More Cinema

Wow. Red Cliff is going to be an amazing piece of work if only for its stunning visual presentation and action sequences.

If you have any familiarity with John Woo films you know that action plays center stage to the plot and storylines. I hear this picture boasts the biggest budget ever for an Asian motion picture. After all, you can't assemble some of Asia's most esteemed actors and cast them for peanuts.

"I keep it Pharrell with the Clipse"

Cinema

Besides music, bloody, ultra-violent martial arts movies are near and dear to my heart. Especially ones that feature Korean mega-superstars in them.

(Spotted at Angry's)

Cosmic Slop

ODB is for the babies! "Don't Do Drugs! Say No!"

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I was perusing through the Altantic the other day and came across an October 28 Gore Vidal interview, a really good read. His take on Roman Polanski's soap opera was interesting. I especially liked how he closed out the interview when asked "Who is the best leader in the Democratic party right now?"

"Do you mean, Who can give the best speech? Who can raise the most money? Look, I’m not a sentimentalist. Nor am I a romantic. I don’t believe in the Great Man theory of history. Great men come along very seldom – and when they do, it’s pretty bloody. But, as Chancellor Bismarck once observed, God looks after alcoholics, little children, and the United States of America."

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O-Dub's got some choice mix's at Soul Sides you need to get upon right now.

They Reminisce

Considering all the bad blood between these two over the years I would have never figured them to reunite together for anything.

So this came as a surprise. A pleasant one.



(Spotted at Nahright)

The Humble Magnificent

There's been an Edan sighting.

Rejoice.

Cypher Sparked

The Swift Chancellors

If you don't already know, Raekwon, Ghostface, and Method Man are forming like Voltron for a December album release, complete with trailers.

There are two other versions of this video for "New Wu" but this is the official, every bit as gully as your gulliest videos.

Mr. Field's Cookies

Lee Fields & The Expressions' My World already came out in June but I've had this on rotation for a while now. Some of the songs on this album had already surfaced in 2008 (the exceptional ones by the way) so I already knew this full length was going to be solid. Forget that Lee sounds like a poor mans James Brown. The work he put in with The Expressions is fantastic and I highly recommend picking this up. You know you can this on vinyl as well.

Don't snooze.

Bonus:

Check this live performance of "Love Comes and Goes", one of my favorite cuts from the album:

Jay Tronix

Well, by now you should already know. He plays the enigmatic well but isn't so mysterious these days. At first, I didn't really understand what the fuss was with Jay Electronica. The verdict is still out until he drops something official but I'm not mad at material like this, the track courtesy of Justin Blazini.

Jay Electronica: "Exhibit C"