Growing up in LA, a very ethereal place, there are very few things that stay the same. Going to Lakers games at the Great Western Forum as a kid, there was a guy named Dancing Barry who used to go nuts in the aisles during time outs and halftime. He’d wear a white suit and dance to oldies. Last I checked, Barry changed his name to Magic Barry and lives in North Carolina. Charlotte Bobcat fans are now the lucky ones who get to enjoy his antics. But perhaps more impactful and far more well know than Barry is a mysterious man whom my mother and I used to refer to only as The Dancing Man. He used to bust moves on rollerskates at the corner of Beverly Dr. and Sunset across from the Beverly Hills Hotel, but one could randomly catch him in the act at other high-traffic intersections around LA. Recently he has made his home on Robertson just north of 3rd St. I guess it was only a matter of time before someone figured out a way to exploit him. A trio of LA brats have started a clothing company…no, scratch that, a BRAND called The Crazy Robertson. It’s actually really sad. The dude is not mentally healthy. Check out the Wall Street Journal article

I think it would be great if the owners gave all the proceeds to the LA Homeless Shelter or to a mental health organization; that would make it all a little more palatable. Apparently the shirts have been flying off the shelves at Kitson. Figures.

Loving this dude. Sanaz told me about him. Late pass on posting this, I see Perez Hilton has already anointed Adam with his white man ink, whose last name isn’t really Tensta, but rather Tensta, Sweden is his home town. According to Wikipedia, Tensta is “known for its large concentration of immigrants, high rates of unemployed and people on social welfar..with a 44% unemployment rate.”

For some reason the aesthetic of the video takes it to a whole new level for me; sort of like The Roots “Don’t Say Nuthin”…

meets Limp Bizkit f. Method Man “N 2Gether Now”.

Wale remix anyone?

Download Adam Tensta “My Cool”
produced by Addeboy v. Cliff

Flashing Lights video

World of Pain video

I just read about this dude on discobelle.net today. I’m pretty blown away by his remix of what is already an amazing song. What’s more is that the video is pure fire. And the dude is unsigned. Superproducer/spot-blower-upper Dallas Austin entered into a production deal with Colin’s Canadian manager/label with hopes of getting this phenom a mufuckin deal. Dallas’ Rowdy Records has a first look deal with Universal. Time will tell where this dude ends up.

The second video, “World of Pain”, uses 10,000 still photographs to create an interesting but gimmicky look. I don’t really think the device works for the song. If he had somehow combined the stills idea with his “Flashing Lights remix” video concept, we might have a VMA-worthy clip.

I’m stamping this dude now.

Colin Munroe’s MySpace

Download Flashing Lights

Breakdown playoffs remix (with practice footage)

Nike Boots promo from Nike.com