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Winston Salem natives, Brother Reade, have been making noise in Los Angeles for the past 5 years with their unique brand of post-contemporary rap renaissance music. Comprised of beat maker Bobby Evans and word smith extraordinaire Jimmy Jamz aka Jamz F Kennedy, the duo has released 3 highly underrated EPs along with a critically lauded, but overall slept on full length album, Rap Music.  There most recent release, the Drama EP, has seen them drift into dub-step terrain with equally excellent results.

Stars aligned and Jimmy crossed paths with Jamie from The XX when they played in Los Angeles via Dance Right party king, Matt Goldman.  The two performed this track, Jimmy rapping over the Intro to The XX’s album, live at the 3 of Clubs.  You can download this pretty piece of indie rap fusion here. Enjoy.

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Using Your Head

28-year-old Londoner Philip Levine started losing his hair in his early twenties, and instead of hanging on to what strands he had left, he shaved his head and embraced his new blank canvas. Levine comes up with the ideas and has professional body painter, Kat Sinclair, execute these creations on his head.

“Unlike a wig where you are hiding what may be seen as a deformity, what I do is tell people feel special, original and embrace what could be looked at as a weakness and turn it into a strength.”

Premature balding guys out there, take some inspiration from this guy. Embrace the cue ball.

Levine is planning an art exhibition showing off over 100 of his head designs, including visual art films and busts of his head designs.

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House of Cards, Literally.

Bryan Berg, has created a wild, Guinness Wold Record breaking, piece of art using simply 218,792 cards. That’s 4,051 decks. Berg is an American architect who created the “house of cards” to replicated the Venetian Macau, where it resides.

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Guitar Picks

Having a dinner party for all your rock and roll friends? You will surely need these far too cleaver picks! I came across these the other day and couldn’t resist the buy. I really don’t know when I would have a use for them, but sometimes things are just too funny and cool to pass up. Check them out here.

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Dramatic Lizzard.

Need to waste some time? This video will help… I could watch this all day long. =)


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Paradise City?

Slash + Cypress Hill + Fergie for a remake of Paradise city.

I’m pretty sure this is from last year, so it may not be new to you, but it’s new to me.

No disrespect to the artists involved in this tom foolery, but it sounds a bit more like Paradise Shitty to me.

There’s absolutely no good reason to have done this remake.

Please stop ruining fond memories of my youth.

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In The Bag

Select works from Chris Crites (The Bag Painter).

Chris also has an upcoming solo show at 360See — show opens March 19th in Chicago.

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Inspired by Wonderland

“Inspired by the magical world of ‘Wonderland’ depicted in the Tim Burton helmed Disney blockbuster, Top American celebrity party rockers DJ SynCity & Superstar DJ ROS partnered together to create an unofficial ‘soundtrack’ for the highly anticipated film.  Programmed to sound like a house party down the rabbit hole, the slyly named compilation entitled “Alice In Wonderland: The Lost Tape” is a groove infested sonic ride through Wonderland. Featuring music by Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Wynter Gordon, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (amongst many others), “The Lost Tape” is easily one of the most entertaining open format mixtapes to be released this year.  In addition, “The Lost Tape” is just the first in the new “Soundtrack Series” collection of branded mixtapes to be released by the two popular DJs. Seeking inspiration from any and all sources in pop culture, SynCity & ROS promise to keep the creativity flowing by letting these varied muses inspire the sound and themes of their future bi-coastal mixtape collaborations.”

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PRESS PLAY: LISTEN

DJ SynCity (djsyncity.com)

Superstar DJ ROS (myspace.com/superstardjros)

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Coco is on the Run

Well kind of. He’s going to be making his way across 30 cities this April, May, and June. He’s called this tour “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.” So far it is being summed up as “a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence” with Conan, Andy Richter and members of the Tonight show band. Sounds like loads of fun. You can find out more details here. Follow him on twitter which he has been discussing the tour (as well he post funny things).

Conan O’Brien – 2010 Tour Dates
April 12 Eugene, OR – Hult Center For the Performing Arts
April 13 Vancouver, BC – Orpheum Theatre
April 16 Spokane, WA – INB Performing Arts Center
April 17 Enoch, AB – River Cree Resort & Casino
April 18 Seattle, WA – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
April 22 San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
April 24 Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
April 29 San Diego, CA – San Diego Civic Theatre
April 30 Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theatre
May 01 Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theatre – Palms Casino
May 04 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino – Grand Theatre
May 05 San Jose, CA – San Jose State University Events Center
May 06 Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
May 09 Boulder, CO – Mackey Auditorium
May 13 Dallas, TX – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium-SMU Campus
May 14 Austin, TX – Austin Music Hall
May 15 Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
May 16 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
May 18 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
May 19 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
May 22 Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
May 30 Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Spa & Resort – Event Center
June 01 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
June 02 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
June 04 Boston, MA – Wang Theater
June 06 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
June 07 Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
June 08 Washington, DC – Constitution Hall
June 11 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 14 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre

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Live, from New York…

It’s official. Betty White will host a special Mother’s Day episode of Saturday Night Live, joining six female SNL cast members, including Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, airing on May 8. The 88-year-old Golden Girl turned down the offer to host 3 times in the past and says it wasn’t because of the rigorous schedule, but because she didn’t feel like she was ”New York” enough. 

Lucky for Betty White fans, it’s not about being “New York,” but about being funny, and she’s more than proven that most recently in her role as the the crazy grandma in The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds and the trash-talking, Snickers-lovin’ dude in the Superbowl XLIV commercial.

Betty, thank you for being a friend… and SNL’s most sought after hostess.
The Betty White to Host SNL (please?)! Facebook page has close to half a million fans.

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