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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Real Talk Tuesdays: Election Day

Did you vote? Are you registered?

Madhouse Mondays: Freaky Creek Short Film Festival

Our friends over at Sleepy Creek Vinyards have been hosting one of the coolest film festivals in the midwest for several years now called the Freaky Creek Short Film Festival. This year they received over 600 entries and picked their favorites. This was my own pick for Best in Show. Dig.

 

Feel Good Fridays: Geto Boys

"This year Halloween fell on a weekend/me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treatin"

Happy Halloween, y'all.

Way Gone Wednesdays: Daniel Radcliffe

Actors go on talk shows as part of their contracts to make promotional appearances for films that they are in. When talent is booked, producers then set up some talking points with the host and sometimes rope them into participating in some shenanigans. Daniel Radcliffe has been on our screens for quite sometime but it wasn't until last night on The Tonight Show that he showed off his skills on the mic. Apparently Daniel is a fan of rap music and has memorized Blackalicious' "Alphabet Aerobics". For those who don't know, this is song where Gift of Gab raps his way through the entire alphabet while the tempo gradually climbs to break-neck speed. Not an easy task. Yet here's little Harry Potter rippin' it. Dag.

Real Talk Tuesdays: Video Games: The Movie

Working in this industry it's easy to get caught up in the grind and lose the greater vision. That we're providing countless hours of entertainment for those who want to get lost in our world. And that it's one of the coolest jobs on the planet. This stellar doc reminded me of that. Dig.