Mario Speedwagon’s Under The Radar News Roundup: #67 On ‘Stuff White People Like’: Mos Def Is Back!, FCC Dude Kevin Martin Steps Down, Kanye Has Some Stupid-Ass Mullet, CFCF Releases Digital EP, Secret YACHT Show In NYC

Hey chumps. Sorry for the lack of “News Roundup” last week. I’m sure you all were bummed out. NOT. None of you fuckers even noticed. Mr P didn’t even notice until Monday. Anyway, I wrote about some shit for this week. Brace yourself.

- Ugh, Mos Def is releasing a record on February 9, 2009. The Ecstatic is his first record in three years and will be released on Downtown. Like, okay, I don’t care that Mos Def is releasing a new record, but what worries me is that he wants to revive Def Poetry on HBO. I hated that shit. I’d rather watch re-runs of Dane Cook’s Tourgasm.

- FCC Chairman Kevin Martin quit his job as commissioner. His last day was January 20, 2009 – inauguration day. Word on the street is my main man, President Obama, plans to nominate Julius Genachowski to succeed Martin.

- Kanye West has a mullet. Yeah, that’s it. I just wanted to bring it up. Check it out here.

- Montreal DJ/Producer CFCF released an EP this week exclusively on Paper Bag Digital. Panesian Nights is available for download as 320 kbps MP3s. CFCF is known for his bumpin’ remixes for Crystal Castles, HEALTH, The Presets, The Teenagers, and many others. Check it out, ya’ll.

- So, if you live in New York City and you don’t have shit to do on Monday, there is a secret YACHT show. No, not on an actual yacht, but rather those artsy hipsters from Portland. Here are the deetz: the show is Monday, January 26, 2009. It’s called the (CLL) PHN-LCKN, which is ‘Master-kraft’ for Cell Phone Lock-In. It’s at 9PM and is located somewhere in Tribeca. Other than that, I can’t help you out, but you can buy tickets at the official site. I’m not sure what the “ticket type” thing is about, but it looks like the only people who can still get in are some alt-bros and one keut azn.

Until next week, bitches...

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