Felix Cavaliere & Steve Cropper's- Midnight Flyer LP

Earlier this year, my long time family fwend Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Felix Cavaliere asked me to record some talkbox on his new album project with Stax recording guru Steve Cropper. The voice of the 60s group The Rascals, Felix is responsible for writing such legendary hits such as Groovin', It's a Beautiful Morning, and Good Lovin'. His new release sorta lies somewhere between a Hall & Oates/ Schoolhouse of Rock sound of vintage 70s and early 80s funk.. It's a honor to throwdown my Troutman-esque complement to their tracks "Move The House" and the instrumental finale "Do It Like This". Check em' out and the rest of the album which is now up on itunes this week!



Felix Cavaliere & Steve Cropper- Move The House



Felix Cavaliere & Steve Cropper- Do It Like This

Fo Reels? A Video Mixtape!!!

Fo Reels? A Video Mixtape!!! from Fo Sho & Tell on Vimeo.

So after years of doing the audio/visual DJ thang, I finally decided to post in it's entirety a full length Video Mix Set online, so that y'all can now stream at your next house party or download it onto your ipod (if you sign up for a vimeo account). Fo Reels!!! is my latest and greatest set that I put together for the recent RE-form event in Nashville, TN and performed up in Philly and NY last month. It features loads of original A/V edits & cinema mash ups customized the whole nine yards!...seamlessly blended both sonically and optically over the course of roughly an hour. Some highlights include my How I Met Your Mother Video Resume remix, Manny Pacquiao's Jimmy Kimmel karoake, Lion Tamer's The Chase video, and a few new Shades of Grey jams off the next album including JJC's remix of That's Right a Love Song! So if you've missed the live show or want to re-live the moment, peep it and pass it along!

Tracklisting:

1. Fo Sho & Tell Intro
2. Dusty Springfield- Spooky
3. Tittsworth- WTF (Sammy Bananas remix)
4. Gangpol & Mit- Stand on Waste
5. Mr. Oizo- Cut Dick (inst.)
6. How I Met Your Mother- Video Resume
7. Liquid Liquid- Optimo
8. Arrested Development- Tennessee
9. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros- Home
10. Nashville Teens- Tobacco Road
11. D-Jay- Hard for a Pimp (feat. Shades of Grey)
12. Dolly Parton- Jolene
13. Dave Chappelle & Fwend- N*gga on the Side
14. Shades of Grey- Possible Possibiliy (inst.)
15. Pat Benetar- Love is a Battlfield
16. Duran Duran- Electric Barbarella
17. Forbidden Zone- Bim Bam Boom
18. Ruckus Roboticus- I Dig Chicks
19. C2C- DMC Jazz routine
20. Triplets of Belleville- Belleville Rendez-Vous
21. Lion Tamer- The Chase
22. St. Vincent- Bang Bang
23. Nancy Sinatra- Bang Bang
24. Rye Rye- Bang Bang
25. Green Velvet- Everybody Wants (feat. Kid Sister)
26. General Larry Platt- Pants on the Ground
27. Ludacris- How Low
28. Savage- Swing
29. Busta Rhymes- Break ya Neck
30. Shiny Toy Guns- Major Tom
31. Revenge of the Nerds- Lambda Lambda Rap
32. Shades of Grey- Go Ape (inst.)
33. Queen- We are the Champions
34. Monsters vs. Aliens- Beverly Hills Cop
35. Parks & Recreation- Parents Just Don't Understand
36. Yaz- Situation (inst.)
37. Shades of Grey- Chicken or the Egg
38. Freaks & Geeks- How Funky Is Your Chicken?
39. Tapeheads- Roscoe's Chicken
40. Mad TV- IPad
42. Survivor- Eye of the Tiger
43. Manny Pacquiao- Sometimes When We Touch
44. Shades of Grey- That's Right a Love Song (JJC Alpha Juno Remix)
45. Isley Brothers- That Lady
46. In Deep- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
47. Fo Sho & Tell Outro

RE-form @ Open Lot Audio Mix Sets

Thanks to all those in Nashville who came out last Saturday to our RE-form event!! The art opening/ fashion show/ video dance party was a fun success! For those who requested some of the music I played out during the event, here are couple DJ sets I recorded... There's the Gallery warm-up mix as well as the music from the Parlour Fashion Show.. Mostly popular indie tunes you've probably heard before or already got on your ipod, but there are few edits and remixes i threw in there too.. But yah enjoy! I'll also post my special video set I made and performed specifically for the RE-form event at a later date..

RE-form Gallery Warm Up Set



RE-form Parlour Fashion Show Set



RE-form Gallery Warm-Up Tracklisting:

Vampire Weekend- Diplomat's Son
Broken Bells- A Ghost Inside
RJD2- Shining Path (Alan Wilkes rmx)
Aloe Blacc- I Need a Dollar
MGMT- Electric Feel (Aeroplane rmx)
Yacht- Psychic City
Chairlift- Bruises (Shades of Grey rmx)
Passion Pit- Sleepyhead (The Knocks rmx)
The Bird & The Bee- I Can't Go For That
Architecture in Helsinki- That Beep
Human League- Don't You Want Me
Phoenix- Listztomania (Holy Ghost rmx)
The XX- Shelter (Them Jeans rmx)
El Perro Del Mar- Change of Heart (What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow? rmx)
Justice- Dance (Raymo Vocoder Remix)

RE-form Parlour Fashion Show Tracklisting:

Miike Snow- Animal
Empire of the Sun- We Are the People (Shazam rmx)
Hercules & The Love Affair- Blind
Gorillaz- Stylo (Alex Metric rmx)
Passion Pit- Little Secrets (Hey Champ rmx)
Yuksek & Amanda Blank- Extraball (Breakbot rmx)
Rupaul- Supermodel (Fo Sho & Tell rmx)
Felix Da Housecat- Ready 2 Wear (U-tern Edit)
Walter Meego- Girls
LeLe- Breakfast (Fo Sho & Tell rmx)
Tim & Eric- Petitte Feet (Spankrock & Kudu rmx)
Carmen- Time to Move
Madonna- Dress You Up (Fo Sho & Tell edit)

RE-form @ Open Lot, Nashville

This Saturday Shades of Grey is throwing an event we've been planning for a few months at Nashville's Open Lot. RE-form focuses the theme of taking pre-exisiting items and creating something ne. Laura is the curator of the gallery, Laura's sister Aria will be running a fashion show, and I'll be taking care of the audio/visual DJing that night! For a previews, here's a video mix flyer i made RE-forming one of my favorite cult classics "The Forbidden Zone". It is an Elfman family production done in the early 80s directed by Richard Elfman, and the score was Danny Elfman's first flick during his Ooingo Boingo days. The accompanying track is a remix of the Jonah Jones 40s classic "I Dig Chicks". Enjoy, and hope to see ya at the event!

Lion Tamer- "The Chase"

About done wrappin' up shop for the 2nd full-length release on Fo Sho & Tell. For the past year and a half I've been writing some tunes with MystiQuintet violinist Cody Geil and we're calling the project "Lion Tamer" cause a) cody always where ths lion bling around her neck and b) both of us are Aries and deal with the shit of Leos on a regular basis.... While Cody is known for her virtuoso violin skills, her talents extend to singin' and lyrics writing as well. We've come up with an electroacoustic sound that with make you dance and maybe cry as well. For a preview, snag a copy of "The Chase", a song about playin' games...like jenga, dominos, roulette, tabou, etc.

Lion Tamer- The Chase

Lyrics:

Chorus:

So you want to chase me

Play a game to grace me

Speeds so fast come race me

Ready get set and go

I'm your prey now hunt me

Get to the point and blunt me

Show yourself don't front me

Ready get set and go

Make a gamble, kiss your dice, place a new bet

Spin the wheel odds and even like in Roulette

Take your wooden block and put it up the top

Don't let it sway, it's gonna fall Jenga now stop!

Fight with words, fill the square, build up more points

Letter don't fit come back to it don't disapoint

You took my rook, you think i'm shook, you fell for my bait

I snatched your Queen, trapped your King and call checkmate

Chorus

Blackjack 21 count those cards and win!

Get rid of chance it's frown upon, it a'int no deadly sin

Single file for miles and miles see that line grow

Rally em' up and knock em' down fall over domino!

Guess my phrase, while in a haze, it's just me and you

Hour Glass, Better think fast, so tabou!

Bust out the mat, on the floor limbs on colored dots

Twister the game, Lion tame, balance on spots

Chorus

Moldover's Mojo!

Congrats to my college buddy Matt Moldover, for developing this slick new midi controller The Mojo! Back in 2000, when I first met Matt, he was an experimental guitarist of the Boston livetronica group Schism, and now he's known in the Ableton nerd world as the Godfather of Controllism! What makes this thing cool is that instead of using mpc drum pads, it's equipped with video arcade buttons, so all the ol' mortal kombat combos you mastered in the 90s can now be applied musically! Along with his debut full length that's enclosed in a circuit-board Theremin CD case, dude continues to push some cool fun shit to play with!

That's Right a Love Song

Finished a mix on a new Shades of Grey slow drag for the new album slated for release in 2010 or 2011, depending on how the flow of creativity goes...This one goes out to the gearheads!

Shades of Grey- That's Right a Love Song



Lyrics:
(Chorus 2x)
Let's write a love song
That's right a love song
For tech nerd freaks and audio geeks
who don't know right from wrong
Let's write a love song
That's right a love song
For those who seek to take a peak
Normalize a wave it's on

Hey Mister DJ...
Wanna win my lotto....
Load me with wax..
On your serato..
Rocktron me a melody
mr. roboto
quantize up harmonies
from head to toe

(Chorus 2x)

Tickle me....
Through Ivory....
Bend some notes...
To find the key...
Play me like an upright...
And I will not be so uptight...
Pluck me like a strang...
Orchestrate and do our thang...

Oh My push my buttons like an akai
Mpc me with some beats to get between the sheets
Oh snap synchronize us with that love tap
Tempo free me with that helicon switch it and sing along
Oh damn, left and right it with with that hard pan
Spacialize me in my ears reflect our bodies like a mirror
Oh geez louise gimme some organ yes please
Hammond b me with ya pipe and lets create life

(Chorus 2x)

Live @ Ella NYC Mix 1.24.10

So Sunday performed a fun Video DJ Set at this cool Speakeasy type joint Ella Lounge in NY... Here's the audio half of the recording if ya want something new to rock on your pods or at your desk! Threw in a bunch of random stuff i thought the crowd might like on the spot...some indie uhnz now jams, some space stuff, oldies mashups, some brat rap, and even some dirty south stuff towards the end .. Generally a Sunday night, crazy but not too crazy mix...I had left my needles on my decks down in Nashville, so don't expect to hear any scratching, i had to run off an mpc controller through serato without a pitch shift, so my mixin' might have been a bit rough...but whateva whateva pull the lever! I'm pretty proud of this 1 take mix... Enjoy!

Raymo- Live @ Ella NYC (Audio of VDJ Set) 1.24.10

Tracklisting

1. Elvis Presley- Crawfish b/w Wings- Hi Hi Hi
2. Medium Medium- Hungry, So Angry
3. Of Montreal- Id Engager
4. Pacific- Hot Lips
5. Lykki Li- Breaking Up
6. Edwyn Collins- A Girl Like You
7. Lavern Baker- Bumblebee
8. KW Griff- Footstompin'
9. Chordettes- Lollipop
10. Sam Cooke- Cupid
11. Midnight Star- No Parking
12. Fukkk Offf- More Than Friends
13. Hot Chip- One Life Stand
14. Chromeo- Night by Night
15. Space- Magic Fly
16. Fake Blood- I Think I Like It
17. Daft Punk- Around the World b/w Unk- In Yo Face
18. Arcade Gang- When Doves Cry
19. B.O.B. & Marvin Gaye- I'll Be in the Sky
20. Munk- Rat Race
21. Karen O and the Kids- Heads Up
22. Breakbot- Runway to Elsewhere b/w Nas- I Know I Can
23. Marina & The Diamonds- I am Not a Robot
24. Paul Simon- 50 Ways feat. Amanda Blank
25. Dead Man's Bones- In the Room Where You Sleep
26. Tilly and the Wall- Pot Kettle Black
27. Shades of Grey- Movin' Up the Line
28. Mims- Move
29. Young Dro- Take Off
30. Project Pat- Googly Moogly
31. Animals- Boom Boom Boom
32. B52s- Dance This Mess Around
33. Specials- What I Like Most About You is Your Girlfriend

Shades of Grey-Go Ape Live

The last song I finished up in the 00s is a new Shades of Grey jam featuring Laura's twin Aria! We performed it live for the first time in January down in Nashville.. For the video backing track, I experimented with syncing up some of favorite musicians to create a video band! Maybe kinda hard to see on this live clip but we have:

Laura on V-drums
Raymo on DJ Hero
Zoot from the Muppets on sax
Devo on the keytar
Girl from Peter Bjorn song on the Whistle
Brocolick from the California Raisins movie on guitar
Baby Jacob on the hi-hat
and a bunch of other youtube musicians!



Shades of Grey- Go Ape (Unmastered Mix)

RIP Teddy Pendergrass

This morning I was deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Philly Soul Legend Teddy Pendergrass. Back in the Summer 2006, I had the great honor of arranging and performing a medley of music for his tribute concert at the Kimmel Center in Philly. It was one of my greatest musical experience that I'll never forget. Afterwards I remember he shared some words of wisdom, telling me "As long as your follow your heart, happiness will always follow in that path"! Thanks Teddy you were truly a great influence, inspiration, and friend...and you're legacy will live on!

Pendergrass Concerto for String Quartet and Turntable @ Yahoo! Video

Mix of the Decade: Front Bumbaclot

As the 00 decade winds down, I thought I'd share my most favorite mix I made in the decade. In 2005, I completed my Front Bumbaclot Mixtape, a dancehall oriented mashup mix before the days of Ableton & Serato (actually recorded in pro tools and final scratch 1). I was back in Boston finishing up my final semester in college after taking a year and half off from school "co-opin'"with MystiQuintet. While writing my last set of papers, I literally went through my entire vinyl collection and recorded my favorite riffs, acapellas, and movie quotes and threw them into one huge pot of gold! 114 continuous remixes in a 74 minute mix! Technically prolly still my most meticulous recording project to date...This was originally posted on my myspace account, when myspace first came out, but has since been lost due to file sharing deletions..most of my friends reading this prolly have a copy of it somewhere, but in case you lost it, here it is again with the full tracklisting! Happy Twenty-Tens Everyone! I guarantee Front Bumbabclot 2 will be made at somepoint this decade, although not yet sure if it's gonna be a sequel or a prequel yet..haha!

Kingspin- Front Bumbaclot

1. Kingspintro feat. Forrest Oates, George Takei, Natalie Portman, and the midget from the movie Ray
2. En Vogue- Back 2 Life b/w Boyz 2 Men- Motown Philly
3. Beastie Boys- Root Down b/w Jurassic 5- Influence
4. Kid & Play- We're Gettin' Funky w/ Beatnuts- No Escapin' This
5. Nice & Smooth- Hip Hop Junkies
6. Doug E Fresh & Shyheim- Life of a Shortee
7. Black Eyed Peas- Clap Yo' Hands
8. Sean Paul- Make 'em Clap
9. Beenie Man- Romie
10. Ms. Thing- Dude
11. Shabba Ranks- Ting-a-Ling
12. Chevelle Franklin- Dancehall Queen
13. Susanne Vega- Tom's Diner
14. Kingspin- "Milkshake" scratch
15. Rascals- Northern Touch
16. Notorious BIG- Nasty Boy b/w Duran Duran- Notorious
17. Janis Joplin- Mercedez Benz
18. The Cars- Let the Good Times Roll
19. Nate Dogg- I Got Love
20. Blue Cantrall- Hit'em up Style
21. Ol' Dirty Bastard- I Got Yo Money
22. Mr. Vegas- Hands up b/w George Michaels- Faith
23. Only the Strong- Panana Way
24. Vybz Kartel- Picture This b/w Bubba Sparks- Deliverance
25. Dixie Cups- Iko Iko
26. Kingspin- "Unsuccessful Pick up Line" scratch
27. Diana King- Shy Guy
28. Drifters- Under the Bordwalk
29. Mr. Easy- Pull Up b/w Z-Trip- I Want You Back
30. Jackson 5- I Want You Back b/w Weezer- Island in the Sun
31. Michael Jackson- Remember the Time b/w Aim- The Force
32. Grandmaster Flash- The Message b/w Vicious- Freak
33. MC Lyte- Cold Rock the Party b/w ??-Battle Without Honor or Humanity
34. Elephant Man- City Lock b/w Shy FX- Shake Ur Body
35. Elephant Man- Give her the Goo
36. Mr Vegas- Under Mi Sensi b/w Punjabi MC- Beware of the Dogs
37. Prince- 1999 b/w Lorna- Papi Chulo
38. Opus III- It's a Fine Day b/w Kevin Little- Turn Me On
39. Method Man- Release Yo' Def b/w Bernard Herman- Twisted Nerve
40. Wendy Rene- After Laughter
41. Tanya Stephens- Goggle b/w Busta Rhymes- Put Your hands where my eyes can see
42. Black Eyed Peas- Shut Up b/w Kumbia Kings- Insomnia
43. Redman & Beenie Man- Love Me Now
44. Ricky General- Skittle boom
45. Missy Elliot- Work It
46. Christina Aguilera- Geenie in a Bottle b/w White Stripes- Seven Nation Army
47. Mary J Blige- Family Affair b/w Aim- Let the Funk Ride
48. Audio Two- Top Billin'
49. KRS-One- Sound of the Police
50. Wrecks N Effect- Rump Shaker
51. Slick Rick- Lodi Dodi
52. Undisputed Truth- Smiling Faces
53. Marvin Gaye- Turn up Some Music b/w Gabin- Sweet Sadness
54. Sharkey- Snobird
55. Cutty Ranks- Limb by Limb b/w Marky- LK
56. Tenor Saw- Champion Sound b/w Mr Scruff- Do What you Want
57. Sean Paul & Beyonce- Baby Boy b/w TC Izlam- Ill type Sound
58. Supercat- Girltown
59. Capleton- Everybody
60. Shaggy- Ready Fi Mi Gal b/w Talib Kweli- Get by
61. Alicia Keys- Karma b/w Gangstarr- Code to the Streets
62. Kingspin selecta scratch b/w Atmosphere- Trying to Find a Balance
63. Red Fox & Naturalee- The Girl is Mine b/w Willie Bobo- Fried Neck Bones and Home Fries
64. Mr. Vegas- Fire Fire
65. Esthero- Wikkid Lil' Girls
66. Shaggy- It Wasn't Me b/w Krafty Kuts- Party in Central
67. Lumidee- Uh Oh b/w Zhane- Groove Thang
68. Moby- Honey
69. Wayne Marshall- Feelin'it b/w Quannum- I Changed My Mind
70. Buju Banton- Walk Like a Champion b/w Sean Paul- Top of the Game
71. Yes- Leave It b/w Total Science- Champion Sound
72. Queen- We Will Rock You- White Snake- Eye of the Tiger
73. Kingspin Tiger scratch
74. Sweeet Pussy Pauline meets Jackie Pack interlude
75. Akon- Mr. Lonely
76. Jack Black- Legend of the Rent b/w Reprazent- Brown Paper Pag
77. Beatles- Because b/w Sean Paul- Baby Boy
78. Buju Banton- Circumstance
79. Barrington Levy- Here I Come
80. Kosheen- Hide U b/w Luniz- I Got 5 On It
81. Sublime & Mad Lion- Do'in time b/w Lost Boyz Renee
82. Bone Thugs n Harmony- 1st of the Month b/w Cocoa Tea- Go Homeboy Soundboy
83. Jurassic 5- Quality Control b/w Dawn Penn- No, No, No
84. Chuck Fender- I Swear b/w Meters Just Kissed My Baaby
85. Capleton- Killing the Sound b/w Laurie Anderson- From the Air
86. Mr. Vegas- I Love you Mama b/w RJD2- Ghostwriter
87. Nitty Kutchie- Man a Bad Man b/w Dilated Peoples- Worst Comes to Worst
88. Lady Saw- Ninja Bike b/w Digable Planets- Jettin'
89. Red Rat- Shelly Ann b/w Mos Def- Freaky Black Greeting
90. Sean Paul- Inflitrate b/e Shy FX- Feel it
91. Shabba Ranks- Original Woman b/w John B- Salsa
92. KRS-One- Step into a World
93. Tanya Stephen- It's a Pity b/w Nickodemus & Osirus- Mariposa
94. Beenie Man & Arp- Committed b/w Digable Planets- Cool Like That
95. Maroon 5- This Love
96. Blendcrafters- Melody
97. Lords of the Underground- Tic Toc b/w DJ SS- Lighter
98. Digable Planets- Slicker this Year b/w Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Under the Bridge (gleet club mix)
99. Lauryn Hill- If I Ruled the World b/w Deflonics- Ready or Not
100. Fernanda Porto- Sambaism
101. EZ Rollers- Paradise b/w Truby Trio- A Go Go
102. Lady Lee- Situation b/w Nu-Tone- Expresso
103. Capleton- Wings of Morning b/w Moving Fusion- Chilli Pepper
104. Shelly- Kuff b/w EZ Rollers- Tough at the Top
105. Man Cobra- Big Long John
106. Chroniche- Two Sounds b/w Congo Natty
107. Rose Royce-Wishing on a Star b/w Adam F- Circles
108. Ronny Jordan- Brighter Day b/w Max De Castro- Carnaval
109. Mos Def- Travellin Man
110. Green Day- Time of Your Life
111. Kingspin- "Word Up People" scratch
112. Spearhead & Michael Franti- Pray Today
113. Controls- Key to Nord
114. In Deep- Last Night a DJ Saved My Life b/w Esthero- That Girl

Movin' Up The Line Video

After 5 months of dabbling with After Effects, I finally finished a somewhat final version this... first one experiementing with heavy green screen keying..still need to polish the transitions up, but this is our performance ready live cut!

Shades of Grey- Movin' Up the Line (music video) from Fo Sho & Tell on Vimeo.

Shades of Grey-Shoe Shoe recording for Yo Gabba Gabba!

Got a random email from one of the producer's for the Nick Jr. TV program Yo Gabba Gabba! who loved our Shades of Grey album and wanted us write a song for their show. The topic they gave us was Shoes, so we decided to record one about tying them step by step... After research. Laura's niece & nephew Malia and Leo help out with hook! Here's a video of the session along with demo track itself...also if you peep the video til' the end, there's some pretty funny talkbox b-roll fun!





Shades of Grey- Shoe Shoe (Demo Mix)

Welch Wedding Dance Party Mix

Performed the best wedding dance party of my career in Boston this past weekend for a couple of my closest friends Heather & Greyson! First time ever that a dancefloor had to literally be repaired from excessive swing dancing & conga lining... i cut out the slow jams in these mixes, but here are live mixes for those who wanna re-live the event or those who want to a sample to inquire about my wedding DJ services in the future. haha!

Welch's Wedding Dance Party Mix ZIP

Tracklisting

Part 1
1 Hepcat- Dance Wid Me
2 Duran Duran- Hungry Like a Wolf
3 Go Go's- Our Lips Our Sealed
4 Cyndi Lauper- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
5 Wang Chung- Everybody Have Fun Tonight
6 Wayne Fontana- Game of Love
7 Roy Orbison- Pretty Woman
8 Zombies- Time of the Season
9 Ronettes- Be My Baby
10 Tommy James & The Shondells- Mony Mony
11 Beatles- Twist and Shout
12 Isley Brothers- Shout
Part 2
13 The Cure- Close To Me
14 Outkast- Hey Ya
15 Christina Aguilera- Candyman
16 Raymo- Swing Medley
17 Sam Cooke- Twistin' the Night Away
18 Capitols- Cool Jerk
19 Contours- Do You Love Me
20 Romantics- What I Like About You
21 Billi Idol- White Wedding
Part 3
22 Otis Redding- Hard to Handle
23 Frankie Valli- Oh What a Night
24 INXS- Need You Tonight
25 Prince- Kiss
26 James Brown- Sex Machine
27 Kool and the Gang- Jungle Boogie
28 Steppenwold- Magic Carpet Ride
29 Christina Aguilera- Lady Marmalade
30 Sugarhill Gang- Rapper's Delight
31 Deee- Lite- Groove is the Heart
32 B52s- Love Shack Funkytown
33 Michael Jackson- Don't Stop til You Get Enough
34 Gloria Estefan- Conga
Part 4
35 Cherry Poppin' Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot
36 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Mr. Pinstripe
37 Squirrel Nut Zippers- Hell
38 Sweet- Ballroom Blitz
39 Michael Jackson- Thriller
40 Nu Shooz- I Can't Wait (Raymo Shoes edit)
41 Kenny Loggins- Foot Loose
Part 5
42 Rod Stewart- Do You think I'm Sexy
43 Right Said Fred- I'm Too Sexy
44 Ram Jam- Black Betty
45 Rednex- Cotton Eye Joe
46 New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
47 Bon Jovi Living on a Prayer
48 Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams
49 Cars- Just What I Needed
50 Gun's n Roses- Sweet Child Of Mine
51 Ben E King- Stand By Me
52 Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl
53 Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice
54 Justin Timberlake- My Holiday Love
55 Madonna- Into the Groove
56 Michael Jackson- Rock With You

Ho Down Throwdown!

Over the weekend, Shades of Grey stopped thru Laura's hometown of Nashville, Tennesse to perform for her niece Malia's birthday. She invited her entire 5th grade class, and it was an afternoon full of line dancin', pie throwin', and backflippin' with no shoes on concrete.. These kids can move y'all, check it the southern fun!

Chairlift- Bruises (Shades of Grey Remix)

Sure by now you've all heard the Chairlift song Bruises on an ipod commercial. Prolly one of the most catchiest tunes of the year...well Laura happened to attend high school with one of the dudes in the group Patrick and was able to cop an acapella of the track and remix it...assisting on the track is one of my ol' MystiQuintet violinists Cody Geil..a bit more uptempo new wavier than the original, but still maintains the overall skeletons of the tune!



Chairlift- Bruises (Shades of Grey Rmx)

Night Before the King Died Mix

The night before Michael Jackson died, I DJ'd a video set for our Shades of Grey LP Release Party at the Hope Lounge in Brooklyn...Here's a live audio recording of it. Unfortunately there was no Michael recorded on the set, but i do recall playing Dancing Machine and They Don't Care About Us at some point in the night, but isn't on the mix.. For those who danced their asses off that night and wanna reminisce the world the night before the King died, here ya go!

Raymo- Night Before the King Died Mix

Tracklisting

1. Gangol & MIT- Breaktime b/w Always Sunny in Philly beatbox
2. NASA- Gifted (Inst) b/w Down By Law Ice Cream chant
3. Anjulie- Boom (Plastic Little mix)
4. Caesars- Jerk It Out b/w Booty Call Quickie Mart Dudes- Lick It
5. Chromeo- Nice N' Clean
6. New Edition- Didja Git It Yet?
7. Chubb Rock- Treat Em' Right
8. Heavy D- We Got Our Own Thang
9. Kid Creole & The Coconuts- Stool Pigeon
10. Grace Jones- Pull Up to The Bumper b/w
11. Boney M- Sunny b/w Gucci Crew- Sally
12. Mr. Oizo- It Takes Two b/w Suzanne Vega- Tom's Diner
13. INXS- Need You Tonight
14. Taking Heads- Girlfriend is Better b/w Free- All Right Now
15. West Phillips- Sucka for a Pretty Face
16. Exodus- Together Forever
17. Man- Birth, School, Work, Death
18. The Flaming Lips- Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
19. Starkillers- Discoteca
20. The Grass Roots- A Million Years
21. The Vogues- 5 o'clock
22. Zombies-Time of the Season
23. Wanda Jackson- Funnel of Love
24. Santogold- My Drive Thru
25. Walter Meego- Girls
26. Le Le- Breakfast
27. Sebastien Tellier- Kilometer
28. ABC- Look of Love
29. Depeche Mode- Just Can't Get Enough
30. Belle Epoque- Bamalama
31. Haircut 100- Boy Meets Girl
32. Flight on the Conchords- Too many dicks
33. T2- Heartbroken/ Spiral Beach- Voodoo
34. Specials- Gangsters
35. Sonseeds- Jesus is My Friend
36. Rocky Fellers- Little Darling

Live @ Suite 79 Grand Opening

Congrats to my hometown brotha M. Scott Whitson for opening his new photo studio in the brand new Piazza in Philadelphia. He's the dopest photographer i know, and also the dude who did my album cover for my Shades of Grey "All They Do Is Dis" LP. We threw a kick ass block party at his spot over the weekend and here's a live mix of some jams I rocked out!

Raymo- Live @ Suite 79 Grand Opening

Tracklisting

1. Glass Candy- Geto Boys
2. Bernard Wright- Haboglabotribin
3. Gigolette- Games People Play
4. Essence- Lyrics to the Rhythm
5. Sharon Green- US Girls
6. MJ- They Don't Care About Us
7. The Knife- We Share Muthas
8. SOG- Definition Ammunition
9. Q- Voice of Q
10. Whispers- Rock Steady
11. Kurtis Blow- Gimme the Breaks
12. De La Soul- Saturday
13. Mighty Ryders- Evil Vibrations
14. Michael Jackson- PYT
15. Belle Epoque- Miss Broadway
16. Warp 9- Nunk
17. West Phillips- Sucka For a Pretty Face
18. Boney M- Felicidad
19. Shannon- Let the Music Play
20. Baby's Gang- Happy Song
21. Death Above 79- Sexy Results
22. The Sounds- Hurt You
23. Eddy Grant- Electric Avenue
24. Sister Nancy- Bam Bam
25. Santigold- Shove It
26. Dimitri from PAris- I Got Enough- Caddyshack clp
27. Master Dance and Shake- Roll the Joint
28. Diplo- Must be the Devil
29. Eddie Murphy- Party all the Time
30. Time & Eric- Petite Feet
31 Mos Def- Jam On It
32. JJ Fad- Supersonic
33. MC Shy D- Shake It
34. Modjo- Lady

Movin' Up The Line & Short Story Video Shoots

So here are some green shots for the next couple Shades of Grey videos....I sported my dad's old pimp suits from the 70s... Laura styled in some pirate-gypsy attire along as well as this spring-booty thing we found at the costume shop. ha!

The Rocky Fellers- Look at Killer Joe Go!

So when hangin' out with my dad the other day I showed this youtube link that my boy JR posted of a 60's Filipino twee group called The Rocky Fellers. They were known for their mega Billboard hit Killer Joe, and my dad was like "oy! i tink i hab dat byenal in di garaje!" So low and behold, after diggin' through a stack of his tagalog record collection, i found their entire 33 track masterpiece on wax! If you are fan of fun music reminiscent of a Frankie Lymon/ Jackson 5/ Foster Sylver/ 3 Stars, then cop this badboy...it may take 30 minutes or so to download cause it's a pretty huge ZIP of shit. But the juice is worth the squeeze my friend!



The Rocky Fellers- Look a Killer Joe Go! ZIP

Tracklisting:
1. Killer Joe
2. Like The Big Guys Do
3. Teddy Bear
4. South Pacific Twist
5. Don't Sit Down
6. Hey Little Donkey
7. Two Guys From Trinidad
8. School Bells Are Ringing
9. Twist and Shout
10. Ching A Ling Baby
11. She Makes Me Wanna Dance
12. Don't Throw My Toys Away
13. EVerybody Wants to be a Tiger
14. Standing On the Corner
15. The Beachcomber Song
16. Lonely Teardrops
17. 2 Step Downstairs in the Basement
18. We Got Love
19. When the Kids Grow Up
20. Nina
21. Will You Love Me Tommorrow?
22. Foolish Little Boy
23. My Prayer
24. Runaway
25. Long Tally Sally
26. Better Let Her Go
27. Rented Tuxedo
28. Man With the Blue Guitar
29. Bye Bye Baby
30. Great Big World
31. Jeannie Mensak
32. Little Darlin'
33. Santa Santa

Shades of Grey- Have It Or Grab It Mixtape!

So put together sorta a pre-album promo mix for the upcoming Shades of Grey full length "All They Do Is Dis"...basically a bunch of shit Laura and I found as sources of inspiration throughtout the writing process. All meticiously crafted together like a 3rd grader's science fare project done by the parents! A few copies started floating around last week as holiday presents...if you have a copy and are curious to know what yous are listenin' to either shazzamm that bitch or peep the tracklisting right heere..

Shades of Grey- Have It Or Grab It Mixtape!

A Side
1 The Bombers-Shake
2 Shades of Grey- Definition Ammunition
3 Busta Rhymes- Let's Dance
4 Q- Voice of Q
5 Blondie- Call Me
6 Seelenluft- Manila
7 Shades of Grey- Mile High Bump
8 New Young Pony Club- Ice Cream
9 Shades of Grey- WTF
10 Planet Patrol- Play at Your Own Risk
11 Shades of Grey- Beggin'
12 DJ Kool- Let Me Clear My Throat
13 Shades of Grey- Remote Control
14 Barrington Levy- Living Dangerously
15 Calvin Harris- Acceptable in the 80s
16 The Flaming Lips- Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
17 Lime- Agent 406
18 Starkillers- Discoteca
19 The Grass Roots- A Million Years
20 The Vogues- 5 o'clock
21 Zombies-Time of the Season
22 Wanda Jackson- Funnel of Love

B Side
1 Outkast- Atliens
2 Poets of Rhythm- Strokin' the Grits
3 Stat Quo- Grits
4 The Grits- Boom Boom
5 Shades of Grey- Square Dance Romance
6 Shades of Grey- Chicken or the Egg
7 Rufus Thomas- Fried Chicken
8 Vibrettes- Humpty Dump
9 Duece Poppi- Did I Do That?
10 Gwen Guthrie - Hopscotch
11 Bumblebee Unlimited- The Bumble Bee Rap
12 Sir Mix Alot- Square Dance Rap
13 West Street Mob- Ooh Baby
14 Christopher Williams- Talk to Myself
15 Midnight Star- Freakazoid
16 Shades of Grey- Dirty Tricks
17 Freez- I.O.U.
18 Temper- No Favors
19 New Edition- Didja Gitit Yet?
20 Smoosh- Rad
21 Candyman- Knockin' Da Boots
22 Young Rascals- Groovin'
23 Milton Bradley- Mystery Date

C Side
1 Goodness- Sophistitacated Boom Boom
2 MJG- Shades
3 The Specials- Gangsters
4 Shades of Grey- Movin' up the Line
5 Reel to Real- Move It
6 Silk The Shocker- We Like Them Girls
7 Shades of Grey- Monster Man
8 April March- Chick Habit
9 Siyoung & Facemouth- Fist
10 Shades of Grey- Late Night Sing
11 James White & The Blacks- Contort Yourself
12 Digital Underground- Kiss Me Back
13 Haircut One Hundred- Favourite Shirts
14 5,6,7,8's- Hanky Panky
15 Shades of Grey- Shot O'clock
16 Spankrock & Santogold- BOOTAY
17 The Kills- Gettin' Down
18 The Puppies- Hokey Pokey
19 Dengue Fever- Oceans of Venus
20 Wine O- Hokey Pokey
21 Skeewiff- Matador
22 Goodie Mob- People Don't Dance No Mo
23 Shades of Grey- No, No, No (You Don't Love Me)
24 Althia and Donna- Top Ranking
25 The Slits- Fade Away