The editorial offices are almost back to “normal” here at Racing to the Red Light. Sorry for the hiatus. We’re attempting to once again face our addiction to Flaming Hot Cheetos Con Limon and Diet Hansons Root Beer, and we’re doing well of it so far, day to day.
We’ve been listening to some new-to-us music lately, so here’s our first post-hiatus music post. Behold, Grouplove:
in 1991, MC Breed and DFC accurately predicted the method of Saddam Hussein’s demise by hanging.
The video is now a sort of blast-from-the-past, postmodern prophetic vibe from the Gulf War times. People Most people have forgotten that in addition to the recent veterans of America’s forays in the Middle East there are also veterans from the earlier Gulf War, some of them having been exposed to chemicals and other horrible shit in Iraq.
Here’s an evidently patriotic MC Breed leading Saddam to the gallows:
Not sure who this is supposed to be, perhaps a Kuwaiti?
Of course, Saddam was indeed hanged by his countrymen and the coalition/American forces in occupied Iraq, following a trial and conviction for crimes against humanities, among other offences.
Here’s the video:
We’re finally back, after our three-month booze-and-drugs bender, er, “sabbatical”. Just kidding.
The Racing to the Red Light’s Album of the Year 2013 award goes to Howlin by Jagwar Ma
You can grab it on Amazon here.
A very, very close Second Place (in our admittedly biased opinion) goes to The Naked And Famous’ second album In Rolling Waves, here at Amazon. So many amazing tracks!
This just in from our SGV and South Bay bureaus.
Behold, a trailer for what is evidently an actual TV movie on SyFy:
BJ Novak had a good observation on the matter:
Undoubtedly, Regulate… G Funk Era was one of the finest hip hop albums ever released. Top 5, for sure, in the opinion of the senior editorial staff of Racing to the Red Light.
Released in 1994, it contained an entire album of solid tracks, including standouts “Regulate“, “This DJ” and “Do You See“.
Here’s Regulate:
Here’s a clip of Brian Williams “singing” the same song, as produced by Jimmy Fallon and crew:
The area code 213 is referenced repeatedly in the songs on this album. For our readers hailing from outside of Southern California, here’s a little bit of 213 history as described by Wiki:
The area code historically has been associated with Southern California and Los Angeles. Area code 213 is referenced in Warren G and Nate Dogg’s song “Regulate”, Dr. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.”, the Electric Six song “I’m the Bomb,” and the Notorious B.I.G.’s song “Going Back to Cali.”
213 was the O.G. Los Angeles telephone area code, as introduced in 1947, when 213 represented all of Southern California from the Central Coast down to Mexico. Over subsequent years, it was broken down into an ever-smaller geographic area around downtown Los Angeles (from Wikipedia):
So Warren G, Nate Dogg and Snoop were all living squarely within “the 213” when the album Regulate… G Funk Era was released. Today, Long Beach is area code 562.
This is so hilarious. Enjoy this awesome animated gif:
I love that he takes one more several more “pictures” even after the cops hit the brakes and back up … and one more as the door opens.
Taken from this longer video of the same prank:
This is simply amazing. As discovered by our Paris bureau.
At Racing to the Red Light, we like to think that we are a very classy institution who brings you only the finest things in life.
To that end, please pull up a seat, and get ready for a seriously classy 30 seconds of video:
Today we’ve got a little bit of this, and a little bit of that. First up, a nice team find, led by our San Gabriel Valley bureau chief, and Senior Asian Cinema correspondent – a live-action Gatchaman movie is coming out.
http://twitchfilm.com/2013/06/spectacular-full-trailer-for-live-action-gatchaman-arrives.html
(Not sure if this will work in WordPress – probably not)
In the trailer for this movie, we noticed something strange in the corner of the screen – a reference to “Bump of Chicken”.
It turns out they are a Japanese rock band – and a pretty good one too!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_of_Chicken
Here’s an entertaining video from them – “Sailing Day”:
Of course, we’d like to give a shout out to our favorite Japanese American/Japanese rock band, Lemon Drop Kick:
They do a great cover of Vacation by the GoGos, but I can’t find it on YouTube.
Next up, we want to salute – in the RttRL fashion – the Miami Heat’s recent win over the San Antonio Spurs, for the 2013 NBA Championship title. Specifically, we wanted to share the following images that were ricocheting around the office this morning:
Here’s the original from a couple of years ago:
Although, we have to admit – Bosh is a hell of an athlete, as odd-looking as he may be on the court. And look – when he smiles, he looks nice! Bosh, you’re on the wrong coast, dude. Come out West please.
Behold, Ninja Terminator – submitted by our San Gabriel Valley bureau chief:
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