!!!!!!!!!!PRIMUS TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHH!!!!

One of my favorite bands ever, PRIMUS, will be on tour this Summer into the Fall. Their first tour in 4 years.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!


Joining the band will be original Primus drummer (I mean super original), Jay Lane, who recently stepped down from drumming duties for the latest Grateful Dead reincarnation, Furthur.

Also it seems that the band is working on some new material, which will be Primus's first new album since 2004(?)'s "Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People".



Can't wait to hear it and I HOPE they add some more East coast dates. Untill then, enjoy some Les Claypool projects over the years.


07.27 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
07.29 Essex Junction, VT Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley w/ Gogol Bordello
07.30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/Gogol Bordello
07.31 Bridgeport, CT Gathering of the Vibes
08.01 Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville Pavillion w/Gogol Bordello
08.03 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater w/Gogol Bordello
08.05 Columbus, OH LC Pavillion w/Gogol Bordello
08.06 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
08.07 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
08.09 Council Bluff, IA Stir Cove at Harrah's w/Gogol Bordello
08.10 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater w/Gogol Bordello
08.12 Denver, CO Red Rocks w/Gogol Bordello
08.13 Salt Lake City, UT The Rail w/Gogol Bordello
08.14 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
08.15 Santa Barbara, CA County Bowl w/Wolfmother


Hilarious old picture.

Molecules = Sick Ass Huge Drums

I just found out about these crazy drums this morning when I was looking at some of Deadmau5's pictures from the Ultra Music Festival and just so happened to see Tommy Lee sitting at them. Pretty wild.


Oh Yeah and check out Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers playing a set.

TABLA TUESDAY !!!!

Hey kids guess what? It's TABLA TUESDAY !!!!!!

Watch some sick ass tabla videos!

1. (Thanks Ludwig)


2. Some Tabla Beat Science


3. Wild


4. This Guy is Nuts


Okay, are you all Tabla-ed out? Well good.

Happy Tabla Tuesday!

Get Up Offa That Thang !!!

The hardest working man in show business, The Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk, Soul Brother Number One, Mr. Dynamite, Mr Please Please Please, The Godfather of Soul, none other than the late great Mr. James Brown !!!!!!

Whooooooo weeee!!!!

The man certainly has a legacy behind him. The music, the hair, the moves!!!, THE CAPE!!!, the...samples?

What?

Yeah! Along with George Clinton, Kool and the Gang, and Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown is one of, if not the most sampled artist of all time. One song, actually one specific section of a song, Clyde Stubblefield's drum break/solo in the song "Funky Drummer is possibly the MOST sampled recording of all time. That one section has been sampled in (well) over 100 different songs.

Seriously, check it out!

2 Live Crew - "Coolin'"
808 State - "Pacific 202"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Seperate / Together"
Above the Law - "Murder Rap"
Above the Law - "Untouchables"
Above the Law - "What Cha Can Prove"
Allison Williams - "Sleep Talk"
Asamov - "Seven"
Awesome Dre - "Frankly Speaking"
Beastie Boys - "Shadrach"
Big Daddy Kane - "Mortal Combat"
Biz Markie - "Spring Again"
Black Rock & Ron - "Stop the World"
Breeze - "Great Big Freak"
BWP - "A Different Category"
Cash Money & Marvelous - "Drawers"
Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever
Choice MC - "Bad A-s Bitch"
Chubb Rock - "Bump the Floor"
Chubb Rock - "Talkin' Loud, Ain't Sayin' Jack"
Coldcut - "Say Kids, What Time is It?"
Compton's Most Wanted - "The Final Chapter"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Wanted"
Convicts - "I Like Boning"
CPO - "Flow to the Rhythm"
Credit To The Nation - "Call It what You Want"
Criminal Nation - "I'm Rollin'"
Criminal Nation - "Insane"
Criminal Nation - "It's a Black Thing"
Criminal Nation - "The Right Crowd"
Daedelus - "Lights Out"
De la Soul - "Oodles of O's"
Deep Forest - "Deep Forest"
Depeche Mode - "My Joy"
Derek B - "Get Down"
Derek B - "Human Time Bomb"
Digable Planets - "Where I'm From"
Divine Force - "My Uptown Beat"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "2 Damn Hype"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Hip Hop Dancer's Theme"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Jazzy's Groove"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Magnificent Jazzy Jeff"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Pump up the Bass"
DJ Mark the 45 King ft Lakim Shabazz - "When a Wise Man Speaks"
DJ Master T - "Wind Me Up"
DOC - "Let the Bass Go"
Domination - "Back at it Again"
Dr. Dre - "Let Me Ride"
Eazy-E - "We Want Eazy"
Enigma - "Carly's Song"
Eric B and Rakim - "Lyrics of Fury"
Eric B and Rakim - "Relax with Pep"
Father MC - "Ain't it Funky"
Fine Young Cannibals - "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be"
Finesse & Synquis - "Fatal Beauty"
Finesse & Synquis - "Strictly For Business"
Freddie Foxxx - "F. F. is Here"
Fresh 4 - "Wishing on a Star"
Gang Starr - "2 Deep"
George Michael - "Waiting for That Day/You Can't Always Get. . ."
Geto Boys - "Mind of a Lunatic"
Geto Boys - "Read These Nikes"
Goats - "TV Cops"
Gus Gus - "Purple"
Guy - "I Like"
Hard Knocks - "A Blow to the Head"
Heavy D - "Peaceful Journey"
Heavy D - "We Got Our Own Thang"
Hi-C - "Take a Ride"
HWA - "Trick is a Trick"
Ice Cube - "Endangered Species"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Ice T - "I Ain't New Ta This"
Ice T - "Original Gangster"
Ice T - "Radio Suckers"
J.J. Fad - "Let's Get Hyped"
INXS - Guns In The Sky (Kick Ass RMX)
James Brown - "She Looks All Types A' Good"
Jaz - "The Originators"
K-OS - "B-Boy Stance"
Kid 'N Play - "Foreplay"
Kid 'N Play - "Slippin'"
Kid Sensation - "Emergency"
King Sun - "King Sun with the Sword"
Kool G Rap - "It's a Demo"
Kool G Rap - "The Butcher Shop"
Kool Moe Dee - "Bad, Bad, Bad"
Kool Moe Dee - "Good Time"
Kool Moe Dee - "I'm Blowing Up"
Kool Moe Dee - "Knowledge is King"
Korn & the Dust Brothers - "Kick the P.A."
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Kris Kross - "Lil' Boys in Da Hood"
Kwame - "The Rhythm"
Lakim Shabazz - "Black is Back"
Leaders of the New School - "Sobb Story"
Leaders of the New School - "Teachers, Don't Teach Us Nonsense"
LL Cool J - "Boomin' System"
LL Cool J - "Fast Peg"
LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
LL Cool J - "Nitro"
LL Cool J - "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
Lord Finesse - "Baby, You Nasty"
Low Profile - "Make Room for. . ."
Maestro Fresh Wes - "Let Your Backbone Slide"
Mantronix - "Fresh is the Word"
Mantronix ft Wondress - "Got to Have Your Love"
Marky Mark - "Good Vibrations"
Masters at Work - "Jus' a Lil' Dope"
MC Lyte - "Brooklyn"
MC Shan - "So Def"
MC Shan - "So Fresh"
MC Smooth - "Blow the Whistle"
Mellow Man Ace - "Hypest from Cypress"
Mellow Man Ace - "River Cubano"
Michel'le - "No More Lies"
Michie Mee - "Jamaican Funk Canadian Style"
Ministere Amer - "Traitres"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Hypergroove"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Show 'em How We Play"
MMG - "Only the Strong Survive"
Mobb Deep - "Flavor for the Non-Believes"
Nas - "Get Down"
Naughty by Nature - "Hot Potato"
Naughty by Nature - "Ready for Dem"
New Order - "Ruined in a Day"
Nikki D - "Freak Accident"
Nikki D - "Gotta up the Ante for the Panties"
Nine Inch Nails - "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)"
No Face - "Half"
No Remorze - "Dark Malice"
NWA - "Fuck tha Police"
NWA - "Quiet on tha Set"
Outlaw Posse - "Stop the Negativity"
P-Funk All Stars - "Dope Dogs"
Paperboy - "The Nine Yards"
Paris - "I Call Him Mad"
Paris - "On the Prowl"
Paris - "The Devil Made Me Do It"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Go with the Flow"
Pharcyde - "Officer"
Pop will eat itself - “Not now James, we’re busy”
Prince - "Gangster Glam"
Prince - "Gett Off"
Prince - "My Name is Prince"
Prince Johnny C - "Comin' to Get Ya"
Prince Johnny C - "Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul"
Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
Public Enemy - "Hazy Shade of Criminal"
Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
Public Enemy - "She Watch Channel Zero"
Public Enemy - "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic"
Public Enemy - "The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx"
Queen - "We Are the Champions"
Redman - "Rated R"
Roxanne Shante - "Have a Nice Day"
Run-DMC - "Back from Hell"
Run-DMC - "Beats to the Rhyme"
Run-DMC - "Run's House"
Run-DMC - "Word is Born"
Sadat X - "Demo"
Saint Etienne - "Spring"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Let the Rhythm Run"
Scarface - "Born Killer"
Sinead O'Connor - "I Am Stretched on Your Grave"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "No Holds Barred"
Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot - "No Remorse (I Wanna Die)"
Slick Rick - "Captain Caveman"
Slick Rick - "The Moment I Feared"
Smooth Ice - "I'm Coming"
Smooth Ice - "Without a Pause"
Snap - Blazé Blazé
Sons of Bazerk - "One Time for the Rebel"
South Central Cartel - "Neighborhood Jacka"
Stetsasonic - "DBC Let the Music Play"
Stetsasonic - "Sally"
Stetsasonic - "Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy"
Stetsasonic - "The Hip Hop Band"
Stone Roses - Fools Gold (A Guy Called Gerald RMX)
Stop the Violence Movement - "Self-Destruction"
Style - "Victim to the Vinyl"
Sublime - "Scarlet Begonias"
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - "Do the James"
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - "Let the Drummer Get Ill"
Sweet T - "My Beat"
Sweet Tee - "As the Beat Goes On"
Tim Dog - "Goin Wild in the Penile"
Tim Dog - "Low Down Nigga"
TLC - "Shock Dat Monkey"
Trek Life & Oddisee - "Price I've Paid"
True Mathematics - "For the Lover in You"
Tung Twista - "No Peace Sign"
Tupac ft Richie Rich - "Lie to Kick It"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Give the Drummer Some"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Moe Love on the One & Two"
Vanilla Ice - "Stop That Train"
Wagon Christ - "Filthy Drummer"
WC & the Maad Circle - "Ghetto Serenade"
Yomo & Maulkie - "Mockingbird"
YZ - "Return of the Holy One"
Z-Trip - "Rockstar"


Phhheww!! Good lord brother man, that's a lot of songs (and it might not even be all of them!)

Here, listen to a few.

You have to hear the original first.

Sinead O'Connor (weird!?)



Sublime!



Daedelus


Pop Will Eat Itself (actually about James Brown)


Run DMC


Okay that's your music lesson for the day. Get goin' ! Oh, and respect your elders.

Rest in Peace, James Brown.

Travis Barker "Forever" Remix

This is already all over the internet, but it just got posted today! (So I feel special because I'm on top of my game today). I' don't think I really ever told anyone, but I'm a huge fan of the Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem song "Forever". It's always on the radio (I don't even voluntarily listen (okay very rarely listen) to the radio anymore but I hear this all the time) but I still haven't really gotten sick of it yet. I might be getting there though, anyway that's besides the point. It's a good song, everyone seriously delivers and it's just a colossal song. That's all besides the point too.

What was the point of this? Oh right, this. Today, a Travis Barker remix of the song got put out. Meh, it's pretty good. No disrespect to TRV$, he's still a killer drummer but he's got better stuff. I really dug his stuff with the late (it's weird saying that) DJ AM.

Anyway, check it out.

Keyboard Drums

Press some Keys
Play some Drums.
The End.