Beats Off

Sick of your music?  Maybe some of these bands, old and new will inspire you.  Anyone who knows me at all, knows the only thing I care about more than Phetasy--is music.  Click on "phetasy's loved tracks" to get to The Hype Machine.  Plug in your speakers and turn it up. Does this count as a blog?  Hell fuckin' yeah it does.

So I have been meaning to write and fill ya'll in with what's going on in with this coast, well at least what's going on in my race-guilt neighborhood in the Southside of Williamsburg, (yes that dirty world that is in direct connection with the other dirty word on everyone's lips like MAC lipgloss "hipster") Anyways, I'm checking back into Phetasy per The Boss to talk about some stuff I have been listening too...

Checkout the new Jay-Z single from the Blueprint 3 due out on 9/11/2009

On Tuesday, August 4 2009 Janelle Monáe opened up for Erykah Badu in New York's Governor's Island. For those of you who don't know who Janelle Monáe is yet, this is one Late Pass you can't miss out!***



***Editor's Note: Apparently, Shankar borrowed these photos come from some hipster sitehttp://www.brooklynvegan.com/  We'd like to thank them and hope they don't read the most recent post about a certain healing here on Phetasy.

This playlist is all over the place, but I think it might be my favorite ever. Some old, some new, from hip hop to rock and roll it's a regular musical journey. Some of these songs literally saved my life during hard times, some are just good for nostalgia, some are done by up and coming artists you have never heard of... either way, you only have one job: plug some good speakers in, hit play and go with the flow.

If you are lucky enough to be in one of the many cities Atmosphere is hitting up while on tour, I suggest you get your ass on Craigslist and get some tickets. Say what you will about hip hop, but when this motherfucker takes words and bends them to his will, people stop and listen.

There's been a lot of good music coming out this year. I wanted to share some of the recent albums we've been jammin' to here at The Feta!

Bob Dylan – No Direction Home (The Soundtrack) The Dylan stuff is all mostly bootleg, alternate takes, live recordings...


My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves This album is great, rock ‘n roll with some real folk and southern overtones.


American Iron Man – Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) vs. Tony Starks (Ghostface Killah) - It's a mixtape that blends both HOV and GFK... I love this!


Wu-Tang Clan - 8 diagrams Their newest release to date... RZA gives you the dark-ass feel of this album. Method Man is a BEAST! on this album, but of course he is. If Meth releases a solo project it’s WAK, but if Method Man is on someone else's record he kills it and almost dominates any track he is on. Example: Campfire - feat. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Cappadonna.


Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses She is amazing! This album is pretty sad, but we all need her songwriting and her powerful voice. And in the words of Ram Doss "The light we are headed towards also embraces the darkness".

Peace & Love

DOC