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8hands Featured TV Show: The Best of MTV Cribs Part 2

Dania — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:21:40 -0500

My turn! My turn! Yes, it's time for my top 5 best of MTV Cribs. Let me tell you, it's easier said than done. What with Alon taking all the good ones yesterday ;) , and the lack of classic Cribs online (I seem to remember an episode with Carl Lewis showing off his nude portrait lying amongst cheetahs, but maybe my mind is playing tricks on me) - it was definitely no simple feat.

However, after scouring hours of videos online, i have come up with some gems. So, without further ado, I bring you my top 5 Cribs of all time.

Chris Pontius

Dude, his crib is his car. It can't get any more OG than that. I have to be honest, this is one of my all time favorite cribs. My favorite Jackass gives us a total tour on this one – the trunk/bedroom/costume box, the g-string collection (party boy USA!), the gym (and inspiration), and the backyard, aka the place Chris goes to write all his songs. Classic.

Xzibit

Xzibit lives in the suburbs! This is so not full out blingy cribs style and that's just what I like about it. Xzibit keeps it real here – you really believe he lives in this house. And you gotta love Xzibit – teaches his kid how to read, has his mother's diplomas on the fireplace, loves his ben and jerrys, and rides a tricycle. I have a feeling this Cribs got him his Pimp My Ride gig, and rightfully so.

Snoop Dogg

Another of my all time faves. Snoop does not let us down on this one. You would think the man would live in a mansion covered in gold. Not Snoop. He keeps it real in Claremont, has to deal with complaining neighbors, and even has rules posted all over the house ("This is not a kick it spot. If you do not have any business in here, get out!") . We learn a lot about Snoop on this episode, that he's just like us and takes family portraits at the mall, loves Dick Clark and Anita Baker, has a dog named white boy, and owns a '52 pontiac. Oh, and did we mention that he put out one of THE videos of 2007, Sensual Seduction. Yes, we ♥ snoop.

Redman

Ok, I think I have a theme going here. These are actually the top 5 skanky nasty real cribs. And Redman's De La Casa takes the prize on this one. Dude's house is a mess, and he's not hiding his lotion or his pornos. The man himself said he's looking for the ultimate bachelors crib vibe in the hood cause it "gives me the sense that I can move up and get something bigger, way bigger than this." There's a bit cut off on the end, but my brother assures me there's a part where we see Redman's cousin Sugar Bear sleeping on his floor.

Louis XVI

"Yo, what's up MTV, it's Louis Ses!" We need to have a full out blingin pad on the list, and what better place than the original big pimpin crib, Versaille. Yeah, it's Jason Schwartzman in the Marie Antoinette days, giving us a tour of his palace as Louis XIV. Well, ok, this technically is not a real MTV Cribs, but after sifting through 100s of episodes, I can say that this is one of the best (it actually kind of reminds of me of Mariah Carey's crib, but I digress…). There are too many great parts here, like the bedroom "where it all happens" with a clock "so I'll know what time it is" and then the tour of the 100% red velvet room where he can look at "100% real paintings through 100% real crystal." Oh, and it's shot by a Coppola. Now what's more gangsta than that?!?

8hands Featured TV Show: The Best of MTV Cribs Part 1

alon — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:01:19 -0500

When it comes to music, us 8hands people may seem a bit snobby and all stuck up in our little indie world. But those of you who follow us closely have probably notice that we enjoy the occasional flirt with the mainstream. Actually, if you read the posts we wrote about Michael Jackson & Snoop Dogg, you may have realized that we are celebrity suckers in disguise. We really are.

That's why we have decided to bring you the best parts of one of our favorites TV shows ever, MTV Cribs. The show has been aired since year 2000, it featured the houses, mansions, flats and estates of the rich and famous, it made us laugh, cry, yell & get jealous.

There were so many episodes during these years and we didn't want you to spend all of your precious life finding them sweet sweet Cribs moments – se we went trough them all. We got bored with Carmen Electra's house & were touched by Moby's Apartment. Now, we are older and wiser, and we are bringing you the best of MTV Cribs (Part 1, click here for Part 2!).

Steve-O's Crib

"Dude, you need to clean your life around" was never such a right-on-the-money liner. Steve-O is totally living the jackass life, with his thousand skater friends around, the million beer bottles on the floor (thanks to the charming policy of "what lands on the floor stays on the floor") and the billion germs in the bathroom. By the way, Steve-O flate-mate's name is also Steve. That's just dumb.

Bjork's Crib

We adore Bjork. How could we not? But as if we didn't think she was weird enough, she had to show us her freaky house and her as-strange-as-a-leprechaun-in-alabama home wear. She also speaks with her weird voice about strange stuff with her Icelandic attitude. What a woman!

Lil' Romeo's Crib

This is what happens to the American dream when it's out of control. Lil' Romeo is 12 years old here and he is definitely a kid with too much money. He's got that bling bling mentality from his mentor, the one and only Master P, and his house is basically every child's dream. But don't get it twisted – he acts gangsta 24/7 – when he calls for his tinny cuddly white dog ("Where my dogg at?!") or explains the life of his sweet fishes ("They watch each other back!"). When he needs to get away from it all, Lil' Romeo goes outside and sits on the lake. You know, to think. After all, he's got a lot on his young mind.

Master P's Crib

Master P loves these greens, and boy, doesn't he enjoy saying "14 carts gold"! During his cribs session he says "14 carats gold" about everything – the tank in his living room, his walls, and his hot tub. It's like shrine of bad taste! Oh yeah, he also got a lake, and guess what? He goes there often to think and get away from it all.

Devendra Banhart's Crib

How Devendra Banhart got MTV to put him on Cribs we will never understand, but hey, you goota hand it to the godfather of freak folk, he is sticking it to the man! Devendra gives us a pick into his little hippie wooden cabin, in which he lays his head at night and do all of his many arts and crafts. He's got Jim Morrison's old couch, loads of junk, tons of charisma and an old rap album made by one of WWF's biggest stars, "Macho Man" Randy Savage. That's priceless!

8hands Featured Flickr Stream: robin bharaj

Dania — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:02:31 -0500

Don't get me wrong. I love to peak into the cobrasnake, misshapes (in its glory), dirty dirty dancing, and last night's party to see what's up like the rest of 'em. But I'm a lo-fi girl in a digital age, and I have to give props to robin_bharaj.

He's been going around London, documenting the current (and let's just say it now for the record, historic) nightlife in glorious medium format. We're bombarded daily with 1000s of digi shots of any kind of party imaginable (hello, facebook!). But, shot on film with a dope camera and perfect studio-like lighting, these shots look almost surreal. Overall, a much welcome development to the party picture genre...Enjoy.

Bono Must Die

Ezra Bang

Bono Must Die

partyshank

kase

dirty canvas

fiesta set 1

invasion

perrier party aug 07

punk b&w aug 07

To view more of robin bharaj's work, click here.

8hands Featured Flickr Stream: NewsFromYalta

Dania — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:49:15 -0500

I run a flickr group called chic-le-freak, and one of my latest pleasures is seeing what NewsFromYalta has in store for the day. Every so often, he sends in a photo that perfectly captures that chic-le-eastern-europe-freak. Looking through his flickr stream, I discovered a photog with quite the cinematic eye who seems to have traveled everywhere in the last year. His homefront shots though, are still my faves. Enjoy.

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this man was my boss

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день победы

and after

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lost: season 8½

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To see more of NewsFromYalta's work, click here.

8hands Featured Song: "The Rage" by Broughton & Casati

alon — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:23:28 -0400

Antony and his Johnsons are too burned out. It's not that Antony isn't good, it's just that after he guessed appeared in almost every album that came out since 2005, I can't listen to his shaky voice no more.

But that's no to say there is no more room for the special hypnotic and deep voices. There are some people who walk among us and carry with them that one-in-a-life-time voice that no else but them can do - David Thomas Broughton is one of these incredible individuals.

I first heard of Broughton in 2005, when he released the brilliant "The Complete Guide to Insufficiency". I played that album over and over again back then, but after that Broughton had disappeared from my vision. Actually, wikipedia just showed me that he has been quite active since, but for some reason we didn't cross paths until two weeks ago, when I found "The Rage".

"The Rage" is a new single by Broughton & Casati, a duo consists of David Thomas Broughton and Stockholm's based producer Chris Casati. Together they took Broughton vocal to a new level as he sits above some smarty-pants electronics. So far I've just heard "The Rage" and I can't wait for the entire album to pop up – with that single in the background, I just know it's gonna be amazing.