DESERT GOLD 2012

Hope you all are good out there. Here's some shots from last Thursday's ¡Reunión! with special guests J.Rocc & DJ Eleven. If you go to one ¡Reunión! a year, Coachella/Desert Gold is the sureshot every. damn. time. Tomorrow we continue part 2 with Phoreyz, Expo, Magneto & Aimlo. Goin' out with a bang so let's do this.

TDS X DWG

TDS scratch reaction is alive and well in 2012. DJ Format (has this dude ever made a wack record?) takes it back and forth and back again with the remix. Check out Diggers With Gratitude for all your limited edition raer rap needs.



Via EgoTrip

Family Tree

I probably get the crazy late pass on this, but as a closet comic book nerd, stumbling on these got me hype.
















Ed Piskor's style channels a mix of Harvey Pekar, John Romita Sr., John Byrne and all things 80's Marvel & DC, into the Hip Hop comic that never was. Hopefully there's a book coming soon.

















Check 'em out

Lihue

Whoa, I never new a video for this even existed.
Thanks to my man John Book for the heads up.

Escapism

Tonight I'll be in the city of Angels for Escapism with famalam, Phoreyz and Expo. No cover!

AOR

So a couple weeks ago we threw our first Yacht Rock/AOR (Adult Oriented Rock) party at ¡Reunión! and not only was it a gang of fun, but I realized I genuinely love this schitt. Call it corny or soft or whatever, but I grew up on it. Just as much as I like Om Unit, Jessie Ware, SBTRKT etc. you can catch me listening to Hall & Oates with no shame.

While looking for more obscure songs and remixes I stumbled upon the AOR scene and this is something that needs to be brought to light. There's a whole genre out there I was sleeping on and thought some of you might dig it. It's basically remixes and dancefloor friendly edits of classic soft rock chunes. It might sound bugged, but I'm feelin' it.













If you're looking for more joints like this, be sure to check out the incredible AOR Disco blog. Gems jerry. Gems I tell ya.

Smile

Check out Aloe's new video for "You Make Me Smile" (Directed by Eric Coleman). Great job by the homies. Tugging at ye olde heart strings with this one.