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So I last I attended an event at the Cutting Room by Marie Claire Magazine, they were hosting a performance by The Vasserettes.

What or Who are the Vasserettes?

The invitation toted them as “one of the hottest new bands out of L.A.!
Get an exclusive first listen to their sure to be hit single,
“Are You Ready for the Real Thing?”.

Ok. Simple enough, First thing, WHAT is a Vasserette?
If you Google it you are going to get links to all types of lingerie.
A closer look will land you to this wikipedia entry and of course www.vassarette.com

Turns out the Vassarette is a brand of women’s underwear owned by Vanity Fair Brands. Their lines include bras, stockings and lingerie, and they were previously a major manufacturer of girdles.

So I have my first free drink and think ok, an an all girl bra wearing rock band.
Cool. I’m thinking Lita Ford multiplied by 4 for the 21st century!

A woman in the audience tells me they already did the song and they are about to do it “again”? (you mean they already performed and will do the same song

They get introduced, they come on stage, ready their instruments and go right into the song “Are You Ready for the Real Thing?”

3 minutes later the song is over, no thank you, no introduction of the band.

1. Who cooked up th hair-brained scheme?
2. Where do I file a complaint?
3. Why do the same song twice?
4. How do you consider yourself a rcck band with only one song?

Overall all, the song is catchy in a Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon) or even GEM-Truly Outrageous. But not good enough to chart.

If your gimmick is to wear bras on stage, the least you could do is fill them.

After a goodnights sleep, I come to realize it was all a clever marketing ploy by Vanity Fair.
Create an all girl rock band whos gimmick is just bras.

Like Russell on Fat Albert use to say:

“You can pay for school but you cant buy class!”

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I am so excited that I, WE, meaning US, VICELOUNGE are a part this amazing piece of work and I will be rocking the free fresh new Reeboks..lol

This compilation was recently completed in private conjunction with Reebok and I Bootlegged your MUM describes it as a a seamless selection of spacey, bugged out, glitched-up, forehead-knockin’, ultramodern Soul, Hip-Hop, Dubstep, Grime and other Electronic hybrids alongside classic, organic vibes. This man has his fingers on the pulse of these evolving genres (if one can even box them like that which I doubt). You may want to listen in, in dread of being left behind…

1. Sa-Ra Creative Partners – Intro (A Few Words By Sa- Ra Creative Partners)
2. Daru & Reggie B – Gone Away
3. Funkenteller feat. The Deepspace 69 – Emulator
4. Gecko Turner – Monosabio Blues (Phillips Owusu Remix)
5. 8thW1 – A Fools Lullaby (Could It Be)
6. Dem Suite – The Worst Way (Spinnerty Remix)
7. Nicolay & Kay – The Light
9. Omm’as Keith – Bassa Sex Plex
10. Chacho Brodas – Soul Brodas
11. Dabrye feat. A.G. – Get Dirty
12. Erika Rose – Fairytales
13. The Reflektor – Verdadero
14. Mono/Poly – The George Edit
15. Jahcoozi – Getyoshitout
16. Altered Vibes – Holy Ghost
17. J Todd feat. MC 2020 – 1-2-3
18. Quiroga – No More
19. Dephjoe – Hey Playa
20. Tai, Joaquin & Vicelounge – Never Fall Away
21. Iman Williams & AB – Soulmate
Hidden Track: Jay Scarlett feat. Reggie B & Distantstarr

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I got this courtesy of The Smoking Section:

Steinski – What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective

The back story is great: Steve Stein, collegiate dope-dealer-turned-suit at the Doyle Dane Bernbach ad agency, enters a hip-hop-remix contest with a pal in 1983 and smokes the competition. His entry, The Payoff Mix, is a funky train wreck of uncleared samples — the Supremes, Little Richard, Culture Club, Humphrey Bogart — crosswiring Grandmaster Flash’s mixology with the pop tune punch lines of Dickie Goodman’s Seventies novelty collage singles. Payoff, included here with its offspring Lesson 2 (James Brown Mix) and Lesson 3 (History of Hip Hop), inspired crate-digging producers from Prince Paul to DJ Shadow to Girl Talk, and permanently raised the bar for rap track makers. Influence aside, what’s just as impressive about this handsome anthology of barely legal rarities is how well tracks work as songs. The early party joints build and ebb with intractable momentum, and later pieces tell unlikely stories. “The Motorcade Sped On” samples newscasts on the JFK assassination; the chilling “Number Three on Flight Eleven” documents a flight attendant’s 9/11 call for help. And the hilarious, hour-long “Nothing to Fear” megamix proves that this guy didn’t just pioneer the mash-up, he’s still the outlaw genre’s dean.

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1-1 The Payoff Mix (5:23)
1-2 Lesson 2 (James Brown Mix) (4:23)
1-3 Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop) (5:03)
1-4 Jazz (5:04)
1-5 Voice Mail (Sugar Hill Suite) (5:35)
1-6 The Motorcade Sped On (4:00)
1-7 It’s Up To You (Television Mix) (5:05)
1-8 I’m Wild About That Thing (4:46)
1-9 The Big Man Laughs (4:19)
1-10 Vox Apostolica (4:38)
1-11 Is We Going Under? (6:38)
1-12 Ain’t No Thing (6:33)
1-13 Everything’s Disappeared (4:12)
1-14 Number Three On Flight Eleven (7:48)
NOTHING TO FEAR
2-1 Tonight From NY Intro (1:31)
2-2 Swingset (10 Beautiful Girls Mix) (3:21)
2-3 Opening Credits (1:16)
2-4 Greatest Man Alive (Man’s Game Mix) (2:31)
2-5 The ID (Small World Mix) (3:23)
2-6 Let’s Get It On (Big Daddy Mix) (1:25)
2-7 Hit The Disco (MC Enuff Mix) (3:48)
2-8 Lolita (Burning Mix) (1:36)
2-9 Hot Spot (Terrible Love Mix) (2:49)
2-10 It’s A Funky Thing Pt. 1 (Special Feature Mix) (5:18)
2-11 Bboy Breakdown (You Got The Job Mix) (2:29)
2-12 B-Beat Classic (Airwave Interlude Mix) (0:36)
2-13 Funk Construction (Prodigal Son Mix) (3:00)
2-14 Them That’s Not (Cash Mix) (2:10)
2-15 Swan Lake (Beat Poets Mix) (3:06)
2-16 Here We Come (Death Mix) (2:18)
2-17 Product Of The Environment (Redfern Gowanus Electro Mix) (1:41)
2-18 By Any Means Necessary (Malcolm & Bobby Mix) (2:07)
2-19 The Art Of Getting Jumped (1:08)
2-20 I Like IT LIke That (Scratch It One Time Mix) (1:02)
2-21 Solid Air (Junk Mood Mix) (3:23)
2-22 Country Grammar (Hydro Mix) (2:33)
2-23 Let’s Get It On (Reprise Mix) (0:46)
2-24 Muscles (Mistake Interlude Mix) (0:23)
2-25 Easin’ In (Pedro’s Letter Mix) (1:27)
2-26 It’s Time To Testify (MC5 Mix) (1:54)
2-27 The Acid Test (0:52)
2-28 Silent Partner (Peace Out) (0:53)

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