Quickwits: December 2006

The last day of 2006

Here is my playlist from the last Soular Grooves Radio show for the year. Last night preparing for the show, I had to go dig the records out from my little storage spot because I would not be using serato for this set. Dust, Dust and more Dust. Mayne' my records need some love! Luckly, I have my stuff alphabetized to make it easier. So while diggin' I pull out Extra Prolifics "First Sermon".. Extra Prolific who was down with the Hieroglyphics camp is from Houston. My man Mr. Grinch can testify; he went to church with him. Peep the video, this song is dope. Happy New Year!

bush babees / the love song / 12" / warner brothers
reflection eternal/ 2000 seasons / 12" / rawkus
de la soul / it so easy / 12" / tommy boy
blackalicious / swan lake / 12" / solesides
no i.d / sky's the limit / 12" / relativity
k-otix / c.p.r./ 12" / bronx science
bahamadia / you know how we do / 12" / emi
the large professor / i juswannachill / 12" / geffen
quasimoto / microphone mathmatics / 12" / stones throw
marvin gaye / "t" plays it cool / trouble man / motown
jazzy jeff & the fresh prince / a touch of jazz / rock the house / jive
common / the light / 12" / mca
lucky am / come along / 12" / legendary
latyrx / lady don't tek no words / lady don't tek no / solesides
extra prolific / first sermon / 12" / jive
kmd / plumskinzz / 12" / money studies
thes one / noonen / 12" / tres

New Years Eve

Come catch me at The Flat w/ DJ Sun spinn'n them soulful tunes. The Flat has good pizza, empanadas and mojitos, lets gitit!

Uh Yes Yes Yall!

Pictures from the last Rock Box for 2006....BALLINNNNN!

Billy Ray Valentine

Black Mamba - Boy-Cott

Pro Skater dude Anthony Correa

Michelle and Gigi - NYC

Head from The Coughee Brothaz

Gwen and Antonio - ALIEF WHAAAAAAA!

make out couple of the night

Robmo and Angela

The Prez and The ARE

Antonio

Gracie Chavez

Meleesa from Premium Goods

Billy Ray

Mel Boogie

DJ Sun

Closing out the year

First I want to send my condolences to Eban (dj/producer) who passed this week. Po'out a lil' liquor.

Visitation will begin at 6:30pm on Friday:
Earthman Funeral Home
Hunters Creek Chapel
8303 Katy Freeway (exit Bingle and U-Turn)
Houston, TX 77024

The visitation will be followed by a Celebration of Eban's Life at 7:30pm until 8:30.

The Rosary will begin at 8:30pm.

Mass will be on Saturday at 10am.
Polish Roman Catholic Church Our Lady of Czestochowa
1731 Blalock Road
Houston, TX 77080

other things peculating

My playlist from Soular Grooves last Saturday.

Soular Grooves Radio
Saturday night 9:30pm-12am (cst)
90.1 fm, Houston, TX
www.kpft.org

Track list

1 take it back (inst.) – madlib
2 stay fly dub – dj makko
3 pop, popcorn children – eldridge holms
4 our generation – ernie hines
5 lowdown – bob scaggs
6 soul makossa – manu dibango

break

7 monkey suite – madvillian
8 we love you – lupe fiasco ft sway
9 keyhole – walter meego
10 needy girl – chromeo
11 workinonout - j dilla – donuts

break

12 nothing like this – j dilla
13 say what – idris mohammed
12 cellphones dead – beck
13 you know your know good – ghostface killah ft. amy winehouse
14 rehab (hot chip rmx) – amy winehouse

break

15 chrismas in hollis – run dmc 1988
16 gone daddy gone – gnarls barkley
17 enuff – dj shadow ft q-tip, lateef
18 getting the corners - the t.s.u. tornados
19 soul sound system - freedom sounds
20 smile - lilly allen

This was taking from a post on myspace from my homie Mezone out in Chilly Philly.

"How long does it take to get famous?
Four years. Six to get rich. - Basquiat"

after 8 or so digital cameras and after hitting up sections of impoverished city dwellings along the dirty south and east coast looking for the perfect fix along with the perfect shot, i've made the exchange section of cnn.com (2nd page on website).

www.cnn.com/exchange

scroll down and there i am to the right......with handy linkage to my Badlands photojournalistic journey into places you would dare not tread when in philadelphia.

"the path is always darker when sea boats are in your way, especially when in the Badlands of philadelphia". dms

a portrait series of the Badlands is due in Spring of 2007....keep it in mind..

and if you don't know much about the Badlands then just click here.
Source: Mezone

click play, keep reading.

Tonight is the last night of Rock Box for the 06. It has been a trill year. Thank you to everyone who has helped keep this night popp'n, you know who you are. Big shout out to errrvyone' that came through reppin' this yurrrrr'. The resident and guest dj's. All the loyal patrons and all the folks that can't keep Rock Box out of their mouth! I'm Hot Cuz Fly, You ain't Cuz you NOT!

Theme song for tonight , This is why Im hot!

Chrstmas Video to get you in the spirit!

1988 - Run Dmc bust out for the season!

And I love it!

The year is almost over, about to step into that Zero 7. Big ups to the homie Nasty Nes over at Rap Attack Lives. The latest issue has the DJ's MOST MEMORABLE HIP-HOP MOMENTS IN 2006 including yours truly to recap the year.

A NASTY X'MAS FLASHBACK WITH NASTY-NES & HIS MOM!

Last Wednesday the lovely Crystal Lee hosted her Pot Luck dinner with some yummy for my tummy grub and adult beverages. I really enjoyed the Pizza Hut appetizers that DJ 606 brought. It was great hanging out with close friends. I can't say enough good things about Crystal! Love ya Ma!

Crystal Lee and DJ 606

The new hair did!

Stephanie and Kittie celebrated their birthday Thursday night at Rock Box. Stiletto, Paramour and Dayta held down the tunes for the night. Unfortunately I missed the night and was in Dallas for work. The pics look like it was a blast! (Photos by Josh Delara)

The Birthday girls and Dayta

Friday I went and copped an early Christmas present and I love it! I'm over the sidekick.

I want this shirt!

Ride til I die, Lord knows I stay high, yeeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhh........

Saturday Night was the 80's Prom Party at Jet Lounge and the birthday party for Party Legs More pics coming soon!

Cuntarella and Wit

Sunday night I hit up the Mixed Media Art show at The Cotton Exchange. DJ Melodic and Peekaboo Theory performed and a gang of artist showcased their work. Check out the pics from All Access

Choppa, Wit and Scooby

This week at Rock Box is gona' be off the meter! Schools out and your on vacation, come and holler wassup!

Class is in session

Rap-A-Lot is usually associated with Houston legendary group The Geto Boys. There was one act on the label that didn't come off as gangsta' in the late 80's, early 90's. They got some radio play on mixhows and rapped a different side of Houston hip-hop with their party anthems. During this time people wore Skidz and Cross Colors, did the Kid-n-Play dance and hip-hop music was making its' transition to the next decade. New acts like De La Soul, Souls of Mischief, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, and Leaders of The New School were next up to bat. And in Houston, The Odd Squad was right there with them. This classic track came out during the golden era of hip-hop and had a crazy impact on me when I found out they were from Houston. With their own signature sound not to be fucked with, The Odd Squad will go down in the books of Houston's hip-hop history.