Still hard to believe...
Check out this piece I wrote on the man just days after he passed.
We miss you JAY!
Seriously. Directed by my man OG at Luxury Mindz. These dudes is serious and I love this song.
I say click it twice so you can see it in full form, not all squished up on this here blog.
I'm working on this whole Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview Post and plan to have it up by tomorrow, in addition to a ticket giveaway and such, but I just decided that Melt Banana deserve their own post.
This is a photo, or series of photos I took at Walter's On Washington a few years back in Houston.
Melt Banana are a band from Japan, they were championed by John Peel who once declared them his favorite band. Whether or not that has anything to do with me declaring them my favorite band of all time is irrelevant, cuz they are and it's very real. If I am in love with a band in this world, it is Melt Banana, and I will forever stay faithful.
Because it's never too soon to plan for next month (even though maybe you already should have) - here's some updated info on the Austin Asian American Film Festival:
Austin, TX – The 6th annual Austin Asian American Film Festival (AAAFF) is slated to run November 12th through November 15th at the Alamo, South Lamar. The 2009 movie line-up includes 40 outstanding feature films and shorts selections from over 300 submissions from around the world. In addition, we have a wide variety of special events and film-festival related parties to pick from. Click here for a complete listing of movies and events for this year.
The 2009 Film Festival kicks off Thursday, November 12th with a 7:00pm screening of local filmmaker Ed Radtke’s award-winning drama, Speed of Life, followed by a one of a kind opening night party at KTV Silhouette Lounge featuring DJ Chris Klassen spinning Cambodian girl rock and other feet tapping tracks from around the globe.
Each week my man Jasiri X comes with heat. He’s covered almost every major topic impacting our community from, the police shooting of Oscar Grant and the uprising in Oakland, Ca, the racist presidential campaign launched by Sarah Palin and John McCain, the Inauguration of Barack Obama, and the brutal slaying of Chicago honor student Derion Albert. Name the topic and Jasiri X has covered it... This time he out did himself... Dear Debra is incredible... Please pass this along to Debra Lee of BET...
-Davey D-
Couple folks done wrote about the panel I was on at CMJ last week. Check it on down:
http://performermag.blogspot.com/2009/10/cmj-report-beats-and-rhymes-panel.h
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http://www.cmj.com/relay/?p=8392
And thanks to Fiona Bloom for sending and Amanda Macchia and Marisa Aveling for writing.
Via sonnyfromda02
D tha Sandman, Lowkey, SB the Bully, Reggie Coby, Lil J, S. Dot, Tuk, #FREEGREEZO
Like that? Tomorrow, Wednesday Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. Central Time, Check out the new video from Southbound, featuring Mr. Greezo of Da C.O.D. "That Ain't Right."
Visit www.ThatAintRightVideo.com
Tweet this all night and all day tomorrow:
@Lowkey512 Wrote:
BREAKING NEWS: Brand new SOUTHBOUND video directed by @LuxuryMindz will debut @ www.ThatAintRightVideo.com this Wed - 10/28 - 2pm
Please? Thank You.
Forgive me for being so slack on the blog as of late. My home computer has some sort of a virus that killed my Malwarebytes program and won't even let me open any websites that have to do with removing spyware and malware. I have my AVG running all the time and it still got me. No idea where it came from but yeah I am about to have to wipe the whole thing. And I am not the organized type that keeps Program discs around. UGH, yeah anyway that's not what you came here to read.
Last week I went up ta New York City for the 29th Annual CMJ Music Marathon and what a whirlwind week it was! SXSW hosted a party, I was on a panel, Invincible did 2 1/2 shows, I saw a lot of bands, drank a decent number of these:
And stayed with our good friends Josh and Liz
Five years ago this past Saturday, the world lost one of the finest men to ever touch the music game. (I was in New York at CMJ with no internet access as I walked in the rain, so I am two days, late, forgive me John, please).
I've lamented his death before here on AustinSurreal and back on HoustonSoReal of course. He was a radio DJ in England (who actually got his start in radio in Dallas) who played all forms of music and championed many, many underdogs. I'm not going to go way into it here cuz alas, I have to go to work, but facy is, if I have a hero in this world, it was him. Dude put it down like no one else and he will never be replaced.
I mean listen to the radio the world over, there's no one even close.
Check some of these links if you want to know more and I'll be back here later tonight with a full report from CMJ.
Yep this is Crew 54's new video thang thang! Super dope, just like the 54 Reality Show. These dudes put in A LOT of work for this scene!
