GooGiE Shares Cosmic Sophomore Album Floating Polygons Prod. By Headtrip, Blockhead, Raisi K. FAWWN & More (we are the karma kids)

The Witzard regulars may recognize Googie's name (sometimes, spelled "GooGiE") from "Innate Communication" from Henry Canyons' 2018 Album of The Year contender, Cool Side of The Pillow. Googie & Henry, actually, previously collaborated on a we are the karma kids' 2016 non-album single entitled "The What Ifs," which was later remixed by BRZOWSKI/Vinyl Cape affiliate and beat-maker C MONEY BURNS as #Goth Dancehall-tinged C$ Burns "Nocturnal Twinz" Remix. NYC/NJ-based emcee Googie is a member of Lt Headtrip's East Coast Hip-Hop crew, we are the karma kids AKA karma kids and has issued a number of releases on the crew's in-house label since first joining forces around 2013; Googie's karma kids releases include singles "All The Pretty Lights" & "Champion Sound," 2013 mixtape The Logic Is Sound, BALD AFRO with Lt Headtrip, and his 2016 debut full-length, 'Tis What 'Tis. Googie has since appeared on a number of his fellow label-mates' releases, such as MC Eleven & The Karma Kids' Kombinations, Headtrip's Comedy of The Filthbeast, OLD SELF's Word Art Gallery, LNYCHPIN's 2017 cross-label full-length, Gruff Lion's death or evolution, and Duncecap's Human Error. Just this past ~~Saturday, August 4th~~ Friday, August 3rd, ahead of a birthday show at New York's GOLD SOUNDS BAR, Googie decided to suddenly surprise-release his sophomore album, Floating Polygons on we are the karma kids.

Floating Polygons features 12 spacey Hip-Hop tracks produced by the likes of Raisi K. Esseks, Cousin Gabriel, Headtrip, Blockhead, General FX, Sifu, Wes Wax, Octopi Hip Hop, and FAWWN. "While Googie invites his listener to join him on his journeys, he features no other vocalists on the record, including only two light-hearted intermission tracks by comedians Phill Hunt & Matt Pavich," we are the karma kids explains within a recent press release. Floating Polygons is a free-spirit, free-associative Cosmic Hip-Hop album, at times, reminiscent of both Flatbush Zombies and Mr. Muthaf***in' eXquire, as well as The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. I'm fully aware Floating Polygon's 12 tracks are produced by 10 separate producers, however, it feels like such a cohesive on-theme album; this is likely, due in part to mastering engineer Joel Gutman, as well as Headtrip's mixing work at Karma Kids Studios, Karmastoria, NY. Comedic interludes "Phill's Osophies" and "Matt Pavich Standards" featuring Phill Hunt & Matt Pavich, respectively, really do a great job helping break up Floating Polygons and giving the record some room to breathe, much like Hip-Hop skits of the late 90's/early 2000's. Googie's brand spankin' new music video for Sifu-produced "Molecules" premiered yesterday afternoon at The Deli Magazine and can now conveniently be viewed below. Googie's Floating Polygons is currently available to stream, download, or purchase on CD (salt crystals NOT included) exclusively at we are the karma kids' Bandcamp page. "QUASARS!!!"

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel

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