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2012 is sinking in. The European Soccer Championships & The Olympics in London. If we make it to the Summer that is. The future is all up in your face. A colossal political cage match this November in the U.S.Pay. Some cats are going hard without pause, as the kids would say. Super based. Sprinting at the finish line. A whole lot of bills of goods are being sold daily. Still we toast to some less-heralded Primo Quarto champs. …MORE
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As the calendar flips, still throwing my hands up in the air. Sometimes. During most other waking moments, records are being screened, new and old. Below is some new-new for you-you. Subtle suggestions for progressive digital fiends. …MORE
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“The Do-Over”, the eclectic music bbq established in the summer of 2005 by Stones Throw Records family Jamie Strong, Chris Haycock, and Aloe Blacc is changing locations. Due to matters not totally made clear by a source, the famed Crane’s Tavern, sandwiched between east Hollywood and Hollywood proper, is now closed.
Although “Do-Over” will be returning to a tbd homestead in May 2011 for a seventh season, the closing of Crane’s (the location of the “Do-Over” party since its inception) marks the end of an era for many long-time party goers who have invested quite a bit of emotional capital into the Hollywood hot spot.
Fashioned after a home backyard, Crane’s Tavern served as the perfect play ground for thousands of music fanatics to hear some of the leading DJs in the house, deep house, hip-hop, electronic, and experimental genres, while mingling …
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July 28, 2010, Trocadero, Philadelphia
Once again we take you down to Chinatown. This time we escape the smoldering fishmarket heat of late summer Illadelphi to the Troc for an oasis of sultry samba grooves provided by niche actor/budding vocalist, Seu Jorge (film geeks refer to The Life Aquatic & City Of God) along with his Brazilian-backed three-piece, Almaz. Seu -apparently pronounced Sur, though it’s unclear if it sounds more like Big Sur or Sewer in this idiomatic mess of a language we call English- entered the stage after a good hour build-up, prancing to his front-and-center spot after the Almaz Crew (drummer Pupillo, guitarist Lucio Maia & bassist Antonio Pinto) cued his arrival; Jorge immediately scooped up a flute and showed the audience he is a multi-faceted talent.
Mayer Hawthorne “Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’” from the album A Strange Arrangement. This was probably my favorite song of last years great Stones Throw release. Great video, reminds of the way summer should be spent; around a pool with hot girls in small bikinis. Ahhhh, that’s the life.
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