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Asher Roth – The Next Big White Rapper?

July 31st, 2008 by
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So I was checking out the Non Threatening Black Male blog and he hipped us to this clip of buzzed about artist Asher Roth. Personally I enjoyed this track; he doesn’t take himself too seriously and I can honestly say that this video feels like the dude is being himself. His flow is pretty good and he’s backed by some real serious guys- DJ Drama and Don Canon. My verdict? He’s white, from the suburbs, enjoys hip hop and he doesn’t suck. I wonder if he’s commercially viable or if he will make a splash in the underground nerd/hipster rap pool of artists. Check out the video and then go grab his mixtape, “The Green House Effect”asher roth cd

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Virgin Galatic Unviels WK2 Space Travel Ship – Makes the rest of us feel broke

July 31st, 2008 by
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Got 200,000 dollars lying around and are able to make make a 10 percent deposit for a ticket? If so, you probably aren’t the type who knows the meaning of broke and can most likely make plans to sit next to other absorbingly rich people and fly on Virgin Galatic’s new White Knight 2. This week everyone and their mom, from the blogosphere to mainstream media, was invited out to the Mojave dessert to be reminded that space travel will inevitably be for the super rich and the super rich alone. Exactly when travelers are be able to take the flight and how safe and approved this will be hasn’t been determined yet. The concept of commercial space travel is jumping from the realm of science fiction to that of science fact. Check out the video for some clips from the press event.

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Classic Nickelodeon Shows now on iTunes

July 30th, 2008 by
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Remember when watching Nick involved a big orange couch, cartoons not suited for small children, and live action TV shows without snotty nosed brat kids that wanted a record deal? I do! And I bet you do too. Nickelodeon has just rolled out some pretty sweet classic shows that haven’t been on the air that much, or will maybe never make it to DVD, but they will be available for any of your favorite Apple branded media players. I’m really hoping that Are You Afraid of the Dark? is included.  To this day, that show can still creep me out.

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The Presets – Talk Like That

July 30th, 2008 by
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These guys are everywhere these days from BMW commercials in their native Australia, every hipster music blog known to man, and if we don’t watch out probably on the front of your favorite cereal. The video for their single “Talk Like That” features what could only be described as a binge on way too many club drugs and the ensuing psychosis. The video is directed by the same guys (Jonas & Francois) who did Justice’s video for D.A.N.C.E.

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A Kid Named CUDI mixtape

July 29th, 2008 by
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A Kid Named Cudi Mixtape

The man on the moon has landed. This whole record from front to back is gold. So many notable collaborations and creative effort was put into this. Check out our interview with the man as well, enough talk DOWNLOAD NOW!

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Converse My Drive Thru Ad Campaign

July 29th, 2008 by
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By now you’ve either heard the song, seen the ad on TV, or read about it in various publications, but now you can ask your self a serious question- did it work? Jason and I found ourselves at Barcelona a few days ago discussing that very idea. Over the course of a few drinks and a interesting late night dinner (I’m still not sold on the food there) we attacked two main ideas about this campaign.

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