HeightFiveSeven

Bikini-clad nerdery, rap music, and records.

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Members of the intergalactic vinyl community, I’m giving away one pair of tickets to see DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, maybe the only 2 humans who love records more than I do, LIVE for the Renegades of Rhythm tour in tribute to Afrika Bambaataa! Enter to win! Rules as follows: 1) Like this picture & forgive my wack attempt at that cover recreation 2) Follow @heightfiveseven @DJShadow @Cut_Chemist 3) Instagram a photo of your personal DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist &/or Afrika Bambaataa vinyl and hashtag #ShadowChemist2014 4) socialize, 5) get down, & 6) let your souuul lead the way. Winner will be chosen at random & announced at midnight in a perfect world – j/k, it’ll be Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, at 2pm PST. Good luck! And don’t tell Shadow that I’ve always disagreed with his take on hip-hop in ’96. Tour Dates: 9/3 – Boston @ HOB |9/4 – New York @ Irving Plaza |9/5 – New York @ Irving Plaza | 9/6 – Philadelphia @ TLA | 9/8 – Washington DC @ Fillmore |9/9 – Baltimore @ Baltimore Soundstage | 9/11 – Charlotte @ Fillmore | 9/14 – Orlando @ HOB | 9/16 – New Orleans @ HOB | 9/19 – Dallas @ HOB | 9/20 – Houston @ HOB | 9/22 – Louisville @ Mercury Ballroom | 9/23 – Chicago @ HOB | 9/24 – Minneapolis @ Skyway Theater | 10/1 – San Diego @ HOB | 10/2 – Anaheim @ HOB | 10/3 – Los Angeles @ Palladium |10/4 – San Francisco @ Mezzanine |10/8 – Seattle @ Neptune | 10/9 – Vancouver @ Commodore #HFScontest #IGcontest #AfrikaBambaataa #DJShadow #CutChemist #LiveNation #Kraftwerk #SoulSonicForce #ZuluNation #UZN #ArthurBaker #JohnRobie #PlanetPatrol #TR808 #TommyBoy #MPC60 #vinyl #Jurassic5 #RockItDontStopIt #RockItDontStopEtcEtc #TomorrowNeverComesUntilItsTooLate #IDontEvenWannaHearAboutIt #YoureJustFessin #InsightForesightMoreSight #ATLiens #Ironman #RidinDirty #StakesIsHigh #WrathOfTheMath

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Harold Wheeler’s music credits are a long, strange trip – played keys on the original “Blinded by the Light,” conducted for Galt on the Cotton Comes to Harlem soundtrack, and did the arrangement for Nina Simone’s truly bonkers/unpleasant version of “My Way.” Get this one for the opening/title track - it's the closest thing to sexy that a man named “Harold” can produce and the best slinky banger that Isaac Hayes feat. Johnny Allen on string arrangements never recorded. It’ll give you something to talk about with Yasiin Bey if you ever get stuck in an elevator with him (“Travelin’ Man”). #HaroldWheeler #HaroldWheelerConsort #RCA #GaltMacDermot #BruceSpringsteen #BernardPurdie #DeeDeeBridgewater #NinaSimone #BurtBacharach #GradyTate #CecilHolmes #MosDef #YasiinBey #DJHonda #BlueLightbulbs #vinyl #SorryMom

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The ACTUAL Detroit-Memphis experiment was that time Willie Mitchell produced Bob Seger, and then Dilla did that SICK remix of Rufus Thomas’ “Walkin’ the Dog.” There's that super secret Derrick May & Sam Phillips collab I've heard about too. But I’ll allow this album title, I guess. Album from Dot Records, produced by the god Steve Cropper. Fake sky backdrop (ain’t no way I’m going outside topless) by Office Depot. Photo by me. Hair by really good conditioner + @madinraylopez. Eyebrows from when the Moors conquered Europe. Waist-hip ratio from Mom, tacos, and forgetting to eat sometimes because my antidepressant decreases my appetite. #Wellbutrin #BrainChemistry #MitchRyder #SteveCropper #AlJacksonJr #DonaldDuckDunn #BookerTJones #TheMGs #DotRecords #McLemoreAvenue #Stax #MostKnownUnkown #CominOutHard #Detroit #JamesYancey #AlBell #Memphis #KickOutTheJams #GrandFunkRailroad #vinyl

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Elmore James gets credit for laying down the first recorded version of “Shake Your Moneymaker,” compelled to do so after he saw my performance at Magic City (Friday night, stage 2). There's the Jimi obsession, plus you’ve heard his “The Sky is Crying” as covered by Stevie Ray Vaughn from that goddamn classic rock station they have on at Jiffy Lube all the time. #ElmoreJames #vinyl #SlideGuitar #Mississippi #JamesMarshallHendrix #JimiHendrix #KentRecords #ModernRecords #JohnnyOtis #StevieRayVaughn #ChessRecords #BigJoeTurner #BlueSkies #FuckingJiffyLube #PhotoshopChamp #vinyl

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Making good use of 1. the backdrop on vacation (Yosemite, taking the place of the Everglades), and 2. my middle name (Melissa, one of Duane’s favorite compositions by his brother). #DuaneAllman #CapricornRecords #MaconGeorgia #JohnLeeHooker #WilsonPickett #ClarenceCarter #ArethaFranklin #KingCurtis #JohnnyJenkins #DerekAndTheDominos #AllmanBrothersBand #BBKing #TomDowd #vinyl #FeminineGenetics #ThanksMomForThe #WellYouKnow

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Sure I was born by the river in a little tent, and I sat down and wept when I remembered Zion, and I come from down in the valley where mister when you're young they bring you up to do like your daddy done, but I sure as hell DON’T KNOW why I love you like I do after all the things that you put me through, so I'd like you to take me to the river, please. Dip me in the water. I wanna know/won’t you wash me in the water, wash me in the water, won’t you wash me in the water, hayyyyyy (fade out). Last week was our annual Yosemite Family Funtimes Trip™, which, as luck would have it, always coincides with MY annual Driving Through the Scary Republican Parts of California to go Digging on the Way to Yosemite Trip™. This year we hit up Fresno’s Tower District Records, which yielded some gems – plus they let us bring in Cairo, our sweet and mellow retriever mix. When we got to the cabin, I spread all my new babies out on the bed, took some pics, and then yep you best believe I took my body down to the river. #Yosemite #MercedRiver #HowCanWeSingKingAlphaSongInAStrangeLand #SamCooke #Springsteen #AlGreen #WillieMitchell #TowerDistrictRecords #MalWaldron #JakiByard #GrachanMoncurIII #TheNaturalFour #Curtom #JimmyCliff #LittleFeat #WayneShorter #BernieWorrell #MintyGreenBikinis #CheapBeer #IPAs #VelouriaRecords #vinyl (Not pictured, from the always reliable @VelouriaRecords: #RickDanko #JohnLeeHooker #Spoon)

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Hey guys, have I shared my thoughts about the NFL’s latest big “fuck off” to ladies? Minnie Riperton helped me explain a couple weeks ago in case you missed it. Anyway, Roger Goodell can still fuck off, but I’m still a football junkie; there’s just no getting around it. I took this photo over the weekend, when the NFL (kinda) returned and I was flooded with coaching roster names like Shanahan, Shula, Gruden, Harbaugh, Pagano, Ryan, Schottenheimer, et al. Doing the cover of this record therefore seemed pretty appropriate. #nepotism #MediocrePreseasonFootball #ManzielLookedAightTho #NancySinatra #LeeHazlewood #RepriseRecords #BigOlSweaters #BigHair #TheseBootsWereSomethingSomething #vinyl

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I chose this one for the "OH SHIT, EDDIE BONGO BROWN PLAYS ON THIS" factor as well as the creamy dessert factor – I just finished this Muhammad Ali bio and I’m in love with the fact that he celebrated taking Liston in 7 (the first fight) by eating vanilla ice cream and hangin out with Jim Brown and then taking a nap on Malcolm X’s bed. It's 2014, Jim likes to hit women so we can't hang out, and Malcolm is unavailable, but at least I got the ice cream…plus I’m the greatest, and I’m pretty, I shook up the world, I’m a baaad maaan, and did you hear I’m the greatest? Because I AM. PS – sorry I didn’t go full Open-Mouth/Do Things to My Body Daddy for the camera. It’s just so corny. #FazeO #SheRecords #CornballPoses #Dayton #EddieBongoBrown #BillyBeck #ClarenceSatchell #Satch #ChetWillis #RogerParker #70sJoggingShorts #BundiniBrown #MuhammadAli #RumbleYoungLadyRumble

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As my buddy Jalen says when he’s channeling the O’Jays: you got to give the peeeeoplllllle/give the peeeeeopllllle what they waaannnnnnt. In this case, the people have asked me again and again to do the easy, classic Perfect Angel cover, so here I go. You really do got to give the people, give the people what they want. I chose this cover during the last 72 hours – coincidentally, the same period in which I’ve realized that the National Football League does not give a single fuck about women, the violence done to women’s bodies, or the behavior of its employees - unless that behavior involves really important shit like getting caught with weed or free tattoos in college. I'm an NFL superdork with 2 Fantasy teams & a picture of 6-year-old me with Howie Long on my fridge, but I'm also a WOMAN superdork and a person with a conscience, and the NFL is just such a terrible and gross organization that I don't know how to cope during moments like this. The cognitive dissonance is real, people. Luckily, I’ve found some brief comfort in ice cream, overalls, and the soothing production work of Steveland Morris. And since I’m pissed at the cartoonishly evil Roger Goodell but I can’t boycott NFL sponsors I never supported in the first place (Frito-Lay, GM, Anheuser-Busch, Gatorade), I believe the best way to deal with my disgust and sadness is to inform you guys – all 11k of you! – that the NFL’s contact number is [phone]. Ask for Mr. Goodell, like I did. They won’t put you through to him, but you’ll at least reach the comment line where you can tell Rog you’re furious. I did, and it makes me feel a little better. (I’ll probably do this same post all over again when Goodell makes a slap-on-the-wrist ruling about Greg Hardy – remember, the NFL doesn’t give a fuck about women – but until then: ice cream cones and Stevie Wonder!) #RogerGoodellHatesPeopleWithVaginas #PlaxicoGot4GamesForShootingHimself #JoshGordon #JustinBlackmon #MikeVick #TheOJays #GambleAndHuff #JalenAndJacoby #SorryMom #MinnieRiperton #Wonderlove #StevieWonder #vinyl #RotaryConnection #IceCream #ScorbuProductions

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“Not half, not some, but ALL my cash/Because if she don't, I'ma put my foot dead in her ass.” This here's a compilation album I didn’t need, but I guess I can justify the purchase by reminding myself it’s all chunky, delicious bangers with big fat drums and pure uncut squiggly basslines. I can just put it on the platter and forget about it instead of having to keep walking back to the turntable to switch out soundtracks. (I’m lazy. It is my sole flaw.) #CurtisMayfield #RoyAyers #EarthWindAndFire #GenePage #BobbyWomack #WillieHutch #MarvinGaye #JamesBrown #DennisCoffey #IsaacHayes #GaltMacDermot #EdwinStarr #PamGrier #MelvinVanPeebles #AntonioFargas #TamaraDobson #RichardRoundtree #RonONeal #SoulJazzRecords #BrothersReallyAreGonnaWorkItOut #ItsTrue #IGotMyBlackBeltInBarStools #Only3ThingsThatsForSure #TaxesDeathAndTrouble #IDontKnowNothinElseButDope, #Baby #ThatsSomeColdShitThrowingMyManLeroyOutTheWindow #JustPickedMyManUpAndThrewHimOutTheGoddamnWindow #vinyl

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My adorable niece and I are both hold dual citizenship in California and the Raider Nation. #GeographicAccuracy #AdorableNieces #MURS #9thWonder #MidCity #NorthCarolinaaaaaa #ComeOnAndRaiseUp #TakeYourShirtOff #TwistItAroundYourHeadSwingItLikeAHelicopter #WhatUpTho #MursIsBetterThanYourFavoriteRapper #TheyJustWantMoreOfItLikeRoseAndJoakim #RappersFullOfBSButAtLeastYouGotAChoice #LivingLegends #Plunkett #Biletnikoff #MarcusAllen #JackTatum #LyleAlzado #BoJackson #KhalilMack #OaklandRaiders #RodLavers #vinyl #Mandrill #AlphonseMouzon #TheGapBand #TruePlayerForLife #AskMyHomeboy9th

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I had a long, annoying inner debate with myself about whether or not to buy this Lakers #88 bodysuit. There was never a #88 on the Lakers, you see, and I didn’t want to be called out by sports bros in the comments section. (The only group more insufferable than vinyl bros are sports bros. I am a member of both of these communities, so it’s OK for me to say this.) Anyway, I decided that 88 is like 2 Kobes, right? YEP IT TOTALLY IS. So the issue has been successfully resolved. Now let’s all band together & form a committee to get rid of the idiot son left in charge when the king died. (We can have the first meeting at my house. I'll provide the coffee & donuts.) #RecordJungle #TinyBathrooms #HoustonPerson #MercuryRecords #JohnFaddis #HoraceOtt #BlowUpSaxophones #TheFuckinLakers #ulcers #anger #frustration #CarlosBoozerIsThisCitysSavior #CantStopSacreEither #ItsShowtimeAllOverAgain #SwaggyP #JabariParker #BabylonByBuss #vinyl

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HERE IT IS, BAM/AND YOU SAY GODDAMN, GOT 10K FOLLOWERS TODAY ON INSTAGRAM. 🎉 Thanks, yall! #SoBlessed #IfYouCanDreamItYouCanAchieveIt #OnlyGodCanJudgeMe I pray that none of you dummies find out that this account is actually run by a vinyl bro with a slightly underweight girlfriend (cc: @sexistdudesofinstagram, @idiotsworldwide). Until then, please continue being shockingly kind in my comments sections, and keep sending me requests! (And money) #YES #TheRhythmTheRebel #bass #bass #bass #PowerOfThePeopleSay #ColdInstagramminWithFlavor #DefJam #PublicEnemy #RickRubin #TheBrothersShocklee #VietnamSadler #TheBombSquad #FromARebelItsFinalOnBlackVinyl #SoulRockAndRollCominLikeARhino #vinyl

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My favorite Houston person is Brad Jordan. Houston Person is from South Carolina and he's pretty aight, though. #HoustonPerson #MuseRecords #JimmyPonder #SonnyPhillips #FrankieJones #BuddyCaldwell #Scarface #NotFromHoustonButISomethingsomething #vinyl #slouchin #yellowtees

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Unlike Lucy Van Pelt, I embrace my vulnerability. I don’t front and disguise my soft girly feelings as aggression or sarcasm. But just like Lucy Van Pelt, I'm compelled to lean forward adoringly on pianos. #GroupieTales #VinceGuaraldi #SaddleShoes #PurpleDresses #LucyVanPelt #PatDuffy #PlanBSkateboards #ArtTatum #OscarPeterson #Monk #BillEvans #MalWaldron #McCoyTyner #NinaSimone #HamptonHawes #RamseyLewis #HerbieHancock #BillyTaylor #AhmadJamal #vinyl

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Lalo's dad once told him jazz wasn't music because "you can't read it or write it," in keeping with the long tradition of square dads being frightened and confused by that new new. #BorisClaudioSchifrin #DudesNamedBoris #BorisDiaw #LaloSchifrin #LaloDiawFTW #CTI #JohnFaddis #PepperAdams #JoeFarrell #AndyNewmark #HubertLaws #CreedTaylor #AnthonyJackson #EricGale #BarryRogers #JohnTropea #vinyl #DizzyGillespie #Argentina #Maradona #IgnorantDads

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Bye bye, hoops 2013-14! I laughed, I cried, etc. etc. And good fucking riddance: Joey Crawford, Pitbull, those 2 Pharrell songs JESUS CHRIST, the word “framily,” Toyota commercials that have managed to make me hate the Muppets (!), Bobby Caldwell's voice selling Mitsubishis, Mark Jackson and JVG’s cornball love affair, Dwight Howard’s big dumb face, Klay Thompson’s big dumb face, amateur psychoanalysis of Roy Hibbert, people defending poor sad victim Don Sterling (LOLOLLLLLL), that ridiculous Z-Bo suspension, Deron Williams’ disturbing hair, Paul George's boat, the officiating in game 5 of the Clips-Thunder series ("IT WAS OUR BALL" - Doc), the nickname “the Servant,” and LeBron Raymone James. NOW LET’S GO TO WORK, KHALIL MACK. #LanceAMakeUmDance #Ruff #WILT #MyApartmentIsHeaven #SorryMom #ForeverGratefulForTheHipsYouPassedDownToMeThough #ThanksMom #NFLSeasonStartsSept4Yall @nomasnyc