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Hip Hop Sulha Hits SOB’s

by Irene Fishman

With all the hateration out there, it’s always nice to see a neat event like Hip Hop Sulha! For music lovers all over, check out SOB’s on November 11. Get your tickets right here, they’re a steal at $10 a pop!
Much love to my buddy J Stone, the amazing human beatbox, for spreading this amazing [...]

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Terra Nova – DJ Spooky brings the music of Antarctica to Brooklyn, December 2, 4, 5

by Jonathan Mandell

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Antarctica minus DJ plus ICE equals BAM.
Let me explain this formula. It will take a few steps:
DJ Spooky took a trip to Antarctica.
(DJ Spooky, who is a hip hop musician, artist and producer as well as a college professor, is also known as “The Subliminal Kid.” His other name is Paul D. [...]

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Street Festival Season in Full Swing in NYC

by Irene Fishman

When it gets warm out, it’s time for street festivals and fairs galore to spring up all around New York! These vary from free to less easy on the wallet, and from neighborhood to type specific. It’s gorgeous outside, go out and explore, be it in your borough or a friend’s.
For Manhattanites, every Friday, Saturday [...]

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Don’t Miss The Roots 2nd Annual Picnic at Penn Landing

by Bill Meagher

They’re grammy award winning, and have been dubbed “The flame keepers of hip hop authenticity” by the New York Times. And when they return to their homebase of Philly they always do it in a big way. And that’s what they’ll be doing when they host their 2nd annual Roots Picnic at Penn Landing, which [...]

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Talib at Hip Hop Live! Tour

Yo Seattle! I take it you’ve all heard about the Hip Hop Live! Tour going down this Sunday at the Showbox at the Market
This Sunday???

Did you check out the line up?
Takib Kweli
David Banner
Little Brother
B.O.B.
I’m getting emails from promoters, record label owners and radio personalities asking me if I’m going to be there. That’s when I [...]

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Decibel Festival 2008: A Review, A Reawakening

WOW, WOW, WOW. What a weekend. What a swirling mess of art, what an epic adventure in electronica, what a bad-ass dance festival, what an fantastic experience to have shared with friends. I had one of the best weekends of my life, and yall know I have a hell of a lot of great weekends.
Seattle [...]

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The 206 is PREFUNKED and ready for Decibel Festival 2008!

I returned to Seattle Sunday night around 8PM from three days of camping, dancing, partying in tents and jamming out to sick electronic music like next week was Armageddon, going on about three hours of sleep with a car and a face full of sand, sunburned shoulders, river hair, a pack full of wet clothes [...]

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Shilo’s Guide and Showcase Picks for Decibel Festival 2008

Everyone I know is getting really excited about the upcoming 2008 Decibel Festival taking place on Capitol Hill from September 25-28 which brings pure electronic arts mayhem to Seattle with over one hundred artists performing in twenty-four showcases at almost a dozen venues.
So how do you figure out where to go and when? Ideally you could make duplicates [...]

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GLITCH MOB for FREE @ Decibel Festival 2008

Someday near the end of the world the white-hairs will speak with stars in their eyes the legend of a dance party that took place on a simple Saturday afternoon at Volunteer Park in the heart of Seattle. The storytellers will drool and twitch just a bit as they describe the funky dance mania, the [...]

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Less Is More West Coast Tour Blog VII

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 28th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:

well Santa Fe was the best yet! met some cool people there! Copyright never showed. the promoter thought the crowd would [...]

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Less Is More West Coast Tour Blog VI

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 26th Blog B. Check out what Specs One is saying today:

Stove in Albuquerque is a cool space! it’s not a club, but an art
gallery. i enjoyed playing there. met some [...]

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Less Is More West Coast Tour Blog V

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 26th Blog A. Check out what Specs One is saying today:
Phoenix was cool. the sweltering drive through the desert was an eye opener. crazy scenery! (if you like scenery) Hidden [...]

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Less Is More West Coast Tour Blog IV

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 24th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:
thanks for all the support, Ced! SB was fun! again not well attended, but Velvet Jones was a cool place! the [...]

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Less Is More West Coast Tour Blog III

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 20th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:
peace, Ced! LA was fun! except for the fact that our venue was switched at the last minute. we ended up [...]

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Less Is More West Coast Tour Blog II

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 19th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:
well Portland was fun! we played at the Crown Room which was a nice place. good sound. didn’t get paid. but [...]

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