best song of january!

i'm sorry, i love this fucking song.

Rich Boy - >Throw Some D's (REMIX)

8-bit NES on your Desktop

Ever felt like playing Duck Hunt at work? Or Super Mario Bros.? Or Zelda? Or any of the 500+ games that came out for the Nintendo?

Well, here's your chance. A Java-Based website that allows you to play any of the Original 8 bit Nintendo ROMs.

Check it out ----------------> Virtual NES

Barack Obama : MLK Day speech at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Harvey, Illinois.

The dude is playing his cards pretty well.

Hold your Wee for a Wii (and Die)

In the "saddest story ever" category, this little number from the New York Times is nominated.

A woman dies during a radio station contest. The prize was a Nintendo Wii. She was hoping to win it for her kids.

The contest? Drink as much water as possible without going to the bathroom.

She died of water intoxication.

Too High a Price for Wii? by Thomas Zeller for the New York Times.

the most beautiful place on earth

The New York Times ran a travel article recently on my favorite place on the planet, Big Sur, California. When I lived in California, I was only a 20 minute drive north from this place, and trust me when I say I went as often as possible. I have yet in my life found a place as serene, as beautiful, as wholly fulfilling as those cliffs, those beaches, those trails. Just thinking about it now gives me chills.

Big Sur without the crowds by Gregory Dicum for the New York Times.

Honestly, it was like another planet. That's how awesome it was. Not to mention that along one of the hiking trails, you would come across some natural hot springs. You have not lived life until you skinny dip with a beautiful girl in some hot springs, then jump in a cool mountain creek afterwards. Every nerve ending on your body is heightened in sensitivity. Needless to say, bring a blanket.

wonder mix

Rob Wonder is a cat who I was able to meet on a few occasions when I lived down south. He usually was spinning at the hot spots in the ATL. When I moved back to Chicago, I got to see him again at Sonotheque during the Scion tour.

He just posted a new mix that is incredibly outrageously smooth. This is probably up there on my top ten list of mixes of the last six months. When you can mix Black Sheep into Stevie Wonder into Sergio Mendes, you got skillz.

Rob Wonder : Freshly Serious

real african hip hop

Spotted this dope african hip hop mix over at Discobelle this morning. X Plastaz have a track in there.

If you didn't know, X Plastaz is my favorite Maasai hip hop group. I'm so serious. I know you're asking, "How do you know anything about Maasai hip hop?" Well, let me tell you.....My circle of friends has international surface area.

mix afrique by ghislain poirier (z sHARE)

ghosts & vodka

You know what's awesome? Instrumental indie music. Don't get me wrong....I love lyrics. But sometimes those floppy haired boys whine too much.

Ghosts & Vodka is an instrumental band made up of members from various other Chicago-area indie bands (Joan of Arc, Owls, and most recently, Make Believe). They are pretty good.

Ghosts & Vodka : Futuristic Genitalia
Ghosts & Vodka : Good Luck With Your Multiple Personalities Disorder

crime mob X haddaway

Nico B reminded me of the hotness of this track. I totally forgot I downloaded it a few weeks back. However, it was one of those days where I had about 10 new tracks and this one got lost somewhere on my desktop.

Crime Mob brings it on this, sampling everyone's favorite 90's club hit "What is love?" by Haddaway. I'm lookng forward to this album, even though they have a convicted child molester in the group. Killa C has since been kicked out, but he'll be on the album.

Crime Mob : What is Love? (zShare)

obama, cocaine, and the media

Of course, you knew this was going to happen. It was only a matter of time before someone was going to bring up Barack Obama's admission of past marijuana and cocaine use as a negative.

The Washington Post ran this article accentuating the possibility that his candor concerning his illicit past would come back to haunt him. This article has caused an avalanche of opinions and is bringing a lot of messy things to the surface.

Sometimes it doesn't pay to be honest.

Lil' WeezyAna!

Lil' Wayne's best mixtape so far. Try it out if you haven't given Weezy F. Baby a chance since before he started doing steroids.

Lil WeezyAna <----Click on the link to download or just listen.

Halo 3 in Iraq

Someone on a Gamespot Forum posted that Bungie Software, the makers of the Halo series for Microsoft, recently sent 24 XBOX360 dev kits over to Iraq for the soldiers to beta test Halo 3.

I have conflicting opinions about this. On one hand, it's a nice gesture to send the troops anything. We all know they need all the support they can get. Halo 3 is one of the most anticipated titles of the new year.

Conversely, how appropriate is it to send a multiplayer shooting game to soldiers entrenched in a war zone to test? Are they asking if the killing mechanics are "life-like" enough? Will this be somehow tied into a viral marketing campaign ["Battle Tested and Approved by America's Fighting Forces!"]?

Weird.

say you like it

The Knife : We Share Our Mother's Health. [Right Click: Save As]

Check out the video for this track on YouTube HERE. You will not be disappointed. It's real nice.

I don't know what they put in the water over there in Sweden but damn if they don't make some good music.

chromeo knows about needy girls

This is one of my favorite tracks of the last year. Just listen to the lyrics on the chorus:

You're a needy girl I can tell when I look in your big brown eyes
You Want my world but how can I do yours if I can't do mine
I Try to change but somehow it don't matter i dont feel the same
it's all about what you want what you say how you feel how you play the game

I'm so sure we know all about what he's singing.

Chromeo: Needy Girl (Bloc Party Remix) [Right-Click: Save As]

800 songs in 48 minutes

This is a real nice mix that cuts a lot of classics over a short amount of time. Crazy fire.

800 hip hop songs from 1979 to 2006 mixed by DJ Jaguar Skills.

The tracklisting(!) can be found on his MySpace page. There are some real serious tracks in there.

Download it here.

mr. dynamite

It's been a few days, and I still can't believe James Brown is dead. The guy was probably one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

Here is a crazy dope 10 minute mix of some of JB's greatest breaks. Download it. Bump it.

James Brown 40th Anniversary mix by Salaam Remi.

the queen delivers

My girl Oprah opened a trill school for girls in South Africa yesterday. 52 acres, 28 buildings, state-of-the-art classrooms, computer and science labs and a library, theater and wellness center.

I love Oprah.

wii-markable

You all need to get on this Nintendo Wii ish. It's the hotness. I've seen people who would never waste time on video games become instantly addicted. Total physically immersing gameplay, replay value, and it looks really cool. What more could you want?

The only knock against it is the fact that there are dumb, clumsy people in this world. You might want to keep your klutz friends away from you when you're playing, lest you wind up on the Wii have a problem website that tracks all the of the incidents attributed to dumb fools who can't play video games correctly.