random thoughts

just saw million dollar baby for the first time ever. yeah i know, 4 years late on that one. it was possibly one of the most depressing movies of all time, but also really amazing.

been doing a lot of driving lately and decided that i might try to take an epic road trip around the country at some point. this road trip also needs to involve as many major league ballparks as possible.

fail blog is still hilarious

decided to get a new car in 2009. stay tuned for more on that.

currently obsessed with a korean talent show called star king. if you had no idea what was going on you'd swear it was a kids show but it airs in prime time for adults! nutty.

i'm also posting...

over at a new blog that is somewhat related to clandestine industries but sort of not. instead of me trying to explain it to you, go check it out here.

mysteries debunked

growing up as a baseball obsessed kid i collected my fair share of baseball cards. one of the holy grail cards was the infamous billy ripken "fuck face" card which, as legend had it, was the result of a practical joke by one or several of his teammates.



well it looks like the mystery has finally been solved thanks to this sweet article from cnbc.com. turns out he wrote "fuck face" on the bottom of the bat himself and didn't realize he was using the bat he used for the fleer photo shoot. to make matters even more hilarious he claims that fleer "enhanced" the words on the bottom of the bat so they could be read more clearly. one less cold case for the world to solve...

cooking by the book

now that i've met little bronx mowgli i think he's at a safe age to start getting familiarized with the fine programming on nick jr. like this little gem about cooking...

kells brings it

r. kells tells beyonce what he thinks about her wanting to be a boy...

wow, i've really seen it all

do you ever troll the aisles of walgreen's on your trip to pick up toothpaste and kleenex and stop and think to yourself "boy, i really wonder if little sally isn't really mine?"

well lucky for you there's a convenient new product that can answer these questions, and more. for real.

i'm not much of a halloween guy....

...but when my sis sent me pictures of the nieces' halloween costumes it made me want to dump a whole bucket of candy into their trick-or-treat bags.

ain't no party like a thug life party...

2pac is definitely on my top 5 greatest rappers of all time list. here's a somewhat early video of him performing on arsenio hall, before all the death row records craziness that would happen later in his life. just a young, somewhat green rapper doin his thing while the homeboys shoot dice on stage. no big deal.

just let your soul glo

possibly the greatest fictional hair product of all time...

the return of terry tate: office linebacker

terry tate: office linebacker was possibly the funniest super bowl commercial of all time. glad to see he's back in action for a good cause...

i used to be obsessed with this game!

bo jackson in the original tecmo bowl just might be the greatest video game athlete of all time. he proves it here by taking an entire quarter of time to score a touchdown on one play. i need to go find my old nes and get it working again...

some guys just have it all figured out...

that's it, i'm getting an iphone

thanks boyd tinsley

proof positive that you can find anything on craigslist...

...even accomplices to a bank robbery

so a guy posts a craigslist ad telling people to show up dressed as a road construction worker outside of a bank of america branch at a specific time. then robs the bank (wearing the same outfit of course) and makes his getaway down a creek (or crick if you're from downstate illinois) in an inner tube. when the cops show up there's just a bunch of dudes hangin out by the bank that fully match the description. pretty genius if you ask me.

don't believe me? read about it here.

lebowski: the fucking short version

probably my favorite movie of all time. here's the short version for all you assholes with no attention span...

this one is kind of a slow burn but as you're watching katie couric ask some specific questions, it's pretty clear that palin doesn't know her ass from a hole in the ground. she answers questions the way a you used to give book reports in grade school for a book you 'forgot' to read.

don't hassel the hoff

did you know that david hasselhoff has his own social networking site? i didn't either...

in other, somehow more relevant news, lil' wayne now has a sports blog over at espn.com. check it out here. homeboy is a huge tennis fan. totally crazy.

crazybrains

bomb down broadway was an unofficial bmx race from union square to brooklyn with the top 10 finishers winning cold hard cash. needless to say downtown manhattan is crazy congested with cars so i can't really imagine a dude jumping his bike off of a BMW in traffic...

proof that karma is real

so this guy gave a stellar interview at the RNC (it's best to just watch for yourself cause the highlights wouldn't do it any justice), and then went back to his fancypants hotel and got roofied and robbed, presumably by a sarah palin lookalike. ok i might've made that last part up.

anyway, read the entire story here. it's totally worth the 5 minutes of your time...

hijacked

driving down melrose and noticed that my friend's band's snipes were taken over...strange indeed.

eco tips from the green team

See more Will Ferrell videos at Funny or Die

chicago love

(photo credit: darkroom demons)

well i think this pretty much sums it up.

on the jumbotron at soldier field, playing the super bowl shuffle.

many thanks to my friends at nike, fall out boy, darkroom demons, angels and kings chicago, st. alfred (for the dope fitted) and all the amazing people i had the good fortune to spend time with this weekend...

cnn: the confused news network

so i'm surfing good ole cnn.com today to see what's going on in the world and came across this benign little story about mattel suing some other toy company over copyright infringement. something about barbie and bratz, yada yada...(click pictures on enlarge)

then you click to the page and cnn can't seem to make up their mind about whether mattel got $40 mil or $100 mil in the settlement. despite being asian i'm not the world's greatest math whiz but i do know that there's a huge fucking difference between $40 mil and $100 mil. $60 mil to be exact. is it too much to hire a retarded monkey intern to copy edit this garbage (no offense to retarded monkeys).

here's the kicker though, the image that accompanies the story is neither a picture of barbie nor a bratz toy but a fucking robot bug. this is about when my brain began to explode in utter disbelief.
cnn.com staffer: well boss, it's not barbie or a bratz but it IS a kind of toy. close enough right?
cnn.com editor: i don't know man, i'm too busy trolling tmz for some front page news stories. let's run with it!

seriously man, this is where a large contingent of our country's population gets its news from. can we at least get someone over there to give half a flying fuck???!!!


UPDATE: the actual amount of the settlement was $20 million. not 40 or 100. cnn.com would be better off if it was being run by barbie, bratz, or even that stupid robot bug toy that looks like a crab.

new kanye video for 'good morning'

animated by takashi murakami and kaikai kiki studio.

totally bananas. here's a 30 second clip. worth every penny of the $1.49 it costs to buy the video on itunes...

Good Morning from videos222 on Vimeo.

kicking life in the face

apologies for the recent lack of blogging activity. i've been spending the better part of the last month wandering around LA and san diego, dj'ing parties (some funny, some really hilarious), and following the olympics. now that they're over everyone can get on with their lives...except for the tae kwon do ref up top who got kicked in the head after a bad call. oops!

other things i have been obsessed with lately include:
re-attempting to play tennis (fun)
gallery 1988's crazy for cult 2 show
anything and everything kaws
trying to eat at every korean restaurant in koreatown. this one could take a while...

i'm working on a new end of summer mix that i believe will be distributed via the standard blog so keep your eyes peeled for that.

oh yeah, i did a photo shoot with the amazing and talented kevin ou and the photos turned out amazing. head on over to my somewhat-out-of-date myspace page to check them out...and don't forget to add me as a friend.

in case you were wondering...

thanks for the news, cnn.com!

has anyone ever noticed that the reporting on cnn.com is beginning to resemble usa today a little more every day?

here's a genius article that was on their 'front page' news this afternoon. nice to know that i can get my beer paraphernalia definitions via the national media now... (click on picture to enlarge)

man i used to love the shit out of this movie!

i'm gonna git you sucka really cracked me up back in the day. here's one of my favorite scenes...

viral muppets

the good folks over at henson seem to be having fun making new viral videos of muppet characters performing random songs.

here's my favorite, the swedish chef and beaker performing "habanera" with a little help from animal. genius.

i put on music video

this song has been out for a while but they just released the video.  it's STILL my JAM!

biggie had it all right...

when he said mo' money mo' problems

8.31.08 Nike+ Human Race

everyone who knows me knows how much i love sneakers and everyone who knows i love sneakers knows how much i love nike so i was stoked when they asked me to DJ the human race event in chicago which ends at soldier field.

the nike+ human race is basically the world's largest organized race, a 10K run taking place in 25 cities worldwide on 8.31.08. to make things even bigger they're getting some crazy musicians to perform at each concert site including kanye, all american rejects, and my dudes in fall out boy. nike is anticipating over a million people either running in one of the organized races or at home through nike+ which could make this the single largest sporting event in history. amazing!

check out the website for more information and sign-up details...see you in the chi ya'll

new music from the faint

can i tell you how excited i am about a new record from the faint? THIS excited (stretching my arms out as far as i can). head over to their website to check out a new song called "the geeks were right"

in other news, i'm having a blast so far in LA. hung out all day on set at FNMTV and met some really great people. i'm going to be DJ'ing in their new backstage green room starting next week and i'm really excited about that. if you're ever able to sneak backstage you'll find me spinning my favorite jams and trying to get people to drink all the free booze. good times!

i had the unique fortune of driving around LA in joe t's smart car. in case you don't know, the smart car is europe's latest export. basically it's a golf cart with a roof and a tiny little engine that gets the thing going up around 60 MPH if you are brave enough to push it that far. me, i mostly got lost in beverly hills and drove around in circles listening to david banner. i got lots of funny looks from a-holes driving hummers so at least there's that...

also in the works is an august DJ residency in the san diego area. more to come on that later for all you people a few hours south of here...

a friendly tip from KTC

make sure the mic is turned off before you tell the dude next to you that you want to cut someone's nuts off. life is just easier that way...

r. kelly - star spangled banner REMIX

apparently this happened back in 2004 and no one told me about it! this video is truly amazing, r. kelly remixes the star spangled anthem before a big prize fight in vegas, complete with step dancers, clap-a-longs, and triumphant last note. what's amazing to watch is the crowd reaction. no one has any idea what to do while they're watching this! oscar de la hoya looks pissed! unreal...


Star Spangled Banner: R. Kelly - The best video clips are here

ch ch ch changes

i'll keep this short but sweet. as of this sunday i'll be relocating to los angeles to concentrate my efforts full time on being DJ Dan Suh. i'll be able to reveal more as things start falling into place but suffice it to say that i'm really excited about how things are shaping up!

new website coming soon but in the meantime head over to my dj dan suh myspace page and add me as a friend!

shaq is a moron

so everyone in hip hop and bball is talking about the shaq-kobe diss video in which shaq disses kobe for not winning the championship.

does he really need to call attention to his mediocre-at-best rapping "skills"? does anyone remember a few years back when he tried to engage skillz, and actual rapper, in a freestyle battle? hmmmm, let me jog your memory.

whoa

from the superdome art show at the palais de tokyo (that's in france ya'll).

also, jeezy just rhymed "mafia" with "tilapia" on his new mixtape. bananas.

next time you ghost ride your whip

make sure the jackers aren't around...

quite simply put, WOW

here's a highlight from lil' wayne's performance at this year's hot 97 summer jam. yes, this actually happened at giants stadium



in other hip hop news, 50 cent is officially out of his mind.

dunk x wedding

to commemorate the beautiful wedding of my friends i had some buddies at nike help cook up these dunk hi's limited to 2 in the world (one for him, one for her).

royal purple, black, and white with contrast stitching with gum soles. the shoes alone are fresh but add lasering on the outside heel (pw in infinity on high font, as on ashlee's font, and the date of wedding) and these make for a very sentimental pair of dunks. (big big thanks to ashley "the tom" for doing the font layout for the laser). there's a cool inscription embroidered on the inside of each tongue but we'll keep those private.

congrats you two!

the unofficial free r. kelly muxtape!

click here for the muxtape

the most genius website i've seen in a while

things i did last night

love chicago, hate chicago politics

*UPDATE*
it looks like all the attention from the blogosphere and the phone calls to aldermen in the city really made a difference and as a result, the ordinance is being tabled. that doesn't mean it's dead but now the city will hear out people's opinions from the entertainment community before trying to sneak some bogus legislation through. whew!

so it looks like the city of chicago is at it again, this time trying to pass legislation THIS WEDNESDAY MAY 14 that would effectively shut down DIY shows in small clubs across the city.

please take a few minutes to educate yourself about this ordinance by clicking here.

also, if you are a chicago resident i urge you to contact your alderman and voice your opposition. if you're not quite sure who to call visit this website and it will point you in the right direction.

one of my favorite artists

here's a cool little video i found on hypebeast documenting the earlier works of KAWS. like a lot of the new breed of designers, he started out as a graffiti artist and has since become famous for designing toys, starting a clothing line called original fake, and collaborating on countless projects with the likes of bathing ape, nike, etc. etc. etc. i basically want to be this dude's friend.

it's springtime and you know what that means...

props to the BBC for calling attention to the one of the biggest upsides of the sunny springtime weather we've been enjoying in NYC.

but seriously, do they have any copy editors over there? surely there's at least one dude hired to add the letter "u" everytime the word "favorite" or "flavor" pops up in a story who can make sure they find a better word to describe this species of bird other than "tits"

my weekend in our nation's capitol

through a random set of circumstances your very own korean tom cruise was invited to lay down dj skills at a post-white-house-correspondent's-dinner party at the newly opened smithsonian newseum (nee smithsonian news museum as some of my DC friends pointed out). they gave dude a train ticket and a much-too-large-but-i'm-not-complaining corner suite at the intercontinental willard hotel. life is good sometimes.

i don't know a whole lot about the DC social scene but apparently the white house correspondent's dinner is a huge deal and takes place, logically enough, at the white house. people wear tuxes and eat a fancy meal and the president gets up and reminds the crowd that hey, crusty old white politicians can be funny too sometimes.

then everyone leaves with their wine-from-dinner buzz in full effect for the after parties, which is where the fun really happens. i was invited, along with a certain mr. pete wentz to dj the event. easier said then done when the crowd looks like this:

these people are NOT getting down to the new TI track so i had to keep it very white and 80's. big highlights included new kids on the block, madonna, and inxs. also, white people, like the guy below, love the song "she drives me crazy" by fine young cannibals.

i've been known to knock back a few adult beverages to get loose while i'm spinning but saturday night definitely called for a little extra imbibing since it was a little more difficult to get the crowd moving. i do like me some veuve.

pete came up and did his thing. we are bad photographers but the yellow tshirt is genius (honorable mention for the cardigan).

towards the end of the night, a nice drunk man handed us the following request:

can't argue with that one.

other things that went down that are not pictured include:
*pete wentz stage dive
*perez hilton actually looking classy
*met the newly crowned miss usa very briefly. she seemed like a sweet girl.
*rosario dawson and craig ferguson in da house
*lots of white people getting drunk

big props to the fine folks at capitol file magazine for taking care of me and inviting me to dj the shindig. hopefully we'll do it again next year...

check out r. kelly's new chain

chi-town represent!

i made a muxtape

yup that's right. everyone else is doing it so i had to get mine. here's my muxtape. go listen to it before the major labels sue the pants off of them for not paying royalties.

how many quarters would it take to win this prize?

the nerdiest/coolest thing ever

all hail the super genintari, possibly the greatest gaming console ever made (for those of us that grew up in the late 80's/early 90's). some guy made the thing himself and it only took him "several years" to finish. now you can play dr. mario on nes and nhlpa '93 hockey for genesis (possibly the greatest sports game of all time) all on the same machine!

i know who didn't win the talent portion of the competition...

there really isn't much you need to say about this one but wow. thanks to pov for showing me this. i consider myself enlightened.

drummer race wars

this guy


vs.

this guy


you be the judge.

lame on lame violence

so according to this enlightening article from the sydney morning herald (slow news day, australia?) scene kids and emo kids are two different species of bored white suburban kids with way too much time and disposable income on their hands. they also hate each other and enjoy watching people stare at them. it's no wonder people are staring, my 5 year old niece dresses up to play princess and doesn't look NEARLY as ridiculous as these 13 year olds do on a daily basis. so far this misunderstanding about subcultures has not escalated to violence like the punk-emo wars in mexico but one can only hope...

who's to blame for this mess? clearly the internet, or more specifically this wiki-how-to article. and since when is the word "niggz" scene lingo? last i checked that was more than vaguely racist. either i'm old and out of touch or people are really dumb.

wow

i think we can close voting on this year's darwin awards 8 months early. this guy seems to have it locked in.

guav pointed out that the darwin award only applies when you kill yourself via stupidity. i guess the voting is still open and this guy is simply a moron who shouldn't own a gun.

and now i've seen it all

anyone who knows me knows about my affinity for all things r. kelly. this happens to include late-era isley brothers albums (starting with "eternal") and the "mr. biggs" alter ego that r. kelly created for ronald isley. you see, mr. biggs is a gangster, but old school. r. kelly is in love with mr. biggs' woman which starts with the song "down low" and has the story building over several isley brothers and r. kelly records finally resulting in "showdown" on r. kelly's seminal "chocolate factory" album.

somewhere in the middle of this mess appears the song "contagious" which finds mr. biggs returning home one day to find his lady in bed with none other than r. kelly. of course the ensuing music video is amazing but not nearly as amazing as the florda a&m university marching band performing the damn song at a halftime show. are you kidding me?

holy crap, i want this

some mad scientist at cranfield university converted an actual hummer H3 into a remote controlled car. either that or there's some pretty shifty trick photography going on here.

full article here

now everyone knows what they can get me for christmas next year.

see you at the crossroads

not sure how bone thugs could miss a show when there's a big sack of fun waiting for them at the end of the rainbow...

from xxlmag.com:
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday (February 28) issued a default judgment against Bone Thugs-N-Harmony after they failed to contest a lawsuit brought against them by a Japanese concert promoter. According to KNBC 4 in L.A., World Mix Entertainment filed suit against the group after they missed two December 2006 concert dates in Nagoya and Okinawa. A contract submitted with the suit confirmed that the promoter had agreed to pay the group $25,000 per show, $10,000 for a photo shoot and cover expenses for travel and promotions. The company also agreed to meet special requests made by the group, such as providing a “big sack of marijuana” and bottles of Hennessey and Miller Genuine Draft beer. When the group failed to board their flight from Los Angeles International Airport, the shows had to be canceled. Since the Ohio based group failed to respond to the suit, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson awarded World Mix a total of $205,510.40.

overheard...

there's a great network of websites called overheard in... where people submit little snippits of conversations they hear on the streets. it's been around for a bit but it always cracks my shit up. pretty genius if you ask me.

Big thug #1: ... And I was like, 'No fuckin' way.'
Big thug #2: Yeah, nigga. That shit is like magic.
Big thug #1: I know, nigga. I did it. I went home and I ordered the new Harry Potter from Amazon. That shit came the next day. It was like magic.

--14th & 6th

Overheard by: h

give it up for the worst parents of all time

true, i am an asshole but this video proves that others are capable of taking it to a whole new level. noel gallagher may not be able to trump these parents who tricked their poor kid into thinking he got an xbox 360 for christmas when it was really an xbox 360 box filled with crummy tshirts.



bummer dude.

what's the score of the red wings game?

this one's been floating around the 'net for a bit too but it's too damn funny not to post here. thanks to dre for sending this to me...

rap represented in mathematical charts and graphs

i'm asian, so people automatically think i'm great at math. i also love rap. this site combines one of my true loves, with something i'm stereotypically supposed to love. it's kind of a win-win, right?

someone please buy me a drank

ant $ tipped me off to what will certainly be the new beverage sensation soon to sweep the nation.

the anti-energy drink that comes in a purple can. now all of america's white, teenage youth can be just like their favorite chopped and screwed rapper heroes without the pesky side effects (such as unintentional leaning, a fucking great time, and in some cases death)

check out their website. usually i would embed the link in another word but the URL is just too good: http://sippinsumdrank.com

seriously, someone send me some of this stuff...

noel gallagher, what a guy

NME reports that Noel Gallagher is selling his Ibiza holiday home – because he can’t stand to live near James Blunt, who owns a nearby pad, anymore.

According to The Sun’s Bizarre column, Gallagher has put the £5.5million villa on the market, saying that he can’t stand living there in the knowledge that Blunt is nearby making terrible music.

While this alone makes him easily in the top 5 on the World's Biggest Asshole list, I figured if we put a magnetic dog ribbon on him he would be guaranteed #1 status.

further proof that we're surrounded by dumbasses

some douchebag that works for a radio station found a pretzel shaped like the virgin mary in a bag of rold gold pretzels. what would jesus do? sell it on ebay of course!

what blows my mind is not that the person is selling it cause let's face it, we'd all cash in on this thing if we could. but the listing has been active less than a day and there are already 55 bids with a price of over $6000! does the auction winner also win a punch in the face with their high bid?

ebay link

rollin' on dubs

look at this horse. he clearly does not give a fuck. he's probably packin a piece in his bridle and will sell you kilos of coca if you need a connect. it's '08 and purple carriages are the new escalades. (click to enlarge)

(thanks to j-meis for the photo)

valentine schmalentine

go check out someecards.com for more sardonic greetings

start 'em early on that purp

this is my boy paul's little one rockin a lil' wayne sippy cup! he's a baby and if you understand him, you're jesus christ.

roots jam session photos

the annual roots jam session is easily my favorite grammy season event of the year because you never really know what you might see if you stick around. this year was no different with the show being kicked off with a nearly 10 minute ?uestlove / travis barker drum-off that started on two drum kits but quickly moved to bongos and all other manner of percussion.



patrick co-hosted this year and did a great rendition of the police classic "walking on the moon"





out of nowhere, seal (the singer, not the animal) decided he wanted a piece of the action and performed "rebel, rebel", "wind cries mary", and "fly like an eagle". this is easily my favorite patrick stump related photo of all time.



as the night wore on i got progressively more intoxicated and less concerned with taking photos but the highlight of roots jam session (2nd half) is a tie between standing 10 feet away from prince and mc lyte bringing up doug e. fresh to perform "la di da di". sick.

very big props to tina and sarah from the roots camp for putting on such an amazing event 5 years running!

new acquisitions

finally got a chance to check out the murakami exhibit at the museum of contemporary art in LA. lots of really mind blowing work on display, i would recommend it to everyone but the exhibit closes on monday. i couldn't resist the temptation of buying some of his work so i decided to drop some coin on the following two amazing lithos. limited to 300 and hand signed...

cool project i'm working on

support four year strong!

word of the day

bodega'd \ bo-DAY-gahd \ adjective:
spontaneous pricing of everyday item, typically at an unusual markup.

usage:
"$4.99 for a vitamin water and a pack of gum? i just got bodega'd by that korean shop owner!"

editor's note: although this may seem like a racist observation i assure you it's not. after all, i am korean.

when patriotism goes wrong...

so i made a quick trip home to chicago this weekend and i'm stuck behind this asshole somewhere on addison.



do you really need 6 fucking ribbons on your soccer mom van to show your patriotism to the world? oh wait, that blue one says "I LOVE MY PITBULL". is your pitbull suffering from breast cancer while fighting in iraq? i didn't think so. you win the asshole of the year award! god bless the usa for giving us this ignorant moron, i'm sure all the troops and breast cancer survivors will be PSYCHED that you think your pitbull is just as important as they are.

something i never really understood

big ups to diaz for sending me this video

matt damon gets his revenge on jimmy kimmel

motley cruise part two

it's a cruise to mexico but let's not forget where we're sailing from!



now might be a good time to mention that there was no costume contest on the cruise.


there was a sweet, all filipino cover band on the boat that eric and i decided to check out. what you have to understand is that they were doing perfect, note for note covers of everything from the bee gees to guns n' roses. guy with the red ibanez was shredding guitar solos! of course when they asked if there was a drummer in the house i had to make sure eric got up there.


the night eventually turned into a cover band free for all with michael from endeverafter getting up to play guitar with vince neil singing "livewire". definitely a highlight of the cruise...


...for this guy!


we decided to walk around cozumel for a bit and came across this amazing van with a plastic shopping bag for a gas cap. maybe it's one of those things that's just funnier in person.


we also got this sweet mexican cop to take some photos with the endeverafter guys. paging erik estrada...


this is kinda like the hessier version of when you go to six flags and the boyfriend and girlfriend are wearing matching outfits.

all in all the cruise was a great experience. met a lot of interesting people and had an amazing time with the endeverafter guys. thanks to alan koenig for taking care of us all weekend!