“Walk On By” was written by Burt Bacharach for Dionne Warwick and was recorded in 1963. In 1969 the late great Isaac Hayes recorded a version on Hot Buttered Soul. “Walk On By” has been recorded by countless artists, and has also been sampled by Slick Rick, Biggie, Ludacris, Wu-Tang etc. Wu-Tang sampled “Walk On [...]
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Well ladies and gentlemen, Felipe has finally put his tireless internet exploration to good use. Several times on this blog I’ve talked about Felipe waking me up in the morning with computer-crashing internet art. Multiple times a day, as we sit across from one another in our living room, he sends me links on gchat [...]
LEMONADE
Lemonade keeps saying they’re putting out a record. These things take time I guess, but in the mean time, here is their song “Sunchips” remixed by fellow San Franciscan Ghosts On Tape. I saw Ghosts On Tape perform at a party in San Francisco last weekend and it was stupendous. It was the second time [...]
Man’s answer to rating potential partners: the 1 through 10 system. It’s less crude than adjectives, and it simplifies things. Men use this system all of the time. Sometimes we argue over the distinction between 7’s, 8’s or 9’s, discredit each others 10’s, or question the merit of another man’s character for the flagrant use [...]
I’m finishing up a new mixtape. That, coupled with laziness accounts for my lack of blog posts the last couple weeks. To my diligent readers, my apologies. The new mix is call “Beggin.” In a week or so I’ll have the hard copy. Felipe and I are going to make sure it looks nice. [...]
Muslims ‘Parasites’ from Felipe Lima on Vimeo.
Felipe shot this video of The Muslims playing at the echo a few weeks ago. The video looks and sounds surprisingly good, one for the books.
Felipe is also getting his hands dirty with other video/internet related projects. Check out When She Passes.
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Hey. In case you read planet people and don’t know what community shorts is (doubtful) then here is a little sample. Below is a short film that I made in Argentina with friend Federico Garcia. The music was composed by me and Andrew Miller and we recorded it with two of Dengue [...]
I don’t know what the hell I’ve been doing. Not blogging, I’ll tell you that much. I’m coming to the tail end of finishing the second installment of the Planet People Mix tape series. Is it a series now? I guess so, sounds good. I’d like to report back from almost a week of no [...]