YES THATS RIGHT!!!! ITS OFFICIAL! Thanks to those that have been supportive, hope you got the chance to grab a copy of Scatterbrain Tapes Vol 1 via @plustapes.com my new release is available for order now @ http://www.grittygoat.com finishing touches were done a few weeks ago in NYC....


As I mentioned on my Blog:

"A mini album highly inspired by Hiphop, Brokenbeat, Chicago House, Detroit Techno, Dub, Jazz, soul etc, etc etc...just overall progressive electronic reality music. Created mainly for the traveling individual, one that rides Public Transportation, especially the train systems or has to commute long distances for work, school etc, basically those constantly on the go, both mentally and physically. This ones for you! Anyway more info to come, peep snippets on the site. Paz."

Limited 50 Custom Handmade CDs and Digital Download.
GET IT HERE http://www.grittygoat.com/radius/etc/

eatatflo.com
1434 W. Chicago (off Bishop street) 2 doors down from Sonotheque

New weekly(as of 7/19) from 7pm-9pm where we spin soul,disco,breaks,beats,funk, world music and more.....Come and eat and drink(1 DRINK MINIMUM) to chill and get it in with us! Perfect for that midway chill spot before you go out to your next destination or just to help start your week off right.

I FORGOT TO MENTION, FOOD IS STELLAR!!!!

:)

also.... tuneintoradius.blogspot.com and grittygoat.com

;)

keep in tune!!!
woooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

YO!
SUP WORLD?!?!
fresh from The Island of Jah!
WHA GWAAN??!?!???

Scatterbrain Tapes Vol 1. Is coming soon...Its a project I been working on with Plustapes, Its gonna be pressed on limited cassettes tapes.
I am adding final details, plan to turn it in hopefully before the month ends. I will follow up with a due date soon after......
Plustapes.com

Also Interview done in the Summer with Chris Cantina @ Popmatters was uploaded last week, props to them:
Now Hear This/Interview

If you were feeling me as a candidate for live showcases, albums, marketing, or just plain putting in work, let em know!I appreciate, much to come in 09 :)

http://www.thedelimagazine.com/chicago/snacks.php

Ok In no order, off the head, the albums that inspired me, grew on me and really stood out to me, There were some I slept on and still others I never really gotta chance to get to in this year, but I will soon enough.


Portishead-Third
Mgmt-Oracular Spectacular
Q-Tip-The Renaissance
Kanye-808's & Heartbreaks
Erykah Badu-New Amerykah Vol. 1
N*E*R*D*-Seeing Sounds
Radius-Neighborhood Suicide (yall sleep if you want to, boooooooooo!)
Madlib-BeatKonducta 5/6: Dill Cosby/Dill Withers
Flying Lotus-Los Angeles
Elzhi-The Preface
Raphael Saadiq-The Way I See It
The Primeridian- Da Mornin Afta (my chicago fam, excellent work, get it in!)
Beck-Modern Guilt
James T. Cotton-Like No one
Foals-Antidote
Samiyam-The Return EP
C.R.A.C. Knuckles-The Piece Talks
Chester French-She Loves Everybody E.P.

Im Gonna list my fave 3 tracks off each and add a few more later...whats yours?
peace

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Local & indie: My top 10 of ' 09

December 19, 2008


The Cool Kids cook up block-rockin' beats.

E. Jason Wambsgans/Tribune
Tim Kinsella and his band Joan of Arc get warm and fuzzy on "Boo Human."

Dark aggression and psychedelic overtones are what you get from Nachtmystium's latest CD, "Assassins: Black Meddle Part I."

Alex Garcia/Tribune
At the end of each year, Turn It Up focuses on the best of the best from Chicago's independent music scene. Several of these artists will be playing in the next few weeks (consult individual entries for details). Here are my 10 favorite local indie releases for 2008:



1 Shot Baker, "Take Control" (Riot Fest/Underground): In the melodic hardcore-punk tradition of Chicago's mighty Naked Raygun, this quartet delivers straight-up, no-nonsense, guitar-driven anthems that reaffirm and thoroughly reinvigorate the spirit of '82. (Jan. 2 with Naked Raygun at House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., $21.50; 312-923-2000.)



2 Nachtmystium, "Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1" (Century Media): Veteran quartet led by iconoclastic singer-guitarist Blake Judd just keeps getting better with each release, topped by this mighty blast of dark aggression cut with psychedelic overtones and dramatic mood swings.



3 The Cool Kids, "The Bake Sale" (Chocolate Industries): After building a following with MySpace singles and old-school club shows, Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks offer this 10-song EP as a prelude to a 2009 album. It collects Internet hits "88," "Black Mags" and "Gold and a Pager," in which clever tag-team vocals and block-rockin' beats inspire memories of hip-hop's Golden Age.



4 Local H, "Twelve Angry Months" (Shout Factory): Kanye West wasn't the first guy with Chicago roots to craft a great album about a bad break-up this year. Scott Lucas beat him to the punch with this gut-wrenching yet cathartic song cycle. Brian St. Clair's walloping drums insure that any hint of self-pity never intrudes on the rock. (Dec. 31 at Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St., $35; 312-929-2022.)



5 Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, "Inside the Human Body" (Minty Fresh): The second disc from this 22-year-old Evanston native and his band feels like a rickety ride on one of those old wooden roller-coasters; you're not entirely sure the journey will end safely. Music's a life-and-death struggle to make sense of the world, with Furman's wobbly voice and hard-strumming guitar driving everything harder and faster, no matter what the cost.



6 The Sea and Cake, "Car Alarm" (Thrill Jockey): The band's unerring taste can't be faulted, but on the quartet's eighth album, it blends studio-as-instrument texture with the rock punch of its earliest releases. It's a blend that provides an excellent summing up of what has made Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, Eric Claridge and John McEntire one of Chicago's best bands for so long.



7 Radius, "Neighborhood Suicide" (The Secret Life of Sound): South Side DJ Ramon Norwood takes the listener on a city tour, and his chilled, soul-infused club beats paint a cinematic picture that evokes "Humboldt Park" and "Bucktown" like we've never heard them before. (Friday at Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave., $5; 773-278-6600.)



8 Al Rose, "My First Posthumous Release" (Monkey Holding Peach Records): Perhaps in a different era, Rose would've been a fixture on the North Side folk circuit alongside John Prine and Steve Goodman. As it is, his sharply detailed, often wickedly witty songs easily shift among genre boundaries with luminously orchestrated arrangements. He's been doing it, and doing it well, for two decades. (Dec. 26 at Uncommon Ground, 1401 W. Devon Ave., 773-465-9801)



9 Joan of Arc, "Boo Human" (Polyvinyl): Tim Kinsella unravels some of the knots in his music and a decade into his band's career makes his warmest album. Though the harmonics are far from rote, intimacy prevails, and Kinsella expresses himself more directly than ever. Kinsella has now come almost full circle with an album that is indeed his most directly emotional, without the hysterics.



10 Bound Stems, "The Family Afloat" (Flameshovel): The jigsaw puzzle songs never feel labored or forced; the logic of the arrangements flowing from a quintet that respects catchy melodies even as it detests obviousness.

greg@gregkot.com Greg Kot cohosts "Sound Opinions" at 8 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. Saturdays on WBEZ-FM 91.5.

Copyright © 2008, Chicago Tribune




WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Just tryin to win and get it in......
peace and much love

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Vain Magazine Fall 2008
40 pages / full color
Featured in this issue:

Guest Editor Ben Tanzer from This Zine Will Change Your Life

Short Fiction
"Dead Grandmothers" by S. Craig Renfroe
"Get the Hell Out of Town Rick Bayless, You Dickless Son of a Bitch" by Jill Summers
"Parenthetical 5" by J. A. Tyler

Poetry
"Alexia 2" by Corey Mesler
"Untitled" by Chad Halliday
"For the Beautiful" by Brian Brown

Fine Art by Woefoep, Fred Free, Adam Lawrence, Wai Ming Ng, John Ryan Solis, Gavin Thomas, Janelle Mckain with Bernard Dummaine, Alex Fischer and Eva Han

Plus: "Little Miracles" by Ben Tanzer

Music by The Cotton Jones Basket Ride, Yea Big & Kid Static, Fever Marlene, Karl Blau, Canon Blue, That Handsome Devil, Brendan Losch, Meshach Jackson, Venna, , James Germain, Thrifter and Tim Hall

Price: $9.00
PnP: $3.25

Im ready to get it in.....seein mad cats gettin they shine on, no point in hatin, only wanna be creeeeeaaaaaating......I do this for love and cause it feels good and I wanna make others feel good. I rep and love my beautiful city Chicago, but Im ready to gooooooooooooo! Ready to see the world and make more then $$$.

Some news
......got more distribution for Neighborhood Suicide! Many thanks to R.Rock, Ray and CTDLTD (carrotop distribution). Shit if you havent been able to find the CD or have but would like others to get it, please demand it in your indie stores, sites or whatever....


PI is coming people I saw the vinyl label designs and both side A and side B are so sick! Promotional use only much respect to Revise CMW, Geoffrey and Chris@ Someodpilot.

I Finished my 2008 Beat Demo today, a couple ok ok maybe a few of you can get a copy of that, shit took me some time, I see that my head was all over the place within this year....crazy times fasho!

Got some other ideas/plans slowly but surely brewing on my end, still looking to get on track with everything else in my life then I can put more focus into getting back into the zone....

supreme peace/progress and respect to those in my circle who have influenced and inspired me, you know who you are!

PS dont let all the extra stuff the tricksters try and trick you(brainwash) with get to you, that goes for the media, politicians and religious figures, majority of its all the same and you are free to make your own decisions as you please. Stay strong and in tune with self and the One.


ONE!
psssssss.... Madlib and Jroccs Beat Konducta 5 & 6 the Dil Cosby Suites are fucking insane!
mad love to Jaydee

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