I was digging in the (virtual) crates and came up on an old CD-R featuring a session demo of a track we cut from the final version of Nuntype, recorded more than likely in 2000. The song is called, “Matter of Moments” with me on production and Tajai on the mic. It’s never been released until now. Although “Matter of…
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Miscellaneous things Yameen finds and posts up.
Hieroglyphics Crew Photos from 1999
I’ve been doing some CD-R Spring cleaning and came up on another batch of Hieroglyphics Crew photos that we took for the old Hieroglyphics.com website Emporium store in 1999. This batch features Domino, Tajai, Casual, Pep Love & JayBiz, Phesto Dee and Del the Funky Homosapien sporting some of the fly fits we had on sale back in the day.…
One Of Swords: Let’s Talk About Yameen
My good, good friend from back in the day, Dan Amrich — who goes by the nom de Web, One Of Swords — is the self-described “social media guy” for videogame juggernaut, Activision: the publisher of Call of Duty, DJ Hero, Guitar Hero and many more. As you may have read on my site in the past, I am a…
DJ Hero 2 Shows Yameen Some (T-Shirt) Love
While I’m still waiting for my official-official invitation to contribute to a DJ Hero video game set ;), I was pretty stoked to see Dan “One of Swords” Amrich — Activision’s social media guru and liaison — rocking one of my old, old SupremeEx t-shirts in this new DJ Hero 2 promotional video. Check it out: And while that shirt…
Part 3 — Windows 7: Play 1080p HD MKV Movies on Your ION Acer Revo
It’s been a long time / I shouldn’t have left you / without a strong blog to post to. As promised, the 3rd part in my ongoing “Building a Cheap, Energy-Efficient HTPC & Classic Gaming Emulator Box” series of articles on my Acer Revo 1600. I’d like to outline in this article my settings for playing back perfect 1080p HD…
Yameen, Benny Brows – “Some Fun” (Stitch Remix)
Came up on this track me and Philly-based producer, Benny Brows did way back in 1999 from our dancehall-inspired album, Get On All Gone. Check out the remix from Stitch: Some Fun (Stitch Remix) by Yameen You can download the track using the link above. Also, check out Stitch’s album of rare tracks, Before We Go Any Further — another…
The Giant Peach 10 Year Anniversary!
I just want to give a big shout out to The Giant Peach on their 10 year anniversary today! Check out the website from 2000, courtesy the Wayback Machine. Karen over at The Peach just reminded me we launched the website on May 25th, 2000 — 10 years to the day. That’s crazy. I remember coding and designing the website…
Puss ‘N Boots DVD Cleanup & Deinterlacing
I used to watch this movie as a little kid. I mean, we’re talking 4 or 5 years old. I hadn’t seen the movie for literally decades. And then — through the power of the Interwebs — I rediscovered the movie by watching clips on Youtube and had to hunt down a copy. The movie itself is from 1969 and…
Part 2 — The Refinement: Building a Cheap HTPC & Gaming Box
In Part 1 of my “Building a Cheap, Energy-Efficient HTPC & Classic Gaming Emulator Box” adventure, I outlined the different hardware options I was considering to create the cheapest, nicest-lookingest, lowest-energy-using, HD movie-playing, classic videogame-emulating home theater PC. Four months later, I am more than happy with my purchase of the Acer Revo 1600. And so, I am here to outline the…
The Sound Design of Walter Murch
Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The Godfather II, THX 1138…What do all of these movies have in common? The sound design of one, Mr. Walter Murch. Walter Murch is one of the OG analogue sound benders, his work on Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation and Apocalypse Now as well as George Lucas’ THX 1138 in particular proving especially influential on me.…