Light up your pod with host Carlitos (aka selekta chang) as he presents a smokers delight of grooves that range from House, Afrotechno, minimal, electro, to disco classics, 80s, 70s, funk, soul, and spliffed up chillout ritmos from all over the world..with occasional interviews of various djs & producers..

He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." (Luke 13:18-19)

Mustard Seed tracklist:
1. Martin Luther King - "The Drum Major" speech
2. UFO - "Listen Love (Osunlade Yoruba mix)"
3. Jamie Principle - "Waiting On My Angel (Mark Grant remix)"
4. AME - "Mifune" (overlayed with "This Poem")
5. Copyright - "He Is"
6. Blaze - "How Deep Is Your Love (Asad Rizvi remix)"
7. Peven Everett - "Stuck"
8. Chris Brown - "Run It (1200 remix)"
9. Jaque - "Love Will Save The Day"
10. My Robot Friend - "Swallow (Derrick Carter We An Army remix)"
11. Kevin Saunderson - "Take Me"
12. Markus Enochson - "For You To See (Tiger Stripes remix)"
13. Timbuktu - "Pan African Electro Dub"
14. Alexander Robotnik - "The Dark Side Of The Spoon (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Mix)"
15. Shalamar - "Right In The Socket"
16. Starflight - "Dance To The Beat (David Reyero edit)"
17. Kathy Brown - "Get Another Love (Warren Clarke remix)"

 a home DJ..record collector..and i'm o.k., with dat; between playing records, i paint and smoke pot..yeah i said it..hell'a smoking..; i think i spend way too much of my income on both vinly and pot..but that's just a 'truth' i live with..i don't need anyone's approval on that..

1. Scientist Dubs Culture
   E Equals MC Squared
   
2. Dr Alimantado
   Autum Sunshine Musical
   
3. Scientist Dubs Culture
   Beam me up Dubby
   
4. Desmon Williams
   comeback dub
   
5. Lady Sovereign
   Random
   
6. Freq Nasty
   2 females
   
7. Assasin
   Dem Bad Mind
   
8. Half Pint
   Don't Close the Door
   
9. Garnett Silk
   This girls in love
   
10. Roland Alphonso
    Jah Shakey (aka Jack steady)
    
11. man about ska Town
    Patrick & Edward allstars
    Easy to Remember
    
12. Ras Michael
    Truth & Right
    
13. Slim Smith
    Rougher yet
    
14. lloyd Charmers
    Darker than blue
    
15. Sugar Minott
    Too much back biting
    
16. Tiki's Pure Blue Remix
    Boss Man

all we have is love  .. like the brother DJ/Rupture, seek his council,

(see, me and my bois been trip'n on that word and deed, we kind'a believe that we brothers in the 'community of black men, need to return to the nature of council wit each other, like each one teach one..kind of thing..spreading knowledge rather than comsumptive eveny and hyper/masculine coded hate and distrust..like the nature of council is what many blogs do in the internet world, we keep each other informed of things, events, ideas, and behaviors..likewise we can do this in our small home and work relationships..) 

 mudd up

takes so little to make an impact on anothers life 

seems this morning i'm all about putting you intouch wit music and the people who play, and love music..like Detroit Digital Vinly..

a nice community of house folks..esp. free mixes..like The Plan Before the Collapse

"If the music is the words, then a mix is a sentence, a paragraph, perhaps even a book. It may be emotional or it may be not. It may be breathtaking or relaxing. Whatsoever. A lot of DJs are, often without recognizing, not Dadaists. Their sets are books that prove themselves to be readable, even to make sense. But how can one "write", align and overlap "words", with full consciousness? How can one not just state an expression (senseless or not) but "tell" a "story"?"

This is the subject of our first experiment. We are going to tell a story through a 3 part mix series. With part one we start in a city and a people that are vibrant, moving and advancing. This first set is split into 5 movements:

1-4 Welcome

5-7 People

8-14 Sunset to Sunrise

15-20 The Wheels Of Industry

21-22 Hope For The Future

The next mix will pick up in the story where this one left off. This mix was done in one take with no edits in The Plan's make shift bunker during 2 week Escapism session number 26. This project was concieved years before and we have picked this very moment to put it into action. We beleive that spinning records can be much more than just matching beats, working the faders and eq's and just making people dance. This music is capable of putting forth messages beyond just the content of the tracks alone. Look beneath the surface..........

how will i tell the difference? 

 between affection and tolorence; stupid question? but sometimes, a man wants some'ting from me, say sexual, that allows him to tolorate me for that opportunity whereas he has no real affection for me and after sex would  not associate with me..and in some cases nor would I associate with him..

of course rafael is not the subject of the above, nor is hansel to the right, they are both just exceptional beauty in the world at large; i've show my work of rafael many times here before, but this is the first time, i think, that i've provided an image of hansel..(if in fact that is his real name..)

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 Abu Dhabi is modern, sleek and shiny on the surface and while the UAE's capital is often accused of being a rather soulless place, the multicultural backstreets beg to differ. While it lacks the buzz of Dubai, its laidback vibe is more distinctly Arabian than its neighbour.

the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is thinking big. The city recently released extensive plans for the development of a multibillion-dollar, 670-acre cultural district featuring works by world-class architects Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, and Tadao Ando. Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will consist of several "rings," which he claims will be able to house art "made on site and of a scale that could not be achieved in other museums around the world." Finally, Hadid's Performing Arts Centre will soar out over the sea, Nouvel's Classical Museum will be topped by a dome that will "let a diffuse, magical light come through in the best tradition of great Arabian architecture," and Ando's Maritime Museum will be an expansive space inspired by the "force and fluidity of Abu Dhabi's wind." The buildings are scheduled to open under a phased program beginning in 2012.

Alt.Grammys  PLUG Awards celebrate indie music, culture

The 2007 PLUG Independent Music Awards (no relation to Earplug) celebrated the hard-to-define, easy-to-recognize concept known as independent music last Saturday at Irving Plaza, kicking off with a rousing performance by young band Tokyo Police Club. Indie darlings/staples Deerhoof played a startlingly profound set, while hip-hopper El-P had a few solid notes to add. Most of the award presentations themselves, meanwhile, felt familial: Brooklyn Vegan, which won Blog of the Year, got the loudest applause of the night, while mentions of Pitchfork were roundly (ironically?) booed.

PLUG voters by and large bestowed little favor on most electronic music; Thom Yorke's The Eraser took home Electronic/Dance Album of the Year, and Girl Talk's Night Ripper won DJ Album of the Year, despite having little to do with the disc jockey's traditional job description. Somewhat surprisingly, the Knife — feted in the Pitchfork, Jackin' Pop, and Pazz & Jop polls — went back to Sweden empty-handed. (FK)

Talib Kweli, a truly independent artist in 2007 so far, has not only self-released a collaborative record with Madlib but also just finished the video for his second single "More or Less." The track features Talib's right-hand producer Hi-Tek, and the video, which was funded by his indie label Blacksmith records, is said to have used green-screen technology in spite of its smaller budget.

Kweli declared, "mainstream video and radio outlets do not play my music because they follow trends instead of setting them. They have a formula to putting out Hip-Hop artists. You get your adds at radio, get your spins up, get your video on BET & MTV, check your first week sales. That formula doesn't work for artists that are more creative." His DIY ethics are to be applauded – especially because he's an established artist – but it's also worthwhile to recognize that his forthcoming album Ear Drum (out later this month) will be released on Blacksmith/Warner Bros.

so, now you see my work does not always speak of the same tings, i might write about.. like this peice deals with displacement of bois in LA via the sex industry, or crime, or desire..as in the desire to be famous..it also looks at eroticism as a static image..esp., the eroticism of torture..if such a thing is possible..

GILLES PETERSON PRESENTS THE BBC SESSIONS

 Amp Fiddler, is the main man..check him out forsho