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Philly soul singer Bilal has announced a winter residency at City Winery. So far that residency will include two shows--the first on January 13 and the second on February 15. Right now tickets are only on pre-sale to VinoFile members, but they should be on sale to the general public soon.
Bilal released an album earlier this year, and he's been playing a lot of shows in NYC since then, hitting New Yorker Fest and playing SummerStage with The Roots among other gigs. At the moment the City Winery shows look to be all Bilal has scheduled.
Check out the video for his Kendrick Lamar collab "Money Over Love" below...
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New Yorker Fest is this weekend -- get discounted tix to Haim, Sleater-Kinney, Bilal, Kelela, Mark Ronson, Blondes & more
The New Yorker Festival returns this year from Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 4. As always, "illustrious writers, creative thinkers, and artists from many disciplines will explore the cutting edge of culture, music, science, and technology." We've got a promo code -- NYERFEST20 -- to get 20% off tickets for select events, including the following:
Pop rock band Haim will give a talk with Kelefa Sanneh and an intimate performance on 10/21 at Gramercy Theatre at 7 PM (tickets).
Later that night, Gramercy hosts 'The New R&B,' which features performances from forward-thinking R&B artists including Azekel, Bilal, The 20/20 Experience co-writer James Fauntleroy, and Kelela. They'll also talk with Andrew Marantz. That starts at 10 PM (tickets).
The reunited Sleater-Kinney talk with Dana Goodyear on 10/3 at Directors Guild Theater (110 W 57th St) at 4 PM (tickets).
Comedian/musician Reggie Watts talks with Emma Allen at One World Trade Center on 10/3 at 10 PM (tickets).
Genre-crossing producer Mark Ronson, who's bigger than ever now thanks to his Bruno Mars collaboration "Uptown Funk," talks with John Seabrook, whose book on pop music The Song Machine is out now, on 10/3 at Gramercy at 10 PM. Mark also performs with Jeff Bhasker, Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt, Jay Bratten and Chris Vatalaro (tickets). It's his only live North American performance for the Uptown Special album cycle (his only others have been in TV studios).
At that same time at SIR Stage37 there's a Cuba event with journalist Elaine Diaz Rodriguez, science fiction author/heavy metal musician Yoss, and musician Pedrito Martinez discussing the future of their country with Jon Lee Anderson (tickets).
One last coupon: use the code SOUNDCLOUD35 to get a discount for the Soundcloud Lounge event on 10/2 at One World Trade Center at 8 PM with performances from NYC electronic duo Blondes and Chance the Rapper associate Towkio. John Seabrook is at this one too, talking with Soundcloud founder and CEO Alexander Ljung (tickets).
Other events that there are no discounts for include Jim Gaffigan, Broad City, Trey Anastasio, Marc Maron, and Patti Smith. Check out the festival's calendar for even more.
The Roots closing out SummerStage's 2015 season with free Central Park show w/ Marsha Ambrosius, Bilal & Talib Kweli
The Roots have announced they'll be playing Central Park Summerstage on October 8 which will be the last show of the 2015 season. It's with Marsha Ambrosius (of the recently reunited Floetry), Bilal and also Talib Kweli on DJ duty. It's a free show but is being held exclusively for Capital One cardmembers. To get tickets, you'll have to go to the Capital One Café on 3rd Avenue / 58th Street on Thursday, September 17 from 4pm - 7pm and show your Capital One Bank card (two tickets per cardmember). Flyer for the show is below.
Marsha Ambrosius is also on the new Dr. Dre album as is Kendrick Lamar, whose new album features Bilal.
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Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge streaming new album; new Czarface (Inspectah Deck + 7L & Esoteric) album out now too
Ghostface Killah is having quite the prolific year. He already released a collaborative album with BADBADNOTGOOD, and this Friday (7/10) he releases a collaborative album with Adrian Younge, Twelve Reasons to Die II. (It's the followup/sequel to 2013's Twelve Reasons to Die.) The album features Ghostface's fellow Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon and RZA, neo-soul singer Bilal, the quickly-rising Vince Staples and more. You can stream the whole thing over at the NY Times. The song with Vince is also streaming below.
Ghostface isn't the only Wu-Tang member working with interesting collaborators lately. Inspectah Deck's collaborative project with underground Boston duo 7L & Esoteric, aka Czarface, released their second album this past June. It's called Every Hero Needs a Villain and features Wu-Tang pals Method Man and GZA, plus DOOM (who's also on the Ghostface/Badbadnotgood LP), Large Professor, R.A. the Rugged Man and Juju of The Beatnuts. It follows their 2013 self-titled debut, and to quote HipHopDx, it's "one of the rare sequels that matches the original in quality." You can listen to an Rdio stream of the whole album, and a Soundcloud stream of the DOOM-featuring single "Ka-Bang!" below.
Ghostface and Raekwon are kicking off a tour this week, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Rae's immortal Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. That hits NYC on July 20 & 21 at Irving Plaza. Tickets for both are still available. Ghost is also playing Slipknot's festival, and Wu-Tang are playing Riot Fest Toronto and Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest.
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Kendrick Lamar responded to that dumb Fox News segment, released a video for Bilal collab "Money Over Love"
by Sadaaf Mamoon
photo: Kendrick Lamar at Sweetlife Fest 2015 (more by Mimi Hong)
Ever find your life lacking substantial entertainment? Well, if so, it's a good thing our pals at Fox News exist to flip that occasional boredom on its head. They've long been so very adept at analyzing the social correlates of hip hop, and their recent The Five panel reportage re: Kendrick Lamar doesn't disappoint (read: greatly disappoints).
As you may have seen, Kendrick opened the BET Awards this year with a raw, honest performance of "Alright" atop a vandalized police car, rapping "We hate po-po / Wanna kill us dead in the street fo sho" with a huge American flag snapping behind him. Of course, Fox had something to say (and to keep your head shaking, they only subtitled certain lyrics to change the song meaning).
"Ugh, I don't like it... Personally, it doesn't excite me, it doesn't turn me on, it doesn't interest me, I'm not feelin' it" was the genius insight we got from Kimberly Guilfoyle. And then, from Geraldo Rivera:
It's not helpful at all. This is why I say hip-hop has done more damage to African-Americans than racism in recent years. This is exactly the wrong message. And then to conflate what happened in the church in Charleston, South Carolina with these tragic incidents involving excessive use of force by cops is to equate that racist killer with these cops - it is so wrong, it is so counterproductive, it gives exactly the wrong the message.Obviously.
Kendrick appeared on TMZ Live today with an elegant response to Rivera's comments (via HipHopDX):
This is our music. This is us expressing ourselves. Rather [than] going out here and doing the murders myself, I want to express myself in a positive light the same way other artists are doing. Not going out in the streets, go in the booth and talking about the situation and hoping these kids can find some type of influence on it in a positive manner. Coming from these streets and coming from these neighborhoods, we're taking our talents and putting 'em inside the studio.He also added that Rivera took the "we hate po-po" line out of context and said, "you can't dilute the message." If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch that Fox News clip below.
In other Kendrick news, the video for his Bilal collab, "Money Over Love" recently premiered. It's one of the singles off Bilal's fifth studio album, In Another Life, which Bilal has been on tour supporting. He hit NYC last night (7/1), with a show at Highline Ballroom (pictured above). Were you there? How was it?
Check out the "Money Over Love" video, and that Fox News segment, below...
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photo by Kawai Matthews
Philly neo-soul singer Bilal is releasing the followup to 2013's A Love Surreal next week (6/30) with In Another Life via eOne/Purpose Music Group. The record was produced by the great Adrian Younge (who also has a new album with Ghostface Killah on the way), and it features Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T. and Kimbra. You can listen to the Kendrick and K.R.I.T. collabs and a third album track below, and stream the whole LP via Pandora.
Bilal is also touring in support of the album. He kicks off in his hometown on release day, and the next night he'll be in NYC for a show on July 1 at Highline Ballroom. Adrian Younge will be on hand to DJ that show. Tickets are on sale now.
All dates are listed, with the song streams, below...
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tix on sale: Luna, Total Control, Tallest Man on Earth, The Kills, Government Issue, Justin Townes Earle, The Cribs & more
Tickets for the Total Control show at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Lust for Youth, Sannhet and Flesh World go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the Albert Hammond Jr. show at Bowery Ballroom go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the Creepoid and Ecstatic Vision show at Mercury Lounge go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the Tallest Man on Earth show at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Hiss Golden Messenger go on AmEx presale today at noon.
Tickets for the Glass Animals show at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the Luna shows at Bowery Ballroom and Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the The Wombats show at Terminal 5 go on sale today at noon.
Bilal is playing Highline Ballroom on July 1. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Tickets for the recently added The Kills show at Warsaw go on sale today at noon. Night 1 is sold out.
Tickets for the Government Issue show at Acheron (their first NYC appearance since reuniting) with Blockhead and Agitator go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the The Cribs show at Music Hall of Wiliamsburg go on sale today at noon.
Summer Moon (who open for Father John Misty at Summerstage) play Baby's All Right on July 28. Tickets for that show go on sale at noon.
Tickets for all shows on the initial Bowery-booked Bearsville schedule (Mac DeMarco, Mikal Cronin, Strand of Oaks, etc) go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the Justin Townes Earle show at Music Hall of Williamsburg go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the recently added Clap Your Hands Say Yeah show at Bowery Ballroom with Teen Men go on sale today at noon. Tickets for night 1 are still available. These shows will have them playing their self-titled debut LP in full.
Tickets for the Two-9 show at Gramercy Theatre with Bitches Is Crazy (BIC), HD Been Dope and Depo go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the Xiu Xiu show at Palisades with Bottoms and Eula go on sale today at noon.
Tickets for the Mac DeMarco show at Capitol Theatre go on sale today at noon.
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Earlier this month, Kendrick Lamar took us by surprise when he revealed that his highly-anticipated followup to good kid, m.A.A.d city would be out in less than three weeks (3/23), but it turns out he's surprised us once again: It's out now!
The album's called To Pimp A Butterfly and it features contributions from George Clinton, Thundercat, Snoop Dogg, Ronald Isley, Bilal, James Fauntleroy, Rapsody and Anna Wise, with production from Flying Lotus, Pharrell Williams, Boi-1da and more. "Hood Politics" samples Sufjan Stevens' "All For Myself" and "How Much A Dollar Cost" appears to be sampling Radiohead's "Pyramid Song." That's the artwork above.
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What's going on Thursday? (Parquet Courts, Kevin Barnes, Hamilton Leithauser, James Muprhy, Thurston Moore, more)
Parquet Courts in Bed Stuy in June (more by Joe McCabe)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
Parquet Courts, Blues Control,PC Worship @ Webster Hall
Parquet Courts have had a busy year, releasing two very good albums, staying on tour pretty much constantly, and forming a noise project with members of PC Worship (who open tonight). They cap off the year tonight with their biggest hometown show yet, which is sold out.
Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal), Kuroma @ Baby's All Right
Of Montreal are gearing up to release a new album early next year but frontman Kevin Barnes may well play some of it tonight at this solo show. MGMT-related band Kuroma opens.
Russian Circles, Mutoid Man @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
This is a killer double bill for fans of heavy music with post-rock crushers Russian Circles and the Converge/Cave In-related Mutoid Man, who have some of the elements of their main bands but trim all fat and just have a good time.
James Murphy (DJ set), Tim Sweeney, Mike Simonetti, Cooper Saver @ Output
Party like it's 2002: James Murphy will be spinning with his pal Tim Sweeney making Output feel a little like The Plant Bar (ok maybe not) with help from former Italians Do It Better domo Mike Simonetti (who just started a new label).
The Thurston Moore Band @ Marlin Room at Webster Hall
Thurston's current band has him backed by an excellent lineup that includes his former Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley on drums and My Bloody Valentine's Deb Googe on bass, and their new album is his most Sonic Youth-sounding material since The Eternal.
Suckers, DOM, Future Punx, Cameron Hull, Mazed (DJ Set) @ Glasslands
Inactive for a while, Suckers are reforming to say goodbye to a venue they've played many times over the years: Glasslands, which closes at the end of the month. Also on the bill: DOM who reinvented themselves a while back (swapping guitars for synths), and neo-new-wave band Future Punx.
Pharmakon, Marshstepper, Puce Mary, Aischrolatreia Ligature, Penchant @ Saint Vitus
This is a great bill with the Destruction Unit-related Marshstepper whose live show includes blood, nudity and must be seen live if you want any real idea of what it's like. On top of that, there's Pharmakon (headlining) and Puce Mary, who both make eardrum-damaging PE/industrial/noise with wild vocals, and ex-The Men project Ligature.
Centro-Matic, Elephant Micah @ Rough Trade
Denton, TX's Centro-Matic have been together for nearly 20 years, mining a vein of psych somewhere between Crazy Horse and The Flaming Lips, having released 11 albums -- all pretty good -- including this year's rootsy Take Pride in Your Long Odds. All good things must (should?) come to an end, and Centro-matic announced that the band are going on indefinite hiatus...after this tour. These shows may be your last chance to see them in NYC.
Dan Friel, Peter Kerlin's Octet, Charles Waters (Trio), Matt Nelson @ Trans-Pecos
With what kind of looks like table at a Silicon Valley flea market, Dan Friel coaxes strange sounds out of his homemade electronics. He headlines tonights experimental line-up of music.
Trey Anastasio Band @ Beacon Theatre
There's been no lack of Phish shows in NYC in the past year, and tonight their guitarist Trey Anastasio returns with the other band he leads for the first show in a two-night run. Both are sold out.
Bilal, Dragons of Zynth, DJ Rashad "Tumblin' Dice" Smith @ Brooklyn Bowl
Bilal balances the line between accessible neo-soul and the more psychedelic side of it, and he does it well. If you were confused, opener DJ Rashad "Tumblin' Dice" Smith is not to be confused with the late DJ Rashad.
Gabriel Kahane @ BAM
Composer/singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane, who's collaborated with Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens, Blake Mills and others, is performing his newest work, The Ambassador, from December 13-10 at BAM with fellow Sufjan collaborators Rob Moose, Alex Sopp (both of yMusic), and Casey Foubert, as well as Ted Poor, Laura Lutzke, Nathan Schram, and Gabriel Cabezas (also of yMusic).
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hip hop roundup: Scarface, Black Moon, Black Milk, Smoke DZA, Pharoahe Monch, Roc Marciano, Fredo Santana & more
by Andrew Sacher
Scarface of the legendary Geto Boys (who are still active) returns to NYC for a show with Stalley on June 18 at BB King's. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Brooklyn hip hop vets Black Moon have been back in action lately (they played the Duck Down CMJ 2013 showcase), and they'll be joining fellow Brooklyn hip hop vets Smif-n-Wessun (who also played that showcase) for another show on April 16 at BB King's. Tickets for that show are on sale. Smif-N-Wessun are also on the upcoming Mobb Deep show.
The similarly named Black Milk is a bit newer than Black Moon, but stays true to that old school sound, and he'll be joining fellow throwback rappers Roc Marciano and Final Outlaw on April 17 at The Studio at Webster Hall. Tickets are available.
The Studio at Webster Hall hosts another hip hop show on April 24 with Das Racist's Kool A.D. along with Rebelmatic, Prop Anon, Sarcasmo, Sunny Gang and host Ricky Powell. Tickets are on sale.
Chicago rapper Fredo Santana, who made his NYC debut at Santos this past December, returns for a much larger show on May 14 at Highline Ballroom. Tickets to that show are on sale now.
Juelz Santana (who has collaborated with Fredo, but doesn't appear to be related though Fredo is related to Chief Keef) plays a NYC show on May 18 at Stage 48 with Trial and Era & A.L.I., Status and Don Dada. You can get tickets to that one.
Pharoahe Monch is releasing a new album, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), on April 15 via W.A.R. Media/Duck Down, and he will celebrate with a release show the day it comes out at SOB's (4/15). Tickets for that show are on sale now. Stream "Bad MF" from the new album, below.
Smoke DZA just released a new album this week, titled Dream.Zone.Achieve (stream it on Rdio), and he also celebrates that with a release show at SOB's on May 7. Tickets are on sale. Listen to "Fhvt BVsturd" featuring Joey Bada$$ from the new album, below.
SOB's also hosts Bronx hip hop veteran KRS-One on April 20. Tickets for that one are on sale too.
There's also two good neo-soul shows coming up, including Bilal at Stage 48 on May 9 (tickets) and Jose James at Highline Ballroom on June 12 with Kris Bowers (tickets).
Also at Highline Ballroom is '90s era Queens trio Salt N Pepa on June 6 (tickets).
Two upcoming shows that aren't exactly in NYC but nearby: Big Sean teams up with his R&B collaborator Jhene Aiko for a Long Island show on April 25 at Tilles Center Concert Hall in Greenvale (tickets), and Tech N9ne & Krizz Kaliko team up with Freddie Gibbs (who just released an album and toured with Madlib) for a NJ show on April 26 at Starland Ballroom (tickets).
Miguel and 2 Chainz also just announced a show, and multiple hip hop shows at new Brooklyn venue The Wick were announced.
Other previously announced upcoming hip hop shows in NYC include Jeremiah Jae TONIGHT (4/2), Grieves, Jurassic 5, Eminem & Rihanna, YG & DJ Mustard, Joey Bada$$, The Underachievers, Danny Brown, A-Trak & Cam'ron and more.
What else?
Pharoahe Monch and Smoke DZA streams below...
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Okayplayer Holiday Jam in videos (Sufjan, Raekwon, Reggie Watts & more); Questlove is TIME's "coolest person of 2013"
Sufjan at the Okayplayer Holiday Jam
The night took on a lower-key tone when Sufjan Stevens performed, as he offered up a tender rendition of his song "Holland" while backed by Questlove and the Roots. Stevens, who made his own contribution to the seasonal canon with his 2006 five-EP box-set Songs for Christmas, then announced, "I'll do one more and it's got 'holly,' 'jolly' and 'Christmas' in it. It's a sing-along." He performed the sole seasonal staple of the night as he sang a genial version of "A Holly Jolly Christmas" while the Roots added a backing groove that included a chirpy keyboard riff.The above review is from the Okayplayer Holiday Jam that happened at Brooklyn Bowl last week (12/9) with The Roots, host Hannibal Buress, and surprise guests that ended up being Sufjan Stevens, Reggie Watts, Raekwon, Big Daddy Kane, Bilal and others. Okayplayer has uploaded a video recap with clips of those artists, plus another video solely of Reggie Watts. You can watch both of those below.
It was the closing rap section of the show that resonated most with the crowd. Black Thought was first up, strutting around in his signature flat-cap during his performance of "The Next Movement." He then brought out Big Daddy Kane and the two of them ran through Kane's golden-era hits "Just Rhyming With Biz," "Set It Off" and "Ain't No Half Steppin'," with Black Thought acting as both amped-up hype man and savvy impromptu rap impersonator as he took on Biz Markie's role in the first song. [Rolling Stone]
In related news, Questlove was recently named TIME Magazine's coolest person of 2013. (It's from the same year-end issue that named Pope Francis "Person of the Year.") TIME writes:
Questlove, the drummer of the alt-hip-hop band the Roots, dropped bits of coolness everywhere this year. He wrote two cool books, Mo' Meta Blues--a smart postmodern memoir--and a coffee-table book chronicling Soul Train, the show so cool that my dad, in a failed attempt to prevent me from growing up to be a dork, forced me to watch it as a child. He composed the music for Comedy Central's very cool Inside Amy Schumer. His website, Okayplayer, which allows alternative musicians to create songs together online, made the dopest Christmas sweater ever. Every Thursday night, he deejays at a bowling alley in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. And since the Roots are Jimmy Fallon's house band, he's about to become the bandleader on The Tonight Show. He also deejayed at 13 weddings this year, including that of 2013 Coolest Person runner-up Pharrell Williams. We picked Questlove over Williams because there's no song titled "Last Night a Recently Married Guy Saved My Life."Congrats Quest.
Videos below...
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Winter Jazz Fest 2014 lineup & tix (Robert Glasper, Bilal, John Medeski, Nels Cline, Ceramic Dog, Mother Falcon & more)
Bilal at Prince tribute in March (more by Fred Pessaro)
The annual Winter Jazz Fest is returning in 2014 for its 10th anniversary, happening from January 7 - 11. Artists playing include John Medeski, Nels Cline, Robert Glasper, Bilal, Ravi Coltrane, Ceramic Dog, Eliott Sharp, Keren Ann, Mother Falcon, Roomful of Teeth, and many more, across multiple venues including Le Poisson Rouge, Judson Church, NYU Lounge, Sullivan Hall, Zinc Bar, Bitter End, Subculture, and The Bowery Electric. Early bird festival passes are on sale now, and single day passes go on sale Saturday (11/16).
Tentative lineup and partial schedule below...
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by Andrew Sacher
Jazz/hip hop pianist Robert Glasper is set to release the followup to his excellent 2012 album, Black Radio with a sequel, Black Radio 2, on October 29 via Blue Note. Like its predecessor, the new album has an all-star cast of guests including Common, Marsha Ambrosius, Jill Scott, Brandy, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, Emeli Sande, Norah Jones, Faith Evans, Bilal, Jean Grae, Macy Gray, and more. Its lead single is the track "Calls," which features the cooing neo-soul vocals of Jill Scott. That can be streamed, along with the album tracklist, below. That's the artwork above.
UPDATE: Robert released another single from the album, "I Stand Alone," which features Common and Patrick Stump. That can also be streamed (via Rolling Stone) below.
In celebration of the new album, Robert and two of its guests, Common and Marsha Ambrosius, will be doing some shows around the time of its release. One of those happens in NYC the day the record comes out at Best Buy Theater (10/29). Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (9/27) at noon.
Robert is also making some festival appearances ahead of the album's release, including Austin City Limits on October 5 and NJ's New Brunswick Jazz Festival on October 6. Tickets for the jazz festival are on sale now.
All dates are listed, along with the song stream, artwork and tracklist, below...
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hip hop roundup: Danny Brown, Drake, Eve, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Nick Speed, Blitz, Stalley, Gunplay, Bilal & more
Danny Brown's Old is one of the most anticipated rap albums of the year, and while holding your breath for a rap release is never a good idea (we've got our fingers crossed for that September 30 release date though), we're feeling one step closer to Old actually seeing the light of day, now that it's officially got album artwork. And pretty great artwork at that. That's it above (via Danny's instagram). It was designed by Sam Chirnside, and the painting is by Leila D'Amato. His newish video for "ODB" is below.
Danny recently made appearances at Afro-Punk Fest, Fool's Gold Day Off, and the NYU Mystery Concert, and he's set to play Rock the Bells NJ in October and open for Sleigh Bells at Terminal 5 in November.
Meanwhile, the group Danny is a part of, Bruiser Brigade will be playing NYC without him (he'll be at Rock the Bells in California) on September 15 at Mercury Lounge. The Detroit crew will be joined by some hometown pals like producer Nick Speed (50 Cent, M.O.P., Talib Kweli) and rapper Dusty McFly, in addition to NYC producer Hillie Hill (Nas, Biggie) and A La $ole of Joey Bada$$'s Pro Era crew. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
There's some other good rap shows coming in NYC too, including afro-beat rapper Blitz the Ambassador, who is headlining The Studio at Webster Hall on September 19 with opening sets from Old Money, Boima, and Caktuz. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Eve, who's got a new album out this year, was supposed to play Irving Plaza back in August, but she'll instead play Gramercy Theatre on September 12. Opening the show is Dyme-A-Duzin (of Phony PPL) and Camille Safiya. Tickets are on sale now, and any tickets purchased for Irving Plaza are being honored.
Not exactly rap, but neo-soul singer Bilal, who released his solid new album A Love Surreal earlier this year, will play the New School Alumni Jazz Night at Highline Ballroom on September 18. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Stalley, who plays Rock the Bells NJ, and Gunplay play Gramercy Theatre on October 18 (which is during CMJ). Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (9/6) at noon.
Legendary hip hop duo Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, who played a Central Park show earlier this summer, play BB King's on November 13 with Camp Lo. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
Yo Gotti just released his new mixtape, Nov 19th: The Mixtape, and he'll play NYC on November 19 at BB KIng's with Y.G., Ca$h Out, Shy Glizzy, and Zed Zilla. Tickets for that show are on sale now.
On the topic of anticipated rap albums, which we were talking about above, Drake also shed some more light on his new album, Nothing Was The Same, which is due out on September 24. He just revealed the tracklist which features previously released singles "Started From the Bottom" and "Hold On, We're Going Home," and "All Me" appears as a bonus track on the deluxe edition. The only guest rappers are Jay Z and Detail. Check out the full tracklist below, and that's the artwork above.
Both Drake and Jay Z appear on the second installment of Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which is due out September 30. Justin returns to NYC to play Barclays Center on November 6. Tickets for that show are still available (though Ticketmaster says "not many left"). Artwork and tracklist for his new LP, below.
Drake also plays Barclays Center (10/28) on his tour with Miguel and Future. Tickets for that show are still available.
Things aren't looking so bright in Miguel's world lately, as he was just charged with two counts of DUI after his August arrest.
A$AP Rocky also just faced some legal charges. TMZ reports that due to an incident that occurred while he was performing at Jay Z's Made In America Festival, Rocky was charged with misdemeanor simple assault for allegedly slapping a woman in the crowd. TMZ writes, "The woman claims A$AP was trying to make his way through a crowd of dancing fans -- with a bunch of girls pulling on his shirt -- when A$AP turned and fired off an open-hand slap, connecting with her face. The woman claims she was injured from the alleged slap -- suffering whiplash from the impact." It's not the first time he was accused of something like this.
A$AP Rocky and Drake's third "Fuckin' Problems" partner, Kendrick Lamar, will be in NYC with his Black Hippy friends Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, plus young Brooklyn rapper Bishop Nehru, on September 10 at Williamsburg Park. Tickets for that show are still available.
Meanwhile, the man behind the hook on "Fuckin' Problems," 2 Chainz, will NOT be at Williamsburg Park, because despite being scheduled to play five days after Kendrick, he cancelled his show.
What other hip hop shows in NYC are you excited for? And when is Schoolboy Q's album coming out???
Tracklists, video, and more, below...
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by Andrew Sacher
Philly neo-soul singer Bilal returned this year with his highly accessible and slightly psychedelic new album, A Love Surreal, which came out this past February. He celebrated it in NYC with a "nearly packed" release show at Highline Ballroom that month, and earlier this May he kicked off the album's world tour. That tour brings him back to NYC for a show at SOB's on June 9. Tickets for the SOB's show are on sale now. All dates are listed below.
Last week (5/14), Bilal performed with The Roots (who he's collaborated with before) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, playing a cover of Steely Dan's "Black Cow." You can check out that video, the music video for A Love Surreal single "Back to Love," the tour trailer, and tour flyer, below...
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The Polyphonic Spree at BV-SXSW 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)
Progressive pop cult The Polyphonic Spree have a bunch of festival dates scheduled for this spring/summer and they'll also be touring around those fests, playing a number of club dates throughout the US. Those dates include NYC shows happening on July 9 at Music Hall of WIlliamsburg and July 10 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for those shows go on sale Friday (5/3) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (5/1) at noon.
The Polyphonic Spree were also among the recent additions to this year's Bonnaroo lineup. Other additions include Solange, White Lung, Mac DeMarco, Black Prairie, Maps & Atlases, Royal Thunder, William Tyler, Cat Martino, On An On, Bilal and more. 4-Day passes for the festival are still available.
All Polyphonic Spree dates are listed, along with a full list of the Bonnaroo lineup additions and a video of the Polyphonic Spree covering Nirvana's "Lithium" at our BV-SXSW day party (one of our greatest moments at SXSW this year), below...
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D'Angelo, The Roots, Elvis Costello, Bilal, Chris Rock, Bettye LaVette & more played the Prince tribute @ Carnegie Hall (pics)
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D'Angelo / Elvis Costello + Princess / Chris Rock & more @ Carnegie Hall
Amidst a snowy midtown backdrop, Carnegie Hall generated a little heat when the Michael Dorf-produced Prince Tribute opened last night (3/7). Stacked with performers giving props to the man in purple and paisley, the lineup featured some of the same names from the previous evening's "rehearsal" at City Winery, as well as surprise appearances from names like Chris Rock and more. Backed by The Roots with guitarist Wendy Melvion (of Prince's backing band The Revolution), D'Angelo show-closing numbers "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" / "1999" were the clear highlights of the evening, with performances from Bilal (doing "Sister" and channeling Keith Sweat circa 1990s), Bettye LaVette ("Kiss"), Sandra Bernhard ('Little Red Corvette") and Fdeluxe ("High Fashion/Mutiny") also causing impromptu aisle dances. Fun night, and it was great to see people up and out of their seats, wilding out in a buttoned-up place like Carnegie Hall.
More pics from last night including the setlist, The Waterboys, The Roots, Eric Leeds, Diane Birch, the Cardigans' Nina Perrson, DeVotchka, Bhi Bhiman, Kat Edmonson, Blind Boys of Alabama, Citizen Cope & Alice Smith, Talib Kweli, Princess (Gretchen Lieberum & Maya Rudolph) and all iterations there within, are below.
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Roots & Elvis Costello collaborating, added to Carnegie Hall Tribute to Prince (who released new songs)
As mentioned, City Winery founder Michael Dorf is presenting a tribute to Prince at Carnegie Hall on March 7, his next in a long line of tribute shows he's done at the historic Manhattan venue. Since we last spoke, the lineup of great musicians that will be performing at the show has been expanded. It features Elvis Costello, The Waterboys, Talib Kweli, Booker T, DeVotchka, Bettye Lavette, Sandra Bernhard, Bilal, Blind Boys of Alabama, Bhi Bhiman, Amos Lee, Citizen Cope & Alice Smith, Maya Rudolph's Prince tribute group with Gretchen Lieberum, Princess, house band The Roots, and perhaps most excitingly, R&B singer D'Angelo (who we're still waiting on that new album from). Tickets are still available and proceeds will benefit underprivileged youth.
Meanwhile, Prince recently posted a lyric video for a new song, "Screwdriver," to his website and revealed another new track, "Chapter & Verse," which you can stream below. You can buy "Screwdriver" and a remix of that song, AND another new song that came out today called "Breakfast Can Wait" at a mysterious website called 3rd Eye Girl. According to Questlove, "#BreakfastCanWait is WOW." Check it out.
In other related news, Elvis Costello and The Roots, who are both on the lineup for the Prince tribute, are releasing a collaborative album this year according to an interview that Questlove did with Billboard. Questlove says of the album, "We had 13 or 14 songs, but then we said, 'Ooh! Wait a minute! Let's replace four of these songs with four better songs! And now we have the tightest 12-14 song collection out of about 20 songs that we made." No release date, title, or any other info has been revealed yet, but Questlove assures us, "I can just say that it is brilliant."
Elvis Costello also plays a cancer benefit with The Who at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden on February 28.
Stream the new Prince songs below...
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Jazz pianist/producer Robert Glasper released his fifth studio album, Black Radio, earlier this year on Blue Note Records. Recorded with his new band, Robert Glasper Experiment, it features an impressive array of guests, including Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Lupe Fiasco, Bilal, Musiq Soulchild, Chrisette Michele, and more.
In addition to a number of originals, the album includes some heavily re-arranged covers including Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," David Bowie's "Letter to Hermoine," Sade's "Cherish the Day," and Afro-Cuban standard "Afro Blue." The album effortlessly brings together jazz, hip hop, soul and R&B, more so than most others that attempt similar feats. Check out some videos from the album and a live video of the Robert Glasper Experiment playing John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" below, along with a spotify stream of Black Radio.
As mentioned, Robert Glasper will be in NYC tonight (6/21) for an in-store at Apple Store West 14th Street. He'll return with the full Robert Glasper Experiment in tow along with some special guests for a free Summerstage show at Marcus Garvey Park on August 7, where Sidi Toure plays one day earlier (8/6).
UPDATE: Robert Glasper Experiment also play a "secret" show in Brooklyn on Friday (6/22) with Alan Hampton which, as a commenter points out, is at Littlefield. Tickets for that show are available.
A list of all dates, videos and album stream below...
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Jay-Z w/ orchesta, Alicia Keys & Nas @ Carnegie Hall - 2/6
Fans of disposable income -- earning it, spending it, rapping about it, listening to someone rap about it -- had much to cheer about during this concert, the highest-profile hip-hop show ever at Carnegie Hall.Jay was backed by an orchestra "conducted by Jeri Lynne Johnson (of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra), and also the Illadelphonics, an ensemble featuring Questlove of the Roots and the singer Bilal among others." Alicia Keys & Nas both both special guests. Beyonce was in the audience, but didn't perform.
And there was also the matter of the income disposal, or in this case, donation: this concert was the first of a pair (the second is Tuesday night) benefitting the United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation, the charity founded by Jay-Z and whose president and chief executive is his mother, Gloria Carter. Most tickets cost several hundred dollars; on the resale market, some were listed for more than $1,000. [NY Times]
Last night's show was the first of two. It happens again tonight (2/7). Yesterday the shows weren't sold out, but now it says "Limited Availability" for tonight's show at Carnegie Hall's site.
Some video clips and a pictures of the set list from last night (2/6), below...
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Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Questlove & more playing Gil-Scott Heron, Gordon Parks & Jimmy Scott party @ Highline
Yasiin Bey on stage with Black Star (more by Zach Pollach)
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I hope everyone will have a great 2012! Alot of things to look forward too. Especially when BlackStar will be getting out their album/Mixtape out and a new G.O.O.D music compilation album coming out spring. Let it be a Yasiin Bey year!One of the world's most influential muslims Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) will start the Yasiin Bey year by helping pay tribute to the late Gil-Scott Heron as part of the Indelible Festival which goes down at Highline Ballroom in NYC on 1/6...
INDELIBLE FESTIVAL is dedicated to Gil Scott-Heron and Gordon Parks, with a tribute to Living Legend Jimmy Scott.The great jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott will also be performing at the show, alongside ?uestlove, Bilal, Robert Glasper, Cecil Taylor, and many others. Tickets are still available.
Indelible is dedicated to those who inspire and influence young people and, by their example, make a difference in the world. Jill Newman Productions created the Indelible Series two years ago, presented by the New York Public Library.
Reminder: ?uestlove ALSO DJs SOBs tonight (1/3).
Bey recently introduced the cast of Fela! the musical in San Francisco. Video of that is below.
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Daedelus releasing guest-filled LP, touring (playing Brooklyn, SXSW, Ultra Music Festival, other dates)
Daedelus at LPR (more by Chris Doss)
South by Southwest isn't the only major music fest that goes down in March. Ultra Music Festival happens a few days later in Maimi, and the now-sold out, three-day party features a giant lineup of electro acts, many who hit NYC right before or after.
Their lineup includes Duran Duran (who is also playing SXSW), Crystal Castles (who have a show coming up at Terminal 5), The Klaxons, (who play Webster Hall), Trentemoller (who plays MHoW soon), Cut Copy (who plays T5 in triplicate), Royksopp (who plays MHOW and Webster Hall), ... the list goes on and on and includes Daedelus.
Los Angeles DJ and producer Daedelus will play a Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 2nd. Tickets are currently on AmEx presale, and go on regular sale Friday at noon (3/10). Daedelus is also playing SXSW and many other places as part of the 'Magical Properties 3 Tour'. The full list of his dates and openers is below.
Daedelus's new LP Bespoke is due in North America on April 26th via Ninja Tune Records and includes guest appearances by Baths, Busdriver and many others. RCRD LBL has the track with Bilal. Check out the tracklisting, some videos and all tour dates, below...
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BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech - 2010 schedule of free Brooklyn shows that happen Thursdays at noon
Naomi Shelton celebrating Brooklyn in 2009 (more by Fresh Bread)
BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival brings free afternoon shows to the MetroTech Commons (corner of Flatbush and Myrtle Aves) on Thursdays June 3-August 5 (noon-2pm). The performers this year include Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré (who played LPR in April), Bernie Worrell's SociaLybrium (fronted by the Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking Heads keyboardist), Mykal Rose of Black Uhuru, bassist Victor Wooten and more.
The full schedule, with directions, is below...
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?uestlove & others playing w/ Wizard of Oz screening in Central Park (win VIP tix), Roots playing Brooklyn Bowl
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The Wizard of Oz is being re-released on DVD September 29th. Why should you care? Because that's also the same day a free outdoor event is happening in Central Park to celebrate it (it's also the film's 70th anniversary). At the show (whick kicks off at Rumsey Playfield at 7:30 p.m. ET), ?uestlove (of The Roots), Jennifer Hudson, Julianne Hough, Bilal, "and a band assembled especially for the show" will be performing contemporary interpretations of classic songs from the film. That will be followed by a screening of the flick on a giant inflatable screen (rain location TBA if it rains).
Of course, if you're only interested in the Roots, you can always shell out for the cover at their Highline Ballroom residency (though it should be noted, their Sept. 29th performance has been canceled). If you prefer to never leave Brooklyn, the band is also playing a Thursday, October 1st show at Brooklyn Bowl. It only costs $10. Tickets are on sale.
For the Central Park show, we have a pair of VIP passes (not on sale) and a prize package from Netflix to give away. Details are below...
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"I won't lie....never had the chance to fully listen to 88-Keys, but when he came out and spit a few bars here and there...I was impressed..... From tricking fans by saying he was bringing out Yeezy (Kanye West to newly converted hip-hop heads) and instead coming out with his shirt open, black glove and lip-syncing to his lead single, 88 battled a handful of boos, a wad of paper thrown at his story-telling assistant which came out in-between tracks and poor microphone sound problems... On a side note, he did, however, bring out Bilal...)...Mos Def and Talib Kweli reunited Black Star for not one, but two back-to-back shows at NYC's Nokia Theatre on Saturday night (5/30). More pictures, and some videos, from the early show below...
...Eminem [who got a taste of Bruno's butt at the MTV Movie Awards last night] told you to "take some Big and some 'Pac, mix 'em up in a pot, sprinkle a lil' Big L on top, now what the f*ck do you got," well, let me do you one slightly better. You take some hip and some hop, pour it all in a pot, surprise fans with Mos and Talib and fo' sure they gon' pop......' (laugh) Okay, maybe I'll stick to the re-cap and news covering....but when I tell you the place exploded with energy upon the arrival of Black Star's front men.... [SOHH]
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Reflection: Curse Your Branches December 13, 2009Posted by watchman in culture, music, spirituality, Watchman.
Tags: Bazan, faith, music, pedro the lion
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I finally bought Bazan's newest album. I put some preliminary thoughts on the album on a blog a few months ago. Now, however, I have now had a chance to listen and mull the album over.
There is always something beautiful about somebody singing from the freedom of theological honesty. Christian musicians and artists feel the necessity to act as apologists for the faith. This makes for some awful artwork and boring music. Why? Because it is contrived bullshit. It is forced propaganda, instead of authentic refrains from the human soul.
Has Bazan has fully freed himself from his Christian roots? No. Certainly not. He sings and lyrically rants about his former faith in the same manner that he sings and rants about the alcoholism that also haunts his life. They both cling to him like an unwanted specter, a shame, or guilt.
All that to say, I thought the album was gorgeous. It was an honest and well crafted portrait of a soul in process.
So Says I August 29, 2009Posted by watchman in music, Watchman.
Tags: lyrics, music, shins, so says i
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Things to do before I die: see these guys live.
An address to the golden door
I was strumming on a stone again
pulling teeth from the pimps of gore when hatched
a tragic opera in my mind…
and it told of a new design
in which every soul is duty bound
to uphold all the statutes of boredom therein lies
the fatal flaw of the red age.
Because it was nothing like we'd ever dreamt,
our lust for life had gone away with the rent we hated
and because it made no money nobody saved no one's life tonight.
So we burned all our uniforms
and let nature take its course again
and the big ones just eat all the little ones
that sent us back to the drawing board.
In our darkest hours
we have all asked for some
angel to come
sprinkle his dust all around
but all our crying voices they can't turn it around
and you've had some crazy conversations of your own.
We've got rules and maps and guns in our backs
but we still can't just behave ourselves
even if to save our own lives, so says I, we are a brutal kind.
Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt
tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt
cause if it makes them money they might just give you life this time.
Reflection: Waltz With Bashir August 17, 2009Posted by watchman in culture, film, Watchman.
Tags: animation, culture, film, memory, Waltz with Bashir
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"Memory is dynamic…"
Though, I do not know how, this film manages to stay apolitical. It seems like a documentary about a man who is trying to understand the link between hidden memories and dreams that are all to real.
I say it seems like a documentary, because just 30 seconds into the film, you realize it is so much more. Then, 30 hours after the credits have rolled, it remains with you, as if etched upon a memory that it said was unreliable in the first place.
The subject matter is intense, and the writing is superb. The film on one level explores the effectiveness of war and violence, and goes so far as to compare the actions of Israeli Defense Forces to the Nazis at Auschwitz. On another level, there is hardly an explanation for the overarching political realities. Instead, we find one man trying to explore a fragment of his life that is missing from his memory – his reality.
These elements alone would make a captivating film. But, filmmaker Ari Folman decided to tell the story through animation. The extraordinary visuals, coupled with Max Richter's haunting score, make a captivating film absolutely mesmerizing.
So much of our reality is defined by our memory. I wonder what we are missing and whether it is best left hidden.
Want A Cold One? August 15, 2009Posted by watchman in culture, Watchman.
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Pedro the Drunk Agnostic Lion August 1, 2009Posted by watchman in culture, music.
Tags: cornerstone, david bazan, faith, music, pedro the lion, spirituality
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I've been listening to Pedro the Lion (along with Headphones and Bazan) for a couple years now. In anticipation of his upcoming album, David Bazan actually played Cornerstone Music Festival last month. For those of you who don't know what Cornerstone is, Cornerstone is the mother of all Christian music festivals. For those of you who don't know who David Bazan is, he is better known as Pedro the Lion and he is an admitted agnostic.
All this is a good story and well told by Jessica Hopper, so check out this piece from the Chicago Reader.
Hard To Be is the first track of his newest album and it should give you a good idea of where he is coming from:
Wait just a minute
You expect me to believe
That all this misbehaving
Grew from one enchanted tree?
And helpless to fight it
We should all be satisfied
With this magical explanation
For why the living die
And why it's hard to be
Hard to be, hard to be
A decent human being?
The beautiful story of David Bazan's journey through faith, doubt, alcohol, and transition, makes his music all the better, for me. He has become an Agnostic and has found something extraordinarily rare in Christianity – authenticity.
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Reflection: Gran Torino July 31, 2009Posted by watchman in culture, film.
Tags: clint eastwood, culture, diversity, film, political correctness, racism, reconciliation
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Recently my nation has been following the suject of race again. The story of professor Henry Louis Gates arrest has brought the old and endless debate on race back to the forefront of our minds. It seems we will never learn to live together in a diverse culture.
In the midst of this debate, I had the chance to watch Clint Eastwood's film Gran Torino. This film is undeniably about race. Eastwood's character, Walt, is an unlikable ornery old racist widower who has to watch his impoverished Detroit neighborhood go through significant changes. Most prominently among the changes, is an influx of Hmong residents from Vietnam.
Walt is very set in his ways. He is particular and holds everyone up to his standards – even his own family. One of the ways he is particularly set in is his view of race.
Walt is a racist. He is not a racist in the same vein of an Alabama Klan member. Instead he is the typical flag waving Midwestern racist. He uses coarse and terrible racial epitaphs for everyone from Italians to Asian Americans. He despises every minority with equal derision. He castigates them all.
So, Walt is an unlikely hero for a story about racial tension. He becomes a hero when he stands up to a local marauding gang and inadvertantly rescues a Hmong neighbor. He was, in all actuality, trying to kick the gang members off his lawn. Nonetheless, he wasseen as a saint by his neighbors.
I'll leave the rest of the plot out of this post, so you can experience it yourself. HOwever, I will say that there is no Hallmark moments in this film. Walt never sees the light, so to speak. He remains a bigot and a racist throughout the film. The only people who are able to actually tolerate Walt are the people who accept him for who he is. He is a terrible racist and they relate to him anyway.
In one poignant scene, Walt looks in the mirror and says "I've got more in common with these Gooks than my own spoiled-rotten family." So, Walt appreciates his neighbors, but never meets the politically correct ideals. He still describes them cruelly and coarsly berates them with vile words. Yet, somehow, it is okay.
In an era where our nation is more and more diverse, perhaps we need to have realistic expectations of one another. Perhaps, political correctness is an unrealistic goal for racial reconciliation. We should embrace the fat that we are all flawed and have unfortunate views of eachother and try to get along anyway.
We're all racists. We're all jerks. If we are to have a politically correct litmus test before we can begin reconciling, reconciliation will never occur. Instead, the prerequisite for reconciliation should be relationship. As neighbors from diverse backgrounds interact and get to know one another, reconciliation will naturally occur.
On-Air Screaming July 16, 2009Posted by watchman in culture, politics, Watchman.
Tags: AM radio, Glenn Beck, health care, politics, screaming, talk radio
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I am really tired of people who quote some radio talk show host. These guys are all the same. They yell about conspiracies, liberals, and commies until they decide to take a call. Then, they proceed to verbally abuse the caller unless the caller happens to agree with them.
Can you imagine seeing two people have a conversation like this on the street:
I'd call the cops on Beck. What a psychopath.
The great ghetto of all things intellectual is AM talk radio. It is a vast ocean of propoganda, talking points, and outright mindless chatter. If political/social issues are going to ever be seriously dealt with, they will be dealt with in civil interactions among people who actually listen to one another.
Reflection: Stockholm Syndrome July 11, 2009Posted by watchman in music, Watchman.
Tags: derek webb, homosexuality, justice, music, politics
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Derek Webb is once again ruffling feathers and angering decent wholesome Christian folks in his new album Stockholm Syndrome. In his previous solo effort, he made Christian Radio mad by calling the church a whore with bastard children. (To be fair, the prophet Hosea and St. Augustine said that a long time ago, but pesky details never get in the way of the Pharisees.)
Now, Derek has put out this little gem:
In "What Matters More" Webb challenges listeners right off the bat by singing
You say you always treat people like you like to be
I guess you love being hated for your sexuality
But, he is not done.
If I can tell what's in your heart by what comes out of your mouth
Then it sure looks to me like being straight is all it's about
It looks like being hated for all the wrong things
Like chasin' the wind while the pendulum swings
'Cause we can talk and debate until we're blue in the face
About the language and tradition that he's comin' to save
Meanwhile we sit just like we don't give a shit
About 50,000 people who are dyin' today
Tell me, brother, what matters more to you?
Tell me, sister, what matters more to you?
Apparently, this song, in particular, cost Webb a record deal and has permanently put him on the fringes of Christianity. There are worse places to be, in my opinion.
There are things I like and dislike about Stockholm. I like how he pushes listeners both stylistically and prophetically. I dislike the blatant heat with which he preaches.
Musically, Derek Webb is "harsher" than ever as he leaves his acoustic folk background behind and has now dived right into pop electronica. So, fans of his Caedmon's Call days or even of Mockingbird may feel left out. But, I think the music is generally accessible. I mean, we are not talking about a Moby album here.
The biggest turn off for listening will be the critiquing blasts that Webb gives the likes of
Fred Phelps. He mourns marrying his "conscience to the state." This is a preachy album. It is not Andy Griffith sings your favorite hymns and it certainly is not Christian worships songs that have been done 40 times over. The album is prophetic in the sense of mournful calls for change.
"The only common good
is that we understood that
laws injustice are only good for breaking"
I love what he is saying. I just wishes it was less blatant and a bit more subtle. I am a fan of former Christian acts like Pedro the Lion. David Bazan provides a genuine struggle with faith, but still gives a deep, lasting musical experience. Webb's latest album hits hard at first, but dissipates fast. Such is the danger of blatant pop music and lyrics.
One final note. I cannot say that this is my favorite music in the world. But as I listened to the album, I realized the significance of the album title. Stockholm Syndrome is the psychological phenomena where a victim loves the person that is harming them. This is clearly true of Webb. Despite his critiques, he loves the indifferent church, that political and sinful whore. I doubt that she loves him back. Yet, his love moves him to criticize and implore. That, at the very least earns my praise.
Also, check out iMonk's observation. I love the Rich Mullins comparison.
Time To Care About Soccer? July 5, 2009Posted by watchman in Watchman.
Tags: Colbert, soccer, sports
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Colbert (my new primary source of news) is wondering whether we should care about soccer. You can see the interview here. Anybody care?


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So the error is being raised on the user token - the (fake) number 012345-012345. All of the "012345"s actually have their correct counterpart in core.clj. Anyone know what's up? :)
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012345-012345 on line 10 is being read in as a number, but gets tripped up when it hits the hyphen. Do you want a string here?
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You rock. This completely worked!!
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BTW, nothing wrong with posting here, but you will probably get a lot more traction on StackOverflow .
I also did try StackOverflow, and you both ended up giving me the correct answer. :)
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Chapter: Humification of PAH and TNT During Bioremediation — Evaluation of Long Term Risk and Sustainability[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The depletion of contaminants in soil is not only based on degradation or mineralisation, but also on the fact that a fixation or immobilisation of the xenobiotic substances as bound residues takes place within the soil matrix. This binding of organic contaminants (called a humification process if bound to soil humus) can reduce the bioavailable and analytically detectable part of the xenobiotics. The binding was investigated in detail by the use of 14C-labeled substances for PAH and TNT in the last decades and this immobilisation process has been proposed as a remediation measure. The intentional humification process may be achieved by adjusting bioremediation process parameters such as the supplementation of soil with organic substances (compost etc.) or by changing the incubation conditions (anaerobic and aerobic phases).
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ABSTRACT: Stable carbon isotopic measurements were employed to characterize the transformation of a 13C-labeled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), anthracene, in a closed soil bioreactor system. The 13C-label was used to calculate a carbon mass balance including mineralization and the formation of nonextractable soil-bound residues. Similar results were obtained from 13C-labeled carbon and 14C-labeled carbon mass balance calculations for separate batch experiments with labeled anthracene. In concentration ranges typical for real PAH-contaminated sites, the sensitivity of the 13C tracer method meets the requirements of classical radiotracer experiments. Therefore, our balancing method based on stable isotope-labeled chemicals may supplement or substitute radiotracer experiments under many circumstances. One major advantage of using stable isotope-labeled tracers is the possible application in transformation studies where the use of radioactive substances is of environmental concern. The transformation of 13C-labeled PAH into nonextractable residues clearly depends on the metabolic activity of the soil microflora and occurs during an early phase of biodegradation. Successive contamination of the soil by anthracene leads to a progressive adaptation of the microflora to a complete mineralization of anthracene in the soil. The extent of residue formation is controlled by the capability of the microflora to degrade the contaminant. Results of long-term experiments indicate that nonextractable residues are relatively stable over time.
Article: Fate and Stability of Nonextractable Residues of [14 C]PAH in Contaminated Soils Under Environmental Stress Conditions[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: It has been recognized during recent years that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) may form nonextractable residues in soil and that this process may be stimulated by microbial activities. To use that process intentionally for soil bioremediation, one must ensure that the formed nonextractable PAH residues will not be released from the soil on the long run. The long-term stability of four different nonextractable [14C]PAH residues ([14C]naphthalene, [14C]anthracene, [14C]pyrene, and [14C]benzo[a]pyrene) was therefore monitored under different ecological stress conditions. It was found that a considerable fraction of the total [14C]PAH residues could be released as 14CO2 from the soil being partly due to a biogenic reduction of the nonextractable 14C residue fraction. The turnover of this fraction was comparable to the natural turnover rate for humic substances. Neither the addition of humus-degrading microorganisms nor a mechanical stress treatment of the soil structure by freezing and thawing led to a mobilization of the nonextractable [14C]PAH residues. However, a significant mobilization of the nonextractable 14C activity occurred when EDTA was added to the soil. The metal−organic soil complexes were destabilized by this complexing agent and released 14C activity that was attached to colloidal or dissolved organic matter.
Article: The use of 13C-labelled polycyclic a romatic hydrocarbons for the analysis of their transformation in Soil[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The formation of non-extractable residues during biodegradation and humification processes in soils and sediments represents a major sink for organic contaminants. The mode of incorporation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and their metabolites into macromolecular organic matter during microbial degradation was studied applying 13C-labelled compounds. Mineralisation rates were determined by measuring the 13CO2 production. An incorporation of 13C-PAH-fragments into humic material could be traced by isotopic analysis of the bulk organic matter. Furthermore, selective chemical degradation reactions were performed to analyse the precise chemical structure of covalently bound 13C-labelled PAH fragments in soil humic substances. Structural assignments by GC-MS combined with isotope measurements on the bulk organic carbon and at the molecular level (Isotope Ratio Monitoring-GC-MS) provided useful information on the fate of xenobiotics within the soil.
Article: Impact of Inoculation Protocols, Salinity, and pH on the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Survival of PAH-Degrading Bacteria Introduced into Soil[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and survival of bacteria in soil was investigated by applying different inoculation protocols. The soil was inoculated with Sphingomonas paucimobilis BA 2 and strain BP 9, which are able to degrade anthracene and pyrene, respectively. CFU of soil bacteria and of the introduced bacteria were monitored in native and sterilized soil at different pHs. Introduction with mineral medium inhibited PAH degradation by the autochthonous microflora and by the strains tested. After introduction with water (without increase of the pore water salinity), no inhibition of the autochthonous microflora was observed and both strains exhibited PAH degradation.
Article: Microbial Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils Affected by the Organic Matrix of Compost[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This paper describes the degradation of naphthalene, phenanthrene, anthracene, fluoranthene, and pyrene in soil and soil/compost mixtures. Compost addition facilitated the degradation of 500 mg naphthalene/kg soil and 100 mg/kg each of other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) within 25 days in soil systems with water contents below the water-holding capacity. By means of a humic acid extraction, it was demonstrated that the decrease of PAH concentrations after compost addition was not caused by a sorption to organic matter preventing PAH analysis. The enhanced PAH degradation was examined in a series of batch experiments with contaminated soil to evaluate whether the effect of compost addition is caused by the microorganisms of the compost itself, by the properties of the organic matrix of the compost material, or by water-soluble fertilising substances. The experiments revealed that the release of fertilising substances from the compost and the shift of soil pH brought about by the compost did not cause the stimulatory effect. The microorganisms inherent to the compost were also not necessary for the enhanced degradation. Sterilised compost was recolonised by soil microorganisms after a lagphase yielding a degradation activity similar to that of the non-sterilised compost. The presence of the solid organic matrix of the compost seemed to be essential for the enhanced degradation. The soil/compost microflora, which was separated from the organic matrix in liquid cultures, exhibited a much lower degrading activity than in the presence of the solid organic material.
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ABSTRACT: Experiments were carried out to evaluate the impact of the addition of ripe compost on the degradation of two 14C-labeled hydrocarbon model compounds (anthracene and hexadecane) in soil. The addition of mature compost (20% dry wt./dry wt) stimulated significantly the disappearance of the extractable fraction of both compounds. With compost, 23% of the labeled anthracene was transformed into 14CO2 and 42% was fixed to the soil matrix irreversibly. In the unsupplemented control reactor, more than 88% of the original anthracene could be recovered by either of two organic extraction procedures. THe formation of non-extractable bound residues was significantly less with 14C-hexadecane since only 21% of the labeled carbon had become non-extractable after 103 days. The results presented show that compost could stimulate the depletion of hydrocarbons by either mineralization or the formation of unextractable bound residues (humification). The latter process might be a significant route of depletion in soil especially, for those hydrocarbons that are mineralized only slowly. The meaning of this finding for the assessment of soil bioremediation is discussed.
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ABSTRACT: Humic acids isolated from soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and from non-contaminated soils were investigated by analytical pyrolysis to examine the abundance and structure of soil bound PAH-residues. PAHs which are not extractable by organic solvents could be liberated from humic substances by analytical pyrolysis. Pyrolysates of humic acids derived from biodegradation experiments with PAH contaminated soils revealed a 2 to 8 fold enrichment of PAHs compared to those from non-polluted soils. This enrichment was also observed in humic substances isolated from contaminated field samples during a remediation experiment. Environmental implications for the formation of soil bound residues during bioremediation are discussed.
Chapter: PAH-degradation in soil: Microbial activation or inoculation? A comparative evaluation with different supplements and soil materials[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In the course of the remediation of a PAH-contaminated site in Hamburg-Veringstraße (1) we evaluated the use of two different remediation strategies: 1. Stimulation of PAH degradation by activation of the autochthonous microflora. 2. Stimulation of the PAH degradation by supplementation of the soil with either the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus (1), straw or compost (2).
Article: Non‐selective precultivation of bacteria able to degrade different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The influence of the precultivation with different carbon sources on the ability of three different bacterial strains (Sphingomonas sp. strain BA2, Gordona sp. strain BP9, Mycobacterium sp. strain VF1) to grow on phenanthrene. anthracene, pyrene or fluoranthene as the sole source of carbon and energy were studied. The strains were found to maintain their ability to grow on two of the four PAH after 30 serial transfers in liquid nutrient broth medium without selective pressure. The ability to grow on these PAH as the sole carbon and energy source was also maintained after curing experiments with acridine orange. The high stability of the PAH-degradation phenotype suggests that the tested strains carry at least parts of the PAH-degradation pathway genes on the chromosome. The PAH-degradation versatility of the strains was also influenced by the carbon source being used for precultivation. Possible reasons for the particularly good impact of the precultivation on hexadecane on the PAH degradation are discussed in this paper.
Chapter: Microbial PAH Degradation in Soil Material from a Contaminated Site — Mass Balance Experiments with Pleurotus Ostreatus and Different 14C-PAH[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The white-rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus was used by a company for the bioremediation of PAH-contaminated site near Hamburg (FRG). The soil material was supplemented with a white-rot fungus/straw-material. The white-rot fungus should decompose the xenobiotics in technical scale during a two years incubation time.
Article: Metabolites of xenobiotica and mineral oil constituents linked to macromolecular organic matter in polluted environments. Adv Organic Geochem[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The type of association between pollutants and humic substances of soils, sediments and river waters has been investigated. Metabolites, which can arise from the microbiological degradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), were cleaved from the macromolecular matrix by selective chemical degradation techniques (OH−, BCl3, Rh/H2). Hydrolysis reactions performed with Na18OH proved that some metabolites of pollutants form stable ester bonds by condensation processes with functional groups of humic substances, a phenomenon which has major implications for transport, toxicity and bioavailability of xenobiotica.
Article: Enumeration and Characterization of the Soil Microflora from Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil Sites Able to Mineralize Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The use of a plate screening technique allowed the direct isolation and quantification of polycylic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria from different soil sites. Bacteria that were able to grow on anthracene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene or pyrene as a sole carbon source were found with numbers between 103 and 105 colony-forming units (cfu)/g of soil dry weight, but only in samples that originated from PAH-contaminated sites. No isolates were found that could grow on perylene, triphenylene, benzo(a)pyrene or chrysene as sole carbon source. Bacteria that had been selected on the same PAH substrate showed a related degradation pattern for both other PAH and oil compounds and carbohydrate substrates even if they had been collected at distant soil sites. Based on these findings the isolates could be clustered into four different catabolic and taxonomic similarity groups. Taxonomic determination of representative isolates suggested that nocardioform actinomycetes of the genera Mycobacterium, Rhodococcus and Gordona represented a major part of the soil microflora able to mineralize PAH. Three new isolates able to grow on anthracene, pyrene or fluoranthene as the sole carbon source, respectively, have been isolated and identified (Sphingomonas paucimobilis BA2, Gordona sp. BP9, Mycobacterium sp. VF1). The ubiquitous presence of a potent and versatile mineralizing microflora in PAH-contaminated soils indicated that the microflora is not the limiting factor for the degradation of PAH with up to four rings.
Article: Evaluation of a New and More Effective Method to Extract Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Soil Samples[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A new and efficient protocol for the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from soil samples is described. The method is based on two successive steps, including an organic solvent extraction and a methanolic hydrolysis (saponification) of the soil sample. By use of the new technique the microbial degradation of PAH in soil batch cultures was monitored. The application of the method helps to recover significant higher amounts of PAH from soil than it was possible with an organic solvent extraction only. An explanation for the observed effect could be that PAH molecules which got trapped in the humic polymer are released due to the cleavage of ester bonds which form parts of humic macromolecules.
Article: Non-extractive localization and imaging of luminescent bacteria in liquid and soil samples by luminescence microscopy
Article: In situ detection and localization of bioluminescent Streptomyces coelicolor in liquid and soil by photon imaging[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The successful cloning of the bioluminescence genes from marine bacteria offers the chance to use the bioluminescence phenotype as a marker for environmental monitoring purposes. This work describes a video camera based technique which allows both the sensitive detection and determination of the spatial distribution of luminescent Streptomyces coelicolor pellets and filaments within liquid and soil samples.
Article: Mechanisms of microbial degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in soil-compost mixtures
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Hot Air Ballooning in Nepal
- Introduction
- A few Photos
- Where To Go ?
- Quick Tips and Guide
- Service Providers
- How Much Will it Cost ?
This latest adventure sport of Nepal draws huge tourists every year. Come to Nepal to look up into the sky and see the mighty towers of The Himalayas for an unforgettable excitement and memories to last and same goes if you look down where your eyes will capture greeneries, magnificent valleys unmatched like anywhere on this planet. Nepal is often called "Shangrilla". With Balloon you can do both view Himalayas as well as fly up above the Shangrilla to feel it, literally!
A group tour doesn't cost that much. There is more info at the end about the cost. Flying by airplanes might be a good option for viewing just the mountains but if you want to see the beautiful landscape that Nepal possess, you have to get on board with a Balloon which glides with the Himalayan breeze kissing your chicks; something that you won't be able to get again anywhere on this planet.
How high can I go and How long will be my ride ? Depending on the altitude of nearby mountains, your instructor will take this matter serious. Ballooning in areas were not much space is left between two or more mountains can be a hazardous. Ballooning in Pokhara, Kathmandu, and other cities have become popular but the number of tourists doing this activity in Terai region (Plain) is also growing up. On average they go upto 13,200 feet about 4,000 meters high; enough for your pleasure.
Hot Air Balloon for Mountain views lasts for 1 to 2 hours and is one of the most thrilling and exciting adventures in Nepal. Ask your travel agent for advance booking and further details.
Photos of Balloon
Service Providers
- For a list of service providers, please look through our web directory > Travel Companies. Many offer this service as an Agent or Operator. If you are looking for best deal, find the operator not the agent. Travel Agents / Operators Directory Mountain excursion operators can also arrange this for you.
Where to Go ?
- Popular Choices are Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara, Lumbini and Chitwan
- Other Terai regions could also be in your schedule, including the region that stretches from Chitwan to Bhairahawa and/or Chitwan to Biratnagar, Chitwan to Dharan. Contact with local Nepali travel agent to find out if your desired destination is available for flying.
Tips and Guide
- There is no age limit, however, kids or even parents with high-altitude sickness should avoid this sport if you are planning on going for higher elevations where the oxygen level can be low.
- If you are doing on your own with your own equipment, please be aware of the weather conditions, have a local knowledge about the terai such as altitude of mountains that would be in your area or path. Register at Nepal Tourism Board or at your Embassy before you embark on your journey. By doing so, they can help you incase you need help such as during emergency situations.
- Most air ballooning start early in the morning. The reason is so that you can witness sunrise beauty, if you get lucky and the weather is good you can also see sun's rays reflecting from the Himalayas; the most beautiful sight which is rarely witnessed by mankind.
- Your mind alone won't be enough to capture the moments. So bring along camcorders and shoot films. You will appreciate that.
- On what to wear the flying pilot should advice you. Caps, (Hiking Dress; clothes and boots), Sun Glasses are recommended.
- Carry a binocular. After all, all that cost for getting you and close shouldn't limit you from seeing beyond!
- Did you know? Some of the travelers who did this on their own have gone above 50,000 feet or more something that is not done by the local operators. Also be aware, the further you go from the valley, you will be losing oxygen and altitude-sickness will start to strike-down. In such case, Those who have gone that up must have have carried oxygen tanks. Would you think so ?
How much will it cost ?
- This will depend on the group or solo fly. If you are doing solo, it will cost you deadly. In a group of two or three, depending on the capacity of air balloon, you can reduce your cost. Cost should not exceed more than USD $500 to US$850 per flight for 1 hour trip in Kathmandu Valley. For other regions, you will need to contact the local agents.
- It is not necessary to make prior arrangements for this facility unless your time in Nepal is limited. Once there, your travel agent can help you find one that fits your budget and the things you wish to see from up-above!
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A jewel of Gothic architecture overlooking the sea.
The cathedral is built over the city walls of Palma de Mallorca's old town.
Construction of this building began during the reign of Jaime II, and it comprises three naves. The main nave is home to the Trinidad chapel, where the remains of kings Jaime II and Jaime III are laid to rest. Highlights on the façade include the main door and the south door or Mirador, especially interesting for its decoration, featuring sculptures by Guillermo Sagrera. The Mirador door is spectacularly beautiful on account of its carvings of geometrical and plant motifs, while the main doorway is supported by four majestic columns. The reforms carried out by the architect Antonio Gaudí in the early 20th century are another of the attractions of this building, as are the works by the artist Miquel Barceló in the Santísimo Chapel, with a huge ceramic mural, stained glass windows and the furnishings. The cathedral of Palma de Mallorca also has a tower with nine bells. It is particularly worth noting the size of the bell known as "N'Eloi", which measures two metres in diameter and weighs 4,517 kilos.
- Konstruksjon: Cathedral
- Kunsthistorisk periode: Gothic
- Historisk periode: 14th century
- Omgivelser: The cathedral surroundings are extremely attractive, comprising the old town of the city of Palma de Mallorca, including La Almudaina Palace, amongst other buildings.
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