Smiling Down, On You And Me

Aaaaaaaangry

Listen to the first single from the upcoming mix tape by Raaaaaaaandy and Dave Sitek. It's hilarious, probably even better than "Hate (DJ Aziz Ansari Remix)".

I Need A Dollar

Here are the excellent opening credits to HBO's new show, How To Make It In America. The show centers on two guys trying to start their own high-end denim company and I've really enjoyed the first couple episodes. At first, I described it as the anti-Entourage but it is more like Entourage with hustle. I think I'll wait for a couple more episodes to air before I write a full-on review but the show has potential to be really good, even if I can already see its weaknesses.

A small side-story on the show deals with the two main characters' past attempt and failure to sell their Wilfredo Gomez pro model skateboard decks. While it was just glossed over in the show up to this point, a large part of their inability to move the decks was that Wilfredo is crazy and he doesn't even skate anymore. HBO made this long and somewhat unnecessary documentary about the history of Wilfredo Gomez. I say it's unnecessary because it's not exactly interesting or integral to the story. Mainly, it gives HBO some street cred by interviewing several pro skateboarders and other New Yorkers that are in that scene.

Hard Knock Life

Kanye's blog is all over the map, not necessarily in a good way, but it's usually worth a visit every week or two. (Although today's launch of www.kanyewest.com might mean he's changing his blog content in addition to the new, cleaner look.) A couple days ago he posted this video about the making of "Hard Knock Life". It's nothing special really, but watching The 45 King talk about the microphone Jay-Z used during recording is pretty awesome.

It Be The Wu

Check out the cover art for the Raekwon, Method Man and Ghostface Killah collaboration, Wu-Massacre. While this might not be the official artwork, I'm digging the comic book look, a style that perfectly fits the Wu aesthetic. I'm really looking forward to this release based on the art, as well as the couple of tracks I've heard. Pitchfork reports.

Take One Down, Pass It Around

28 Drinks Later from Futuristic Films on Vimeo.

I See It In Your Eyes

Here's the video for "Giving Up The Gun", probably my favorite track on Vampire Weekend's latest album, Contra. The video doesn't make me like the song any more or less than I already did, but it has a few recognizable cameos and it's weird.