It seemed like it was yesterday when I was listening to Shawn Elliott wax-poetically on an old GFW podcast about Weng Weng. The biggest little guy. Hopefully this little post finds plenty of his fans. Though he died almost twenty years ago, his powerful little fists and feet have left prints on my heart.
That and I had a long day at work. I looked back and only seen one set of footprints. Weng Weng carried me.
More Like Historically Gangsta...[yeah...that was bad]
By the time you read this, Jenny Burrows has already 'blown up' on the internet. I was sitting on this link for about at week then seen Reddit and Twitter trending her work. So consider this post a small drop in a bucket of people who love her work.
It seems quite hip that Smithsonian would be cool with such contemporary blends, but...here we are.
Below is more gangsterocity from Burrows' Historically Hardcore
Now I can be the creepy guy at parties that says, "I'm friends with a Japanese model." Yeah, I'm that guy now.
I've been [unknowingly] listening to Ubiquity artists for years now. A label I once knew for re-releases is now synonymous with current funk and hiphop artists. Even as I began typing this, I didn't know the band Nomo hd released work on this label.
Good job, Ubiquity Records. Can't wait to see what comes out in the future.
Above is a video recorded by Bullet Proof, of Neo Empire, after Zade (Zoro) won Ultimate Clash 6's Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament. Add this to the collection of 'fire-side chats' I've been collecting, in regards to the year's biggest fighting game release.
What I find most interesting in the video above is that Zade proclaims that he, "Isn't a Marvel player." Even though he just won a tournament, competing against some pretty high-level talent. I'm wondering how popular this notion, or this situation could be in the future of the Marvel series? If new players of the series begin to consistently win, will this cheapen the credibility of the game?
After watching several streams of popular U.S. events [Final Round, Winter Brawl, Wednesday Night Fights] I'm slightly confused with the stance of Dieminion and Zade. Top players will ultimately perform better than the average scrub. To a certain degree I'd like to assume this is belly aching.
The game hasn't been out for that long and people are still discovering things they like, but also things that they don't. The damage is high. The combos are fairly simple by comparison to most fighting games played at tournaments. X-factor, Sentinel, Phoenix and Wolverine are all characters that seem to keep coming up in these debates.
Maybe this could be a good thing for the community? Each tournament I've watched has had new faces and young players enter, but contrary to what Dieminion and Zade are saying, the veterans and familiar faces of fighting games typically advance farther. Is there a need to fix the damage and the [seemingly] over powered characters or will player-execution play a more vital role in future tournaments?
Some of my dancing friends read this blog, so this one is aimed at them. Last night was a tough night of dancing for me. Muscles are tight. Shoes don't feel quite right. I came home sweaty, tired and a little down. Then I searched previous posts on this very site.
It wasn't until I remembered a clip nestled deep under the plethora of booty shaking vids and monkeys peeing-in-mouth clips, on Youtube. No matter my thoughts on James Brown -- the person -- I've always thought of him as a creative and [more importantly] diligent artist. His band, The JB's, clearly have so much musical training to follow Brown's ad-libs ... never missing a beat.
This clip...it's kinda what it's all about. Do your best. The rest will work out in the end.
It's been a good day for the Brog, but I must admit to trolling the lovely users over at N4G. I wanted to point out a flaw in the submission system. So let's all relax by getting unnerved. Gaze into a man's eyes who clearly is gazing into yours.
With an immense amount of talent and money, Killzone 2 serves as a good example why superficial measures will always supercede any form of depth in a first-person shooter.
This segment of Audio Files is dedicated to the sentence, "Yeah, but have you heard this version?" As an aging, and possibly over-the-hill bboy, I've had the privilege to dancing to some strange tunes over the past ten years. The strange thing is, when I stopped dancing and started annoying deejays, that's when these little gems got stuck in my head.
Feel free to contribute some of your favorite b-sides and tunes close to your ears.
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 7:26PM 
