Search Engine Chum With Your Host Susan Z. Anthony!

3 February 2011

“Do you know what that sound is, highness? Those are the shrieking eels. If you don’t believe me, just wait. They always grow louder when they’re about to feed on human flesh!”

No, for real though, that is a Shark. For real. A Frilled Shark. F’real.

A while back, Baje, myself and some other folks watched a Korean monster movie called The Host. You may have seen it in your local video store’s bargain bin. Basically, a giant CGI Frilled Shark with legs was the star. In America, we don’t even bother putting ridiculous movies of this sort out in theaters, because we have the Syfy channel. If you haven’t been paying attention to the attention they’ve been paying to modern sharks, lemme let you know – they’re the new masterpiece theater.

It all started with Mega Shark Vs.Giant Octopus. Well, that’s what I think because I don’t know any better, so just nod your heads and stay with me kids. That bit of cinematic genius up above blows the ridiculousness of Deep Blue Sea and Snakes On A Plane right out of the water, no Samuel L. Jackson needed. Read the rest of this entry »

From The Vaults: Remember When SNAFU Lost His Eyes?

2 February 2011

We had to hold a benefit concert to get his eyes back.

TONE TANK & SCOTT THOROUGH “Forties”

31 January 2011

Directed and edited by Shaka King

Camera by Elena Greenlee

Titles by Patrick DeVine

Happy Friday To All Of The Good People

28 January 2011

Me and Snaf will be doing a show in Brooklyn in March with this guy. Not Mike Tyson – the other funny guy. More on that very soon.

If you live in a cold place, dig yourself out this weekend (pause?).

To Our NYC Folks: Susan Z. Is Rocking The F**K Out On Fri

27 January 2011

Fun times guaranteed. Not bad for two pesos.

COOL CALM PETE GOES OFFLINE

25 January 2011

Modern Shark is proud to present “Offline”, produced by Pre.

Offline (Produced by Pre) - Single - Cool Calm Pete

Cover art by Pete.

Question Of The Week

24 January 2011

How much money you want?

Feel free to comment with an exact dollar amount or a lengthy bit of philosophy.

Search Engine Chum With Your Host Susan Z. Anthony!

21 January 2011

Look,

I know I’m not that deep, but sometimes I get to thinking about my life and the universe, and start questioning my place in it. What am I doing, and why am I doing it? Is the payoff worth the effort? Will I ever have a solid career? What will be my next great idea, my Holy Maury Mother Of God? I work really hard, sometimes to the point of running myself ragged. Like, right now I’m laying in bed, finally resting after working four and a half back-to-back shifts in a row on some get home at 2:20 am, and get back at it by 9:30, standing all day steez. It’s far from easy. I’m aching like an old man in a Bengay commercial. I need a backiotomy and I’ve got a throbbing pain in my big toe that feels like childbirth. So in pursuit of a known antidote for this dose of reality, I hit the computer and started looking for the ultimate massager. A lean mean miraculous machine, if you will. But instead I found this:

A Caucasian baby, hood named Enzyme. Trapped within a borealis force field. Inside a gilded frame. Working harder than me. For her entire lifetime.

No more complaints.

Fading in,
Susan Z. Anthony

Dumbtron

20 January 2011

Shark associates Willie Evans Jr. on the video chops and Paten Locke on the turntables. Future shit.

They’re getting ready for a live, streaming show at Willie’s site The Nerdy South on February 6th. A donation will get you access to the show. Future shit.

Peep my most recent collaboration with Willie here. And if you never got The Weightless EP, you can get it here. Both Willie & Paten Locke (aka Therapy) contributed beats.

Tips On Getting Through These Hard Times With BAJE ONE – Episode 3: Entertainment

19 January 2011

Ok, so this might be obvious, but when you’re totally broke, you can always go to the library. I went to the library a few days ago and brought home an AMAZING haul: 2 books (Tomato Red and The Question Of Bruno), a movie (the original Battlestar Galactica), and a CD (Art Tatum – live piano music). All this stuff was free, assuming I can get it together and return it all on time.

The library also has computers that you can use for free. And it’s quiet. The one by me has a cafe where you can get a cup of coffee. Read some books, check out your sites, sip something warm… not bad for a $2 date.

If books and movies and quiet time aren’t exactly your style, here’s a good one: high school sports! Odds are you don’t live in the town where the next Lebron James is playing… but still. It’s (usually) free, you might get to see a great game, and if they have food and drink, it’ll be cheap. Plus, side benefit, this is some real deal community shit.

I never used to think about it like that. But I started going to a bunch of my nephew’s football games this year, out in Long Island, and the whole town would be out there at the game. Connect with your neighbors while you save!

Anyway, just a few ideas. Good hunting,

= baje

(Yo – if you start going to watch high school sports, please don’t be a weirdo. Thanks.)