Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Resident Alien - It Takes A Nation Of Suckas To Let Us In


For the unaware, Prince Paul briefly had a production deal with Def Jam in 1990 which got him his own imprint named, of all things, Dew Doo Man. Yeah, I know, typical Prince Paul.

According to Stacy Gueraseva's book, "Def Jam, Inc.", Paul was 20 years old at the time and, as a member of Stetsasonic, had already signed with Rush Management, Def Jam's in-house management team which handled most of the big name rappers of that era. He had just produced De La Soul's debut, "3 Feet High and Rising", among other things, and Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen thought he was the next big thing. They offered him his own imprint, but Paul turned down the offer several times. It took Cohen offering him $50,000 to make Paul sign on the line. As part of the deal, Paul would record demos for potential acts and present them to Russell and Lyor for their approval. The first such act, and the only one that went anywhere, was Resident Alien, three of Paul's friends from his neighborhood who were in fact green card carrying resident aliens. Around Def Jam's offcies, the group was not known for rhyming. Again, typical Prince Paul.

Resident Alien went on to record their debut, "It Takes A Nation Of Suckas To Let Us In", whereupon they did rhyme. That's not to say they were fantastic rappers, but they certainly weren't bad. They also sang and did some decent raggae toasting. A 12" for the song "Mr. Boops" was released with the tracks "Shakey Ground" and "Ooh The Dew Doo Man" on the B-side. It got some good hype and fit nicely alongside De La and Black Sheep's debuts, albeit maybe a little sillier. Shortly thereafter, a few reviews for the actual album showed up and they were all quite positive. All in all, everything looked like it Resident Alien was going to blow up quite nicely, but that was where it all stopped and nothing else RA related was heard for a long time. Apparently, Russell Simmons had not been enthused with the album and decided to cancel its release. Maybe it was Paul's lighthearted jabs at Simmons and Def Jam's artists, but regardless it put the kibosh on the album ever seeing release. Well, for the most part...

Apart from the 12" previously mentioned, Paul placed "Shakey Ground" and a previously unreleased track, "Alone", his "Hip-Hop Gold Dust" compilation, but as I don't recall there being any mention of permission having been granted from Def Jam, I'm assuming this was done discreetly. Lucky for us, someone along the way leaked the album online from what sounds like a cd circa 1991, with bad track seperation gaps and start points. So, for your listening pleasure, I present an album which sounds like the point directly between De La Soul's 3 Feet and Dead, Resident Alien's "It Takes A Nation Of Suckas To Let Us In".

Resident Alien - It Takes A Nation Of Suckas To Let Us In

01 Intro
02 The Resident Alien
03 I Yam What I Yam
04 The Ox Tail, The Burger & Chicken Wing
05 Miss Lee
06 Shakey Ground (feat. Maceo and Dres)
07 Ardicle Don
08 Horrorscope
09 Midtro
10 Ooh the Dew Doo Man
11 Mr. Boops
12 Alone
13 State of Emergency
14 Are You Ready
15 We Na Play
16 Wanna Be (Russell)
17 Mother's Day
18 Third World
19 Extro
20 Welcome to America

Sunday, March 29, 2009

THIS .... IS !!! .... a MONTHY PYTHON SKETCH Called UPPER CLASS TWIT OF THE YEAR

VER UPPER CLASS TWIT OF THE YEAR .... AQUI :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoixKt-07oE





F***ING FULFORDS !! This is not a Monty Python Sketch .... This is Real Life !!!






Francis Fulford é o Vigésimo Terceiro (23 º ) descendente de Francis Fulford Primeiro que em 1199 recebeu terras de Ricardo Coração de Leão (!) pelos serviços prestados nas Cruzadas.


800 anos depois eles detêm as terras e habitam uma casa a cair de pôdre, sem dinheiro para a repararem ... VISITE ESTE DOCUMENTÁRIO ÚNICO DA CHANNEL 4 Aqui :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP-8Oy5Mb6Y (1ª Parte ) e ainda aqui :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWdTV-fRJfA (2ª parte) e aqui : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNejp9kLrFg ( 3ª parte ) e finalmente a 4ª e última parte aqui : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K35AxMX2v5w


A NÃO PERDER !!!

CHEZ MOI "Apliques"!

Não podia deixar de partilhar esta minha última "trouvaille" na Feira da Ladra ... Apliques "Seize" ( estilo luis XVI) ... uma belissima oportunidade de preço





Sunday, March 22, 2009

ALL THAT JAZZ. MILES DAVIS , a Criação do "COOL" e a introdução do Waspy-Preppy look no Jazz








Entre 1953 e 1954 algo curioso aconteceu ... Ao mesmo tempo que Miles Davis se afirmava como inquestionável criador e pioneiro do "Cool"... ele também se afirmava como impecável "Black Gentleman" no seu Waspy-preppy Look.
Assim, depois de uma visita algures no ano de 1954 a uma loja de Cambridge, Massachusetts, a ainda conhecida Andover Shop, Miles surge nos seus concertos e no dia a dia com todo o arsenal de "Chinos", "Button down's", Gravatas de malha e regimentais, "tweed" e "seersucker".
Desta maneira dois mundos entram em simbiose inesperada. Os símbolos do establishment são integrados na artística e criativa "avant-garde"do Jazz.
Basta olhar-mos para a capa do álbum de Chet Baker, de 1958, para reconhecermos todo o guarda roupa "preppy", isto quando Chet tinha tido um look californiano em 1954 completamente diferente.
( Ver a história completa no R.L. Magazine on line )


CHEZ MOI encore

Je suis la encore ... Como o meu senhorio não se resolveu ainda em relação ao andar de baixo, ainda aqui estou na minha "Garçonniére" .... entretanto encontrei um pequeno móvel "neo Georgian", misto de "bonheur de jour", cómoda e estante de vidrinhos com frontão quebrado e urna ( Ah Ah ) na Feira da Ladra por cem euritos (!).







BOUILLOTE encontrada na Feira da Ladra a grande preço !!




"TIELAND" Chez Moi






Uma "paisagem" PREPPY







Saturday, March 21, 2009

PREPPY LOOK

Amostras de tecido "Madras"

Uma cena em Cambridge, Inglaterra, do famoso filme "Charriots of Fire".
Aqui residem todos os arquétipos para a College Life dos Estados Unidos.






"SEERSUCKER"





O Tecido conhecido por "Seersucker" tem uma origem oriental tal como o "Madras".
Ambos os tecidos são ideais para climas quentes e húmidos .
Daí a sua popularidade no Sul dos Estados Unidos.
De "Madras" confeccionam-se calções e camisas.
Com o "Seersucker" casacos, fatos completos, camisas, calções ...
Estes são verdadeiros clássicos do WASP PREPPY look e estão associados ao Verão e à vida elitista das grandes mansões de Cape Cod. ( ETC.,)






















O "arquétipo" da "Button Down" shirt reside na firma "Brooks Brothers" que as começou a produzir a partir de 1896 a partir das camisas usadas por jogadores de Polo.





Ralph Lauren conseguiu de forma sublime abranger todos os aspectos da WASP life.
Ele afirma: "I Don't design clothes, I design dreams".





















Todos os elementos da "College Life" e da forma elitista de afirmação WASP-PREPPY são baseados nos símbolos e iconografia das Universidades Inglesas e da suas actividades desportivas.







































































































Os famosos WEEJUNS ou Penny Loafers, símbolo da IVY LEAGUE e indispensáveis na American College Way of Life
























Os "Boat Shoes" que trazem todas as associações necessárias a WASP Summers, à vela , e a locais como Cape Cod, Marta's Vineyard, etc..











Friday, March 20, 2009

Video - Barack Obama On Jay Leno's Tonight Show

Jay Leno welcomed Barack Obama to the Tonight Show Thursday night, and it was interesting.

The President sat down with Jay and talked about politics, the economy and adjusting to his new lifestyle.

Obama talked about "Life in the bubble", with secret service not letting him walk anywhere, and following close behind with a defibulator. We also got to see Kevin Eubanks wearing a suit for the first time in history.

Barack mentioned being president is a lot like being on American Idol, where everybody is a Simon Cowell.

One hot topic was the AIG bonuses, and The President said he was "stunned" when the insurance giant moved forward with the bonus payouts. He actually did a pretty good job of explaining the whole AIG mess.

Jay also brought up the million-dollar question, "Shouldn't people be going to jail?"

Other topics included Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner, the Washington blame game, toxic assets, lack of credit and bank lending, health care and energy.

Jay asked about flying on Air Force One and the White House bowling ally, where Obama said he still plays like he was in the Special Olympics after bowling a 129.

North Carolina Tar Heels are the Presidents winning pick for the final four.

The entire interview is available below, and is well worth the time to watch it.


Watch The Entire Interview With Barack Obama And Jay Leno


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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

OS KENNEDY


Os Kennedy, famosa família de origem irlandesa que apesar do seu catolicismo, desenvolveram características em estilo de vida e percursos que os tornam arquétipos dos W.A.S.P., também correspondem a esta imagem através da forma como desenvolveram, um verdadeiro domínio(24.000m2) denominado "The Kennedy Compound".
Este Compound que abrange várias residências dos Kennedy, encontra-se em Hyannisport, Massachusetts. Residências estas com todas as características tipicas das grandes residências de Cape Cod. Ver os HOME VIDEOS dos Kennedy aqui:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iv8I2xeWIo





































W.A.S.P. SUMMER

Visite locais de uma América emblemática para o mundo W.A.S.P. aqui : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM2Xa4RUBCk ( atenção o local não é o verdadeiro Cape Cod, mas sim um local situado algures em Inglaterra, mas eu gosto da montagem) e ainda aqui :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQZl6hL2emg ou ainda aqui:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxD1tI1poZM e (claro) o VERDADEIRO Cape Cod aqui :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Q2VJ8FoaE