“People How ya doin, there’s a new day dawning, from the earth mother it’s a brand new morning…” 

-Beastie Boys

yet, this is a sad Misung Monday morning folks. One of the great artists who inspired me  has passed away late last week . So in honor of him and his memory, I’m making this Misung Monday a hip-hop themed Misung Monday.

We’ll miss ya, Adam Yauch. 

I dug way back in the archives to pull this out.  It’s a very budget rap song called “Budget Rap”.  (Yes, back in the day i used to make rap songs and i still do ocassionally.)  This remix, however, was done by my good friend from NYC James D Campbell, and includes actual Beastie Boy beats that he legally downloaded from the official Beastie Boys website (www.beastieboys.com).   Me and “The Ottomen” recorded this back in 1998 in Kansas City MO and it appears on the album “Adventures at the Shore”. Hope you like it, and remember it’s from 14 years ago.

Here it is..Enjoy!!  Budget Rap (beastie Remix) unreleased remix track

BONUS TRACKS!: Here’s the Original>  BUDGET RAP (“Rapman” keyboard beats original version from “The Ottomen: Adventures at the Shore”.)

here’s a misung track called “Tough Cookie” another BEASTIE imspired hip hop song”> Tough Cookie.

At the Bell house in Brooklyn!

Hey Guys and Gals. This is it. The last girl song for Misung Monday. I had fun doing em’ but doing too many can drive a man crazy. So here ya go. This is a classic from the movie “Flashdance” entitled “What a Feeling ” by Irene Cara. Enjoy. and thanks for listening!

what a feeling!<CLICK HERE TO LISTEN, MY FRIENDS!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Howdy folks. Here’s a brand new song from “The Ottomen” with Jim Campbell and George Garcia called “Centipede, Human.”

It’s a lovely song about “things that happen to people sometimes, in movies.”  

click here to listen to > Centipede, Human< right click download 

Jurstday Thursday on ottomen.com !!! I’ve been busy, so I haven’t done a new Jurstday post in awhile.  I wrote this album between 2010 and 2011.  I finished the music around the middle of 2011 with the intent to release it under Justin DiCenzo, but soon decided that the group name should be SLEEPY TOKYO because as you can see in the image, everyone is SLEEPY all the time in this city.  The theme is yes, a little cynical, but aren’t we all in the big cities???

Skip the PayPal thing if you don’t wanna pay, there’s a free link to download it!

Sleepy Tokyo’s first release “Dark Circles” is finished and free for download!

“Dark Circles” is a musical journey through the long evening and tough morning of the average Tokyo business man.

or

Download the music free!

The album opens with dark circles

which form under your eyes as your superiors aimlessly extend each work hour into the night, then eventually drag you and the other younger employees out to drink until you can barely stand up.

You get yourself into your own taxi and sit back to witness the 2am taxi ride windows

reflect neon lights in the windows as you dart through the taxi lined streets.

The taxi is extremely comfortable and very easy to fall asleep in with a heavy head fallen

to the side or back against the plush seat.

Once the taxi goes as far into the side streets as possible, you’re on your own left to perform the slow plover stumble

or in Japanese 千鳥足 (chidori ashi) to reach your apartment door.

The elevator ride to your floor seems impossibly long as time slows

You make it in the door and almost automatically begin your night routine. Like a computer, your subroutines take over

and you find yourself passed out on and hopefully in your futon.

Without effort, you quickly fall asleep and proceed to enjoy a short dreamless sleep

Around 430am, the sky changes to a light navy color and with each passing minute dawn creeps

and causes you to toss and turn as you fear the 7am alarm. The rising sun beams in and the solar warmth

lets you know that another day has begun. You rise and prepare to return to the race.

The race to make more money, have more financial stability, have more things, meet your future spouse, raise kids and take an occasional 3-5 day holiday to another country.

MISUNG MONDAY MUSIC! CLASSICS FROM A LONG TIME AGO TIME!!!

THIS WEEK: “MONKEY’S GONE TO SPACE” FROM 2008’s  ALBUM “ROGER TERROR MACHINE”

This is an old lo-fi quality demo i did a while back about going to space..and monkeys.

click here to listen to it! >>>>>>>>11 Monkeys Go To Space

enjoy!

MORE TO COME!!!

DID SOMEONE SAY BASEBALL?

HEY!!!  IT’S BASEBALL TIME AGAIN  and what better way to celebrate than a “Rain Delay!!”

That’s right. New, from THE OTTOMEN is this song called “Rain Delay” about..

you guessed it…A Rain Delay!!

This Brand New Song  features A whole new line up of Ottomen: 

 Mike Bowler on guitar, Jesse on Drums, Walter on Smooth Bass..

and Misung on Guitars and lead vocals. Happy Baseball!!! Hope you like the song.

Stay tuned for the full Album out soon entitled “MR OCTOBER” with all songs about

Baseball time sung by Mike and Walt and Misung throughout!!!

Rain Delay <listen to it here

by: The Ottomen

from the album: Mr. October

Ottomen Empire Records 2012

IT’S “MISUNG MONDAY”!!!!   “GIRL SONGS”  CONTINUES!!!

THIS WEEK: “DONNA LEWIS “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU FOREVER“

LISTEN TO IT HERE!

always love you forever<CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO IT! (DOWNLOAD MP3 HERE TOO!)