Final Analysis: Movies With Ron Review (Early Review): Speed Racer

Speed Racer

Final Analysis: GO SEE IT IF YOU ARE A FAN OF THE ORIGINAL 1960s ANIMATED SERIES
- 4stars (based on scale of 1 to 5 / 1=worst / 5=best)

• great adaptation of the original animated series
• superb special fx (colors schemes from scene to scene are vivid!)
• awesome action sequences
• definitely a kids or "tweens" movie - so do not expect it to have really adult overtones

- lots of sillyness, just like the cartoon NOTE: the kid who plays "Spritle" is fanatastic

Final Analysis: Movies With Ron Review: Iron Man

Iron Man

Final Analysis: GO SEE IT
- 5stars (based on scale of 1 to 5 / 1=worst / 5=best)

• best casting i've seen in a long time in terms of comic-book-based movies
• great dialogue (hits all the marks -- great balance of humor and seriousness)
• outstanding special fx
• not a big fan of the secret scene at the end of the credits but like it (Avenger Initiative)

Final Analysis: 5 Finger Review: The Roots

The Roots - "Rising Down" is off the meter.

Final Analysis: COP THAT SHIT SUN! - 5 Fingers (forming a fist!)

Final Analysis: 5 Finger Review: Santogold

Santogold has been getting alot of hype about her self-titled debut album. It's well-deserved too, given the hot singles she's previously released. The album does deliver but not all-the-way. I consider it a "creeper" because that is exacty what it does - creeps up on you ... the more i listen the more i like. But it still has some lackluster moments.

Pros:
• "Creator"
• "Lights Out"
• "Unstoppable"
• "You'll Find A Way (Switch & Sinden Remix)"

Cons:
• i wish the overall production had a little more "Flash" to it

Final Analysis: solid debut - 3 Fingers (out of 5)

Final Analysis: Movies With Ron Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Final Analysis: GO SEE IT
- 4stars (based on scale of 1 to 5 / 1=worst / 5=best)

• best comedy of the year (so-far)
• great script and direction
• pitch perfect performances
• heart warming overtone
• duration of movie a little too long

Design Code Rap

He's so gangsta (seriously)...

big-up to Amaiche for linking me.

Album Cover of the Month (April)

Ok... What in the hell is this? Tattoos on a baby? Not cute. The type treatment isn't bad though...

Tax Day = No Income Tax?

According to this documentary , Income Tax is actually unconstitutional (take some time-out and watch below)...

Synopsis: Determined to find the law that requires Americans to pay income tax, Aaron Russo (THE ROSE, TRADING PLACES) sets out on a journey. Neither left- nor right-wing, this startling examination exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America. Through interviews with US Congressmen, a former IRS Commissioner, former IRS and FBI agents, tax attorneys and authors, Russo connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax, voter fraud, the national identity card (becoming law in May 2008) and the implementation of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track citizens. A striking case about the evolving police state in America.

Visit the site here.

See the original 15 minute trailer here.

NEW MIX: Green Spring Mix II

Thought i'd put something together for the winter thaw to get your proper-groove-sway going...

Just download... Add to your iPod. Select and press play. For all my NYC folks, listen while walking the streets...

Tracklist is as follows:

GREEN SPRING MIX II
1. L.E.S (Artistes Exxxchange Mix) by Santogold
2. The Flow (Jedi Knights Mix) by Model 500
3. Destroying Human Nature by Mu
4. It's All True (Escort Remix) by Tracey Thorn
5. Snow Joke by A.R. Kane
6. Gatekeeper by Feist
7. Twiggy by Chicken Lips
8. She's Magma (Futurecurrent Remix) by Rontronik
9. Moskow Diskow (Carl Craig Remix) by Telex
10. Ride The Rhythm by Bim Marx
**oops transition**
11. Wednesday Night People by Moodymann
12. Can You Feel It (Vocal Mix) by Mr. fingers
13. Magick (SMD Remix) by Klaxons

running time : 00:34:55

Get the mix here.

Album Cover of the Month (March)

When i heard that Yazoo (Yaz in the U.S.) was reuniting and going on tour i was not all that excited. then i came across one of their albums "You and Me Both" ..which contains the hot track "State Farm." But most importantly, the album cover is quite genius...

Maybe i am a little excited about the duo getting back together? .. A little bit.

Yaz is Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke (formerly of Depeche Mode and Erasure)

There Will Be BUD

saw this on Joblo.com and thought it was pretty funny...

NEW: Gnarls Barkley video "Run"

i love this! Reminds me of "The New Dance Show" in Detroit from back-in-the-day...

50th Grammy Presentation = Horrible!

Yes. The music industry is in quite a shambles... The thing is the music industry needs to blame themselves for this. Sunday's televised presentation of the Grammy Awards ceremony was a great example of what i mean. Disjointed. Uneven. Too long.

Biggest Disappointment:
-- The Time Reunion with Rihanna

Highlights:
-- Kanye West / Daft Punk
-- Feist
-- Tina Turner / Beyonce

Erykah Badu has dropped a hot video!

Ms. Badu has dropped a fresh single (produced by 9th Wonder). The video is even better. it brings the Justice video for "D.A.N.C.E." to mind... Peep it.

Special Event: Momma's Hip-Hop Kitchen... The Soul Kitchen for the Hip-Hop Soul

What:
A free space for women-especially women of color, who seek social justice and reproductive justice through hip-hop.

Where:
O. Henry Learning Center School 333 W.17 St. (between 8 Ave. & 9 Ave.)

When:
February 16th 3pm-6pm

For more information email hiphopkitchen@gmail.com or call 216.849.7458 or visit Hip-Hop Kitchen.

Sponsored by PEP (Pro-Choice Public Education Project).

Album Cover of the Month (February): Boogie Down Productions "By All Means Necessary"

Outspoken hip-hop artist KRS-One and his crew Boogie Down Productions chose to emulate a famous picture of slain civil rights activist, Malcolm X. (see below). A classic album and a classic cover!

Album Cover of the Month (January): Thelonious Monk

Yet another legendary jazz album that was both thought provoking and a sign of the times. Rumor has it that Q-Tip's forthcoming album will emulate this cover in a more modenized setting (you heard it here first!).

New DJ Mix Posted

MIX012608 by Rontronik
total runtime = 00:53:22

1. Tessio by Luomo
2. Penthouse by Deep Blue
3. What Happened (Deep House Mix) by Abe Duque (feat. Blake Baxter)
4. Club Lonely by Lil Louis & The World
5. Paris Hilton by Mu
6. Happy Valentine (LFO Mix) by Miss Kittin
7. Mate Tron by Luke Vibert
8. Blue Screens by Mr. Velcro Fastener
9. Raw Dog by Audion
10. Steam by Paperclip People
11. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti
12. Beau by Jimmy Edgar
13. Peace Of Mind by Claro Intelecto
14. Strings Of The Strings Of Life by Derrick May
15. Retina Flash by Rontronik
16. Sincerely by Rontronik

This is my first recorded mix in some time.
Hope you enjoy...
_R

Get the MP3 (you may need QuicktimePro to save to disk) here.
or the M4A/AAC (iTunes format) here.

Magma EP Gets 2007 Honorable Mention

This is the first post of 2008 and thankfully, it's good news: Igloo Magazine gives Magma EP 2007 Honorable Mention (Yippee!) ...See below for details. as my buddy BlacRen would say "...the big push!"

IGLOO MAGAZINE
Pietro Da Sacco :: Top lists for 2007
Managing Editor, Pietro Da Sacco submits his Top lists for 2007.

Pietro Da Sacco, Editor [read all]

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Top 10 ::
# Aaron Spectre :: Lost Tracks (Ad Noiseam)
# Ab Ovo :: Mouvements (Ant-Zen)
# Hecq :: 0000 (Hymen)
# Port-Royal :: Afraid To Dance (Resonant)
# Riverz End :: Possible (Lagunamuch Community/Peace Tech.)
# Secede :: Vega Libre (Sending Orbs)
# Stendeck :: Faces (Geska)
# Talvekoidik :: Silent Reflections (Brume)
# Tobias Lilja :: Time Is On My Side (n5MD)
# Xurba :: Music from the Clear Channel (Kahvi Collective)

Top 20 Honorable Mentions ::
# ~ism :: Surface Life EP (Herb)
# Am-Boy :: Horrible Oracle Blessedness (Attacknine)
# Ben Frost :: Theory of Machines (Bedroom Community)
# Cast :: Are Teek L (Lagunamuch Community)
# Christ. :: Bike EP (Benbecula)
# Download :: Fixer (Sub-Conscious Communication)
# Disinterested :: Behind Us (Dynamophone)
# Drifting In Silence :: Fallto (Labile)
# Lights Out Asia :: Tanks & Recognizers (n5MD)
# Lowfish :: Burn The Lights Out (Satamile)
# Neytoda :: Latest Dubs from Nestor House Studios (Rednetic)
# Plant43 :: Grey Sky Cracks EP (Ai)
# RD :: Archive (The Designed Disorder)
# Rontronik :: Magma EP (Töshöklabs)
# Ryan Rapsys :: The-Novus-Arcadia (Erratik Productions)
# Scorn :: Stealth (Ad Noiseam)
# Televise :: Strings And Wires (Drifting Falling)
# Tonikom :: Epoch (Hymen)
# Trickform :: Progress Report (Envizagae)
# Ulrich Schnauss :: Goodbye (Domino)

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