PLASTIC LITTLE RECEIVES
HUGE HONOR FROM
MOTHER JONES ONLINE
not to be confused with Star Jones
10. Plastic Little "Dopeness" (video; song from the forthcoming She's Mature)
Okay. I debated about posting this here , Mother Jones is a serious magazine, and this is a serious web site, and this video from the Philadelphia rap crew is pretty much Not Safe For Work, with its, um, kind of freakish opening-scene take on childbirth, and the song's slangy references to, er, genitalia, and "makin' babies," and the shaking of baby-makers. But before you fire me, Mother Jones, please hear me out: it's all done in such a spirit of surreal and silly fun, it's hard to be offended, and if it was a French short film and not a rap video you'd be putting it in a museum. Maybe. But, anyway, that one fake childbirth moment might be hard to explain to your boss if they catch you watching it, so beware.
Thank you for putting us in your TOP 10 for the week and we hope you dont lose your job for calling what we do "art"
PLASTIC LITTLE RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR DOPENESS
Plus Remix of the Remix Contest Winners Announced
Plastic Little and Free News Projects are proud to announce the release of Dopeness, a music video directed by Ted Passon. Dopeness is the fifth video in an ongoing series inspired by Plastic Littles 2007 full-length release Shes Mature.
With Dopeness, experience a spectacularly surreal hospital visit complete with choreographed Bjorkian candy stripers, artificial resuscitation, extraordinary costuming, vaginal wigs, and a rare introduction to Plastic Littles biological parents at the time of their births. Its all tied together with a Mel Brooks meets Matthew Barney sensibility.
Dopeness also includes an early announcement of the winners of Plastic Littles Remix of the Remix contest! The official web announcement and posting of all the finished tracks occurs Monday, July 23th. Folks can still check out Plastic Little on their mini-tour of Canada and the West Coast with Thunderheist. For remaining tour dates and more information, visit myspace.com/plasticlittlerap
And keep a look out for Shes Mature the MUSICAL!, a DVD collection of Plastic Littles videos, to be released In early 2008.
THE CREW
Director
Ted Passon has won real awards for his short films and videos which have been screened in film festivals, galleries, colleges, DIY spaces, airplanes, and other venues in the US and abroad. In addition to his own work, he’s directed music videos for Kimya Dawson, Sweatheart, Plastic Little, and produced a music video for Clare Rojas' music project Peggy Honeywell. A DVD collection of his short films and videos is available on K-Records. Ted lives in Philadelphia where he is a member and co-founder of the Small Change experimental film screening series; a co-founder of the Padlock Gallery; and a member of Space 1026.
www.tedpasson.com
So click away but ...WARNING - seriously MATURE CONTENT!!!
HOLLERTRONIX'S DJ LOWBUDGET !!!
REMIX mix tape ON ITUNES
What up peoples. My name is PackofRats, pronounced PackofRats. I got a rack of shit to update you about in regards to Plastic Little, so put your coffee shop copy of Infinite Jest down and peep the fly shit, son. Check out the summer party mix tape jam by the one and only Hollertronix DJ BIG L Beezee aka Low Budget. He remixed many of the tracks on the She's mature album into a 40 minute frenzy of heat, as well original material produced by his hypeness. its like being in a Ukrainian after hours spot in North Philly with out having to be chased on your bike by a bunch of 10 years olds throwing rocks at your head!
Anyways...its better then the original album. oh well. Click here to get to itunes and type in PLASTIC LITTLE
QUEENZ OF NOIZE!!!
PLASTIC LITTLE ON BBC
On the Queens of Noise Sonic Safari show on BBC 6. We were on the Transportation Sonic Safari. It's airing today at 16:00 UK time, which means it just ended, but it's streaming online, so check that shit out. You'll need Real Player or Windows Media Player my loves. If the Canadian Sonic Safari show is still up, dont fret, the one we were on will be up shortly.
We chat a bit and do Crambodia live and demonstrate some kickboxing techniques on air. The Queens loved us so much they called us their favorite gay rap group ever. We love you too ladies!
Listen here, dudes.
Joe Chip/HOT CHIP Remix?
PINK SKULL Remix??
DRIZHOLLERING???
And in celebration of the near completion of the Remix of the Remix contest, The Plastic Little classic Drizhollering along with the Crambodia remixes by Joe Chip of Hot Chip and the amazing Pink Skull are now up on iTunes and eMusic for downloading! Get the DRIZBODIA EP today! Amanda Blank, Ghostface, Spankrock and Plastic Little making dancey things happen! A new version of Drizhollering is now available! Don't be a punani, go get it now.
CLUB BANGER
& AYND VIDEOS
In other news, we're getting closer to finishing our DVD of Plastic Little music video's tentatively tilted "She's Mature: The Musical." Jesse Engaard and Jerome Roxas, the same directorial duo that directed the music video for Spankrock's Rick Rubin have just finished the music video for Plastic Little's club violence anthem Club Banger. It's quite fantastic and you can check it out at Club Banger Video. Aaaaalsooooo, the music video for 'All Ya'll Niggas Dead' is on shesmature.com as well. Directed by Lindsay Kovnats, the director of Man Man's insane "English Bwuud" video. AYND is stop motion animation heaven and it reminds this old bloke of the amazingness of the AT-AT Walkers during the battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back! What an erection that gave me! Three cheers for Lindsay Kovnats! I love art-based erections!
CURRENT TV
Also, last, well not last but close to it, and definetly furthest from the least is that the short Plastic Little documentary REMIX OF THE REMIX (seems to be a common theme with us) is now up on Current TV! Filmed by Philadelphia's Ted Passon, THE REMIX OF THE REMIX finds a small key hole into the everyday lives of the members of Plastic Little as we prepared for our album release party for She's Mature album last year. As far as sincere glances into the lives of four rapping fellows goes, Ted Passon has it locked. Check with your local cable provider to see what channel Current TV is on.
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Plastic Little
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FUCK YOUR BLOG SON
And because everybody else is doing it: FuckYourBlogSon
and The West Coast Tour
Also, our west coast fans should expect to see us in their cities between July 13th and the 23rd. Plastic Little is going on it's first West Coast tour with Thunderheist from Canada! Do not front on the dopeness that is Isis and Graham aka Thunderheist. They can make your Christian grandmother pole dance like a slut.
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DC9 |
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The Empty Bottle |
Chicago, Illinois |
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Chicago-Venue TBA |
Chicago, Illinois |
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MARRIED TO THE MIRROR! M-Room |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Hi-Fi Club (w/ Thunderheist) |
Calgary, Alberta |
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Khz (w/ Thunderheist) |
Edmonton, Alberta |
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The War Room (w/ Thunderheist) |
Seatle, Washington |
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Milk Bar (w/ Thunderheist) |
San Francisco, California |
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Frankie Chan's 'Check yo Ponytail' @ Echoplex (w/ Thunderheist) |
Los Angeles, California |
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Bestival 2007 |
Isle of Wight, South |
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Reviews
215 MAG: I've heard you are feeling “plastic little”.. (she's mature That would surprise many considering the Roots body of work has such a Serious narrative.. Can you tell me what you find appealing about the
release?”
?uestlove: it's been eons since you heard such a carefree middle finger. this album is either the sequel to the first Pharcyde album which was just the sequel to the Licensed To Ill album. love it!
215 magazine
- Thanks dawgs. Props from ?uestlove outweighs the ramblings of all the music blogs on planet earth, while simultaneously feeling like you have a condom on that feels like you have no condom on, plus a second penis, and the sex actually feels like your fucking the inside of her mouth. KEE-YAH!!!!
Yo, these dudes are funny. Recognize the homage to The Smiths? I hated them at first. I was mistaken
- “Get close to me/ In a while, you'll get to know me...”
Another trip to Amoeba...
Twin - Richard D. James Album
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son
Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 / ABC (two albums on one CD)
Phantom of the Paradise soundtrack
Plastic Little - She's Mature
Valentin Silvestrov - Requiem for Larissa
- Who the fuck is Valentin Silvestrov? Isn't that Colossus from the X-Men?
The urinary geyser of excitement I have for "http://homepage.mac.com/peecat/mp3s/11_Now_I_Hollar_Feat_Spank_Rock.mp3 isn't because rap pranksters "http://www.plasticlittleraps.com have sampled goddess/songstress PJ Harvey. Nor is it because this track features Spank Rock, one of the best new acts from last year. Rather, I'm excessively wallowing in pee-glee because they've taken the bold step of creating a "me so horny" for the new millennium
- All this talk of pee tells me that you're really ready to party with us, or at least go on a series of dates with me. Let's make it a trilogy of dates, where we play all nice for the first 2 dates, but on that third date it's gonna be motherfucking Platoon, baby! Ima get my special raingear out with the custom made penis hole in it, and you're gonna wear a funnel with a tube. Then we'll flip roles and i'll wrap myself in a bed sheet and you can pee all over it and then my boy will come into the room and say "You pee'd the bed, again? You're a naughty girl!" then you and my boy will bang on top of me while i'm the phone with my therapist.
yo mufuckers,
How'd yall get so black?
crackerless music
keep keepin it real,
rep that King Faracon shit,
That new shit makes me want to kill myself cause i'm white, fuck whites!
just kidding,
but seriously!
- We keep it black by listening to only choice Afro-Punk bands such as Li'l Wayne, Cam'ron, and Amy Winehouse.
fucking amazing, i hope this spreads...
- Probably not but as long you like it then we(the terrorists) have won.
Fannypack made Bad Rap its own thing. This track just doesn't have the enthusiasm or noise to get over its own ineptness. "http://www.myspace.com/tigarah Tigarah has an interesting take on Bad Rap, boosted with a few M.I.A.-cred moves. I still prefer Fannypack to either. Plastic Little is too mean to be good Bad Rap. Eww.
- Awwwww, poor wittle feminist! Poor wittle dumb feminist! Fanny-Pack made bad rap it's own thing? Uh, have you ever heard of 2 Live Crew, bitch head? They were holding down bad danceable rap, way before them 3 bitches in Fanny Pack were even put together by Urban Outfitters to make luke warm electro. You must be a fucking moron. Put down that issue of Nylon from 2002 and that Sylvia Plath book and do some music history research learning cunt-brain. Mean? Who's mean? Me? I'm a Christian, slut nose! Now where was I? Oh yeah, I'M MEAN!?! YOU'RE A FATTY-FAT FAT FACE WRITER WHO SMELLS LIKE PEE AND NEVER EVEN KISSED A BOY. AND IF YOU DID KISS A BOY, YOU HAD TO PAY HIM TO DO IT AND IT WAS PROBABLY JUST THE BOUNCER AT A SEX SHOP THAT YOU WENT TO WHEN YOU WERE IN AMSTERDAM LAST YEAR, BUT PARADOXICALLY YOU'RE NOT A VIRGIN, BECAUSE YOU LOST YOUR VIRGINITY TO A BOTTLE OF CARLO AND ROSSI, WHEN YOU WERE 14, CUNT-FACE!
I first caught wind of Plastic Little in a park as they made hipster kids and 4-year olds alike dance with a fun-time party jam style. Now, they seem to be catering to that base with this yearbook inspired ditty.'ca It's a jam, don't laugh
- This show was super fun, but it was also my low point in my life because I ended the show by addressing the crowd of 4 year olds by saying "In 20 years, some of you will make great candidates for wives.".... yuckies.
We heard a rumor that the African-American (in Germany, it is African-German) gentleman on the cover of your latest release is Dave Chappelle. Is this true? Why do you know him? Plastic Little...a breath of fresh air in a stale city.
- Dave Chappelle used to be my best friend but he's Muslim and shit and we had a huge falling out when I brought him a Koran screenprinted on pepperoni as wedding gift... bad idea, me.
2007 should also see the rise and rise of "http://www.myspace.com/plasticlittlerap.The Philly-based good-time hip-hop crew have just released their superbly foul-mouthed debut album, She's Mature to apprehensively enthusiastic reviews. I say apprehensively because critics don't seem to be able to figure out if they're 'for real' or not. They're funny and fun, but the fact that they don't take themselves seriously for one second has thrown some music writers. Linked to the Hollertronix crew along with Low Budget, Diplo and Spank Rock, they're more interested in bringing the party than addressing issues, but sometimes you need that in hip-hop and if they're taking potshots at modern-day rap music's often ridiculous preoccupations with money or politics, then that's alright by me.
- First and foremost, we are serious. We each read a chapter of Das Kapital everyday and commune at JonThousand's house and discuss how we can smash the state using the vehicle of rap music. We decided that best way would to be making music that corrupts the moral fiber of the ruling class by reaching out to their children and tainting the next generation of oppressors. Little Billy McCracker can't rule the planet when he's high on cocaine listening to Luke! Proletariat rise up! Take that Dead Prez! KEE-YAH
Hip-hop is pretty much dead to me, but Plastic Little - She's Mature is vulgar and satirically wicked (iTunes has it).
- Thanks homie. We try, y'know. But cats like the guy below really aren't feeling our stylee. Peep his grumblings
Im from America/ I Wear Nikes/ Y'all from over there/ Y'all make nikes\' is a sample of the tongue in cheek sarcasm that can be found on She's Mature courtesy of Hola Plastique. Some cynical people may laugh at that line, while others may be slightly offended, but when it follows up with \im from America/nigger run the bomb/Y'all from over there/Y'all just get bombed\. Then the joke has gone too far for most
hip hop site .com
- Normally I'd make some kind of joke at this guy's expense. Y'know, say something about how most music writers are put in the sad position of being able to articulate big smart guy thoughts on music, but not actually being able to make good music themselves, therefore their intellectual quips about music are really just sorrowful exercises in impotence, but i can tell that this dude is bottom barrel dumb and no such big smart guy thoughts exist in his head. If I insulted him, he wouldn't be able to hear my shitting on him through his seven stereo systems, each playing a different positive rap artist. Stereo 1: KRS-One. Stereo 2: Talib Kweli. Stereo 3: Mos Def. Stereo 4: Jurassic Five. Stereo 5: Channel Live. Stereo 6: Dead Prez. Stereo 7: Assorted Anti-Con drivel. In the middle of this cacophony of rap righteousness and faux-activism, lays a puddle of his semen splattered over Jeru tha Damaja's "Wrath of the Math" album. While he yells "Jeru, why don't you call me no more!"
Should I pretend it's good 'cause it's kinda indie sounding? one star itunes
by crowtrobot
My very favorite part...
"Crackers can't dance, but now they all dyin. Brilliant, lovely. Brings everyone together. Close, you know?
- I guess you bought the album
“Edgy” hip-hop bullshit from Philly, highly touted, and as such, will ultimately fall. If an ad in Vice magazine could rap, it would sound like this shit, Caucasian refried rhymes that haven’t sounded good since similar phrases fell from MC Serch’s chapped lips back in the early ‘90s. If Larry Clark decides to make a sequel to “Kids,” I’m sure these bums will end up on the soundtrack; self-serving, shitty towards women, and without a care in the world: the worst way to be. Ruined my day, this did.”
- One of our better reviews, though, were are currently banned from Vice Magazine as the result of one of our advertisements -making fun of a prestigious hip-hop clothing company a first in Vice History! Anyways, were too white for white people, and too Black for BET, THANKS!
“I can’t thank you enough for the package. Everything is just perfect.
Also, it came the same week I realized my boyfriend is gay, and the
Jumpoff is helping me get through it and put it all in perspective.
I’m spreading Plastic Little love all around Charlottesville.”
Love,
Christina
- we're probably gay as well. But THANKS!!!
Message: Hey Douchebag.
It’s spelled “Boundaries.”
Now quit stickering up my Megastore.
Thanks...
PS Rap’s not even music.
- SF Virgin Mega Store Manager - wasn’t us - but THANKS!!!
“Things that Plastic Little make funny: stealing shit, ejaculating cocaine, outsourcing jobs, “a bullet in the vagina” and, well, rape. Comedy rap is a dangerous route - mostly comprising dudes making fun of what they think rap is or MCs too high to realize their jokes aren’t funny - but Plastic Little is different:
THESE DUDES SIMPLY DON'T GIVE A FUCK...”
URB
- But THANKS!!!