Aesop Rock’s Fav. Cereals, Plus Fall ‘08 Tour Dates Announced!

Aesop Rock aka Aes-Rizzle, aka the coolest person/per height ratio outside of Howard Stern and Kobe Bryant, has listed his Top 10 Cereals. It’s a good read.

People of Earth,
Let’s talk cereal!  You know you love it.  I love it.  It’s easy to love cuz it makes a good lover, AND there are SO MANY CHOICES.  And GOOD choices at that! Cereal rules because:  If you were to blindly pick a box of cereal off a store shelf, chances are it will be good!  Most cereal is da bomb!  I have been wanting to write something about cereal for a while, but every time I sit to write I am not in the mind state to write about it (as I’m usually off writing about dragonz and orbz and such.)  But tonight… tonight my good citizens… tonight no wheat goes unshredded!!  I’m feeling juussssst about right to get into some serious carb talk. Let’s go!

Here are my top 10 cereals. Understand, I love all cereals, and this list changes by day, but as of 2:21 AM on Tuesday July 8, 2008, this is it.  Holler at your kinfolk.

FOR AES’ LIST + COMMENTARY GO HERE

The Below are Aesop’s Top 10 accompanied by MY 2-cents on each of his picks.

1- Honey Bunches of Oats
I can’t front on Aes’ #1 choice. Though I’d go with the Almonds over the Oats. Call me square.

2 - Fruity Pebbles
Hrmmm I probably wouldn’t have had Fruity Pebbles so high up on the list, but then again I can’t remember the last time I’ve even had Fruity Pebbles. It def. aint ‘bad’ but I haven’t had it since the stone age.

3 - Smart Start
Wtf is Smart Start? What cereal are they selling Aes out in San Fran? Lol.

4 - Lucky Charms
This would be in my top 3. I eat this shit like ‘crack’ was invented in Ireland.

5 - Rice Krispies
I can’t front nor hate on Rice Krispies. It has def been in my recent rotation. It’s def good on top of ice cream (so are corn flakes for that matter). Probably not #5 on my list but def in the top 15.

6 - Frosted Flakes
Damn, these are always good in any given situation. When I buy those combo packs with 12 random collection of cereals, the Frosted Flakes are def the first to go. (Which is also a good way to determine what is one’s fav. cereal).

7 - Apple Jacks
These are def yummy, but not as high as #7 on my list.

8 - Special K
Again, can’t hate on the Special K. A little boring, a lot healthy, and def. worthy.

9 - Cheerios
Meh, plain cheerios is wack. At least Honey Nut to even bother being worth considering.

10 - Grape Nuts (only to be served w/ honey)
Not to hate, but honey or not, this has to be an error! Though, I can’t say I’ve tried it, and who am I to hate on a recipe handed down by Aes’ mother. I mean it helped him be a strong, tall, grown-azz-man! Pass the honey that comes in a bear jar.

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Fall Tour Dates After The Break…

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Permalink Posted in: aesop rock, apple, ccwm, concert, defjux, food, music Comments(0) July 9, 2008

El-P’s WeAreAllGoingToBurnInHellMeggamixx2 Download For Free!

Who knew that blankcds could be your gain. In other words, El-P released a tour-only mix tape, but some of the discs were un-burned blankcds (hence some pissed off jukieheads). Anyways, somewhat PR conscious (or he just got annoyed of people leaving comment spam on his blog, bitching about the cds), El-P has decided to give this mixtape for free. Though, a heads-up, you will have to register an account on definitivejux.net. If Goodyear made running shoes, put on your Run-Flats and sprint to cop this ish… it’s hot.

Quote:

from producto…with love

I have decided to make the mp3s of disc one of theWEAREALLGOINGTOBURNINHELLMEGGAMIXX2 (tour only limited edition double disc cds) available for free. You won’t get the Eat My Garbage CD (disc 2), nor will you get the amazing original artwork by Travis Millard or the bragging rights of owning a cd that is going for 150 (so ive been told) bucks a pop on EBAY. But to be honest i felt kind of bad not letting fans who weren’t able to go to the shows hear this stuff.Also, for those lucky 500 who bought the limited pressings I am offering to replace any of the cds that may have been blank. Unfortunately I have heard that a small portion were, which sucks dick and makes me feel like an asshole at the same time. So in a bid to quell the justified pain and borderline rage some have felt popping in a blank cd please send your blank cd to Def Jux

115 South Oxford St.Suite 556
Brooklyn NY 11217
and we will send you a replacement of the cd only, keep your packaging. love, el

go to to download:

http://www.definitivejux.net/news/el-p/438

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Permalink Posted in: brooklyn, ccwm, defjux, el-p, hiphop, music Comments(0) July 9, 2008

My Mind Is On Carmen Sandiego’s G550 Jet. I’ve Lost It, And Waldo Is Being A Douche On His Two-Way Pager.

Carmen Sandiego - I’m all over the place.

Just some random thoughts going on… I missed the Tila 2 finale last night? Did I? Well, I am sure it was lame. I know way hotter Vietnamese chicks in Texas than her. She’s a fidget anyway.

So, did you hear about the new iPhone coming out on July 11th? Really cheap: $199 and $299 respectively… If you look under the hood though and by hood I mean AT&T’s pricing plan on the service side, that same unlimited data goes from 20$ to 30$ a month and those free 200 txt messages, that’s now five dollars. Want the 1500 txt message package? That goes from 10$ to 15$ a month. So for me, that would total an additional 15$ a month or… quick math $145. er, fuck I can’t add: 180. Either way that blows, $igh.

What’s up with milfs these days, esp the “newly” divorced ones. Not only will they ask you what knd of car you drive, but’ll if you happen to be in your friends car, they’ll ask what car your friend’s driving too…wtf.
Way to take the LF out of milf, okay nm, that’s still in effect despite the golddiggery.
Be a mother, get rid of the damn eyebrow-piercing-ring. Why attract attention to your eyes, where crows feet lay, right? You’re not 18 anymore. And you’re 30 going on 40.

I hope Artie Lange is okay in Iraq, where he is performing this week on the USO Show tour.

Amy Whinehouse called Kanye West a cunt. How great is that?

Did you know the next Survivor is being filmed right now in Africa?

Fu*k I hate spam like this, New message: “why is your myspace photo here on this site.. laquinka . com
”
I dunno, let me rush on over to la-quin-ka.com real quick and see.

There has been much squabble over “shitty parts of NYC to hang out”. By squabble I just mean different sources of opinion saying similar things. And from respectable sources. Apparently El-P & Alaska of Hangar18 both hate Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. I thought that was the hip-artsy-fartsy cool part of town. Shows you how much I know. But I still rep BKNY. Cue…

El-P:

editor’s note: Williamsburg - im not talking about williamsburg. williamsburg is the only place in brooklyn that sucks harder than manhattan as a rule no matter what the circumstance.

Alaska:

Williamsburg – I don’t know a single person that likes that pisshole yet people are always going there, hey someone is spinning some shitty MIA at a loft party, or let’s go to this shitty as boutique my friends dad bought, they have like one sneaker, four pairs of jeans and a coffee table book. People dress like the tourists in Times Square and have shitty mustaches it might as well be Milwaukee, sorry Milwaukeeans I didn’t mean to insult you because although you guys dress like that you do shower and aren’t a bunch of pretentious pricks who base their whole personality off what pitchfork.com thinks and whichever t-shirt is recommended in the latest issue of Vice.

Pwned!

Word on the street is to find Waldo El-P Sandiego, ya just gotta go to the lower east side of Manhatty, or just let him tell you where he hangs out.

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DefJux - Catching Up With Cage Before He Departs From Me

The DJX site has been redesigned and now has daily content. They posted a quick interview with Cage on what the f- that man’s up to these days. The thing I love about Cage is that all of his fans are fucking crazy fucksticks. (Yes I am a Cage fan, but that’s besides the point).

Excerpt:

DJX: First and foremost, how far along are you on ‘Depart From Me’ and do you know when it’s supposed to come out?
Cage: I have about ten songs but i keep writing new ones so I guess when i feel like I have the record I have the record. I would love to see it come out this year.

DJX: What is the album about for the most part?
Cage: Hell’s Winter was about growth and learning how to identify Satan. Depart From Me is about casting him out and having a good time doing it.

DJX: What is the progress of the movie [For those who don't know; Cage's good friend and promising film actor, Shia Labouef is working on a feature length biopic of Cage's life] and will it coincide somehow with the release of Depart From Me?
Cage: Shia is doing Indie 4 [Indiana Jones 4] press and I am making a record.I suspect I will have cool news soon.

DJX:What do you while you are home working on an album when you AREN’T recording?
Cage: Lately I have been running about 2-4 miles a day.The writing and recording is all the time.No time off. Work for fun.The best is jumping out of the shower to write shit down. I have every game system and they are covered in dust and thats a good thing.

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Cage fans are crazier than Real World MTV fans when they realize they’ve added a fake Joey (real world hollywood) profile on facebook -rofl:

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Permalink Posted in: cage, cardboard city, ccwm, defjux, hiphop, interview, music Comments(0) June 12, 2008

Video Of Shia LaBeouf Calling a Friend Faggot, Getting Slapped In Face

“The videotape that is currently being circulated is several years old and captures Shia playing a game among friends in which he uses a derogatory word toward a friend. He regrets having used the word in any capacity and is very embarrassed that this footage is being seen by anyone.”

It is Shia LaBeouf’s birthday today…so it’s sort of messed up this is circulating the rounds.
I guess you can chalk it up to a birthday hit. O well, happy 22nd!
Don’t blame me btw, blame da gehs: according to gaywired.com:

Posted early this morning, the video has already been reposted several times and has been viewed by more than 10,000 people, largely on the strength of being circulated by angry blogs including Perez Hilton and DListed.

You know Perez Hilton is all over this like shit on his dickslit.
Shia’s the man…every1 get off his nuts!
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Permalink Posted in: cardboard city, ccwm, celebs, shia labeouf, video Comments(3) June 11, 2008

Yak Ballz…

Here’s an interview that Yak did with Karmaloop. The only thing I got out of it was that, don’t bring 40oz’s to interviews, unless the person being interviewed is as cool as Yak, and won’t bash you over the head with the bottle. Though I will say, if you gonna be rediculous like that, at least come correct with a nasty-ass brass monkey (aka the poor man’s mimosa)!

a 40 of Olde English 800 mixed with some OJ.

Typically one drinks the 40 down until the beer is level with the top of the cylinder of the bottle, then fill the bottle back up to the top with orange juice.

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Permalink Posted in: ccwm, concert, defjux, el-p, hiphop, interview, music, myspace, odds and ends, show, video Comments(1) May 28, 2008

RIP Camu Tao

The shadowing/light on Camu’s face is from an angel above him.

From Cage’s Blog:

Tero Smith aka Camu Tao 6/26/77-5/25/08 R.I.P.

I am writing this only to kill all the speculation and nonsense.I believe something official will be announced soon.Tero had been fighting lung cancer for the past 2 years of his life on chemo. He didn’t want to go public until recently. His time was cut way too fuckin short. Music was his life. His pain and suffering is over. His music will live forever.
WM

Statement From El-P’s Blog:

CAMU TAO R.I.P.

TODAY, around 2pm, our dear friend, family member and musical collaborator Tero “CAMU TAO” Smith passed away in his home town of Columbus, Ohio. Tero had been quietly fighting for his life for the last year and a half after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

To those who knew Tero, he was an almost uncategorizable force of nature. Wild, hilarious, proud, loving, tough, outspoken, spontaneous and brilliant. He wore his heart on his sleeve and he dripped creativity, leaving inspiration and awe in the hearts and minds of anyone who was fortunate enough to see him work.

We, his friends and family, have truly had our collective hearts broken by his passing. Not only because of the loss of our friend, but because of the loss of his contribution to those who never knew what we knew about his talent and his potential. He was the secret that no one wanted to keep and we always knew that one day his vision and his heart could change music forever the way he changed all of our lives.

His departure from us all 1 day away from his 31st birthday is nothing less than a tragedy… nothing less than a crime. he was a gift to us all and he is irreplaceable. Rest in peace, Mu. We will love you forever. May god bless you and your family.

R.I.P.
Tero “CAMU TAO” Smith
born 6/26/77, passed 5/25/08
wm/cc

sincerely,
jaime “el-p” meline (on behalf of many, many wonderful and broken hearted friends)

Camu Tao - Samurai Champloo

RIP Mu.

S.

Permalink Posted in: brooklyn, ccwm, defjux, music, video, youtube Comments(4) May 25, 2008

Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Aesop Rock Remix) + Poll Results

Sketch Theatre Artist Nate Frizzell creates a sketch video for The Mountain Goats/Aesop Rock remix of “Lovecraft in Brooklyn”.

RESULTS OF LAST WEEK’S POLL:

I guess we’re all Cage Kennylz fans here… as that was indeed my vote as well, though I love all the WeatherMen.

A New Poll will be up shortly!

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Permalink Posted in: aesop rock, brooklyn, cage, cardboard city, ccwm, defjux, el-p, hiphop, music, video, youtube Comments(0) May 24, 2008

Shia Labeouf Throws Up The CC On SNL 2008

The hardest working member of Cardboard City throws up the CC on SNL again.

Gotta love Shia still puttin’ in his work… when he don’t need to.

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Permalink Posted in: cage, cardboard city, ccwm, celebs, hiphop, shia labeouf, tv, video, youtube Comments(0) May 15, 2008

Shabooty Interview Series: Todd Westphal

MURS at Paid Dues - Photography By Todd Westphal.

Without the Todd Westphal’s of the world, Tila Tequila would just be the cute Vietnamese girl that works at the local pho restaurant in Houston, Texas, USA Today would be in black and white, and MURS wouldn’t look so cool in a goddamn CITGO jumper. If Todd Westphal released a viewmaster reel set of his works, you would see a collection of your favorite music stars (Chuck D, KRS-1, Cage, Murs, Glassjaw, Slick Rick, GZA, Aes Rizzle, etc), a few brides (that would turn even me into the Uma Thurman stalker), and every other cool fucking thing you could think of (outside of defecating in your neighbor’s front lawn and taking a picture, but then again, who can ever get the lighting right on a shiny turd). Todd Shoots Rappers, and gets away with it. Todd Shoots America…and foreign models. Todd shot the shit with me (in the neighbor’s front lawn). Here’s what came of it. . .

Shabooty: Hey Todd!
Todd Westphal: Bootles

What camera do you use?
I shoot canon 5-d’s and a Mamiya rz when I’m feeling like a workout.

Are you the official photographer for “Cardboard City/Weathermen (CCWM)”/ Def Jux (djx)?
The nomenclature doesn’t stick - I would say I love a bunch of those guys, from Ameach to Palko [Cage] to Yak [Ballz] and on it goes, I’ve had a great chance to ‘do work’ so to say, and have my stuff be used in albums and in places like myspace and the net. I like my stuff getting out there. I want people to see it. I want people to look at a pic I took of them for the rest of their life and think, you know, that pic there caught me as what I really was at that moment in my life. That’s where the love of this whole thing lies for me. RE: the whole CCWM thing. I am an artist. This isn’t high school. I’m happy to have my friends and family. I’m happy to be in the club. Happy to share time with real artists - whatever click they roll with. Good energy is good energy.

What do you say to peeps who would say ‘good photography is just a matter of luck: being at the right place at the right time’?
I don’t really like peeps becaus