jesse and gene reunite this week on newstalk 1010

If you're like me or around my age bracket, and were a fan of radio, you would know the names Jesse and Gene. The names have been imprinted into the minds of radio fans since they duo split years ago. Now, they will be reunited this week on NEWSTAK 1010. As the yellow board spills, Jesse and Gene will lend their voices as fill-in guys for the night show as regular host Ryan Doyle will filling in for mid-day host Bill Caroll. It's been confirmed by Gene that neither of them are going to get paid but will be making a donation to the Sick Kids Hospital while also promoting 1010's yearly donation drive for the Toronto landmark. They'll be on-air Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Should be fun times.

wanna get shot?

The good people over at Toronto Truth Seekers did this little video that's worth watching. Will you want to get the shot? Have you? Why? Why Not?

metric plugs in and out

If you have followed this blog long enough you know I'm a huge fan of Toronto's own Metric. The singer songwriter has released accoustic versions of songs from her Fantasies LP on an EP called Plug In, Plug Out. The EP will be available online at Amazon only in US, UK, France and Germany. After November 27th, the album will be available worldwide (excluding Canada due to lable blabbergabber) directly from her web site and on iTunes. If you want a full playlist and to check out some of the EP check it out here.

vmt: good music is good music

It's been a long time. I should've have left you. I thought I would throw down another VMT on this cool but sunny and cloudy Saturday morn. This time around, I'm just going to share with you a bunch of tracks I've been digging for the past little while. Some new. Some old. Some classics. And some tracks that never really got the props it deserved. Keeping in the tone of the VMT format, I will also educate you on the tracks by digging in the crates and giving you a bit of a history lesson. Don't sleep. Let's Go!


I Know You Got Soul - Eric B and Rakim
I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
Never Can Say Goodbye - Michael Jackson (DJ Jazzy Jeff re-mix)
Fear - Drake
Super Lyrical - Big Pun feat. Black Thought
D.I.T.C. - Lyrical Threat
I Love You - Mary J Blige feat. Smif'n'Wessun
Ike's Mood I - Isaac Hayes
One Love - Massive Attack
Lady Don't Fall Backwards - Peter Doherty
Can It Be All So Simple - El Michaels Affair
Sounding Out The City - El Michael's Affair
Just Ain't going to Work Out - Mayer Hawthorne
I Quit (I Give Up) - OK Cobra
More Soup - Moka Only feat. MF Doom
How Could you Throw My Love Away - Carla Thomas

diggin'...

Beat Diggin Art Form Documentary
Real hip hop at its finest, Real producers, none of that keyboard swizz beats garbage.
REAL DIGGIN IN THE CRATES
SHOWING YALL HOW ITS DONE!
REAL HIP HOP
Legends talkin about and showin yall real Diggin in the crates: