Back by popular demand: the BBC essential Mix. This time, expert nob-twiddlers ‘Crookers’ take to the DJ booth.

Full tracklist after the jump.

An extra large dollop of visual inspiration from all over the planet.

“My pockets is rot/they got gang-green”. LL Cool J drops his first mixtape ever. Don’t let the oogly cover fool you.

Ed Banger capo di tutti capi Pedro (Busy P) Winter was a guest on Kiss FM with Sinden.

Time to choke the chicken.

That’s it. Now i’m ready to start the weekend.

According to YouTube, I’m the first person to blog about the new video “Program of the first part” by Thieves Like Us. So you get to be one of the first people to see it.

I’m constantly looking for good iPod mixes to listen to when I’m running, so I’m pretty stoked to hear the exclusive A-Trak mix for Nike. The Fader has the exclusive 3-minute preview.

UPDATE: Get the single ‘say whoa!’ here.

Karl is still so very much the shit.

Starting this week, he’ll be plastered all over France, advising everyone to wear yellow jackets to stay safe on the road.

English translation after the jump.

This has been going around the internets and I hadn’t gotten around to posting it. But that’s ok. I’m sure you had other stuff to do in the meantime. Here’s ‘Toe Jam’ by “The BPA” the new project name for Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim).