This has been a pretty fantastic week. Many great things, including the fact that I am going in for a second interview next week at my dream job! So in my world all great events are followed by celebratory dance parties in the livingroom.
When I was a kid my Favorite show of all time was Solid Gold. When it was on I could be found dancing in front of the tv to the choreographed Solid Gold dancers and idolizing Marilyn McCoo. I was also completely in love with New Edition, I had their poster hanging on the ceiling of my bedroom and their records constantly playing on my plastic turntable. Then one day they were on Solid Gold and it was basically the best day of my life...
Friday, October 22, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Da Beatminerz
I found this tape in Doug E Fresh's collection. Circa 1992. I am hoping to return it to Mr. Walt soon.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Excuse me Doug E Fresh...
A friend of mine discovered part of Doug E Fresh's record collection in a long forgotten brownstone on 162nd Street in Harlem. With his permission we moved them to another friend's basement in Brooklyn and I came along to document it...
Here is a selection of still photographs and video screen grabs from the shoot. My friend Jaime Labrija helped me out with another camera and a digital audio recorder. I really wanted to try and convey how incredibly dusty it was in the house so I am hoping we got some really great audio.
Doug E asked us to stop by his restaurant after the shoot. It's a chicken and waffles spot on 162nd & Adam Clayton Powell in Harlem called Doug E's (of course.) Then we drove the records to Brooklyn to store in a friends basement. We barely fit in the back of the van and were sitting on top of the records, but we managed to use a flashlight to dig while we drove. The basement turned out to be a hatch in the sidewalk that was about 15 feet tall, so we had to devise a trashcan pully system and lower the records crate by crate. By the time I got home it was 12 hours later I was covered in a thick layer of dust and carrying ten new records and some early 90's mixtapes. All in all it was a pretty unbelievable day. One of those days you are pretty sure you will never forget.
Here is a selection of still photographs and video screen grabs from the shoot. My friend Jaime Labrija helped me out with another camera and a digital audio recorder. I really wanted to try and convey how incredibly dusty it was in the house so I am hoping we got some really great audio.
Doug E asked us to stop by his restaurant after the shoot. It's a chicken and waffles spot on 162nd & Adam Clayton Powell in Harlem called Doug E's (of course.) Then we drove the records to Brooklyn to store in a friends basement. We barely fit in the back of the van and were sitting on top of the records, but we managed to use a flashlight to dig while we drove. The basement turned out to be a hatch in the sidewalk that was about 15 feet tall, so we had to devise a trashcan pully system and lower the records crate by crate. By the time I got home it was 12 hours later I was covered in a thick layer of dust and carrying ten new records and some early 90's mixtapes. All in all it was a pretty unbelievable day. One of those days you are pretty sure you will never forget.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
All the way to heaven...
This Friday I get to film a certain hip hop icon's record collection. I love my job!
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