Rocksmith x Wu Tang Clan T-Shirt by Be Street
This spring Rocksmith has teamed up with Wu Tang to present the Wu Massacre Tee illustrated by French Magazine Be Street. The tee will be available in limited units worldwide at select retail locations early spring. The tee will debut in NYC at the Rocksmith Pop-Up store this March in the L.E.S.
Reblogged from High Snobiety
McJAWN Goes to 2009 CMJ
Words and Photos by Edgar Alan Dough
CMJ in New York is like all the things that make Philly better rolled up into one week – long lines, industry dickheads, overzealous scenesters and 7-dollar beers. But that didn’t stop McJAWN for stepping out and getting in on the action. Here’s a rundown of the things we saw, heard, and _______________
Speaking In Code | a Documentary film by Amy Grill
Described by the film makers as “a human movie about computer music”, Speaking In Code is about the techno scene across the world, and more-so about the people involved. Amy Grill and her husband, David Day live in Boston, where David is trying to ignite a fire in the Red Sox Nation, hoping to turn them into bass thumping club-going techno-heads. As hilarious as this premise sounds, it’s actually not. His struggles to transform his home-town are cut together with other stories of come-up and struggle in lands where techno does reign supreme. In Germany, the film follows dudes like Modeselektor, and The Wighnomy Brothers (apparently they are famous), and journalist-ternt-DJ Philip Sherburne in Barcelona. The movie’s pretty entertaining thanks to the characters, but much like the music it documents, too often over-the-top and self indulgent.
Watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy4uqwSxwfE
Bananas! | a Documentary film by Fredrik Gertten
A deeply disturbing and fucked-up tale of a lawsuit filed by the workers of Nicaragua against Dole Food Company over pesticides used at the banana fields causing sterility in the workers. In the second poorest nation in The Americas, agriculture work is the main source of employment, so when it was found out that Dole’s pesticides cause sterility, the number of affected men was in the thousands. Bananas! follows LA-based ambulance chasing lawyer, Juan Dominguez, as he preps the case, rallies the plaintiffs, and cruises down Sunset in his red Ferrari. The characters are rich, and the story is heartbreaking. Though, loose ends and the world’s inability to ever really get retribution for wrongs done by big corporations, ultimately makes it a dissatisfying film, unfortunately.
Watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VYPQ6jJKWY
Better Recognize Showcase | @ BB Kings
After standing in line for long enough to start talking to the police horses that make Times Square smell like the petting zoo at TKTKT Philly’s Zoo, the show, put on by Nah Right and OnSmash.com began. The first act we caught was Stalley, who was joined by Mickey Factz. The up-and-comer spit some knowledge-laden lyrics and put on a dope show for an opening act. Then came the main attraction for the night for many, young Atlanta trap-star Pill. After rocking the shit out of some new joints, bringing out Gary, Indiana’s own Freddie Gibbs, and delivering two renditions of his Pink City anthem, “Trap Goin’ Ham”, he left the stage a considerable amount more crunked than when he arrived.
A couple more dynamic duos followed afterward, Kidz in the Hall and Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y. Consequence followed with a short set, and brought out young Mr. Cudi, who proclaimed (as he usually does), “I’m wasted!!!” as he got the mic to perform “Make Her Say” and “Sky Might Fall”. What was supposed to be the highlight of the night was Gucci Mane protege and frequent money-getter, OJ Da Juiceman. But even as Miss Info was introducing him with lavish praise, the bridge-n-tunnel crowd was getting their Silky Johnson on (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dzxef1muoQ). Even his biggest hit, “Make The Trap Say Aye”, couldn’t save him, and he was booed the entire 15 minutes he was on stage. Tragic.
The headliners did their damn thing. Rae, the supreme coke commander of the Wu-Tang Clan, ran through classics like “C.R.E.A.M.” and bangers off his new classic album like “Catalina”. Scratchy voice and all, dude still puts on a dope show. The homies from Yonkers also tore through LOX classics like “Money, Power, Respect” as well as solo cuts, like “Blow My Mind”, and “I Get High”. Too bad all that dope hip hop couldn’t make the hate in the room dissipate. Give love a chance, guys.
Megabus
Being a Chinatown bus Century 2000 regular, it gets pretty frustrating dealing with such ghettoness. Especially leaving from New York to Philly, when I do get the chance to go back home, I first arrive on Canal St and then get harassed by those aggressive Chinatown bus ladies with them screaming in my ear, “Where you go!?” The buses are also pretty unpredictable when they relocate their spots every three months or so. What’s worst is that there buses usually smells of piss or something really foul. And I always end up with a broken chair. Now, all the Chinatown bus companies have some pretty mean competition. I didn’t believe it at first when my friends, who also did the NY to Philly commute every weekend, told me that they would ride to New York for only $1.50, sometimes. The ride back from Philly to New York would be only $3.50. That’s amazing! Especially since Chinatownb bus company, Century 2000, just raised their prices from $10 to $12 for a one way fare.
Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York
It’s kinda of disappointing after having had watched The Whackness and later realized that you missed out on all the fun of the 1994 NYC griminess. Most of us have lived in New York for many years, but we can’t stop feeling like psuedo New Yorkers. Unlike NYC, Philly has a soulful vibe to it. If you want to experience real art, come to Philly. We still have all of our assholes and than some, most importantly we’re real about our work, without the fancy high-end price tags.
The famous Manhattan gossip blog, Gawker has been trying to revive the New York grimy art scene, since a lot of public speculation around the world has been noting about NYC losing its soul. One of their attempts is…
Gawker Artist, Billi Kid is collaborating with multiple graffiti and street artists to present the opening of Mom and Popism, August 15th. Kid is the curator who’s goal is to reinterpret Karla’s Murray’s latest book Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York. The collaborating graffiti and street artists are some of the most notable artists in the community, which includes Blanco, Buildmore, Cake, Celso, Cern, Chris (RWK), Crome, Cycle, David Cooper, Destroy & Rebuild, Enamel Kingdom, Goldenstash, Infinity, Kngee, Lady Pink, Matt Siren, Morgan Thomas, Peru Ana Ana Peru, Plasma Slugs, Royce Bannon, Shai R. Dahan, Shiro, The Dude Company, Tikcy, Under Water Pirates, Veng (RWK), Zoltron and Billi Kid.
Diptyque Store (Chinatown Bus)
If the city is smelling a little better these days, it could be because cult French fragrance house Diptyque has landed in the West Village, opening its first U.S. location. The store was designed by Benjamin Noriega Ortiz, and the best part about it is that the employees are so nice they don’t mind when you blatantly spray yourself with Tam Dao and walk right back out.
More Info: http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/blog/diptyque_store/#When:17:37:00Z
Spending Time With Poster Boy
Poster Boy is a New York City based street artist. By using a razor, Poster Boy slices up advertisements in the subway system to create completely original works of art. Due to the illegal nature of his work, Poster Boy remains anonymous.
Eat-Pisode A Bit of Thai in L.E.S. (Chinatown Bus)
I’m sure you guys are familiar with New York’s Lower East Side from all those long Chinatown bus rides. That’s right Canal Street and all.
And after a long commute from Philly to New York, you might be hungry. Instead of jumping on those side-street $1 wings vendors. Try Thai. The food is delicious, it’s a bit spicy, but sweet and tangy. If you like mangoes, bean sprouts, limes and coconuts, you’ll love Thai food.
Around Chinatown, try Eat-Pisode it’s a small Thai bistro in the heart of L.E.S. You’ll be welcomed with a sweet aroma of home-style SouthEast-Asian cooking. The place is nicely decorated with steel decor and nice tea candles. The restaurant is very romantic for two.
Lunch is typically around $6.00 and dinner is around $10.00 for each person. It’s B.Y.O.B., so feel free to bring your own wine.
To get there, you should take the F, J, M, Z and get off of Delancey. It’s also walkable from the Chinatown bus.
For more info go to their website at: eat-pisode.com.
Skate, It’s a Verb (Chinatown Bus)
It’s after new years and now that all the holiday bull crap is behind you, you have all this spare time before you go back to work and school. Well how bout skating? Below is a list of local skating rinks in your area.
The Pond at Bryant Park
The free rink in Bryant Park first opened in 2005. At 17,000 square feet, it is about half the size of the Wollman Rink in Central Park and twice as big as the rink at Rockefeller Center.
Open: 27 October 2008 to 15 January 2009
Location: Bryant Park
Hours: Sunday to Thursday from 8 am to 10:00 pm, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 am to midnight
Admission to skate: Free, skate rentals $8.75, lockers free, lock purchase $9.00, bag check $6.00
Webpage on Wired New York: Ice Skating in Bryant Park
The Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center
Location: Rockefeller Center
Admission: $14 on weekdays, $17 on weekends
For information on hours and admission fees call 212-332-7654
Wollman Rink
See Wollman Rink page
Open: 21 October 2008 to first week of April, 2009
Location: Central Park between 62nd and 63rd Streets
Admission: $8.50 on weekdays, $11 on weekends, skate rental $4.75, locker rental $10 ($6.75 refundable on lock return)
For more information call 212-439-6900
Website: CentralParkNYC.org
Lasker Rink and Pool
Open: 29 October 2008 to 2 April 2009
Location: Central Park between 106th and 108th Streets
Admission: $4.50, skate rental $4.75, locker rental $6.75 ($4 refundable on lock return)
For information on hours and admission fees call 212-534-7639
Website: wollmanskatingrink.com
Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers
Chelsea Piers, Pier 61, Hudson River and 17th St, 212-336-6100
Admission: $13.50, skate rental $6.25
Website: ChelseaPiers.com
Riverbank Ice Skating Rink
Location: Hudson River at 145th Street
Admission $4.50, skate rentals $3.50
Website: Riverbank State Park
Kate Wollman Rink in Prospect Park
Open: 24 November 2008 to mid-March, 2009
Location: Parkside Avenue/Ocean Avenue entrance of the Prospect Park, in Brooklyn
Admission: $5, skate rental $5
Rink Hours and Weather: 718-287-6431
Website: ProspectPark.org
Abe Stark Rink
Open on weekends only from October 8, 2008 to April 3, 2009
Location: Coney Island Boardwalk and West 19th Street, Brooklyn
Hours: Saturdays from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Sundays from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Admission: $8.00, skate Rental: $4.50
Information: 718-946-6536
Worlds Fair Ice Skating Rink
Open: 8 October 2008 to 3 April 2009
Location: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Skate Rental: $4.50
Rink information: 718-271-1996
Brooklyn We Go Hard… NOT! (Chinatown Bus)
Find out what Brooklyn folks are really like, not trying to hate, but they did it to themselves.
Credit(s): Jeff and Two.One.Five’s Blog
Bodega (Chinatown Bus)
A humorous yet searing commentary about the choices confronting people who live in “the poorest urban county in the country.” Under the yellow awning of the Bronx Bodega, all the important food groups are represented. Join Dallas Penn of DallasPenn.com and Rafi Kam of OhWord.com as they illustrate the finer points of the Bodega Food Pyramid.
This is the full version.
Directed by Casimir Nozkowski
Written by Dallas Penn & Rafi Kam
Hipster is Dead? (Chinatown Bus)
Watch this really neat video by Black 20, who went around Williamsburg interviewing random ass people about their thoughts on hipsters. Hipsters are not just living in the LES and Williamsburg, they’re living in Philly too. And according to these key words on defining what a hipsters really is (skinny jeans, Ray Bans, PBR, gentrification)… well I kinda fit the mold. Hmmm… I’m the white negro, or should I say the yellow negro?
More Info: http://black20.com/news/black20-news-hipster-dirty-word
Old Money Sell T-Shirts for Charity + New Mixtape (Chinatown Bus)
The dudes over at Attorney Street designed a tee shirt and will be giving all of the proceeds to charity. That charity, Urban Word NYC, is a youth poetry organization supporting the new breed of next big things. Each tee is only $35 including shipping for domestic orders (no international orders). Scrawled on the shirt are the names of some of NYC’s most promising underground hip hop MCs and DJs, like Mickey Factz, Charles Hamilton, Team Facelift, Melo-X, Va$htie, Old Money, Ninjasonik, Bunny Rabbit + Black Cracker, DJ Morsy and 6th Sense. To go along with the charity sale, here’s a new banging 30-minute mixtape.
Tracklist:
01 Crystal Waters – In De Ghetto
02 Diplo & Buraka Som Sistema – Inna De Ghetto (remix)
03 Bonde Do Role – Marina Gasolina (Scottie B & King Tutt remix)
04 Old Money – Dust Me Off
05 Ninjasonik – Tight Pants (Rap remix)
06 DJ Tameil – I Get Money
07 M.I.A – XR2
08 Skyzoo feat. Wale – Lyrically Inclined (Konrad remix)
09 AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked
10 Dances With White Girls – Everyone’s Got To Make A Living
11 Che Grand – City On Fire
12 Hot Chip – Shake A Fist (Morsy remix)
13 Designer Drugs – Zombies!
14 Theophilus London – Sand Castles
15 A-Trak – Say Whoa (DJ Craze remix)
16 Kudu – Hey 50
17 Rakim Does The Mambo
Credit(s): By The Culture of Me
I Can’t Afford To Love New York T-Shirts (Chinatown Bus)
For many of us young people figuring out where to move to next, Philly is the best option. It’s a great place to settle while trying to attain some credibility in the “REAL” world. Cheap housing, delicious heat-attack-worthy foods, lousy transportation (so we resorts to our bikes), very artsy and we can relate to the other friendly Philadelphians. Plus, we have the Phillies. Hell yeah.
And, it may be true for some of us that we just can’t afford to love New York. Head Hood’s Clinton designed this t-shirt “I Can’t Afford to Love New York” and it’s on sale for $14.99, so get it!
Hell’s Kitchen Has the Hottest Parties (Chinatown Bus)
My best friend Corey threw a party at his place last night to raise money for a charitable cause that shall remain nameless. He went all out – booked the entire roof, got a couple of kegs, and over-invited a bunch of thirsty college kids who wanted to have a good time and admire the sickest view I’ve ever seen. From 24 flights up on the west side, the party-goers got an amazing view of the Time Warner Center on 60th street, the Empire State Building on 34th, and everything in between.
With threats of rain, Corey asked his friends to invite anyone they possibly can. We had to fill the party to raise some serious money. Interestingly enough, the rain stopped well before the party even started. People started flooding in by large numbers because this was THE party to be at. Because of some stupid building rules, the doorman downstairs even stopped letting people upstairs, so a bunch of us had to go downstairs to the actual apartment room, or as we like to call it “VIP.”
Man, I hardly spent time on the roof. Maybe we need another party.
Toy2R Pop-Up Shop! (Chinatown Bus)
D.B.A. Brooklyn, New York’s newest lifestyle goods shop, has teamed up with Hong Kong-based vinyl toy company Toy2R to create a 10-day pop-up shop to celebrate the release of the latest toys from renowned artist Frank Kozik. Featuring his signature theme of characters with cigarettes and attitude, Frank Kozik’s latest 2.5″ Redrum Qee series, 2″ Potamus mini-figures, and just in time for the holidays, the Kozik Party Fun Pack of Merry Mini Bombs Twin Pack will be making their stateside pre-release debut to the public. Classic Kozik, and other Toy2R collectibles will also be available for this limited time engagement.
The Pop-Up shop kicks off with a launch party featuring music from DJ Erick LaPeau, and DJ Ryo at the store on on Friday Nov. 7th from 6-11pm.
Check out the pre-release products that will be available at the pop-up shop. Remember! They will be the first and only shop to get these items before anyone else in the country, so be sure to breeze through early if you want to get your hands on em before anybody else!
more info: http://www.missomnimedia.com/2008/11/nyc-toy2r-pop-up-shop/#more-5370
We are not the same, I am an ANDROID.
So, I don’t know who else is stoked to hear some real confirmed news on the premiere of the new operating system, ANDROID, that’s coming to T-Mobile first, brought to you by HTC.
Maybe it’s just me. The event is being held in NYC right now, well at 10:30AM Eastern time. Unfortunately, we can’t be there ’cause we’re at school in Philadelphia and all… at least I am, but you can still be there by visiting gizmodo’s live blog.
Check it out.
black lips/deer hunter/king kahn & his shrine…
brief intro-
hi everyone, this is amy li, fellow photographer of the mcjawn fam. anyways, i was in williamsburg (AKA hipster HQ) this past sunday for a free black lips show that was being held at mccarren park pool. honestly, i wasn’t expecting anything outrageous to happen (big mistake) and lately, i’ve been getting lazy about carrying a heavy camera with me everywhere (HUGE mistake)..sooooooo, here are some poor quality canon powershot pictures from a really serious photography major.
enjoy :B
ps. i do not believe in capitalization.
for those who missed out on sunday’s free BLACK LIPS and DEER HUNTER show in williamsburg, brooklyn.. don’t expect this post to be about them because it’s not.
this is king kahn touching his man bits, taken just SECONDS before he whipped it out
this is king kahn mooning us (deerhunter was playing)
this is king kahn in drag
this is king kahn and his make believe fruit (?) balls (black lips was performing)
this is a shitload of toilet paper flying around
to make things short+simple,
the show was fun. music wise, some of the bands that played were..meh. but that king kahn dude is insane and made it worth while.
We Deliver Bootlegs on Any Metro Train
I bought my first bootleg DVD last week in NYC during a subway ride home from the Bronx.
On the train, my friends and I were bombarded by a bunch of shady dudes with bandannas and sunglasses. Turns out that they were bootleg hustlers. I really wanted to know if they had Wall-E or Hancock, but I was reluctant to ask the scary men. That is until he gave me this flyer.
Dude, this is some serious bootleg business. Just like any drug dealer, instead of delivering crack and weed, they deliver bootlegs. If you don’t believe me, click here to read the flyer for yourself.
BTW: The movies are total crap-quality, but I would buy from them again, I mean the customer service is worth $3.
I’ve Found My Calling
So American Apparel kinda have this setup called, California Select. I’m in love with the concept; however, shit is wicked EXPENSIVE. I kinda have my own vintagealmostasgoodasblowjobs stuff going on. The website is not yet done, but I’m already selling a few of my own rubbish. Most of the stuff, I’ve never even used or worn, check out 21 Balloons Store. I’m going up to NYC again tomorrow, and I’ll be stopping by at one of these Cali’s-Select shindigs. Take a look at some of my bids on eBay:
