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The Dudes – “Do The Right Thing”
I want to preface this article by saying I’m not much of a lyrics guy. I get shit for it all the time with my friends but I have my reasons. Far too often do I get people telling me “Check out this song, the lyrics are so good.” Usually in these cases I do, only to be less than impressed. Why? Because they don’t make any sense to me. I know that a lot of times that’s half the [...]
Manic Encounters with Musicians
With two of my favorite bands, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Mates of State concurrently touring this summer/fall in support of their most recent releases (Let it Sway and Crushes, respectively) its been challenging to refrain from re-living harrowing flashbacks of my fleeting encounters with both bands in the fall of 2006, while experiencing my first ever manic episode. At the age of nineteen I moved out of the confines of my parents’ 1970s themed home/asylum and to [...]
Stepping out of the Boundaries
For years I have been attending numerous concerts; Warped Tour, Florence and the machine, Miike Snow etc and at each of these events, I not only witness breathtaking performances but I also have the pleasure of sticking out like a sore thumb. The color of my skin is what gives me that ability, and although I am not the person to care about something like this, it got me thinking about a deeper issue. At this point in our generation [...]
Lady Gaga Breaks Record!
Pop singer Lady Gaga, well known for her songs like ‘Alejandro’ and ‘Bad Romance’ as well as her… shall we say out there dressing style, has made history (for the moment) twice. That’s right: she broke two records! The first is that she had 13 nominations overall, and the other is that two nominations in the ‘Video of the Year’ award, for her songs Bad Romance and Telephone. Check out her nominated videos: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Telephone by [...]
It’s All Bout the Bling and the Flow…
Bottled in the dirty south (Dandridge, Tennessee) and delivered crystal clear to anyone feeling the need to make it rain on them ho’s for $25 – $75 a bottle. I’m not referring to Ludacris’ sad attempt to “conjure” his way into the alcoholic beverage industry, I’m talking about Bling H20. That’s right ladies and gentlemen this specific brand of water comes with ballin’ credentials, and looks great. Winner of the gold medal at the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Festival, [...]
Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures by Garin Fahlman Think of the last record you listened to. To be clear, that means vinyl. I’m not talking about compact discs or new fangled internet downloads – I’m talking about cold hard, analog vinyl. If you’ve never listened to a vinyl… well I guess I can’t really blame you. Just pretend. Now we’re looking at this record. You’re holding it up at your face and your combing over the cover art. It‘s a badass watercolour [...]
Singing in the Pixel Pitch
Singing in the Pixel Pitch by Garin Fahlman Everyone knows the Super Mario Bros. theme song. And most people know, at least, that it is from a video game. It’s been parodied and used by enough mainstream media – from Conan O’Brien, to being featured in almost any prime time story about video games even today – that its fallen into its own pop culture niche where it sits comfortably as the one piece of video game music anyone gives [...]
Defending the Left Side of the Volume Dial
Defending the Left Side of the Volume Dial by Garin Fahlman Spinal Tap is an awesome movie. Aside from making laugh anyone who’s ever played an electric guitar, it cemented a fundamental rule about modern music. It needs to be loud. It’s a non-negotiable fact. The dials on that amp go that far for a reason. And I’m not here to negotiate that. Because I’m not about to call Spinal Tap wrong. I hope that’s not what you thought I [...]
FLUTE.BEAT BOX. HARD KNOCK LIFE. ALL AT THE SAME TIME! GREG PATILLO. REMEMBER THAT.
Forget the Nexus Excel Prostate massaging sounds. Forget the jazzy step-on-my-back-with-peanut-butter-and-jelly indi-artist name grabing names out there. And forget conventional writing because today we have unconventional barely legal entertainment here. Here my MVREMIX friends we have the “I’m Jaded. Give Me Innovative Shit” category. So turn up your speakers and introduce yourselves to Greg Patillo. New York Times voted, “The Best Person in the World at what he Does.” He beat boxes and plays the flute all at the saaaaaaaaaaaaaaame time. ..ENJOY.
