January 2012
2011 Concert Recap:
Esperanza Spaulding
Blu
J* Davey
Theophilus London (2 times actually)
Bad Rabbits
Travie Mccoy
Murs
Mos Def
Flying Lotus
Jesse Boykins III
Mara Hruby
Melo-X
Full Crate & Mar
Brooke D’ Leau (solo)
Def Sound
The Roots
Little Dragon
Incubus
Tender Forever
Childish Gambino
Uhhh, I think that covers it? man, musically, this was a pretty epic year :)
December 2011
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Saul Williams Christmas
i’m very excited about this. I received “Slam” on DVD and the books “she” & “the dead emcee scrolls”
I’ve been dying to read these so i’m making my way through them now and then i need to get “,said the shotgun to the head.”
He’s supposed to be in LA in March and I really want to go so I’ll have to try and make it...
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Happy Common/"The Dreamer, The Believer" Day...
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Creating my Favorites of 2011 list...
with those few late 2010 releases that still shaped my year.
will post tomorrow :) i’m excited.
“Levels (Sonnymoon Remix)” -Bilal
I...
3 Songs from the Blum EP! →
hmmm, apparently it’s not online anymore, guess I got lucky to get it when I did, but it will be re-released in January! this write up though features some key one’s from the EP. “Sleep Heart” is my personal favorite.
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Streaming Link for "give me my flowers while i can... →
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late night productivity
since i’ve been home on the east coast, as soon as 11pm hits, I go into future planning mode.
Tonight, I’m:
RE-formatting my resume (for the 80th time)
expanding my lists of jobs/internships to apply for
getting a cover letter (or 2) done and
FINALLY attempting to finish my website. oye.
Clearly, I’m still on the West Coast routine, considering this is what I do from...
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“Ashley and I both see art as vehicles of social change. She is a fantastic...”
– Najee :) I’ve probably (well, hopefully) mentioned before that I spent the semester teaching poetry to 7th grade students and that I was doing it with Naj! He’s an insanely talented spoken word artist, actor and a true renaissance man. This was a paragraph he wrote in his final portfolio...
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Watchtheloveapp:
Jesse Boykins III & Full Crate Live in Hamburg | I Can’t Stay | Way Of A Wayfarer Tour
SCHWAZA NU SOUL CITY
mrsjfyl:
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Two of my favorite men/musicians :) Yay!!
what's a job search?
this whole thing is intimidating.
i thought I had next year figured out but that was before I decided I wanted to take time off. I have no idea when the “appropriate” time to look for a job is or even how to go about doing so. gah! :(
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Family Matters
Every time I come home, I always get hit with a new family situation. I’ve always been the “black sheep” of my family. I was the smart, nerdy kid who had a wide range of interests and a wide range of friends and then once I moved away it got even worse. Well, not really worse, just different. People respected me more because I left so young, but i still was never enough for...
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GOLDEN GLASSES 10" OUT NOW WORLDWIDE!!
fullcrate:
Today my new record ‘Golden Glasses’ finally came out on a limited 10” vinyl. The digi was already out October 21st. Both dropped on Wonderful Ear Records.
My peoples from PinBoard Film shot this crazy/amazing video promo for it, I did a lil some some on the sound design.
BUY GOLDEN GLASSES 10” VINYL: Rush Hour
BUY GOLDEN GLASSES DIGI: iTunes & Amazon
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T- 3 days until I'm back on the east coast.
Just had to be reminded of that :)
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