KINK NOT #3

Blogs we dig

So many blogs... it's hard to keep up! Who doesn't have a blog these days? When we created this blog, we wanted it to be more of a tool for us to measure the successes, trials, tribulations and overall growth of the group, Kinky Notti. But we're not gonna lie-- it's way harder than it looks to keep posts current when you're busy as hell tryna make moves day in and day out!

So we commend those muffoccurs out there in cyberspace dedicated to providing the worldwide web with fresh, consistent & relevant posts each day on their blogs. Here are a few of our fave peeps doing it big on the blog tip... ones u should def check out once u leave here, Kink Not??

blindiforthekids.com
Every time we visit Blind-I we find free, new, hot shit to add to our playlist. They also keep a bunch of videos and many, many, many other cool tidbits in their repertoire. No wonder Kanye lists Blind-I on his blog as one of his faves.

sevenspoon.com
Into the mind of Shala Esquire ((Chicago's own multi-media producer, musician and artist)) or shall we say into the mind of Seven, Shala's amusing cartoon creation... Seven Spoon is like two blogs in one. We love Shala's video finds, interviews and without a doubt, Seven's tell-it-like-it-is commentaries.


scholarreport.com
This blog is like the baby of the two before-mentioned blogs, lol... but we dig it just the same. Who doesn't love watching hot new videos & interviews, copping hot aparel, or checking out new Twitter downloads? Word to Ivy League doing it big on MTV, btw :D

*****Peace to the Babies*****

Kink Not #2

There are over ten "private parts" hidden
in the Kinky Notti logo.

What do you see?

Kinky Underground

Sang is one of the few promoters in Chicago who keep the hip hop/soul scene alive. We really respected his invite for us to come perform at Subterranean. Leading up, we kept hearing rumors about the show really being a Sang B-Day Celebration, but when we wished him a happy birthday that nite, he claimed it wasn't anywhere near his birthday. He was all, "Why couldn't people've spread a better rumor bout me? Like Sang killed a bunch of people or something like that??" Dude is wild, but anyway...

Kudos to the artist, btw... nice illo

SubT is one of our fave music venues to rock. It's cozy and has two floors. The second floor is U-shaped with the middle cut out. We always feel like we're in a mini Roman colosseum. But there's something more theatrical-feeling about that stage... perfect for the more colorful performances, Kink Not??

gettin' warm

hotter

sizzlin!

Got merch? Introducing our new silver-metallic-&-gray logo-joints ((online store coming soon)) Hey, check it out... thirteen bones gets you the Super-cool-muffoccur package!

Tshurhad Chivas

So, about the show... Spq-Her ((song birds)), Kevin Coval ((HBO Def Poet)), Pugslee Atomz ((emcee host)) and Tina Howell ((Soul Diva & band)) all set the sh*t off! There was some heavy, heavy presence on that stage... Chi-town-soulflava all day.

Spq-Her box'in it

Kevin Coval yall

J knows what it's better with

(he's cool)

Posse up with Mingo holdin it down

Breaking News: Shortly after the show, we got word that Chae LeFunk was in the hospital. Doctors had found a tumor on her brain. She underwent several brain surgeries. While she is now recovering, this serious ordeal has forced us to become unsure about the future of Kinky Notti. We will keep u posted :(

Chae LeFunk vs. Brain Tumor

Kink Not #1

This is the first installment from a new series of Kinky-Notti pop culture, we call "Kink Nots"... We also post Kink Not's on our Facebook fan page. But that's enough shameless promotion for now and on with the Kink Not:

The hook & song-concept of "Nasty Nasty" originated from Tshurhad Chivas' Ol Dirty Bastard impersonations. During the production of "Nasty Nasty", the Logic Pro file was even named "Dirt Aint Dead" for months before it was changed to reflect the song's lyrics. The rest of the group realized that Tshurhad's ODB song was so crazy, it just might work! Kink Not??

Ribbed for your pleasure

Stupid economy! HavMax just got laid off. But the good news is that now she can find more time to plus-up her music & graphic-artist careers. She'll be launching a new design blog soon, but in the meantime, she got busy flipping this banging new identity-campaign for Kinky Notti... right on time for creating some pre-release promo concepts.

Havanah Maxie ©2008 all rights reserved.

Comments? Critiques or plus-up ideas? Don't be shy!

*****PEACE TO THE BABIES*****

Who's designjesse?

You know how you put your name in a google search to see what randomly pops up? Well, sometimes googling sends you a pleasant surprise. We found designjesse, some cool photographer's flickr page ((we have no idea who, but you rock designjesse)). There were photos of Kinky Notti from our show at the CRB Loft, but the dope thing about it was how we were classified in the set called "musical people" along with other banging artists like Nas & even Klaxons.

Speaking of Klaxons, we're a big fan of this video: Gravity's Rainbow. The whole psychedelic 80's, f*cked-up-on-purpose graphics, with the clever transitions thru television screens just kinda worked for us.


Another thing we're really into is worldwide street art... & apparently, so is designjesse. We loved these shots from Paris and NY that somehow, inadvertently put both cities up for comparison. And from here, Paris really seems smarter with their illustration, design-influenced graffiti, but hey.

Oui Oui Paris

N.Y. is still fly

Check out more designjesse photos on flickr