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27 January 2009 ~ 6 Comments

Record Shopping at Lous Records in Encinitas

So I’m really digging have a set of 1200′s.

For those of you that don’t speak DJ, that means I like my Technic 1200 Turntables. I need a better mixer though, and some scratch records. Maybe Ebay would be a good choice.

Anyhow, I went shopping for some vinyl the other day at Lou’s Record Store in Encinitas. It’s primarily a punk rock record shop but they do have a decent selection of hip hop stuff. So after digging through the racks, here’s what I pulled out for the collection of crates….

Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
The Roots – Home Grown Beginners Guide
Pete Rock – We Roll
Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm – A Black Mans Soul
Common – Announcement
The Roots – Game Theory
De La Soul – Impossible Mission TV Series – Respect
Common – Be
Common – Finding Forever
Bootsy Collins – Stretching It Out – Bootsy’s Rubber Band
Michael Franti & Spearhead – All Rebel Rockers
Funkadelic – 4 Men With Beards

Anybody notice the recurring trend?

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28 October 2008 ~ 5 Comments

Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That

Robert Randolph And The Family Band play “Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That” on the David Letterman Show.

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10 September 2008 ~ 2 Comments

Red Hot Chili Peppers “Charlie” Video Contest

I really dig contests. It gives people a chance to display their talents, and because something is often “on the line”, more dedication goes into the entry in order to “win”!

A while back the Red Hot Chili Peppers ran a video contest for the song “Charlie” from their album Stadium Arcadium. The winning video got to be the official video for the song If the band choose your video as the winner.

Prize: $5,000 and a trip to meet the band at their show in Paris.

Anthony Keidis explains here…

And here is the winning video.

I thought the video was clever, fun, and really represented diversity quite well. All in all I thought it was a groovy video. It would be sweet to see the other submissions too. Hmm, maybe they are floating around Youtube.

Anyhow, contests are a really cool thing. You’d be amazed at the results it can bring to your business, band, or whatever. Bottom line, contests rule!

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28 August 2008 ~ 13 Comments

James Devon’s “Eye Guitar” Rules! Learned Greensleeves

James Devon has a winner!

This guys site is awesome. Awesome for guitars players, and awesome for marketers to pay attention to as well.

Just for the record, I don’t know the dude. Never talked to him, nor emailed him. This is just a 100% unsolicited testimonial for a guy who’s product I think kick’s ass!

His website is called “Eye Guitar” and can be found at www.eyeguitar.com

So here’s why I’m making this post…

I’ve fiddled with the guitar for about 12 years. Never taken it seriously though. In fact, I pretty much couldn’t. My ADHD kept me from ever learning a entire song during those dozen years. Sure, I could bust a few licks, but could never play a whole song.

Tragic :(

And I’m no good at jammin with other bro’s. Even more sad :(

Learning to read guitar tabs, or even worse, real music notations, scared the hell out of me. I’d rather just flip my wrist around and play some porno funk on the wah wah peddle for a few minutes. Then play some Xbox.

It’s tough for me to settle down and force myself to learn. I’ve tried all kinds of guitar courses and they all last about 20 minutes max. Then I’m frustrated.

Well Mr. Devon’s site was different. It was the first time I actually sat through a whole lesson and learned it. And for me, that’s alot. So I’d like to thank James Devon for offering an amazing product at a stunning price.

I’d have to say it was hands down the best money I’ve ever spent on the internet. I feel marketers should pay attention to how this dude provides value. It’s amazing. I’d buy from this guy all day long now, even if he overcharges!

So, I’m sure I botched part of the song a bit, and the timing, but F&*K it! Here you go…

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18 July 2008 ~ 15 Comments

Winner Of The Worst White Rapper Contest Is Chuggo

Okay, now that recording producers and agents are scouring this blog in droves, I think it’s time to announce our winner of the “Worst White Rapper” contest.

There was lot’s of great talent to choose from, and I have to admit it was tough picking a winner. But after consulting the judges, crunching the numbers, and almost pissing my pants laughing we’ve come up with a definitive champion who will be crowned “The Worst White Rapper”.

But before we crown the winner I’d like to thank all the participants who linked to some really funny vids. I had no idea so many white kids were suffering from “Crackeritis”. I sure hope they get some professional help.

Now some of the entries are just plain horrible. And that’s to be expected. I don’t put my hopes too high that some suburban 13 year old from Omaha is going to wreck the mic. So I give some of the whities some slack. They don’t know any better and are just mimicking what they see on BET or Yo MTV Raps.

Because let’s face it, we all know life is all about Rims, Crunk Juice, and Big Booty Hoes shaken some Gluteus Maximus on the boob tube right?

So, without further ado I introduce the winner of the worst white rapper challenge as….

CHUGGO (Submitted by Trevor Somerville)

WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT LYRICS! VERY VERY BAD EXPLICIT LYRICS. ( Don’t say I didn’t warn you)

Chuggo,

You’ve outdone yourself bro. Any chance you can tell us where to get one of those evil Devil Staffs? I’d love to walk around with one of those things.

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16 July 2008 ~ 65 Comments

The Worst White Rapper Contest For Easy Video Sales

Let’s have a bit of fun today!

Right now I’m gonna give away a free copy of my Easy Video Sales program. It sells online for $397, but if you take part in todays challenge, you may get it for free.

All you have to do is post a link to the “WORST WHITE RAPPER” you could ever find. Now I know this is an extremely difficult task, and it’s tough to find bad white rappers. However, I think a few of you can find one or two.

And trust me, this is entertainment at it’s finest. You’ll see.

So all you have to do is post a link to a horrible white rapper, and I’ll pick the best submission in the next couple days.

Okay let’s do this. I’ll start it off with this dude (although I know you can find worse)…

Leave your link below in the comments section to enter “The Worst White Rapper Contest Ever“.

Chow,

J-Mo

PS: O man, Steve Iser is in the lead. You’re gonna have to dig deep to beat this one folks. Introducing… “Average Homeboy”…

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14 July 2008 ~ 31 Comments

Two Mexicans Order Traffic Secrets 2.0

Two Mexicans walk into a bar and say… “We’ll have 2 Traffic Secrets“.

The bartender looked puzzled and said, “Sorry amigos, we don’t have any Traffic Secrets around here.

Jose and Juan looked at each other puzzled, and bewildered. “No Traffic Secrets. WTF?”… they yelled. The bartender informed them that Senor Reese was not releasing Traffic Secrets until Tuesday. But even then, they might not have any either on account of everyone being drunk on “Traffic Secrets“.

There’s nothing like a good “Traffic Secrets” buzz.

Just then, a shady looking white dude who resembled a homeless Kid Rock asked the two hombres if they wanted to snort some Traffic Secrets. “I got the hookup on the pure Traffic man”… mumbled the scrawny white dude.

Jose and Juan were SHOCKED! They simply wanted to have a simple glass of Traffic Secrets, not partake in some back alley Traffic Secrets binge. Besides, they were door to door Traffic Secrets salesmen, not some Traffic Secrets users and abusers.

I mean geez, what is this world coming to?

Kids, you need to be careful with your Traffic Secrets and make sure you don’t take too much.

For instance, one time Jose drank a little too much Traffic Secrets. He ended up in a leather gay bar. He had so much Traffic Secrets in his system that it actually turned him gay for 13 days. And flamboyantly gay! Like double rainbow gay with a crooked pink triangle on top.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

But if you’re not careful, this Traffic Secrets can do strange things.

Anyhow, back to the story.

Long story short, Jose gets pissed and kicks the white boy in the Traffic Secrets. He’s bleeding Traffic Secrets all over the floor. Traffic Secrets is coming out of his nose, ears, and I’m sure his tighty whities were bloodied with Traffic Secrets too.

All the people in the bar start running around and wildly screaming… “TRAFFIC SECRETS, TRAFFIC SECRETS, TRAFFIC SECRETS” at the top of their lungs.

It was a big ol mess of Traffic Secrets.

I hadn’t seen anything like that since the first Traffic Secrets.

Well, the cops show up and handcuff Jose and Juan. They throw them into the back of the paddy wagon and book them with unlawful use of “Traffic Secrets“.

But Jose and Juan are kind of like Bo and Luke Duke. They don’t let Roscoe P Coltrane yard them into the slammer without some attempt of escape. After all, there was more Traffic Secrets to drink out there in the free world.

And very little Traffic Secrets in jail. In fact, almost NO Traffic Secrets in jail at all (unless you had a hookup on cartons of Kool cigarettes).

So, the two amigos put together their brains and dreamed up the biggest Traffic Secrets scheme they could ever think of. And then all of the sudden, Jose let’s out a ripper from his back side.

The whole paddy wagon smelled like Traffic Secrets. I mean it was bad. So bad in fact that the driver was overwhelmed by the pungent smell of the Traffic Secrets and veered off the road like a drunken Mel Gibson driving in Malibu.

The paddy wagon flipped over and the canvass top ripped away from the bed of the truck. Jose and Juan had one last chance to ditch the fuzz and run for freedom. But first, they decided to take a few more swigs of Traffic Secrets.

Then they hi-tailed it across the field and unto a country road where they hitch-hiked all the way to Traffic Secrets land and came across another bar. Oddly enough, this bar was called Traffic Secrets too. And the 2 Mexi-Bro’s knew they were home.

They sat back in their Traffic Secrets heaven, drank from the well of the Traffic Secrets Gods and slept with the hottest Traffic Secrets women ever known to man. They were the Mexican version of Matthew McConaughey squared.

And life was good.

They lived happily ever after.

Now Bob,

Bob didn’t get Traffic Secrets. Instead, he got a kick in the ass from a blind donkey, poked with a cactus in the eye, and has a bad case of Halitosis. No woman west of Traffic Secrets could ever bare to kiss this man.

He has no Traffic Secrets, no sales, no customers, no lovely women to make him Captain Crunch, no Cool Camaro to go to 7-11 and pick up a 6 pack of beer, and no LIFE!

So who do you wanna be?

Jose and Juan?

or…

Bob?

GET TRAFFIC SECRETS!

PS: My bonus if you buy from this page is… 1 hour with me on the phone to discuss your business. I don’t think you need another marketing course, or more BS piled on top of more BS. You need to just get some traffic, and then make sales. Quit screwing around with so much stuff and just focus on that, Traffic and Sales.

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24 June 2008 ~ 6 Comments

Wanna Rip Some Guitar Hero?

Are you one of those people who has seen everybody playing Rock Band or Guitar Hero, but never had a chance to give it a crack yourself?

Wanna try? Below you can bust out some chops and pretend you are Vernon Reid from Living Colour, or play some Alice Cooper. If you can keep up with the hard level, you got skills.

Have fun and POST YOUR HIGH SCORE BELOW!

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02 June 2008 ~ 12 Comments

Jack Johnson – Upside Down (Groovy Tune & Video)

Every so often I like to share a bit of music on the blog.  I’m pretty picky about the type of music I’ll listen to nowadays though.

Anything to aggressive, loud, or violent hip hop just wrecks my chill vibe.  In fact, playing Grand Theft Auto 4 last night had me feeling all shitty.  I mean it was pretty cool to run over a bunch of grandma’s in my Camaro, and ditch Michelle on our date, and run over cop cars with a dump truck, but after a hour of that I was sitting there feeling pretty empty.

In fact, I felt like crap.

So, I plugged in a little Jack Johnson and instantly felt better.  I love tunes that make you feel groovy.  So, speaking of groovy tunes, here’s one…  (What kinda tunes do you like to listen to when you want to lift your spirits?)

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19 April 2007 ~ 1 Comment

One Of My Hero’s Michael Franti on “FrantiV”

This has nothing to do with being right wing, left wing, or any wings. This is purely about using the heart when electing officials who will help to mold our future. Please take a moment to check out the video of my hero Michael Franti as he interviews congressional member and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.

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