Ashton Kutcher Twitter SNL Parody: Tooter

Ashton Kutcher Twitter SNL Parody: Tooter

I dunno, I watched this and laughed like once. I’ll rate it a 4/10. I’m shocked that they actually paid comedy writers for this…

Questlove is in yet another unfunny comedy bit (cameo). The only thing funny about Questlove is that he’s a fat guy, that when he walks around, his lower half looks like Barney. I dunno why white people worship that guy.

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Permalink Posted in: comedy, tv, twitter, video Comments(0) February 7, 2010

Cage Announces Officially That He’s No Longer on Def Jux Records

Cage Announces Officially That He’s No Longer on Def Jux Records

These several tweets were more telling than most of El-P’s statement. Just sayin’.

Translation: If I was a betting man here is where Cage and Aesop Rock will land:

POSSIBILITIES:

A) Rhymesayers Entertainment. Basically, with the strong ties that Aesop Rock has with RSE CEO, Slug [of Atmosphere] – this would be a logical move. And yes, Cage has been on a RSE record recently, too! (See video below).

B) G.O.O.D. Music - Cage and Kid Cudi have fast become friends, and they’re doing a song together for Cudder’s next album. Depending on how that turns out, this would be an interesting move. When the rumors started flying when Kid Cudi got cuffed up in Los Angeles, Cage was setting the record straight – which proves how tight they are as friends now — (he was the first one on the phone with him).

C) Decon Records. Former DJX Staff member(s), now work at Decon Records. This too, would be a very logical move due to the family that everyone was at DJX, now being there. ALSO, DECON IS THE LABEL THAT RJD2 IS NOW ON!

D) …

FELT 3 : Protagonists Remix feat. Blueprint, Scarub & Cage

The only reason I would say that they’re NOT going to land at RSE, is because if you look at past history, it hasn’t happened. Namely, MURS. He got dropped from Warner Brothers and the logical move was to be signed to RSE. It just hasn’t panned out. So perhaps that’s setting the trend, that they’re not going to be signing Aesop Rock and Cage at RSE. Either way, someone needs to sign CAGE, ASAP! He has the most die-hard-core fans in the business.

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El-P Makes A Statement On The Future of Def Jux

El-P Makes A Statement On The Future of Def Jux

El-P has answered the rumors…
Editor’s Note: be sure to read the bottom of this post, where even -I-, take a moment to reflect.

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH: “From Hoopties To Hovercrafts” — by El-P

Dear Inter-web, fans, friends and JUX family,

People keep asking me what’s up with JUX. There’s been some talk, there have been some rumors. Some half true, some way off. Reports of our demise have been mildly exaggerated. Here’s what it really all boils down to:

This year, a decade after starting DEF JUX and after overseeing the releases of some incredible albums including the forthcoming release of my dear late and great friend Camu Tao’s brilliant “KING OF HEARTS” LP, I’m stepping away from my duties as artistic director for the label to concentrate on what I love most: being a producer and an artist full time. This is something I’ve been contemplating for a few years now, and can’t think of a better time or, with the eventual release of Camu’s record, a more poetic way to transition into a new direction.

This means change for JUX. Of course we’ll still have our website, we will still sell our catalog, merch and more as well as bring you news and updates on all our projects and artists. We will be releasing “KING OF HEARTS”, a DEF JUX remix compilation, a 10 year anniversary retrospective and some other goodies. But then as a traditional record label DEF JUX will effectively be put on hiatus. We are not closing, but we are changing. The process is already underway, and the last several months (for those wondering what the hell we’ve been up to) have been spent dealing with the technical aspects of wrapping up the label in it’s current form and re-imagining our collective and individual futures.

In 2000 starting a traditional record label made a lot of sense. But now, in 2010, less so and I find myself yearning for something else to put my energy into. I also see newer, smarter, more interesting things on the horizon for the way art and commerce intersect, and as an artist and an entrepreneur, I’m eager to see them unfold. The evolution of this industry is, in my opinion, exciting, inevitable and it would be nice to see the DEFINITIVE JUX brand be a part of it. In other words, maybe we can turn this hoopty in to a hovercraft.

All business aside, and regardless of what form JUX may inevitably take, my focus for the immediate future is going to be back-to-basics. The fun stuff: sitting in the studio and immersing myself in music, performing it for for my fans when the time comes and whatever (or wherever) else might be out there creatively for me. Thats how it all started and that’s how the next phase will begin. The days of me dedicating the majority of my time and energy into providing JUX with a constant stream of physical releases from multiple artists are on hold for the time being. My heart (and what little common sense I possess) is telling me to simplify my focus and it has always been my policy to listen to my heart.

Truly, DEF JUX has been amazing to be a part of. So many good people. So much fun. I feel very lucky to be friends and collaborators with people who have affected and continue to affect my life and work deeply and indelibly. Working with the likes of Amaechi Uzoigwe, Jesse Ferguson, Jason Drake, and Katy Eustis at JUX as well as allies like Kathryn Frazier (biz3), Michael Bull and Lisa Socransky-Austin (to name only a few) has been incredible. These are people who worked for generally meager wages because they loved what they did and they believed in the artists and the idea of DEF JUX. Anyone would be lucky to have worked with even one person as dedicated and passionate as all of them are. They are true champions of indie music and they (and too many others to mention here) have my gratitude and loyalty forever.

None of it would have existed, though, if not for the artists. Artists who rolled the dice on us the same way we did on them, and were there with us as we battled it all out. CAMU, MR LIF, AESOP ROCK, MURS, CAGE, ROB SONIC, HANGAR 18, CHIN CHIN, CANNIBAL OX, THE PERCEPTIONISTS, RJD2, DESPOT, SA SMASH, YAK BALLZ, CRAYZ, THE MIGHTY UNDERDOGS, DIZZEE RASCAL, DEL, P.F.A.C, ACTIVATOR, COOL CALM PETE … the list goes on. I consider them all geniuses at what they do. Every victory that they have had and will have will always feel like a victory for myself and all of us at JUX. It’s been a joy to create and even struggle with them all. It has not always been easy, but it’s almost always been fulfilling. I only hope the work we put in together helped build a path to their collective futures. They have my sincerest well wishes and genuine respect.

Lastly and most importantly are the fans… holy shit THE FANS! Our fans are no joke. I can’t tell you how humbled I am to have felt the love and respect that they have shown us all. Even when we did things they didn’t like, they stuck around. This was their label as much as ours. We answered to them, and yet they respected that we did what we loved, nothing more and nothing less. We always will. You are why we do any of this, and I’ll never be able to express how much your support means to all of us. I think I speak for all of us Jukies when I say I love making music for you and can’t wait to make more.

Until then, on behalf of everyone here at JUX and from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

EL-P
Founder/Artistic Director/Recording Artist
DEFINITIVE JUX

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Clive Thompson in Praise of Online Obscurity (TOO MANY TWITTER FOLLOWERS = TEH BAD!)

Clive Thompson in Praise of Online Obscurity

This still isn’t “MY SAID ESSAY…” that I keep teasing the life out of…

(WIRED.com) | When it comes to your social network, bigger is better. Or so we’re told. The more followers and friends you have, the more awesome and important you are. That’s why you see so much oohing and aahing over people with a million Twitter followers. But lately I’ve been thinking about the downside of having a huge online audience. When you go from having a few hundred Twitter followers to ten thousand, something unexpected happens: Social networking starts to break down.

Consider the case of Maureen Evans. A grad student and poet, Evans got into Twitter at the very beginning — back in 2006 — and soon built up almost 100 followers. Like many users, she enjoyed the conversational nature of the medium. A follower would respond to one of her posts, other followers would chime in, and she’d respond back…

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Permalink Posted in: facebook, twitter Comments(1) January 28, 2010

Live Blogging The Apple iPad Live Event 01-27-2010

Live Blogging The Apple iPad Live Event 01-27-2010


Note: The feed will auto update itself. Just keep this window open! And you can follow me on twitter @shabooty.

Permalink Posted in: apple, gadget, iphone, twitter Comments(0) January 27, 2010

Live Blogging The Howard Stern Show (01-25-2010)

Live Blogging The Howard Stern Show 01-25-2010


Note: The feed will auto update itself. Just keep this window open! And you can follow me on twitter @shabooty.

Permalink Posted in: comedy, howard stern, shabooty exclusive, show, sirius, twitter Comments(0) January 25, 2010

For posterity: @Shabooty Shout-out Atop The @ABC National Twitter Page

For posterity: @Shabooty Shout-out Atop The @ABC National Twitter Page

Click above image to zoom, and feel free to follow @abc at http://twitter.com/abc

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Permalink Posted in: shabooty, shabooty exclusive, twitter Comments(0) January 23, 2010

QUOTED: SHABOOTY on ABC News (@OMGFacts Is Run By 16-Year-Old & MLK Controversy) #OMGFacts

QUOTED: SHABOOTY on ABC News (@OMGFacts Is Run By 16-Year-Old & MLK Controversy) #OMGFacts

It all started on Monday. @OMGFacts, the go-to interesting factoid tweeter on twitter, posted a racist tweet about Martin Luther King Jr.:

Almost everything @OMGFacts does, goes trending. This was no exception.

Before I knew it, Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest, had ReTweeted my tweet about the blog post I had written on the on the controversy:

OMGFacts couldn’t handle the criticism, and promptly deleted their twitter account after the controversial (racist) MLK tweet created a firestorm!

Since then, it looks like the 16-year-old that runs the account, had his account restored by twitter, though his blog remains down.

ABC News.com interviewed the kid, (detailing his thought process and inspiration behind @OMGFacts, and his reaction to the MLK tweet’s backlash).

Here’s the part of the story where they asked for my two-cents on what went down:

[...] MLK Post Creates ‘Firestorm’ of Criticism

“Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent his last night on Earth having sex with two women,” [@OMGFacts] posted.

And with that, the barbs started to fly.

“Unfollow @OMGFacts for their crude tweet about Martin Luther King Jr yesterday!,” posted one tweeter.

“What a disrespectful way to dishonor MLK,” posted another.

Rapper Q-Tip commented, “it wasn’t racist just tasteless.”

“It became a big firestorm,” said celebrity and pop culture blogger Shabooty, who wrote a post about the incident on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “A lot of people were kind of appalled.”

A few hours after the controversial tweet, followers of @OMGFacts noticed that the account disappeared, Shabooty said. Some surmised that Twitter had shut it down over the comment, others thought the creator had deleted it.

Though the account was back up by Monday evening, @OMGFacts hasn’t tweeted anything since Monday.

But Deck [16-year-old] told ABCNews.com that he isn’t quitting @OMGFacts, he’s just taking a bit of a hiatus to “recover and think about things.”

“For the people that I’ve disrespected, I say sorry,” he said.

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16-Year-Old Sparks Twitter Trend, Controversy #OMGFacts – [ABC News]

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Permalink Posted in: celebs, hip-hop, quotes, shabooty, shabooty exclusive, twitter Comments(0) January 22, 2010

New NBC Logo: Fail Whale + Peacock (PIC)

New NBC Logo: Fail Whale + Peacock (PIC)

Here’s a photoshop a guy @studionashvegas, put together…

It’s cool, but not as cool as the ones we did here on Shabooty.com: Twitter Fail Whale Photoshops (Updated)

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Permalink Posted in: comedy, shabooty exclusive, tv, twitter Comments(0) January 22, 2010