Juke Bots

Saw these machines today at nextfest. The delicacy and finesse of their movement was captivating. The music the programmers chose was cool. And the motivation the reps described for developing the exhibition was inspiring. Good luck to them. Link

The Bridge New Season

Just in case you haven't been keeping up, The Bridge has only been getting better and better. Ralph Mcdaniels still doin' it. Friday's (tonight) at 11pm is the new time slot. Link

Two New Channel Live Tracks

Courtesy of anonymouscorp.com, two new Channel Live tracks. Channel Live - Still Buildin' Channel Live - Mr. President myspace.com/channellive7

Bird As Record Player

Not sure what to think about this. Link (via)

Rugged Man Producing Horror Flick, Prince Paul Doing Score

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M: So tell me about this movie. Are you a director now? R.A.: Naw, I’m producing it and Frank Henenlotter is directing. He’s the director of Frankenhooker and Basket Case 1, 2 and 3. Gabe Bartalos, who worked on Leprechaun, is doing the special effects, and Prince Paul is doing the original score. Jedi Mind Tricks is executive-producing, and there’s a couple of cameos from J-Zone and Killah Priest, but we also got actor motherfucker types in there too. It’s a little horror sex thing, you know, chills and thrills. It’s actually a god-awful love story. (other phone rings) One sec man...Sorry ’bout that. They want me to interview Crispin Glover tomorrow for Mass Appeal magazine.

Don't Hate The Player

Hate the game. Nice to see Hieroglyphics chillin'. This is from Automator's 2k7 soundtrack. Casual, Del and Aplus rip it. Link

New Serengeti Album For Download, For Free, Again

Serengeti has partnered again with Audio8 to release another album online for free download. This one was recorded 3 years ago. Link previously: Download The New Album From Serengeti & Polyphonic - Race Trading

Aphilliates Music Group Signed

Aphilliates Music Group recently signed to Asylum, a sub of Warner. Aphilliates includes notables Dj Drama (a disputed dj/blogger?) and Willie The Kid (La the Darkman's younger brother and kind of protege). I read an article a few weeks back, can't remember where, about Willie being signed and paying for his sister's college tuition. He must have attended one of Russel's finance conferences. Good for him. La is also credited as an exec for the group. I wonder what that's about. More importantly though, maybe this will be a way for La to execute a follow up album with some real marketing/distro might behind it. Link

Surprise Buck Album

Buck65 has recorded a new album and he didn't share it with his label until after completion. I wonder if they'll make him tweak it for release? It's the follow up to Secret House. I will look forward to this one, especially after learning it was recorded bedroom style. In addition, the Language Arts Part 7 he released a few months back was great and got me feelin' nostalgic for pre-signed buck. Another project to look forward to is an album he's handling production work for, which features "[T]wo heavyweight guys in, for lack of a better word, indie hip-hop..." He calls them a supergroup. I wonder who that could be? Link

C-Lo Board Game

For the chirren. Link, 456productions.com

Prince Paul's and Dante Ross' Beat Lab

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Blue Sky Black Death Presents: The Holocaust

Babygrande continues to scoop up talent. They recently signed Blue Sky Black Death, a production team that put out a respectable comp a few months ago. Their first release via babygrande is going to be a full length by Holocaust, the wu-tang affiliate who shined alongside Bobby Digital and Killarmy on their respective albums. Link Blue Sky Black Death featuring Holocaust - The Ocean Blue Sky Black Death featuring Holocaust - No Image Blue Sky Black Death featuring Holocaust - What Can The Matter Be Blue Sky Black Death featuring Holocaust - Crash