L.A. Lewis is still at it

L.A. Lewis. Photo Credit – his myspace.

I feel like I’m only repeating the obvious in proclaiming the unique impressions (sometimes literally) that L.A. has given us. From music to an unmatched flair for marketing to… you know the list. One thing’s for sure though, when I’m 80 I think I’d rather tell my grand kids about him than Beenie man, Gas Riots or World Cup ‘07.

The group, organised and led by dancehall artiste Horace Lewis, popularly known as ‘LA Lewis’, was armed with placards which displayed “Free Marlon Samuels” and similar messages

L.A. Lewis leads protest against Marlon Samuels’ Ban

Designer vs Non Designer

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links for 2008-06-10

• The Dark Side of the Moon – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Pink Floyds ’seminal’ album. You can’t seem to hold a conversation with people from uptown or who are white without this being mentioned. This is me giving it a listen to see what its all about.
  (tags: pink_floyd music albums stuff_uptown_people_like)
• James Guthrie & Alan Parsons Dark Side Interviews
  making of the studio re-master of the ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ album
  (tags: pink_floyd music history behind_the_scenes dark_side_of_the_moon)

Inspiration:Tony and Guy Package Design by Sanjcek

Tony and Guy Package Design
Sanjcek’s Gallery on DA

links for 2008-06-09

• Lemur Input Device – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Mommy can I have one pleeeeeeeeeeeze?
  (tags: lemur midi electronics audio music production u_damn_right_this_is_fucking_awesome)
• Reaktor – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Vernon is familiar with this. Might be something to look into for future performances.
  (tags: music programming live software)
• Lemur on JazzMutant
  Product description
  (tags: lemur music production audio cool)

links for 2008-06-08

• Twenty Questions: Loo & Placido
  Loo and Placido interview. You kinda get from this what a huge reggae fan Loo is
  (tags: loo&placido music mashups artists people interviews background)

links for 2008-06-07

• [Download] Wayne Marshall – Tru Story :: RIDDIMKILLA.COM :: ¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,© JuSt SpReAd ThE ViBeS ©,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸
  bomboclaaaaaaaaaaaawt. Mad tings. Wayne Marshall TrueStory Mixtape.
  Aye… nuh mi did a feature the artist yah weh day yah.
  Tell u seh the yute a go HAAARD enuh.
  (tags: wayne_marshall music dancehall mixtapes downloads)

Wayne Marshall – Tru Story (mixtape)

The other day when I linked to the video for Wayne Marshall’s “By Myself” I kept thinking that dude is going hard. I felt like that song was much stronger than anything else he had put out prior. It represented a lift in his creative output. Its nice that he’s confirmed what I believed by following up with his latest release – the ‘True Story’ mixtape.

This is easily the best dancehall mixtape I’ve heard since probably the Vybz kartel “From Time to Time” from summer ‘03. Incidentally both are Federation mixtapes. Guess that says something now, doesn’t it?
Tru Story is a 45 track gem…. [insert reviews you can find elsewhere here].

The Artwork (see below) is pretty interesting too. Its rough draught looking and obviously inspired by X-news.

Links: Tru Story Mixtape (Sendspace || 110mb)

Promo Video:

direct link

Love in This Club (new video)

(direct link)

Dem probably soon DMCA the shit outta this so get it while its hot!

links for 2008-06-04

• Jamaica Gleaner News – US loses appeal over WTO cotton dispute with Brazil – Tuesday | June 3, 2008
  “What” he almsot shouted. “you mean…. there IS a god?”
  (tags: trade wto rulings landmark_rulings cotton)
• Ferrari FXX – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Ferrari test car
  (tags: ferrari cars supercars innovation)