Hello Ladies and Gents, I’ll be up on this thing from time to time slappin up some random video clips. Heres something I made for my blog last week. Holler at a player, thuggyfresh@gmail.com

CHECK IT OUT Rezolution Pollution

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A statement released today reads as follows:

(An announcement to our fans, friends and family.

VAUX has parted ways with Atlantic/Lava Records.

Currently we are in the midst of the (separation process� with the label and are awaiting the outcome.

This includes regaining ownership of our album Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice that was scheduled for a November 8th release date. With all that has recently happened there is no (official� release date for the album, but we feel very confident that we will get the album back and be able to put it into the hands of our fans very soon. Despite all that has happened, the band is tighter than ever and feels very positive about the situation. We would like to thank everyone for their continued support and we look forward to seeing you on the road. For more information on VAUX and to hear some of the new songs visit www.vauxrock.com, www.purevolume.com/vaux, and www.myspace.com/vaux Sincerely, Ryder, Quentin, Greg, Joe, Adam, Chris�

50 Cent’s billboards yanked after people get pissed

If you like to get stoned and listen to loud guitar dirges, and you live on the West Coast, you should probably get off the couch and check out Boris live. They just released an album with Japanese noise god Merzbow called Sun baked snow cave on Hydra Head, and will now be playing a few West Coast dates in support with Sunn o))) and Thrones. Click “more” to get the whens and wheres.
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If you may recall, Chico made national news a few years back when the city cancelled Halloween. Now, a group known as the North American Halloween Prevention Initiative (NAHPI - you’d think that they could come up with a better acronym…) are doing their best to end the scourge of Halloween across the nation.

Led by Nicholas Diamonds (ex-Unicorns) and Adam Gollner (Dessert, writer for the New York Times), NAHPI has released “Do They Know It’s Halloween?”

Check out the song at Vice Records, or check out the video.

Actually, this parody of Bob Geldof’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” both serves to raise money for UNICEF and put the spotlight on the kind of ethnocentrism that happens when Western countries, often led by musicians, attempt to alleviate the sufferings of third world nations.

Personally, I can see where they're coming from, and because Live 8 didn't include any African musicians on any of the larger stages, it could be perceived as saying Africans have little to offer in terms of taking care of themselves. Still, you can't discount the positive effects of benefits like Live Aid or Live 8, even if there are some negative connotations in how they go about it…
Here's a list of who's involved in the song:

Vocalists:
Buck 65
David Cross
Devendra Banhart
Dessert’s Liane Balaban
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Feist
Gino Washington
Les Savy Fav’s Syd Butler
Islands’ J’aime
Malcolm McLaren
Nardwuar the Human Serviette
Peaches
Postal Service’s Jimmy Tamborello
Redd Kross’ Steve McDonald
Joey Waronker
Rilo Kiley’s Jenny & Blake
Roky Erickson
Sloan’s Chris Murphy
Smoosh’s Asya & Chloe
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore
Sparks’ Russell Mael
Subtitle
Sum 41’s Stevo
Tagaq
That Dog’s Anna Waronker
Wolf Parade’s Dan & Spencer
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O

Written by: Nick Diamonds & Adam Gollner
Produced by: Steven McDonald, Adam Gollner, Nick Thorburn
Mixed by Danny Kalb at The Boat, Los Angeles
Mastered by: Ryan Morey at SNB Studio, Montreal

N.A.H.P.I band: Adam Gollner - guitar; Nick Diamonds - keys; Steve Macdonald - bass; Joey Waronker - drums