Kid Sister

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Kid Sister – Big N Bad

Never disregard dance music that comes outta Chicago and that includes Juke the up-tempo, electro-hop style of dance music that spawned one of my favorite female rhymers Kid Sister. (She got her name cause she was kid sister to her popular DJ brother, Flosstradamus founder, Josh Young.)
Not everyone is so hot on her music and imagine hip-hop purists probably grumble at stuff like this but I like her response:

I hate to be cheesy, but cheesy is kind of my thing. I’m not ashamed of it.

Recognize the sample in this song? It’s “Don’t Go” by Yaz


Kid Sister-Switchboard

B-side of her breakout hit, Pro-Nails which was released on Kanye West’s record label. Produced by Chi-town juke house hero DJ Gant Man.


The Count and Sinden feat. Kid Sister – Beeper

Another favorite from Kid Sister!

Book Quote: 2666

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Today’s quote from 2666 by Roberto Bolaño

“I get the idea perfectly, Mickey,” said Archimboldi, thinking all the while that this man was not only irritating but ridiculous, with the particular ridiculousness of self-dramatizers and poor fools convinced they’ve been present at a decisive moment in history, when it’s common knowledge, thought Archimboldi, that history, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in monstrousness.

Intimate

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My grandparents circa early 1950s

Hang on tight Tony, Jessie will steal your heart.

“People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive about the refusal of constraints – such people have a corpse in their mouth.” -Raoul Vaneigem

Buñuelos

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Eaten in Queretaro, QTO. Mexico

My great-grandmother Guadalupe Nuñez Martinez from Pastor Ortiz, Michoacan and founder of Las Guadalupas de San Antonio de Padua Church in Boyle Heights was the queen of buñuelos at the church ferias. Around Christmas time, every countertop in her tiny cottage kitchen would hold stacks of them. They towered over me like skyscrapers made of sugar.

A Donkey Christmas

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I have nothing prepared for Christmas this year, so here’s an old post I did on LA Eastside a few years back.

Recipe for an excellent Christmas video:

1. Start with the best Christmas song ever, El Burrito de Belen – a festive cumbia tune sung by a chorus of kids backed by nalga-shaking rhythmic accompaniment.

2. Give a group of Peruvians in the Andes access to a video camera and editing software.

3. Dress one of the Peruvians in a donkey suit and futbol gear.

4. Add one fed-up burrito.

5. Voila! You got the above video, bizarre and silly, my kinda Christmas entertainment.

It’s so donkey! 😉

Favorite Video(s) of the Week: Choli Ke Peeche

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From the film Khal Nayak- Choli Ke Peeche (1993)

Plot summary of the film Khal Nayak:
An female undercover cop fronts as a prostitute to catch a bad guy but finds out the bad guy is really a good guy and only became a bad guy because of his poverty and a case of mistaken identity. Out of the goodness of her heart, she attempts to rehabilitate him while they are both on the lam from the authorities. One of the authorities happens to be her cop boyfriend. The good bad guy doesn’t know this and falls in love with her. It’s unrequited. A scandal breaks out and the female undercover cop’s name is smeared for cavorting with bad guys and being a prostitute but the good bad guy comes in to save the day at a dramatic trial and her reputation is restored. We all still wonder though, Choli Ke Peeche? Translation: What’s behind the blouse?


Azis – Choli Ke Peeche (Anti geroi) (Churulyke)

I first heard this song through Bulgarian Chalga star Azis. One of the most famous gay, cross-dressing Gypsies in the world! And a favorite of artist of this here blog. Read this previous Chimatli post for more on Azis.

Quote from Youtube:

Azis sings Hindi songs because the Gypsy/ Roma people which he is are Indian people living in Europe. Gypsies/ Roma understand a lot of our Hindi & Punjabi language because it is very similar to his Romany language. Their dancing & singing style is also reminiscent of our own Indian songs which they continue to uphold in Europe.

Best of 2010 – BIPPP

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This was one of my top listened to albums of 2010. It was released in 2008 but I’m always behind on these things. Below are three tracks from the album.


Deux – Game & Performance

GAME AND PERFORMANCE

You can be someone
If you grow with me
Your simple Song
Is something else
You simulated
your love for me
You can be someone
if you grow with me

You just need
Game and Performance
Your Life is a prospecting Company
Business Man
Yet you kill the Boss
Computers programs shadows in the Night.

More at the Deux website.


Comix – Touche Pas Mon Sexe


Marie Moor – Pretty Day

More on French New Wave at this website.

Another favorite from the album, Ruth’s Poloroid Roman Photo here.

Cold Wave

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Guerre Froide – Demain Berlin


Guerre Froide – Ersatz

French Cold Wave circa 1981

A cold wave is expected to hit Los Angeles today and the chill is making it’s way through the cracks in my house.

A northern cold front is expected to move into the Los Angeles Basin early Tuesday, colliding with subtropical moisture that has been sitting off the Pacific coast for several days. Periods of intense rainfall through Wednesday will bring an additional 5 inches to coastal plains and valleys and up to 10 inches in the mountains, Meier said.

–L.A. Times