Remix (song) of the Day

This is NOT a remix, but it IS pretty dope.  People like Kanye & ?uestlove have been up on Rob Roy for a while now, me not so much.  However I'm up on him before you (maybe?) so don't hate.  Song's ill, video may be better.

Albany Firebirds Apparently Not Dog Lovers...

I came across some phenomenal news this afternoon.  My 'home team', the team who's games I grew up attending with my father, who have risen like a Pheonix from the ashes of an even more sub-par Arenafootball2 team this '09 season, the Albany Firebirds, are going after Michael Vick!

Now this doesn't surprise me, after all they did retire 'Touchdown' Eddie Brown's jersey a few years back even after several run-ins with the law, and an apparant domestic dispute (this guy LITERALLY worked at my high-school after retiring from his 'illustrious' career in the arena league.  Kids would torment him and call him 'Pushdown' Eddie Brown after reports that he pushed his girlfriend/wife/ho [who knows?] down a flight of stairs.)  However, reaching out to Michael Vick, the latest national villian in pro sports, is just on some next level gully shit.

Apparently Vick, who is now bankrupt, must somehow donate $100,000 to the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society as part of the deal?  This is priceless...

Also, he must first be officially reinstated into the NFL before he can sign....

Also, AFL players make $200 a game, which may seem like a lot compared to the 12 cents an hour he is currently making assembling license plates or whatever they have him doing (dog grooming?), but to a man who used to have a $130 million contract this offer may not seem that inticing...

Now, while this may not be a realistic offer by the Firebirds (who are 0-5), it IS one of the funniest moves by a GM since..well...ever.  If this deal somehow ever went through, I would seriously consider quitting my job in NYC, purchasing season tickets, and moving back to Albany.  I don't support Vick or his actions in any way, but this move and the shit circus that would follow it would be too good to pass up.

Albany Firebirds, you are HARD BODY...

Remix of the Day

This rmx was dropped over a year ago, but I just came across it recently and find it still very relevant.  B.B.'s take on Timbo's "Miscommunication".  Hits hard, makes me wanna start slammin Jack & Cokes at Webster Hall.

Pic of the Day

Never again...

Congressmen get arrested: This time no illegal sex acts invovled!

Most stories you hear about these days when it comes to politics are all partison takes on how much someone fucked up, how a certain newcomer to Washington is the next Hitler, or someone trying to solicit someone else for some sato-massacistic sex act.

Today I'm happy to report some actual inspring and uplifting news from D.C. however.  5 lawmakers were arrested this afternoon outside the Sudan embassy in Washington, D.C., for crossing the police line during a demontration against the genocide in Darfur.   

"You have to find a way to dramatize an issue," Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia)  said while being led away by police, after his arrest along with  Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts), Donna Edwards (D-Maryland), Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), and Lynn Woolsey (D-California).  The congressmen (and women) were cuffed and led away after repeated warnings from police to back away.

While this may be construed as a political move by Republicans, the bottom line is it was a bold stand against a gross disregard for human rights that, no matter what the motive behind it, will certainly draw attention to a righteous and imortant cause.   It is not every day that a high profile politician would put himself in this position and go through the bullshit of being arrested (been there) for a truly worthy cause. 

John Lewis, 'this Bud's for you.'

 

Remix of the Day

MAJOR MUSCLES ON THIS ONE at Slutty Fringe

Dirty remix Diplo swears will be on the upcoming and anticipated album

Pic of the Day

Atlantic City here I come.  Please be gentle...

Remix of the Day

Sorry about the lack of posts.  A busy weekend, workdays, and illness has kept it to a minimum.  However as R.O.T.D. posts are too easy, I can at least handle one of those today.  This one comes from Treasure Fingers, the man when it comes to disco-tech remixes.  Here his remix of E.O.T.S.'s "Walking On A Dream''.  

Remix of the Day

Villains Remix N.A.S.A. 

Couldn't get the embed, but here's a link to this remix.  This re-work hits hardbody (you don't own that YW), typical Villains.  More on N.A.S.A. later.

"Wha wha whaaaaachha doiiin?'

"Oh definietly got some weather. Things are a little more complicated than they seemed at first.."

Gem...  

Remix of the Day

Second Rusko remix I've put up.  I'm feeling the Dub-Step lately, and Rusko does it all too correct.  He actually spun in Brooklyn last Friday, which I missed do to a return home for Easter, a mistake I won't let happen again.

Everyone's heard the Crookers remix, but this one is less known and just as tight, just in a much "fatter, loose sloppy bass" way.  Tell your friends.

Remix of the Day

Far from new, but just re-discovered on the iPhizzle.  Love the original by Paul Simon, and Cudi's use of the beat.  Only wish he'd done something with the hook, either sampled it or made it his own somehow, like the verses.  Still a tight track.

"Lerechauns not have speed keep up with Machine"

I was put on to these videos by the always on point SnoochyPig 2 days ago, and almost had a seizure I was laughing so hard.  Seriously people, my chest and stomach were so tight and convulsing I thought I was going to break a  rib, throw up, or both.  I don't know what it is, maybe it's just me, but even after an 18 hour work day last night, all I wanted to do when I got home was throw these on for a few more rounds, which resulted in the same fit of joy.  The response was, dare I say, AUTO-MATIC.  They are videos from Lakers-fan.com, and unfortunately these are the only NBA Finals one featuring The Machine, AKA Sasha Vujacic, as of yet, although there is a semi-funny Paul Pierce one out there and more Machine spoofs on their site. 

Enjoy...

Amends

I'm only posting this picture to make up for the fact that I just washed out a trash can at work.

BMW Art Installation in Grand Central

Me and my lovely lady friend had ourselves a fantastic Sunday this past weekend.  We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, hung out in DUMBO, got a great dinner, and finished it off with "Slumdog Millionaire".  But perhaps the coolest, or at least most cultural 'activity' we did was check out the BMW Art Installation that was coming to an end in Grand Central.  I believe Sunday was the last day, so I should've mentioned this earlier, but I felt I'd share some pictures 'Lee' got and, as I'm too lazy to write in my own words what it was all about, paste GermanCarScene.com 's blurb about it.

"A public art installation will open in New York's Grand Central Terminal on March 25, 2009, featuring two distinct sections made possible by BMW.  One is a collection of four iconic BMW Art Cars designed by:

 Andy Warhol, 

 

                                      

                                               

  Rob Lichtenstein,

                                     

Robert Rauschenberg,

and Frank Stella" (only pic not taken by (Lee))

Also there was a project by Robin Rhode, a contemporary artist.  He used the all new 2009 BMW Z4 Roadster mounted with special paint dispensers to create a footbal sized painting, a 30' by 40' sections of which was on display as well as the car that created it.  

  

The installation as a whole was visually stunning and  very cool to see such original pieces only feet away (you could see Warhols finger traces in his car).  I'd read about the 'Art Cars' years before in my Pop's Autoweek, and to see them up close and in person was very surreal.  Thanks for coming with me String-Bean.

Portentous Potables, or: I'm drinkin' pink vitamin water tomorrow because I will be mad hungover

The only time I drink Pink (Strawberry Kiwi: Focus) Vitamin Water is when I'm hungover. I don't know what it is about the damn drink, but it's the only thing I want inside me when I've destroyed my myself (well, the only thing I'll admit to wanting on this blog anyway. I AM a lady, after all). Doesn't help me focus, but it does help me not-puke.

That being said, I don't ever wanna touch the stuff when I'm stone cold sober. Sorry, Vitamin Water dudes. Oh well. If you ever want a slightly (very) mussed spokeslady with glazed-over eyes and an inability to form complete sentences...I'm your gal.

Cheers!

P.S. This post will be followed-up with a subsequent review of the "Here We Go Magic" concert at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Apologies in advance for the memory lapses that will inevitably ensue.

Remix of the Day

I Came across this today. It's pretty ill. There's a downloadable mp3 floating around by ROBOtech that isn't the same version, and isn't ass good, but still a close 2nd if you wanna look for it. Anyways, I like this song, seems to fit well together and got me pretty amped while at the office. Look for this in my next DJ set, whenever the fuck that may be.

Cheers.

The Teenager's "Homecoming" makes me Yay!

Hi. Hey there. Hello.

I'm P.H. Miserable's coworker, KSWH. When I'm not gaining weight (from eating too many Flips), gchatting, or getting yelled at by my boss for gchatting, I occasionally like to take a gander at what the internet has to offer. Turns out, not a whole lot (LOL, jk, jk, 143 internetz).

Anyway, this video is a great example of a thing I like: the French dude looks good, the ladies are lovely, and I LOL'd when got to the chorus. Americans are stupid, get it? I did. Liked It. Done deal. 

What? Do you think that's a stupid review? I'M SORRY. 

***SPECIAL BONUS***

Other things I like that the internet has to offer: cute macro pictures of red pandas, recipes from tastespotting.com, Battlestar Galactica fanfics, friendster.com, furniture porn, buttoverload.blogspot.com (my other blog), and you, dear reader. <3

Bye!

MSTRKRFT @ Webster: "Go the fuck back to Jersey assholes!"

Sorry about not getting to this sooner, somewhat busy weekend and very busy work week may make this a sparse few days for L2H.  Anyways, as I mentioned last week I caught MSTRKRFT last Friday at Webster.  I was was so pumped up for this show, and had such high expectations, maybe it a was inevitable to be dissapointed, but let me explain:

I'd seen ALP and JFK a few times before, and they'd always killed it.  And they did drop a pretty tight set on Friday, the real 'beef' I had was not with the performers or the venue, but with the extremely B&T crowd that were all acting like this was their first time.  Maybe it was, and MSTRKRFT is a pretty mind-blowing show, especially the first time, but people please; ACT LIKE YOU'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE.  The amount of shirtless dudes on other shirtless 'bros' shoulders, E induced bromance and overall Deusch-baggery was just too much for me.  I couldn't really enjoy myself with all these electro virgins constantly rubbing up on me, trying to squeeze past me, or asking me for 'rolls' or even better just plain old 'Ecstacy', mainly because i was wearing a flat brim, high-tops and was still sporting clothing on my upper body.  For fucks sake I was identifying myself as NYPD by the end of the night just to scare off the hipster runoff tweens.  Also, if you were one of the many, perhaps undeserving, people I drilled with a half finished Jack & Coke, I apologize, I was in a bad place...

So overall it was one of the shittier shows I've seen at my beloved Webster, but don't let this discourage you from catching the boys if they come around your town, they're still always worth the price of admission and one of the hardest hitting acts you'll see.  Maybe I'm just a jaded electro snob....

P.S. Props to Bloody Beatroots for killing it while you could still dance and get a beer.

Weekend Mustache

In honor of JFK and ALP from KRFT (sick rhyme scheme) who sport ill 'staches, here are some great mustaches from throughout history.  Enjoy.

"I like you.  You're pretty" 

 if you don't get it, do some youtube research.

No Brainer.  This looks like my dad in the 80's.  Really.

   "No touching of the hair or face.  Of course..."

             Cig Handsome

Remix of the Day

So I'm catching MSTRKRFT tonight at Webster Hall, which promises to be a wild night.  The boys just released their third album Fist of God (badass name), which is pretty fuckin dope.  It features the likes of John Legend, N.O.R.E., E-40, Ghostface Killa and more.  They're on some new shit with this album, moving away from the disco dance sound and getting into a more hard electro-hop genre, as their last several remixes before this drop were eluding to.  Be that as it may, this is a "Remix of the Day" column, so I'm posting one of my favorite rmx by them that dropped a while back.  It's Wolfmother's Woman, and it's getting me pumped up for tonight.

I'll have a review of the show up tomorrow.

Cheers.

PS-The accompanying video is retarded.   Like some bored frat kid's bad art project, which actually makes it kind of awesome.

Remix of the Day

So I first heard this remix when the Philadelphyanz dropped into their first set with it a few weeks back at Don Hills (right after my horrible DJ set, which I blame on me rushing every song to try and make it in time to see Xavier from Justice at Webster Hall and the fuck-ass sound guy who refused to turn me up...vag).  But I love the original, and this dub-step remix by Rusko hit's real hard and has a very spacey unique sound.  Peep it.

Inglorious Basterds: "Hey isn't that the temp from 'The Office'?"

When I first heard about this movie, I have to admit I lost my shit.  I'm a Tarantino freak, even though the guy comes off like a nerdy A.V. kid still trying to prove to the hot cheerleader at school he's one of the 'cool' kids.  I saw Kill Bill three times in the theatre (maybe I'm the nerdy A.V. kid...) and own the rest of his collection on DVD (well almost).  Needless to say when I heard he was dropping a new film I was pumped, and when I heard the plot-line, I pissed myself (it was weird for everyone present).  

The big news today is that Tarantino promised once again, according to Variety, as he did last May,  that the film would be ready for inclusion in this year's Canne's Film Festival.  There were plenty of pre-pro issues and rumors that the movie would never make it, but the news today brings hope to Tarantino (an still-bitter Jew's worldwide) that we may be seeing Brad Pitt torture and ruthlessly slaughter Nazis on the big screen sooner than we'd hoped.  

Scratch: The Ultimate DJ: D.D.R. for hipster tweens

So the trailer just dropped for 'one of the most anticipated games of 2009',  "Scratch: The Ultimate DJ".  As I don't own a video game console, let alone play video games, I won't often discuss them.  However, being tha I am  DJ (or fancy myself one), I felt intrigued to give this trailer a look.

First off, I always thought Guitar Hero and Rock Band are about as cool as cancer.  I understand people love it and it is a pop culture phenomenon, and that is great for all of you, to each his own you know?  I just don't get the whole thing.  I get video games.  I get Halo, or Madden, and all that shit.  But if you wanna play guitar, or be in a band, how about playingan actual guitar, or joining a band??   I don't know, maybe it's just me.  And yes, I have tried it, so I CAN knock it.  That being said, this game, while being much more appealing to me b/c of the whole DJ thing, seems much of the same.  I do have more respect for this one however b/c turntables are not as accessible to most people as a guitar or drum set, so this could be an easier way to get more people into turntableism or give them a taste of how it feels.  Still, I must say, if you want to be a DJ, get some old technics and 45's and do it the old fashioned way.

 

Remix Of The Day

So I'm going to try and make this a daily thing.  Anyone who knows me knows I follow electro music, blog music and am always up on the newest remixes (or try my best), and what not.  So here's the first "Remix of the Day".  I got this off of a pretty unique "mixtape" I downloaded from Mixtapetorrent.com

The mixtape is called D-lectro, and the track is called "East 1999 (Bag Raiders vs. dLux Remix)".  

Enjoy

Random Bar Review

So last night I paid my first visit to Union Hall in Park Slope, BK.  I haven't ventured into BK much outside of Williamsburgh or Bushwick, so I was looking forward to checking out the spot, which I'd heard and read good things about.  I accompanied my co-worker and fellow contributor (hopefully) who was going to watch her friend sing in a band.  Although I was not enthused by the 8 dollar cover, the $3  PBR and Bud's quickly exorcised the demons, and I found myself warming up to the place very quickly.  You feel like your hanging out in a Robert Louis Stevenson novel, the decor evoking some 19th century Ivy League library.  The walls are covered in old books, the furniture is all antique, and there is a strong enthusiasm for taxidermy.  Sounds amazing, I know...

The place also had a fairly 'cool' crowd, and by 'cool' i mean not overflowing with hipsters sporting their girlfriend's jeans and white patent leather shoes they bought for 200 bucks so they can look like they spent $5 on them at Salvation Army (only Gaspard Auge can pull that look off).  Everyone was friendly, even the 300 pound bouncer who bore a slight resemblance to Big Black.

Also, and this is probably the most important thing, it has two indoor bocce ball courts (are they courts? fields?) running right down the middle of the place.  I didn't actually play, but just knowing they were there made me feel all warm inside.  

Getting back to my apartment in Bushwick was no fun (3 wrong trains and a $20 dollar taxi later), but still the place is worth a visit.  It gets the pH Seal of Approval (whatever that's worth).

Union Hall

702 Union Street

Brooklyn, NY