Still Westcoastin, cleanin out the bookmarks.

Star Trak goes medieval. Nice new 80s mix (click “mixtape,” duh) from the homie Sureshot, complete w/ art by James Blagden, who I don’t know but has been a favorite for some time. Very necessary Gremlins 2: The New Batch appreciation. Most excellent design blog from Mike2600, just six posts in but absolutely murderizing. Alchemist’s blog is great too.

Bunch of shows coming up, including an afternoon freebie in SF, my first set at LAX (improbable but true), and a trade show spectacular in Las Vegas. Click me five on the left hand side for more info.

Back at the gold ranch… Nacho Lovers have an acid house mix up for download, we unearthed some lost tour photos, and RCRD LBL leaked a promo mp3 from Treasure Fingers’ excellent new single (which you should buy, natch)

Headed down to DC this weekend to play @ DC9, come on out.

In Fool’s Gold news: we have new records out! Buy them!

In rest of world news: I like Joell Ortiz’s blog. And my boy Drew’s soca outpost. And Bang Gang’s new one. And the latest from my spirit guide in all things wavy.

With carbos!

As promised, here’s the Kizzaland mixtape I whipped up with Timbaland’s new artist Izza Kizza. I’m real happy with how the tape came out - it goes everywhere from abstract clubby shit to intensely personal, funny/sad storytelling - and serves a dope introduction to one imaginative, hungry-ass dude from Valdosta, GA. If you like individuals in rap, from Doom to Devin, I think you will fuck with this.

In other mixtape news, Wale’s The Mixtape About Nothing just got an XL in XXL and an 8.4 in Pitchfork. Hay guyz: it doesn’t say “Mixed by Nick Catchdubs” on the cover just cause my name looks good, yaom? How do you think these shits get “perfectly sequenced” ? But I digress. The Kizza tape might have the drop of the year though, I want this on my tombstone:

“Shout out to Nick Catchdubs…the motherfucking…carpenter of flyness…”

Finally whipped up a new promo mix, which you can grab for free (along with a Q&A and wild long annotated tracklist) over here.

In FG news: Mad Fools recaps! JOTS mix! New shirts! Party tonight!

In “rest of world” stuff (there’s a rest of the world?) I like this shirt from Redman’s album cover designer, Eddie Stats’ blippy dancehall sampler, and the story of Shaq and Polvo. Remember Kung Fu t-shirt catalogs?

Also this holiday weekend: a show w/ Prefuse73 and Anti-Pop Consortium @ Hiro tonight (7/3) and a boat party w/ Sujinho and Rok One on the 4th.