The Empire Kids: April 2008

4.30.2008

Looks Like Calavera's going to have to trade in The Nitro for this beast in 09!

This just sends chills up my damn spine. I think I'll get it in black with a nice graphic of a Calavera on the roof or on the hood.

Hasta La Proxima,

La Calavera #42

4.29.2008

Batman Revisited?

I know how everyone and their mom is hyped up about "The Dark Knight", especially my boy Myronimus, but could it be the same exact movie as Tim Burton's original "Batman" flick? Check it out, lemme know what you think..

See more funny videos at CollegeHumor

4.27.2008

Prince Still Got It!

Hip surgery and all, Prince can still funk it up. Check him out at Coachella. He even raps!

This Sums Up My Life Right Now

4.26.2008

This Is An Awesome Poster

4.25.2008

You've met me at a very strange time in my life

What If Things Were Only Halfway Built

Like the Eiffel Tower..

Or the Golden Gate Bridge..

P.S., In Better News...

I found out I may be going on a trip next month? Where??

Oh yes... Anything really can happen my friends.

4.24.2008

San Diego canceled

Our San Diego trip was canceled due to our boy Carson getting in a car accident today. He's okay, but his car is pretty messed up. Please send your prayers out to him. With San Diego being out of the picture for the weekend I have to find some other plans. Coachella maybe??

You Can't Help But Laugh..

I had to steal this from Kanye's blog because me and Raaya liked it so much! We're sorry for laughing. But lemme know if laugh too.

Bape Los Angeles

Bape Store opens Friday in LA. Is anybody as excited about this as I am? Maybe my brother.. and Kanye.

4.23.2008

San Diego!!

It's time for another mini-vacation. This time out in beautiful San Diego. Skippin all the craziness at Coachella to take a nice relaxing break out in SD. Vegas didn't count as a relaxing weekend. Anyway, it should be fun. Any peeps in the SD area hit me up.

4.20.2008

La Calavera will go, but he ain't dressin' in drag. . .well maybe. . . if I had a nice pair of high heels!

The Rocky Horror Picture show.

Si mi amigo y amiga, La Calavera and his woman were at a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show late Saturday night/early Sunday morning. The preshow was great with many people dressed up for the event. If you feel like checking out a lot of androgyny, being able to shout out ASSHOLE, SLUT, FUCK, SHIT, watch some very brave people act out the scenes below the movie screen, and laugh at some really dirty lines without getting kicked out of the theater then this event is just for you.

Now, after experiencing a really great Midnight theater performance (play) over at Cal State about two years ago and being a part of the audience and participating at the midnight movie showing @ the Claremont 5, I prefer the latter. You know, sometimes you just want to watch and hear Tim Curry act without having someone shouting out lines from the sides and back, though some of the stuff they were saying was hella fun!

If you want to pop your Rocky horror cherry or if you're a veteran, check out the next midnight showing May 10, 2008 @ the Claremont 5.

Hasta La Proxima,

La Calavera #42

I Love This! Jonah is a funny cat!

Peep Jonah's De La Soul "Stakes Is High" shirt. Those cats gotta be big into dope hip-hop music. I still got love for Saturday Night Live even though I don't stay home to watch it..

Crazy Night Last Night

Happy Birthday this week to my girl Crystalina!! We celebrated her b-day in style, big time!

Crystalina's B-Day!!

4.17.2008

The Internet Is Gone

Last night's South Park reminded me of how my life's been the past week. My internet connection on my computer has been trippin out (hence the lack of posts), but it was also a good reminder that there are so many other things to do other than use the internet. Life will be like this one day.

via videosift.com

4.16.2008

La Calavera 2nd Quicky: The #1 chart topper El Chombo: CHACARRON

This song has a beat that'll never leave ya mind!!!!!! What the hell is this hermano latino saying?!?!? LoL

Here's the Wikipedia entry on the song and the artist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarron_Chacarron

-La Calavera #42

La Calavera Quicky: More David Lynch!!!!!

Ahh that David Lynch, the man who is beyond palabras!!! Thank you for your words of wisdom and point of view. Watch out Scientology. . . the Church of Lynch is coming soon. Enjoy.

David Lynch on product placement in movies.

David Lynch's "A Goofy movie" (a fan of David Lynch created this cool video using "A Goofy movie" and editing it to look like a David Lynch flick!)

-La Calavera #42

4.15.2008

Lupe Fiasco "Paris, Tokyo"

4.12.2008

Perfect

This is a speaker in disguise, where you can keep dvds, cds, video games, anything you damn well please. It's great for people like me who always have people trying to steal their stuff. So when they come to my house and ask "Hey, do you have Lost Season 3? Can I borrow it?" I'll be like "Sorry bro, don't got it.. try Blockbuster." Haha.

4.11.2008

Drop It Like A Clock

I need this screen saver in my life.. I know I'm a geek.

4.10.2008

La Calavera: Hermeto Pascoal

Good sounds just keep comin' up. La Calavera and his woman spent the night just samplin' one kind of music after another. We found Hermeto Pascoal thanks to The Avalanches who appreciate his music and have sampled some of his records. Here are three vids with el hombre de Brazil who has worked along side such greats as Miles Davis, Alphonso Johnson, and many others:

Música da Lagoa

Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (1979)

hermeto pascoal & aline morena: water and hose

To get some more info about the life and music of Pascoal check out:

The Pandora Bio
http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/hermeto+pascoal

The Wiki entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeto_Pascoal

The Official site
http://www.hermetopascoal.com.br/

This music just gets La Calavera's cuerpo in motion! You can't help but feel the music grab hold of your soul and sense the spiritual connection it has with madre earth. Pascoal helps you remember that music can resonate from anything; the plucking of a guitar string, the scratching of records, even the beating of a plain wooden log or splashing some water. Hope it inspires some of you out there.

Hasta la proxima,

La Calavera #42

Pretty Interesting

How Do I Reach These Kids???

Last night's episode of South Park was ridiculous! They were spoofing everything!

La Calavera's Artist of the Month: The Avalanches

Today I was just chillin' sampling some artist's here and there. . .you know looking for that sound that just adds that something to the day. My ears finally caught that something.

You know La Calavera loves him some scratch and break beats! From back in the day when he was a nino chiquito living in Santa Ana, bangin' his fist and slapin' that hand up against the wall creating some kind of ancestral Aztec beat to messing with my mom's Juan Gabriel records and getting in trouble when I scratched them on the record player, La Calavera was constantly trying to imitate those sounds that he would hear on the radio. This leads me to The Avalances. Here's some info on them:

"Never mind digging in the crates -- the Avalanches probably just buy them whole, sight unseen, and find a way to bounce off each platter. Eventually morphing into a gang of six merrymakers bent on filtering their all-encompassing record collections through original instrumentation and a great deal of sampling, the Avalanches came from one of the most unlikely places to generate mind-bending dance music -- Australia.

Perfectly fitting with the band's range, the roots of the crew are in punk. Robbie Chater and Darrin Seltmann were in a couple of short-lived outfits together, most notably the Swinging Monkey C**ks. Gordon McQuilten, Toni Diblasi, and Dexter Fabay eventually joined in on the mess, but they acquired turntables and set their sights on dance music of the sample-based variety, originally leaning on abstract hip hop and naming themselves the Avalanches. Trifekta Records released the Rock City single in 1997, which soon brought the interest of Australian label Modular. With a long-term deal freshly inked, they released the seven-track El Producto EP and polished their outlandish live show, including dates with the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. Rex issued the Undersea Community EP in 1998, which culled from the band's demo trove. Somewhere along the way, keyboardist James De La Cruz was added to the lineup.

An extensive patch of time was spent building Since I Left You, a 60-minute melting pot of the band's collective that sounds like a postcard to anyone who has ever made a record. Released in their native land in late 2000 and preceded by the appetite-whetting Frontier Psychiatrist EP, it received a response from critics and the public that reflected the album's glowing nature. The group even had the blessing of Madonna, who allowed them to sample the bass line to "Holiday" -- the first time she okayed such a thing. Beggars Banquet-offshoot XL issued the album in the U.K. in May of 2001; Sire released it in the U.S. in November of the same year."

~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

So now that you have some knowledge, La Calavera will share these sounds with you, mi amigo y amiga. Here are two videos: "Since I left you" and "Frontier Psychiatrist". The videos are creative and funny, the songs are muy chingon. Enjoy.

Hasta La Proxima,

La Calavera #42

Since I left you

Frontier Psychiatrist

4.09.2008

So..maybe I will go..

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Prince was added to the Coachella line-up today. Maybe the dry desert will be good for him after that hip replacement surgery.

4.08.2008

I am SO fascinated by stuff like this!

4.07.2008

La Calavera: Join me this weekend @ LA vs WAR

For those of you out there willing to come out and participate there will be 4 days of Art and Expression for peace. The event begins Thursday, April 10 and ends Sunday, April 13 from 12:00p.m. till 11:00p.m. For more Info check out:

http://www.lavswar.com/

www.myspace.com/lavswar

http://www.yopeace.org/

Brought to you by:

Hope to see you there.

Hasta La Proxima,

La Calavera #42

4.06.2008

yes, the 80s rocked last night!

Rockin' the house till 3:30 in the morning!

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La Calavera Quicky: Dedicated to the 80's party I missed last night.

La Calavera knows that the 80's party out in San Bernardino with Carson must've been the shit!! In honor of the fiesta, here is a clip I found of the song "One Track Lover". Actually, it's from a funny show made back in 04' that was a spoof on the 80's. Enjoy.

-La Calavera