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IMAGEYENATION

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About Me

First off, we are not spammers or scammers. We aren't going to post comments on your page about free iPhones, Macy's gift-cards , dating sites, or porn. We're a creative collective, made up of real people, dedicated to spreading underground, urban and alternative culture, art, music, fashion, philosophy and more on the web, on the radio, and any other way we can. If we sent you a friend request it's because we think you're cool (or you look cool), we think your taste might match up with ours, we like your art (or music, or whatever), or we dig something about what you're about. So don't be scared to accept our friendship!un-der-ground
(adj.)
Of or relating to an avant-garde movement or its films, publications and art, usually privately produced and of special appeal and often concerned with social or artistic experiment.
ur-ban
(adj.)
Of, relating to, located in or characteristic of a city or city life.
al-ter-na-tive
(adj.)
Existing outside traditional or established institutions or systems and espousing or reflecting values that are different from those of the establishment or mainstream.The Imageyenation Collective /Urban Alternatives Crew is an aggregation of DJs, writers, urban anthropologists, pop-culture critics, guerrilla sociologists, artists, photographers, producers, musicians, hipsters, backpackers, metrosexuals , fashionistas, revolutionaries, punks, haters, skaters and blabbermouths from all over the Northeastern United States (and sometimes the UK) who think (real) thoughts, spin (good) records, make beats, write poetry & lyrics, play in bands, record music, create art and talk a whole lotta smack.Most of the crew's members can be found voicing their opinions on music, art, movies, books, magazines, television, news, politics, current events, spirituality, society, popular culture, fashion, trends, technology and more on our group blog/e-zine at Imageyenation . Focusing on defining and re-defining underground, urban and alternative culture for our post-modern, multi-ethnic, media-saturated society, the Imageyenation weblog is the home-base of the Imageyenation Collective/Urban Alternatives Crew on the world-wide-web.Members of the Collective include (but are not limited to):
El Keter ( http://www.myspace.com/the_god )
Emeyesi ( http://www.myspace.com/emeyesi )
12XU ( http://www.myspace.com/dj12xu )
Cereffusion ( http://www.myspace.com/cereffusion )
Miss Behavin' ( http://www.myspace.com/559330 )
Lady Glock ( http://www.myspace.com/LadyGlock )
Add-Mmm ( http://www.myspace.com/professorporkchop )
Sankofa ( http://www.myspace.com/rapsankofa )
R-Uh ( http://www.myspace.com/rogwar )
RosemaryX ( http://www.myspace.com/girlwonder )
m. Cody ( http://www.myspace.com/littlefishink )In addition to keeping the Imageyenation weblog well-stocked with new and exciting content, and producing the bi-weekly Undertones podcast series (more on that below) and we're are very proud to present our weekly Urban Alternatives radio program, hosted by El Keter, Emeyesi and DJ 12XU, for your listening pleasure!Urban Alternatives Radio
A trip through the underground diaspora, featuring Hip-Hop (underground, independent, and the occasional mainstream jam), New Rave, Electro, Electroclash, Electropop, Synthpop, Lo-Fi, Lap-Pop, Folktronica, Anti-Folk, Folk, Pop, Punk, Disco-Punk, Post-Punk, New Wave, Rock (experimental, other), Indie-Rock, Indie-Pop, Indie-Soul, Future-Soul, Soultronica, House (deep, soulful, jazzy, vocal, other), Broken Beat, Nu Jazz, Electronica, Downtempo, Chilled Beats, Trip-Hop, Glitch-Hop, Lounge, Acid Jazz, Soul, Nu-Soul, Neo-Soul, Drum'N'Bass, Two-Step, UK Garage, Grime, Dubstep, Crunk, Hyphy, Rio Baile Funk/Favela/Funk Carioca, classic Golden-Era Hip-Hop from the '70s, '80s & '90s, and much more. Airing every week, late night Wednesday into early morning Thursday from 12 midnight to 3 AM eastern time, on 90.7 FM WTCC. Broadcasting live from the campus of Springfield Technical Community College, in Springfield Massachusetts.You can pick up the show across a wide swath of Western Massachusetts and Western/Central Connecticut on any FM radio, or you can listen anywhere around the globe online at the following links.Real Audio:
http://netcaster.wtccfm.org:8080/ramgen/broadcast/wtccfm.rmWindows Media:
http://www.wtccfm.org/listen/wtcc-fm.asxShoutcast/MP3:
http://netcaster.wtccfm.org:8000/listen.plsFeel free to hit us up during the show.Phone:
(413) 736-2781
(866) 736-2781 (toll-free outside the 413 area code)AOL Instant Messenger:
dustygrooveshow on Mondays
urbaltshow on WednesdaysIf you have any difficulties connecting to the live web feeds please visit the 90.7 FM WTCC website for direct (hopefully updated) links, more information or to e-mail WTCC's chief engineer about any streaming related problems.If you happen to have an iPod or other portable MP3 player (or even if you just like listening to podcasts on your computer) you can take us with you wherever you go thanks to our new Undertones podcast series. New episodes are uploaded to the blog every other week, usually on Tuesdays. But you can stay up-to-date with new podcasts automatically by subscribing to our podcast RSS feed , which, when properly synced to your MP3 player's software, will download new episodes to your player whenever they become available!And finally; if you're a band, artist, record label or promo-bot looking for a review or interview on our website, or DJ play on our radio shows or Podcasts, or if you have some other entertainment-based project or consumer product you want reviewed or promoted, please get in touch either via e-mail ( [email protected] ) or a message here on MySpace to get our direct shipping address. And feel free to shoot us your press-releases, announcements, audio and video links, MP3s and other promotional goodies (to the same e-mail address, or here on MySpace) as well.Buy our stuff:The words are by award-winning Fort Wayne, Indiana-based emcee Sankofa , with special guest appearances from friends like JON?DOE, AthenA, Ryan Officer, iCON the Mic King, Nick Sweepah, ADRU THE MISPHIT, and RhymeWise37.The beats on 12 of the album's 16 tracks are by Imageyenation's very own El Keter, with the rest coming courtesy of Fangface, Ognihs, Sankofa, and Dagger.The packaging is a lovingly crafted hand-silk-screened digipak, beautifully designed and printed by Kay of Eyeball Graphics in a super limited-edition run of only 50 hand-numbered copies exclusive to Imageyenation.$14.00 USD (Shipping Included)

My Interests

Music, records, record stores, used record stores, thrift stores, flea-markets, digging in the crates, D.I.Y., movies, DVDs, television, TiVo/DVR, art, books, magazines, computers, the interweb, the internets, blogs, blogging, bloggers, bohemianism, bohemians, hipsters, blipsters, scenesters, fashionistas, fashion-designers, revolutionaries, pseudo-revolutionaries, intellectuals, pseudo-intellectuals, punks, afro-punks, haters, skaters, nerds, geeks, dorks, artists, indie kids, "alternative" types, The Gods and Earths, aliens, retro-backpacker-ism, awesomeness, metrosexuality , ladies, fanny fun, the fartbox, the brimless chocha, the "cookie face," the "fumpy," ass to mouth, trucker hats , emo glasses, "stunner" shades, brightly colored all-over print hoodies, hand-made stuff, crocheting, knitting, limited edition silk-screened tee-shirts, sneakers, Nike (Dunks, etc), Adidas (especially Rod Lavers), Timberland (boots, silly), whylin' out, acting a fool, getting "crunk," acting "dummy retarded" and riding "the yellow bus," jamming it in the funny gullet, homoeroticism, "ladyboys," boys who used to be ladies, midgets, dwarves, pixies, dreadlocks, bald heads, facial hair, beards, tattoos, body modification, Christina piercings, broadcasting, podcasting, DJing, making beats, synthesizers, the Korg microKORG, drum-machines, dancing, clubbing, skateboarding, graffiti, snacky cakes, Pocky, Hostess Chocodiles, Tim Hortons (especially Timbits), Diet Dr Pepper soft drinks, Snapple, Sobe, Capri Sun, cranberry juice, cranberry juice and Ginger Ale, Vitamin Water, iced tea, Boba tea (or "bubble tea"), tortilla chips, salsa, hummus, hoisin sauce, keeping kosher, the vegan delight, mashed potatoes, pizza, palmistry, astrology, feng shui, manatees, penguins, panda bears, polar bears, the pegacorn, monsters, robots, poopmaker in the toilet, racial ambiguity, stickin' it to the man, your face, your mom, your mom's face, and "alt rock awesome times"

I'd like to meet:

People who read our blog.People who want to write for our blog.Current listeners.Prospective listeners.Sexy people who will bring us food and beverages at the station when we're on the air.Artists who want website/radio exposure.Record industry people who will send us records to review on the website or play on the radio. Or anybody else who's got anything they might want reviewed, promoted or publicized in some manner for that matter. (Message us for our mailing info)Music fans.Other DJ type people, especially those down to come through and spin a guest-set or send us a mix for air-play.Party people.Club, party and event planners, promoters and co-ordinators, or to put it another way, people who might want to book us to spin out some time.Cool folks.

Music:

Hip-Hop (underground, independent, and the occasional mainstream jam), New Rave, Electro, Electroclash, Electropop, Synthpop, Lo-Fi, Lap-Pop, Folktronica, Anti-Folk, Folk, Pop, Punk, Disco-Punk, Post-Punk, New Wave, Rock (experimental, other), Indie-Rock, Indie-Pop, Indie-Soul, Future-Soul, Soultronica, House (deep, soulful, jazzy, vocal, other), Broken Beat, Nu Jazz, Electronica, Downtempo, Chilled Beats, Trip-Hop, Glitch-Hop, Lounge, Acid Jazz, Soul, Nu-Soul, Neo-Soul, Drum'N'Bass, Two-Step, UK Garage, Grime, Dubstep, Crunk, Hyphy, Rio Baile Funk/Favela/Funk Carioca, classic Golden-Era Hip-Hop from the '70s, '80s & '90s, and much more

— Aesop Rock
— Amanda Blank
— Amerie
— Amy Winehouse
— Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
— Aqueduct
— Architecture in Helsinki
— Au Revoir Simone
— Basement Jaxx
— Beck
— Benny Sings
— Björk
— Blu
— Brother Ali
— Bonde Do Role
— Bunny Rabbit
— Calvin Harris
— Cansei De Ser Sexy
— Chromeo
— CocoRosie
— Common
— Cool Calm Pete
— Cool Kids
— Copy
— Clutchy Hopkins
— Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip
— Deerhoof
— Despot
— Diplo
— Dizzee Rascal
— Dntel
— El-P
— Feist
— Ghostface Killah
— The Gossip
— Hot Chip
— Invincible
— J Dilla
— Juiceboxxx
— Junior Boys
— Junk Science
— Justice
— Just Jack
— Juvelen
— k-os
— Kanye West
— Kenna
— Kid Sister
— Klaxons
— Kocky
— LCD Soundsystem
— Lifesavas
— Lily Allen
— Lo-Fi-Fnk
— Lupe Fiasco
— M.I.A.
— Macromantics
— Mark Ronson
— Matthew Dear
— Median
— MF Doom
— Montt Mardié
— Move.Meant
— Murs
— MSTRKRFT
— New Young Pony Club
— Of Montreal
— Omni
— Peter Bjorn and John
— Phat Kat
— Plastic Little
— Panther
— Pharrell
— Ratatat
— Ray LaMontagne
— RJD2
— Sage Francis
— Sean Price
— Serengeti
— Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
— Shitdisco
— Simian Mobile Disco
— Spank Rock
— Sweatheart
— Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
— The Teenagers
— Thes One
— Tokyo Police Club
— TV on the Radio
— Waajeed
— White Flight
— Wiley
— YACHT
— Yo Majesty

Movies:

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Big Trouble In Little China, Back II The Future, Beat Street, Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Do The Right Thing, Boyz N Tha Hood, Juice, Run Lola Run, Ghost World, Ichi The Killer, Equilibrium, The Matrix, The Matrix: Reloaded, The Matrix: Revolutions, The Animatrix, Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings, Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, 28 Days Later, Bend It Like Beckham, The 25th Hour, City Of God, Spirited Away, Hero, Bowling For Columbine, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, The Girl With The Pearl Earring, The Dreamers, Lost In Translation, Monster, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Suicide Club, Fahrenheit 9/11, Napoleon Dynamite, Dodgeball, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy, Shaun Of The Dead, A Dirty Shame, The House Of Flying Daggers, Irreversible, How's Your News?, Dogtown & Z-Boys, Waking Life, 24 Hour Party People, Donnie Darko, Sin City, Batman: Begins, I ? Huckabees, Oldboy, Running Scared, Me and You and Everyone We Know, V for Vendetta, Nacho Libre, Clerks 2, Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby, Hard Candy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, 300, Night Watch, Blades of Glory, Grindhouse, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, Hot Fuzz, SiCKO, Transformers

Television:

Heroes, Prison Break, My Name Is Earl, The Office, 30 Rock, Scrubs, South Park, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Sarah Silverman Program, Dog Bites Man, American Dad, Reno 911, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Wonder Showzen, The Andy Milonakis Show, Robot Chicken

Books:

Vice, Mass Appeal, Missbehave, Beautiful Decay, Fader, Frank151, Giant Robot, SPIN, Blender, Cool'eh, URB, Wax Poetics, Complex, Elemental, Yellow Rat Bastard, Remix, the Eastbay catalog, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, Ego Trip's Big Book Of Rap Lists/Big Book Of Racism, Yes Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade, Sex Drugs & Cocoa Puffs, Killing Yourself To Live, 40 Watts From Nowhere

Heroes:

Kool Herc, David Mancuso, Afrika Bambaataa, Larry Levan, Grandmaster Flash, Danny Krivit, Francois Kevorkian, Jazzy Jay, Timmy Regisford, Grand Wizard Theodore, Jam Master Jay, Red Alert, Kid Capri, Lazy K, Funkmaster Flex (back when he didn't suck), Stretch & Bobbitto, Cool C (WHUS), Doc 9, Rhettmatic, J-Rocc, the Masters At Work, Rick Rubin, The Bomb Squad, Eric Sermon & Parrish Smith, Paul C, Prince Paul, Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, Sam Sever, Large Professor, Pete Rock, The Beatminerz, DJ Premier, Diamond D, Showbiz, Lord Finesse, DJ Muggs, Buckwild, Q-Tip & Ali Shaheed, Dres & Lawnge, The Beatnuts, SD50's, RZA, El-P, M.F. Doom, DJ Shadow, Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, Jay Dilla, Osunlade, Pharell Williams & Chad Hugo of The Neptunes, Timbaland, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Ant, Just Blaze, RJD2, Science Fiction a.k.a. Wale Oyejide, Bugz In The Attic, James Murphy & Tim Goldsworthy a.k.a The DFA, Danger Mouse, Mike Skinner a.k.a. The Streets, Hot Chip, Of Montreal (especially Kevin Barnes' penis), Diplo, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, A-Trak

My Blog

Imageyenation’s Best of 2007!!!

We know, we know... We're mad late with this thing this year. We usually have it in the bag right around New Years, but this year it got pushed back to Jan. 5th, then Jan. 15th, and finally Feb. 14th ...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:48:00 PST

El Keter vs. Kanye West!!!

In a fight to the death!And the hand of Leslie Feist hangs in the balance!...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:02:00 PST

Limited edition Tortoise Hustle CDs on sale now!

Our very own El Keter produced 12 of the 16 bangin' tracks on award-winning Fort Wayne, Indiana-based emcee Sankofa's new album 'The Tortoise Hustle.' You can cop it from him, in a special, limited-ed...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:08:00 PST

Imageyenation's Top 10 Music Industry Crushes!

The members of the Imageyenation Collective, like music. We also like sexy people. So, every day this past week the individual members of the Imageyenation team posted our personal lists featuring the...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:53:00 PST

Summer (blog) Solstice!

Since today (well, yesterday) was the first day of Summer, the day that the Sun is as high in the northern sky as it gets all year, I thought I'd offer up some of the "highlights" (get it?) from the b...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:30:00 PST

We're bigger than Daughtry!

Okay, so yesterday we got a friend request from some woman in North Carolina who runs a "hip" vintage clothing business.  I like vintage stuff, so I immediately accepted her request.  Then t...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:04:00 PST

We're killing shit with the updates!

I must say, we've been absolutely killing shit on the Imageyenation blog over the last couple of weeks.  And this week was no exception.  We've got so much good stuff for you listed below, i...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:10:00 PST

Look at all our fancy pics!

If you haven't looked at our pics in a while you might be interested to note that there are all sorts of new and/or interesting photos in there.  There's photos of most of the posse members. ...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:13:00 PST

Big, fat, naked, site update!

New stuff!New member of the blog team!New contest! Peter Nilsson ("Get Nowhere" and "Song for Stina" MP3 downloads) Wiley ("50/50" streaming video) The Gossip ("Listen Up (Remix)" streaming video)...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:13:00 PST

Crazy updates out the bootyhole!

We haven't been posting a lot of updates here on MySpace because we expect you to read the site regardless without us having to remind you.  But since we love you, we thought we'd remind you abou...
Posted by IMAGEYENATION on Fri, 04 May 2007 09:37:00 PST