natalie portman’s shaved head – sophisticated side ponytail from thatgo on Vimeo.
No idea what this is for but saw it on Wil May’s blog. I think it’s a band called Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head and the song is called “Sophisticated Side Pony Tail”; another classic example of a band name that’s too long and a song name that’s too long. Kinda like that movie, “The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain”

Mike Posner is the brain-child behind some of Big Seans dopest tracks, on “Cooler Than Me” Sean returns the favor by blessing Mike Posner and his band The Brain Trust with a verse that floats perfectly over their catchy pop track with remarkable hip hop sensibilities. Expect big things from Mike Posner and The Brain Trust in ‘09. They will be the first pop band with a mixtape, appropriately named Underage Thinking (I gave him that title for the mixtape). Look for Mike to possibly join the elitaste family in the near future (after he graduates from Duke! the Harvard of the South…oh wait, that’s Emory where I went!).
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Travis was burned from the waist down and AM suffered burns on his face. Travis’ asst Chris Baker, whom I have met and dealt with, died in the crash along with a security guard and both pilots. So sad.
From MTV News:
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM were critically injured in a plane crash Friday night (September 19) in Columbia, South Carolina. They had just performed at a free T-Mobile-sponsored show in the Five Points area, along with Perry Farrell and headliner Gavin DeGraw.

Though early reports had suggested that DeGraw may have been on the plane at the time of the crash, DeGraw’s father, Wayne, told MTV News that he’d spoken to his son Saturday morning and that he was fine. Farrell’s manager, Peter Katsis, confirmed that Farrell was not on the plane.

The crash took place just before midnight on Friday and involved a twin-engine private Learjet with six passengers onboard, according to Lynne Douglas, public information officer for the Columbia Metro Airport. While taking off, the plane, which never left the ground, overran the runway, struck an antenna array and several lights, and began sending up sparks. It skidded off the end of the runway, through a perimeter fence separating the airfield from a nearby roadway, and then crossed the roadway, coming to a stop on an embankment. The plane caught fire on impact. Douglas said two passengers — who were later confirmed to be AM and Barker — escaped the aircraft while it was on the ground, while the other two passengers and crew members died in the crash.

The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed these details during a press conference, which was held shortly after 11:30 a.m. A 10-member team from the NTSB, along with investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is on the scene, trying to determine what caused the crash. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen described the post-crash fire as “significant.”

An eye witness told NBC news affiliate WIS that he saw a fireball crossing the road near the airport and then realized it was a plane. He saw jet fuel shoot out across the roadway and then saw two men, who were both on fire, patting each other down to extinguish the flames.

Beth Frits, a spokesperson for the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, confirmed that AM (born Adam Goldstein) and Barker were transported to a hospital in Columbia, following the crash. They were transferred — AM by helicopter and Barker by ambulance — to the Still Center soon after. She told CNN that both men had “extensive burns.”

Lexington County Deputy Coroner Brian Setree confirmed for MTV News on Saturday morning that three men and a woman were killed in the crash. Just after 10 a.m. Saturday, Setree identified two of the crash victims: the plane’s pilot, Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim, California, and her co-pilot, James Bland, who was 52 and lived in Carlsbad, California. At 10:40, Setree confirmed that Barker’s assistant, Chris “Little Chris” Baker, also died in the crash. He was 29, and lived in Studio City, California. TMZ.com is reporting that Baker, who appeared on MTV’s reality show “Meet the Barkers,” was newly married, and that his wife recently gave birth. At 11:30 a.m., Setree released the name of the fourth person who died: Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles. He reportedly worked in a security capacity.

Barker, 32, and DJ AM, 35, were the house band for the 2008 VMAs.

Prolly my favorite hip hop group of all time. Shouts to Apple Juice Kid on the production.

From Elitaste

Album is pretty much done and it’s awesome. We will be unveling album title, pre-album tour plans and a lot of other amazing stuff in the coming months!

Been traveling so haven’t had a chance to post.
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And remember this?

And here’s the video just for fun

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Check out how he gets closer without ever moving. True Ninja skills right there.

This is like a week old but so absurd

From Elitaste

Last night I went to a screening for this series of short films that were made in conjunction with Nike Sportswear for the Windrunner jacket. My friends Adam Jay Weissman and Chris Robinson directed two of the sets, and then graffiti artist Todd James directed the last set. Adam’s and Chris’ are really entertaining and here is the first in Adam’s set.

Rick Hoffman Presents The Windrunner

Throughout the running boom of the late seventies there was one name that was synonymous with winning, a name that belonged to a man by the name of Rick Hoffman.