The GFP Daily Digest

Yoruba's Djinji Brown

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:40 GMT

The Good for Party family prides itself on shining a light on outstanding emerging musical talent. With that in mind, check this mix out from Yoruba Recording artist Djinji Brown. He's got an album about to drop, and he's throwing down with our man Sonny Daze next Friday, August 1st at Sonotheque. Djinji Brown was born and bred in the boogie down Bronx and got his start in the hip-hop world, but moved to Miami several years ago to explore the Afro-Carib side of house music. Listen to this mix and you'll hear the deeper side of deep house, great stuff.

http://www.djinjibrown.com/audio/profundo.mp3

Men Who Eat Soy Have Less Sperm

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:42 GMT

From CBS:

A new study finds that men who routinely eat soy products have lower concentrations of sperm. Lara Spencer talks with Dr. Ian Smith about the findings.

The Onion: Domino's Tests Limits Of What Humans Will Eat

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:25 GMT

From the Onion:

Despite ethical concerns about testing on humans, researchers say their work was necessary to determine the boundary between garbage and food.

Girls Gone Wild Founder Busted for Tax Evasion...Again

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:24 GMT

From the Associated Press:

Joe Francis, the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of federal tax evasion in a Los Angeles court. The 35-year-old is accused of deducting more than 20 million dollars in bogus business expenses on his tax returns in 2002 and 2003.Francis was indicted last year by a federal grand jury in Reno, Nevada, but the case was transferred to LA in May. In March, he also pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution charges in Florida after he was jailed for 11 months on tax-related charges. Francis has built an empire by filming and marketing videos of young women in sexually provocative situations. Prosecutors say Francis could face 10 years prison and a half-a-million dollars in fines. If he's convicted. He's scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday and his trial is tentatively set for September 16th.

Knight is King

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:50 GMT

The opening of The Dark Knight this weekend fast developed into a perfect storm of pop culture zeitgeist across the nation. The storm culminated with The Dark Knight overtaking Spider-Man 3 for the number #1 spot as the highest grossing opening weekend ever. And what’s amazing is that in many ways, as our beloved Chicago is now firmly established as the Gotham of the young millennium, as its residents, we stood in the eye of this storm. I doubt the Chicago cityscape has ever been captured with such grandeur, beauty, and scale, and won’t again until Christopher Nolan shoots the third installment of his masterful resurrection of the Batman franchise.