[Books] But Beautiful - A book about jazz (by Geoff Dyer)

But beautiful. Also special. Dangerous, maybe. Made me do things. Made me push my (musical) acting and thinking, too. Just check the infos I am posting here via video and reviews, paperback and so on. It should be enough to get a good idea about this book. I strongly suggest reading it in English as the original dialogues probably cant be translated too well. And I especially have to think about a dialogue between Charles Mingus and who was that again..Ben Webster? Yeah I guess so...Fucking hilarious..I was literally lying in bed, laughing out loud for about 5 minutes. Every new line making me laugh again...

 

'You dig them eggs, Mingus?'

'Yeah, I dig them eggs!'

I found a video by the Author Geoff Dyer. Cool Stuff. Cool author. I'll definitely check out his other books. Above the video I will put some editorial reviews. Enjoy. Buy here.

"May be the best book ever written about jazz."--David Thomson, Los Angeles Times

In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonious Monk creating his own private language on the piano. However, music is the driving force of But Beautiful, and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician's style.

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KREKPEK Berlin Underground Blog

Check out my friend Benne's (aka Moa Neunundvierzig) blog. As mine, it ain't very specific when it comes to content. Mostly HipHop (the kind of HipHop we like.. ), Style, Design (Benne is a sick designer, but I will cover that in a different post about MOA49) and some Skateboarding... also lots of updates on all the gems made by Benne you can buy to get some extra style points out there..like this wooden chain (you might have to go to oddsupply.com to buy one but I am sure the link is also on krekpek:

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Necro - Die!

Finally got my vinyl of Necros new album.

Expect classical Necro style: 

East coast boom bap beats overlaid with brutal violence-, drug- & porn-themed raps.
Aditional info on the record and necro to be found at the Discogs link at the bottom of this post.

more info @ DISCOGS

Dubstep Class

I think this clip is due to the millions of 'How to make Dubstep" Videos in the cloud. Nothing more to say about this, just enjoy and don't take it too serious. WUBUBUBUBUBUBUB WUAEUAUEUEA..

P.S.: Isn't that wobble bass dubstep totally [OUT/OLD/BORING] by now? I mean that shit sure was cool in the beginning..but nowadays..i dunno.. The video is funny though. Lovin the PA gettin brutal on the students..

The roof is on fire, Trey Jones too!

         via Nerdcore
 

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jazzfucked ?!

Due to the massive changes in design, here we go with the first jazzfucked-raffle (warning: this is a hoax, there's nothing to win, fools):

What am I holding in my hand in the brand-new header pic ?! *

* Lori, Keule & Mucki are not allowed to participate in this raffle, sorry guys :)