Foot-Pounds

Foot-Pound Force:

The foot-pound force, or simply foot-pound (symbol: ft·lb_f or ft·lb), is a unit of work or energy (a scalar) and also a unit of torque (a vector)

• R.I.P. Jimmy Castor

  from BrooklynVegan

  

  If you’ve ever listened to Ultimate Break and Beats, classic Hip Hop, the classic mixes of Larry Levan, or watched a breakdance crew, chances are you probably came across the music of Jimmy Castor

  Funk/disco great Jimmy “The Everything Man” Castor passed away on Monday from unknown causes in Las Vegas, according to reports.
  
  Castor, a respected saxophonist, was the leader of the seminal funk/disco band the Jimmy Castor Bunch. The group was behind funk classics like the 1972 smash, “Troglodyte (Cave Man).”
  
  Though the group’s popularity faded at the end of the disco era, Castor’s music lived on through hip hop as his song “It’s Just Begun” became a staple break of the ’70s and ’80s b-boy break dancing scene. The song served as the back up music for the iconic b-boy collective the Rock Steady Crew in the 1983 film Flashdance. -[BET]

  RIP, Jimmy Castor. Though your music will live on with breakers, and in the music of Ultramagnetic MC’s, Eric B. & Rakim, Jungle Brothers and countless others.

  17 Jan 2012 / 5 notes
• [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

  

  it goes without saying that Bob James is perhaps the most sampled jazz musician ever… this guy even rivals James Brown as all-time all-times.

  so imagine my surprise when i heard “Take me to Mardi Gras” for the first time yesterday (ironically, a tuesday). read: this guy really thought he was a createhead - HA!

  this Paul Simon orginial is the jaw-droppping orginal of Run-D.M.C.’s facimile, “Peter Piper”, not to mention LL Cool J’s “Rock the Bells”, the Beastie Boys’ “Hold it Now, Hit it”, Missy Elliott’s “Work It,” Will.i.am’s “I Got it from my Mama,”, “I Want You” from Common’s Finding Forever, and “Take It Back” from Wu-Tang Clan’s 8 Diagrams.

  speaking of Paul Simon… did you know that he and Art Whatshisface were a rockabilly band back in the late 50’s? yep. true story… replete with the cheezey elvis rip off “uh huh huh” scat stuff. it’s not post worth, but keep that in your back pocket for trivia time.

  11 Mar 2009

• fresh to death

  this is what flash can do if you’re pelican fly…

  feel the noise!

  

  24 Feb 2009