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September 07, 2005
- Kanye vs. Bush: You may or may not have heard about Kanye West's impromptu remarks about George Bush that he made during a...
Posted by Dennis at 03:09 PM | Comments (2)
August 25, 2005
- Scion censors Bavu Blakes: Austin MC Bavu Blakes was apparently selected as a top ten finalist in Scion's "Nextup" contest by a panel consisting...
Posted by Dennis at 09:25 AM | Comments (0)
August 18, 2005
- The Foundation: tracks 14 & 15: Here are the last tracks: Track 14, Thanksgiving feat. Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Toby Hill Track 15, For The Foundation...
Posted by Dennis at 08:54 PM | Comments (1)
August 13, 2005
- The Foundation: tracks 12 & 13: Here are the next two tracks: Track 12, Da Crib Track 13, No Fear feat. Liz Vaughn...
Posted by Dennis at 07:21 PM | Comments (0)
August 11, 2005
- The Foundation: tracks 10 & 11: Here are the next two tracks: Track 10, Get It Up feat. Flow Factory Track 11, Rap Star...
Posted by Dennis at 06:27 PM | Comments (1)
August 10, 2005
- The Foundation: tracks 8 & 9: Here are the next two tracks: Track 8, Intermission Track 9, What Is A Man feat. Chip Fu & D....
Posted by Dennis at 02:42 PM | Comments (0)
August 08, 2005
- The Foundation: tracks 5 & 7: Here are the next two tracks: Track 5, The City feat. PZ of Ideal and Nicole Hurst Track 7, Serious...
Posted by Dennis at 02:35 PM | Comments (0)
August 05, 2005
- The Foundation: tracks 3 & 4: Here are the next two tracks: Track 3, Tonight feat. Cozmos and PZ of Ideal Track 4, Hop Back feat....
Posted by Dennis at 03:58 PM | Comments (0)
August 04, 2005
- Los Abandoned, "Van Nuys (Es Very Nice)": While I'm waiting to hear back from Frank, I'll put up a link to the latest song to embed itself...
Posted by Dennis at 02:34 PM | Comments (2)
- The Foundation: [download] this album: Just to help get the word out, Houston-based hip-hop collective The Foundation has made their album available for download...
Posted by Dennis at 12:57 PM | Comments (1)
April 23, 2005
- 8-bit styles: A couple of weeks ago Amar put up a very interesting post about the intersection of video games with hip-hop...
Posted by Dennis at 10:28 PM | Comments (1)
March 18, 2005
- using Excel to waste time: The other day in the car, C. asked me how much of my iPod was hip-hop. She thought that...
Posted by Dennis at 04:47 PM | Comments (0)
March 16, 2005
- Oranges Band in Houston: Update: The show is tonight! Come out to Rudyard's (2010 Waugh) to rock out! For those of you who...
Posted by Dennis at 04:50 PM | Comments (1)
March 01, 2005
- it's so soulful man: When D.L. asked me to start contributing to this site, I think both of us expected I would write about...
Posted by Nesta at 09:28 PM | Comments (0)
January 23, 2004
- pitchdork: Ha ha. Sub Pop Records has a great parody of Pitchfork up at their website. It's true, the people who...
Posted by Dennis at 09:34 AM | Comments (2)
December 11, 2003
- music in review: The Onion just published their article about the least essential albums of 2003. I don't think that there can be...
Posted by Dennis at 06:43 PM | Comments (1)
October 23, 2003
- iTunes rawks: Now that Apple has released iTunes for Windows, it seems that a lot of people are picking up on the...
Posted by Dennis at 08:47 PM | Comments (3)
September 11, 2003
- radio silence: I'm probably going to initiate radio silence until I get my thesis done. (Not that I've been terribly communicative with...
Posted by Dennis at 11:11 AM | Comments (1)
August 25, 2003
- weekend in review: The problem with cutting yourself off from the world is that you miss out on some good shit. Apparently, King...
Posted by Dennis at 08:55 AM | Comments (0)
July 18, 2003
- give it up for the rock: Right now I'm listening to Wish and Wait by Del Cielo. Ellen recommended it to me. They're a trio out...
Posted by Dennis at 03:50 PM | Comments (0)
July 06, 2003
- weekend insomniac edition: Shit, I shouldn't have had that Coca-Cola. Anyway, lots of stuff to report on in the last week or so....
Posted by Dennis at 03:16 AM | Comments (0)
May 23, 2003
- archived sets, 29 april 2003 - 20 may 2003: I've finally got the last few weeks worth of shows encoded, so here they are. the Vinyl Frontier, 29 April...
Posted by Dennis at 03:32 PM | Comments (1)
April 28, 2003
- three weeks of archived audio: I've finally gotten up the last few weeks worth of the show. 128Kbps joint stereo mp3s. We'll see if I...
Posted by Dennis at 04:38 PM | Comments (0)
- triple threat: It was fun opening for the Triple Threat DJs (Apollo, Shortkut, and Vin Roc) on Saturday. We had some...
Posted by Dennis at 03:32 PM | Comments (1)
April 05, 2003
- move the record back and forth: Last night, the Phonographerz (that's Baby Cee, Cozmos, Dave 1, and myself) played at Helios. Big ups to Cee Plus...
Posted by Dennis at 09:36 PM | Comments (0)
March 07, 2003
- mp3 and other stuff: Here is the mp3 of the last show. Looks like I solved the CoreAudio problem. Now it's just regular problems...
Posted by Dennis at 10:47 PM | Comments (0)
March 03, 2003
- technical issues: I've encoded the set from last Friday's show. You can download it. However, both it and the set from the...
Posted by Dennis at 03:14 PM | Comments (0)
February 22, 2003
- electronica [21 Feb 2003]: So the mp3 didn't turn out so well. I'm going to see if that's a problem with the source, or...
Posted by Dennis at 04:24 PM | Comments (0)
February 21, 2003
- vinyl frontier [18 Feb 2003]: Well, I'll try to post a playlist, but I'm going to have to trainspot the whole show. This week I...
Posted by Dennis at 03:01 PM | Comments (1)
February 14, 2003
- like crack cocaine: Another fan (Mary Ralph) recently posted this to the Reputation listserv: "Maybe Avril Lavigne is like the gateway drug of...
Posted by Dennis at 02:26 AM | Comments (0)
- cd reviews [14 February 2003]: Two quick reviews of hip-hop cds that I did for KTRU: E Da Boss, Catchin' A Buzz, Slept On Records...
Posted by Dennis at 12:41 AM | Comments (0)
January 26, 2003
- r.i.p. sound ex austin: The Sound Exchange in Austin is closing its doors. Dan and I made a road trip into Austin today to...
Posted by Dennis at 02:22 AM
January 22, 2003
- link up, yo: An assemblage of links for your entertainment, education, and edification. A remix of Doujah Raze's "Irish Cream" from H-Peh from...
Posted by Dennis at 02:48 PM
January 15, 2003
- sweaty sweaty: This is the moment you've all been waiting for - the release of the downloadable mp3 of the hit R&B...
Posted by Dennis at 11:06 PM
January 04, 2003
- interview finally up: The mp3 recording of the interview I conducted back in November with Sleep and Onry Ozzborn from Oldominion, and Qwel...
Posted by Dennis at 07:01 PM
January 03, 2003
- revolutions per minute: I suppose I never mentioned it, but I'm officially part of the Phonographerz Crew now. Baby Cee and Cozmos asked...
Posted by Dennis at 12:25 AM
December 19, 2002
- top 5 albums of 2002: In no particular order, here are the top 5 albums that I got that were published in 2002....
Posted by Dennis at 03:10 PM
November 20, 2002
- playlist [19 nov 2002]: Here is the playlist for the vinyl frontier, 19 nov 2002....
Posted by Dennis at 06:44 PM
November 17, 2002
- two more mp3s: I've uploaded two more mp3 files, both from past prologue sessions. The first is Baby Cee and Cozmos on 08...
Posted by Dennis at 07:00 PM
November 14, 2002
- playlist [12 nov 2002]: Here is the playlist from the vinyl frontier, 12 November 2002....
Posted by Dennis at 01:52 PM
- more mp3 madness: I've just put up three more mp3 mixes; they're promotional mixes that I made in a half-hearted attempt to get...
Posted by Dennis at 01:38 AM
November 11, 2002
- prologue archives: I'm making mp3 files of the prologue archives available on the web. Please be kind to my server; I'm only...
Posted by Dennis at 02:47 AM
November 08, 2002
- beats and rawk: Woo! Technology (specifically a Mac OS 9 application called SoundApp) saves the day. I managed to recover the data from...
Posted by Dennis at 04:37 PM
October 28, 2002
- new directions: Less than a week until the party. I've got to get my set together. Anyway, I've been dramatically influenced by...
Posted by Dennis at 05:23 PM