Missy is back with another club banger, ready to tear the club up this spring! With her UPN show ending earlier this month, Missy is shifting gears and preparing to release her latest album. The Supa Dupa Fly singer/songwriter/producer one woman powerhouse has new tracks online!

The Neptunes produced “On and On” has an military stomp sound to it and features Missy doin’ her thing well, invoking MC Lyte’s style mixed with an ill old school Shante type flow. As usual, it works for her! “Straight of the heater ripping needles of f the meter”

“Lose Control” features Fat Man Scoop and Ciara. It’s a Electric Kingdom sounding track, with the hook from the old school “Breakin’” joint. (Is that “Body Work”?) The singles are on Missy Elliot’s upcoming album “The Cook Book”. I will keep you posted on all developments but in the meantime and in-between time, check those new singles out by clicking the links below.

“Lose Control” & “On & On”

Atlantic Records page

BBC Profile page

Davey D interviews Missy

Misy bio at Ask Men.com

Missy Elliot Song/Video links

“Work It“

“Fightin’ Temptatation“

“I’m Really Hot“

“One Minute Man” audio

“Take Away” audio

“She’s A Bitch” audio
Little Known Missy Elliot Fact:
Did you know that at school she took an intelligence test which proved, despite appalling grades, that she was “a genius”? You would have if you clicked on the links! (shame on you)

So it’s official. I’m moving to California. Yeah I’m scared. I’m scared of the drive, what might happen out there if shit doesn’t go right, what might happen if all goes as planned. It’s all terrifying. It’s also the move for me right now. Let’s just say that Allah willing, Canhead will benefit from the move greatly, as will I. (no I’m not a Muslim, I just figured I need all the help I can get right now!)

The part that has me pacing at midnight is the drive. I am doing the crazy road trip from hell, New York to California by way of Ford Taurus, a car notorious for prompting calls to AAA. Thanks to AAA I have a nice route planned and I go over it constantly. I can make the trip in 48 hours, but I plan on 4 days. I will be taking it easy on the ole girl, she is delicate. I just dumped money into her, so I’m pretty confident that with a transmission flush and refill before the trip, “She’ll make point five past lightspeed. She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts, kid. I’ve made a lot of special modifications myself….Chewie style ya dig!

I’m doing the vagabond thing until I reach Vegas. I plan on stopping somewhere around Indy, catch a few Z’s then down a 6 pack of Red-Bull, and shoot out west. I may take a day to see The Grand Canyon and Sin City, but after that, it’s on to Hollywood! (Los Angeles to be exact)

So if any of you have any suggestions on the trip, I’m all ears. My take off date is in the air too, I was planning on a May 1st departure, but I’m getting antsy. I may bail early. I will keep you posted!

Of course I’m documenting the whole trip for the blog. (“Canhead’s Coast To Coast Post” It’s got a ring to it.) I look forward to meeting everyone in Cali and becoming a West Coast Blog Critic. Pray for my car!

I’ll holla~

It’s funny how things tie together sometimes.

While watching a DVD on Abdullah Ibrahim for a review I’m working on, he tells this funny little story that I had to share. Fits perfectly with the 4/20 post below…

Story of The Coo-Coo Clock

112–”ANYWHERE-FEAT LIL Z-REMIXES 12 INCH

BAD BOY

SIDE A
REMIX FEAT SHYNE & LIL Z
EMPEROR SEARCY REMIX FEAT LIL Z
ALBUM VERSION FEAT LIL Z

SIDE B
REMIX INSTRUMENTAL
ALBUM VERSION INSTRUMENTAL
ALBUM VERSION ACAPPELLA FEAT LIL Z

LOT of 15 COMIC BOOKS

including “Heavy Metal”, “The Sentry”, “Universe X”, and “Ultimate Spider-Man“. Comics are all in NEAR MINT condition, unless otherwise noted.

Ultimate Spider Man # 14 valued at 15.00!
Heavy Metal-Jan 2001
Heavy Metal-September 2001
Heavy Metal-Taboo Issue Spring 2001
Crossgen Chronicles #4

Peter Parker Spider Man #29

BIG BOI & DRE PRESENT:

OUTKAST DOUBLE LP

LENNY KRAVITZ “5″ CD

True story prelude
I go to the Mobil store and get a pack of cigarettes. The guy rings it up and tell me the total. $4.20. (generics) Then he starts giggling. Being the paranoid freak that I am, I think he is laughing at me for buying generics. As I start to pop the trunk it hits me. Ohh..that 4.20.

The story

It’s one of those days kid…..the incense is lit, The Congos “At The Feast” just popped up on Music Chocie, and I’m cleaning out the email, typing up news bits I missed the last few days. I come across one that makes me laugh. It is the second time today that these numbers have come to my attention. 4/20!

If you don’t know what this is, try to keep up and don’t get all judgmental on us when you do catch up. To the rest of you, my familia, you are probably grinning already. Being the professional writer that I am, I begin to do a bit of research to find the meaning of the mysterious 4/20 that is following me around today. The email starts like this:

KOTTONMOUTH KINGS AND CYPRESS HILL CELEBRATE MARIJUANA HOLIDAY APRIL 20th, 2005, WITH SMOKERS WORDWIDE

I read the press release and got briefed on the details. Every year on April 20th, major celebrations, demonstrations, concerts and festivals take place in honor of the marijuana holiday. This year, hydro-holding rockers Kottonmouth Kings teamed up with Cypress Hill and recorded a song that will be released on 4/20. “Put Down The Pipe” is the name of the cut .

KMK front man Brad “Daddy X” Xavier will be doing the radio rounds, promoting the song and the holiday. “This song teams the two biggest pro-marijuana bands on the planet,” says Kottonmouth Kings’ frontman Daddy X. “We’re happy to be a part of this year’s 4/20 holiday festivities and hope that this song can give people a reason to light up their pipes in unison.”

“Why is it that a plant made by the creator is illegal, yet guns and bombs manufactured by man are legal?” says X from his California home. “We’re just trying to raise awareness about marijuana and all the benefits it brings with it.”

“Put Down The Pipe” will be on the KottonMouth Kings next self titled album. The Kotton Mouth Kings and Cypress Hill have a lot of supporters with their pro-marijuana stance uniting them with fans. They should not be disappointed with the new material.
(I am disappointed however that no MP3 were included in the email, so I have nothing to show you all….see bottom of this post for a few links to some older stuff)

Now…back to this 420 thing. Wikipedia had the following things to say about the subject.:

Snopes.com and The Straight Dope claim that in the early 1970s a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California used to meet every day to smoke marijuana after school at 4:20 PM. The time became a code word for the drug, and usage spread. 4:20 PM has since become a popular time to “smoke up”. (It’s also worth noting that 4:20 PM is the time of LSD creator Albert Hofmann’s first deliberate ingestion of the substance, in 1943 on what was later dubbed Bicycle Day; perhaps this is where the San Rafael teenagers picked up the idea.)

Another possible origin of the term can be found in the works of H. P. Lovecraft. A short story of his, entitled “In the Walls of Eryx” and first published in Weird Tales [34, No. 4 (October 1939), pp50-68], contains this passage:

I had encountered at least one of those curious mirage-plants about which so many of our men told stories. Anderson had warned me of them, and described their appearance very closely—the shaggy stalk, the spiky leaves, and the mottled blossoms whose gaseous dream-breeding exhalations penetrate every existing make of mask…Although everything was spinning perilously, I tried to start in the right direction and hack my way ahead. My route must have been far from straight, for it seemed hours before I was free of the mirage-plant’s pervasive influence. Gradually the dancing lights began to disappear, and the shimmering spectral scenery began to assume the aspect of solidity. When I did get wholly clear I looked at my watch and was astonished to find that the time was only 4:20. Though eternities had seemed to pass, the whole experience could have consumed little more than a half-hour.

The Beatles song “Come Together” is 4:20 in length.

“Pot Parades” are some of the more familiar events associated with Marijuana Day (is it an actual day? I thought it was every day…opps). If you are planning on joining in on the demonstrations, have fun but be careful. I have strolled through a few of these back in the day. They used to have them in Washington Square Park. I remember hearing all these crazy stories like guys in helicopters were throwing dime bags in the crowds and shit. The only thing that happened to me at any of them was I bought some really horrible dirt weed from some dread, and later on the cops busted the whole thing up, bum rushing the spot and sending a bunch of high slackers in a state of panic. Not a good look. It could have been worse. Another myth is that the cops won’t bust you for smoking in the street during one of these things. You might get lucky and a cop decides not to bust you. You might bump into another cop later on who isn’t amused by you or your tye dye Ronald Reagan smoking a blunt tee shirt. Don’t do anything stupid, regardless how kind that bud next to you smells, and you should be fine.

Here are a few more links on the subject. Please feel free to comment on anything I may have missed.

The real Source Magazine
http://www.hightimes.com/ht/lounge/index.php?page=420

Hwy 420
http://www.hwy420.ca/

HTV: Watch Steven Hager explain 420 on ABC Television
http://www.hightimes.com/ht/lounge/content.php?bid=314&aid=24

Norml
http://www.norml.org/

Pot Smokers Abuzz Over 420 ‘Holiday’
http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread18678.shtml

NIDA InfoFacts: Marijuana
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

http://www.marijuana.com/

Weed Hip Hop Songs

I Got 5 On It Luniz(Just because it fits)
I Can’t Wake Up KRS One
Peer Pressure-De La Soul w/ B-Real
Smoke Some Kill-Schooly D
Good Times-Styles P

Cypress Hill cuts
Everybody Must Get Stoned
Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk
Spark Another Owl
Hits From The Bong

“Where are my weed carriers? “

Cypress Hill’s weed carriers!

I’m out
(Where’s my lighter…)

MVD keeps it rolling with their “Stars Of Jazz” DVD. They shine the spotlight on yet another jazz legend on their next release, “Duke Ellington The Big Band Feeling“. The second installment brings several classic Ellington songs to the screen, with memorable performances by his famous Orchestra. Duke Ellington is a key figure in American music and this DVD serves as a brief introduction to those who may not know of his work.

The DVD features recordings from 1952, and includes two performances of Duke and His Orchestra. Some of his most memorable works are on this DVD, making it another must have DVD for jazz fans. “The Mooche” sounds just as good as ever, as does “Flamingo“, “Mood Indigo” and the Jimmie Grissom lead “Solitude“. (Trust me..click the link!)

Knowing that this film would serve as education for years to come, he makes sure to introduce his entire Orchestra in “VIP’s Boogie“. The early video styling of “I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good” show Duke playing the lead male role while his un-credited girlfriends sings about how bad he is treating her. With her sitting on the window sill, looking out to the alley while Duke plays for the crowd, this looks like a early forecast to MTV, as if Duke knew how ahead of his time he really was. This DVD is a nice way to re-acquaint yourself with some of his music, if you haven’t done so.

Songs presented on the DVD

Sophisticated Lady,
Caravan
The Mooche
VIP’s Boogie
Solitude, Mood Indigo
The Hawk Talks
I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
Bli Blip
Flamingo
Cottontail
C Jam Blues (Hot Chocolate)

Pay Clint and the guys at MVD a visit! I have another one from them to review..stay tuned!

PS:

I found this (1st) link when I entered “Stars Of Jazz” DVD in Google News (he he). Hey Katharine, guess what happens when you enter Miles Davis in Google News. Try it, you’ll like it!

Anyway, while researching the series, I found another (2nd) link which I should have posted in that (1st) link. The (2nd) link is a MVD webpage with a video clip from the “Stars Of Jazz” series featuring Miles Davis. Cool clip, cool dvd, cool Google News trick.

Peace Not Greed-Kotton Mouth Kings

Diplo Rhythm -Diplo f/Sandra Melody, Vibez Kartel & Pantera Os Danadinhos

Son of X-51-Powerman 5000

Boing Boom Tschak-Kraftwerk

Computer Love- Zapp

How many people are in the Funky Four?

Better than CB-4 and showing on IFC!

http://www.avatarrecords.com/nwh/

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2355602?htv=12

http://www.thedigitalreview.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=247

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