Questlove this Monday!

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/Rvg2S2PpGGI/AAAAAAAAALs/4kCeqUlLido/s1600-h/questloveflyer.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113897074305865826" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/Rvg2S2PpGGI/AAAAAAAAALs/4kCeqUlLido/s400/questloveflyer.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />guess who is coming to town again? last time, he blew us away with a several hour long James Brown tribute set....let me know if you want to come..i have some discount tickets! or if you would rather pay the full price, go to <a href="http://www.futureclassic.net/">future classic</a>.net and get it yourself....on the James Brown note, my friend <a href="http://staplejp.blogspot.com/">Yuk</a> from Japan suggested a link for a JB Tribute mix on <a href="http://www.samurai.fm/partykeller/index.php">samurai FM by Questlove himself</a>. samurai FM is an amazing source for free quality mixes anyway, so its worth checking it out....

Questlove this Monday!

guess who is coming to town again? last time, he blew us away with a several hour long James Brown tribute set....let me know if you want to...

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TAKI76's interview with Steve Tucker of Pure Essence

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a960.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_3bb52a60b9cc31512b1a18af77f4f0df.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://a960.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_3bb52a60b9cc31512b1a18af77f4f0df.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" /></a><br />despite all of its shortcomings, myspace can be used as a means to discover amazing new artists and find out something new about those who have already achieved legendary status. in fact, it is because of open-source, free media outlets like myspace that i'm convinced that many supposedly dead art forms (like hip-hop) have managed to maintain their vitality and authenticity... i believe that groundbreaking musical ventures are happening in the underground, independent music scene (similarly to the street/urban art scene)...since the mainstream music industry is mostly serving up cheese and soggy ear-crackers these days, one just have to get used to take more initiative in tracking down the true diamonds!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RvxD0WPpGHI/AAAAAAAAAL0/Cs8wAkq0amk/s1600-h/taki76.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115037843389487218" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RvxD0WPpGHI/AAAAAAAAAL0/Cs8wAkq0amk/s400/taki76.gif" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a>recently, i came across the page of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/taki76">Taki76</a>, a prolific guitar player and music producer..after hearing his "disco cryptonite" (a spooky, ironic electro funk piece) and reading his hilarious self-eulogy, i made sure to check back on his page for goodies.......in fact, there are many other delightful reads, such as his interview with funk legend,<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Courier New,Courier,mono;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > <span style="font-family:georgia;">Steve Tucker a.k.a Tuck from </span></span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://myspace.com/pureessencemusic">PURE ESSENCE</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >.</span></span></span></span></span>check it out to find out about their new release on Stones Throw, and Tuck's view on J Dilla, Cincinatti in the 70s, the state of funk and more<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">it is only a </span></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=23169034&blogID=307954012">click away.</a>

TAKI76's interview with Steve Tucker of Pure Essence

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i haven't shown this one yet...oldskool stays fresh!

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i haven't shown this one yet...oldskool stays fresh!

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LA people...Kon&Amir OFF TRACK launch party!

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RvQUb2PpGFI/AAAAAAAAALk/2jJmTu7Zueo/s1600-h/firekonandamirwebcd9.jpg"><span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img alt="Link" border="0" src="img/gl.link.gif" /></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112733945622501458" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RvQUb2PpGFI/AAAAAAAAALk/2jJmTu7Zueo/s400/firekonandamirwebcd9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />my friend, <a href="http://playin4keeps.blogspot.com/">Kon</a> and his partner in crime, Amir are bringing LA some truly soulful tunes this Friday...it is going to be the launch party of their new <a href="http://www.myspace.com/offtrack97">OFF TRACK</a> album, coming out this September on <a href="http://bbemusic.com/">BBE Records</a>, one of the best independent labels out there (Jazzy Jeff, J Dilla, Dimitri From Paris, DJ Vadim are among their artists). i'm wondering when will Boston step it up...!?!?!?<br />[also, check back for an interview with Kon that's coming up soon over here...]

LA people...Kon&Amir OFF TRACK launch party!

my friend, Kon and his partner in crime, Amir are bringing LA some truly soulful tunes this Friday...it is going to be the launch party of...

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wrap up: cut&paste tournament 2007-boston

cut & paste was a BLAST!...the roxy was packed...equipped with turbo-charged creative imagination (plus some heavy-duty technical apparatus), the 8 contestants truly shined this last saturday. the <a href="http://www.cutandpaste.com/events/about.html">masterminds</a> behind cut & paste are really onto something here...the <a href="http://www.cutandpaste.com/events/boston.html">judges</a> were handpicked representing boston's finest: claudia depiante (AFH), boris chang (puma), julian wadsworth (karmaloop tv), tak toyoshima (weekly dig), and al haney (karmaloop). cut & paste also made a brilliant decision by choosing the spoken word poet, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/oveous">oveous maximus </a>as our MC (...he will also be the MC for NYC).<br />the winner of the jury prize was tim ferguson sauder, while billy nuñez aka biz20 took the finalist prize (you can see the winning designs and more photos <a href="http://www.cutandpaste.com/events/boston.html">here</a>.) another badass designer, nick zegel, took home the audience design prize and along with brian butler (def talent), he pocketed the semifinalist prize as well...but in fact, everyone was a winner here!<br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">john fiorelli, executive director of cut&paste (middle) giving a demonstration of speedy hand-movements to contestants and judges]</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/Ruhm2BIwCdI/AAAAAAAAAKc/ct8HgQruV54/s1600-h/c%26pvip.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109446855455934930" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/Ruhm2BIwCdI/AAAAAAAAAKc/ct8HgQruV54/s400/c%26pvip.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">the 7 of the 8 supastars..brian, lillian, fish, nick, daniel, tim, and biz20...</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhnkxIwCeI/AAAAAAAAAKk/kQsJD2M71CU/s1600-h/CIMG2699.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109447658614819298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhnkxIwCeI/AAAAAAAAAKk/kQsJD2M71CU/s400/CIMG2699.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">judges in deep thought--boris, tak, al, claudia</span>]<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhmvBIwCcI/AAAAAAAAAKU/57GDyqUgxxA/s1600-h/c%26pjudges1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109446735196850626" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhmvBIwCcI/AAAAAAAAAKU/57GDyqUgxxA/s400/c%26pjudges1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">all-star judge panel fooling around--julian, boris, al, claudia, tak</span>]<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhnrRIwCfI/AAAAAAAAAKs/OrYrkWwmRGI/s1600-h/CIMG2701.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109447770283969010" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhnrRIwCfI/AAAAAAAAAKs/OrYrkWwmRGI/s400/CIMG2701.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">boris, "i like it cuz it moves". ove, "hmm so that's what it takes..."</span>]<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RvyUHmPpGII/AAAAAAAAAL8/TV85ZSrrpQY/s1600-h/DSC00151.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115126135032191106" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RvyUHmPpGII/AAAAAAAAAL8/TV85ZSrrpQY/s400/DSC00151.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">rachel of cut&paste NYC (middle) is giving me the eye</span>]<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhmnhIwCbI/AAAAAAAAAKM/EmCda1P39fw/s1600-h/c%26prachel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109446606347831730" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhmnhIwCbI/AAAAAAAAAKM/EmCda1P39fw/s400/c%26prachel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">boris (puma; iheartboris) </span>...<span style="font-style: italic;">check out his stuff over <a href="http://www.iheartboris.com/">here</a></span>]<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhoXRIwChI/AAAAAAAAAK8/xeNnLnoYElc/s1600-h/boris7i.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109448526198213138" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhoXRIwChI/AAAAAAAAAK8/xeNnLnoYElc/s400/boris7i.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/iheartboris">boris</a> & <a href="http://www.myspace.com/oveous">oveous</a> wildstylin' </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhoeBIwCiI/AAAAAAAAALE/7Tx9SCrojhU/s1600-h/CIMG2703.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109448642162330146" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhoeBIwCiI/AAAAAAAAALE/7Tx9SCrojhU/s400/CIMG2703.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">the lovely jenn tsang of cut&paste NYC with steve simplyoutsanding]</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/Ruhn1RIwCgI/AAAAAAAAAK0/HiobCItLlFY/s1600-h/l_1c9623b8e9207ef73e60a28c3ab3b6b1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109447942082660866" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/Ruhn1RIwCgI/AAAAAAAAAK0/HiobCItLlFY/s400/l_1c9623b8e9207ef73e60a28c3ab3b6b1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />[<span style="font-style: italic;">noah, grandmaster tech...the man behind the scenes!</span>]<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhpKxIwCkI/AAAAAAAAALU/eV-BHxWErKY/s1600-h/noah.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109449410961476162" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuhpKxIwCkI/AAAAAAAAALU/eV-BHxWErKY/s400/noah.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />shout out to future classic for hosting it in Boston and to the NYC crew ---john, noah, jenn, rachel and caroline, and MC OVE---who are surely going to blow away the design gurus with the second stop of the tournament at their home-base in <a href="http://www.cutandpaste.com/events/newyork.html">NYC (check here for more info)</a>...<br /><div style="width: 360px; 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wrap up: cut&paste tournament 2007-boston

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remembering a true master: J Dilla

<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fr4iQ1kRoO0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fr4iQ1kRoO0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br />with soul-penetrating beats & beat-penetrating soul, J Dilla will remain a true revolutionary of the underground music of our era...after his tragic death, the outpour of love for him was a living proof that if you live your life with authenticity and love---love for your work, colleagues and your audience---you can achieve something truly extraordinary. in his wonderful mother's words, his mission was to "spread love" and to share his gift of music...of beautiful, sensual. dark, healing, uplifting, empowering, soul-penetrating beats.

remembering a true master: J Dilla

with soul-penetrating beats & beat-penetrating soul, J Dilla will remain a true revolutionary of the underground music of our era...afte...

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NOT TO MISS new york and boston events

if you're in NYC, these two events should be off the hook....this is where i'm going to be<br />on SATURDAY, Sept 15th<br />Cut and Paste graphic design battle in NEW YORK!<br />check <a href="http://www.cutandpaste.com/">www.cutandpaste.com</a> for event info and tix<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/CPNYFlyerFrontjpg.jpg" /></a><br />and later, it's the new <a href="http://www.almanyc.com/">ALMA</a> CD release party at SPIEGELTENT<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/ALMASEPT07FLYER.jpg" /></a><br /><br />now for BOSTON, this is where it's all happening this weekend<br />on FRIDAY<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/YOBostonFri14thBack.jpg" style="width: 412px; height: 616px;" /></a><br />on SATURDAY go check out my friend MARKA27's Brazilian Minigods release party at Bodega<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/Minigods_Bodega-1.jpg" style="width: 417px; height: 267px;" /></a>

NOT TO MISS new york and boston events

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liquid sounds from Tokyo: OTA

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuB2JQt60II/AAAAAAAAAGE/0e7dTNHoJZs/s1600-h/l_202e78edd86145809f0556f40a01eba1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107211878916608130" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuB2JQt60II/AAAAAAAAAGE/0e7dTNHoJZs/s400/l_202e78edd86145809f0556f40a01eba1.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>thinking about the times in the early 90s when i used to pay hard cash to record stores in budapest to bootleg records for me, i realize what an incredible effect digital technology and the internet had in the last decade on the way music is distributed. to this day, i buy vinyls and cds because i love the artwork that goes along with the music, but i'm forever thankful for the internet for alleviating my bottomless musical appetite without draining my bank account. recently, looking at my musical interests, a myspace friend from Japan, Yukinobu, directed me to his pal, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/60340491">OTA's page</a> to check out his mixes. hearing hugh masekela's 'don't go lose it, baby' on his first mix, <span style="font-style: italic;">the trip</span>, i was immediately sold. well, this is what i'm talking about...free access to dope music. OTA melts house, disco, and afrobeat into fluid mixes (and he's got track lists up there too!)<a href="http://otaota.podomatic.com/?badge=1"> check it out </a><br /><a href="http://otaota.podomatic.com/?badge=1"><img border="0" src="http://otaota.podomatic.com/badge.gif" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a>

liquid sounds from Tokyo: OTA

thinking about the times in the early 90s when i used to pay hard cash to record stores in budapest to bootleg records for me, i realize wha...

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call for artists:"WORD OF MOUTH"...an opportunity to show at ART BASEL MIAMI

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuB0Ygt60HI/AAAAAAAAAF8/GUBSZDOW6yA/s1600-h/WOMx.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107209941886357618" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OCjPa_mI84o/RuB0Ygt60HI/AAAAAAAAAF8/GUBSZDOW6yA/s400/WOMx.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />my friend, brian burkhardt (an amazing artist and overall cool guy) is curating a group art show during Art Basel Miami...Art Basel, right? the deadline is november 15th, 2007. don't miss out!here is brian's message:<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"this is a call for artists for the second word of mouth: fits in a box that<br />is sponsored by gallery diet and will be held at the bridge art fair during<br />art basel miami beach. click on the link below and then word of mouth for<br />all submissions guidelines and instructions, and in the nature of the show,<br />spread the word." brian burkhardt<br /><br />www.gallerydiet.com<br />check out the <a href="http://wordofmouth.gallerydiet.com/">link</a> to download submission form<br /><br /></span>

call for artists:"WORD OF MOUTH"...an opportunity to show at ART BASEL MIAMI

my friend, brian burkhardt (an amazing artist and overall cool guy) is curating a group art show during Art Basel Miami...Art Basel, right? ...

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