Filed under: Events | Tags: Devil's Pie, djs, do d.a.t., Lovelee, Namu, paloma, papalo, Poleng, Treat U Nice, Trick N Treat, TrickNTreat, wonway
In Brazil, five summers ago, I was chopping it up with a native Rio De Janeirian, aka a carioca, and I mentioned that I lived in the SF Bay Area. “San Francisco?!” he exclaimed, “That’s the most beautiful place in the world!”
Keep in mind, he lives in Rio De Janeiro, which looks like this:
So, after 8 years, almost to the day, I am leaving the most beautiful place in the world for LA.
There shall be more reminiscing posts to follow, but for now, I am celebrating (is that the right word?) my farewell this week at two events:
THURSDAY AUG 28:
DEVIL’S PIE – LOVELEE EDITION | 1-YR ANNIVERSARY
In August 2007, after quitting my job and touring Southeast Asia, I linked up with David, Dennis, Dan, Paul, Mayra, and the rest of the family at Namu Restaurant & Bar to start a party that I had dreamt of doing for several years. One year and six soul tribute nights later, we’ve come to the end of my reign as organizer, promoter, and resident selector for Devil’s Pie, my twice-a-month Soul party.
Don’t worry folkers: Devil’s Pie will continue to run and flourish under the capable hands of Devil’s Pie family Paloma, Do D.A.T., and our new resident dj/musical director Wonway Posibul.
We’re celebrating our first birthday with a set from one of the Bay Area’s most important and influential tastemakers: DJ Lovelee.
Thursday Aug. 28
Devil’s Pie: Lovelee Edition | 1-Yr Anniversary
Namu Restaurant & Bar, 439 Balboa St., SF
11pm-1am, FREE!
RSVP on Facebook
FRIDAY AUG 29:
LIBRE – DJ PHATRICK’S OFFICIAL FAREWELL PARTY
This might be one of the last times you’ll see the Trick N Treat DJs (DJ Treat U Nice, DJ Phatrick, and emcee Do D.A.T.) rock a party together for a long time. If you’ve ever been to the legendary Hella parties, or any other party where Treat and I have spun together, you know that I know that you know that the world knows that Trick N Treat will keep you on the dancefloor for a solid 5+ hours.
Friday Aug. 29
LIBRE: Official DJ Phatrick Farewell Party
Poleng Lounge, 1751 Fulton Ave., SF
10pm-2am, $5
FREE Guestlist All Night: RSVP HERE
Filed under: Music, Video | Tags: bahn xeo, blue scholars, diplo, geologic, jay-z, kala, kanye west, Lil Wayne, m.i.a., paper planes, paper trail, pineapple express, prometheus brown, sabzi, swagger like us, T.I.
I remember a year ago, Steph and I were sitting on the homie Ben’s couch at his house in Saigon, Vietnam, and listening to a leaked version of M.I.A.’s second album, Kala. To be honest, on first listen, we weren’t feeling it. Keep in mind, we were HUGE fans of Arular. Feeling a little disappointed, my impatient ass was about to turn the stereo off and go on a bahn xeo run when the Clash horn/guitar sample that opens “Paper Planes,” blasts through the speakers. Needless to say we forgot about the crepe.
Today, I still consider Arular a stronger album then Kala. But “Paper Planes” is M.I.A.’s greatest song made thus far in her career…and a year later, it’s spreading beyond her typical indie-electronic-blipster-ilovebailefunk-progressive fanbase. spreading fast.
CASE IN POINT 1:
DOWNLOAD: T.I. feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z & Lil Wayne – “Swagger Like Us”
[link updated]
(via the usual suspects)
This song from T.I.’s Paper Trail, which might possibly be the greatest collabo track of 2008, samples a line from “Paper Planes.” The credits should really say “featuing M.I.A.” since she, by far, as the greatest swagger of all the voices on the track, [wink].
CASE IN POINT 2:
The Pineapple Express trailer:
BONUS 1:
Diplo, the producer of “Paper Planes” and M.I.A. (they were once a couple) at home singing an early version of the song.
BONUS 2:
DOWNLOAD: The Clash – “Straight to Hell”
(via Different Kitchen)
The original sample for “Paper Planes”, from the classic album Combat Rock by The Clash.
BONUS 3:
The fambam, Blue Scholars, doing their version of “Paper Planes” at ECAASU.
UPDATE:
“Swagger Like Us” is produced by Yeezy.
and
I assumed that all the readers out there have this track already, but if not, here you go:
DOWNLOAD: M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
Filed under: Music | Tags: bold and beautiful, nothing like your touch, philly soul, vikter duplaix
What kind of magic soul-inducing flouride do they put in Philly’s drinking water?
DOWNLOAD: Vikter Duplaix – “Nothing Like Your Touch”
From 2006’s bold and beautiful LP.
Filed under: Random | Tags: de la soul, dj sorce-1, prince paul, smoking section
Smoking Section has been doing an excellent three-part tribute to De La Soul, the pinnacle of which is DJ Sorce-1’s interview of Prince Paul: producer of the first three De La Soul albums and one of the greatest innovators and creative minds in Hip Hop.
Click HERE to read the article.
I think there is definitely a collective consciousness thing going on here. Recently, there’s been several posts about De La Soul, including mine.
Filed under: Music, Video | Tags: do d.a.t., oakland, spittas, the attik, the skinny
FINALLY! Do D.A.T. has an album cover for The Skinny! Any excuse to post another Do D.A.T. track…
DOWNLOAD: Do D.A.T. – “The Skinny”
From his upcoming solo EP The Skinny
Produced by 6 Fingers
BONUS
The first webisode of Spittas, which is a series of videos highlighting Oakland/Bay Area lyricists, produced by Do D.A.T. and Erica Eng:
Filed under: Events | Tags: bambu, exact change, fat city, hopie spitshard, jacka, oh dang!, pac div, pacific division
OOOO this could be a good one! I feel a new West Coast movement trying to stick it’s head out like a scared turtle peeking from under it’s shell. Let’s make it feel welcome and extend it’s neck without fear!…eh. bad analogy with phallic-like undertones…sorry
Come tomorrow night to check out me and Bambu do our do and perform some new songs from his upcoming 3rd album, Exact Change.
Wednesday, August 20th
Oh Dang! Magazine presents:
Pacific Division Live!
with
The Jacka
Bambu
& Hopie Spitshard
@ Fat City
314 11th St (btw Folsom and Harrison
San Francisco
Doors @ 9pm. $15 all night.
Filed under: Random, Video | Tags: archive, digging, mp3, Paul Mawhinney, serato, technology, vinyl
via Notes from a Different Kitchen and Nahright:
This is a beautifully shot short about Paul Mawhinney and his records, which he owns more of than anyone else in the world. Before watching it, I had seen it posted a couple of times, and decided to ignore it, thinking it’d be another dry feature of someone and his collection. But, it’s actually kind of a tragic story about a man and his relics from a bygone era; a victim of the supposed “death of vinyl.”
I, by no means, am a vinyl-only snob; Serato has been a life saver. However, I love vinyl. I love the thrill of finding a soul classic in the dollar bin. I love the sound when you first drop the needle onto the groove and the ensuing static and scratches that soothe you before the music comes on. I love 12″ by 12″ album cover art, something you can never appreciate with cd inserts or tiny .jpg mp3 icons in iTunes. I miss frantically flipping through vinyl during a set to find the right song; I miss the actual physical motion of having to put a new vinyl on the tables after each song. Scrolling through playlists and hitting Shift-Left or Shift-Right ain’t the same.
With each step of technological advancement that makes art easier and more accessible, I feel the soul being taken away from it little by little. It’s those flaws, that difficulty in achievement, that made some things special. Shit, kids don’t even have to experience a record skipping anymore…
I remember the scene in Scratch where DJ Shadow is sitting amongst thousands of stacked LPs and he talks about it being a humbling experience going through these piles of “broken dreams.” For a lot of musicians, those vinyl, those LPs with their name in the title or credits, are the only proof that they ever existed and created art.
Right now, our art, our work, ceases to exist in the physical realm. They exist in 0’s and 1’s that can be lost at the whim of our capricious external hard drives.
Filed under: Events | Tags: boogaloo, boogaloo[la], captain's crate, funk, latin, murphy's law, o-dub, odub, rani d, sabor, soul, soul sides, the short stop
LOS ANGELES: Catch me spinning funk, soul, and a teeny bit of latin @ numero dos (numero uno here):
Soul Sides & Captain’s Crate present:
BOOGALOO[LA]
latin & soul sabor!
with residents
O-Dub & Murphy’s Law
plus Guests!
Every Thursday
10pm-2am
FREE!
The Short Stop
1455 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles
August 21 guests:
DJ Phatrick
Rani D
RSVP on Facebook
Filed under: Music | Tags: bambu, black moses, Devil's Pie, exact change, fatgums, ike's rap III, isaac hayes, Namu Restaurant & Bar, tribute, your love is so doggone good
DOWNLOAD:
Isaac Hayes – “Medley: Ike’s Rap III / Your Love Is So Doggone Good”
(from Black Moses 2LP)
BONUS:
Bambu – “Exact Change” snippet
“Exact Change” is the title track off of Bambu’s upcoming 3rd solo LP, produced by Fatgums, which samples today’s Fuck Song.
Don’t forget! Tonight @ Namu Bar: Devil’s Pie – Isaac Hayes Tribute! With yours truly honoring the Fuck Song king. Namu is located at 439 Balboa St. San Francisco. FREE all night starting at 11pm.
Filed under: Events, Music, Video | Tags: groove pocket, kevin kanner, lady sha, los angeles, the mint
LA! I’ll be in town for a week starting this Friday, and will be spinning at a couple of joints.
Numero uno:
The Groove Pocket
A speak-easy style Jazz experience, hosted by Kevin Kanner and his quintet and featuring different DJ’s every week spinning Breaks, Soul and Hip Hop between sets.
August 18th Guest DJ: DJ PHATRICK!
9pm
FREE!
The Mint
6010 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035
RSVP on Facebook.
Thanks to Lady Sha for the hookup!
