Little delay to my pick of the week as I have been in holiday party mode and finally have the weekend to recover, so here's a quickie for all you music mash-up fans.
Stereogum and Team 9 have done it again, with their annual MySplice Mix. This is the third one they've done so far and they've hit the sweet spot once more! They even invited readers to submit their own artwork for the album cover, winning entry seen above. My personal fav is the Kanye West vs. The Rolling Stones track titled Lockdown Shelter - download the album for free now folks!
I usually hate to post videos with little to no background description, but alas, all I can say about this is that it's the best Christmas song/music video ever. From the "Love Actually" soundtrack, here' s Billy Mack (aka Bill Nighy) with "Christmas is all Around":
** GOOD NEWS about theweather! It hasn't exactly been a typical L.A. climate recently, but the weather report shows clear skies for the party, tomorrow Thursday 12/18 !
Hola Party Girls and Crazy Dudes,
DJ KnewJack and V are very excited to invite you to their little holiday party, THE WAM BAM HOLIDAY JAM! – It happens to be the first of three monthly parties that they're hosting with our friends at BAR LUBITSCH in West Hollywood.
KnewJack will be joined in the booth by Posso the DJ (fashion designers/DJs/renaissance women), and they'll be rockin' it no stoppin it all night long while you pump the belly full of holiday themed cocktails, gingerbread men, and candy canes.
If that weren't enough, we'll be handing out FREE copies of DJ KnewJack's brand new Mix CD "Eggg Noggg" and FoundTrack Compilation CDs to all of you music fiends out there thirsting for the hotness.
We recently posted a little feature and trailer for "The Wrestler," a film that has gotten much spotlight for the performance delivered by lead Mickey Rourke. While it's often easy to overlook the supporting performances in films like this, that just isn't the case with this film. Both Marisa Tomei AND Evan Rachel Wood deliver nomination worthy performances, under the direction of Darren Aronofsky. The always talented and gorgeous Tomei delivers a performance that is especially worthy of such a nomination.
In "The Wrestler," Tomei delivers a very fresh, heavy, and real take on the typical Hollywood "stripper with a heart of gold" cliche. Tomei has been a favorite of mine (and my older brother's) ever since her hilarious performance in "My Cousin Vinny." I came across this video while reading InContention.com (a really good film awards-race news site). Tom O'neil interviews Tomei and a lot of interesting topics are discussed, ranging from "The Wrestler" to that infamous (and ridiculous) urban legend that she won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar by accident:
FoundTrack's Fashionable Friends at 55DSL are sponsoring this year's edition of a really cool annual design tournament called "Cut & Paste." Competitors in 3 categories, 2D, 3D & Motion Graphics, are given 15 minutes to battle it out for design glory and bragging rights. The first event was hosted in London, but the 2009 edition will feature a round the world tour- the winners of each regional battle will meet in NYC for the Global Championships.
If you're interested in JOINing the Tournament, visit Cut & Paste's official site and make sure to register by January 14th in the US and February 6th in Europe/Asia. Check out this rad sizzle reel and get pumped up for the new year of design ahead of us- This looks wicked- I'll definitely be at the LA event... Judges from all three design disciplines will be announced in the coming weeks and the LA stop currently include Chevon Hicks of Heavenspot and Adina Sales of Blacklist.
DJ KnewJack was nice enough to give the Bedtime for Toys gang and myself a little Serato lesson last night, so unfortunately I totally bailed on "Movie Trailer Mondays." To make up for it, here's a popcorn movie double feature for you. First up is the badass trailer to Terminator: Salvation, starring Christian Bale as the grown up main character, John Connor.
I emphasize that while the trailer got me pumped up, I'm still a little phased by the last Terminator Movie (Rise of the Machines) which was pretty horrendous, and it's yet to be seen if Director McG (of "Charlie's Angels" fame) will be able to deliver. I for one do think this one will be rad in the end- It looks like a proper reboot of the franchise and I like that the trailer has a real gritty feel to it. By the way, Common costars, so maybe his futuristic robotic music video to "Universal Mind Control" was his way of prepping for the role?. Kick back and enjoy:
Next up is the much anticipated trailer to the next X-Men film, "X-Men Orginins: Wolverine", once again starring Hugh Jackman (soon to play host at the 2009 Oscars) as everyone's favorite badass hairy razor sharp clawed Canadian dude, Logan. The film looks to be following the "Batman Begins/Dark Knight" & "Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace" popular formula of returning to a character's roots. The film is directed by Gavin Hood who also directed the brilliant "Tsotsi" which took home the 2006 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. For all the comic book geeks out there, the film features many superhero cameos, including one by Gambit (played by actor Taylor Kitsch), who's basically this crazy Cajun dude that can turn anything he touches into an explosive (including his weapon of choice- playing cards):
So here's the trailer... For the most part it looks pretty awesome- Liev Schreiber (who soon stars in the fantastic looking "Defiance") looks like he does a good job (as always) as Wolverine's nemesis Sabretooth. One little thing though... does anyone else get a plasticy feeling from this?... I was hoping the cinematography would have a real dirty look to it. Decide for yourself, and enjoy:
Every month FoundTrack Friend and resident party rocker DJ KnewJack provides you guys with some bangin' new flava' for yer ears. Checkout his latest DJ mix "Eggg Noggg"- it's got everything you need to make sure you sound as fly as you look why you're flying the skies with your buddies Rudolph and Frosty. Get your dancin' shoes out and crank this up:
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1
O Tannenbaum
Vince Guaraldi Trio
2
Christmas Wrapping
The Waitresses
3
Debbie (U-Tern Remix Instrumental)
Architecture In Helsinki
4
Give It Up (U-Tern Remix)
Marvin Gaye
5
Joystick
Discodeine
6
Let The Music Play (D.Y.C. Remix)
Shannon
7
Let The Music Play (acappella)
Shannon
8
Wanting You (Romeo Erotic Remix)
Starpoint
9
I Can't Go For That (Fromage Yacht Rock Edit)
Hall and Oates
10
Footprints (Doc's Big Booty Retro Mix)
A Tribe Called Quest
11
Award Tour (Bladerunners Remix)
A Tribe Called Quest
12
Christmas In Hollis (Estaw's Merry XXX Fix)
Run DMC
13
So Fucking Disco
Pase Rock
14
GiveItUp (Jayvon Remix)
Twista & Pharell
15
Dance Wiv Me
Dizzee Rascal
16
La Fumo Loco (In Flagranti Remix)
Act Yo Age
17
Wanna Be Starting Something (JP Edit)
Michael Jackson
18
Bodies (Prins Thomas Orgasmatron Mix)
Akwaaba
19
Cold Coke (Al Kent Edit)
Tele Music
21
Down In L.A. (Shazam Remix)
Munk
22
Seattle (Crazy P remix)
The BPA
23
Cross The Dancefloor (Chromeo Remix)
Treasure Fingers
24
Love Lockdown (Cousin Cole Remix)
Kanye West
25
Linus and Lucy (Pocketknife's Hark, the Holler Remix)
Since it's Saturday Nite and i've come across this brilliant fan video for a track that somehow passed me off Blitzen Trapper's latest, (appropriately titled Furr) i am forced to share the following.
Little delay to my pick of the week as I have been in holiday party mode and finally have the weekend to recover, so here's a quickie for all you music mash-up fans.
