“Paper Planes”—MIA (DFA Mix)
Dope as it is, I thought I’d had enough of MIA’s Paper Planes after hearing it dropped in every big city set this year but this DFA mix from the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack is super catchy. A great remix makes you remember why you liked the song so much in the first place.
MIA uses hip-hop to build a new mythology based on a westernized remix of eastern culture. Danny Boyle uses digital video to do the same thing in a movie.
Here are some stencils for FTW Shirts drying on my DJ table. Up here in the tiny factory, everything happens closely alongside everything else.
I was hoping to get the first batch mailed out this week but it’s taking a little longer, since I have to cut a few new stencils from scratch. That said they are turning out doper than dope.
It’s quite liberating to spend a few hours getting dirty and making real things that you want people to wear after staring a screen all day and night.
Please click here to find out more about FTW shirts. I’d love to make one for u.
xo
“Drugs in My Body” by Thieves Like Us. This song has a total summertime club night vibe to it—u could play it on the floor no problem, but what it really feels like (especially the catchy chorus) is the time before you get to the spot…when you’re slowly taking you’re time getting ready with people coming over and going out. Chillaxing the day away but with that feeling of anticipation flapping in the distance like sheets billowing on the clothesline: wearing dark shades and chewing gum like crazy while riding on the West Side highway with the windows all the way down.
I’d like to mash it up with Summer in the City, by the Lovin Spoonful
