American Art during the Cold War

AMERICAN Abstract Expressionism, supported by the CIA.

Sorry Ms Jackson...

PLAYER!!!!




I'm sorry Ms Jackson, but I had to do this remix with you and Billy Vaughn for my new Inheritance Wax mixtape. I have uploaded a couple of sneak previews here. They will NOT be staying up, so not always available, if you're feeling the individual tracks, download them now while you have chance.
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I just tried to find the sample on youtube....it is a cut called 'after hours', by Billy Vaughn, but NO WHERE to be found...i did find the b side cut called 'it's no sin' which I am using with Big L's Put It On accapella on top. I may post that later. if you want to hear the original it is here.
peace

ashwan

RUNaWAY KaNYE

CROOKLYN

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this is one of the remixes/mashups that will be on the upcoming Inheritance Wax mixtape. it is the classic Crooklyn Dodgers accapella over a pretty awful cut by a group called 'The Springfields'. I am forcing myself to pull the samples from a record collection I 'inherited' from an old folks home in Liverpool.
you can hear the original sample around the 2.30 mark on this youtube playlist of their stuff.


The final mixtape will pull a bunch of the remixes together and I will also be working on visual elements to go with it...part of this is the re-packaging of the vinyl themselves. I want to try and put some kind of attention back on the physical presence of music that we have lost since everything has gone the way of the mp3 player. more on this later.
until then...
Enjoy.
ashwan

boom box collector

you know I can't live, without my radio!

click the link to hear about Junichi Matsuzaki, Japans answer to Radio Raheem.

pocoyo

since the kids came along, it has been a total change of pace in the crib. good thing is tho, we have discovered Pocoyo.
in the words of my man 'Curious', this kid is hipper than Hopper.

peace.
ash

astronomical phenomena

some damn fine flix of astronomical phenomena on the Guardian's page today.
check out more here.
the image above is entitled 'Siberian Totality', capturing a total eclipse by Anthony Ayiomamitis.
such a simple, but beautiful image.

on a vaguely related note, here's Mr 'Ladies Love':



ash