you've never had crabs like this.

SHIT.
apparently these crabs are very docile.. but scary as fuck.


and sold in japan as pets!!


and this is some advice some terdwiener on Wikipedia.com gave to unleash a crabs grip..
i mean just in the case that you would want to?..

"It may be interesting to know that in such a dilemma a gentle titillation of the under soft parts of the body with any light material will cause the crab to loose its hold."

'may be interesting'? of course it is. get this huge ass crab off of me.
and the trick is to tickle it's underside. how precious.
and so easy to do when you have a 9lb crab hanging on you.

this bit of info was also on Wikipedia.com: "Children sometimes play with Coconut Crabs by placing some wet grass at an angle on a palm tree that contains a Coconut Crab. When the animal climbs down, it believes the grass is the ground, releases its grip on the tree, and subsequently falls."
how is that playing? pointing and laughing at a tricked crab?

also.. how do you feel when you walk outside and this beast is hanging on your bike tire or chillin on your porch.. you can't shoo this guy away..



p.s. i like to give things i'm scared of names so that they seem more personable and less scary. so i imagine i would end up walking out my door to see one of these only to say "come on frank, you know i'm late for work, go home."

SAM FLORES

artwork

onra

French beatmaker from Paris.
Check out Onra & Quetzal present Tribute, released in 2006, a hip-hop tribute to soul music.
Check out The Big Payback - Byron & Onra, released in 2007, Byron the Aquarius plays the keyboards and Onra programs beats on his MPC.
And Chinoiseries, his first solo album, released late 2007, only made with chinese and vietnamese samples.

love me some supras

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recycle everything

how to
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almost everything..

TOP BILLIN

Finnish DJ/production/remix outfit Top Billin gathers everyone from Bounty Killer to Holy Ghost! and Jesse Rose together, for what's likely to become our ultimate party soundtrack of 2008. The trio, which consists of Fiskars, Sir Nenis, and Flipperi, are self-proclaimed makers of fun-loving music and have proven this again and again with their performances alongside Justice and Tittsworth, remixes for the likes of Trouble & Bass, and support from Diplo, Sinden, A-Trak, and dozens of others. Check out their new EP, just released on their own Top Billin Music imprint.


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ICEPICK

In Icepick (Gingko Press; hardcover, $29.95), Icelandic graphic designer Thordis Claessen surveys her homeland's vibrant street art and finds it invigorating and inspiring. Covering a wide range of themes and subject matters–from Icelandic icons to shagging sheep, from Sigur Rós' stencilism to trumpet-playing tortoises, from blunt demands for world peace to wishes for a dramatic death (rather than a slow, painful one from tuberculosis)–Icepick is at its most powerful and compelling when transcending graffiti's overt New York influence and finding currency in a particularly Scandinavian brand of freakish folk art. (Check Surkula's simultaneously ugly/beautiful swan-armed goblins and skeletal dark-eyed women with fish bones in their bellies for starters.) But for Claessen, a well-placed sticker or a simple chalk-drawn slogan (such as "It's cold and hard to live in the Icelandic nature alone") is equally worthy of documenting as a painstakingly rendered piece. Look at the streets in a different way, urges the designer. "Graffiti and street art is an uncensored art form that hits you on the street corner and generally has a short lifespan," says Claessen. "Sometimes it really speaks to us. Sometimes it even gives us a great laugh."
Text by David Hemingway

JinJonJim

JinJonJim collective
on JUXTAPOZ


JinJonJim Art Collective

Monday, 31 March 2008

"Crab Jackson along with two friends, Jeremy Kennedy and Shane Edge, recently formed the JinJonJim Art Collective. All three artists are based in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana (go Hoosiers!) and have been showing their work all over, both independently and collectively. It’s clear all three are talented, but what we love most about JinJonJim is its DIY attitude, rooted in the simple love of art and its transformative powers. This pencil, marker, and acrylic on paper piece by Jackson is titled Take the Bait, but the image itself really says it all. So, take the bait and give www.jinjonjim.com the old once over."

love this art

The Cool Kids

So Cute... The Cool Kids be a hip hop duo from Chicago & Detroit. The duo consists of Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed and Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll

They have been on tour, opening for M.I.A. One of the duo's singles, "Black Mags", was featured in a late 2007 Rhapsody TV commercial, along with Sara Bareilles. In the same year, the group collaborated with Lil Wayne and DJ Benzi through the Internet on a track entitled "Gettin' It", which will reportedly appear on the DJ's future album Get Right.The band has been featured in the video game NBA Live 08 with the song "88", and in the episode "The First Cut Is the Deepest" from HBO's TV series Entourage with the song "I Rock." They were listed in Rolling Stone's Ten Artists to Watch in 2008. They were recently featured in URB magazine.



new album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, soon

kool-aid fresh

www.clickthat2006.com/rbk/ReebokKoolAid.aspx
Check out Reebok’s newest collection: the Kool-Aid collection! The first installment will launch on February 1st in three great flavors: Grape, Cherry and Strawberry, each complete with hoodies, T-shirts, hats and sneakers. Plus, Reebok packed each of the kicks with extra flavor by crating scent-infused sockliners! This Kool-Aid collection will be available nationwide at the following retailers: Moe’s Snaker Spot Inc.; Lezmir; Peko Sports Inc.; Karmaloop; Sportie LA; City Blue; Shiekh’s; Shoe Mania; and Dr. Jay’s.


i want them in grape.

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a friendly venture.

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love me some dilla

i have recently (last couple of months) been listening to everything J Dilla.


J Dilla R.I.P (1974-2006)

After quietly serving as a member of A Tribe Called Quest's production team, the Ummah, and scoring hits for Busta Rhymes, De La Soul and Pharcyde, Detroit producer Jay Dee became known as a major hip-hop prospect by the late 90s. The hip-hop community took notice of his no-frills, breakbeat-heavy hip-hop style as he helped craft albums for Common (Like Water for Chocolate), Q Tip (Amplified), and the debut for his own group Slum Village (Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1).

By the time of his major-label debut with Slum Village's Fantastic, Vol. 2 in 2000, Jay Dee was recognized as one of hip-hop's most admired and desired producers. Jay Dee's debut as a solo artist came in 2001 with the single “Fuck the Police” and the album "Welcome to Detroit" on BBE.

After assuming the name J Dilla, he joined the Stones Throw roster in 2003, forming Jaylib with fellow producer/MC Madlib, and relocated from Detroit to Los Angeles. The duo released the “The Red” b/w “The Official” in 2003, followed by the album "Champion Sound" and a tour the following spring.

When Pharrell Williams was asked about his favorite hip-hop producer during a BET interview in 2004 he replied, “You may not know his name, but J Dilla, Jay Dee from Detroit.” Indeed, the interviewer didn't know – J Dilla has eluded the spotlight, preferring the studio to the stage or video. His work is mostly released by independents, for different groups, and under different names, but his core audience and cult status has grown. His pirated beat tapes (instrumentals, raw working material for rappers) have become something of urban legend, as their circulation from hand to hand and over the internet have led to a black market of Dilla beat tape collectors.

Despite contributing two tracks to Common's career-resurrecting "Be" this year, it's been a quiet time for Dilla. So where has he been? A cover story in URB (Mar 2004) made public his recent, sudden struggle with illness, and recently rumors began circulating again about health emergencies and hospitalization. Asked about this in XXL (June 2005), Dilla himself partially confirmed these stories. “The rumors were like, ‘Jay Dee is dead’ and all that, but I was just in the hospital. I was in ICU, with all types of tubes. It was crazy.”

Working both from his home studio and while hospitalized – from a portable sound system including turntable, samplers, and small boxes of vinyl brought in and out from visitors – Dilla continued making music at his usual non-stop pace, circulating beats to MCs, and coming up with the foundation of what would become "Donuts".

Begun simply enough as a production beat tape, "Donuts" evolved into a project as unusual as the environment in which it was created. It's a hip-hop album without MC's. An album of electronic music that at times sounds like a 70s soul mixtape. Its abrupt transitions and numerous interludes might make you think you're rapidly turning the radio dial in some strange city where every station is programmed by a certain Detroit hip-hop producer. "Donuts" is J Dilla doing what he does best – crafting hip-hop, soul and electronic music into his own sound.

And a few have asked, “What's up with the title?” Easy explanation. Dilla likes donuts.

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