Sean Carnage Mondays ARE THE BEST.  You heard it here four thousandth.  It’s no mystery why Mondays are the best.  You should probably go to one.  Here’s the new video from LACO$TE that debuted last night!

LACO$TE “Numbers” official video directed by Matt Zatkoff from Matt Zatkoff on Vimeo.

Here’s my setlist since you asked nicely…broken up into two sets:

Bert On Beats-Alemao feat. MC Gi (Bambounou Remix)
Gregor Salto + Afrojack + Jimbol-I’ll Be There
French Fries-Senta (Bambounou Remix)
Fauna -Gauchito gil (Daniel Klauser remix)
Renaissance Man-Wahhagoogoo
Edu K -Flutesnoot (Daniel Haaksman Remix)
Milt Mortez-Lungisani
Dionigi-Cosmic Radiation
Greenmoney-Political Hype – Dub
Lorenzo Vektor-Ill Nana
Hard Ton-Forever No More
Skipteque-The Choice
Them Jeans -Balloons (Dja Remix)
FOAMO-Jookie (Highbloo remix)

2nd set

Becoming Real -Jen’s Clock (Forest Swords Remix)
Tanlines -Bees
Teki Latex-Dinosaurs With Guns (TWR72 remix)
Teki Latex-Answers (Mikix The Cat Remix)
NT89 + Savile-Plug
French Fries -Senta (Mr. River Remix)
Data MC, Nhan & Taan -Too Young to Die (Edu K Remix)

*edit*  HERE’S THE NEW LACO$TE VIDEO YAY.  Dir: Matt Zatkoff

Full Flickr Set Here

1.  Bronski Beat – C’mon! C’mon!

Sometimes I pull these 12″ singles because I’m hoping that dub mix or instrumental will give me something to work with.  I honestly can’t remember if the B Side does anything for me but I love this era of album art.

2.  Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force-Renegades Of Funk

1984 in full flavor with futuristic sounds.  Renegade Funk with the Renegades Chant on the Bside (Hell yea) Be sure to listen to the breakdown at 3:08 on the video it’s simply delish.

3. Bassix – Pump Up The Mo Town

A frightening mega mix called PUMP UP THE MO TOWN a medley of Uptight, Going to a Go Go, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, Same Old Song, Tears of a Clown & Grapevine (I heard It Through).   No, not the original songs but they’re redone.  Wow…just…wow.

4.  Splack Pack – Scrub Da Ground

This is an essential, but just a drop in the water, of my Miami Bass collection.  Sure, I’m bragging.  With music like this, who wouldn’t brag?  Here’s the video but for some reason the sound is complete & utter shite.  More visuals, less talk.  It’s my basic brain chemistry…so watch.

5.  J.J. Fad  - Be Good 2 Me

Aw JJ Fad getting all grown stepping into the 90′s away from thos 80′s beats and putting out this single exec produced by Eric EAZY E Wright and produced by Yella & the Arabian Prince.  This single also has a song called Back to Compton on it.  I don’t know if these ladies are from there or not…I mean honestly, I have no idea.

♥What was the spark that initiated this book?

I had always really loved punk and reggae, free and alternative music, and I was a music writer and DJ of a punky reggae / experimental radio show called the Pogo Sessions (now Paranoimia) so it was natural for me to fall in love with The Slits and want to write about them and push them wherever I could.

But specifically, it was when I heard their cover version of Marvin Gaye’s ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ that I became really interested in them and their process.

They’d been written off as crazy girl punks, which they were too of course, but there was much more to them than that, as artists and as people, and I wanted to learn more. I was amazed when I realised no one had written a book about them, so after a while, I decided it might actually be a mission for me! Luckily the rest of The Slits and their comrades agreed, and Ari in particular has often rightly said that The Slits have always been swept under the carpet, and this is an opportunity to hopefully change that in some way.

But I also feel that it’s vital to draw attention to this group and what they did not simply because they absolutely deserve this tribute, but also for the sake of not just women but artists who are going their own way – I found learning about them wholly inspiring and motivating, and I hope the book will serve to spread this effect to others.

My idea was to particularly celebrate ‘Cut’, their seminal 1979 album which was so important and still sounds timeless, witty, original and exciting, and the book, which comes out this summer, will coincide with the 30-year anniversary of the album’s release. It also coincides with their then label Island Records’ 50-year anniversary too! So this is an important year all round.

Continue reading ‘Interview w/ Zoë Street Howe Author of Typical Girls? The Story of the Slits’

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