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Excerpts from The Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds, an art gallery fundraiser event presented by Upper Playground.

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A new podcast from Matterafact, DJ Jahson, and Elevator Hip Hop.

download: Elevator Hip Hop Podcast: The Hip Hop 7’s Vol. 3

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Roc Marciano of the UN garnered a lot of attention from his early appearances on Pete Rock’s Petestrumentals album. Now Marciano is prepping the release of his own LP, Marcberg, due out through Fat Beats on April 20. This track, entitled “Thug’s Prayer,” is one of the early leaks from the upcoming album.

download: Roc Marciano – Thug’s Prayer
source: Nah Right

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The first leak from Esohel’s upcoming Industry Series Volume One, which drops 3/16. Esohel, a Chicago emcee, plans to release a new track daily until the official release of the full project. On this track, Esohel raps over the Alchemist produced instrumental of the Slaughterhouse song “Microphone.”

download: Esohel – Microphone

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Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural
Volume 1
Editor: Richard Cavendish
Publication Date: 1970

This is a discarded library book that I picked up a few years ago at a Los Angeles County Public Library sale in Lakewood, CA. The pages throughout Man, Myth & Magic are filled with ancient drawings of demons and pagan gods, and there are chapters devoted to witchcraft, possession, and antichrist. Pages 132-133 depict a naked woman sacrificing a chicken as part of a voodoo ritual.

Man, Myth and Magic is a 24 volume encyclopedia set, but I was only able to find the first volume at the library sale.

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Another Elevator Hip Hop podcast by DJ Jahson.

Tracklisting:
01. Flying Lotus – Sangria Spin Cycles
02. Shape Of Broad Minds – There 4 Me
03. Madlib ft.Frank n Dank – Drinks Up
04. Dabrye – Game Over (Flying Lotus Remix/Instrumental)
05. Bullion – That’s Not Dee
06. Moonstarr – Clappy
07. Nicolay – Band Practice
08. Dan The Automator – Music To Be Murdered By
09. Twizt – Musical Chairs
10. Twizt – Peelin’
11. Take – As I See It
12. Exile ft. Slum Village – Time Has Come

download: Elevator Hip Hop Podcast – Elevator Mini Mix 2.0 (iTunes)

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Teen Angels Magazine features prison art, pen pal requests, and photographs of women. I bought issue number 226 at a small sidewalk newsstand in downtown L.A. The collage-style pencil drawing featured on the cover depicts several symbols and images related to Chicano street culture.

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Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials
Authors: Wayne Douglas Barlowe & Ian Summers
Publication Date: 1979

I picked up this copy of Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials at the now defunct Acres of Books in Long Beach. Wayne Barlowe is a renowned science fiction and fantasy illustrator who conceptualized this alien guidebook during the late seventies. Not only does the book feature 150 full-color paintings, it also provides detailed physical and cultural information regarding each represented species. The aliens depicted in Barlowe’s guide were culled from various science fiction novels.

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The Sperry Topsider Boat Shoe has been around since 1935. These special edition suede Topsiders are available here in four colors.

source: High Snobiety

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