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“But Christos, I’ve already seen this video”. For those of you who haven’t; February 5th Friday night was Die Antwoord’s first gig since they exploded on computer screens around the planet. In the matter of a few days they went from being Waddy Jones and Yolandi Visser’s weird, barely understood Cape gangster hip hop project to a global pop phenomenon. There’s no arguing with over a million hits on Youtube. Die Antwoord’s cheesy rave beats, rof ska rhymes and zef so fresh has catapulted them to international fame, if not yet fortune. But it’s surely coming. And in retrospect it’s easy to see why. DJ Hi-Tek’s “next level beats” that Ninja frequently praises are essentially a post-ironic take on techno rave sounds. They seem to reference early 90s dance cheese like C+C Music Factory and Technotronic. It’s the same kind of electronic pop schlock that gets parties started from Warsaw to San Francisco – but the approach is a little sardonic.

Add to that Yolandi’s school girl sexuality, bowl cut fringe and trashy Afrikaans accented gutter mouth and you’ve got the ultimate hook. Then add a Ninja with Zef flows. Occupying the damaged persona of a bullied kid who grew up tough in the ghetto and came out on top. Riding his talent like a snake on those zef beats. “All up in here on the interwebs”. It’s an intoxicating mix. Say what you like about Waddy Jones but the man has presence, a eye magnet. He varies between being overly self-consciousness and then flips it with instinct. He’s a natural on the mic. It’s not a question of whether he believes in the persona. He is Ninja. Just like he says: “Ninja is poes cool, But don’t fuck with my game, boy or I’ll poes you”. and later: “This is not a game, boy
 Don’t play with me”. I love that everthing is “poes”, Afrikaans for “pussy”. I love the raunchy sexy stylings and i love the flows, it feels good, it’s a lot of fun.

It’s all there in that song, “Enter the Ninja” the anthemic track that pushes the whole crowd over the edge. It’s a track that has people going mental from Chiba, Japan to Buenos Aires, Argentina and the white boys in the front row are screaming every lyric straight back at the man as he delivers it. Those dudes are living proof of the viral seduction, they’ve literally sat with that song on repeat, playing it over and over until they know every one of those rapid fire rhymes by heart. It’s a moment that crystalises things. Maybe it’s just me but certain songs, at certain times, have a way of overwhelming, sweeping you along in their revolution. I know it won’t last, but right now, this is the shit on everyone’s high rotation.

And it’s almost like he’s addressing all the petty South African media hipsters who’ve made it a sport to diss Waddy’s projects.
“Fuck, this is like the coolest song I ever heard in my whole life

Fuck all of you who said I wouldn’t make it

Who said I was a loser

Said I was a no-one

Said I was a fuckin’ psycho

But look at me now

All up on the interweb

World-wide, 2009. futuristig”

That last line is almost prescient in it’s accuracy. And regardless what you think of the music, you got to give them kudos for their creation blowing up like this. Ad agencies spend millions of dollars each year trying to achieve the same kind of viral response as Die Antwoord, and fail. But even with all that recognition and the terrabytes of data flowing through the undersea cables that connect our electronic economy, the venue they ended up play brought a crowd of only 250, fifty short of full capacity.

But really it wasn’t about all the middle age hipsters, the guy tweeting on his iphone, the other dude emailing his story from the bonnet of the car parked out front, or the cool guy with the Canon 5D filming from the hip while bopping his head in the front row. This this is about drunk Afrikaans girls who get so loose they started throwing bottles at each other in the mosh pit, causing a fight, stumbling into cigarettes and spilling people’s drinks. It’s about the whole crowd coming together to catch Ninja as he launched himself headlong into a stage dive, and like some rof gam deity, they held him aloft and set him back down so he could continue the show. It’s about the grit in your eye and a dream on a wing. It’s about Yolandi and I, sitting on a branch over a lake, smoking a spliff. Did I just type that.

Now someone needs to go out there and make MUGEN characters out of Yolandi, Waddy ad Hi-Tek. Guilty Gears Style.

[audio:http://dieantwoord.com/downloads/Die%20Antwoord%20-%20Fish%20Paste.mp3]
Download: Die Antwoord – Fish Paste

Torrent: Search Die Antwoord on TPB

check out the beautiful website.
DieAntwoord.Com

Studio Night went well. The mayor was pretty chill and let us take pictures of him with what felt like everyone at the party. Gallery should be up tonight or tomorrow. Its one of those mornings where you ask yourself if last night was worth the way you feel today… and it was. Me and Josh covered Femilia Natural Couture runway show. The dresses were gorgeous.

Crashed at Josh and Whitney’s place, they had a baby sitter so we stayed up till 6am playing wii. Woke up freezing with the cats playing on my chest. Buglar in an actual tube with filter seems to be much more satisfying, but less efficient. Going to Stomp at the Fisher Theatre tonight, we have an extra ticket so call if you wanna come. The video is speaking for my mood this morning in case you were wondering. I got a case of the blues. God damn its cold in this apartment.

If you visit myspace today you’ll notice that they are possibly, but possibly not, but most likely possibly employing gross marketing.

Yesterday I walked into a hardware store and gripped up all the little pieces to fashion myself a new camera strap. Essentially the material is dog leash and though its a little narrow, its tough and will hold up. I planned on have my girlfriend craft some kind of padding for the neck of the belt (ceom back for photos). Later that evening on Paul Burds web log I noticed Photojojo is is selling camera straps made from reclaimed seat belts. Each strap is handmade, and comes in four colors; Porsche Purple, Mercedes Gold, T-bird Teal, and Dodge Silver. One strap will cost you $20, or you can get 2 for $35.

And now i leave you with a morsel for your wallpaper or maybe an iron on for a t-shirt:

Sex selling sex. Reason I love this commercial
1. Promotes safe sex
2. I love balloon animals
3. No ones left out

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Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

yeah i know these are nine days later than expected but at least i made my car payment. first off i’d like to say i had the best damn halloween out of anyone i know. i wanna thank luigi for feeding us. ali is was such a pleasure, i wanna thank you and erin for being in my pod while the word around me melted. “There’s an ecosystem in my mouth”. If any of you have shots of from this evening please mail them to christos at this domain name. i honestly should not have even been operating the camera… as you can see there’s a fair amount of distortion. im really glad everything turned out alright, especially when our cabbie almost slammed into that unicorn on the way home… “it’s horn was so shiny”.

[enter 10.31.08 gallery]

NOsegmenT brings us Slacker Uprising from Michael Moore. This movie is available for free on the movie’s website (you can find the link below). But you must be in the USA or Canada. If you aren’t you won’t be able to download the movie from the site, which means you’ll have to get this one. But if you’re smart you’d use a proxy to download from the site. Oh yea on the site you can choose to download in MPEG4 or DiVX. One more thing there direct links to both versions below. Now I don’t really follow this fellow’s escapades, but its nice to see a fat guy spur America into getting off their asses. Haven’t watched it yet so download at your own risk.

In October 2004, just before the United States Presidential election, Michael Moore went on a 62-city tour through the undecided states to register and rally young would-be voters to vote for a change in our country. Michael was joined on tour by some of the U.S.’s most politically involved musicians and artists, including Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, Roseanne Barr, Joan Baez, and Viggo Mortensen (to name a few). With visits to college campuses and other venues, this documentary showcases what the filmmaker calls “the birth of a new political generation.

Genre: Documentary
IMDB rating: 5.6
Directed by: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore

Release Name: Michael.Moore.Slacker.Uprising.DVDRip.DiVX.READNFO-NOsegmenT
Size: 1.37GB
Quality: DVDRip
Runtime: 1hr 39mins
Filename: michael.moore.slacker.uprising.dvdrip.divx.readnfo-nosegment

Links: IMDB, Homepage, Trailer

Samples: #1, #2, #3
NFO: here
Torrent: NewTorrents, TPB, MPEG4, DiVX, Stream

Torrent: Michael_Moore_Slacker_Uprising_DVDRip (TPB)

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[Wiki Slacker Uprising]

If you enjoyed the first one, you’ll be happy to hear the only difference is the removal of the white castle schtick. Wait, i just realized that made the movie worse. These two actors play off each other so well that it feels as thought there may be a genuine relationship off the set, reinforcing the absurdity and irony of the situation they find themselves in. We still got Neil Patrick Harris, a lot of pot smoking, ass & titties, racist humor, and now a right-wing opponent (Rob Corddry). While a few people might not be able to digest a comedy like this, those people probably aren’t high. John Cho and Kal Penn and NPH make you feel so warm and fuzzy inside. Would not see it in theaters, a worthwhile download.

Plot: This time, the boys get themselves in trouble trying to sneak a bong onboard a flight to Amsterdam. Now, being suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run from the law and try to find a way to prove their innocence. What follows is an irreverent and epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wild trip around the world that is as “un-PC” as it gets.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
IMDB rating: 7.4/10 (11,274 votes)
Directed by: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Rob Corddry, Roger Bart, Neil Patrick Harris

Release Name: Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay UNRATED
Size: 700.79 MB, 1CD
Quality: XviD, 576×320, 735kbps, MP3, 166kbps VBR, 48KHz
Runtime: 102 minutes
Filename: dmd-haroldak2

Links: IMDB, Homepage, Trailer, Subs

Samples: #1, #2, #3, Video Sample
NFO: here
Torrent: Harold_and_Kumar_Escape_From_Guantanamo_Bay.Unrated.DVDRip.Xvi

yeah i know, you probably think im a jackass for posting a comedy torrent before the posting the deaf performance arts shots from last week, promise they’ll be up like… tomorrow. promise. xoxo – christos