Happy New Year! Check the video above for an old friend, great songwriter, and all around good dude Marty James (Grand Royal fans will remember him from Scapegoat Wax, newer heads will recognize him from One Block Radius) in a video w/Snoop Dogg over a track produced by GBC-member Scoop Deville. Ring in 2011 with [...]
Kenny “The Tick” Salcido, partying with one of the biggest stars in history, Pt Dume, 2010 Happy Christmas eve, everyone. In lieu of a holiday card this year we released a sampler of music courtesy to some of the great bands who used Topspin in 2010. Stream by hitting play and download all the MP3s [...]
The past two years I’ve taken my daughter, Lucinda (now 4), to Bonnaroo. We go with a friend, stay in a house up the road in Sewannee, and generally have an incredible time. We went the first time because we were invited by friends, we went back because Lucinda loved it so damn much and [...]
Driving across LA with Brad and Danny a couple weeks back we started talking about favorite MCs and I mentioned Big L, always high on my list despite a career cut too short in the streets of which he spoke. Danny mentioned the family just released 21 unheard songs (including a track with Kool G) [...]
Don Van Vliet, pka Captain Beefheart, passed away yesterday. Some personal favorite moments: And the 1997 BBC documentary: Thanks, Captain. ian