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I know I am becoming a social beast but I am on a mission to get Ecliptic Sight and Art by Ecliptic Sight to as many readers as possible. So now enters Twitter into the fold to help out the mission. The Twitter site @eclipticsight is for people that have not been here and will update with random posts and a few random things. Now back to tweeting.
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DJ headpiece747 goes on a drunk shopping spree and this is what he bought:
Maybe some drunk mixes are in the near future!?
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Here is something new to the sight (site), that will be an outlet for DJ headpiece747 to put up some of his obscure or familiar music. Basically it will be a song that is stuck in our head and needs to be discovered by more listeners. I will try to put as much information in each song so that you can buy it and support the artist(s) or give a link to their free and legal downloads.
First up. If you ever were a Wu fan or still are (like …
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That’s right, I am back in the states and have a new look. Check back for more news and updates.
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I have scrutinized and racked my brain on how to show my appreciate for the emcee. After finally writing this out the best approach is usually the simplest by just saying thank you. Thank you to all the emcees, lyricists, rhymers, wordsmiths, rappers, poets or whatever way you chose to describe yourself for continuing to make conscious music. The purpose of this letter is not to minimize the contribution of the other elements of hip-hop (DJ/producers, b-boys and graffiti) but emcees were the first ones to draw me into the …
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How’s it going world? I know it has been a long time and I didn’t think I was going to be able to do this until next year. Surprise, surprise I am here to fill that gapping hole in your information intake. Sorry but the podcast will still be on hiatus probably until next year but check out the last one because it was the ultimate musical drag out. So do you like the new layout and design? It was overdue. I have to be honest and say that the …
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With the update of the main sight(site) I thought it was time to breathe new life into my myspace page. I am using the template constructed by 5THirtyOne. A simple and clean design that covers up all of the other nonsense that myspace inflicts on you.
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Werner Von Wallenrod aka John W. McKelvey aka Mr. Hip-Hop Encyclopedia has helped many fill holes in their record collection since 1997 with his “Humble Little Hip-Hop Site”. Now continuing that tradition with his “Humble Little Hip-Hop Blog”, he is set to educate the masses with his video post and overall knowledge of hip-hop. Come now as pick the brain of Werner Von Wallenrod.
ESP: Thank you for taking your time to answer my questions.
WVW: Thanks for your interest!
ESP: Who is Werner Von Wallenrod and where did the name come from?
WVW: …
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Now it is time to tell my Dilla story in memory of him on February 10th. I discovered Jay Dee aka J Dilla as some others might have walking into Fat Beats in the late ’90s and hearing:
“Hey, hey, hey, h-hey, hey
What you say, get this money
If they say what you gon do today, just say
Hey I wanna get paid
Pay day, pay day, pay day”.
With this hypnotic hook and a beat that caughted your soul it was apparent I was hearing something new. So I asked …
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Still the “Year of the Dilla” and to celebrate his birthday of February 7th, here is a quick wallpaper of J Dilla’s CDs and graffiti piece. Happy birthday and rest in peace James Yancey aka J Dilla.
