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VAST!!!

11.24.2009

You all ain’t even on yet. I spent almost a decade of my childhood in Alabama, USA in a place that really only had a giant NASA Space Flight Complex. Challenger Elementary, Challenger Middle, Grissom High…. yup, those were the school names in the district. Probably and ironically the most diverse schools in Alabama doe, ‘cause almost every kid’s dad was an Asian, Black, Hispanic, or White rocket scientist. Next to ‘Reading Rainbow’ and ‘Magic School Bus,’ a whole lotta other videos watched in the classroom (or in Kindergarten naptime) involved space travels and theories. Our minds were blown at the age of 5. This kind of video makes me go way back in time!

** Always used to have endless crystal clear skies at night that’d glow with the stars and moon. Even had a small mountain range, the Green Mountains, some miles behind the house…. so much untouched and surviving nature that it felt like one of Nature’s hiding spots. I remember my sister once sayin that some of the best moments in our lives involved sittin out on the porch and watching the fresh thunderstorm slowly wreak calm havoc to the Southern peace. Damn, I remember that…. mm-mmm… gotta love nostalgia.

P.S. And DAMN! Southern Food » Food of the North.

P.P.S. And DAMN! Southern Belles > Females of the North.

thedailywhat:

Auto-Tune the Science, Take 3: Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Richard Dawkins’ Genius of Charles Darwin series, Dawkins’ TED Talk, Stephen Hawking’s Universe series, and Michio Kaku’s interview on physics and aliens get mashed up and auto-tuned in the latest “Symphony of Science” opus, “Our Place in the Cosmos.”

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Earlier: “A Glorious Dawn”; “We Are All Connected.”

FOR REAL!!!

11.23.2009 (Courtesy of Q-TIP)

MTUME - “Love Lock”

The ’70s musta been a damn good time. How could you not have fun with this kind of music blastin around you? I always wanted to dance on the ol’ disco Soul Train.

LOOK ATCHU!!!

11.23.2009

Many people have many definitions for what “sexy” is. Sexy is somethin intimately delicious, somethin privately wholesome. It’s one of those few things that everyone can have. Sexy is whatever you make it out to be… so feel it!

Again, I need to brush up the rhythm of the beat, but I wanna do somethin more… especially with bass and other kicks/tricks. The more I listen to it, the more I realize I need to do more widdit. But once vocals come in that way I seem to hear it, things might go on a different level. I like the how the track starts out for the intro, but the timeline of the track should evolve. For the bridge and hook, I’d think about changin tempos to a bit speedier while addin more crescendo of sound so that it really builds up like Legos. Then when it heads back to the verse, it can go back to the calm before the quiet storm…. waves of sound.

NE-YO would prolly swoon all over dis one, but FABOLOUS should def collabo with.

“SexyIs”

Construction Time = 35 mins.

* Disclaimer: This is still a rough draft and an unfinished beat. Please criticize.

OLD-SCHOOL INSPIRATION!!!

11.23.2009 (Courtesy of John T. & Janice M.)

DILATED PEOPLES - “Worst Comes to Worst”

The speakers in any car always gets to me. When I heard this record back in 2001, this was the jam to play in the automobile. The bass would go harder than winnin an election and the sample was mixed to the pristine. Before the days of my daily iPod dose, this was my repeat jam.

HILARICAL!!!

11.23.2009

Haven’t seen UP yet, but this seems a whole lot funnier.

thedailywhat:

Animated Short of the Day: To promote the recent release of Up on DVD and Blu-ray, Pixar has released a brand new animated short called George & AJ, detailing the events immediately following the two retirement home orderlies’ brief encounter with Carl prior to lift off.

For those who have yet to see the film: While the short doesn’t have much by way of spoilers, it will likely stir an irresistible urge to watch Up, thereby spoiling any other plans you may have had.

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