BIRTHDUB

The kinaesthetics of kung fu films are transducted via speakerboxx

Dubbling up the resonances, this side cuts through the medium like a shark's tail

PABLO'S ALL STARS - Tubb's Dub Song

'Cry tough, Don't you know you're getting old. Cry tough, And you know you're getting slower'.

Yep, it was my birthday yesterday and news came in that rocksteady singer Alton Ellis had died.

Alton & The Flames - Cry Tough (extended version)

These tunes are convenient distractions but also spaces to be made anew (again).

CAPITALISM ROCKS

May the CEO's expensive car rust. May he have a heart attack from all the rich food he has consumed. May his trophy wife's plastic surgery have terrible side effects. May his mansions be destroyed by cyclones and hurricanes.

CHAMPION DOUG VEITCH - Banks of Marble
THE COUP - George Bush is a Bank Manager
KRAFTWERK - Nummern
N.W.A. - Panic Zone
RIP, RIG & PANIC - Bob Hope Takes Risks
BARON ZEN - Broke Christmas In Brooklyn

TOMORROW

After Lord Quasimoto, Madlib says 'the meaning of the law' not 'the meaning of Allah', as I first thought.


MADVILLAIN - Light of the Past

FLYING LOTUS - Shadows

THE SMITHS - Well I Wonder


The rain on The Smiths song sounds like frying bacon, which is what Flying Lotus sounds like a lot of the time.


This is a San Diego sunset in July.