{"id":286,"date":"2006-09-08T15:50:05","date_gmt":"2006-09-08T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=286"},"modified":"2006-09-08T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2006-09-08T14:50:05","slug":"crack-village-the-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"crack village &#8211; the  snake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">years before the jaw dropping 6 album interscope  record deal, the blogged up politics, and&nbsp;cartoons, <STRONG>akira the  don<\/STRONG> was part of the media baiting collective known as <STRONG>crack  village<\/STRONG>. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">with his appearances on stage involving crucifixes  and crowd scaring antics, and fellow band member, <STRONG>baby bo<\/STRONG>  whipping up the indie boys into a sexual frenzy, it&#8217;s no wonder that the band  were top of the scensters bill for a while.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">however, history has taught us that the band were a  stepping stone in adams life to his destiny, pop stardom.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">thankfully, i managed to get my hands on an early  crack village 12&#8243; single, the subtly named <EM>deep penetration<\/EM> single. for  all the seediness on the a-side, things were actually a lot more interesting on  the flip. utilising a looped violin sample, plenty of old school scratch up  madness, the easy melody makes for a very lazy relaxed vibe, matched by baby bo  giving the sultry mood in the background.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">i believe the band are still having a crack at the  charts, and even released an album, but something tells me their chance has  somewhat diminished.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so without further ado, do you clicky click click  thing : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/music\/the_snake.mp3\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>relevant links<\/EM> : <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.akirathedon.com\">akira the don <\/A>: <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.crackvillage.com\">crack  village<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">stay tuned.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">mark e<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\">ireallylovemusic<\/A><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; years before the jaw dropping 6 album interscope record deal, the blogged up politics, and&nbsp;cartoons, akira the don was part of the media baiting collective known as crack village. with his appearances on stage involving crucifixes and crowd scaring antics, and fellow band member, baby bo whipping up the indie boys into a sexual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mp3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}