Articles Archive for January 2008
Events, Music »
Tha Alkaholiks have answered their question and have come out of retirement to do the Rehab Tour. It should not be a surprise that Ecliptic Sight is excited for this one because it was sad to see the group retire so early with their last album Firewater. They were also on the Top 10 CDs From The 1990s list that was compiled here. It took two years but it will be worth the wait. Seeing Tha Alkaholiks in concert is definitely a treat and they have one of the best …
Animation, Art »
We Feel Fine is a website that I stumbled upon when I was reading a post at UnEasySilence about TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) and they put a sample video for Jonathan Harris. On the video he talks about We Feel Fine and what inspired him to make it. Basically it is a website that looks at different websites for certain words and takes the sentence. Then it puts it on We Feel Fine as a particle (sentences) that reacts to your cursor, words on the screen and other particles. Now …
Art, Comics »
Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight aka Gallery 1988 LA aka G88 and Golden Apple Comics present: Under The Influence: A Tribute To Stan Lee starting January 8, 2008 through February 1, 2008. I was put on to this by the one and only Detrimental and would have loved to see this. You might remember G88 mentioned here before about their artistic take on 8-bit video games. This time they honor the legendary Stan Lee who has created numerous super heroes and super villains to blockbuster movies that many have grown up …
Free, Music »
Rhymefest is on a mission with is new album, “El Che” coming in 2008. Rhymefest gives us a new mixtape called “Man In The Mirror” and if you missed it: Rhymefest – Plugg City (City On My Back). While your at it go pick up his debut album: “Blue Collar” which was slept on.
Mark Ronson presents Rhymefest: MAN IN THE MIRROR
Rhymefest – Plugg City (City On My Back)
Via senorwoohoo on the CAG forums
Films, Free, Music »
Wu-Tang 8 Diagrams Tour Raw Video Footage
Artist: Gza
Song: Liquid Swords
Album: Liquid Swords
Video: Ecliptic Sight
Website: http://www.eclipticsight.com
Location: Fox Theater, Bakersfield, CA
Date: December 22, 2007 (less)
Free, Music, Podcasts »
Ecliptic Sight Podcast: Future Edition is a extragalactic of definitive mass portions of lyrical goodness. It also has music, emcees and apes.
Featured, Music, Photo, Review »
Took a trip to Bakersfield, California and was surprised by my little brother Josh with an early Christmas present, two tickets to the Wu-Tang 8 Diagrams Tour. The concert was held at The Majestic Fox Theater and scheduled to start at 8:00 pm. We didn’t arrive until 9:00 pm and the concert started shortly after. My cousin Rick works at the Fox and took my pictures for me on the side of the stage with my camera. Without further ado the Wu-Tang 8 Diagram Tour: Photo Review:
Wait I only count …
Free, Music, Sight News »
Happy New Year! 2007 was a great year for Ecliptic Sight and 2008 looks like it will be ramping up to be another good one. Why is the post titled: “Happy Dilla Year”? Well 2007 was the year of J Dilla aka Jay Dee aka James Yancey (R.I.P.) and will continue to be his century if the collaborations, mixtapes and CDs keep popping up. Here’s the run down in case you missed it:
J Dilla – Ruff Draft (2007)
Turn it up and get Wild!
Dilla Month (2007)
February “Dilla Month” and Ruff Draft …
