3.30.2010

Poster Shell

Shell Oil Company
Posters by Australian designer Frank Eidlitz circa 1964
Grain Edit Blog






3.29.2010

Jungle Hunt



Van Hunt
On The Jungle Floor
Capitol Records 2006



02. If I Take You Home







03. Hot Stage Lights







05. Ride, Ride, Ride







14. The Thrill of This Love








3.26.2010

Monkey Music



Mandrill
Mandrill
Polydor Records 1970



01. Mandrill







03. Symphonic Revolution







04. Rollin On








By far one of my favorite bands of all time. So I figured what other way to introduce them to y'all than to give you guys a taste of their first album. Enjoy!

3.25.2010

Known knowns...

Adult Swim
Boondocks Season 3
March 28th, 2010



"There are known knowns and there are known unknowns! But there also
unknown unknowns, things we don't know that we don't know!"
-Gin Rummy

All I know is that the new Boondocks season is forthcoming. I can't wait!!

3.24.2010

Headlining



Kool G Flores, Spanish Fly, & Slm Pckns
Eclectic Love Flyer
Facebook



Remember the 1st time you heard a "Prince" song? Did You like Devo for their outfits? Were you proud to say you Purposely got detention to hang out with the Teacher? Did you know what "Willis Was Talking About"?

Now imagine being the first one to reach the ice cream truck and you get "ECLECTIC LOVE".
Slim Pickins, Kool G Flores, & Spanish Fly bring you a party with secret, reinvented, new, and savory hits that will take you through all the decades.

Dance to exclusive remixes by SLIM PICKINS!!! Lose Control with hidden gems that'll make you want more with KOOL G FLORES. Be Prepared to revisit "New Wave" with a bit of NU NU as SPANISH FLY keeps those Classics in your head.

Get Ready to Move Across the DANCE FLOOR!!!!!

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
7pm-2am

Haven
244 East 51st St
Bet 2nd & 3rd Ave

No cover!!!!!
21 & Older

3.23.2010

Dunkin' Dilla



Serato X Stones Throw
J Dilla Donut Shop
2 Records, 2 Slipmats & Dilla Beats
Stones Throw





You combine a huge Dilla fan, with a vinyl hoarder, and loss of inhibition when discovering anything that "I Must Have!!" and you get me purchasing this without any concern for price or necessity.

3.22.2010

Police Rock



The Police
Outlandos d'Amour
A&M Records 1978



01. Next to You







03. Roxanne







05. Peanuts








3.19.2010

Daddy Linus



Bobby Caldwell
Carry On
Sindrome Records 1982



04. Words







07. You Belong to Me







08. Carry On








3.18.2010

Design Grain



Grain Edit
Leandro Castelao - Buenos Aires Designer / Illustrator
Grain Edit Blog










Grain Edit is a blog that highlights the design of the 50s-70s and the modern designers that are taking the aesthetic to its next evolution. It was a time of slick, smooth, and sexy design. Simple shapes and expressive design. This is one of their more recent posts.

3.15.2010

Machine Gun Funk



Jimi Hendrix
Band of Gypsies
Capitol Records 1970



02. Machine Gun







04. Power to Love







06. We Gotta Live Together








3.08.2010

Just Too Damn Lovely



Amel Larrieux
Lovely Standards
Blisslife Records 2007



01. If I Were a Bell







03. Lucky to Be Me







05. Shadow of Your Smile








This is for my Sis-Star. Happy Birthday!!

3.05.2010

Where Brooklyn At



Smif-N-Wessun
Dah Shinin'
Nervous Records 1995



02. Wrektime







05. KIM







06. Bucktown







07. Stand Strong







12. Wipe Ya Mouf








All you gotta say about this album is Bucktown. Bucktown. What a fucking track.

3.01.2010

Will You Be the Love Supreme



T-Connection
T-Connection
Dash Records 1979



01. Funkannection







05. Saturday Night







08. Love Supreme








I caught this record one day when I was diggin, but not in the crates. One of the employees was playing Love Supreme over the store sound system and after hearing that track I had to have it.