping over.
WOW002 Gemmy - Too Far/Da Dodgems by GEMMY

Hope the weekend treated you well!

News for Friday, August 12

Alright, since the work week is done, here's some more news for ya! I'm thinking on doing these posts twice a week, maybe every Wednesday and Saturday. Thoughts?


Our sappy story goes to a man in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, who as a kid painted a bunch of quarters, and got one back as change recently. Yep.


Onto more serious news, the United States is deporting an Albanian Mother and son...even though the husband is currently in the United States, testifying against a Albanian mobser. 10 years ago, mobster has already shot the man, and put his nieces into prostitution because he's testified, or was planning to. The Man and his nieces have been granted asylum in the US, but the wife/son, they'll be okay back in Albania, right?


Here's the 10 Housing Markets that are going to fail this year. California and Florida aren't looking so good...


In lighter news, dark beer has been found to have more iron than pale beer. No real story here, I just know that the dark beer fans will appreciate it.


And 30 years ago (yesterday), IBM came out with the first personal computer. If you showed this to anyone born in the 90's, their reaction is probably "Who's IBM?"


And here's a really big piece of news for me, and all my other Canadians. Our government is trying to outlaw internet anonymity . IF you voted Conservative, thank you. I hope you don't do anything illegal on the internet, or troll (because that will be illegal too), because they'll be able to monitor our internet in real time and get your ass!


America, fuck yeah!