Simon Grigg Shines Light on AK79
Music

Simon Grigg Shines Light on AK79

by R. Kellie
Designed by Terence Hogan using an image of The Terrorways’ Dean Martelli, the front cover of AK79 has become one of the best known images of New Zealand rock and roll over the years The defining release of the thriving Auckland punk scene of the late 70s, AK79, compiled by Auckland...
KKKYLIE + KKKenneth
Criticism / Music / Pop Culture

KKKYLIE + KKKenneth

by R. Kellie
Hey, she's stroking that car like it's a dick! OMG she has a feather duster, HOW HOT. Is it a car commercial? A commercial for some new type of sexy energy drink for automatons that makes you work out to achieve this level of 'greatness?'
Nocturnal Digressions: Musings on Peter Laughner
Music / Pop Culture

Nocturnal Digressions: Musings on Peter Laughner

by R. Kellie
Been on a pretty serious Peter Laughner kick in the store lately. After a bootleg CD emerged at the store recently called Nocturnal Digressions, that no one seemed to know where it came from, I have not been able to stop listening to it over and over again. Each listen...
Xway Vision
Music / Straight to Youtube / Video

Xway Vision

by R. Kellie
  In honor of our forthcoming Sandra Bell reissue, take a look at this sickkk video compilation of Xpressway artists from 1992. Originally released as a VHS tape, and then later co-released in the states, this thang has been so out of print, it’s not even funny! A certain someone *cough,...
Jennifer Herrema Participating in New Museum Store's Artist Residency December 5-7, 2012
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Jennifer Herrema Participating in New Museum Store’s Artist Residency December 5-7, 2012

by R. Kellie
To know more about the details of the drugs from uk viagra that are alpha blockers. The motto of drscoinc.com purchase levitra online and levitra is not exempted. This is the reason why one is asked not to take 25 mg of sildenafil, in 48 viagra online purchase hours. buy...
New NZ Comp Bulletholes 4: Exploring the Unknown
Music

New NZ Comp Bulletholes 4: Exploring the Unknown

by R. Kellie
Auckland’s Powertool Records, the same label to thank for releasing new works by Sandra Bell, The Puddle, Robert Scott, Bill Direen, ( I could go on)  and generally speaking– the label that actively releases a diverse range of ex-Corpus Hermeticum, Xpressway, and Flying Nun artist’s material;  has a new compilation...
HOLY BALM...(holy shit!)
Music / Performance

HOLY BALM…(holy shit!)

by R. Kellie
  Holy Balm is Anna John, Emma Ramsay and Yoni Hochman. I was stoked to read on their Tumblr that they will be coming to the states this fall. Their live sets sound and look super fun. CTI meets Wax Trax vibes renders their post-house post-synth party jam haze. Holy...
Times New Old Friendship Video
Music / Performance / Video

Times New Old Friendship Video

by R. Kellie
New Video for an old song, with re-purposed footage
HENNE$$EY YOUNGMAN UP IN HERE
Criticism / Straight to Youtube / Video

HENNE$$EY YOUNGMAN UP IN HERE

by R. Kellie
HELLO WWW, THIS YA BOY HENROCK ALLAH AND IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE ALWAYS SEEM TO MEET IN PLACES LIKE THIS. ANYWAYS, THIS PARTICULAR ART THOUGHTZ IS MORE OF LIKE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT OFFERING A PAID SERVICE TO YOU AND YOURS. BUT IMA LET MY VIDEO DO...
Dirty Looks: On Location- Queer Interventions in NYC Spaces
Cinema / Exhibitions / Performance / Pop Culture / Video

Dirty Looks: On Location- Queer Interventions in NYC Spaces

by R. Kellie
Dirty Looks: On Location is a month-long series of queer interventions in New York City spaces. Over the course of July, Dirty Looks, a roaming series– which typically hosts screenings on the last Wednesday of the month–will install film and video work in queer social spaces and former sites of...
US Premiere of 2 New Street Chant Vids, 7" Pre-Order + Interview
Music

US Premiere of 2 New Street Chant Vids, 7″ Pre-Order + Interview

by R. Kellie
I can’t say enough how great Street Chant are– as a band, as people, as artists. I, for one have been waiting for these two songs to be released since hearing them live months ago. And now these two videos (comprising a double A-side 7″ available via Arch Hill soon)...
Straight to Video: Ohio Music Video Comp #1: Columbus
Music / Video

Straight to Video: Ohio Music Video Comp #1: Columbus

by R. Kellie
Straight to Video: Ohio Music Video Comp #1: Columbus 4/18/2012 @ Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn 8PM A screening program of live performance footage, music videos, and cable access appearances with bands from the underground music scene in Columbus, Ohio. Featuring bands/artists such as: V̶-̶3̶, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, True Believers, Mike...
ESAD Production's History of Bloomington Music
Music / Video

ESAD Production’s History of Bloomington Music

by R. Kellie
    Somewhere between video diary and music nerd tribute jerked on video–like Bill Nye, but cool– this gem of a CATV special maps out and documents the somewhat subjective, vastly complicated network of musicians and bands in the Bloomington Music Scene from 1977 through 1993.  ESAD Production’s History of...
Netherlands Media Art Institute ceasing activities due to lack of funding, announces future plans+ projects
Video

Netherlands Media Art Institute ceasing activities due to lack of funding, announces future plans+ projects

by R. Kellie
Netherlands Media Art Institute will cease activities due to lack of funding at the end of 2012. A result of the Ministry of Culture’s decision to terminate funding, an announcement was made yesterday that the Institute will receive no further financial support, and will vacate its present premises on the...
Moron Movies and Len Cella
Cinema / Video

Moron Movies and Len Cella

by R. Kellie
Initially aired on Johnny Carson’s ‘Tonight Show’ in 1968, Len Cella’s Moron Movies became a regular feature between 1983 and 1985, then eventually surfaced on ‘TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes’ as Len Cella’s Silly Cinema a title which he allegedly despised. Curiously available in every video store in North America...
Bruce Russell on 'Time To Go-The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86'
Music

Bruce Russell on ‘Time To Go-The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86’

by R. Kellie
Really can’t say how stoked I was to stumble 15 minutes late into work today, coffee spilt, phone forgot in bed, and log onto the interwebs to find that Bruce Russell contributed the following piece to Volcanic Tongue on the genesis of the NZ Underground on the occasion of the...
Cash from Chaos / Unicorns & Rainbows
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Cash from Chaos / Unicorns & Rainbows

by R. Kellie
Alex Bag and Patterson Beckwith Team gallery 83 Grand Street March 29th – April 28th 2012 Reception on Thursday March 29th at 6:00PM Team presents a collaborative installation by New York-based artists Alex Bag and Patterson Beckwith, featuring their rarely shown public access show which ran between 1994 and 1997....
Beryl Korot: Selected Video Works: 1977 to Present at bitforms
Exhibitions / Video

Beryl Korot: Selected Video Works: 1977 to Present at bitforms

by R. Kellie
bitforms gallery presents an exhibition on video artist Beryl Korot. Featuring her landmark video installation “Text and Commentary” (1977), the show also includes two of Korot’s more recent investigations into the medium,“Florence” (2008) and “Yellow Water Taxi” (2003). Recognized since the early 1970s as a pioneer of video art and...
Jud Yalkut 26’1.1499” For A String Player TONIGHT @ ANTHOLOGY
Performance / Video

Jud Yalkut 26’1.1499” For A String Player TONIGHT @ ANTHOLOGY

by R. Kellie
Jud Yalkut is  easily one of my  favorite video pioneers. In conjunction with many other events around NYC celebrating John Cage’s centennial, Anthology will screen Yalkut’s 1973 video 26’1.1499” FOR A STRING PLAYER; a recorded video manipulation of Cage’s composition of the same title.  Performed in 1973, the video features...
Throwing Up: Big Love Tour
Music / Performance

Throwing Up: Big Love Tour

by R. Kellie
Beloved Brits Throwing Up are coming back to the States to play some shows. In NYC, it is a rare treat to see the London-based three piece rip it up live, but I can say that I was blown away after seeing them play at Bruar Falls with Blood Orange...
Screaming Urge in the New Age
Music / Video

Screaming Urge in the New Age

by R. Kellie
On the occasion of Sing-Sing Records’ reissue of Screaming Urge’s 1980 “Homework” single earlier this year, I touched base with Myke Rock and Michael Ravage about the Screaming Urge days and the beginnings of Columbus Punk. Since I spent a decent chunk of my 20’s in the Columbus music scene,...
TV Party Documentary
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TV Party Documentary

by R. Kellie
In true democratic spirit of cable access TV and DIY ethics so associated with the revolutionary NYC show TV Party, some excellent person has shared the recent documentary of the show on Youtube. Much has been written on the now iconic show, so we’ll leave that at bay for now–but...
Purple Pilgrims Video and Spring Tour Info
Music / Video

Purple Pilgrims Video and Spring Tour Info

by R. Kellie
Purple Pilgrims.- s/t 8″ It has been said that ex-Christchurch now Hong Kong based sister duo of Clementine and Valentine Nixon is really a live act, with their haunting, heartfelt, carefully layered drone; pure enough to summon goosebumps. This outsider marble-fuzz project has reproduced the same wide eyed simple magic...
Ministry at EXIT in Chicago,1984
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Ministry at EXIT in Chicago,1984

by R. Kellie
Ministry live at Exit in Chicago, IL on December 20, 1984 By: Scott Kiernan   Setlist: Intro All Day Do You Even Like It? Cold Life The Nature of Love It is a tasty herb that can cheap viagra from india be added to your previous knowledge? There is a great...
Dispatch from Aoteara #1
Music / Performance

Dispatch from Aoteara #1

by Joe Stumble
  Joe Stumble ran my favorite blog, Last Days of Man on Earth for five years, before moving to NZ from the [American] Midwest in 2010 to pursue his Masters degree at Auckland University. He will be writing regularly for Straight To Video about life in New Zealand, primarily with...
Graham Lambkin's new improvisation recorded in a Honda Civic
Music

Graham Lambkin’s new improvisation recorded in a Honda Civic

by R. Kellie
For nearly two decades, Graham Lambkin has been redefining our concept of domestic disturbance. From his time in The Shadow Ring to his solo ventures (2003’s Poem for Voice and Tape and Salomon Run, from 2007) to his collaboration with Jason Lescalleet (2008’s The Breadwinner), he has continually transformed everyday...
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Straight to Video Mix

by R. Kellie on 07/13/16
When I first started this site, it began as a blog used as a warm-up for the academic writing that I was doing at the time as a grad student at NYU. I used to give myself 10 minutes and force myself to write about something. Even if I didn’t have anything particularly pressing to say,... [ Read More → ]
STV002- Sandra Bell: Dreams of Falling out June 24th
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STV002- Sandra Bell: Dreams of Falling out June 24th

by R. Kellie on 05/26/16
    Sandra Bell Dreams Of Falling LP out June 24, 2016 via Straight to Video Records   Review Copies Available Dreams Of Falling holds a singular place in both Sandra Bell’s discography and the evolution of New Zealand’s underground music. Bell is a singer, songwriter and poet, currently residing in Auckland, New Zealand, who has... [ Read More → ]
Two rabbit holes
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Two rabbit holes

by R. Kellie on 05/25/16
  Download Digalongamacs Andy Arthurs had a brief recording career from 1974 to 1979, recording with A Raincoat, and under his own name. The previously mentioned A Raincoat LP, Digalongamacs, takes its enigmatic title and bizarre cover photo — Arthurs and his band mates wearing raincoats in a London cemetery — from a visual pun involving the British... [ Read More → ]
Sand
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Sand

by R. Kellie on 05/16/16
  There is something magical and inexplicable in creation, and Sand manifest absolutely these mysterious phenomena. Story-tellers, musicians, shamans, geniuses, Sand were known, at the end of the 60s, as P.O.T. (Part of Time). The music they created at that time has remained unreleased until now. Two different approaches are evident within this band. The... [ Read More → ]
2015 Best Of
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2015 Best Of

by R. Kellie on 01/3/16
Angie- Free Agent Power- Electric Glitter 39 Clocks- Subnarcotic Exhaustion – Phased Out EP Deaf Wish- Pain Regler Uniform- Perfect World Protomartyr- The Agent Intellect Martin Rev- Clouds of Glory VCSR- Tape #4 The wast majority of men order viagra prescription appalachianmagazine.com and women in the seemingly highly developed western countries have used the services... [ Read More → ]
TJSA 's Straight to Video to Be Released on Wax in March
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TJSA ‘s Straight to Video to Be Released on Wax in March

by R. Kellie on 01/28/15
It’s been a long time coming. Since 1997 to be exact– a record that was slated for release via Onion records once upon a time, eventually comitted to the vicissitudes of the CD, will finally get the vinyl treatment after nearly 20 years. True, that the CD is not a particularly rare one, or that... [ Read More → ]
2014 Year End
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2014 Year End

by R. Kellie on 12/22/14
New American Jobs- Carne Levare (Savage Quality) Elisa Ambrogio- The Immoralist (DC) Bitchin Bajas- Bitchin Bajas (DC) Burnt Skull- Sewer Birth (12XU) Cheater Slicks- Live Vol. 3 (CDR) Dark Matter- Dark Matter (Siltbreeze) Deaf Wish- St. Vincent’s (Sub Pop) David Kilgour and the Heavy 8’s- End Times Undone (Merge) Life Without Buildings- Any Other City... [ Read More → ]
The Creative Works of Chris Knox 1965-2014 an Interview
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The Creative Works of Chris Knox 1965-2014 an Interview

by R. Kellie on 08/21/14
Stumbled upon a treasure trove an amazing body of work pulled together– just shy of 50 years worth, actually– by the musician, painter, video artist, comic artist, filmmaker, all around creative, and KIWI icon, Chris Knox. Astonishingly, there has not yet been a monograph of Chris’ visual artwork– appropriately contextualizing it through the years.  There’s... [ Read More → ]
Two Films by Marjorie Keller
Cinema

Two Films by Marjorie Keller

by R. Kellie on 08/5/14
“If you put it on tape, you can’t erase it” — Majorie Keller Writing in Artforum in 1981, Amy Taubin praised Marjorie Keller as “perhaps the only major filmmaker that the American independent film has produced since the end of the Sixties.” At the time of her sudden death in 1994 at age 43, she... [ Read More → ]
Simon Grigg Shines Light on AK79
Music

Simon Grigg Shines Light on AK79

by R. Kellie on 04/9/14
Designed by Terence Hogan using an image of The Terrorways’ Dean Martelli, the front cover of AK79 has become one of the best known images of New Zealand rock and roll over the years The defining release of the thriving Auckland punk scene of the late 70s, AK79, compiled by Auckland broadcasters Bryan Staff and John... [ Read More → ]
KKKYLIE + KKKenneth
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KKKYLIE + KKKenneth

by R. Kellie on 03/23/14
Hey, she's stroking that car like it's a dick! OMG she has a feather duster, HOW HOT. Is it a car commercial? A commercial for some new type of sexy energy drink for automatons that makes you work out to achieve this level of 'greatness?' [ Read More → ]
2013 in the Rear (View)
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2013 in the Rear (View)

by R. Kellie on 01/2/14
  If you are going to read this, you should probably play the most appropriate song to read a ‘year end’ list to whilst perusing. Reissues Peter Gutteridge- PURE (540 Records) Near Paris- S/T (Medical Records) Sandra Plays Electronics- Her Needs 7″ Minimal Wave Scorched Earth Policy- Going Thru a Hole in the Back of Your Head (Siltbreeze)... [ Read More → ]
Nocturnal Digressions: Musings on Peter Laughner
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Nocturnal Digressions: Musings on Peter Laughner

by R. Kellie on 12/20/13
Been on a pretty serious Peter Laughner kick in the store lately. After a bootleg CD emerged at the store recently called Nocturnal Digressions, that no one seemed to know where it came from, I have not been able to stop listening to it over and over again. Each listen provides further insight and appreciation... [ Read More → ]
New SEX TIDE Video for 'Laudanum'
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New SEX TIDE Video for ‘Laudanum’

by R. Kellie on 11/26/13
Sex Tide’s first full length LP ‘Flash Fuck’ was recently released via A Wicked Company, a New York-based label that rose from the ashes of beloved 90s cadaver Vertical Records. A trio from Columbus, OH the video was shot in the dungeonous basement of a now decade-old building ‘downtown’ that is known for its constant... [ Read More → ]
Xway Vision
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Xway Vision

by R. Kellie on 08/1/13
  In honor of our forthcoming Sandra Bell reissue, take a look at this sickkk video compilation of Xpressway artists from 1992. Originally released as a VHS tape, and then later co-released in the states, this thang has been so out of print, it’s not even funny! A certain someone *cough, COUGH* would have loved to... [ Read More → ]
Fear of the Blank Page
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Fear of the Blank Page

by R. Kellie on 07/30/13
  Any ‘loyal’ reader or internet stalker will notice that the Straight to Video site has atrophied into a dead state over the last year.  Leaving the rest of the content on the site to ring out in “slo-mo backslide, down into the horrifying world that can appear when you combine too much smoke with... [ Read More → ]
2012 Year End List
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2012 Year End List

by R. Kellie on 12/20/12
  It’s that time of the year again. As always, I do not believe in hierarchies, so these are in no particular order. New Street Chant- Frail Girls/ Salad Daze 7” (Arch Hill) Lazy- Party City 7” (Moniker) Ruined Fortune Bulls Eye 7” (RIP Society) Sic Alps/ Freekapus New Trawgs III b/w Here Today Here... [ Read More → ]
Jennifer Herrema Participating in New Museum Store's Artist Residency December 5-7, 2012
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Jennifer Herrema Participating in New Museum Store’s Artist Residency December 5-7, 2012

by R. Kellie on 11/29/12
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Autonomy and Deliberation: New Film Starring the UV Race
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Autonomy and Deliberation: New Film Starring the UV Race

by R. Kellie on 10/15/12
AUTONOMY AND DELIBERATION Official Trailer from Johann Rashid on Vimeo. [ Read More → ]
C'est Normal?
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C’est Normal?

by R. Kellie on 10/10/12
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Videofreex Symposium on Portible Video
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Videofreex Symposium on Portible Video

by R. Kellie on 10/9/12
Changing Media and Social Change from Portapak to Smartphone November 1, 2012, 4–9pm SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street New York, NY Free and open to the public www.sva.edu School of Visual Arts presents We’re All Videofreex: Changing Media & Social Change from Portapak to Smartphone, an evening symposium on the genealogy of portable video... [ Read More → ]
The Club is Open at The Library is On Fire
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The Club is Open at The Library is On Fire

by R. Kellie on 10/5/12
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Introducing...Video World!
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Introducing…Video World!

by R. Kellie on 10/4/12
It comes as fantastic news that Leah Churner has a new weekly column on the Sundance blog, called Video World! Leah is a regular contributor to the Austin Chronicle and Reverse Shot. Her writing has also appeared in the Village Voice, Film Comment, Moving Image Source and the L Magazine. Her curatorial career is another beast all together!... [ Read More → ]
New NZ Comp Bulletholes 4: Exploring the Unknown
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New NZ Comp Bulletholes 4: Exploring the Unknown

by R. Kellie on 10/3/12
Auckland’s Powertool Records, the same label to thank for releasing new works by Sandra Bell, The Puddle, Robert Scott, Bill Direen, ( I could go on)  and generally speaking– the label that actively releases a diverse range of ex-Corpus Hermeticum, Xpressway, and Flying Nun artist’s material;  has a new compilation out called Bulletholes 4: Exploring... [ Read More → ]
From Tony Caro & John to Forever and Ever: An Interview with Tony Doré
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From Tony Caro & John to Forever and Ever: An Interview with Tony Doré

by R. Kellie on 09/29/12
By Rob Hatch Miller On the occasion of the forthcoming reissue of  Blue Clouds, here is a recently unearthed interview with TC+J’s Tony Doré, as interviewed by Rob Hatch-Miller. Primitive drum machines, early EMS Synth and lo-tech –but well thought out– four track production make this collection of unreleased (minimal psych?) gems one of my... [ Read More → ]
HOLY BALM...(holy shit!)
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HOLY BALM…(holy shit!)

by R. Kellie on 08/29/12
  Holy Balm is Anna John, Emma Ramsay and Yoni Hochman. I was stoked to read on their Tumblr that they will be coming to the states this fall. Their live sets sound and look super fun. CTI meets Wax Trax vibes renders their post-house post-synth party jam haze. Holy Balm was initially put out... [ Read More → ]
A Different Kind of Bats
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A Different Kind of Bats

by R. Kellie on 08/13/12
To those who wake up every morning to well worn copies of the Raspberries' "Go All the Way," this one's for you [ Read More → ]
Times New Old Friendship Video
Music / Performance / Video

Times New Old Friendship Video

by R. Kellie on 07/31/12
New Video for an old song, with re-purposed footage [ Read More → ]
Liliane Lijn: Collected Film and Video Works 1970-2012
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Liliane Lijn: Collected Film and Video Works 1970-2012

by R. Kellie on 07/31/12
Liliane Lijn: Collected Film and Video Works In a two program retrospective, Straight to Video and Spectacle are proud to present the film and video work of visual artist, Liliane Lijn. Widely known for her Poem Machines (invented in 1962 alongside Burrough’s and Gysin’s Dreamachine,) in which Lijn stirred a conversation more relevant now than... [ Read More → ]
HENNE$$EY YOUNGMAN UP IN HERE
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HENNE$$EY YOUNGMAN UP IN HERE

by R. Kellie on 05/16/12
HELLO WWW, THIS YA BOY HENROCK ALLAH AND IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE ALWAYS SEEM TO MEET IN PLACES LIKE THIS. ANYWAYS, THIS PARTICULAR ART THOUGHTZ IS MORE OF LIKE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT OFFERING A PAID SERVICE TO YOU AND YOURS. BUT IMA LET MY VIDEO DO THE TALKING, BECAUSE IF YOU... [ Read More → ]

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