Ropeadope

Check out these 36 songs to that are said to provide a great soundtrack to suicide, not that we promote that or anything.  Some good tunes though, Smiths, Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday and Notorious B.I.G.  On a lighter note, enjoy this to avoid those bad thoughts.  

speaking of the wu, this right here is pretty much the best design project ever. a re-imagining of classic Wu-Tang covers in the Blue Note style: trust me, you will dig it. Must-see link.  

next week raekwon  the chef of the Wu-Tang Clan is dropping the much-awaited sequel to his 1995 classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx a triumph of storytelling, technically proficient rhymes and gritty Shaolin-style production via RZA, Dr. Dre, J. Dilla, Pete Rock, Marly Marl (and more) and rhymes contributed by Slick Rick, Busta Rhymes, The Lox. Ghostface Killah will reprise his role as the secondary rapper on the album, and there will be also be multiple appearances by Wu-Tang stalwarts Method Man, GZA and Inspectah Deck. preview video and sounds here.

fun game, not the same, throwing hamsters was never more fun. ping ping hamster y'all.  

true blood continues to blow my mind (and body and soul) every week. and what an honor indeed to have ropeadope represented not once, but twice as key parts of the show. of course we all freaked when power (voodoo version) was featured in episode 2, but holy moly - they named the entire episode 10 after the king britt/sister gertrude morgan song "new world in my view".  more true blood here.  

not a huge fan of the products, but cheese and burger dot com (cheeseandburger.com) sure is a fun way to navigate a website.

imagine the sound of a brazilian carnaval in the appalachian mountains. a sound where exotic percussion instruments rumble beneath blues drenched vocals, telecaster twang and folksly fiddle tunes. Now, imagine these sounds in the hands of some of NYC's finest youg improvisers as they light up club and festival stages world wide. On his ropeadope debut, Matuto Clayy Ross offers us a peak into his diverse and dynamic musical world. this is the story - that tells the story; dig a taste NYrelease party at joe's pub tonight at 7pm. On a personal note, clay's an awesome human - wishing you the best clay!!!!

The North Mississippi Allstars have lost their father, Bob Dylan has lost a “brother,” rock and roll has lost one of its great cult heroes and Memphis has lost a musical icon with the death of Jim Dickinson.  

the dirty drummer goes boom boom boom and nintendo picked up the track and done stuck it in a game!  sounds so dope, we thought we'd dop ethe same. download it free here.   you know you need more - get up on the beat shack and sit back.    

Not even instruments were safe from the cosmological. Sun Ra was a taskmaster of a bandleader, the charismatic head of a free jazz cult. Not only were his band members denied the pleasures of sex, drugs, and booze—the birthright of most jazz players—they also had to play on instruments marked by Sun Ra himself. At the exhibition, Sun Ra’s “space harp,” an electrified mbira, hung next to a cymbal that Sun Ra had covered with symbols. The band’s music was never far away from the mystical.