I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away

-Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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dubstepper

Wow, I haven't posted here in a while. I've been pretty busy with an internship at the Michigan House of Representatives, and a teaching english at night.
My internship has been pretty great, and I'm getting used to how our state government works.

anyways, heres a short mix of dubstep and shit. I tried to take the mix to all the different sounds of dubbiness, though I can't say i'm a dubstep aficionado or anything, but here are a few cool tracks that I've come across.

tracklist:
Rumours & Revelations -Zomby
Aquafre5h - Zomby
A Milli James Blake refix - Lil Wayne
Innocence - Nero
Cracks (Flux Pavilion remix) - Freestylers ft. Belle Humble
This Could be Real - Sub focus
Stagger - Skream
Re-up - Joker & Ginz
Stop What You're Doing (James Blake remix) - Untold
Gimme Shelter (Zeds Dead Remix) - The Rolling Stones
Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) - Simian Mobile Disco
When I Look at You - Emalkay
Night - Benga & Coki
Mad Sax - Guido

Music to Make you Stagger- Dubstep mix by Nicktenbrink on Mixcloud

Love me some Busta Rhymes

U-tern gives this track his signature funkydisco treatment.
Check it

My 50 favorite albums

in chronological order

Okay its not quite fifty,  but its my favorite albums list. If you’re reading this, then you might have been waiting a long time for this moment. here is the list:

 1.            Kind of Blue (1959)– Miles Davis

2.            Axis: Bold as Love(1967)- Jimi Hendrix

3.            Index (1967)- Index

4.            Astral Weeks(1968)- Van Morrison

5.            The Beatles (1968) aka the white album

6.            Paranoid(1970)- Black Sabbath

7.            Abbey Road (1970)- The Beatles

8.            Let it Be (1970)- The Beatles

9.            Blue (1971) –Joni Mitchell

10.        Pink Moon (1972) – Nick Drake

11.        Headhunters(1973)- Herbie Hancock

12.        London Calling(1979)- The Clash     

13.        Boys Don’t Cry(1980)- The Cure

14.        Thriller (1982)- Michael Jackson

15.        Ready to Die (1994)- The Notorious B.I.G.

16.        (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)- Oasis

17.        Endtroducing…(1996)-DJ Shadow

18.        ATLiens (1996)- Outkast

19.        Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)

20.        The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

21.        Californication (1999)—Red Hot Chili Peppers

22.        Deltron 3030 (2000)- Deltron (del tha funkee homosapien, dan the automator, kid koala)

23.        Brushfire Fairy Tales (2001)- Jack Johnson

24.        Franz Ferdinand (2004)– Franz Ferdinand

25.        College Dropout (2004) –Kanye West

26.        The Mouse & the Mask (2005)- Dangerdoom (MF Doom & Danger Mouse)

27.        Late Registration (2005) –Kanye West

28.        Tha Carter II(2005)-Lil Wayne (most of it)

29.        Thug Motivation 101 (2005)- Young Jeezy

30.        Get Behind Me Satan (2005)- The White Stripes

31.        Francis The Mute(2005)- The Mars Volta

32.        Demon Days(2005)- Gorillaz

33.        Donuts(2006)- J Dilla

34.        Food & Liquor (2006)- Lupe Fiasco

35.        Hell Hath No Fury (2006)- Clipse

36.        Rodrigo y Gabriela (2006)- Rodrigo y Gabriela

37.        LoveHate (2007)- The Dream

38.        Rock with the Hot 8 Brass Band(2007)-Hot 8 Brass Band

39.     For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)– Bon Iver

40.     I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind 2 (2008)- Killer Mike

41.     Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub – Diplo & Santogold (more like a mixtape but whateva)

42.     Traditions & Concepts (2008)- Los Hermanos (also Jaguar by DJ Rolando is an great techno song)

43.     Love vs. Money (2009)- The Dream

44.     Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack (2009)-Karen O and The Kids

45.     Element of Freedom (2009)– Alicia Keys

46.  Brothers –Black Keys

Compilations

47.  Queen– greatest hits

48.  Duke Ellington – Greatest Hits

49.  Prince – Hits/ B-sides –need to add ‘when doves cry’

50.  The Essential Johnny Cash

51.  The Who- My Generation

52.  Nirvana – Nirvana

53.  Beastie Boys 2005– solid gold hits

54.  No Doubt – The Singles 1992-2003  --this needed more Lady Saw

Honorable Mentions

1.            Miles Davis- Dark Magus

2.            AC/DC – back in black

3.            Led Zeppelin Hoses of the Holy, I-IV

4.            Beatles- White Album

5.            White Stripes -every album

6.            Radiohead – OK Computer…and everything else

7.            N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton

8.            Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

9.            Lupe Fiasco –The Cool

10.        Muse- Absolution

11.        Michna- Magic Monday

12.        Major Lazer

13.        Miike Snow

14.        Mogwai- Young Team

15.        Mos Def- Ecstatic

16.        Muse- Absolution

17.        Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe waitress

18.        The XX- xx

19.        The Executioners- Built from Scratch

20.        Wolf Parade – expo 86

21.        Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium

22.        Daft Punk – Discovery

23.        Kanye – dark twisted fantasy

24.        Sleigh Bells – Treats

25.        Wolf Parade – expo 86

Other great Artists, bands, musicians:

·         Wu Tang Clan

·         The Roots

·         De La Soul

·         Big Daddy Kane

·         Marvin Gaye

·         James Brown

·         Curtis Mayfield

·         Donald Byrd

·         Bob Marley

·         Beatles

·         The Who

·         Rolling Stones

·         Pink Floyd

·         The Doors

·         Dylan

·         Segar

·         Springsteen

·         Nick Drake

Personally Influential albums that I don’t rate as much anymore

         Brand New-Deja Entendu

My Chemical Romance- Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

Non musical Albums that I rate

         Mitch Hedburg- Mitch all together & Strategic Grill Locations

Pornographic Content

this is from def poetry jam a little while back.  I wish I could find the youtube video of it again.

Pornographic Content, a poem by Dante Smith aka Mos Def

pornographic content modern language
smile get high trade blood with strangers
I'm off the hook I aint got no hang ups
gangsta gangsta danger danger
fuck the free world for the boredom of anger
fuck the free world treat the symptoms of anger
one track mind on a two way pager
doodododoododododoododododo

lets get together and do something to do nothin

got wild empty bags of love now who want it
its compliments of the house i get up close enough to spit in your mouth
let me get in your mouth put this in your mouth
you swallow it whole spittin it out
the enzymes gon' live in your mouth
taste is choice slake your voice make some noissssssssse

number one fucky looky looky touchy touchy sweet sweet
get it ugly wanty wanty comfy comfy greasy easy greedy leannin

fieninnn, and im dreamin of you

modern language Enron m-clone sharks in the shallow
and Spielberg pimp stroke

horny wood box office
hit the blinds draw the lights
and stroke your cock off it
get your freak roll a dex
reach and start callin
whisper more holla bright night and dark mornin

cell phone cell theory cell block
divisions of yard and cell
times sell how order now buy crime
bye bye boom boom

knock knock shock shock shock shock shock shock, shock....
plus 35 strikes bio rhythm
ammo do D... E A D
republic reply he aint me
now get in line punk like A B C
american broadcast conspirators
primetime master race war theater
presents George W's I aint scared of ya
kneels and cash registers and air raid sirens
what’s that slang term for laughin hard... dyin.. cryin?
pornographic content modern language
pornographic content modern language
I'm ancient struggle

Mos Def is the man. Here's some downloads:

Sunshine ft. Talib Kweli

Umi says

Interests

I feel like I should write a little about myself.

My interests include: design, art, current events, sports, politics, books, graffiti, counter-culture, sounds, music (everything from country to hip hop to reggae to electronica), philosophy, parties, beer, girls, nature, new experiences, making new friends, hanging out with old friends, stuff like that.

Do I have too many interests? Sometimes it’s hard for me to focus on one thing for a while. Right now I’m thinking about design, and typography; downloading some fonts that I want to use later. As I check my desktop, there are about 100 songs that I’ve been meaning to listen to, hopefully I’ll find some good ones to play out next time I DJ around town. I’ve been working on my mixes, nothing too crazy yet, but I’m almost finished with my top40/dance promo mix which should be good, so look forward to that.

I’m also interested in fashion. My pipe dream is to create a clothing company, starting with basics: T-shirts, socks, shorts, underwear, done well and affordable. The line would be marketed towards college students and young professionals.

I would say that my sense of style is informed by skate culture. My two favorite brands to wear right now are Enjoi and Girl; after that I would probably say J Crew, LRG and Polo Ralph Lauren. Kind of opposite ends of the spectrum, but they all do one thing: make you look good, and feel comfortable.

My next post will be a list of my favorite albums. Yay! For now here’s a mix (by 2 much more talented DJs than myself), and two tracks that I’ve been listening to lately. Enjoy!

http://soundcloud.com/djrossone/the-notorious-party-boy-soundtrack/s-MxSDu The Notorious Party Boy Soundtrack by djrossone

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