Author Archives: loganmelissa

Dr. No’s Ethiopium coming soon…

Aug 10, 2009 – 6:25 pm

I’d like to send a big, special shout to the Jackson family of a little city called Oxnard, CA, for rearing a couple of musical forces to be reckoned with.  Otis and Mike Jackson, better known in your mp3 collection as Madlib and Oh No, respectively, are brothers from just north of Los Angeles and [...]

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“Got blue and black cause I likes to chill/And yellow and green when it’s time to get ill”

Aug 7, 2009 – 9:26 am

“Shoe brands get tough on leather suppliers to save Amazon rainforest: Crackdown against ‘environmental criminals’ follows Greenpeace report” (The Guardian) The companies that make the shoes of all our favorite mic-wielders–Clarks , Adidas, Nike, Timberland–care about the environment, gang! In news that is no doubt throwing the hypebeast world into a tailspin, it turns out [...]

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Ernie Barnes…

May 5, 2009 – 10:03 am

Please indulge this music nerd as she provides a humble tribute to Mr. Ernie Barnes, pro athlete turned figurative painter who died last Monday at the age of 70. He was a guard for the Broncos and Chargers in the ’60s but transitioned to professional painting in the ’70s, when he basically proceeded to corner [...]

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Plugs – “All Them Witches”

Apr 27, 2009 – 9:52 am

Heavens to synthesizers, my new Brit boyfriends have arrived! Please allow me to introduce PLUGS (I think it’s all caps-?) and the song that will be the soundtrack for your late spring activities! I know little about them other than: 1. BLIMEY they’ve made my new favorite song, 2. Their frontman is Morgan from Does [...]

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