KICKS ...

oooh , I'm fuckin with these ....

just my steez(:

Top 2 photos : 

Nike Terminator Hi Quickstrike - Olympic Rings Color Pack 

Bottom 2 photos :

Nike WMNS Air Force 1 High QK Color Pack

yessss . fuckin dope .

SHOWBOX summer shows !

COMIN UP .....

5/29 - Hip-Hop Held Hostage ft. OneBeLo with JFK as Ninjaface (from Grayskul) and Sandpeople @ Showbox SoDo 21+

6/15 - TALIB KWELI with Common Market , Gabriel Teodros and Grayskul 

6/20 - The Dandy Warhols @ Showbox SoDo

6/24 - RZA as Bobby Digital ft. Stone Mecca with special guests The Saturday Knights @ Showbox SoDo 

So I'm definitely going to Talib ...

& if you want tickets to the Dandy Warhols get them as soon as they go on sale cuz that shit'll sell out fast . 

LOCAL MUSIC ...

Physics + OneBeLo + Macklemore + Blu

- Sunday , May 25th

- @ Chop Suey 1325 East Madison St.

- 8pm

- All Ages/Bar with ID

- Advance tickets $10 @ Cellophane Square/ticketweb.com/Sonic Boom/Chop Suey

- Music selections by DJ Marc Sense

Presented by:

LacedUp

Seattle Weekly

(sound)

206 Proof

CLICK FOR TICKETS

THE BAKE SALE ...

Out Today !!

Yes yes y'all ,

one of the most anticipated debut albums has officially DROPPED from Chicago rap duo THE COOL KIDS . 

The Bake Sale features the tracks Black Mags , 88 , etc. as well as brand-new tracks that I am pumped to hear !! 

Mannn , May 20th just snuck up on me ,

I gotta cop this shit tomorrow ....

where'll you be ? 

Hit the record store shelves , this shit is seeeerious . 

It's available on iTunes ,

but I'm hella tryna get a hard copy , the cover and everything is dope !

Gotta admit ... I just downloaded the Black Mags ringtone onto my phone .. 

FRENCH CHICKS ..

Are amazing . As two up-and-coming ladies UFFIE and YELLE have demonstrated so well .

Not only are they talented , rising musicians  ( Yelle was on on MTV recently ) , but both model as well-- Uffie for Married to the Mob ( top ) and Yelle for Reebok ( bottom ) :

Here's some other pictures , Yelle top and Uffie bottom . 

Unfortunately I can't paste songs into here ,

but look them up :

www.myspace.com/uffie

www.myspace.com/iloveyelle

They both have a cute , electronic sound that is unique , fun and girly , while at the same time dancable and catchy .

Uffie sings in English and has very tongue-in-cheek lyrics , such as in her song " Dismissed " , which says :

" Oh please excuse me bitch but I fuck all you wannabes

it's just straight into that gossip , you don't have any fizz

a lot of people read your crap , this is web pollution

this is why I ain't complaining bitch over free promotions

if you just called me a cunt in some other word like ___

but after this you'll be the one sucking a whole lot of dicks

you brought my popularity ratings higher than ever

thank you , your whole bullshit comments have worked real clever !

before I answer you bitch , let me spit one question :

if you hate me so much , what's up with your obsession ?

I just do my things tight and I don't care about heights

so run back to your computer , your mum and your crack pipe "

Yelle sings in French , which I can't understand , but it's really cute and reminiscent of France Gall ( like the song " Teeny Weeny Boppy " ) .

Be sure to check em both out , they have a young , fresh , unique style and their music is fun , not to mention they're both up-and-coming with increasing popularity here in the US .

New NOOKA watches

So I saw these online and was like oooh , these are dope , right ? I mean I'd like to get one of these on my wrist ( or three ) . Too bad they're $130 to $140 a pop , depending on the style . But hey , if you've got the funds , by all means ... 

Reeboks

So admittedly there are few Reeboks I see that I actually like .

But these are pretty fresh ... 

karmaloop.com check itttt .

Walking Around - Pablo Neruda

It happens that I am tired of being a man. 

It happens that I go into the tailors' shops and the movies

all shriveled up, impenetrable, like a felt swan

navigating on a water of origin and ash.

The smell of barber shops makes me sob out loud.

I want nothing but the repose either of stones or of wool,

I want to see no more establishments, no more gardens,

nor merchandise, nor glasses, nor elevators.

It happens that I am tired of my feet and my nails

and my hair and my shadow.

It happens that I am tired of being a man.

Just the same as it would be delicious

to scare a notary with a cut lily

or knock a nun stone dead with one blow of an ear.

It would be beautiful

to go through the streets with a green knife

shouting until I died of cold.

I do not want to go on being a root in the dark,

hesitating, stretched out, shivering with dreams,

downwards, in the wet tripe of the earth,

soaking it up and thinking, eating every day.

I do not want to be the inheritor of so many misfortunes.

I do not want to continue as a root and as a tomb,

as a solitary tunnel, as a cellar full of corpses,

stiff with cold, dying with pain.

For this reason Monday burns like oil

at the sight of me arriving with my jail-face,

and it howls in passing like a wounded wheel,

and its footsteps towards nightfall are filled with hot blood.

And it shoves me along to certain corners, to certain damp houses,

to hospitals where the bones come out of the windows,

to certain cobblers' shops smelling of vinegar,

to streets horrendous as crevices.

There are birds the color of sulphur, and horrible intestines

hanging from the doors of the houses which I hate,

there are forgotten sets of teeth in a coffee-pot,

there are mirrors

which should have wept with shame and horror,

there are umbrellas all over the place, and poisons, and navels.

I stride along with calm, with eyes, with shoes,

with fury, with forgetfulness,

I pass, I cross offices and stores full of orthopedic appliances,

and courtyards hung with clothes on wires, 

underpants, towels and shirts which weep

slow dirty tears.

- Pablo Neruda

I love this poet , really .

This is translated from Spanish to English .

and while works in the original language are better ,

this translation is really good 

and I don't even have the original anyway .

This poem is really powerful to me though .

Especially with some background knowledge on the situation in Chile in Neruda's time .

Talib Kweli

.. is playing at the Showbox , on June 15th !

( with Grayskul , Common Market and Gabriel Teodros )

$27 , a little steep , but it's TALIB ..

Who's coming with me ??!

NIKE X LIBERTY WILSHIRE DUNKS

Nike has teamed up with Opening Ceremony to release these floral-print dunk trainers , which are an interesting , fresh combination in my opinion . 

I'm usually not a floral-pattern kinda chick , but I like em , I think I could rock these ...

Be sure to check these out ladies .

BAPES

" The ever-popular A Bathing Ape Bapesta is coming out in a new Baby Milo model . These shoes feature patent leather and interesting patterns to create a unique looking shoe . The Baby Milo Bapesta will be available in three different colorways- green , blue and pink , all great shades for spring . "

These sneakers were released in late March , I gotta say I'm kinda likin em .

The Bake Sale

The highly anticipated debut album from Chi-Town's hip hop duo The Cool Kids is about to drop May 20th , just a couple weeks from now !

It's called The Bake Sale and will feature tracks like " Black Mags " and " 88 " , as well as unreleased tracks that I'm super pumped for .

Better cop that shit , I'm not sure but it'll probably be out on itunes too .

... makes me think that maybe I needa move to the Chi ....

ROCK THE BELLS TOUR ...

So I been meanin to update this shit ....

but seein as I have a mac there are some difficulties with pasting shit into here ,

which is some fuckin bullshit .... 

but anyways ,

check this shit out :

http://www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells/

Lineup is as follows :

-A Tribe Called Quest

-Nas

-Mos Def

-De La Soul

-Rakim

-Method Man

-Redman

-Immortal Technique

-Dead Prez

-Murs

-Spankrock

-Kid Sister

-Santogold

-The Cool Kids

-Jay Electronica

-Wale

-B.O.B.

-Kidz in the Hall

-Amanda Blank

-Flosstradamus

-The Pharcyde

more TBA ...

I'm tryna drive to Vancouver BC ( the closest it's comin to Seattle )

August 30th ,

to see ATCQ  , Nas , Mos Def , Murs , Spank Rock , The Cool Kids , Jay Electronica , Wale , Amanda Blank , and the Pharcyde

Tickets go on sale Saturday , May 17th at 10 AM ......

I'm there bro .