YES WE CAN!!

I just finished this one. We are ready for a change<br /><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vczEzNy5waG90b2J1Y2tldC5jb20vYWxidW1zL3EyMDIvbGljc2k3NzcvP2FjdGlvbj12aWV3JmN1cnJlbnQ9b2JhbWF4bGljaGliYW5tc3AuanBn" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/obamaxlichibanmsp.jpg" /></a>

YES WE CAN!!

I just finished this one. We are ready for a change

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Who is Alan Algee?

I came across this video on Youtube while doing a research on Dilla. I could only found out the name of the director of the video, Alan Algee, but couldn't get any further information about him. This video bridges music video and performance art ... perhaps another of Dilla's legacy of inspiring and opening minds to experimentation in a major way.<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OsqzCOuRZ_Q&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OsqzCOuRZ_Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br />KALEIDA ---this kaleidoscopic video mediation/human mandala is the bomb... a reminder of back in the days when I used to love to draw mandalas.<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_fs0vDrkZ1w&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_fs0vDrkZ1w&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br />check out some of his other cool videos on Alan Algee's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/aalgee">youtube page.</a>

Who is Alan Algee?

I came across this video on Youtube while doing a research on Dilla. I could only found out the name of the director of the video, Alan Alge...

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i heART NEW YORK! part 2

<a href="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/pulseentrycopy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/pulseentrycopy.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 427px;" /></a>Below are some gems from my trips to the art shows I visited this past two months.<br /><br />First, here are some images I'd like to share from PULSE, which was one of the major fairs beside BRIDGE that were happening in the apple at the end of March.<br /><br />My friend and fellow artist (peep his dope work <a href="http://rodney-white.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">here</span></a>), Rodney and I checked out what's new at PULSE. All in all, both PULSE and BRIDGE had a pretty large selection of fantastic work and some forgettable pieces as well.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Like the Washington portrait made of different currencies that I was digging at BRIDGE, these pieces play with optical illusion...this SPOCK image on the left is made of thread rolls!! Cameron Gray's piece took me by surprise...I only picked up the face when I looked into my camera's view finder. pretty brilliant.<br /><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7318.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7318.jpg" style="width: 314px; height: 420px;" /></a><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7270.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7270.jpg" style="width: 314px; height: 420px;" /></a><br />an intimate look into life in the matrix...<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7335.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7335.jpg" style="width: 649px; height: 486px;" /></a><br />one of Rodney's picks...cyber architecture meets the developing world<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7313.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7313.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 488px;" /></a><br />this massive 88" x 177" piece by Asgar (?) was one of my favorites.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=pulsebigdeal.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/pulsebigdeal.jpg" style="width: 649px; height: 430px;" /></a><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJ6oCLmo_MFLHb7ejCeBhL2QXmGDo53Vu86-ugTMH0h12pMmS6kaEP6ezCt8ZIcwUCAd9XQhoIZE8i4XOlLojh8EY6lmpW8ey2urjvR5taRt_DU2TDYrrYdnawDOTZfxhx_mGz_bLq_A/s1600-h/COMECORRECT_flyer1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194071397757585186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJ6oCLmo_MFLHb7ejCeBhL2QXmGDo53Vu86-ugTMH0h12pMmS6kaEP6ezCt8ZIcwUCAd9XQhoIZE8i4XOlLojh8EY6lmpW8ey2urjvR5taRt_DU2TDYrrYdnawDOTZfxhx_mGz_bLq_A/s400/COMECORRECT_flyer1.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>Then, there was "COME CORRECT", curated by legendary Bronx-bred graffiti artist, COPE2.<br /><br />I loved the fact that a sizeable portion of the crowd was probably under 20...finally, there are more art events that get the new generation of artists and audience out too see art. Street art and all its offshoots are the new pop art movement...soon the official art establishment is going to catch up and will crown the new Warhols and Lichtensteins and Basquiats...until then, we've got a still-growing, breathing, expanding global movement that haven't been completely co-opted and tamed by the mainstream. And let's not forget that we've gotta thank hip-hop for being at the root of all this!<br /><br />on the left, Cope2 repping his piece<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7379.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7379.jpg" style="width: 288px; height: 242px;" /></a><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7386.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7386.jpg" style="width: 348px; height: 242px;" /></a><br />i'm wondering when is there going to be a Fafi cartoon series?<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7381.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7381.jpg" style="width: 660px; height: 495px;" /></a><br />Ashley is gangsta....<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7392.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7392.jpg" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7395.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7395.jpg" style="width: 319px; height: 239px;" /></a><br />hmmm...<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7397.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7397.jpg" style="width: 318px; height: 425px;" /></a><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7394.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7394.jpg" style="width: 314px; height: 424px;" /></a><br />packing it....i love the SHOWROOM, (I was part of the COLLABRO show there last year), but it's way too small!<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7389.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7389.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7393.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7393.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 487px;" /></a><br />+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGKIS2dVrDxyOVV4U-vIFrl-3YjrPBpr_vgKwbErVVS2Cdi0mRjlW7uzBF4rSW_wkoPQuKvIUUriLlPsFVeijmVblyh8uPGFLFEbVXf2zZ-uxjdjGxjOZ2LF_TtB3VopfCfWeZa8IrK8/s1600-h/JoshuaLinerflyernew.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194174872109680434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGKIS2dVrDxyOVV4U-vIFrl-3YjrPBpr_vgKwbErVVS2Cdi0mRjlW7uzBF4rSW_wkoPQuKvIUUriLlPsFVeijmVblyh8uPGFLFEbVXf2zZ-uxjdjGxjOZ2LF_TtB3VopfCfWeZa8IrK8/s400/JoshuaLinerflyernew.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 414px;" /></a>And last but not least, I had a chance to see the opening of the <a href="http://www.joshualinergallery.com/">Joshua Liner's Gallery</a>, another new show space in Chelsea's industrial art quarter. (Again, thanks to Steve Psyllos, fellow artist and my brilliant managing editor at TRACE, who forwarded me the invite.) Mr. Liner was co-founder of Philly's Lineage Gallery that represented some of my favorite artists, so when I heard that it closed it's doors, I was pretty disappointed...is the art consumer world still not ready for the new art movement that has way surpassed its incubatory, underground phase (though it keeps on getting new blood from the street)?<br /><br />I was happy to find out that he's bringing his eyes for new art to New York City, a natural destination for anyone who is trying to make it in the art business. The Joshua Liner Gallery is a welcome addition to the growing number of galleries in the city representing next generation art, whatever you might call it--- lowbrow, pop surrealist, street, urban. Yeah yeah, no one likes boxes. The terms are still fluid and people are not 100% comfortable with them, but they make a relative reference point. Ok, so check some of my favorites.<br /><br />These three below I call the Top3D series...they are all ingenius in the way they achieved a subtle sense of depth that will make you want to have a tactile encounter with an illusion. I like to get really close to the canvas, and I admit I spent a lot of time in front of this beautiful piece, entitled 'Powerhouse' by Robert Hardgrave aka Farmerbob. I love the layers, the blending and balancing of colors and the way he creates a dreamy sense of 3D with using a collage technique.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=powerhouse.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/powerhouse.jpg" /></a><br />Oliver Vernon's 'Temple Alps' is another surreal trip. it's pretty mindblowing the way he's got one's eyes tricked with the false distances.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=16.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/16.jpg" style="width: 634px; height: 541px;" /></a><br />Futura's piece has the same effect...it is actually super hard to achieve this kind of illusion of depth with such minimal use of lines<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=the_red_egg.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/the_red_egg.jpg" /></a><br />two very different take on the female form. on the left Aiko Nakagawa's pop piece will be a sure seller. Ben Tour's dark and trippy stigmata-ridden 'Devil May Cry' is unsettling.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=13.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/13.jpg" style="width: 315px; height: 420px;" /></a><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=IMG_7646.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_7646.jpg" style="width: 316px; height: 420px;" /></a><br />I loved David Choong Lee's Mindscape. pretty amazing.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=12.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/12.jpg" /></a><br />Who else could rep your portrait better than the model itself? On the left, it looks like the young model of Ron English's amazing portrait has found the perfect spot to chill while the adult world was schmoozing around the corner. On the right, there is another trippy 3D mindblow; Damon Soule's 'Bird Brother' is another genius work.<br /><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=15.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/15.jpg" style="width: 310px; height: 412px;" /></a><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=14.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/14.jpg" style="width: 310px; height: 412px;" /></a><br />Ron English's massive Superpop Cowgirl Guernica is a flip on Picasso's classic Guernica piece. This is only a detail and my camera doesn't do any justice to this dope piece.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/11.jpg" /></a><br />Kenji Hirata's eye candy in the background.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=17.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/17.jpg" /></a><br />If you are interested in art along this line, you should also check out another Chelsea-based art space, the <a href="http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/">Jonathan Levine Gallery</a>. Interestingly, the JLG is another Philly import, but Mr. Levine has made the move to NYC back in 2005. I can't wait to see the solo shows of Camille Rose Garcia, Doze Green, Blek the Rat, and James Jean!

i heART NEW YORK! part 2

Below are some gems from my trips to the art shows I visited this past two months. First, here are some images I'd like to share from PU...

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BODY FREAK or GOVERNATOR?

...either way, don't let Arnie whip your ass<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wsHLbZyA2Uk&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wsHLbZyA2Uk&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object>

BODY FREAK or GOVERNATOR?

...either way, don't let Arnie whip your ass

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RECON:sider

My fellow TRACEr, Prince and I went on a trip around the corner from our office to interview the peeps at the <a href="http://www.reconstore.com/">RECON store</a> (one of the oldest exclusive kick shops around the area) about what's making ripples on the sneak scene.<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=RK4.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/RK4.jpg" /></a><br />Angel lays it down<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=R2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/R2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=RK5.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/RK5.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=RK3.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/RK3.jpg" /></a><br />what...turquoise faux snake skin? i want them!<br /><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=RK1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/RK1.jpg" /></a>

RECON:sider

My fellow TRACEr, Prince and I went on a trip around the corner from our office to interview the peeps at the RECON store (one of the oldes...

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MY GILRFRIENDS RULE!: KIRA & CHESCA

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDalX3ZvTI4LO_N-sbE096EvqTGaNGUmsGzfjS8Ddoyy_mDE-vvZDVpEp2te22Wp4ckz60-bfgcW4iwBLY2lGv8fc6pPY1OlN9ivdITYoxS-htqA730HxedMGn-E1Y0VImMdsedkJEFNc/s1600-h/bigroyalcrown.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194811497932097378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDalX3ZvTI4LO_N-sbE096EvqTGaNGUmsGzfjS8Ddoyy_mDE-vvZDVpEp2te22Wp4ckz60-bfgcW4iwBLY2lGv8fc6pPY1OlN9ivdITYoxS-htqA730HxedMGn-E1Y0VImMdsedkJEFNc/s400/bigroyalcrown.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>My first encounter with Kira back in 2005 was so intense that we waited a year to discover each other again. It was all worth the wait. This Chicago-bred nightingale shines wherever she goes, and she's got the whole deal: she writes, sings and produces her own songs. You may have heard her sultry voice providing some extra aural sweetness to BQEZ, her jazzy-funk-hip-hop band based in Boston/Brooklyn. She has been working hard on her much-anticipated solo album scheduled to come out this year. She is and will remain my one and only classy freak.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />KIRA<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">songstress, poetess, muse, sexiest tech nerd, stylist, supawoman!</span>//////////////////////////<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpStHzJp8h6GBU9RgF-2xP7p4_c_QnKcAvlMxmDfcBHdZqTPP2I5VoRf1S4J3v3atnhH7awMsLj7Qjoax_RuvawQAVxTbM5K2Yx47B05LhiYYaDZF3UvmNvfeCKGRE7MWUag40XrDD2JA/s1600-h/1518419325_l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194810883751774034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpStHzJp8h6GBU9RgF-2xP7p4_c_QnKcAvlMxmDfcBHdZqTPP2I5VoRf1S4J3v3atnhH7awMsLj7Qjoax_RuvawQAVxTbM5K2Yx47B05LhiYYaDZF3UvmNvfeCKGRE7MWUag40XrDD2JA/s400/1518419325_l.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>WHAT DO YOU DO? Singer/Songwriter/Software Developer/Fashionista<br />TRUE BEAUTY IS…balance<br />BEATS…are addictive<br />TRUE SEXY IS…depth<br />MUSIC IS MY…heart<br />ART DOES NOT…dictate<br />MY NIGHTS ARE…restless<br />THESE 3 TURN ME ON…music ... and girls girls girls ... and whiskey ... and dancing ... and spandex ... and platform boots ... do I have to choose just 3?<br />SELF-KNOWLEDGE …is like the air.<br />ENOUGH OF …judgement<br />MY CREATIVITY IS…boundless<br />TRUE POWER IS…unwavering belief<br />LIFE CAN BE THE...the test of your vision and the unexpected delight of your senses<br />TO LOVE IS TO…be selfless in your generosity and bold in your vulnerability.<br />I'VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE….i feed my soul and follow my intuition.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/?action=view&current=kgraffitimosaic-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/kgraffitimosaic-1.jpg" style="width: 670px; height: 250px;" /></a></span><br />Check the technique <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mykiraspace"><span style="font-style: italic;">here.</span></a><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />I first heard about Chesca from my homie, disco jockey Kon. I actually never met her, but she definitely deserves to be highlighted here. Hailing from the land of Italo Disco, this lovely diva is bringing back the fattest analog sounds and boogie grooves... she is one of the new artists to watch in 2008.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cescamusica"><br /></a><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cescamusica" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">CHESCA</a><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">electro queen, singer, songwriter, fashionista, DJ/////////////////////////////////////////</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6S_sICgYGCDizKV_GIgQkuolE9e1vegWDpeiK6hWz-J730g1RHIjABZf9mhYQmmBIRqtsIZk3_Kb-gLPVoQSXHL1oIPAhBWSl6EYbsIkhf7vlm4Lcg0JtudOCjA9B8AS3q_X-F7XqcCc/s1600-h/1355904589_l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194824382833985426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6S_sICgYGCDizKV_GIgQkuolE9e1vegWDpeiK6hWz-J730g1RHIjABZf9mhYQmmBIRqtsIZk3_Kb-gLPVoQSXHL1oIPAhBWSl6EYbsIkhf7vlm4Lcg0JtudOCjA9B8AS3q_X-F7XqcCc/s400/1355904589_l.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>WHAT DO YOU DO? i make music. i dj. i write. i try to sing.<br />i also sell fluorescent briefs to hipsters to pay my bills.<br />WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHERE ARE YOU AT? i was born and raised in Southern Italy but I've been moving around a lot.<br />right now I'm in London.<br />TRUE BEAUTY IS…innocence.<br />BEATS…i enjoy making them.<br />TRUE SEXY IS…my new mixtape called Chesca's System.<br />Out really soon.<br />MUSIC IS MY…salvation.<br />ART DOES NOT…say anything, it suggests only.<br />MY NIGHTS ARE…way too short.<br />THESE 3 TURN ME ON…alcohol,dark skin,belladonna.ooops<br />SELF-KNOWLEDGE…mmm yeah<br />ENOUGH OF …rain. clouds. fuckin uk.<br />MY CREATIVITY IS…strictly connected to my hormones.<br />TRUE POWER IS…sitting in a room doing nothing<br />and being totally confortable with it.<br />LIFE CAN BE ...good.sometimes.<br />TO LOVE IS TO…forget about your damn self.<br />I'VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE….im honest.<br />THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE…will have easily replaceble components.<br />WHERE CAN WE REACH YOU?lately on the 149 around Shoreditch.<br />yeah, at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cescamusica">www. myspace. com/cescamusica</a>

MY GILRFRIENDS RULE!: KIRA & CHESCA

My first encounter with Kira back in 2005 was so intense that we waited a year to discover each other again. It was all worth the wait. This...

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LICHIBAN RECOMMENDS: 4/18-4/19

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">FRIDAY:</span> </span>SPINNA's parties are a must...this one is going to be big! Last time he had his Stevie Wonder party, anyone who stayed until 4:30am were in for a huge treat when Stevie showed up to bless the event. Listen to Spinna's Prince vs. Micheal Jackson mix from a previous show. <object height="80" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/aFKYleeiOZ/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/aFKYleeiOZ/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed></object>Don't miss this one.<br /><br /><a href="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/keitap/SSmjnyc2008.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/keitap/SSmjnyc2008.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 575px;" /></a><a href="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/keitap/SSprincenyc2008.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/keitap/SSprincenyc2008.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 576px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">SATURDAY:</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkf9dkAkvvJVXGwkYrQlJrcVT5hJ9p5J2Fv88Rm-wMTbCLD9EyR5KIMlH5_wmTl8aYeA-6dkBe873RytjG8P6NYYXm36Em6WVQi2jll8Nvi7j3vL_K8xaVvNnWACCWCTe4n_zoG94Lzg/s1600-h/GrandGroove_Kon&AmirApril19-eflyer.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190055613850990050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkf9dkAkvvJVXGwkYrQlJrcVT5hJ9p5J2Fv88Rm-wMTbCLD9EyR5KIMlH5_wmTl8aYeA-6dkBe873RytjG8P6NYYXm36Em6WVQi2jll8Nvi7j3vL_K8xaVvNnWACCWCTe4n_zoG94Lzg/s400/GrandGroove_Kon&AmirApril19-eflyer.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;">My homies, legendary crate digging duo Kon & Amir's Off Track mix series of rarer than rare joints will be seeing the release of its highly anticipated 2nd edition this summer on BBE Music. In honor of the art of record digging, Amir will be spinning an all vinyl block party set in front of Halcyon Records in Brooklyn as a part of the Record Store Day celebration. Off Track Volume 1: The Bronx is out now on BBE.<br />I had a chance to listen to the record...it is pure HEAT!! Lovers of rare disco, boogie, afrobeat and latin jazz...this is must have record.<br /><br />Saturday April 19th @ Halcyon Records (57 Pearl St. @ Water, DUMBO)<br />Record Store Day Celebration w/ Amir, DJ Too Tuff, A. Frog<br />1:00 - 7:00 PM, all ages, FREE<br /><br /> and then at night<br />Saturday, April 19th<br />Kon & Amir at <span style="font-weight: bold;">APT </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LfqmOorCc42uxyyRpfL22nKcpzNqkghZjpM3rw1tx-BV9mykAd5EoA9_zKqMuwPTrLMgzuMvAQdHjEDtif3UnEIQZS8BQDugX7AJUpAyupS8DyqALj-agAxo8a8GwJMgKGkabw04L_c/s1600-h/GrandGroove_Kon&AmirApril19-eflyer.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12;" ></span></a><br /><br /></span>

LICHIBAN RECOMMENDS: 4/18-4/19

FRIDAY: SPINNA's parties are a must...this one is going to be big! Last time he had his Stevie Wonder party, anyone who stayed until 4...

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