Last night Jose el Rey himself came by Sweat and dropped off shiny copies of the new Miami Bass Warriors record. This 305 supergroup comprised of Otto von Schirach, Debbie Dynamite (Avenue D), Jose el Rey and El Tigre has been in the studio cooking up some intergalactic magic. With all of that talent together on one record, their debut 12″ is sure to be a part of Miami Bass history. It comes fully DJ ready with 3 singles, 3 instrumentals and the vocal tracks for remixing. Here’s the tracklisting:
A side
1. Bro, That Chick’s a Basser
2. Breakfire
3. Going Back to Calle Ocho
B side
1. Bro That Chick’s Bonus Bass
2. Breakfire Breakbeats
3. Calle 808 Beats
4. A Capellas
You can hear two of these tracks on their myspace, and when you fall in love, come on down to Sweat Records and pick up a copy for yourself. It’s a limited release of only 500 records that are being sold worldwide online as well, so don’t wait! I leave you with the Miami-tastic video for “Going Back To Calle Ocho.”
Today, the second part of Awesome New Republic’s “Rational Geographic” series is available to download COMPLETELY FREE.
Just surf over to ANR’s site and grab the whole thing. We got a sneak preview a few weeks ago and there are some seriously great songs on there, equally suitable for headphone listening, the dancefloor, or a nice long drive. Get it!
Some of you may know Rocky Grimes as the man behind our awesome Sweat tees, but he’s also a multi-media artist, DJ, indie businessman and all-around silk-screener extraordinaire.
Click the pic below to read the interview with him in Juxtapoz Magazine and come by the shop to score one of his Sweat tees or one of his original designs from the rack!
My blood is boiling right now and yours should be too because the latest county budget proposes to cut a seriously major chunk of funding for the arts and arts organizations in Miami.
Please use this link to find out who your district Commissioner is and write them an email. From the statistics I’ve read, most people are so lazy that when someone actually does write an email they sort of weigh it as the opinions of as many as 100 individuals who didn’t make the effort.
So make the effort! If there was ever a good reason that will affect you directly, this is it. The letter from Michael Spring of the Department of Cultural Affairs is pasted below, and funnel the emotion you get from reading it into a very polite and passionate email…
Since it’s hot as blazes during the summer, the Bike Miami people have switched it up by planning some group rides through our beautiful city.
This Sunday, meet up at 8.30am at Legion Park on 64th and Biscayne for a quick bicycle safety lesson. After that the group will take off and enjoy a breezy ride through the MiMo district, Little Haiti, Buena Vista, the Design District and Edgewater. At the end there will be a lunch at a place TBD and of course, all are welcome to attend this ride.
We’re joining forces Circuitree Records to bring you a great show for a great cause! Wednesday, August 5th at The Vagabond, come out for The Giving Tree!
Circuitree founder Paul Gaeta (aka PG-13) is an elementary school art teacher and this year his school’s art budget is approximately ZERO DOLLARS. We’re raising money to give these kids some art supplies and a creative outlet!
Check out all the goodness audio, visual and gustatory goodness below and please come on August 5th. There’s a $5 suggested donation at the door and ALL proceeds go to the kids.
This Sunday evening THE AVETT BROTHERS are performing live on a tour stop at Ft. Lauderdale’s lovely Parker Playhouse! Why should you go? Well…
Since 2000 they’ve been mixing up alt-country, bluegrass, punk, indie rock, and even ragtime, with new genres like “indie roots”, “folk-punk”, or “grungegrass” being invented to describe them. The SF Chronicle said they’ve got the “heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.” No small words there.
Or just imagine if the Kings of Leon were chilling in the Carolinas getting back to their roots instead of hitting on underage girls in Manhattan dance clubs. Or if The Decemberists were from Appalachia…
Or just listen for yourself on their myspace page (which has over 5 million plays!) and watch some of their videos.
It should be a great show as their usual lineup of guitar, banjo and stand-up bass is joined on tour by a cello! (I’ve got a thing for strings.) You can score tickets by clicking right here.
Because it’s not easy to laugh when you’ve got SWAMP-ASS.
What is swamp-ass? Hm, you must be new to the area. Well, imagine the beauty of our beloved Everglades swamplands. Moist, squishy and teeming with life. Now transpose that whole steamy mess betwixt the cheeks of your booty. Violà!
If things are still sweaty at Sweat next month, the show must go on. In tradition of the human spirit, we will adapt.
Casa de Ha-Ha will become Casa de Hot-Hot! Like a phoenix or some crap.
You will be wearing your beach clothes!
There will be hot pizza and ice cold sodas for cheap!
Maybe a booby will fall out, who knows?!
See you at there! Mark your calendars for August 11th at 8.30pm and get ready to laugh your (hopefully) non-swampy ass off…
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