Living Remix Contest Winner Announced

As you may or may not have been aware, AD had a contest to remix their single "Living."  It recently came to an end, to peep the winner as well as the five runner-ups go here.  I think the violin one is pretty cool too.

Answering a Request

Had a request the other day for a couple of songs that had fallen off of the mystical world of the Internets, so I'd like to fill that today.  As a reminder, if you find any links that aren't working and you'd like the songs that formerly pointed to, just let me know and I will try to get them up again.  As a further reminder I do not share anything that is still available for sell in the USA because I kind of like having a balance in my checking account- as small as it may be!

Without further adieu, here are a couple of cuts from the Japanese release of Hoopla that didn't make it over the ocean to the US.  Damn that TSA!

I'm Just an M.C.  
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Making of Raga in Coolangatta Video

This is an exclusive video on the making of the "Raga in Coolangatta" video that Speech posted on his facebook account, so if you missed it there, check it out here:

Speech's Response to Unsung

Here's a video response by Speech to the recent Unsung episode.  I didn't personally think that this was necessary, but I can kind of understand why Speech felt it was.  Some cool tidbits here not necessarily related to the show- for example, apparently on stage at the Grammy's they receive prop awards.  For some reason weird little trivia items like that entertain me.  Anyway, here's his brief response, mainly covering the issues with Dionne Farris.



As far as Speech, I saw some crazily negative things said about him on Twitter.  I don't know him at all, but all I can say is that he has been unbelievably supportive of this site and has done a couple of nice things for me that he didn't have to do.  Yes, this site promotes his music, but you'd be surprised how little that often matters to some "celebrities."  And everyone around him that I have dealt with either from the group or Vagabond records has been nothing but pure class, and I can't imagine those kinds of people would put up with it if he wasn't the real deal.  Were there problems with the group, especially in the early days?  Of course.  Find me a group where there wasn't!  And that's my two pennies.....  :)

Raga in Coolangatta Video

Timed to coincide with their appearance on Unsung, here's the second video from the free AD album Standing at the Crossroads.  Check it out!

Ebony on "Three Years" Anniversary

Great piece, nuff said, read it here.

Arrested Development Unsung Episode!

In case you missed it, like me, click here for the episode, and it's completely commercial free.  I'm about to watch it right now.  Enjoy!  I will have more thoughts later.

Couple of Living Remixes

Check them out, a few unsanctioned remixes of "Living":

I dig the vibe of this one. 


Here's another.  Not bad, I like the first one better right now:

Unsung Tonight!

The Arrested Development episode of Unsung is on tonight, make sure you check it out if you get TV One.  Warning- judging from the liner notes of the new album it sounds like Speech might get thrown under the bus a bit....

And here's a behind the scenes clip courtesy of Eshe:

Sandhya Raga

If you liked the song "Raga in Coolangatta" from the new AD album and you've got 11 minutes to kill, then check the following video.  As I said in my review of the album, Kel Arroyo has proven time and time again he knows much more about music than me, and he's the one that sent this my way.  Check it out.  As an aside, I always thought the Beatles use of the sitar was overrated (to me it was a distraction rather than an innovation when they did it, it just never fit their music in my opinion), so give credit to AD for outdoing the Beatles in my eyes.  ;)