tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27676032911400656962024-03-08T12:00:23.032-08:00RealityThe blog of Antonio Rosario. Known to the music world as Orikal.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-43215028834647883882008-01-15T05:58:00.000-08:002008-01-15T05:59:48.471-08:00This is me on Kare 11's "Whatever" show back in January of 2007.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-48822037341877892202007-12-10T19:09:00.000-08:002007-12-10T19:32:37.053-08:00And another 1...Today in Music Business History, we learned about Atlantic Records via movie. It was mainly about Ahmet Ertegün. His pen name when he would write songs was Nugetre, which was his last name backwards. He co-founded Atlantic along with Herb Abramson. His father was a turkish ambassador to the united states. Atlantic is said to be the most important independent label of all time. Sadly, Ahmet passedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-22180920267042160172007-12-06T16:47:00.000-08:002007-12-06T17:04:26.928-08:00What a dayI am searching for MFSB - Summertime on Vinyl. If you locate it or have it and want to sell it, please let me know.Today was interesting... For tour management, we had to go to Fine Line Music Cafe in Downtown Minneapolis. There, we met the general manager and the talent buyer for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. I got there 10 minutes late due to having a well deserved breakfast/lunch at Betty Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-47201801731199424352007-12-04T23:13:00.001-08:002007-12-04T23:18:31.362-08:00RIP Pimp C...and FUCK them people at TMZ who comment with some BULLSHIT about Pimp C's death.http://www.tmz.com/2007/12/04/rapper-pimp-c-found-dead-in-hollywood-hotel-room/"Ah. Such a tragic loss.Not really." says "Darv"it gets worse:"With a name like Pimp C...he is predestined to be dead." - Puuupie"Sorrow to friends and family.Relief knowing one less person is making negative music that young children Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-67405263793084645602007-12-04T11:35:00.000-08:002007-12-04T11:48:16.214-08:00So snow, we meet again... Saturday night's snowstorm was nuts. It was nothing but non stop snow all day. I got to take off from work early to go home and watch the snow fall. Later that night, I had to run an errand for my friend Adam, which involved me driving to little canada, to st. paul, back to little canada, back to downtown st. paul. People were going 30 mph on 35W and cars were all over the place. I'm currently Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-24484055518437506702007-08-21T13:44:00.001-07:002007-08-21T13:50:00.154-07:00Turn of a Friendly CardThis is a record I recently collected samples from. The album art is what made me pick it up as I know nothing about the Alan Parsons Project. This is what Wikipedia had to say about this one:The Turn of a Friendly Card is a progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980. The album focuses on gambling, and loosely tells the tale of a middle-aged man who grows restless and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-11067136245923297042007-08-11T14:09:00.000-07:002007-08-11T15:08:00.396-07:00Lamont Dozier - Working on YouThis is one of my favorite records i've picked up. My favorites are Why, Nobody Told Me, Too Little Too Long, Wired Up, Working on You and You made Me a Believer. I can play it the whole way through without skipping a song.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767603291140065696.post-7578489959457497492007-07-13T17:08:00.000-07:002007-12-06T10:31:23.567-08:00The miracle of a new life is reflection upon your own life...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0