Happy Pre-Passover to all of my fellow celebrators.

Here’s a little tip for all of you that may come across the yeast-less bread at some point in your life. My personal preference is Nutella – or butter and cinnamon. Watch this video for more creative ways to spice up your flat bread.

This past weekend, Less Than Drake threw on their gear and got ready to rock their first show as the premier Less Than Jake cover band. As part of my attendance to this madness, I took some time to talk to their leader, Jason Wall.

Cut & Sewn: Why did you decide to start a Less Than Jake cover band?
Jason Wall: When I was younger, when it was actually popular in the late 90’s, I was a big fan of ska music. Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Goldfinger; I enjoyed it all. At some point, my friend Jon showed me Hello Rockview and changed my whole opinion on playing music. I started watching Less Than Jake videos, reading interviews, basically imitating everything they did in my junior high and high school bands.

One of the biggest things I respect about the band, however, is their live show.

Confetti, dancing, interactions with the crowd, jokes, costumes…every show was different, fun and done to ENTERTAIN. There are too many bands that record a CD, try to just play their songs and try to create a sort of “ambiance” for the crowd. That sucks.
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Our West Coast Cut Crew Reps Emma Allison and Makenzie Lynd came all the way from Santa Barbara to donate some sun to the cold coast. Their first adventure in Brooklyn brought them to Williamsburg’s Nita Nita and the exclusive filming of British music maker Neil Halstead’s (of Slowdive and Mojave 3) music video “Elevenses.” A big thanks to Chris Piazza of Jigsaw Soul for hooking it up.

Cut Crew East: How’s New York treating you?

Emma Allison: There’s no beach around and that’s weird. But I love it. I like the city and change of pace. It’s refreshing. – culture shock is refreshing, anything new is refreshing. It’s a bit nipply but I like it here.

CCE: Rub it in. Brooklyn can be a scary place for new comers. How has it been treating you?

Makenzie Lynd: I feel like it’s more like we’re living here than visiting. We are doing every day sort of stuff. We’re living the Brooklyn life.

CCE: How do you feel about tattoos?

EA: I like them. They are hot.

CCE: So how was the video shoot today with Neil Halstead?

ML: Everyone was really welcoming and really nice. They wanted to get to know us.

EA: It was set in a cute garden, pretty windy. I like how it was supposed to be set in the summer and it was freezing out.

CCE: How was the music?

EA: I loved it. I know every word now.

ML: It was my first time hearing it and now I’m sick of it. But the music was relaxing.

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We would like to give a big THANKS to our good friends at Uncle Magazine  for helping us get hammered the right way!

Friday night at Public Assembly, formally known as Galapagos, (we all remember Cut & Sewn’s epic Everyone Wants a Piece Party) brought good vibes, good people and excellent exclusive reading material.

Sponsored by New Rome, the night kicked off right with mix-masters Indian Giver. There wasn’t a single booty in the crowd that wasn’t shaking. Using a Girl-Talk minded mix, they spun their own original flavor with a very energetic guitarist, drummer and singer. Singing along with Bono takes cajones. Here’s a video quicky if you’re curious and feel free to download their sweet album, Taking It All Back: The Mixtape Album.

Closing the night was DJ Swaaan. He rocked the house, we danced until bedtime aka when our motor skills began to shut down.

So why were we there anyway? To celebrate Uncle Magazine’s launch of Issue II . To read it in full, click here.
In only a matter of days will you be able to get your hands on a hard copy. We assume you don’t want to have to look long for it, so here’s an answer to the savenger hunt.

If that’s not enough for you, put on Indian Giver’s Mixtape, load up the photo album of the night, and let the slideshow begin.

For more stuff about the Uncle Empire, click here.

This is a little different than the movie about to drop. What’s your favorite line of the song?

I don’t eat a lot of the big B, but I thought it was still a thriving source of fat and entertainment. What will this is why you’re fat have to move on to now?

Coming out of Morrisville, PA just a mere 20 minutes from where our boy Lee hails from. He’s rapping what he knows, not guns and hoes, but fun with his bros (in college). Recently listed on XXL’s Top Freshman list and MTV’s MC to Watch, this guy can flow.

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This video seems to be circulating the internet rather quick, so I thought we’d jump before the rest of the internet would go nuts for it.

Can you imagine the day when you can read a newspaper on the internet? That’s ridiculous. Also, how will your monitor not get messy from all the ink?

Chad Hugo of the Neptunes drops some ‘Roc Boys’

Does Laughtoff = Laugh Lift Off? Let me know what you think about that one. Any way, although this is pretty late seeing as the first season has already ended, I wanted to put up a really funny cartoon, strangely showing on HBO. The Life and Times of Tim is the work of Steve Dildarian who provides the voice of Tim as he deals with neighborhood, assless pants wearing hookers, dogs pooping at work and pretending to be Hispanic. Check out the episode below.