Thursday, June 30, 2011
Once Upon a Time in New York
Still yet to watch this. This is a 4 part documentary series presented by BBC on Music in NY in the 70's. I hope it's worth a post?!?
New York City is in constant flux. It is a city whose skyline waxes and wanes on a weekly basis, a city that lives at a frenetic pace, a city where this morning is ancient history. In making a documentary film about '70s New York I wanted to find out how much of the musical past was still tangible today.
I chose to schedule a two-week filming trip around the closing of CBGB, which, according to the immigration official checking my visa, was big news. CBGB was a toilet of a venue, located on the Bowery in Manhattan's Lower East Side. In the early 70s the neighbourhood was a no-go area: a magnet for bums, dealers, gangs, pimps and other ne'er-do-wells.
It was also the ground zero for Punk Rock. CBGB spawned Television, Blondie, The Patti Smith Group and The Ramones - all great bands who cut their 'punk' teeth long before the Sex Pistols were a twinkle in Malcolm McLaren's eye.
In October 2006, Manhattan's unreal real estate boom finally caught up with the tiny landmark when a huge increase in rent forced original owner Hilly Kristal to close the doors for the very last time.
CBGB's final night proved to be a surreal experience as the full might and glitz of New York's showbiz elite descended en masse on the tiny venue. I had a hunch that many present knew little about CBGB - other than that its closure was a social event not to be missed.
This feeling was borne out when the high priestess of CBGB, Patti Smith, appeared on the sidewalk. As she had chosen, that evening, to eschew designer togs in favour of a dirty woolly hat, the paps and anchor men present decided to ignore her, assuming perhaps that she was an unwelcome vagrant from one of the Bowery's few remaining hostels.
So it was with ease that my team and I - assistant producer Jane Maugham and researcher Sam Bridger - strolled thru' the throng and struck up conversation. On asking Patti what her city was like to live in today, she replied, "Take a look around you. Try and get an apartment here".
Today there is no sign of danger on the Lower East Side. It is now an urban and urbane home for a new, hip American gentry and property prices are as sky high as the condos themselves.
The closing of CBGB stands at the pinnacle of 30 years of physical and spiritual transformation of New York. Whilst modern New Yorkers have inherited a safe, clean and robustly rich city - even 9/11 changed almost nothing economically - the city's individual, creative edge has been lost amidst the onslaught of big money and commercialisation.
Once Upon A Time In New York is an exploration of a different era, one in which the troubled streets of the city gave birth to three brilliant musical cultures that would become known as Punk, Disco and Hip Hop.
Producer/Director, Ben Whalley
Above sleeve notes via BBC
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
DIRTY 30
End of financial year people so take of 30% of your order from now until tomorrow.
Enter DIRTY30 on checkout to get your discount.
Like my visual puns! Ha
Laced Cheeba
New track taken from the upcoming Legendary Weapons LP i found via XXL.com. Full track for the album listed below. Sounds like a good line up. Ghost, AZ and M.O.P. on a track should be fire over some good production.
Ghostface Killah, Sean Price & Trife Diesel – Laced Cheeba by Hypetrak
Start the Show (feat. Raekwon and RZA)
Laced Cheeba (feat. Ghostface, Sean Price and Trife Diesel)
Diesel Fluid (feat. Method Man, Trife Diesel and Cappadonna)
Played By The Game
The Black Diamonds (feat. Ghostface, Roc Marciano and Killa Sin)
Legendary Weapons (Ghostface, AZ and M.O.P.)
Never Feel This Pain (feat. Inspectah Deck, U-God and Tre Williams)
Angels Got Wings
Drunk Tongue (feat. Killa Sin)
225 Rounds (feat. U-God, Cappadonna, Bronze Nazareth and RZA)
Meteor Hammer (feat. Ghostface, Action Bronson and Termanology)
Live Through Death
Only the Rugged Survive (feat. RZA)
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
All Things Bronson
Bronsons Latest visual offering taken from from the Dr Lecter LP. Dude make me want to go floss a pair of them old Oakly frogskins. Peep them Kenny Powers joints too.
The "Cunt" stab scene had me in stitches.
Also check the leak from the upcoming Statik Selectah LP.
The "Cunt" stab scene had me in stitches.
Also check the leak from the upcoming Statik Selectah LP.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Brisbane Swap & Cop
Run Royal will be in attendance at next month Swap & Cop. It's being held in a great city location. Mark the calender and come down and say hello. We'll have plenty of gear from our store going cheap along with some $1 vinyl and some well priced funk, soul, jazz and Hip-Hop 12" and LP if you interested in having a dig.
Don't miss this!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Quintin Co
Proudly made in their own factory in LA, Quintin have gone from strength to strength with each seasonal drop. The attention to detail is second to none. This is the most consistent hat company ever...Here is a little edit of their production processes.
Keep a eye out for more product coming to the store soon.
Keep a eye out for more product coming to the store soon.
Production from Quintin Co. on Vimeo.
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