How in the world did we miss this...

French people, disco and Philadelphia. Yup. There is a connection.
Check it out:
DIMITRI FROM PARIS "GET DOWN WITH THE PHILLY SOUND"



Click it. Or follow link below.
http://extramusicnew.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/dimitri-from-paris-get-down-with-the-philly-sound/

This Is the Minus World:

OMG depression era kid hipsters!

Check out that kid's awesome sneakers. They had those in the 40's?


Boy building a model airplane as girl watches. Robstown, Texas, January 1942. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Check out other color photography from the Farm Securities Administration here, no click, here these may give you a better idea of how things were...

Get some Solid Potato Salad

No need for special effects to sell this...It gets crazy @0:57...

Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

The Chemical Brothers released new album Further recently, and were lucky enough to get stellar remix duo Lindstrom & Prins Thomas back together after a four year remixing hiatus. and just in time for WHAT?....SUMMA! Check out their sunny italo disco rendition of Swoon:


Chemical Brothers 'Swoon' (Lindstrom and Prins Thomas Remix) by cmjct

Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

Big Boi finally got his solo outing Sir Lucious Left Foot....The Son Of Chico Dusty released just in time for summa, and the whole thing is pretty much on point. The bangers are plenty full on said LP. Check out the track 'Follow Us' below:


Big Boi - Follow Us by All You Need Is Soul...

Uh Oh- Here comes the PO PO!

Oh boy. Our tall eastern boys from Philly(?) Are dropping this like it's hot. Git ready. This record is what teen dreams are made of.
Uh yeah that doesn't really mean anything. Just check this out and let us know what you think. We want to know what we should think. JK. Click dis bizitch.

Video Time Kill

Check out indie super group Gayngs perform their morphine R&B drip, Kenny G-ish,

stoner slow jam The Gaudy Side of Town live, now please::

The SkinNY

Watch it.

Now laugh.

Do you realize?

That all shows should be this awesome?!!!

Photo by M. Edlow for The Minus World

Flaming Lips- House of Blues, Showboat Casino, July 4th

And some Flufftronix for your July 4th Weekend,

Commence judging...
Unsafe At Any Speed by flufftronix

Hi-Tech Philadelphia circa 1988

@ 10sec. notice the working girl with the cell phone! Classic.

Minus Web Appreciation

Looking at other people's family's photos is beyond boring, except for that one pic out of a thousands which is priceless comedic gold. Awkward Family Photos is a collection of all those "one" photos from thousands of families, and it's beyond hysterical. So, here's to you AFP, and Thank You!

What are the kids up to?

Ahh, to be young and...retarted?

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Vodka Eyeballing
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News

Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

Norwegian electro-disco pop group Casiokids give us this playful feel-good jam for the summer. Enjoy:

Casiokids - Finnbikkjen by supabz

Jersey Shore Thing.

Wildhood, NJ...back in the day:

Ahhh...MOMO

The Minus World met Momo while he was at work preparing for his show in Brooklyn.
It's Apocalyptic. 

Momo's next show? June 24th @The Invisible Dog, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

Click here for more of his work.

Minus Styles

Another blog to drool over, Solaris is full of insanely rad vintage designer shades. Ah...to be rich and have nicer things on your eyes.

Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

This sun-drenched track comes from Spanish Balearic-indie pop band Delorean. This is the sound of sunshine:

Delorean - Real Love by DJYabis

Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

Here's a track from boy/girl NYC duo Cults which demands the obvious for summertime: GO OUTSIDE!

Go Outside - Cults by musicmanners

End times folks! Get your End times here!

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Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

Taken from their debut album Tuning Echoes, here's a track from UK post-disco pop outfit Mock & Toof. This robo-funk number is a perfect addition to our Epic summer music mega-mix:

02 Mock & Toof - Shoeshine Boogie by Trax Mag

Casey Kasem Orders Chinese Food...

....and hilarity ensues:

Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

Cruising along with the breezy sounds of summer, we present to you this yatch-rocking number by some Swedes called Tiedye. This track is originally from a band called Syket, but after the remix treatment, Tiedye make it their own.

Syket - Fishband (Tiedye remix) by Anton_Tiedye

Minus Music Rec: Summer Trax 2010

This track is fresh! Its a deep cosmic reggaeton burner brought to you by some stoners in Amsterdam called Red Fulka on the new Elevator People label. I'm definitely going to blow my speakers out with this number.

Red Fulka - Crazy Meera - Original Mix - Elevator People 002 by elevatorpeople

What are the kids up to?

What are kids playing with these days? I have no clue. This maybe?:

DUDE DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!!!!!!!

We will hurt you whenever we see you on the street if we don't see you there. Yes that is a threat. Don't test us.

Kesha...Ewwww

Uh-oh, someone just threw up the past decade of fashion and music and made a pop star, another pop star. We would like this trend to stop so there are no links to any of her work or more pictures. Really can we start finding actually talented pop stars?

Humble Arts

There are some nice people doing some humble things with photography. Look at the nice photographers they're finding.

Ofer Wolberger

New M.I.A- The Ginger Revolution? You decide.

Watch.

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

Thoughts?

Minus Movie Rec.:

Ever wonder where babies come from? Now, ever wonder how they get the babies out from where they come from and who makes a buck getting them out? Well, this insightful (and a lil controversial) documentary from Rickie Lake and her pregger friends will answer these questions for you. Rickie clears up the myths of giving birth, focuses on the steep decline in the craft of midwifery, and most importantly, describes the practices that hospitals are capitalizing on within the birthing business, all to achieve maximum profits of course. Pretty much, anyone who is thinking of giving birth one day needs to watch this...for reals... Srsly.

Church Bloopers:

Along with sexually abusing helpless little children, the Catholic church is also abusing young children's rights to artistic freedom. This image was taken by a 10 year-old photographer named Jackson Potts II. The photo was to be apart of the Stations of the Cross display during lent for a church in Texas. The church deemed the photo too controversial for the art show and the young photographer is begging just to show his work at some point during one of the church's upcoming art shows.

The church said the photo is disturbing and could frighten children. And that is the sound of the pot calling the kettle black.

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Disturbing Strokes

It's a different Different Strokes theme song. I think this one was a better fit for the show:

Disturbing Strokes - watch more funny videos

Lord, Have Mercy On Us.

This is an honest-to-God painting hanging in an Oklahoma Church. They said the devil would one day infiltrate the church, and pop out of Jesus' loin cloth and say "Hi" in the form of a monster cock. This must have something to do with all the molestings that took place within the church. Maybe this is a clue that will unlock the mysterious reason as to how those poor priests were forced to molest those slutty little alter boys.


Source Page

A new Basketball league. FINALLY! No Blacks AND No Dunking! Great!

So is this the new National Birther Tea Party Basketball Association? The NBTPBA. Watch.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Snowball
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform

Ohhhh, it's the new White Citizens Council. Nevermind.

Adobe's "Adobe's Content Aware: Fill" spells ARMAGEDDON

Seriously though. There's soooo much spelling out the End of Days, i.e. Justin Bieber, Michael Jackson's death, Britney Murphy's death, the Big Mac Snak wrap, HDR Photography and now this...Adobe's new feature in Photoshop- "Content Aware: Fill". Never worry about taking a bad photo again! What could be even scarier is what has already been done by the military with this application. You know they did something.

Ok. Watch here. Crazy. We thought it was fake...Is it?

NBC's The Starting Over House

C'mon really? This show was about women who had screwed up their lives so much that they had to press the reset button. RE Diculous! Seems like drug addicts, the grossly overweight and people awakening from comas are the luckiest people. They all get to start over. All the rest of us just get to deal with depression until something comes into our lives that jolts us out of our funk. Anyway, at least watch this 1st clip. I don't know if this woman really started anything over. I think she just was on the show for free lodging.

The Funking Polish!

Franek Kimono - Dysk Dżokej

For the past couple years I've been on an Italo Disko bender. Since I'm 50% Italian and 50% polish, I decided I'd give my galumpki eating side some attention. What i discovered was only up until recently, there has been no wide distribution of polish disco music from the 70's and 80's. A few compilations are floating around and I found this 12" of killer cosmic perogie funk edits here . Listen to a track from said 12" above from a duo called Franek Dysk. One of the guys was a musician and the other was an actor....in Poland so you won't know who they are. Well, it turns out Polish Disko isn't too far off sounding like Italo Disko. Because this is a competition, like all things in life, I'm going to have to go with the Polish on which one I think sounds better. But the Italians are still winning in the food department.

Give it up for EBONY magazine

At a time when large print outlets are on the decline and widely distributed magazines are really not being really creative with their front cover, BOOM, out pops Ebony's cover with a shot of Sade. Simple and clean. This cover totally jumped off the rack. Shot by Sophie Muller who normally directs music videos, this cover will be a memorable one for people that other than just Sade fans.

Oh Wow, Philly's own Kelly Ripa!

So we're not sure why Philebrity didn't post this gem, but kudos to them for posting Dancin' On Air vids. Actually to the blogger that originally posted them, Thanks! We wouldn't have this beauty without you. (http://meandyouandablognamedboo.blogspot.com/)



Enjoy!

Almost as good as The Godfather scene...

when that chicks abusive husband gets beat up in the street! For you 9-5ers who need a break from staring at your email inbox!

Ooooh ok. So Corey Haim was on his way out anyway...

Enough said. Just watch this.


You gave us a great performance in The Lost Boys that's all you needed to do. We'll remember you like this instead.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!

Ok so where would the world be without Women? No where. Time to Celebrate!



Monday - March 8th, 2010

12-2pm - LOVE Park
4-5:30 - Broad & Olney
(Join us for an outdoor installation depicting women and describing core issues facing the gender. Bring yourself, a symbol, fliers, and a friend and talk with others about why International Women’s Day is an important holiday. We’ll be at both locations. )

6:30-10pm- Friends Center – Co- Sponsored by third world coalition (AFSC)
Performances, readings, food, chatting, and discussing. From different disciplines and trends, join us for day of celebration and rage. Various performers and performances: poetry, jazz, hip hop, and more!
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"I Bang the Worst Dudes...

Sorry Mom" is probably one of the best reads on the internet. If you're at work and want to stop watching the clock, click here. You'll feel much better about your relationship experience after reading this!

Minus Movie Rec.:

Speaking In Code

Ever get "lost" in music? Well, this documentary is for you. This film focuses on techno music and the people and places that produce such noise. It's give some cool perspectives on electronic dance music and shows some top notch producers in action. Ellen Allien, Micheal Mayer, Apparat and Modeselektor along with a whole bunch more are interviewed.

OMG! They're gonna turn us into robots!

We're not kidding. It's coming. Hopefully this will be realized after all of our generations' youthful energy is gone and they can just let us be old and slow and human because seriously, look at what we're doing NOW to make a buck. Unless you're super rich you're just a cog but you look human still. With this new technology we soon will all look like Robocop and our whole lives will be hooked up to machines and we will be making someone who still looks human a WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY. Ahhhhhh!

Skinput, ewww, cool.

Oh those Tough Shits.

The Tough Shits, one of The Minus World's favorite bands is going to be playing@ Kung Fu Necktie (oddly named venue, great shows) Make sure you get to see them. If you need to stay for the Blood Feathers do so but we think you won't need to after seeing THE TOUGH SHITS! HAHA! We suggest getting there @9:00p to get kinda close to the stage and to make sure you drink what you can before because its going to be a bitch trying to get back to the bar from the stage.

And if you can't get enuff of them at Kentucy Fried Necktie or have become a traveling fan, head down to The Black Cat in D.C to see them play again with The Blood Feathers.

It's Monday. Lighten up with Whoopsi !

For some reason, people doing impersonations of Whoopi Goldgerg are so funny. This one had me LOL'ing for a while.

Reading Rainbow Book Reviews:

Reading Rainbow Banned Book Review #1 - watch more funny videos

Reading Rainbow Banned Book Review #2 - watch more funny videos

Reading Rainbow Banned Book Review #3 - watch more funny videos

Precisely why we love Dr. Ruth!

Get a closer look here.

Yes it is our job

To proclaim the coolness of Dr. Ruth. Ryan McGinley likes her. He has her glasses on and he's kissing her. Very cool. Sex advice Dr. Ruth? We're taking it.

(photo not courtesy of The Minus World- We stole it off of Ryan McGinley's Facebook page)

Uhhh...The 20 Minute Workout?

So yeah, one of The Peace Creeps turned us on to this, how fitting. Ummm, I guess excercise is really just soft porn. This ran on regular TV in the 80's. It's almost as good as BET late night, almost. Well, you have to pay extra for cable.

Skip to 2:10!

Oh no, we've lost Boner!

Remember Boner from "Growing Pains"? I think he's passed through The Minus World. Well he's missing. Boner, show me that smile again!

Story here.

The Wilhelm- Ahhhhhhhh!

The same scream sound effect through the ages. Crazy. Here's it's history.

The first. (it's the first and second scream you hear):



and more Wilhelm...


and the Wilhelm on Family Guy...

An Incomplete Concept

House music producer, Matthew Herbert, is know for thinking up uncanny concepts for his work as a dance music producer. On 2001's Bodily Functions, Herbert sampled noises from the human body, mutated and processed some to unrecognizable proportions while leaving other sounds untouched, and crafted a danceable piece of work. With Herbert's 2006 album, Scale, Matthew recorded his musician playing their parts in, lack of better words, extreme conditions: one drummer was recorded playing underwater, another while flying in a hot air balloon, and another while riding in a car going 100 miles an hour. He also filled the album with field recordings of sounds like gas pumps, switches levers and the sort.
On his newest project, Herbert is at work making an audible life "journey" of a pig, which you'll be able to dance to of course. The concept is to make an audible documentation of a pigs life, set to electronic dance music. Except not everyone is happy with his latest piece of work. The thing is, Hebert could not find a slaughter house/butcher who would allow him to record the dying squeals of the pig he was documenting. People deemed it unethical and butchers were weary of Herbert's motives with the recordings. But anyway, the show must go on. Matthew Herbert will release the oinky album without the death sounds but all other pig-life sound intact...morphed and mutated into groovy house beats. You can follow the progress of this project over at the Herbert Pig Blog . A release date has not been set for the album yet.

SPOILER ALERT!

The pig is dead.

Blood, Snow, and Caribou.

Here's the newly released video for Caribou's first single from his new album, Swim, due April 20th, 2010:



Can't wait to "Swim" with Caribou this spring !

Bye, Bye Birdie...and Froggy, and Lion, and Fishy, and...

Animals come and go, forever sometimes. That makes no sense. But here's a list with photos of 11 species that have become instinct within our lifetime. Way to go , Earth!


Good Bye, forever.

The Minus World missed...

Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day, but we are in The Minus World so some things are gonna get dropped! We decided to pick this up though, we may go...

@ Germ Books and Gallery
Thursday, February 11, 2010
6:30pm
2005 Frankford Ave.
215-423-5002

Uhhh...The Morning Benders???

So yes, we follow things Philebrity posts. Some people think everything they post is awesome. We, obviously don't. We don't think everything sucks, but there have been somethings that really puzzle us. Like this plug for The Morning Benders. Well maybe its just a promotion for a Johnny Brenda's show. Maybe they get paid to promote JB's shows? Friends? Huh, can't figure this one out. Listen:

Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders "Excuses" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Has he listened to Sam Cooke? Mr. Cooke did it better and maybe this kid should use the best as a jumping off point instead of recreating something that has already been done and done better.

Boring. Watch out, these guys are going to be popular. We mean that with no sarcasm.

What Snow?

To save money Philadelphia should just shutdown until winter is over.

If you're snowed in with nothing to do, this can occupy your time: Blood Simple. Maybe the best Cohen Bros. movie.


WATCH IT!

Ahhh...Barnaby Furnas

It's the motion.

Hamburger Hill, 2002. Urethane on linen, 182.9 x 304.8cm


--"Furnas's works on paper from the last three years demonstrate the same seductive violence as the large canvases that first brought him attention. His vibrant, fractured compositions and confident surfaces-here primarily watercolor, sometimes deployed in concert with ink and urethane--suggest the cartoonish figures of Philip Guston (or Carroll Dunham, with whom he studied) put through some kind of spatiotemporal shredder. All splintered forms and great geysers of bodily fluids, Furnas's images emphasize the link between carnage and carnality; something in their constituent elements brings this connection to vivid life." -http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_3_42/ai_110913985/

Philly Headz! Get Your Groove on with Andy Butler!

Andy Bulter, of NYC Disco House band Hercules and Love Affair , will be Dj'ing at Mar Bar on Feb. 12, 2010. His dj sets mostly consists of old school disco and acid house. Now GO DANCE!

Stephen has a point:

Eat Your Own Ears

AMIINA / BETH JEANS HOUGHTON / CARIBOU / CHILLY GONZALES / CORSANO AND FLOWERS / ESBEN AND THE WITCH / GOLD PANDA / HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE / JAMES HOLDEN /JOKER AND MC NOMAD / MAX TUNDRA / MEMORY TAPES / MOUSE ON MARS / PANTHA DU PRINCE / SILVER APPLES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why can't Field Day happen here? I know quit bitching and try to appreciate what your local scene is offering...Hmmm...let's see. Okay I guess Making Time is doing something. But really we wish we were flying off to London to stay for a while and immersing ourselves in the condensed music scene there. New York is only a $20 bus ride away but man, wouldn't it be nice to see the Atlantic Ocean on your left instead of your right?

Funny in Philly?

Yup. Mike and Gian have been making some pretty funny sketches with this series called, The Intern. Check out their site. Not all of the sketches hit it but we can see some funny things in their future. If you have time play, "The Uggly Truth."

The Intern: "Meet the Boss" - Episode 1 - watch more funny videos

Mike and Gian

Can food make your panties wet?

We believe so, our intern says it happens to her every time she visits this place in South Philly. If you're ever around roll through! See how stimulating it is.


Taqueria Veracruzana

Can Food Be Racist?

?uestlove Tweeted this pic from the NBC studios earlier this week claiming he was insulted or something by the racial insensitivity over at NBC for making a special meal for Black History Month. The chef who come up with the conceptual lunch, is black and even she didn't understand the controversy surrounding her soul food. My only argument here is, how can food make someone so upset? If there was an Italian History month, and they served gnocchi with marinara sauce at my work, I'd be stoked and pleased to eat it. I guess there can be that argument collard greens and fried chichen aren't black food, but you can also throw around the argument that pasta isn't Italian. Also, wouldn't you agree with me that this is definitely a menu you would find at a "soul food" restaurant, and most soul food places are run and owned by black people? Let's just let food be. Be happy you have a meal to eat and not cry about it being racist. I guess the looming worldwide food shortages and much more prevalent food riots taking place around the world have been on my mind and causing me to defend my favorite necessity, food.
If you don't agree with me, I'd love to hear your comments. I'm not Black, so I may be missing something here that would cause someone to be upset.

Trainwreckage

I'm posting this video for laughs and Black History Months. Now, before you get your collard greens in a bunch, I don't think Lindsay Lohan has anything to do with Black History at all. I'm posting this video for my love of my girl Niecy Nash, the interviewer here. Niecy Nash was my favorite on the now defunct show Reno 911, and her personality has the ability to make me sit through that Clean House Show, and I actually laugh (albeit, i'm usually stoned.). I heard the way she got the part on Reno 911 was she went into audition, did her thing, and when she was done and got the feeling the producers weren't too impressed or "blown-away" by her acting skills, she begged to get the part and pleaded with the producers saying "i need this job! I gotta feed my baby!" So, they gave in and look where she's at now! She is that rare TV personality who gets paid to just be themselves. You Go Girl!

You can watch the whole interview here
or, watch some episodes of the late Reno 911here

The XX - VCR (Matthew Dear rmx)

I can listen to a whole album remix of the XX by Matthew Dear after listening to this infectious remix of VCR by the London threesome. Check out this rad video for the remixed track above.

Holdin it down for black folks...

since 1934! Thanks Hank. Happy Birthday and while we are at it, Happy Black History month!

Hmmm, he's got a nice grip on that bat! He was talented and damn cute and broke hella lots of records. Thanks again Hank.

An Aeroplane Mix

The German airport-lounge disco duo of Aeroplane has been kind to us each and every month by compiling these white-label (mostly, i think) releases of that months new tracks into one continuous mix. So, you get a preview of hot new disco burners segued nicely into each other courtesy of your pilots, Aeroplane. No big deal.

Aeroplane-January Charts Mix

01. Breakbot : "Baby I'm Yours"
02. Cecile & Venice : "Rimmel"
03. Ali Love : "Love Harder" - Mighty Mouse Remix
04. The Swiss : "Manthem" - Tensnake Remix
05. Lorenz Rhode : "Like A Player"
06. James Curd : "Got To Have"
07. Tape To Tape : "The Devil Made Me Do It.." - C90s Remix
08. Moby : "Wait For Me" - Villa Remix
09. Gorillaz Feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack : "Stylo"
10. Acid Washed : "General Motors, Detroit, America

Snickers and Phoenix

Watch Snooks interview French hipster band Phoenix over at the Daily Swarm

Fun with Meth!

Crystal that is!



Before and after



This one's pretty rad.



OMG! Hottt!

Pick some up at a lab near you!