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Hew Burney, LA/Vegas photographer (on meds)

Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 2:27 am (EST)
By John LaCroix

Hew Burney is our newest contributor, he lives back and forth between Hollywood and Las Vegas where he photographs celebrities often engaged in sin at A-list events (including Rehab at Hard Rock Vegas’ Pool) and apparently he doesn’t sleep much. He’ll fit in juuust right. So, from time to time he’ll be blessing us with a photo and story or two. If you can’t get enough, check out his website at hewmanbeing.com

Here’s a couple recent gems of people you love to love and hate. (Click the pics for high-res.)

Paris Hilton’s new best friends at the launch party for her “new” TV show at Tao Las Vegas - June 6th, 2008. Apparently dancing uncomfortably in a group on stage with Paris is a prerequisite. I vote for the guy on the bottom right.

Sex Pistols Live at The Joint (Only US Show) - June 7th, 2008. Left - THE Johnny Rotten, right - Steve Jones.

Flo-Rida at Rehab Pool Party, Hard Rock Las Vegas - June 8th, 2008. Left - refreshing Perrier-Jouet flowing over the head, right - PoolRida… “Marco?”

Left - Mrs. Flav, Baby Flav, Flo and Flavor Flav, right - Boxer Zab Judah, Flav and Flo. Somebody cool Flav off.

More after the fold.

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TAGS: BFF, Flavor Flav, Flo-Rida, Hew Burney, Paris Hilton

Record Review: THE HITMEN SOUTH HITZ 4 DA LO

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 11:02 am (EST)
By Ray LeMoine

Chemically enhanced Southern rap

I love music! I just purchased the latest Hitmen CD for $5 on the corner, and let me tell you, it rocks! All 25 tracks. But thanks to the latest Sunday Times Book Review, I’m having trouble critically determining my relationship to music:

The critic is the only artist who depends entirely upon another art form, which means that part of his job is to determine the nature of that relationship. Should he be an advocate? A policeman? A curator? A hanging judge? A mostly loyal but occasionally snippy personal assistant? The decision is an unconscious one, perhaps, but once it’s made, the critic’s writing will be colored by his chosen role in the same way that our voices carry the accents of our birthplaces.

Oh, pity the critic! I’ll try. The HITMEN SOUTH HITZ 4 DA LO is a contemporary survey of southern rap. What a big sound: southern rap is funky, over-produced, orchestrally electro and R and B influenced, and often less lyrical than New York rap, rather it’s more “unique voice” driven. Judging from DA LO’s tracklist, Miami is currently the capital of this sound, with Atlanta, Memphis, and Houston also contributing. Miami’s two biggest artists, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, are on 9 of the DA LO’s 25 songs. (Miami’s rise is directly linked to the many great producers—Timbaland, Scott Storch, Cool and Dre—who live there.)

Rick Ross at a Fader Magazine party in NY where, before performing, he demanded multiple Grey Goose bottles and to watch the Heat game. Lil Wayne and Trina.

Miami: drug boats in harbor and super-producer Scott Storch chilling at Mokai. (more…)