Archive for February, 2011
[News] Canadians Face Evacuation Shakedown in Cairo!
Via The Toronto Star:
“First, they had unbelievable luck. Amid cancelled international flights and chaos in the streets, about 200 Canadian passengers made it past the desperate hordes at Cairo airport to board a Canadian-chartered flight out.
Then, the shakedown. Egyptian airport officials demanded cash — $2,000 from passengers, which they quickly collected on board — before the plane would be allowed to take off. That was on top of the “roughly $400” the Conservative government intends to charge them for passage to the “safe haven” cities of London, Paris or Frankfurt.
Canadian evacuees will then have to pay their way home from those locations, but the government promises to help with the bookings. It’s the first time ever in a rescue effort the government is charging to recover costs for evacuation flights.
In Ottawa, the government denied its Egyptian rescue effort was in disarray even as the Canadians were hit up for extravagant “departure” fees, could not reach embassy personnel by phone, and said Ottawa’s emergency voice mailbox was full. When word reached Ottawa about the runway cash demands, Canadian officials made an angry call to Egypt’s ambassador.
Canadian officials raised “concerns . . . about additional fees charged to release the plane” — fees the government was told were charged “for luggage” handling, said Melissa Lantsman, communications director for Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon.”
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
First off, why wasn’t someone from the Canadian embassy there to make sure the evacuation of its citizen went smoothly??! Smdh! Yet more proof that Canada does not know how to look after its own citizens. Just ask Maher Arar, Suaad Hagi Mohamud, Abousfian Abdelrazik and Omar Khadr. Hmm… what do all of those people seem to have in common??
[Video] Promo Trailer for Nintendo’s Real 3D Gaming
“The future is here! Nintendo’s Real 3D gaming: anywhere you want to play, no glasses required. For more information go to – www.facebook.com/nintendo3dsuk.”
[News] DJ Kool Herc Needs Help with his Medical Bills!
Via the UK’s Guardian:
“DJ Kool Herc, one of the founding fathers of hip-hop, is allegedly “very sick” and cannot afford hospital treatment. The man who invented breakbeats is without health insurance and needs help, his friends say, to pay for surgery.
“[He] who we call the father of hip-hop, Kool Herc, is not doing well,” DJ Premier revealed on his Sirius XM radio show this weekend. “Since he’s very sick and has no insurance … [he] needs to pay his bills so he can get out of hospital.”
Kool Herc, real name Clive Campbell, was an integral figure in early hip-hop, developing DJ techniques and encouraging breakdance culture. But although he was a major influence on artists such as Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc was a DJ, not a record producer, and did not score any hits. Consequently, Premier said, the 55-year-old cannot afford surgery.
DJ Kool Herc’s condition has not been disclosed.”
CLICK HERE to read the full article.
This is crazy! I wouldn’t have had a career doing what I did if it wasn’t for this guy! In fact, If, anyone who made a living in the hip hop game over the past couple decades, would never have been able to do that had it not been for the creative genius and innovations of Clive ‘Kool Herc’ Campbell.
Donations for Kool Herc can be sent to: Kool Herc Production, P.O. Box 20472, Huntington Station, NY 11746.
[UPDATE (2/1): dude had kidney stones??! I mean not to downplay that because I’ve actually had them too and even minor incidents can be painful like a muh-f-kcer, but I kind of feel like dupe for even having done this post now…]
[via Davey D]
[Mixtape] DJ Skee & Game – The Hangover (Download)
If you didn’t listen to Game’s Purp & Patron mixtape. I urge you to go do that like, right now! Mixtape is GREAT. In fact, it’s not even really a mixtape, it’s more like an album with cameos from Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, Rick Ross, T-Pain, Lil Boosie, Jim Jones, Swizz Beats, Travis Barker, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One and Dr. Dre and production by everyone, seriously! If that list don’t convince ya, I don’t know what to say!
After you’ve done that, hit the jump to hear this new mixtape, allegedly recorded in one day (he offers corroborating proof of that in track #1) using beats left over from the Purp & Patron sessions, in full!
[via Matt]
#DK11: The album, This One Goes To Eleven… OUT NOW
