The black Republican’s street dreams come true…

To celebrate the release of his now-untitled new album (formerly named “Nigger”) this week and his product collab with downtown hipster sneakerhead hotspot ALIFE, last great rapper alive NAS threw down a rare private live performance in the shop’s back courtyard for a lucky group of friends and family Monday nite. Luckily, ever-present man on the scene MEL D. COLE was on the scene to catch some serious snaps of the quality honeys in attendance. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

That’s right, as promised, NINE INCH NAILS frontman TRENT REZNOR has released the next NIN record “The Slip” as another free download available with no strings HERE. Unlike the band’s recent free release, “Ghosts I—IV,” however, this one doesn’t suck. Where “Ghosts” sounded like an odds ‘n’ sods collection of rejected atmospheric soundtrack bits, “The Slip” is a banger of a rock record in the recognizable NIN style we’ve all come to know and love. Yeah, there’s a few throwaway instrumentals in there but it’s nothing a delete key won’t handle. In the words of Mr Reznor:

“‘The Slip’ is licensed under a creative commons attribution non-commercial share alike license. We encourage you to: remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc.”

Also, unlike “Ghosts” which had allowed users to voluntarily pay for the download in whatever charitable denomination they deemed appropriate or purchase a limited-edition hard copy of the record with additional tracks, this album is simply free, and is available for download in a variety of audio formats including the superior Lossless and Wave files. Maybe Trent felt so guilty about making over a million bucks on a crappy album he felt the need to give away a good one for free. If so, that makes us feel better after wasting $5 bucks on the last one. GET IT NOW…

Roger Waters’ Slick & Danny Boy-designed graffiti pig heads off to slaughter…

Checking in on the road home from COACHELLA, here’s a quick look at the obligatory flying “Dark Side of the Pig” balloon painted by Supertouch buddies SLICK & DANNY BOY bearing slogans like “Don’t Be Led to the Slaughter,” “No Blood For Oil,” and “Don’t Build Walls,” that floated through ROGER WATERS‘ moonlite Floyd set…

UPDATE: $10,000 REWARD FOR LOST PIG:
After being released during Waters’ Coachella-closing set Sunday nite, it seems the pig du jour floated off into the horizon, never to be reclaimed. Now, Coachella festival organizer Bill Fold has offered a $10K reward for the graffiti’d oinker’s return: “A pig got loose last night,” said Fold, “We really like him and want him back…. It’s a very emotional time for us.” Anyone with information of the piggy’s whereabouts or in possession of a convincing bootleg & a need for $10K can contact lostpig@coachella.com…

The midnite pig rides again…

Suspiciously anti-Floyd sentiment….

Obama’s reportedly got dibs on the pig for his next campaign rally…

The other white meat…

The “Genius of Roger Waters” in action (no joke, his tour shirts actually say that)…

Miguel de la Barracuda sweats out the set with vacationing parents Shepard & Amanda Fairey…