Some of NYC’s best DJ’s join together for Kon’s fundraiser at Santo’s Party House.
Acclaimed DJ, legendary digger and our good friend Kon (of Kon & Amir fame) has been hospitalized lately which has left his pockets flat, not fat. Come out and celebrate helping the homie out, with some of New York’s illest DJs. On the set:
DJ SPINNA,
RICH MEDINA,
ELI ESCOBAR,
COSMO BAKER,
DJ SCRATCH,
& AMIR
Come and Support a brother in arms whose numerous contributions to society have kept asses moving, souls soaring, and panties dropping.
This is really a sad year for music as another great musician passes away. Not much to say with words. We must remember what he gave to the world and celebrate his life. Amazing turntablist and party rocker, he inspires a generation.
Haven’t had the pleasure of hearing him play? Here’s one of his flawless, thoughtful, and maddeningly creative live mixes: DJ AM live set from Banana Split 07 LA
I just designed the flyer for my homey DJ Kon’s fundraiser(and i’m also playing it)
In case you didn’t know already, every Boston DJ’s favorite DJ has been in and out of the hospital and unable to play his gigs for the last few weeks. Since Kon DJs for a living NO GIGS = NO INCOME!! A few of us have already donated money from gigs to
Kon, but now it’s time for everyone to step up for a great DJ and an even better friend…
$10 SUGGESTED DONATION
EVERY PENNY GOES TO KON + you get to hear Kon
inspired music from Amir, Supreme One, 7L, Ms Thang, Gucci Vuiton & Soul Clap!!!
If you cannot attend or want to donate more money you can send via paypal to djmsthang@gmail.com
Just added :::: Amir from Waxpoetics/ Kon& Amir/ King of digging Event info here
Our homies Flavorheard just released a fresh mix - download here - filled with afro-latin funk. They also did a 12″ release of some tracks available here:
BBQ: Columbus Park, South Boston 6:00PM - 9:00PM - FREE with a spokecard, $5 without. ALL YOU CAN EAT (til we run out of course). we will be awarding the prizes for the winners of the race and also holding bicycle-specific side games.
I’ll be DJing the afterparty….
AFTERPARTY: @ Allston Community Darkroom (formerly Blue Zebra) - 119 Braintree Street, Suite 208 in Allston - with DJ Ghostdad/DJ Gucci Vuitton/DJ Mayhem - 9:00PM - ???
Sometimes when you answer an interview, you know what quote they’re going to pull and put in blockquotes. The Weekly Dig recently surveyed a bunch of crews - bladerunners, bruno, jayceeoh, kon, fully fitted - about what makes a good remix and they pulled the following quote from me regarding the johnny blaze mix called “black sheep”
it sounds like a unicorn giving birth to rainbows while in the backseat of a cadillac going 95 mpg through harlem
anyways, we’re playing the release party for this issue…
My homeys Kon and the Bodega Girls are playing this Sat w/ Peanut Butter Wolf For free…free dranks also
Amazing album cover from Mickey Moonlight on Ed Banger. SoMe’s art direction is such large reason for the label’s success!
Sat in with Jesse from Apollo Sunshine for his early DJ gig at the Middlesex the othernight… hipped me to a Mickey Moonlight version of Sun Ra’s interplanetary music….
Jesse learned his way around the turntables from Edan the Humble Magnificent , who coincidentally just got his own radio show for download here. Odd thing about this city, Edan was Wire Magazine’s Hip Hop artist of 2005, but still didn’t have a following here…. Still the only emcee I’ve seen who could juggle two records with one hand and hold the mic & rhyme with the other hand (although I hear J-live can do it).
Our homie Jamie from Stones Throw records has brought in crazy talent to the summer sunday LA series the Do Over. Great live sets from PBW, Rhettmatic, Dam Funk, Adam12, Neil Armstrong, Nu-Mark , Mike B and Cosmo Baker all catalogued for downloading pleasure.
New work - also the name of a brilliant new line by A-ron - is up at the bodega - a mural by Nick Z whose 08 show with Kai Altoff was in art forum’s top 10 shows…. The mural coincides with Nick Z’s upcoming solo show at our gallery space - fourthwallproject . More on that closer to the opening on June 27th. Josh Falk, who’s flickr photos i pillaged above , just recently took down his solo show at the dope dope corduroy boutique in portland..
both Nick Z and Josh Falk are members of the uber talented crew Project SF which includes sooo many talented heads in the sneaker game.
Also, we made number 6 in the top 10 sneaker shops in the world.
#1 was UNDFTD!!! but I can’t believe they left Limited edition barcelona off the list…
The homeboy who wrote the article is working on an illustrated tribute to Sneaker Culture called “Sole Sketch Exhibition”. Hit him up at thestreetpulse.com with suggestions for models that you’d like to see included in the exhibition.
Also, we somehow ended up in Wale’s video for chillin (ft. lady gaga)…. been getting steady burn on the tele , but I haven’t seen the whole thing yet. Was dope to talk with the director Chris Robinson about how he leveraged his directing work into hyping his robot films clothing line just by dropping logo tees into videos… I’m surprised we don’t see more Violette in Vashtie’s work….but the since I’m seeing it so she doesn’t even need to do that.
Dan from the crew let me know about villains (LA) dope dope remixing on the come up.
,Speaking of LA , our homey Rick Rude’s been on the come up out there! Download his knockout mix here. Rick Rude moved out less than a year ago and locked down most of the important residencies out there with a quickness. Much respect .
1) Dj Mehdi destorys the AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY This friday!
2) Kangol 70th Anniversary is tonight
3)-even more of-(Ricky) Powell’s newest exhibition is at Sugarheadquarters til 12/7/08
A bit about Ricky - about three years ago, he was in Boston for a street art gallery event. He’s giving his traditional photography narrative when he’s interrupted by a smart remark(perhaps it was a dumb question) from one of the people in the crowd. Ricky addresses the gentleman directly, “oh, what do we have here? a trustafarian? THE WHITE LION?” and to this day, that kid is know as the White Lion.
The reason for the above post is that I’m slated to land in NYC thursday for a couple presentations and more importantly to enjoy the beauty of the city changing to Autumn. The smells are different, the colors change and everything is reborn. It’s nice here as well in Beantown, but ain’t no place like the 5boros (where i saw my first white chalk outline as a child while staying w/ grandma).
Thoreau lived in solitude at Walden Pond for two years and two months formulating a pure philosophy of divinty within self (the writings became central to transcendentalism and mirrors the RBN ideals of God Self) and finding that modern man is shackled by ipods, stupidly expensive pants and crappy jobs that lack meaning. His modern man was enslaved by different constructs but everything he wrote while in self imposed exile (ok, not really exile, he still gave lectures to his neighbors in an outdoor amphitheater he built) still rings true today. Hell, it’s even more important now as we see the financial situation worsen to a point where even Middle America trusts our elected officials & banks less that we trust this guy.
I journeyed to Walden for several reasons: I like hiking, the leaves are changing colors, my buddy John Allen of Headband and myself have been going on walkabouts round town and had mini van at our disposal. Interesting sidenote; I once saved my friends’ marriage by bringing him to Walden and simply talking shit out. They named their dog after me in an unequal exchange.
Anyways, Walden & its’ philosophies as a counterpoint to the American psyche at a time when our shit is going terribly wrong….what was I trying to get at? With the financial bailout ultimately rewarding CEOs of failed banks and adding to our insane debt to China(where we have no leverage to bargain as we already owe them our shirts: figuratively & literally) we’re seeing that the individual citizen is not only alone, but actually has the government working directly against them. The cost will be passed to the taxpayer, wall street will remain unregulated for the most part, 401ks vanished overnight, and then this bullshit etc etc. So , again, Walden and Self Determination and it’s relationship to art/design/fashion/and most importantly, hood figgas. Well, FUBU also known as “For Us By Us” is an excellent example of circumventing the status quo and getting over by any means necessary. This mentality is finally taking root in the average American who watches NASCAR & shops at Walmart and of which 5-10% of engage in S&M for pleasure. (source Kinsey Institute).
This mentality was also a founding tenet of Hip Hop. With ghettos in NYC abandoned by the government and left to burn ( an excellent historical account can be found in the book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop) , we saw Hip Hop born out of the adverse conditions. I wonder what the hell is going to come out of the current Hell we’re living in, or if we’re too subdued by our computers, SUVs and Doritos (yummo!) for real change to occur.
Traditionally, university campuses are one of the strongest places for revolutionary thought & movement to become organized and later galvanized. I talk to the students that come through my shop and I truly wonder if they can save this ragged world. Hey you with the knapsack & facebook profile, please prove me wrong. The future, after all, is unwritten!
EXCLUSIVE!!
DJ Dstar came on my radar this past summer through a discobelle mix with creative cutting, mixing and a healthy dose of exclusive remixing. He just relocated to CT and I’ve been emailing the young for exclusive remixes…..
Here’s his excellent discobelle mix. Dstar edits of lil wayne, tricky , Hoods up! are bangers and there’s also tracks from Crookers, DJ Sega, Thunderheist & more in his mix.
—————————————— Flavorheard is comprised of three DJs who help run the Boston scene with taste, skill and deep production skills. Amphibious used to live across the street from me and recently moved to a nice spot across town w/ a full studio that i’ll probably donate my keytar to.
MY REMIX CHALLENGE!!!!!!
Amphibious made an insanely destructive riddim out of the MIA paper planes instrumental. Highsnob Deejays get your Blend on and send over your best blends to flavorheard_AT_GMAIL.com.
1/3 of bodega, 1/4 of the design, 1/2 of KON & VUITTON, the views expressed are solely those of the author. i also enjoy eating barbeque ribs. shoe size 9. Built a Theremin and learning metal work as well as basic electronics. I may go bald. Helping build fourthwallproject.com
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