Sloppy White - Old School Hip Hop Mixes!

Over the years, Sloppy White has delivered some of the freshest Old School hip hop mixes around. Well thought out mixes of some classic hip hop nuggets that many of us never thought we'd hear again. Fantastic mixing and themes running through these cds.

He's now retired the physical copies of his "Fat Tape", "The Way It Was" and "Get Some". But for those of you who have slept on them... no worries. These three classics are now available as free downloads from the man himself, Sloppy White.

Check out the reviews and praise on his page -- they say more than I'll ever be able to get across to you... with kind words from O-Dub, Strictly Kev and the Soulman... who are you to argue!

from Sloppy White: "So please spread the word and enjoy the Golden Era vibes!"


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Y: The Last Man (Final Issue!)

Y: The Last Man. After 5 outstanding years and 60 fantastic issues... it's all over. I can't say enough wonderful things about this comic. One of the truly great serialized fictions of today.

The premise (for those of you who haven't been following along) - every male on the planet is wiped out in a plague. Well, every man on planet, except our hero, Yorick Brown (and his monkey, Ampersand). The adventure of Yorick and his posse is truly epic.

I'd recommend it to everyone... go buy the first trade paperback (reprinting the first five issues of the series). Try your local comic shops or book stores -- and if you're more of an online shopper -- go here!

If you've been reading along, there are some nice interviews with Brian K. Vaughan (writer) and Pia Guerra (artist) over at Newsarama.

Really - go check this out.....

Interview with Brian K. Vaughn, pt.1
Interview with Brian K. Vaughn, pt.2
Interview with Pia Guerra

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Collective Discharge - Combined Differences

Here's a great, uptempo mix that has been rocking my hard-drive, Iriver and the cd player in my truck! Collective Discharge is a tag team dj effort consisting of one part Lenodd and one part Mr. Lovely.

Combined Differences is pure fun from start to finish! It's got Pendulum's "Tarantula" in it -- how can it miss?!

Go here to download Collective Discharge's "Combined Differences".


Combined Differences - Mixed by Collective Discharge
November 2007

1. Loo and Placido – Black Beatles
2. MIA – Galang
3. DJ Zebra – Are you gonna by my MF?
4. Large Professor – Bout that time
5. King Bee – Cold Slammin’
6. Pharoahe Monch – Body Baby (Optimo Espacio dub)
7. Eric B & Rakim vs The trade secrets – I know you got soul
8. AJ Scent - I love digital (Rob Mello mix)
9. Justice – D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKFT Remix)
10. Steve Miller Bandvs Gauzz – Abracadabra (Boy 8 bit remix)
11. Calvin Harris – Acceptable in the 80s
12. Switch – A bit patchy
13. Lisa left eye Lopes – The block party
14. CSS – Lets make love and listen to death from above (Simian Mobile Disco mix)
15. Doug Lazy vs. Sugarbear - Let It Roll,Don’t Scandalize Mine
16. Tiga - Far From Home (The DFA Remix)
17. Johnny Cash – Personal Jesus
18. Dead Prez – Hip Hop
19. Poison Chang – Press the Trigger
20. High Contrast – If We Ever (ft. Diane Charlamagne)
21. Del Gazeebo – Easy Boombastic
22. Jorge Ben – Take It Easy My Brother Charles
23. The White Stripes – Blue Orchid (High Contrast remix)
24. Pendulum (ft. Spyder & Tenor) – Tarantula
25. Ike & Tina Turner – Whole Lotta Love


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Punks the Comic - The Christacular Special

Ok, the Xmas season is well over - but I'm so far behind on my reading that I'm just getting around to the xmas issue of Punks the Comic, The Christacular Special #1! Fantastic.

A comic book done cut-up collage style. Punks the Comic creators Fialkov and Chamberlain give us a great ride. How can you go wrong when your lead character is Abe Lincoln?? Guest starring Chuck Dickens... "you mess with dickens you get burned baby!"

From the back cover: "Back to raise holy day spirits and battle the forces of evil, Abe, Fist, Skull, and Dog return in a 52 page long extravaganza of the Winter Festival of Lights/Resurrection/African Heritage/Dick Clark."

also: "Approved by Jesus, Buddha, and various cult leaders, there is no better way to celebrate the holidays aside from being with your families and world peace."

I personally know this book has an effect on people as my girlfriend quoted lines of the book to me this morning! "I hate you. I hope you all get syphillis of the eyes!"

The Xmas season might be over -- but the Christacular Special still rings true!

See if you can buy this from your local comic shop or head on over to PunksTheComic.com - you can order it from their website. Good one.

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Dangerscouse - Fantastic Voyage

As advertised, Dangerscouse does it again! Back with his "Fantastic Voyage" mix, an uptempo journey through multi-genre musics. Great stuff here.

The mix really starts kicking for me with Three Dog Night and AC/DC (oh yeah, you heard me!). Other highlights for me: Jazz Jamaica, Stevie Wonder, Reuben Wilson, Ike and Tina Turner and Hendrix (see what I mean?!).

Go get it already and check out some of his other mixes too - you won't be disappointed.

go here to download Dangerscouse - Fantastic Voyage.



Dangerscouse - Fantastic Voyage

1. Ed Solo & Skool Of Thought - Always There
2. Alice Russell - To Know This (Nu:Tone Remix)
3. Gang Starr - Love Sick
4. Three Dog Night - I Can Hear You Calling
5. AC/DC - Back In Black
6. Shark Wilson & The Reggae Heaters - Make It Reggae
7. Jazz Jamaica - I Was Made To Love Her
8. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
9. Rueben Wilson - Inner City Blues
10. Ike & Tina Turner - Golden Empire
11. Fuzzy Haskins - Fuzz & Da Boog
12. Pepe Deluxe - B Boy Breakdown
13. Jazz Juice - Hot Pants Breakdown
14. Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Groove (Bronx Dogs Remix)
15. Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
16. Dennis Coffey - Scorpio
17. James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
18. Soul Of Man - Between The Eyes (A Skillz Remix)
19. FPI Project - Rich In Paradise



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RYCA - Scrawl Collective

Available at the Scrawl Collective - a couple of great limited edition silk screen prints from the artist RYCA. The Star Wars geek in me is screaming "I'm broke! Someone buy this for me! (....please?)".

If you've got some funds in your art budget - head on over to the Scrawl Collective! So cool.

Soopajud - I Believe In Music

Truth be told - I have so many mixes - that I've fallen behind on my listening - so jumping ahead in the pile - I come across Soopajud. This guy always features great funk and soul tracks that are really close to the stuff I usually use in my own mixes.

So with no hesitation, I felt that jumping forward to Soopajud's mix, I Believe In Music, would be a wise decision -- and yes, success! A great selection of funky soul tracks on this mix and a very cool cover too.... put it on your ipod already.

Go here to download Soopajud - I Believe In Music.

01-Jimmy Linch - Fucking Up
02-hank_johnson - you lost your thing
03-smokey johnson and company - the funky moon
04-family plann - come on let’s do the breakdown
05_house guests - my mind set me free (part_1)
06-James Brown (from Jamaïca) - Do it
07-Maxine brown - baby cakes
08-New Birth - come and dream some paradise {theme from gordon’s war}
09-Nicky Thomas - soul power
10-Esther Phillips - Mr. Bojangles
11-Carmen Mcrae - Can’t Hide Love
12-Grant Green - If You Really Love Me
13-chairmen of the board - so glad you’re mine
14-James Brown - any day now
15-The Majestic Arrows - If I Had A Little Love (Rehearsal)
16-Bob and Wisdom - I Believe In Music



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King Cannibal - Life on the Beat

King Cannibal (the artist formerly known as 'ZILLA') comes through with 30 minutes of scorching hot drum and bass all mixed up nicey nice.

I count 82 tracks in 30 minutes! I'm no DNB guy by any means - but this was fresh noise to me and I'm digging it. Kicks off with dialog from my new favorite film, Primer. How can I say no to that!

For tracklist and download instructions go to King Cannibal's "Gods of War" website -- it's all there!



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The Twelve #1

I'm a couple weeks behind on this one I think (you should see the pile of unread comics and magazines laying about my place - it rivals the pile of un-listened to cd's... very sad!) but I'm glad I picked it up today.

First off, I've never been a big fan of Straczynski, for no apparent reason - I just haven't dug any of his books, that I've read. On the other hand, I do really enjoy Chris Weston's work (big fan of The Filth and Ministry of Space - go read 'em!).

It's a great "rip van winkle" story -- go to sleep in the 1940's -- wake up 60 years in the future -- this issue just barely touches on it, as there is a lot of stage setting and laying the groundwork of who's who.

So you've got 12 golden age superhero types that most of us have never met before, as they were really obscure characters from the 1940's that only appeared rather briefly in publishing history. Straczynski really does a great job of introducing us to the Twelve and I for one, cannot wait to see where this is headed. So far - So Good! Recommended.



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Darwin Kick by Ibrahim Dilek (threadless.com)

Here's a new t-shirt available from Threadless, called Darwin Kick. I love the design and am glad that I got my brother to mess around with the evolutionary chart before this t-shirt makes it look like I'm biting!

Darwin Kick t-shirt available here at Threadless.com


To see my (and my brother's) take on the evolutionary chart, head on over to b00mb0x.org and download my Caveman on Campus mix. Classic rock, punk, hip-hop and pop bootleg mash-ups. go on then!




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Buff My Pylon - Return to the Border

Here's a great mix I've been listening to for the past hour or so... nothing fancy but some great tracks on here from a Variety (with a capital V!) of artists. Elvis, The Creeps, Dillinger - what a selection!

Held together with some great movie clips (I heard Russ Meyer's "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! in there). The selection speaks for itself.... Return to the Border.

Go here to download this mix.... (now I've got to go investigate more offerings from Buff My Pylon, like his original "Run For The Border"!)

here's the tracklist:

Buff My Pylon - Return to the Border

1. Dj Shadow - Brainfreeze Intro
2. Al Escobar - Tighten Up
3. The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me
4. The Plugz - El Clavo Y La Cruz
5. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Hold Tight
6. The El Michels Affair - Hung Up On My Baby
7. Ennio Morricone - Svolta Definitiva
8. April March - Laisse Tomber Les Filles
9. The Vandelles - Lovely Weather
10. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
11. Cream - I Feel Free
12. Dillenger - Cocain in my Brain
13. The Creeps - Human Fly
14. Charlie Feathers - Can’t Hardly Stand It
15. The Plugz - Reel Ten
16. The Staple Singers - For What Its Worth
17. Link Wray - Rumble
18. Scott Walker - The Old Man’s Back Again



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Zombies vs. Robots vs. Amazons #2

Well there's no denying that Ashley Wood is one of my favorite artists - so it comes as no surprise that I'm recommending Zombies vs. Robots vs. Amazons #2.

This series is better than the original Zombies vs. Robots, I think. It looks to me that the collected edition of the original series is out of print - so check around on ebay for it - it's worth it.

This sequel series takes the Zombies and Robots to the Amazon island where the madness continues and we are introduced to a Zombie Minotaur... I mean what else could you ask for?!

There's one more issue in this 3 issue series and it looks as if they're collecting it into a nice hardcover at a decent pre-order price through amazon.

as the Robot says... Let's Go Kill Stuff!




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Warvadal - Sound Direction Distance

Here's a nice downtempo mix that I came across yesterday. Warvadal's "Sound Direction Distance" mix. A nice selection of laid back tunes mixed with some decent spoken word bits - nice! Enjoying it again on this quiet Sunday morning. Thanks to Warvadal for posting this up on b00mb0x.

to download Warvadal - Sound Direction Distance, go here.


0100_00_36 - FMTM
Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again - The Books
Divine Intervention - 40 Winks
Infinite Regrestion - Quantic
Progress - 40 Winks
Greenwhich Plume - Poets 2 The Beat
I Partisan - Broadway Project
The Man Who Wasn’t There (Excerpts) - Various
My Dog - George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars
One Legged Low Frequency Guy - Red Snapper
[Dragunz Invasion] Downtown Beirut - Gasoline
#5 - Mr. Cooper
[Damn Right I’m Somebody] Love & Happiness - James Brown & The JBs
Backstory [Imus Street] (Excerpt) - Various
The Dixie Saga - Populous
Jurassic Thoughts - The Nothing
Jet Son - Blockhead
Paris Blues - The Real Tuesday Weld (Remix)
V.C.F. Ramble - High Tone
Searching For The Space Monkey - Chinese Man
A Little Different - Considerate Builders Scheme
Veteran’s Leg - Dynamic Syncopation
Hypnosis Theme - Wax Tailor
Slipping Jigsaws - Baby Mammoth
Listen Real Close - Kushti
Fax Man - Low In The Sky
Musk Tusk - Baby Mammoth
Nothing Left To Do - Outlandish
Hit The Hay (Outro) - 40 Winks



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DJHDD - Robots R Computers

Here's a great mix from DJ Hickory Dickory Doc (DJHDD). Originally intended to be a mix for Solid Steel.....

"This mix was commissioned by Strictly Kev as a companion piece to his Solid Steel Robot mix which aired last week. It was suppose to be a collaboration, however Kev had set himself aside some rules, and he wanted some older sounds & a premise of the future of robotics from the view point of the past. A large percentage of his songs were old rock n roll based, whilst most of what I had were more electro, I was after the “sound” of a robot, vocoders & futuristic music; robots singing the Beatles, the talking dictionary tripping out to the Orb, robots falling in love & looking after our basic needs."

"After fishing the net for anything I could find on robots, I started to hear some fabulous “unknown” bands, mainly from Myspace. Meeting up with Kev in July we decided that I would help with samples but that we would go on to do 2 separate mixes."

Anyways - 2 hours of Robot mixes seemed to be too much for the show - so it was cut. Regardless, I think it's a great effort and a fantastic mix.... go check it out!


You can download DJHDD's "Robots R Computers" mix here!




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20 Years of Solid Steel - the Celebration Begins!

2008 marks the 20th anniversary of Solid Steel's first appearance on the airwaves so they've raided Coldcut's archives and got together with collectors from around the world to bring you vintage mixes and shows from yesteryear. The regular show will feature a glimpse into the pre-internet past every two weeks and more content will be available for download at bosbos.net. BosBos has kindly agreed to host material for us as well as dusting off his own collection of tapes alongside King Megatrip (oh yeah, that's me!)

To kick off the celebration we've dug out the legendary meeting of Coldcut and the Orb from the KissFM Solid Steel show, circa 1991! The first hour is featured on Solid Steel this week. (While you're there - there's an excellent new mix from DJ Saffrolla!) The second hour of Coldcut meets the Orb is available from our friend BosBos -- download in full effect.

Also, stop by Strictly Kev's myspace blog for more info on the show than you thought possible!


over and out.





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The Immortal Iron Fist #12 (Book of the Week)

ok - as I said, my weblog here will be featuring some cool comics now and then...

well, this is the pick-of the week! The Immortal Iron Fist #12! It absolutely has to be one of the best new books of last year, no doubt.

What a fantastic, "keep you wanting more" story. David Aja's art in the tournament scenes - brilliant!

Plus Davos get's his ass kicked and Brubaker/Fraction come up with the title to an upcoming King Megatrip mix -- maybe the best name of a kung-fu move ever... "Jawsnapper in Twilight"!

go buy the first trade paperback which reprints the first six issues. really not to be missed!

Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Last Iron Fist Story




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Buffetlibre Dj’s - Verbena Rewind

Here's a cool 80's mix from the Buffetlibre DJ's.... I can't help it - I was digging it this morning! Grab it while you can. Here's the tracklist - don't cross the streams!

Tracklist:

1.. Sintonia Buffetlibre
2.. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
3.. Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way
4.. Desireless - Voyage Voyage
5.. Human League - Don’t You Want Me
6.. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (Extended Mix)
7.. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Mix)
8.. Bananarama - Love In The First Degree
9.. Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion
10.. Trans X - Living On A Video
11.. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
12.. Yazoo - Situation (12′’ mix)
13.. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
14.. Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Enough
15.. Giorgio Moroder & Limahl - NeverEnding Story

Buffetlibre Dj’s - Verbena Rewind (zshare)

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What Does It All Mean?

I've been sworn to secrecy - but more info tomorrow!




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BosBos - Xmas Swap 2007

Every Xmas the Ninja Tune Forum does a swap where everyone involved makes a mix and they... swap! This year the mix that Bosbos made was brilliant. The mix focused solely on Japanese female artists from the 60s and 70s. It's a "must-have"!

Head on over to bosbos.net for more info and download instructions!



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The Dave Remix Mix Up Volume 1

Here's a nice mix I came across at GYBO.

Dave Remix, self-proclaimed fan of the 2ManyDJs mixes -- does his own take -- and does it well!

in his own words "I have been a fan of the Soulwax mixes for a number of years now and I finally got round to making my own mash up mix in a similar vein."

go to his page for download instructions!

Dave Remix Mix Up Volume 1




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Caveman on Campus

Caveman on Campus is the latest of my "for the kids at work" mixes.

classic rock, hip hop, punk rock and a slew of bootlegs and mash-ups. all over the map and loaded with samples from movies, tv shows and porno. not kid-safe.

good stuff! let me know if you like it...!


go to:

http://www.b00mb0x.org/wordpress/category/king-megatrip/

to download the mix.

what does it all mean? more info available at the website.

throw it on your ipod.

here's the tracklist:


King Megatrip - Caveman on Campus
15 november 2007


01 intro
02 jimbalaya - bonham grove
03 the doobie brothers - china grove
04 gym class heroes vs. michael jackson - billy jean's clothes are off
05 van halen - panama
06 alber n. stein - sweet dreams are made of kanye
07 radio van bowlski skit 05 (includes alber n. stein's "turkey in humps")
08 autopilot - devil went down on betty
09 go home productions - rock in black
10 divide & kreate - dubstruck
11 bad religion - new dark ages
12 millencolin - bowmore
13 radio van bowlski skit 06 (includes dj topcat's "crocodile rap")
14 red astaire - rollin' stone
15 kenny rogers and the first edition - just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)
16 1200 hobos skit (flying humanoid re-edit)
17 comar - the sweet song 2
18 all - honey peeps
19 dj topcat - pb & joy
20 radio van bolwski skit 07
21 common ft lily allen - drivin' me wild
22 kanye west - stronger (a-trak remix)
23 dunproofin' - casbah wonder
24 the jimmy castor bunch - troglogdyte (caveman) / cro-magnon - riding the storm
25 deviates - come with me
26 divide & kreate - counting rockets
27 radio van bowlski skit 08 (includes thrawn pop's "get sandman into the groove" and matt bland's "cultured aphrodite")
28 michael, you will control your conditioned response (fucking mike!)
29 kansas - dust in the wind
30 the caveman chronicles (edit)



peace.

Megatrip Rex


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