I’m pleased to announce that the Milky Way will be offering our first release this week. We’re only calling it a mixtape because we don’t know what else to call it, and ‘mixtape’ is the closest word that fits. Plus there is a mixtape element since our masterful turntable maestro Cee Brown makes sure everything rides like a dream (I can hear him saying “pause” as I type this).
I like to think of this project more like a sampler of our sounds….a sonic gallery of sorts. There’s not really a bunch of sixteens over recognizable beats…or even alot of rappin’ in general. There’s plenty of it, it’s just not the FOCUS. Without spoiling it for you, just expect alot rarities and oddities that only the Milky Way can provide. It’s a unique experience that might be disorienting at first, but is ultimately quite charming, if I can say so myself.
Stay tuned, we drop this thing this Friday, August 20th.
We celebrate with grilled chili and barbequed spaghetti this SUNDAY at X-man’s crib, and we’d love for you to come out.
Follow The Milky Way on Twitter for updates: @themilkywayband
Cus I been busy, yo. Lost in space with The Milky Way….Lost in the social media job space….Lost in entrepreneurial space….just lost in space (not lost maybe, but exploring). And, more importantly, learning.
I started my new job on April 12th. My last post was on April 17th. For the last four months, I’ve been travelling at light-speed as a professional through the social media landscape….learning the ins and outs of social networking, community building and what Fortune 500 companies really do with their money. And it’s crazy, the money they burn. Time has flown, and next thing I knew, it was August.
In this past four months, I’ve become a manic about strategizing…meaning I won’t even pop a bag of popcorn these days unless I at least have a plan for the 18 minutes after I finish my last kernel. It’s pretty ridiculous and has made me borderline OCD about my time, but it’s also given me a clear vision of the future…specifically the year 2012.
All that said, I felt like I didn’t have a strategy in place for my site here, so I stopped blogging. But now, I do. And you’ll be pleased to know, it’s almost the exact same strategy I had before I forgot I had a strategy. Just a little more focused. So, back to business.
Tune in every Saturday and Sunday from 4-5pm PCT for the music that played in the background of Billy Dee Williams and Captain Kirk’s fist fight on Mars.
floatingpoints – “Love Me Like This” (rmx)
Coole High – “Careless Kiss”
Digitalism – “Apollo-Gize”
Nas – “Where Y’all At”
Beatnuts – “Straight Jacket”
Bronxubervillani – “My New Costume”
Clipse – “There Was a Murder”
Shafiq Husayn (feat. Fatima) – “Lil Girl”
Q-tip – “You”
Little Dragon – “Blinking Pigs”
RJD2 – “One Day”
The Nonce – “Crews Fall Apart”
Chris Clarke – “What’s Happenin’”
The Palms Weekend – “Order Another Round”
The Cramps – “Human Fly”
Black Milk – “Mo Power”
My genius of a friend, X-ro, has taken internet streaming radio to new heights with his Soul Public Radio station. As the program director, he’s managed to gather a handful of the greatest music connoisseurs I know and let them run wild on one station. And when I tell you it’s an amazing station, it’s an amazing station. Some of the DJs are X-ro himself, Malkovich (The Palms Weekend), Pudge (Word.Power.Sound.), Skinniman (Sonic Boutique), Freddy Harris (Degrees of Soul) and, yours truly, Sum (Robot Romeo).
The sounds are across the spectrum,…just imagine a station that plays the music you’ve been looking for your whole life.
I’ve been known to cut on Soul Public Radio on Thursday afternoon and let it play nonstop through Monday. It’s that good. Do yourself a favor and get hip. Quick. It’s also streaming on iTunes.
Catch my show, ROBOT ROMEO, every Saturday & Sunday from 4-5pm. I don’t have a decent mic setup yet, so don’t expect to hear my glorious voice surfing on your ear wax. Yet.
