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I know I'm a blog. And I know I'm supposed to do blog things. I know I'm supposed to make a list. I'm supposed to reflect on 2009. And I will, I'm sure, before it's all said and done. But for now I'm just going to post a bunch of video links to things I've been watching online and otherwise...
The Revival
Directed by Invincible. Produced by EMERGENCE Media and Iqaa the Olivetone
RIP James Brown
RIP Pimp C
RIP Vic Chesnutt
Greatest Christmas Special Ever:
And then this.
They say life is just a party, and I fill dat, I rilly do.
Cuz I tend to party. Here's some pics from this past weekend and in the end a few from last week. Basically we will start with photos from Friday night at the Red Bull 45 event in Houston. Then some flicks from The Friends Not Family Holiday Event here in Austin, and then round things up with some flicks from the SEA Awards Nominees party last week here in Austin. I done forgot that I had them flicks on my camera.
Anyhoo....

B-Boy Craig hosted the Red Bull 45 event where The Are, DJ Sun, Ceeplus, Brett Koshkin and John Doe all spun 45 vinyl all night.

Brett Koshkin

DJ Sun and Phillip Marshall
OMG ITS REALLY GOIN' DOWN TONIGHT!
TWO HUGE MIXES FOR FREE RIGHT HERE AT AUSTINSURREAL.COM!
First it's the long awaited second Holiday Mix of 2009 - DARK CHRISTMAS
Tracklist:
James Brown - Santa Claus, Santa Claus
The Staple Singers - Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas
John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas
Holiday Greetings from Lucky Fonz III
Lucky Fonz III - Christmas Lights In A Cave
Loretta Lynn - I Won't Decorate Your Tree
Scheisser! I got scooped by The Statesman on the subject of my own wife. Damn real journalists! Well, anyway, if you happen to read the paper, you may have seen a piece in the Style section on my wife and our friend Wendy's new business, Modplexi.
If not click here cuz here it is. Thanks Victoria!
Click the photos to see 'em bigga.
Basically they are making all sorts of cool frames and address plaques out of plexi glass and such and well, as Chalie Boy might say, THEY LOOK GOOD.
We caught up w/ Speech of the Grammy Award winning group Arrested Development and asked him how the legendary group was doing. He said they do well overseas. The group gets more love out the country than within... We then talked about the viability of Black music and why so many African Americans seem to abandon various genres like jazz and blues.
Speech addressed this issue and noted that part of the challenge we have is to honor our music and hold a stake in it. He said far too often we move on after something gets ‘played out’ and others pick up on it, then control it, redefine it, and make millions off it...
Yo real talk! It's an annual event now! The Friends Not Family Christmas Party Event is back! And right in time too!
AustinSurreal.com, Platypus Promotions, Conexion Rockera, Transmission Entertainment, Green Potatoe Ventures, Mod-Plexi, Parky P, Leagus of Extraordinary G'z, ATXAllStars.com, solikeyeah, YellastudndaSouth and theScrewShop.com Present A FRIENDS NOT FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY.
A gathering of folks who want to get it poppin' with their folks to some real Holiday music, tacos, cookies and good vibes. Before the family arrives, come party with your friends.
Seriously, we bout to run this podcast game y'all. It's really goin' down.
BavuBlogs.com December 09 Broadcast by bavublogs
For the tracklist go to Bavublogs.com and get that. He's got some exclusive gems on there for sure.
Houston Rapper Chamillionaire Gears Up to Help the Troops in Fort Hood
by Nolan Strong
Grammy award winning rapper Chamillionaire will take part in the Fort Hood Community Strong Day, an event designed to uplift the spirits of the Fort Hood community in the wake of a deadly shooting on the army base.
Yeah man, if you follow this blog, you know I have a pretty thowed collection of Holiday jams. All genres, mostly fucked up shit. Well, this is the first in my 2009 Series of Holiday Podcasts - THOWED CHRISTMAS!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THOWED CHRISTMAS 2009! A Holiday Mix by MattSoReal of AustinSurreal.com
I'ma try to do at least one per week until Christmas, but if I can make the time, there will be even more. I got a lot of new jams, and honestly wasn't planning to make this one all hip-hop (with a lil reggae and well, comedy thrown in), it just kind of turned out that way. Anyway the tracklist is below, download link above, don't say I never gave you anything!
AustinSurreal.com Presents THOWED CHRISTMAS - A Podcast By MattSoReal
Sweet Tee - Let The Jingle Bells Rock