'90s

rad birthdays january 5-11

more cool people being born every day – here are some interesting birthdays for the second week of january:

january 5: chris stein, songwriter and guitarist for blondie. wrote some of that band’s biggest hits alongside debbie harry, including rapture, the first rap (or rap-influenced) song to reach #1 in the charts.

rapture:

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january 6: matthew sweet, singer/guitarist/songwriter. collaborated with michael stipe in the early 80s, just after graduating from high school. had his biggest hit in 1991 with the song girlfriend (off the album of the same name).

girlfriend:

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january 7: matthew shipp, pianist. primarily focuses on jazz, but collaborations with dj spooky and el-p show his adventurous side. listen via lastfm.

january 8: shirley bassey. classic british singer, hugely popular through the 60’s and 70’s, only person to record the theme song for more than one james bond film (she’s done three).

diamonds are forever:

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goldfinger:

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january 9: pj harvey, british singer/songwriter. her early album “dry” was listed in kurt cobain’s top 20 albums of all time, helping catapult her to stardom.

beautiful feeling (with cowboy junkies):

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january 10: don letts. filmmaker, dj, and musician. founded (along with mick jones) the post-clash band big audio dynamite.

b.a.d. (from ferris bueller’s day off):

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january 11: lee ritnour, guitarist. influenced greatly by jazz legend wes montgomery. performed on many artists’ songs, including acoustic guitar for “comfortably numb” by pink floyd.

nick catchdubs & mr. ducker’s "radio friendly unit shifter" mix

the homie mr. ducker collaborated with nick catchdubs on a great ’90s-themed mix that was just released by streetwear label mishka. it’s called radio friendly unit shifter and it’s a round-up of alt-rock hits by bands ranging from cibo matto to sonic youth. i helped out on the project by mining my digi-crates for some of the songs the guys used in the set. (i haven’t seen the cd yet, but word is i’m thanked in the liner notes alongside matt pinfield and daria morgendorffer – sweet.) a limited number of physical promos were given out to retailers last week at magic. the download version is available for free to everyone else. grab it!

bonus: here’s a ’90s fave they didn’t use for the mix. maybe it’ll end up on volume 2?

luscious jackson – “daughters of the kaos”

9 year progression of a two-year old drummer

this kid tyler hudson started playing drums at age 2. he’s about 11 now. this video shows him playing through the years. it’s just a little bit frustrating.

(via neatorama)

(thanks, steph.)

1991 video of buckethead with deli creeps, plus early pic of buckethead unmasked

in early 1991 i saw a band called the deli creeps open for mr. bungle at oakland night spot the omni (rip). everyone was blown away by the mysterious guitarist, with a michael meyers mask and bucket on his head, who played like no one had ever heard before.

somehow even with high profile gigs like g’n'r, buckethead has continued to be a secret-identity superhero through the years. i’m thrilled to have just found a video that captures the magic of spring 1991, as the 19-or-20 yr old shreds with his original band at sf’s club o (rip). plus, look at the old pic of him without his mask!!!! (found linked on his wikipedia entry).

preview a sample buckethead track:

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(via tds music).

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diy ipod nano case with urban camo option

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