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I dig M.I.A. Screw all those haters who were just dying to give her last album terrible reviews. I honestly think she got so nervous about the bad press that she released the Vikki Leekx mix early. (click that link to download it for free). I thought "MAYA" was awesome (sorry, I forgot the cute text tricks) and it is getting ripped off just as much as her previous albums. I got this off the Vice website so I'm guessing that's promo for a new album already? She's like Madonna...she's beautiful, talented, prolific and people [...]

OK, I am in class right now.; but we've been debating what criteria determine which social customs are going to be legally protected in court and I've already stated and defended my point. Now my classmates are arguing what the civil war was about. Duh, state rights. So most of you know I either download music or buy it from dollar bins at Reckless and Half Price Books. My favorite in the first category is the new Cloud Nothings album, produced by Steve Albini and one of the best albums I've [...]

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This street is just horrible. Like I was saying before, there are bums on every corner. Including this one: at Lake and LaSalle. A mean looking bum sits here all day and shakes a McDonalds coffee cup at passersby. I see him every time I go to Starbucks or the other office or any location west of LaSalle. Anyway, I walked to Lake and Wells the other day and passed this guy in his usual spot with his usual cup. He was swaddled in dirty bum blankets with an assortment of [...]

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Lake street has got to be the worst street in Chicago. Aside from the trains roaring across the loop a few feet above, the sun never shines below the trestles so snow turns to icey slush and stays that way. There is an aggressive bum on every corner and government issued vehicles illegally and/or doubled park in every spot. Traversing the street between offices everyday is enough to make you agoraphobic. However, I found this little glimmer of light at trestle number 420 and it brightened up my afternoon. Dig:

Due to a visit from the facist dictator of China, it has taken cousin Michael and I an hour and a half and counting to get downtown today. I don't know why he chose Chicago, but he is here messing shit up. Maureen lost an hour of her life to his motorcade last night and now he is rampaging me and Mike this morning. Bastard. Anyway, this time killing gave me time to listen to a sampling of my new albums. You see I was killing time in Wicker Park the other day and found some [...]

I finally got around to seeing Black Swan the other night. It was just about superb, as expected. Portman was a freakshow waiting to explode and I kept feeling the tension build and build as she turned the most mundane activities into psychotic episodes. Ballet may be stressful and all but then why was Mila Kunis so normal? I guess it was supposed to be Black Swan and White Swan but it was more like a regular swan (kunis) and Portman's tiger-giraffe possessed swan. I kept wanting to like smash a thick 40 bottle over [...]

So I took the last year off from a lot of things. I moved around a bunch of times trying to get my act together and I'm finally satisfied with the results. I left Los Angeles a little over a year ago and crawled across the east coast like the walking death until I finally settled down in Atlanta around Thanksgiving. I saw some doctors, worked on fixing my chest pains and just about figured out how to stop being such a psycho all the time. It really wasn't as easy as that short description makes [...]

THIS GUY! HOLY SHIT! AND THEN THIS MOTHERFUCKER BIT THE HEAD OFF AN OZZY! AND ALONG CAME HIS EVIL BUDDY....THIS...THIS....THIS OTHER GUY! AHHHHHHH!!!!!! I'm literally starting to believe all the Werepyre mythology I've been making up and as a result, I'm terrified of losing my blood to one of these freaks.

WEREPYRE . LEAVE YOUR BLOOD AT HOME LEAVE YOUR BLOOD AT HOME I. Werepyres Are Coming Down The Mountain II. Leave Your Blood At Home III. We're Fucking Killing All The Kids In This City, First Born Or Die IV. Werewolves Really Do Drink Blood…Your Blood V. Summertime 30 Minutes of psychedelic blood shed by the full moon light from DJ Tom Hanks and The Crack Fox. Enjoy. WEREPYRE . LEAVE YOUR [...]

Yes, I know it has been a month since I posted anything on here. And yes, I am horribly apologetic. But as most of you know, I am on my way to becoming a hot shot lawyer that eats cheesesteaks for dinner and souls for breakfast and lunch. But before I can dump hot sauce on purgatory, I have to actually study for exams and whatnot around this time of year. So listen to the new Metric, download a 13th Floor Elevators album, and smoke while doing so. Although I'm not done til [...]

POUNDTOWN IS TONIGHT AT FOOTSIES. COME GET PSYCHEDELIC WITH US! any questions? download Poundtown the Mix

Due to yet another mix up at the Pound City chamber of commerce, the rocket ship to POUNDTOWN will not blast off this Wednesday as previously indicated. Instead, we're chopping up the 1st class section to make way for more masses and rescheduling our maiden ascent. Basically, we're gonna keep hyping the fuck out of the party and push back til the aformentioned third Wednesday of the month. From then on, non stop service to POUNDTOWN will depart from Footsie's every single 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. As a consolation, you can catch your favorite Junky Cosmonaut DJ [...]

Sorry about the mix-up: Poundtown is the first and third WEDNESDAY of every month. If the kick-off jammer on Sunday was any indication, this night is gonna go off hard. So join me, DJ Tom Hanks (KXLU, SLU Records, S.T.A.Y.B.A.D.) and Camerin Kelly (Akasa, Trademark Records) as we put it down for the cool kids and music snobs. Holla holla! And once again, here is a small sample of how we get down. DJ Tom Hanks and Camerin Kelly- Poundtown: The Mix mediafire

Yes, our much heralded psych and prog night finally begins at footsie's this weekend. While we are usually throwing down on the first and third thursday of every month, we're having a special "launch party" this sunday for our homies and avid psych heads. I mean, anyone can come but we're expecting what real promoters call a "soft opening." Meaning, our initial fan base will probably draw from the aforementioned groups of people we know and weirdo music aficionados. Since our design man Cam'Ron was out of town, I had to draw from my minimal [...]

So... Awesometown was dope last week and I kind of killed it. I mean, I didn't break new ground in terms of selection but I had the entire crowd dancing their asses off. And then everyone stopped dancing when I finished. I don't know why, but it is true. I brought a bunch of friends to Shortstop but literally none of them danced because they're cynical assbags. So yeah: DJ Tom Hanks makes all the girlies shake it shake it. And the dudes love it too. Check out Shadowscene's pictures from the night [...]

Yes, the rumors are true: DJ Tom Hanks will be crashing Anne Lee and Shadowscene's Shortstop jump-off tomorrow (2/11/09). In 24 hours, your boy Sir Hanks-a-Lot will be bumping up the population in Awesometown and getting ready to rampage all over some Dodger memorabilia. Why do I keep referring to myself in the third person? Ha, Sir Hanks-a-Lot...that is friggin dope. Anyway, I'm not sure what I'm going to play yet because I haven't been to A town in a minute but rest assured: I will go the fuck off. As we say over [...]