Casso
—  Frazione  —
View of the village
Casso Location of Casso in Italy
Coordinates: 46°16′18″N 12°19′55″E / 46.27167°N 12.33194°E / 46.27167; 12.33194Coordinates: 46°16′18″N 12°19′55″E / 46.27167°N 12.33194°E / 46.27167; 12.33194
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Province	Pordenone
Comune	Erto e Casso
Elevation	950 m (3,120 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	35
Demonym
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	33080
Dialing code	0427

Casso (Cas in local dialect, Sćjas in Friulan) is an Italian village, frazione of Erto e Casso, in the Province of Pordenone. Its population is 35.^[1] Together with Erto, its administrative seat, it forms the municipality of Erto-Casso.

Geography[link]

The village is situated in Friuli, close to the borders with the Province of Belluno, Veneto. It was built under the Salta mountain, in front of the Toc mountain, upon the Vajont river valley. Linked with a street to the National Road 251, it is 3 km far from Erto, 4 from Castellavazzo and 5 from Longarone.

History[link]

Early history[link]

First mentioned in 1332, it was stably inhabited from 1558 by lumberjacks from the province of Belluno. The colloquial language spoken in Casso is the bellunese, a Venetian dialect. Historically and culturally different from Erto, in which is spoken a Ladin dialect, Casso also belongs to the Diocese of Belluno-Feltre, different from the one of Erto.

The Vajont disaster[link]

Situated upon the Vajont Dam, Casso was one of the village involved in the disaster of October 9, 1963. Partly damaged as Erto, the village vas evacuated and in 1971 its population was transferred in Vajont, a new municipality built near Maniago. In 1966 some of the inhabitants occupied again their houses to reform the village, as done in Erto, and the comune.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

Media related to Casso at Wikimedia Commons

• (Italian) Erto e Casso municipal website

Homeboy Sandman
Homeboy Sandman 2009
Background information
Birth name	Angel Del Villar II
Also known as	Homeboy Sandman
Born	(1980-09-24) September 24, 1980 (age 31)
Origin	Queens, New York, USA
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	2007–present
Website	www.homeboysandman.com

Homeboy Sandman is a rapper and musician from Elmhurst, Queens, New York.

Personal[link]

Homeboy Sandman grew up in New York City and attended boarding school at New Hampshire’s Holderness School (part of New York City’s Prep For Prep 9 program). He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently enrolled in law school at Hofstra University. He withdrew from law school during his third year to pursue his career as an emcee.

Career[link]

Homeboy Sandman recorded and released his first EP, Nourishment, in March 2007. His debut full length album, entitled Nourishment (Second Helpings), was released in August 2007. In early 2008 Homeboy Sandman's work began to be featured on underground radio programs the Squeeze Radio Show on WKCR 89.9 FM and the Halftime Radio Program on WNYU 89.1 FM in New York. In June 2008 he was featured in Source Magazine's "Unsigned Hype" column.^[1]

His second album, Actual Factual Pterodactyl was acclaimed upon its release in August 2008. The album received an entry in XXL Magazine's Chairman's Choice column, which praised Homeboy Sandman's "sharp lyrics and irresistibly melodic flow, which, together, form an elastic instrument few MCs can match."^[2] Actual Factual Pterodactyl received critical acclaim in a multitude of other print and online publications, including Blender Magazine, Beyond Race Magazine, Okayplayer.com and MSN.com.^[3] At the end of 2008, Homeboy Sandman was named "Best Hip Hop Act in NYC 2008" by New York Press.^[4] Recently his music has received rotation on NYC's Power 105.1 FM and Hot 97.1 FM, the city's #1 Hip Hop and R&B radio station, as well as airplay on Spitkicker Radio (Channel 65 on XM Satellite Radio), DJ Premier's "Live From HeadQCourterz" (Sirius Satellite Radio's #1 ranked Hip Hop show) and BBC 1Xtra's Hip Hop M1X (Hosted by DJ Sarah Love).

In addition to his studio releases, Homeboy Sandman has garnered attention for his live performances. ep-3/|title=Loud.com: Rapper Challenge}}</ref> From January 2008 to August 2009, Homeboy Sandman served as the host of “ALL THAT! Hip Hop, Poetry and Jazz” at the Nuyorican Poets Café, New York City’s longest running open mic session (originally hosted by Hip Hop icon Bobbito García). He has performed at the biggest hip hop shows around the country, including the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, TX, the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival in Brooklyn, NY, the Rock the Bells hip hop festival in Long Island, NY, the A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta, GA and New York City's CMJ Music Marathon. Homeboy Sandman has recorded video interviews with other performers at his live shows, which are captured in his YouTube video series "Homeboy Sandman presents Live From..."

In addition to his own releases, Homeboy Sandman has appeared on records by other artists, frequently with members of the AOK Collective, with whom he is affiliated.^[5] He recently appeared on Fresh Daily's 2009 album The Gorgeous Killer In Crimes of Passion and the 2008 album For Your Consideration released by P.SO (formerly P. Casso). Homeboy Sandman collaborated with both Fresh Daily and P.SO for the song "Get On Down," which is featured on Sonic Smash, the album released in 2009 by music producer DJ Spinna.^[6] Homeboy Sandman has also laid down tracks for a series of features with RIDES Magazine.^[7] The track that Homeboy Sandman created for the Loud.com challenge, "Gun Control," was cited as one of the Top 25 Songs of 2009 by Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg.^[8]

On June 1, 2010, Homeboy Sandman released his third album, The Good Sun, which features production from 2 Hungry Bros, Ski Beats, Thievin' Stephen, DJ Spinna, Psycho Les (The Beatnuts) and Core Rhythm, among others. The first single off of The Good Sun was "Angels with Dirty Faces," produced by J57.^[9] In September 2010 Homeboy Sandman released his first official video for The Good Sun for the track entitled The Essence.

In the fall of 2010, Homeboy Sandman was featured as the coach in an episode of MTV's MADE, which premiered in October 2010.^[10]

In August 2011, Homeboy Sandman signed with Stones Throw Records and released his debut project, Subject: Matter EP, with the California-based record label on January 24, 2012. Homeboy Sandman released his second EP with Stones Throw Records, titled Chimera in April 2012.

Discography[link]

Albums, EPs & Mixtapes

• Nourishment EP (2007)
• Nourishment (Second Helpings) (2007)
• DJ BabeyDrew Presents Homeboy Sandman: There Is No Spoon (2008)
• Actual Factual Pterodactyl (2008)
• The Good Sun (2010)
• Subject: Matter EP (2012)
• Chimera EP (2012)

Collaborations and Guest Appearances (list is not exhaustive)

• "Parallel Perpendicular" from 2 Hungry Bros. x AOK Collective's My Crew's All Thinner!
• "Best In Show" from P. Casso's For Your Consideration
• "Starter Pistol" from Fresh Daily's The Gorgeous Killer In Crimes of Passion
• "Get on Down" from DJ Spinna's Sonic Smash
• "20 years High & Rising (Homage To De La Soul)" from Mick Boogie x Terry Urban's Le Da Soul: 20 Years of De La Soul
• "Scenario" from PH's (formerly Pumpkinhead) MY ERA: No Skinny Jeans Allowed
• "Up to No Good (Remix)" from J.J. Brown's Connect the Dots
• "Love, Love" feat. KRS-One from Kyle Rapp's forthcoming mixtape Edutainment
• "Still Phenomenal" feat. Sene & Co$$ from J57′s Digital Society

References[link]

External links[link]

• HomeboySandman.com Official Website
• Homeboy Sandman's Myspace Page
• Homeboy Sandman's Facebook Page
• Homeboy Sandman Interview 9/21/10