[hellaclean]

I said Good day!

This next year should be pretty much the best one yet. I predict Cuba will be the new Spring Break hot spot, at least 5 Senators/Congressmen will be completely disgraced in the public eye, and Jesus, Buddha, Allah, and Christopher Walken will join forces to help Obama save us all.

But perhaps not.

Regardless, enjoy the new year friends and we will be back shortly with a new look, more music, and more general bad-assery.

Enjoy this until then…

Cheers,

El Che

A great artist passed away today.

Vic Chesnutt was paralyzed in an accident at age 18 and hasn’t been able to play very difficult guitar chords since. He never let any of this stop him. His music reeked of truth and unabashed candor. A true artist.

like some good ol’ Santa-Reindeer trash talk. Lupe Fiasco is Blitzen. KRS-One is Santa. Dopeness all around. Enjoy. From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus for the rest’uv’us.

is cancelled. I know. Sad, isn’t it? Kinda leaves an icebox where your heart used to be, no?

Christmas/Hannukuh/Festivus/Avatar have kinda taken up all my time and I’ve yet to finish my gifting and wrapping and all that shebang.

BUT, never fear, we will be back next Tuesday, reenergized and a bit fatter and ready to give you the goodness your craven hearts desire.

In the meantime… what do you guys think of the new Karate Kid remake? I like Jackie Chan and the existence of Jaden Smith just proves that the most perfect couple gets busy… but was this really necessary?

Perhaps.

Merry Christmas Eve Eve y’all

El_Che

that no matter how famous or rich or whatnot you may be, being a member of the Gorillaz is pretty f*cking cool. He confirmed that he is going to part of the animated cast of characters and his name will be “SunMoonStars”.

Bad. Ass.

check out some dope live Gorillaz video after the jump

but this girl’s pictures makes me want to just so I could have her take the photos at the reception and make me look awesome. If you want to [get married, have a bar mitzvah, celebrate a birthday, celebrate a divorce, what have you] and want awesome pictures to commemorate it all then hit Charity up. You can check out more of her pictures HERE or you can shoot her an email HERE. Sactown stand up!

An all American classic that will, for the most part, go unnoticed. I slept on these guys but they’re kinda dope.

A few years ago, Tuesday for me meant a new episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Shout out to everyone that tape recorded the show for me when I was scheduled to bag groceries at Food Source, before there was On Demand, Tivo, Hulu, and flying cars.

B.G.: Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood

A P.H.Diva once told me there was a time when street cred wasn’t used by record companies to sell hip hop records. Indeed, before NWA, you didn’t need bullet wounds on your resume to be a credible rapper. All you needed was cardboard to break dance on.

But when you name your album Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood, a glimpse at your hood-star status is fair game. In the past three years, fellow Hot Boy Lil Wayne, dropped four dope mixtapes, an album, and appeared on god knows how many tracks. B.G., on the other hand, was arrested with three stolen guns, loaded magazines, and two extended clips.

Omar Rodriguez: Solar Gambling

Honestly, I’m a little worried about Omar Rodriguez. This is the sixth solo album he’s dropped this year. Oh yeah, and he may have played a little part in the Mars Volta album that dropped this year as well. But who’s counting? Seriously Omar, go to a strip club, or something.

Pac Div: Church League Champion Mixtape

What Does Pac Div have in common with just about every reality show you’ve seen these days? Well they started off with 10 members and now they’re down to 3. I’m hoping 3 is the magic number and they won’t be getting any smaller since two of the guys are brothers and one is a long time childhood friend. These fellas rep LA. They love A Tribe Called Quest and poke a little fun at Q-Tip.

Micachu & the Shapes: Jewellery, Filthy Friends Mixtape

This isn’t new, in the this-album-dropped-in-the-past-couple-of-weeks sense, but when an old friend asked me what these guys sounded like, the only word that came to mind was: the future. If you haven’t heard, Micachu & the Shapes are a three pieced UK pop/electronic/punk/[insert any genre of music here] band. Peep their dope mixtape here.

It’s been real. Latro.

Ok all you SoCal kids ( i seeeeee you Fred), pretty rad show going down in Pomona @ the Fox Theatre.

Like Frank says in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”,

Well, I don’t know how many years on this Earth I got left. I’m going to get really weird with it. Meanwhile, block the wind. I’m going to roast this bone.

Passion Pit and Plague Vendor took that to heart. They get weird with it. So go and slap on your skinny jeans and get your weird on!

Check out Passion Pit’s “I got your number”

Passion Pit>Band of Skulls>Plague Vendor

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