July 2009
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Listen a snippet off the new davinci album the day the...
Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
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THE B.U.M.S. // OAKLAND, 1995
dope video/song and dope lil write-up on the b.u.m.s on swtbrds.
Jul 31st
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Jul 31st
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PABLO VALBUENA - WALL ANIMATION @ THE HAGUE
pablo valbuena killed it last year with this wall animation.
Jul 30th
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APPLE & THE BIG 4 MAJOR LABELS WORKING TO... →
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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MAC MALL - SICK WIT TIS (1993)
bay area classic right here by one of the guys that helped put vallejo on the map.  mac mall was only 16 or 17 when he did this song.  produced by khayree, on the album illegal business.
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR & HUMANITY - THEME
jingi naki tatakai theme…from one of the greatest gangster (yakuza) film series’ of all time, the yakuza papers.
Jul 29th
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HUGH KRETSCHMER IS MAINEY
read feature shoot’s interview with los angeles based photo-illustrator hugh kretschmer.
Jul 29th
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THE SECRET OF NIMH - REDUX?
they’re remaking the rats of nimh (the secret of nimh).  read here.
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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BLACK ROB - LIKE WHOA
black rob is grossly underrated.
Jul 29th
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VIRUS - L'INFERNO DEI MORTI VIVENTI
here’s a great giallo clip where zombies rip out a girls tongue, then push her eyeballs out of their sockets from inside of her face.
Jul 28th
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BAPE X POKEMON COLLAB?
$35 prints here.
Jul 28th
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BIRDY NAM NAM - THE PARACHUTE ENDING
music video for birdy nam nam’s the parachute ending.
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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AZ - DOE OR DIE
here’s a couple of videos off of one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all time, az’s doe or die. sugar hill, produced by l.e.s. (who also produced nas’ life’s a bitch) mo money, mo murder, mo homicide (ft. nas), produced by dr period (who also produced cold as ice for m.o.p.)
Jul 27th
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TRON LEGACY - OFFICIAL TRAILER
zomg!
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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NOISE IN THE HOOD (MIXTAPE)
ammbush, member of famed dj crew the oakland faders (also one of the geniuses at swtbrds and the guy who started drums & ammo), just dropped this heater mixtape w/ manifest. get the tracklisting and mixtape here.
Jul 26th
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D.I.T.C - DAY ONE
big l, ag, lord finesse, and the rest of the diggin in the crates crew.
Jul 25th
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VOLTAGE, ROBOTS + SYNTHS
voltage, by bam studio, is an animation short about robots and synths. via cdm
Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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“I thought this would be a real intellectual and critical movement. It seems to...”
– oliver wang on the state of hip-hop blogs, speaking @ the music bloggers roundtable redux
Jul 24th
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“Speaking primarily of other hip-hop blogs, it is shocking how little thought or...”
– noz of cbrap, speaking @ the music bloggers roundtable redux
Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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DEFUNCT BAY AREA HIP-HOP MAGS
defunct bay area rap mags huh? via swtbrds blog
Jul 24th
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DEAD HEAT - GIRL DECOMPOSES
brilliant special efx in this scene from dead heat.  treat williams’ reaction is oscar worthy.
Jul 24th
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POLL: TOBIKO VS. IKURA
Jul 24th
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KOENIGSEGG CCXR
the koenigsegg ccxr can go from 0-60 in 2.9 seconds.  and yes, that’s a carbon fiber body.
Jul 24th
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Listen RED CAFE – HEART & SOUL (PROD. BY PETE...
Jul 24th
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THE OFFICIAL BRUCE LEE SITE
aw shit.  the official bruce lee website has launched.  rip to the greatest.
Jul 24th
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OBERHEIM DMX - DRUM MACHINE
Jul 23rd
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TRAFIK, LA FIXED GEAR SCENE
trafik is a new documentary film documenting la’s fixed gear scene, featuring local bike crews such as wolfpack, outa town visitors such as macaframa, etc. check out their flikr gallery and official site.
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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STREETMEDIA - LIFT THE PEOPLE (FT. RAPHAEL SAADIQ)
Jul 23rd
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STACKABLE FRIDGES
these stackable flatshare fridges designed by stefan buchberger, a student at the university of applied arts in vienna, would help me save space. read more about it here.
Jul 23rd
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Seiko DXV002, 1982
read about it and other vintage digital watches here.
Jul 22nd
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ListenFUCK RAP II - FREDDIE GIBBS (PROD. BY JOSH THE...
Jul 22nd
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CALIFORNIA APOLOGIZES TO CHINESE AMERICANS
on july 17, the california legislature quietly approved a landmark bill to apologize to the state’s chinese-american community for racist laws enacted as far back as the mid–19th century gold rush, which attracted about 25,000 chinese from 1849 to 1852. the laws, some of which were not repealed until the 1940s, barred chinese from owning land or property, marrying whites, working in the...
Jul 22nd
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GOON LIFE x PINKY & THE BRAIN x ACID TRIP
lambo & the snowbear blessed the world with some more acid trip material featuring mr. goon life.
Jul 22nd
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Jul 21st
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INTUA BEATMAKER FOR iPHONE
wow, virtual mpc, step seq, pattern seq, effects, audio recording & editing all on your iphone. via swtbrds blog
Jul 21st
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VOLTRON AS FINE ART
artist robert burden set up a time-lapse camera to document the creation of his voltron painting. he’s the guy that paints action figures / toys from the 80’s, remember?
Jul 21st
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BRUCE LEE, IN MEMORIAM
vid of my uncle bruce lee beating up some italian goons.
Jul 21st