Mondo Cane Live

Mondo Cane is Mike Patton in a white suit with Ray Paci conducting full orchestral & choral arrangements of Italian songs from the 50's & 60's. The group has been doing live performances across Europe with an album planned for '08. I came across a great quality video of their May 5th, 2007 performance in Teatro Rossini, Lugo, Italy (via patton archivo).

You can download the full performance here.

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Now playing: Ennio Morricone - Giorno Di Notte
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Ol' Diplo Mixes

The other day I came across some excellent early Diplo mixes. First a lightly psychedelic mix of 70's rock, tropicalia, funk, bossa, etc. from around the world. The second is a more hip-hop oriented club mix. Both have been on repeat:


Diplo & Tripledouble AEIOU: Volume 2 part 1 and part 2.


Hollertronix (Diplo & Low Budget) Never Scared here.

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Now playing: Hot Chip - Shake It Over and Over (Diplo Mix)
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Chimps Beat Humans in Memory Test

Recent Japanese study compared 6 chimps memory abilities with humans in the same tasks for getting a peanut. Guess which primate totally kicked ass:

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Now playing: Madvillain - Monkey Suite
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Zach Effron & Lil Wayne Interview

Weezy & Eff talk candidly for the first time about their upcoming collaboration, and what else it is they have in common.

"'...This is how I live! I get up in the morning, get my dick sucked four times, drink a Molson’s, and then hang out with Zac. What, do you want me to go to Hawaii for a vacation? You got a job, but this is my vacation right here.'

Adds Efron, 'Word!'"

Continue reading here.

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Now playing: Lil Wayne - My Daddy
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Best Worst Songs of the Year

Speak ft. Old "I have no memory of making this video" Guy, Vampire & 2 Colombians "Sometimes"


Riskay ft. Aviance & Real "Smell Yo Dick"


Project Pat "Good Googly Moogly" (the only one seen in '07 that's not technically new; sorry can't embed)

Year End Lists (Good Googly Moogly)

For posterity's sake, I've collected a list of media that has left the biggest impact (as a whole product) on me this past year, arranged in a rough chronological order. Generally speaking all of the albums where listened to on repeat, subsequently returned to, and had some sort of special magical ingredients to speak of. As someone who listens to more music than I should have time for, I felt these albums were of some special note. Maybe you should resolve to check some of them out too? Happy Chinese New Year!

10 Albums released in 2007:
The Shins Wincing the Night Away
Deerhoof Friend Opportunity
Antibalas Security
Blonde Redhead 23
R. Kelly Double Up
Battles Mirrored
Black Moth Super Rainbow Dandelion Gum
M.I.A. Kala
Radiohead In Rainbows
Burial Untrue

10 Albums not released in 2007:
Madvillain Madvillainy
Girl Talk Night Ripper
Quasimoto The Further Adventures of Quasimoto
Hot Chip The Warning
Joe Henderson The Elements
OOIOO Taiga
J Dilla Donuts
TV on the Radio Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Dirty Projectors The Getty Address
Feist Let It Die

5 Films watched:
Princess Mononoke
Tears of the Black Tiger
Fantastic Planet
Superbad/Knocked Up
No Country for Old Men

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Now playing: Project Pat - Good Googly Moogly
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Creative Writing (Archives)

This post takes an interesting peek into the lives of some random strangers. Click images to enlarge.

Personal Favorite:


Walt Whitman Biography (courtesy of Chris and Peter Nguyen):


2 Girls 1 Cup Film Review:


Found H.S. Love Note (from Brooklyn):


More found finds can fondly be found regularly at Found Magazine and its sister publication Dirty Found. Here's the find that started it all, mistakenly left on their creator-to-be's windshield:

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Now playing: Mickey & The Soul Generation - Joint Session
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Thought for Food (Archives)

Fascinating essay on Furthering Linguistics Theory in the Amazon Jungle ("Fuck that, I'm going to get on the river and take my canoe.")

Fascinating experiment on language cognition in our closest living ape ancestors (along with Chimpanzees) the Bonobos. Keep an eye out for Kanzi playing Pac-Man & blowing out his birthday candles! Slideshow with audio.

Secret Social Life of Plants.

'Second Earth' found, and it's only 20 light years away!

Dude, I Got It!: 'Surfer dude' stuns physicists with theory of everything (Further: E8 Fabric)

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Scans of Monks' Brains Show Meditation Alters Structure, Functioning

Development of the Gay Bomb

The Mathematical Nostradamus (courtesy of Sal)

Some more curious food for thought- these pamphlets were recently being handed out in NYC streets (props to Shaun for sharing it with me). Click images to enlarge:


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Now playing: The Books - Motherless Bastard
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Greatest Myspace Ever

UK electronic duo Autechre will be releasing a new album on March 3 called Quaristice.

In the meantime you should check out their awe-inspiring myspace page here!

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Now playing: Autechre - Lera
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Rare Dinosaur Specimen Unearthed, Skin & Tissue Intact

"Scientists today announced the discovery of an extraordinarily preserved 'dinosaur mummy' with much of its tissues and bones still encased in an uncollapsed envelope of skin.

Preliminary studies of the 67-million-year-old hadrosaur, named Dakota, are already altering theories of what the ancient creatures' skin looked like and how quickly they moved, project researchers say."

Continue reading here.

(source: National Geographic)

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Now playing: Mastodon - Sleeping Giant
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Dope Ass Beats

Kanye West showing off an Akai MPC 2000 on 60 minutes, complete with awkward white stereotype. I've been wanting to mess with an MPC or Roland 808 for years now...(insert Mannie Fresh drumroll).


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Now playing: Young Jeezy - And Then What (ft. Mannie Fresh)
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The Whitest Kids U'Know

I finally caught a full episode of this sketch comedy show. Though it definitily doesn't top the classics, it has its moments. Since they are moving to IFC for season 2, it will become uncensored & commercial free. Full episodes are streaming on IFC's website now. Samples below:

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Now playing: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Lydia Lunch - The End of the White Man's Revolution
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