Serious Things On My iPod

I have never been following the dnb-scene, although I've lately been diggin' some older jungle stuff. However, last nite on a boring flight I had to rewind this song several times on my iPod. It's Cold Jazz and Wezzler Featuring Joey Fever - Serious Things. Basically a reggae singjay song with dnb-beat, but this has really strong vocals and a catchy chorus

I'd like to hear a more traditional remix of this still.

Yeah, I knowm the video ain't that great IMHO.

No Cassettes // Mixtape 1

NO CASSETTES RED BAND TRAILER from FonsecaFilms on Vimeo.

Sure, it's one of those fixy bike videos but worth posting here anyway...

Fillarikorjaamo feat. Kriton Bangers DJ's Once Again

Yes, it's on again! This time with Hennyman and Alppila spinning some weird science with guest appearances as well. Hennyman will be filling his Chrome Messenger bag with classics & fresh picks from Jamaica and Alppila will have a wide selection of electronic pop I guess. And 'cos we also rock Serato nowadays, you can expect anything from us, 'cos we hold no barriers when it comes to mixing great songs together. Mos Def a short MJ appreciation set at some point. Or then not.

So come to Korjaamo this friday to witness the fitness! Take yer bike as well.

Distant Relatives

The marriage of reggae and rap was a big trend in the 90's and I'd personally like to see more of that stuff coming out. I mean for an example the stuff that Nas and Damian "Junior Gong" have done in the past is sooo great (see this). Well now it seems that this ganja-lovin' duo is back in the studio and on the road mixing the roots to the hop. The snippet "As We Are" from the album to come sounds just what it should sound like. Damian is one of the best toasters on the market and Nas has always mastered the skill of clear and distinctive rapping.

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version

Bonnie still rocks.

Murder She Wrote!

This suites my current love for 90's dancehall. It's
Murder time!

Never Forget The Warriors

A suprising combination here. Scenes from the classic flick Warriors with the music by Judge.

Both tell a different New York story, the first from the 70's and the latter from the 80's. I love both the film and the band. Hardcore still lives!

World Naked Bike Ride

Kinda hippy, but summery.

The Sports Documentary

B-Boy Jam For Today // Bay/Bronx Bridge

DJing to the masses

Once again, it comes from Sweden. This one's called Pacemaker. It's a handheld portable DJ-gear to democratise the DJ culture. Good be nice add on to those summer picnics.

And yes, one of the master minds behind this is Stakka Bo... Y'all remember this hit from the past?

'Saturday Night Fever'

Uuuh, I'm still loving this track just as much as when I first heard it years ago. 100% dope 'ish!

Death Of Autotune

We're all waiting for Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3 -release. The album was initially said to feature a lot of songs that utilized the voice-altering technology, Jay recently removed all Auto-Tune from BP3, recording 'D.O.A.' instead. Apparently, he's sick of the trend. Well, autotune can be annoying but what's the stuff about dissing tight jeans?

"you boys jeans too tight, you colors too bright, your voice too light. I might wear black for a year straight, I might bring back Versace shades. this ain’t for z100, Ye told me to kill y’all to keep it 1 hundred, this is for hot 97, for Khalid we the best’n, yeah this is just violent, death of autotune, moment of silence."

A Day In The Life Of The Gonz

Kriton At Fillarikorjaamo Club

All right, us Kriton Boys have been booked to spin dem funky rekkids at the Fillarikorjaamo Club in the Korjaamo in Töölö every first Friday of the summer months, starting this week. First at the terrace, then later inside the club. The sound selection will be eclectic to the max and it'll be hot & sweaty fo'sho. We'll be there in different constellations with some others kids spinning vinyl too. There'll be plenty of other cycling-related activities there too, read more here and see yo'all out there! 

A Rancid History Lesson

Just to remind that one thing is cooler than Rancid, and that's Operation Ivy. Of course Armstrong and Freeman we're founding members of this band as well.

Op Ivy is too hectic for any occation, their sound was kinda crappy at all times, they play too fast for their skills, but they rocked the Gilman Street 924 back in the days.

Rancid ain't rancid yet

"We got it right, you got wrong,
Were still around (Last one to die)
Were going up, youre going down
Were still around (Last one to die)"

They're growing old and their gnarly tattoos are fading, but Rancid still can make a kick ass album. The new cd "Let The Dominoes Fall" comes with cool bonus material (making of -DVD, guitar picks, posters, an acoustic version cd). It may not be a classic as "Out Come The Wolves", but this is simply a nice album. The lyrics are pretty much about living in the Bay Area, which is a subject these guys seem to know a lot about. I really dig these guys, 'cos they sure ain't no CEO-punk or emo/neo type of anything, they've been pretty loyal to their game.

Just to get in mood, check out some old hits as well...

Time Bomb
Ruby Soho
Roots Radicals

This isht makes me wanna taky my bike and go coasting slooowly...

Danger Danger

I was really into some crappy hair metal bands back in the 80's when i was a school kid. Like not even just Poison, Winger, Ratt, Warrant and Dokken, but even ones that weren't as popular, but still equally crappy. Like Danger Danger from New York. They looked (and sounded) like bunch of little girls, but i didn't care. And at least their first album cover was pretty cool - in a geeky airbrush way (see above).

And all this blabbering leads me to this: last friday i met this nice dude named Jan at the Cocomotion club and he said that he has a blog called Danger Danger. And not just any old blog, but actually a really cool one. A music one. So unless you're still into crap hair metal, go check it out!

www.dangerdanger.org

Sports King

Too bad this is in finnish only, but I guess you could enjoy this even without understanding a word.

Get Busy

Another great artist from JA to pay a visit.

We gonna here this then, aigght? (Tic Toc)

Magnus Uggla - the ruler of modern music as we know it?

Sweet lord, this tune has been on massive power play recently at my place. A massive seasonal tune - and also a future Cocomotion anthem. Cosmic friggin swede-rock from 1981.

ps. get the file

Ward 21 & the undisputed king of all weed-anthems

I must state that this blog is not a political forum with a particular agenda , so our intention is not to promote drugs, crime, or anything illegal. We just find the whole drug culture just plain interesting as a part of our modern society and its' subcultures.

And as especially weed has had a long history with jamaican music (and hip hop as well) I have to put the third ganja-influenced link here in a row. It's Ward 21 and the BEST EVER ganja tune. It's all about the blue smoke.

(But we still promote tolerance in all of it forms - we're a bit hippies that way)

I Smoked A Spliff And I Liked it

This song dates back to last autumn, but the laterst post inspired me to look it up and share it to y'all. Great Katy Perry vibes here.

Mike Giant Spliff Rolling Lesson

Check out Mike G's Rebel8 here.

What the world (of nerds) is talking about

I haven't been too active with Twitter, but the whole online microblogging thing is kinda interesting as a phenomenon. You could think of Twitter as the biggest online discussion forum in the world. And tracking those discussions can be quite addictive.

There are some cool tools for that, try e.g. Twitscoop that shows a tag cloud in realtime of what people are tweeting about. Pointless, maybe, but fun in a way. Somebody's actually tweeting about Cosby now. Is it Bill or Theo perhaps they're buzzing about?

You could also track Twitter trends from Twist, which is kinda like Google Trends.

Nerdy, aye? Yes.

Do the COCOMOTION!

Brand new summer, brand new club. Yours truly, Fiil Inc will be starting a monthly Balearic/pop/disco club night with Lauri Soini a.k.a. 80's Cop at Nolla Baari. So if youre in town (Helsinki that is) next friday (22nd May) be sure to come and say hi. And enjoy the raw power of really smooth music. Maybe something on the lines of this:

Symbionese Liberation Army Bank Heist !!!

Why Did I Ever Cut My Hair?!!

Observe & Report

I've always been a fan of the crazy comedy flicks from Airplane! to American Pie. If the DVD cover says that it's Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drug use it most likely going to do the trick for me. I haven't seen "Observe & Report" yet,, but based on this trailer it must have all of the above. I mean the scene with these coked up fake cops beating up kids with skateboards- you gotta love it.

Kids In Paris // How To Dance 'Electro'

La Belle Electro - Documentary from Director: Luke Blair on Vimeo.

Waste five minutes with this video and you know what goin' on in the 'Paname!' These Parisian kids are def on some next gen 'ish here. Just like they should too. 

I also like the fact that they all seems to have Le Gibus as their HQ and I actually used to live right across the street from it the last time I stayed in Paris. Good to know they still keep it keeping on over there. 

Next in electro pop: Passion Pit

Passion Pit from Boston is my new favorite electronic pop band. Their first mini album "Chunk Of Change" came out late last year (on Frenchkiss in the USA and through - OMG- Sony Music in Europe) and it was all killer no filler. The above video, "The Reeling" , is the first single off their upcoming debut album "Manners" (out May 19th). All whiny falsetto vocals, massive pop hooks, electro disco beats, layers and layers of synth, vocal harmonies and sweet melancholy vibes.

You cant help but love this stuff: their official label site says that the main Passion Pitter Michael Angelakos (who actually does all the music by himself in the studio) is equally influenced by both Giorgio Moroder AND Randy Newman! Also Google/imdb tells me that "Passion Pit" is the name of a 1985 porn film with Traci Lords and John Holmes, so how could you ever go wrong with something like that?

Won't see me coming like a swine flu

The first rapper to use the swine flu as a metaphor in his lyrics: Cam'ron feat Jadakiss - Let's Talk About

I guess we're gonna see more of this coming.

Let Me Twitter Dat

Now that the hype's growing more and more here in Finland as well, you outta check out Andy Milonakis- "Let Me Twitter That". Andy's a bit disturbed in my opinion (in a positive way, kinda...), but this has a certain truth in it. "My baby needs pampers, let me twitter that...."

Cheap iPhone clones

If you think that the iPhone is still too much for your wallet and you have a history of liking let's say... more accessible versions of known those more expensive brands, then this might interest you.

They're making a chinese version of the iPhone, it's a bit fatter and uglier and doesnt work that well, but it's way more cheaper and looks the same if don't come too close to it. They just call it "HiPhone"

Check out how it works

KWAITO! Sghubu sa Pitori // DJ Mujava: Township Funk

The sound of NOW!

Deep from the townships of South Africa. Tropical bloghouse, anyone?

New Luxux for them graff heads!

Our main man Fiskars (also known as one third of the six-legged party machine Top Billin) is one helluva graphic designer. Now this dude can draw them stick figures, to say the least. During the last few years, countless 12" record sleeves, cd-covers, t-shirts, party flyers, posters, even skateboards have had the priviledge to become illustrated with Fiskars' crazy nice vectors.

So if you don't know, ya'll better recognize. The man has put a new portfolio site out there for you to enjoy. Here you go: www.Luxux.com

Thomas Bangalter Knows Savate!

Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter getting it on in da club, with his Ed Banger electro warriors! 

Kicking some nasty bouncer's ass because someone of their gang was not let into the V.I.P, apparently. And probably all coked-up for good measure. 

Vive La France! 

FYI: Savate is mad french O.G. kick-boxing type of skill for kicking some ass. 

Thomas Bangalter - "Rollin' & Scratchin'"/"Signatune" (Bangalter edit) Live at Cinespace (Part 1) from la-underground on Vimeo.

I'm On A Bike // EPIC !!!

This starts bit slow but when they get the track going, on boy...

The New Jopo 3 - beauty or beast?

Here you go, the 3rd generation of Jopo with 3 gears. I must admit that the 2nd gen version from 2000 is way much cooler looking (well I ride an army green 2006 model like this . And we all agree on the fact the the og Jopo is the classic.

This time the designers have managed to come up with something that lacks the original feel and looks like a cheap copy. I don't mind the gears, they had version with 2 gears way back, but this just looks cheap. Like those foldable bikes for mariners...

And I also found out that all Jopos are made in Taiwan nowadays. Shiiiiet, at least mine was still manufactured in Hanko.

The Lost Tribes of New York City

The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

Pirate Bay trial verdict: jail jail jail

Just read this: All of the Pirate Bay guys we're sentenced to jail for one year. And they'll have to pay a fine for 30 million swedish crowns (2.7 M€)for copyright violations.

Read more here in finnish.

And they're commenting this live on their site.

Let's see what this means.

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter '09 - alt-daddy's daydream

So cool, Nick Catchdubs and his alt-advisor Mr. Ducker made a sequel to their Radio Friendly Unit Shifter mixtape from last year. Which was maybe the nicest mixtape whole year. So that means that I don't even have to tell you that this sequel is SO NECESSARY!

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter ‘09 by Nick Catchdubs & Mr. Ducker (mp3)

Scraper Bikes Are Hella Good!

'Cos we love bikes... 

In The Valley

Whoah, it's about time that Kriton Music presents a new artist! Well, new is really a relative term in this case: In The Valley is 1/3 of Kriton Bangers. All further info about this project we will keep to ourselves. Here's the music:

In The Valley: Secrets Of Life And Death (mp3, 320 kbs) (roughly 14 mb, zshare)

The Juan Maclean FTW!

Maybe the best record already this year (along with Bat For Lashes and Fever Ray and a couple of others), is the new Juan Maclean album "The Future Will Come". It will be out soon, in the meanwhile check out that "One Day" video above. Crazy nice s**t, both video and track. Featuring a kewt AZN.

50 Best High School Movies

We changed our name from Kriton High School Bangers to plain Kriton Bangers, but we still love 'em high school flicks. Here's a list of best high school movies made by Entertainment Weekly. I've seen 31/50, how about you?

p.s. one thing, what the heck is Harry Potter doing on the list? I mean seriously? Hairy Potter I could understand but this....

394 & 54512

Just a note.

This blog is now #394 on Blogilista, which means that someone actually reads these posts. If we trust our web analytics service, we've had 54.512 visitors here so far.

Thank you guys. Have no idea why you come here, but we try to keeps on blogging in the free world.

p.s. its seems that a certain counter/sub/niche culture guys like us a lot, so thank you GUYS

Best Glam Rock Ever: Million Miles Away

From the theatrical spanish guitar intro to the corny sax solo, this is just pure rock history every note. And you can't go wrong with lyrics like "I smoked a lot of sky, I drank a lot of rain". And combine this with the melodramatic story of the band that almost got to be the biggest band in the world, you got something bigger than life.

Digitytöt!

Yes, it's finally open to all nerds worldwide! The Digitytöt are here. Go check it out, if you feel even a bit nerdy/techie/trekkie.

The concept obviously resembles Diggnation, but that's cool, 'cos they do this with a different twist.

Let's see if they have the stamina to keep this as interesting and entertaining as Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht.

RE: If Sci-Fi Nerds Ruled the World...

As a kid I found the Cylons quite scary, with their humming visor sound and all. But these Battlerstar Galactica Convention regulars in the previous post.... Their middle class version of the Cylon is more like Bender here. It's hilarious.

If Sci-Fi Nerds Ruled The Earth...

Fashion bloggin'

Fashion blogs are getting more 'n more popular every day, there must be hundreds of kids making them now. The swedes are obviously years ahead of us with Blondin Bella and others but we're getting there.

Just too bad they're mostly made by gurrls, so they concentrate more on the feminine side of life. If you're a chica in your twenties you could go fo' stuff like Fashion Overdose. That one is actually kinda cool, she's interviewing Annie and what kind of clothes Annie likes to wear - something you would expect from Anna Abreau perhaps, not Annie.

So if you know of any male oriented fashion blogs, plz let us know. Or better yet, start making one of your own, dude!

Collie Day 'n nite

I witnessed Collie's preaching yesterday at Redrum. I liked the show, 'cos he can really sing live and he's got a lot of good chunes as well. but I can see why some peeps find his weed anthems a bit boring lyrically.

However, check out the link above, A Collie remix of Kid Cudi's Day 'd Nite. Nice.

Omar Little as a shorty

I spent the last two months watching the all five seasons of The Wire. And it was all good, I mean it goes up there with Sopranos and such classics. Anyway, I found out that HBO has some cool prequels or such out there. And this is about Omar's youth. I gotta admit, Omar is the man.

Snoop Dubstep Millionaire

Yep, 2009 is the year when Snoop Dogg went dubstep. But whatever, this song is pretty damn crazy!!

Kriton Ice Rink Bangers live on 28.3.

On saturday 28.3 the Kriton Boys will be spinning discs at the Jääpuisto That's gonna be literally a cool happening, 'cos the place is an ice rink , a bit like the Rockefeller Center in NYC.

Wikipedia tells us that "An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Some of its uses include playing ice hockey, figure skating exhibitions and contests, and ice shows".

We hope that there won't be too much ice hockey going on as we start playing them records, 'cos we don't have no "we will rock you" or any other sport event standards in our vinyl bags.

It's gonna be an early start, we'll be there from 4pm to 6 pm, and we're gonna focus a lot on easy going reggae, and maybe some smooth hip hop sounds. A good way to start the evening before you head out to the Tres Bien-club later on.

Maybe we'll play some eski-chunes as well...

It's all Tres Bien

I almost forgot to remind you of this: Yours truly, along with Top Billin' dudes Nenis & Fiskars, plus boogie and disco connoisseurs Pablo and Kalle will be deejaying in this fresh new club nite called Tres Bien. It's in Kuudes Linja, Hki on saturday 28th March.

Mixing it all together: the chocolate (boogie & disco) with the mayonaise (AOR & new wave), myself providing more of the latter. See you there!

Best hip hop song this year (so far)

Ya''ll should know this already: Cam'ron's "I Hate My Job". Already a classic.

So eagerly waiting for "Crime Pays", possibly the rap record of this year!

Best pop song this year (so far)

Hands down, this is where it's at: "Daniel" by Bat For Lashes.

The single cover features Natasha Khan a.k.a. Bat For Lashes standing on the beach topless (no, there's no titties to be seen, you dirty bastards) showing a portrait of Ralph Macchio as Karate Kid painted on her back. How friggin cool is that!

edit: here's that cover pic 4 ya'll!

Bitch Killer

Nasty? Yes. In 'Selected Cinemas'. Sure.

This Is Official: Richie Jackson Is The RADDEST!

I always sucked on skateboard and I've no problem admitting that. However, I've always had great respect for good skateboarders and blah blah. Anyhow, there's skateboarding and then there's skateboarding. Now in my world it should be about freedom, expression, skills, style, raddness and FUN. And none of that boring technical shit. 

And I've seen the light. Ritchie Jackson is my Man. He has the maddest chops and the raddest style ever. If I could skate for shit, I'd try to copy his every move. For real. 

Heavy Metal Monk

Sunday mornings are good for many things. One of them being pointless youtubing. Like watching videos like this.

A typical Slayer fan

SLAYERRRRRR!



I used to be into Slayer in the Hell Awaits / Reign in Blood / South Of Heaven -era, so I know what this guy is talking about. Well, Slayer still has way more street cred than most of their peers from the 80's. Metallica, Megadeth.... gimme a break.

Marmite tonite!

Not being an englishman, I cannot say what Marmite means to the peeps in UK. However I had to buy some Marmite for the first time in my life 'cos it just looked so appealing on the market shelf at one of these ethnic stores in Hakaniemi today (yah, maybe the british food culture is considered ethnic here, who knows). According to wikipedia it should have some umami qualities. Hmm. Let us see.

I'll probably dislike the taste of it, 'cos I don't even fancy any peanut butter or chocolate spreads on my toast. I'm all butter, jam, marmelade or cheese spread -man. Totally. No exceptions here. Unless the Marmite blows my mind .

Trek X Lance Armstrong X Kaws X Barry McGee

I'm trying to infiltrate my Fixed Gear Bikes Blog stuff into Kriton blog here but we dig graphic design, graffiti art AND cycling anyway so here we go:  

Check out these custom Trek Madone road bikes painted by KAWS and Barry McGee for Lance Armstrong's Livestrong Foundation. Some people, myself included, might not like modern road bike design so much but I gotta admit that these bikes look pretty hot with the unique art work on them and all that. 

It's an England story, mate, oi!

Like I opened up here before:good reggae can come out of somewhere else than Jamaica. And today I got reminded that actually England is the home of many great reggae / reggae influenced artists. I mean Aswad, Black Roots, Musical Youth, Steel Pulse and such are great, but as I bought the "An England Story Compilation, Vol I" by Soul Jazz Recordings today I remembered all these cool toasters who showed the rich multicultural heritage of the britons.

This cool compilation brought back the sounds of Tenor Fly, Papa Levi, Top Cat, Freestylers, RaggaTwins, Tippa Irie and their mates. Check out this vid to feel the ragga of the 90's....

Blow-Up Wolverine

MacBookWheel

Well, the Sony thing was funny, so we gotta laugh at the Steve Jobs' posse as well. The MacBookWheel

Piece of f#*@!ng s#!t.

Check this out you techies:

My Seven Bizzos / Face Down - Ass Up

A Suomi-Räp Legend Then & Now / Finnish Rap Classic. Priceless!

MC Nikke T AKA Chyde RULES!

1992 was a good year in the Finnish Rap Game. Thank God Chyde is still keepin' it real in 2008. Deep in the game!

The Virgins and the Rich Girls

You know the feeling when you hear a song and you instantly realize that you have to play it all over again, 'cos it just rocks. This happened to me today, when I downloaded the Virgins' album. You tv addicts must have heard their music all over Gossip Girl - I hadn't so they struck like a lighting. Actually I should thank Alppila for pointing them out to me. He described the Virgins as something between the Strokes and the Cars. Can't go wrong with that.

So click the vid above the hear "Rich Girls".

Gotta Dig The Clip

Day 'n' Nite - Kid Cudi from DP on Vimeo.

How To Fold A Wrap

The old school way. 

Free Spotify Invites

Got no friends? From whom you'd get invites to the currently officially hottest online invite-only music service? No worries. You can get them from here. For realskies, yay!

Imposter!

It's Jim Carrey, but it's still funny, whuuut? Almost as good as Weird Al...

You could also check out Ugly Man by Marlon Wayans, that ish is awesome as well

Beenie Man is coming to town

Good news for all reggae fans! Beenie Man is planning to come to play at the Ilosaarirock-festival on the 18th or 19th of July. He is mos def "the doctor" and "king of the dancehall"!

It's great to see him once again, 'cos he's had a looong career from 1981 single "Too Fancy" (he was 8 at the time). He's actually became a grandpa in december once his 17 year old daughter had a baby... But I guess he still can put on a good show.

A True Classic: Ten City - That's The Way Love Is (Acieed Mix)

The Future Of Music Industry Pt. II

Here's an interesting article from the Mediapost's Online Spin Newsletter this morning by Cory Treffiletti (what a weird surname, in finnish that means something like a "Date-Hairdo")


The Future of the Music Industry Is Now


In case you missed it -- and you very well may have missed it, because it happened awfully quickly -- the Web has finally become a legitimate channel for the promotion and distribution of music, and the music industry is finally embracing this fact. Of course, this can be debated, since the Web also pretty much killed the record industry at the very same time.

This struck me while watching the Grammys this year. The award for Best Rap Album went to Lil Wayne. Wayne had the top-selling album of 2008, selling 2.88 million copies of "Tha Carter III," followed by Coldplay with 2.15 million. This is amazing in two distinct ways; first, because Lil Wayne built his reputation by giving away hundreds of hours of music through mix tapes and other online methods in order to establish a fan base, and followed it up with a whimsical array of beats and rhymes on a legitimate label release, netting the biggest, most ubiquitous album of the year. It's also amazing that for the very first time since tracking album sales started under the current model in 1991, the number-one album didn't clear 3 million copies.

The biggest single first week album sales record goes to 'N Sync (don't laugh), as they sold 2.4 million copies of "No Strings Attached" during its first week in 2000, but since then the numbers have fallen across the board. All that being said, way back in 2000 the music business was just plain different. When you bought an album, you were more than likely buying it for one single song -- or maybe a couple -- and the rest was filler. Nowadays, with iTunes leading the way for digital downloads, most artists are happy enough to sell singles. Artists like Smashing Pumpkins have been releasing single songs rather than albums, and in some cases they're giving them away (much like Hyundai's recent giveaway of the Smashing Pumpkins song in its TV spot during the Super Bowl).

What has finally happened is that some artists, if not their labels, are waking up to the idea that the Web can be used to hone their craft, build a fan base and promote their music. Lil Wayne gave away hours and hours of material for free, proving his own prolific status as a maniacal musician and allowing anyone who wanted to hear him to get a taste of his style. In doing so, he also perfected his craft and became a better artist by weeding through the process in public and inviting his fans to come along for the ride! By the time he was ready to put out another proper release, he'd become the self-proclaimed "best rapper alive" -- a title than can certainly be argued, but at least he makes a case for it.

Other artists focus on standard Web sites like MySpace music or their own official sites to get out their music. If you're established enough, you can do it, but it takes time and it takes effort and it takes a lot of arguing with the suits that still represent the labels. Artists like Pearl Jam (I couldn't go an entire article on music without mentioning them) are talking about emulating Radiohead and releasing their own music through their own sites. These levels of artists don't need a label anymore. The fan base is large and they have the wherewithal to get it done, so why not go this route?

This leaves the labels and the industry itself flailing a bit and testing out every new model under the sun (which is a good thing). They are testing paid downloads, subscription services, ad-supported streaming, ad-supported and ad-integrated P2P download services -- and in so doing, they're rewriting the rules for the future.
The rules for the future of the music industry are astonishingly simple:

• Rule #1: Make good music and leave the filler at home.
• Rule #2: Invite fans into the experience and build a stronger relationship with them.
• Rule #3: Utilize multiple revenue streams; it's not only about selling albums anymore.
• Rule #4: Have we mentioned make good music, and leave the filler at home?
• Rule #5: Shape your artists, or let them shape themselves publicly (Pearl Jam, U2 and Coldplay are just three examples of artists that took time to develop and are now some of the biggest acts in the world).

A loser bike thief

Here's some rules to all you young peeps wanting to become good at their chosen profession

1) Get the proper tools
2) Learn to use your tools
3) Don't rehearse in front of a crowd

Can I Get A Club RMX Of This?

I have seen the future of rock & rap: Lil Wayne

I must admit I hated when Weezy picked up the guitar last year I saw him playing live. I mean he was on a cocaine-filled Prince-wannabe trip and really tried to play that twanger and he sucked at it.

But his mission to make rock music continues... The song "Prom queen" is pretty amazing: weird drum sounds, a wack guitar lick and too much autotune and Lil Wayne's weird mixture of singing and talking (or rapping?). But it has a killer chorus that makes me wanna listen to this over and over again. Especially those neat pop-influenced vocal harmonies in the end. I guess this is what happens when a rapper starts doing rock. Well, it's a lot better than what happens when a rocker starts to rap.

Lux Interior R.I.P.

Read more here.

Collie Come Around!

As a god fearing salaryman I have always wished that Reggae Sundays could be Saturdays of Fridays, 'cos clubbing ain't my normal sabbatical activity. But in March the Kriton posse will be @ Redrum, 'cos so will mr. Buddz.

Benny Hill Won't Climb Up Any Hill

All those who grew up in the 70's and 80's remember Benny Hill (RIP) and his Benny Hill Show-tv series. Ben Elton once denounced him as a "dirty old man, tearing the clothes off nubile girls" - which is not pretty far from the truth. But I liked the guy besides this or maybe because of it.

What we all remember particularly clearly is the closing scene when people used to chase Benny after he's done something stupid and this wack carneval/ circus music started playing. And now Elephant Man among others have recycled this thingy in a riddim called.... well hmmm, Benny Hill, what else? The Energy God is (as usual) acting hyper hyper active on his "No Ticcle".

And here's another mix on the same subject

Michel Phelps Gets High!

Who cares? Omega and Speedo do not, so everything's golden. 

Please continue.

Reggae outta....Netherlands?

I used to be a classic orthodox purist who thought that reggae could only come from Jamaica, period. But slowly I have warmed up to a lot of artists outside JA making killer tunes. For instance Alborosie (from Italy) and Collie Buddz (New Orleans/Bermuda) have blown my mind the last few years. Actually Collie's debut album is one of the best reggae albums to come out in five years.

I also have started to like the more adapted form of reggae that's also lyrically fully localized. I mean Jukka Poika, SCB, Nopsajalka & Raappana here in Finland are worth mentioning of course.

The latest one drop / roots influenced foreign artist that caught my attention is Ziggi (no, not an offspring of any of the Marleys). Ziggi was born in the Netherlands, which is is the Jamaica of the Europe, in some aspects like the tolerance for usage of soft drugs at least. Actually I guess Netherlands is more tolerant than any country in the world when it comes to the recreational use of sativa, but that's another story.

Ziggi has done Blaze it which uses Collie's Come Around riddim, the hotta redrum-anthem with Goodellas called Cry Murdah but I think that this song is the best reggae song for the moment:

Shackels And Chains

Bad News: Spotify's country restrictions

S**T. I just found out that I couldn't play all the tracks on my current Spotify playlists. Here's why, goddammit:

""Next week we are going to be making some changes to our music catalogue that we feel are important to communicate clearly. Unfortunately we are going to be removing a number of songs from our catalogue and adding country restrictions to some tracks, which may make them unplayable for you.

Dammit, it seemed to good to be true anyway.

Read more here.

Swiss Ganja Farmer Caught Using Google Earth

This is not a science fiction novel, it’s for real. The big brother (not the tv-series) is watching you little weed farmers, herbalists & horticulturists, so beware. I’m not sure how often the Google’s satellite images are updated in different areas, but I guess Switzerland must be quite an important target for surveillance. Maybe someone had an interest in the secret manufacturing processes of the famous stinky cheeses and accidentally found this little ganja farmer’s secrect spot.

Read more about it from here

p.s. the guys in the image above have nothing to do with this case, I hope.

Led Display Jacket

We Chiton Bwoys love techie stuff and we like to discuss clothing and trends and such. And this is something we'd like to get: a led display jacket. It's a bit on the bling-side (Yeah, we know it's sooooo 2008 by now) but still: you could communicate with this mutha to all others behind you. Cool, innit? And yes - very nerdy too!

Neljäs kalapuikko

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Got Sum Beef, Yo!?

Hundred stab! Daggering time!

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You gotsta luuh the jamaican dancehall culture for its continuing need for change and hunger for new phenomenona. The newest phenomenon is obviously "daggering".

But what the heck is daggering? A condom brand, a dance, a riddim, an event, a song, a trendy expression? Yes, it's all of that.

“Daggering is an acrobatic, active gyration, it is not at one speed, people normally associate sex and violence especially with a name like dagger but although the terminology is hardcore, it is just a part of the dance. It is a world culture, with not intention to hurt, and at times it can be aggressive,” Renegade of RDX explained." Read the whole article
here


If you wanna learn how to dance "daggering", check out Mr Vegas' educational video

And yes, RDX is the new posse to look out for.

The Counter-Terrorism Calendar 2009

"The National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present:

The Counterterrorism (CT) Calendar 2009 (PDF download). 

This edition, like others since the Calendar was first published in a daily planner format in 2003, contains useful information across a wide range of terrorism-related topics: terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical pages on various threat-related issues. The Calendar marks dates according to the Gregorian and Islamic calendars, and contains significant dates in terrorism history, as well as dates that terrorists may believe are important when planning “commemoration-style” attacks.

The CT Calendar is designed as a ready reference guide for law-enforcement, intelligence, military and security personnel, contingency planners, or simply citizens concerned by terrorist threats. The Calendar is oriented primarily to readers in the United States, but we hope it will also be useful for citizens of other countries. The CT Calendar uses information that was current as of September 2008. For updated information, readers are invited to visit the interactive version of the calendar at www.nctc.gov."

And hey, if you dug the calendar, you might also like this. I did. 

Kanye Wrecks His Cinelli Vigorelli!!!

You remember Kanye's Vigorelli fixie, right?

Now check out the photographic evidence of what happened. OMG. 

4 Real. No, not really. John Prolly is such a funny guy.  

Brooklyn we go hard

What you get when you mix Brooklyn focused lyrics, Santogold's vocals, Jay-Z's rapping and Kanye West's producing skills? Well, you get the last really good rap song of the year 2008. Jay-Z's (feat. Santogold) Brooklyn is the newish track taken off the soundtrack of the upcoming film “Notorious”, a biopic of The Notorious B.I.G. I really love when rap songs use samples of fresh tunes like in this case

If the song's this hard, I guess the film's gonna be a banger too.

Happy New Year 2009, it's gonna be a ball!

update: here's another link, they've deleted the other one. This is actually more fun, some DIY video of BK kids...

Entourage appreciation & vote post

In my opinion Entourage is still the best show on air. The biggest problem is that I really can't decide who's the best character? The sneaker lovin' hip hop wannabe Turtle, the misbehaving and constantly cursing agent Ari Gold or Johnny Drama, who thinks his calves are too skinny? Or the gay assistant of Ari, Lloyd, who gets verbally abused on each episode? Or is it still Eric who is the one keeping the posse together? Or just plain Vinny, Vincent, Vincenzo, the main jefe, the pretty one?

Well you're gonna help me with this one or just voice your own opinion. Click and vote!

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