I’m really not following the whole Kanye ghostblogging “controversy” and personally I really don’t care. I do read Kanye’s blog on the daily, and I have questioned the fact that the dude has at least 10 posts a day while he’s supposedly touring or producing, or whatever else the dude does.

But when you look at Kanye’s posts, they’re usually one line long, and really don’t have any skill or depth to them. He needs a Ghostblogger for that? Dude, I could do postings like that from my Phone.

Anyway, the whole ghostblogging point is null and void. Wannabe gossip blogger Sandra Rose accused Canadian blogger Marcus Troy as being Kanye’s Ghost Blogger after he wrote this sorta tongue and cheek post about wanting to become a Ghostblogger–NOT that he was a ghostblogger. Either Ms. Rose can’t read or she had some type of vendetta, because obviously the dude said nothing about being Kanye’s Ghostblogger. Of course, with Kanye being Kanye, he unleashed an assault on the dude and posting pictures of himself er….blogging.

This is the type of blogging bullshit that makes me want to dust off my old IBM typewriter from my mom’s closet and become the unabomber. As much as I love blogging, I’m hating the fact that this medium is becoming like cable news–where blogs are competing to one up each other with “scoops,” and “Breaking News.” Obviously, this chick Sandra Rose thought she had a scoop on Kanye, but if she just re-read the damn post, she would see that it was just some dude with a blog posting nonsense. Maybe it was her Ghostblogger? She should learn not to outsource those things.

Disclaimer: If you didn’t know–The Couch Sessions is 100% GHOSTBLOGGER FREE. I would hope the misspellings and the 4 -6 week lag time it takes for me to do reviews would give it away.

Tickets here.

THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED AND TRULY A ONE-TIME BLOW OUT!

WE’RE TAKING OVER THE WHOLE CLUB FOR THE NIGHT.

*2 Rooms Plus a Courtyard(that’s 3 DJs at once!)

*18+, 21+ BYOB

*Food Stands

*Half basketball court

*Going strong until AT LEAST 5am .

**more djs and guest performers to be announced.

From RadioMilwaukee.

Asa comes to us from Paris by the way of Lagos, Nigeria. Her music is a fusion of acoustic soul, African folk, R&B, and jazz. Her lyrics are often political, due to her upbringing, but have a dose of humor as well. Her song, “Jailer,” is one of the most potent and powerful songs of 2008.

Unfortunately, her album is not available in the US (BOO!!), but if you’re in France or the UK you can get her music from Amazon and iTunes.

myspace.com/asaofficial

Saul Williams kills it again with his latest video from last year’s incredible The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, which was re-released in Vinyl and CD format earlier this month with 5 new bonus songs. Check out our interview with Saul and my review of his 9:30 club show.

Download it here people and if you’re in NY tonight (like I am)….

Kissey Asplund - Phone Call

Kissey Asplund - Faster

I did not see this coming. Kissey Asplund is an up and coming Swedish soul electro artist (and blogger for my homeboy Tarik’s site) is coming to DC. THIS WEEKEND.  Also, this is going to take place at this new arts/music spot in Columbia Heights called BloomBars, which has already gotten rave reviews and gets my seal of approval for being less than a 10 minute bike ride from my place (I kid!).

Check out our last post on Kissey. And yes, I’ll definitely be in the building.

Bloombars
3222 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Metro: Columbia Heights (Green Line)

(pictures credit Sexy Fitsum)

DJ Stylus and DJ Meistro at Napoleon Part 1
(audio and playlist)

DJ Stylus and DJ Meistro at Napoleon Part 2 (audio and playlist)

This mix is old (by blog standards), but I’m just getting around to listening to it.  Stylus and Meistro drop a dope, and dare I say “grown and sexy” mix of R&B, disco, and underground hip-hop, with tracks from Bebel Gilberto , Common, Alice Russell, and Aloe Blacc amoung others. And what’s this about Daz-i-Kue’s (of UK’s Bugz in da Attic) wife being in the building??? That’s rather random.

myspace.com/djmeistro
myspace.com/thevibeconductor

Roots’ new album Slime & Reason drops August 25th.

Yesterday I was noticing a lot of search engine traffic was coming to this site from looking for Fonzworth Bentley. I was scratching my head…Fonzworth? That’s a blast from the past!

“Everybody” was a song that we posted about in 2006 and two years later they finally drop a video for this track. It’s all good though, because the Cool Outrageous Lovers of Uniquely Raw Style (yeah really) bring it. The track itself might rank as my favorite of the year, and again, Andre 3000 kills it. The straight goofiness of the video is refreshing–I thought I would never see Kanye get relegated to the position of backup dancer. Sa-Ra, who produced the track, are in the background and don’t get top billing. Sad.

I was initially blah about Fonzworth and his music career, but I’m the dude won me over after I listened to Kreg and Dez’s interview with him a few years ago where he proved that he’s more than a character. C.O.L.O.U.R.S. is still listed as having no release date, but now that the video has dropped, it should see the light of day