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Recording Session for "Rat Race" by Scott Mayo featuring DJ Twist

Please check out this video of my very talented friend Scott Mayo during a recording session for his forthcoming album. This song is called "Rat Race" and features DJ Twist. Enjoy!

Read more about Scott and his music at www.scottmayomusic.com

Our Thoughts on the Conan and Jay Leno Issue...In Video Form!

This is a little video we put together in response to all the hoopla surrounding Jay Leno Leno and Conan O'Brien! Hope you like it!

Found A Cool New Toy!! - XTRANORMAL.COM

Love this website XTRA-NORMAL It allows you to put together your own animations with a real easy to use drag and drop interface. VERY COOL!
I just put this video together. Let me know what you think.

Please Help Out Haiti

By now we've all seen the terrible images from Haiti. If you haven't donated yet here's a great charity where your donations would really help:

http://ajws.org/

We're praying for everyone there!

Alicia Keys Charity Has Raised $20 million and Counting For Africa

Just recently read about Alicia Keys' great charity called Keep A Child Alive keepachildalive.org.
The Grammy-winner has raised over $20 million to fight AIDS in Africa and changed thousands of kids lives for the better! Her charity, which was started with philanthropist Leigh Blake in 2003, provides anti-retroviral drugs, food, and community help programs to those with HIV/AIDS in Africa. It's reported that the organization has helped over 250,000 people!

Awesome work Alicia, we love you!!

Beyonce Displays Amazing Camel Toe in St. Bart's In Honor of Gaddafi

New Episode of Babylon Update - Lohan, Ricky Gervais, and Dmitriy Salita

Inspirational Film of the Week - "Orthodox Stance" Dmitry Salita's Story

"Orthodox Stance" is our Inspirational Movie of the Week for this week.

It's a great documentary about Orthodox Jewish boxer, Dmitry Salita, and his quest to stay true to his faith while he attempts to work his way up through the gritty world of pro boxing.
Salita is an immigrant who faced brutal anti-Semitism in the Ukraine while a child. When he was still young, his family was able to emigrate to America and they wound up in Brooklyn where he started boxing to defend himself. His story is a classic American Immigrant tale, the kind we might have heard our Grandfather's tell when we were young. It's the sort of story that reminds us of how great we have it here in the US. He displays the heart of a true champion as a boxer in this film, and he shows equal conviction as he struggles to maintain his own spiritual principles.
A true FEEL GOOD picture.
Mazel Tov Dmitry!

Singer/Songwriter Jeremy Owen's New Album "Rum of Faith"

Seattle Singer/Songwriter Jeremy Owen's latest release "Rum of Faith" was recently released and is available now on CD Baby.

I've been a fan of Jeremy since he was playing live around Seattle's Famous Pioneer Square area with Band Name Hollow. He's an amazing storyteller and singer that manages to weave poetry, blues, and emotion into him music.

This is a fabulous stripped down album. A man and his music. It's powerful and intense in parts, and playful and funny in others. Owen is an up and coming artist who is sure to blow-up in the coming year.  He reminds me of a modern version of James Taylor or Cat Stevens with a little Van Morrison blues to boot. This is really a fantastic album and Owen tells us that "when he's not brewing beer or dealing with his "Honey-Do list" he's hard at work on his next album. Looking forward to that!

From the Album Notes:

This Long awaited solo album by Jeremy Owen features 9 previously unreleased songs. The raw blues of What kind of Woman drifts into the romance of Juliet & Romeo, hits hard with Devil for the Band and staggers into a Rum of Faith. This album also features a special tribute release of Seven Seas Cowboys for the artist’s late brother James A Owen (the true story of the sinking of the Majestic in the Bering sea). Hear the music the way it was written, performed straight up and delivered live.

First Episode of Babylon Update - Check It Out!!

New Jay Z Video - On To The Next One - Wow this is amazing!!

THIS VIDEO and SONG ARE RIDICULOUS!!! Amazing Work!!
The Blueprint 3 [Explicit] 

Inspirational Film of the Week - Vision Quest

We are starting a new feature here at the Babylon Post as we kick off a new year. It is the Inspirational Film of the Week Post. I'm going to start off with one of my favorite films, Vision Quest. I think the title "Inspirational Film of the Week" is pretty self explanatory, but an explanation of WHY this feature is being added is in order.

I feel like now, more than ever in this country, we need to regain a sense of hope and inspiration if we want to see things get better. Reading positive stuff, watching inspirational movies, and so forth can help us all to think more constructively and to feel better in general.

I feel like we have really been dropping the ball in America in terms of what the Founding Fathers intended this country to be.

We spend far too much time complaining and whining and not enough time working to solve the real challenges we face. This is not what made us successful in the past. And it will not make us successful in the future.

I'm not going to go off on a political or philosophical dialogue, this is an entertainment blog after all, and I''m barely qualified to write this, but what I will do is to recommend some movies that have themes that celebrate, for lack of a better term, The American Spirit. Those seemingly old-fashioned ideas of Perseverance, Character, Teamwork, Loyalty, Courage, Personal Transformation, and so forth.

Vision Quest, if you haven't seen it, is one of these stories. It's a coming-of-age story of 18-year old Louden Swain, who has decided to make his mark in life by wrestling the best wrestler in the state, Brian Shute. This decision jeopardizes his place on the team, a possible scholarship, his health, and the respect of his teammates. Along the way to his goal he falls in love with Carla, a woman who is temporarily staying with he and his father, which also threatens his goal.

It's basically a Rocky-type underdog story which I am generally a sucker for, and wonder why more of these movies aren't made today. (Honestly, do we need more doom and gloom for God's sake, don't we get enough of that on the news!?) At any rate, my box-cover blurb doesn't really do the movie justice. Check it out, it will inspire you and make you feel good. Seriously, in times like these, is that so wrong?

Scott Mayo Rocks!

Scott Mayo is a friend of mine who co-stars with me in my show Bloggin' For Dollars. Scott is a world-class Saxophone player, singer, writer, and producer. He's a super talented musician and a great friend. I've been privileged to hear some of the tracks he's been working on for his upcoming album, it's a follow-up to his debut "Low Angle View" and it's going to be amazing. He's crafting a true ALBUM, not a bunch of singles thrown together, but an honest to God album like the Beatles or Stevie Wonder used to do. We'll let you know about this as soon as it becomes available. Right now you can preview Scott's music HERE.

From a recent press release:

Whether recording, playing live and doing various film and television projects, Scott Mayo is a universal musical talent. Not one to let time slip through his fingers, he is a constant fixture in the Los Angeles music scene. His diverse resume of styles and artists speaks to his vast musical abilities and interests. His career spans the globe, and he has been blessed to work with some of music’s top names including:
• Stevie Wonder
• Bonnie Raitt
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Michael Bolton
• Brazilian legends Dori Caymmi and Gal Costa
• Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
• Academy Award® winner, Jennifer Hudson