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The Truth! 12/06/07


Before Guitar Hero, before Hendrix kissed the sky...there was TWAIN! This Crate is a direct vision from the mind of the Man, Myth, & Legend, that is MARK TWAIN!

- Almighty Aziz

Posted up! 12/04/07

If you're in the mood to kick back, post up and listen to the sounds of DJ Shadow or Nightmare On Wax then this Crate is for YOU!

- Almighty Aziz

Guitar Truth 11/30/07

When you want genuine music-- music that will
come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go right through you like Brandreth's pills, ramify your whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your hide like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose, --when you want all this, just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming...GUITAR!

- Mark Twain, Original Boho Axe-Grinder

Kanye West recently visited the home of daredevil motorcycle-jumper Evel Knievel to resolve a legal dispute from late last year over West’s video for the song Touch the Sky. In the video, Kanye dresses in Knievel’s trademark 70s duds: a distinctive stars-and-stripes jumpsuit. But it seems Evel was concerned about more than his polyester hallmark; the born-again Christian was apparently protecting ...(read more)

- Jeff Thornton

A BAY BAY! 11/26/07


Can you feel me? EBK is still alive! I'm not sure if that's a good thing, but BAY BAY is a great place to reminisce about a time when C-BO and Brotha Lynch Hung were on top!

- Almighty Aziz

Wanna play? 11/20/07

If you've ever played the game Guitar Hero, you'll recognize the rockin' songs in this themed Crate, from AFI to Iron Maiden, and more. Even if you've never laid hands on that crazy fake guitar, this program will satisfy the rock star in you & keep everyone's heads banging!

- The BlueBeat Crew

We think it’s time for a roundup of the best recent DJ Crates, and we
know you’ll agree that these programs deserve the applause:

On the Classical side, 20th Century gets a little attention in smitra’s Experimental:Instrumental with composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

And you can run, you can hide, ...(read more)

- Jeff Thornton

How much is music worth to you? Nowadays, it seems you can get the music for nothing, or pay whatever you want to.

In September, Radiohead
caused a commotion in the music world by offering downloads of their new album on a “pay what you like” basis. Part of the idea was ...(read more)

- The BlueBeat Crew

Frank Zappa was an incredibly prolific artist with a repertoire usually categorized as Rock or Fusion, but he had a surprising Classical side. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Edgard Varèse, he also composed for symphony orchestra (of course with avant-garde tape-editing mixed right in). Zappa was always keen to ...(read more)

- Jeff Thornton

Ever wonder what your favorite Hollywood stars are up to in between filming their mega-blockbusters, attending
red carpet hoopla and hawking beer in overseas commercials? Well, some of ‘em like to pick up a guitar and start a band! While Jared Leto of 30 Seconds To Mars and Minnie Driver seem to have ...(read more)

- The BlueBeat Crew

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