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JRJ BDay

creatures from jesse jr.

Saul Williams Niggy Tardust

My Dearest Friends and Fans,

It is my greatest honor to present to you The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, my new album produced by Trent Reznor and mixed by Alan Moulder. The wall of sound that we've created is tagged with such graffiti that a passerby would seek out doors and ways to ENTER. Once inside a world defined by dreams come true they'd find aligned with the simplest act of sharing what we treasure. Most people aren't aware of the world of art and commerce where exploitation strips each artist down to nigger. Each label, like apartheid, multiplies us by our divide and whips us 'til we conform to lesser figures. What falls between the cracks is a pile of records stacked to the heights of talents hidden from the sun. Yet the energy they put into popularizing smut makes a star of a shiny polished gun. The ballot or the bullet for Mohawk or the mullet is a choice between new times and dying days. And the only way to choose is to jump ship from old truths and trust dolphins as we swim through changing ways. The ways of middlemen proves to be just a passing trend. We need no priests to talk to God. No phone to call her. And when you click the link below, i think it fair that you should know that your purchase will make middlemen much poorer...

NiggyTardust!

love,

Saul

The album is free, or you can directly support Saul by donating.

www.niggytardust.com

FADER x Stones Throw x Ultraviolet Party Recap

Photos by Joel Marasigan

The photos and recap from Saturday are up! Yippee. They're here.

VIDEO: M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (official version)

SATURDAY NIGHT: Ultraviolet + Stones Throw + The FADER

Ultraviolet, Stones Throw and The FADER present
A night of fashion & music

DJs
Peanut Butter Wolf
Valida
Dåm-Funk
Jamie Strong

209 S. Garey
Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, Dec 15th
9PM - 1AM

Free holiday drinks

RSVP: ultravioletwear@yahoo.com

www.thefader.com
www.stonesthrow.com

Yo "Sampris"

we're gonna eat bulaga! but not before we watch this thing over and over.



[via Golgo 13]

Heartfood Presents

Heartfood Presents is in Discobelle's "We Got Mail" this week. Nice!

KIR Radio...

has been suspended. The blog will still be updated.

SATURDAY

Saturday Dec 8th 2007
EXTRALARGE Presents
Boys and Girls
211 W. 2nd St.
Santa Ana, 92701

DJs
EXTRALARGE
Heartfood Presents
mike ill

mike ill - Boys And Girls Mix (mp3)
(25mins 55sec / 24MB)

Tracklist:
Gorillaz - DARE (DFA Remix)
M.I.A. - Jimmy (DJ Eli Remix)
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
Purple Crush - Vacation (Purple Crush D.C. Mix)
RTZ Belgium - Dance Your Ass Off
Ce Ce Peniston - Finally
Chromeo - Tenderoni - Fancy Footwork
The Dream x Mano - Shawty Is A Ten (Mano Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler - Attack Decay Sustain Release
Digitalism - Digitalism In Cairo - Idealism

Vampire Weekend @ The Echo on Monday

Vampire Weekend will be playing at The Echo this Monday (12/3). In case you haven't heard, check out the tunes below. If you likey, then get your booty on down to the show. or you could just sit at home listening to them on MySpace wishing you were there. Just sayin.

According to their MySpace they are specialists in "'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa', 'Upper West Side Soweto', 'Campus', and 'Oxford Comma Riddim.'" According to The Echo their "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" song title makes reference to Congolese Soukous music. According to Wikipedia, Soukous is also known as Lingala, Congo, and previously as African rumba.

From Wikipedia:

"Soukous" (said to be a derivative of the French word secouer, to shake^[1]) was originally the name of a dance popular in the Congos in the late 1960s, and danced to an African version of rumba. Although the genre was initially known as rumba (sometimes termed specifically as African rumba), the term "soukous" has come to refer to African rumba and its subsequent developments.

Whatever it is, I like it. To me it sounds like some danceable indie pop make-out music with splashes of world, ska, doo-wop. I'm not sure what they call that nowadays, but I like to call it candy to my ears.

Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (mp3)
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (mp3)

Vampire Weekend: Website | MySpace | The Echo

Happy Ending @ The Lab 101 Tonight

I've had some fun here. This place will be missed.


Over the past six years its been our pleasure to bring some of the most amazing cutting-edge 'urban' artists to Lab 101, but its now time to move on to pursue alternative things. Our final LAB 101 GALLERY exhibition is this Saturday night. We hope you can stop by, check out the show and enter our onsite raffle for a chance to win some fantastic goodies! THANK YOU ALL for your support ! - Freddi and Evan

The Lab 101 Gallery presents;

Andrew Pommier . Albert Reyes . Andy Jenkins . Andy Kehoe . Andy Mueller . Blaine Fontana . Bigfoot . Bwana Spoons . Caia Koopman . Christopher Bettig . Crash . Dave Kinsey . Derek Hodgson . Derek Albeck . Derek Weisberg . Dez Einswell . Edwin Ushiro . Erik Otto . Evan B. Harris . Ferris Plock . Gregory Bojorquez . Isaac Pierro . Jack Long . Jasinski . Jawn Agione . Jenna Colby . Jen Lobo . Jemma Hostetler J. Shea . John Casey. Jesse Hotchkiss . Johnny Siu . Jophen Stein . Josh Cochran . Joshua Krause . Jordin Isip . JP Sanchez . jROD . Juston Tucker . Karen Ingram . Kathleen Lolley . Kelsey Brookes . Keith Greiman . Keith Shore . Kelly Tunstall . Kenton Parker . Kofie . Logan Hicks . Matt Furie . Michael Sieben . Mike Aho . Michael Leon . Nick Walker . O.Two . Patrick Fraser . Poor Al . Randy Laybourne . Rich Jacobs . Russ Pope . Ryan Riss. Seth Neefus . Sheone . Shepard Fairey . Stephanie Wenzel . Steff Plaetz . Sarah Sohn . Tim Karpinski . Tim McCormick . Tim Reed . Todd Bratrud . Tony Larson . UPSO......

'Happy Endings'
featuring over 60 artists that have exhibited with us over our last six years

Opening Reception: Saturday December 1st 6-10pm
*One Night Only *marking the Closing of The Lab 101 Gallery
*free surprise goodies! with an on sight raffle.

In the project room; Collaborative Sculptures & Paintings By Freddi c & J. Shea

The Lab 101 Gallery 8530-B Washington Blvd. , Culver City, CA. 90232

The Lab 101 Gallery