Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

If you were one of the lucky ones to catch Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings at Walters on Washington you witnessed two extraordinary events. One was Sharon and her amazing band, the other was the opening act - the Ivan Milev band. Milev a Bulgarian accordion legend played his brand of Bulgarian folk music with violinist Entcho Todorov to an astonished crowd at the fabled Walters. As the two took the stage the sold out crowd didn’t know what was about to hit them. Playing song after song of dizzying time changes the crowd gave them cheer after cheer. This seemed to really get Milev and Todorov pumped stating that Houston was the best crowd that they had played to on this tour. Rarely have I ever seen an opening act get so much response from a crowd.

After a short break the 8 piece Dap-Kings took the stage to warm up for Jones. Let this be known the Dap-Kings are not merely a warm up band or are they to be taken lightly. Although they are young beyond their years they are seasoned musicians with deep roots. They have been getting a lot of press since they played back up for Jones younger, crazier British counterpart Amy Winehouse’ Back to Black. Bosco and Binky, stalwarts from the Soul Providers days played the role of ring leaders keeping the the crowd and band in step. With the band warmed up the Georgia born, Brooklyn raised Jones took the stage for the first time in almost 4 years and the crowd let her know just how happy they were to see her. Always the show lady Jones grabbed people from the crowd all show long. At one point a somewhat drunk girl in a way too short skirt jumped on stage and licked Jones foot to the laughter of everyone within range of it.
 
Jones and the Dap-Kings played songs from all three of the full length releases including many from their fall 2007 release 100 days 100 nights. The high energy was one that should not have been missed by even the fairest of fair-weather fans. I’m sure they will be back but we hope it doesn’t take them another 3+ years to get back to H-town

For more on Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and their other label mates please visit the Daptones site. To see more Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings photos from Walters visit Deneyterrio’s flick stream

Thanks to Pam of Walters on Washington. You’re a great host.

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Social Media and You

Meet Bobby. He’s a very popular guy. Bobby belongs to all the Social Media sites. His teacher and classmates all love Bobby but it wasn’t all this way. No, things were quite different. Quite different indeed

 

City Hall Toronto

City Hall Toronto, originally uploaded by deneyterrio.

An old photo I found and scanned. This was taking at City Hall in Toronto, don’t know what year. Maybe 2001-02

Low End Theory December Podcast

We here at the Low End Theory would like to let you know that December is now officially the month of Dub. If you would like to take a moment to celebrate please do, we can wait… …boy that was fun! If you are a fan of dub music or dub influenced music you are in luck with this months podcast. If you don’t, well - better luck next time. If you are a fan keep your eye out around Christmas time for holiday treat that is sure to warm those wintery nights.

To start the month of Dub off we have Noisehaper with his track Bushmasta. Next up, and I can’t believe it has taken us this long, we have the Easy Star All-Star with a Reggae redoing of Radiohead’s Electioneering featuring Morgan Heritage. Reggae Rigby, a track I played on the Revelry Report on KTRU a couple weeks back is in the #3 spot before we slide into Terminalhead & Mr_ Spee’s Twisted System. The Butch Cassidy Sound System keeps pace with Brothers & Sisters. International Observor’s London features some nice bass lines. I swear the vocal sample in Bogus Buddy’s Western Roots says ‘Hey Battie man, leave my girl alone’ but that makes no sense. There’s been a string of Marley remixes lately, I guess that’s what happens when you don’t want to go see the doctor, huh Bob? G-Corp gives Put It On (Again) a fresh face. Wwe featured a short tease of Bill Laswell’s redubbing of Horace Andy & the Aggrovator’s a Noisy Place a few podcasts ago, this month we bring you the whole track. Ralph Myerz And The Jack Herren Band put us in a trance with their track Savannah.  Kabanjak’s Revelation Dub gets a crossing of the minds remix by Perch. Easy Star All-Stars sneak back in with Time a track off their first dub master piece ‘Dubside of the Moon’. Wicked Beat Sound System’s Be Humble makes way for General Tso by Calbert Walker to round out the month of Dub.

So now all you have to do is be like Inkoluv and play over and over again, seen?

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The Clash

 
If I have to explain the importance of the Clash to everyone I haven’t done my job right. Without them the whole catalog of punk music would be a couple albums of bands redoing God Save the Queen. These four guys from Liverpool took the world on, one listener at a time. Dubbed ‘The only band that matters’ the Clash were a sonic force from the get-go. Influencing a ton of musicians they got bigger and bigger with every release and Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon and Joe Strummer rose to god status with the 1979 release of London Calling. This album is the Strawberry Fields of punk rock. An opus in every way. Mixing punk, reggae and rockabilly amongst other sounds the Clash were always ahead of the game. Their sound pops up here and there in bands like the Libertines or Rancid but there is only one original.

They weren’t perfect though, eventually bands like the Clash disintegrate like the Beatles. Strummer would try to keep the band going but eventually stopped it in 1986, 10 years after the journey began. The other band members went on to record under different names; such as Jones’ Big Audio Dynamite but it was Strummer who remained vital to so many Clash fans. He personally influenced my life and I am thankful that there was the Clash. There are important as any band out there and continue to be.

The Clash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 but unfortunately Strummer passed away in December of 2002. This month, on the 22nd, marks the 5 year anniversary of his death of the unpunkly congenital heart defect. The man quite simply was a god. He believed in the rights of the common people and had the balls to stand in front of the world and say ‘yeah this is how I feel and if you don’t like get the fuck out of the way’

Rest in Peace, Joe. You are missed

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Saudi Prince Hikes Up Your Gas Prices

Gas prices are expected to rise another 20c in the next little while, why is that?

One direct result could be what your gas money is funding.

It was announced today that Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has bought an Airbus A380 for $320,000,000.00. Damn that’s a lot of fill-ups. He is spending another $100,000,000.00 refurbishing this lavish plane to fit his needs. The plane is the largest passenger plane in the world. He is going to make it a ‘flying palace’ for himself. Isn’t that great?

He is a member of the Saudi Royal family but most of his money made from his various holdings, News Corp(Fox News), Apple(hooray, let’s buy a new Ipod), Pepsi and Walt Disney(I’ve never hated a mouse as much as I do now) to name a few.

It is 6000 sq ft and can sit 525 passengers. The prince will turn some of the plane into 7 bedrooms.

This is disgusting

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SSA62G0&show_article=1

Mustaches for Kids Meet & Greet

Hey growers!

This Thursday marks the official start of the Mustaches for Kids growing season with our first Meet & Greet. This IS NOT the shave day, that comes next Thursday November 15th. I will have pledge forms to hand out if you have no already downloaded one. If you want to beat the rush you can download it here.

Meet & Greet will be held at the Stag’s Head Pub

Stag’s Head Pub -

2128 Portsmouth St.
Houston, Texas 77098

Sign Up Here for the Stache Competition here!

And don’t forget to pick up your Mustaches for Kids T-Shirt, all proceeds go to benefit Texas Children’s Hospital Cancer Center

 

Clutchy Hopkins in Houston

I did a blog post on Clutchy Hopkins and if he was real or not. Who can tell? Turns out the man that is Clutchy has ties to Houston. Check out this video of some homeless guys talking about Clutchy

 

Mustaches for Kids T-Shirts Announced!!

M4K Houston is pleased to announce that we have finalized a design for our inaugural Mustaches for Kids fund raiser. The wonderfully magnificent Daniel Meza has gone over and above the call of duty give us what we are now calling Deiter.

Check out Daniel’s design below

As I’m sure you can see Deiter’s stache is truly amazing and if he were real would be the clear winner of the Sweet Stache Competition. Thankfully Deiter cannot participate but his lovely mug can be yours. We are selling these shirts for $15 with all proceeds going to Texas Children’s Cancer Center. Yes I did type that right, shirts are only $15. Double XLs and up are $20 ea.

Tell me where on earth are you going to find a sweeter shirt than that? No where! To order a shirt drop me an email here telling me how many shirts you need, they make great presents, and what sizes as well. We will not be accepting payments online for the shirts at this time, so all orders will be in good faith - just like Mustaches for Kids!

Don’t forget to register for the Sweet Stache Competition!!

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/258367/

Low End Theory October Podcast

Is it October already? Wasn’t it just 1992 last week? Time flies when you have the funk! First thing is first; we had a complaint that last months podcast was too funky. Now we have heard a lot of strange things in our lives but if someone ever says that something is ‘too funky’ they better be talking about a skunk or something. If they say it about music it better be said with a wide grin and prefixed with ‘Hot Damn now that is….’ Music can never be too funky, if it did we would be lifting off in the Mothership with George and Bootsie as our co-pilots. Not that would be Too Funky, here me now.

We are going all over the map again this month with a podcast packed with some fantastic aural treats. Starting it off we have the Bay areas very own DJ Shadow with Fixed Income off his amazing live album - In Tune and On Time. Next up is the mysterious Clutchy Hopkins. If you’ve been living above ground you probably haven’t heard of Clutchy - yet! A few months ago Ubiquity Records announced that it had signed Clutchy to a record deal. This announcement had a picture of Clutchy, a rather spaced out looking street guy. Very strange. Since that post the quest to find out who Clutchy Hopkins is began. There are many people out there speculating on who or what he is, visit Canerican for a lowdown on links. I’m not sure if anyone will know as no one has seen Clutchy in a long time, maybe the release on Ubiquity will answer some questions. Sliding out of CH is the great Digable Planets with Highing Fly off Blowout Comb. Next up it’s a pair of funk tracks; Speedometer with Accra International Airport and the Bamboos with Pussy Footin’. Audio Infunktion provides the lo fi remix of Ancient Astronauts 36 hours. That is some straight up B Boy ish. The percussionists from Tortoise got together with Stones Throw and released an album of break and things, we doubled up there Crass Jenny to full effect. Keeping the B Boy vibe alive is Braile with their track Fresh Coast. Freddie Cruger AKA the Beatconductor drops in for his remix of MC Lyte’s Goes to My Head. Not too long ago a remix album of Bob & the Wailers called Roots, Rock, Remixed came out and this one is actually pretty good. Afrodisiac Sound System give Soul Shakedown Party to once or twice over. LET faves Noiseshaper keep the riddims flowing with The Creator. Smith & Mighty stay in the groove with No Justice ft. Rudy Lee before the space pimp himself Quasimoto shows up for the Return of the Loop Digga. Before I knew any better I pictured Quasimoto as a short shady MF. A spaced out Pimp that would shank you for a nickel. Quas/Madlib share a little skit that many diggers go through looking for one beat then they hit us with some raw funk, rapping about David Axelrod and diggin for loops. MF Doom sneaks in from another Clutchy remix before Quantic Soul Orchestra takes us back to the funk with Walking Through Tomorrow. The Poets of Rhythm keep the metering running with Eulogize the Source. Pnu Riff take us back to some Afro-Funk days with Bula making way for Quantic and Ohmega Watts to take us home with Ticket to Know Where.

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Marvin Gaye

 
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr, man what a voice.

From his early hits at Motown up until his untimely death Marvin Gaye soothed many souls with his amazing voice. Originally a drummer for Motown Marvin recorded as a session drummer for such hits as the Marvelettes ‘Please Mr. Postman’ and Little Stevie Wonders’ Fingertips Pt 2 but it would be his monumental album ‘What’s Going On’ that would set him apart.

Marvin was known as a duet singer for most of the sixties, singing with Mary Wells, Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell. It was with Terrell that many of Marvin’s early classics were recorded. Terrell collapsed on stage with Marvin in 1967 and health began to deteriorate. A brain tumor would ultimately take her life in 1970 and Marvin was crushed. Telling friends he was going to quit music the itch was too much and he began recording with the Motown house band, The Funk Brothers.

Told from the point of view of a Vietnam Vet returning from war seeing nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred. What’s Going On rolls from one track to the next, serving as both a protest against a war many Americans didn’t want and also against, it would seem, mental suffering. It was this last element that would play such a large roll in Marvin’s life. Marvin’s father cast a long shadow which led him to adopt an ‘e’ to the end of Gay to distinguish between him and his father. This shadow would ultimately be his downfall with his father killing him the day before his 45th birthday in 1984. I can still remember exactly where I was when word come over the radio that that amazing voice, that ‘Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing, Baby, that ‘I Heard it Through the Grapevine’ voice, the one who told to us ‘Get it On’ would no longer be with us. I was young but I was still crushed. The man had his problems but I never knew any of them. It was his music that meant the world to me and in one fell swoop he was gone.

Marvin recorded a lot of music in his time and we should all be thankful. Even his alimony record Here, My Dear has some amazing tracks on it and is worth a revisit.

He was a lover, a social activist and man of many troubles but he will always be just Marvin to us. Just remember one thing - ‘Everything is Everything’, oh and ‘This is a groovy party, Man. I can dig it’

Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On

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