Fifth Element TV – POS & Plain Ole Bill
November 3rd, 2009
Peep the homies POS and POB talking and performing. Happy Tuesday. Surprise at the end.
Brother Ali – “Self Taught” (Live)
October 19th, 2009
My dude Ben Cohen (and a craaazy crew) spent the duration of May 24, 2009 working on getting this amazing footage and sound at Soundset. Check out that crowd.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/400281/brother-ali-self-taught-live.jhtml#id=1613787
Brendan Canning – Churches Under The Stairs
September 30th, 2009
Happy Wednesday.
I’m sick and listening to lots of downtempo and Broken Social Scene. Deal with it. Thank you, Toronto, for producing such talented artists. And awesome beards.
Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright, BK-One “The Freshest Kids”
September 29th, 2009
Hey internet.
We dropped this last Friday night. Rap doesn’t sleep on the weekend.
Grab the mp3 here. Right click download business.
Buy all their albums. Ali’s record “Us” just came out. Toki’s new jam dropped in spring. BK’s album coming next month. Ev’s “Cats and Dogs” is coming soon. FifthElementOnline to spend your money.
All four of these dudes are rocking the FRESH AIR TOUR right now nationwide. I’ll see you at the Madison, WI show, and maybeeee the Minneapolis show too if I play my cards right and Jakemoney lets me sleep on his floor.
Sole & The Skyrider Band – Battlefields (New HD music video)
September 27th, 2009
Whoa. Amazing find for a rainy Sunday. Missing a new record by Sole and these dudes. Make sure to support. A $20 pre-order from the Strange Famous Records online store is available here.
Video from (almost) Space. Neat.
September 24th, 2009
BK-One’s new record on Rhymesayers
September 8th, 2009
My man BK is finally dropping his first full-length LP on Rhymesayers in a month.
That’s right. This ain’t no mixtape.
When he’s not touring as Brother Ali’s tour DJ – BK and his wife (who is very nice, by the way!) like to travel around. This record is based on the feelings and soul of Brazilian music. I love it.
Buy the new album here.
Check out this first track we just leaked.
“Here I Am” feat. Phonte, Brother Ali, The Grouch
Raekwon – “House of Flying Daggers”
August 30th, 2009
PROD. J Dilla, feat. RZA, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, and Ghostface Killah
OB4CL2 is finally dropping in 9 days. The entire Wu-family seems to be on this record. The production on this video is bananananas. I thought it was just gonna be those dudes jumping all over the place. Nahhh.
So excited. Pre-ordered for a month now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHVCQc6cbSw
Stephen Colbert…NASA Style.
August 25th, 2009
Must read: Ted Sorensen – “Counselor”
August 17th, 2009
President Kennedy and Ted Sorensen
From sometime in the 80s until the early 1990s, my dad used to co-own and operate Northward Bookstore in Ashland, WI (which recently closed due to the internet and bigger stores) where I spent the first few years of my life. I didn’t know until high school that Steve Sorensen who co-owned the store with my dad – was the son of a very famous figure in modern politics. This figure is Steve Sorensen, JFK’s Speechwriter and Special Counsel to the President, and a lawyer who still works and lives in New York. For a US History class in High School I wrote Mr. Sorensen a letter and promptly received a response, something I’ve kept and am pretty proud of – not knowing how close such an influential person to my family really was.
President Obama and Ted Sorensen
My dad bought this book a few months ago, so I decided to pick it up from the Marquette University library and have been reading it on and off for a month now, having just finished it a few minutes ago (it’s due tomorrow!). As seemingly dry reading about politics are sometimes, this book was nothing like you’d think it is.
It covers his youth in Nebraska to his rise in the political arena and eventually culminates in his long tenure with President Kennedy. He dealt with, met with, and worked with many important leaders of our time – and still does. His relationship with JFK is nothing like any other partnership I’ve heard of in politics – definitely something to be admired and hopefully sought after in the future . A man after my own ideals (that is, very liberal and Unitarian) , I really enjoyed reading his commentary on current situations and struggles in the world. He also explains life after JFK’s Presidency, working with LBJ, his time as director of the CIA, and life after Washington politics.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone looking to broaden their perspective of JFK and his rise to the Presidency, or anyone interested in what went on behind the closed doors of past White House staff.
A short video filmed a few months ago about the book and his work:
