Archive for February, 2007
Beastie Boys @ Good Vibrations, ‘07
By popular demand (and cos I’m nice!), here are a ton o’ clips of the Beastie Boys that I captured during Good Vibrations.
Keepin’ up the good vibes…
(Apologies for the bad audio; my CANON IXUS couldn’t take the bass, I guess!)
Goooooooooooood Vibes!
GONG XI FA CAI!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It’s 3am. Just got back from Fort Canning Park — was there for the most excellent Good Vibrations Festival.
Jurassic 5 was tight as hell…
and the Beastie Boys…
The Beasties were DA BOMB!
They played an awesome set combining LIVE funk jamming, old skool rap with hilarious stage antics and of course, PUNK tunes — the crowd went absolutely mental when they played ‘Sabotage’ as a concert-closer.
They even dedicated this closing song to a special someone…
This next song is dedicated to the President of the United States of America… George W Bush!
Then they launched into the riff for ‘Sabotage’. Brilliant!
Mixmaster Mike displayed dope turntablism skillz with wicked-mad scratching & beat-juggling. Watch the video below where he shows off during the ENCORE performance and see the crowd go wild when he drops the first samples of ‘Intergalactic’!
Headbanging at his keyboard was Money Mark who was insanely funny too — especially when he ran amok like a crazy monkey and LEAPT onto his keyboard after jumping up and down with wild abandon during ‘Sabotage’; he went crashing onto the stage floor with the keyboard then picked himself up sheepishly! Haha. Watch the video below… he’s at right side of the stage!
Then there’s the dude from the crowd who climbed up the tall scaffolding and needed 2 security personnel to yank him down. Here are 2 videos of that. LOL… RAWK!
Not just one…
But TWO!
Here are a few more video excerpts I took for your viewing pleasure…
(sorry about the bad audio, the sound system was LOUD!)
I had waited almost 15 (fifteen!) years to watch the Beastie Boys perform LIVE — ever since ‘Licensed To Ill’ funked up my life — and it’s been well worth the wait.
** If you want any of the photos or videos, please leave me a comment or
email me: adrian@creamtone[dot]net & I’ll gladly send you high-res ones.
Please don’t hot-link or use them without my permission, okay? Aiiight.
Jukebox: United Future Organisation
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… before “Acid Jazz” became the buzzword for every goatee-stroking bohemian in the 90’s, there was an unidentified funky object called United Future Organisation. Whizzing around the battlestar galactica in a spaceship, they mind-controlled human beings with their cutting edge experimentations in jazz, latin, trip hop, hip-hop, spy soundtracks and electronica.
Formed on the planet of JAPAN circa 1990 by DJs Tadashi Yabe, Toshio Matsuura and French expatriate Raphael Sebbag, they space-invaded Tokyo’s underground club scene and quickly became highly influential extraterrestrials that everyone worshipped. Soon enough, global domination was theirs and even Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay championed them.
Almost two decades on, the alien mothership is still going strong.
Since tomorrow is Valentine’s Day — although the whole commercialism of romance stinks — here’s a U.F.O. classic reminding us what ♥ L.O.V.E. really should be like.
After all, martians have feelings too.
United Future Organisation - On Est Ensemble Sans Se Parler ~ L.O.V.E.
Dedicated to all the aliens (and ah lians) from Venus whom I’ve loved before.
Jukebox: Nathan Haines feat. Marlena Shaw
“Get your soul satisfied, get your brain a little fried, by the Squire for Hire — he’ll naturally set your soul on fire!”
Yes, the fine jazz squire who calls himself Nathan Haines hails from New Zealand — the land of sheep! Classically trained in jazz and now based in London; he’s even dabbled in Drum n Bass, releasing jungle dubplate classics as Sci-Clone (together with A-Sides) under the revered Metalheadz label.
The trip-hop tune I’m sharing with you is the title track from his album Squire For Hire — released in ‘03 (post-DnB days). It’s a got a relentless rolling drum-groove, infectious organ chords and features the ’sex with attitude on high heels’ vocals of disco-queen Marlena Shaw.
Tune in & treat your ears to some aural sex now…
Nathan Haines (feat. Marlena Shaw) - Squire For Hire
Feeling like something more upbeat? Here’s a bonus house mix that’s equally delectable… just for you!
Nathan Haines (feat. Marlena Shaw) - Squire For Hire (Capricorn mix)
The Wedding…
Just a quick one to tell y’all that I’ve updated my entry on Prae’s Wedding — more photos are up!
Gonna upload a few more photos and videos as soon as I can sort them out (there are hundreds!).
Enjoy, chickadees.
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