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SAFE up on RCRDLBL BLG

Our boy and yours, SAFE, got a nice little write-up on the RCRDLBL blog.
The tape / mp3 / vhs combo is so (so) close to being out. Stoke, stoke, stoke! I listen to it in my car all the time and it’s truly next level.

Arthur Russell: Hip-Hop Producer

Reading Tim Lawrence’s pretty decent Arthur Russell bio I quickly became overwhelmed by/inured to all the famous people Arthur knew and worked with. This one, though, stood out:
Although Tom Lee says his partner was never enthused about the project, Arthur attempted to produce a straight-up hip-hop track when Gary Lucas introduced him to a [...]

Inside Voices Live at Rontoms

Choice selections from a recent Inside Voices show at Rontoms. Enjoy.

Inside Voices_Rontoms_12/09 from Jade Ajani on Vimeo.

DEEP LEAP MICROCINEMA – SACRED GEOMETRIES

Tuesday, 12-15-02009 7:30 piump at the Waypost.
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Tuesday, 12-15-02009 7:30 piump at the Waypost.

Tuesday, 12-15-02009 7:30 piump at the Waypost.
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VISIONARY CINEMA BY: SABINE GRUFFAT, DAVID SMITH, LESLIE SUPNET, CLINT ENNS, DEREK LARSON, JEN STARK, DAVID MONTGOMERY, DUSTIN ZEMEL, JADE AJANI, ANDREW KURTZ, KAWANDEEP VIRDEE + SHAWN PATRICK HIGGINS AND MORE
ECSTATIC SOUND BY CARSON MCWHIRTER
COMMISSIONED [...]

J Palace Archives: Powernap

From the lost archives of the J Palace in Philadelphia, an early performance by Powernap! Enjoy!

Powernap, Philly, 2007 from Jade Ajani on Vimeo.
Trip on dudes!

Cat Band the band

This is a blog posting about one of my favorite bands from the 90’s.
Cat Band was pretty much the first “cool” music I listened to in highschool. I had an *NSYNC binder and this dude Greg the Anarchist was always scaring me by making Anarchy signs, and I was basically on a one-way ticket to Nerd [...]

MONDAY // DEEP LEAP MICROCINEMA // SIGN LANGUAGES // 10/12/009 // VALENTINE’S

Tomorrow, the 12th of October, at, oh, let’s say 9:00 pm, there’s going to another DEEP LEAP MICROCINEMA! This one’s happening at the ever wonderful Valentine’s (232 SW Ankeny). The theme is SIGN LANGUAGES, so get stoked for a ton of incredible experimental film and video art and a new, commissioned performance by our favorite [...]

Helsing Junction Sleepover – Glowing Recap

A really nice write-up of this years Sleepover. Highlights include: loving on Brainstorm, Inside Voices, and Lasercave. Dig the fantastic pictures! From Verbicide Magazine:
This year Lasercave, a label out of Portland, joined K and Helsing in the festivities. Lasercave artists Brainstorm and Inside Voices both performed — I’m so glad they made [...]

Fanna fi Allah: فناء في الله Annihilation!

Fannah fi Allah, Qawwali Party, closing ceremony at Beloved Festival 2009 in Tidewater, Oregon. Did you think it was glowsticks and passifiers? Performing Mera Piya Ghar Ayaa (My Beloved Has Come Home) with Dildar Hussein, legendary tabla player of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan! They completely destroyed everyone in the audience.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRJxkXtSUjg[/youtube]

BRAINSTORM’S FIRST WRITE-UP!

“Battling Giants” (the song not the album) was written up on the Willamette Week’s Cut of the Day today.
Check it out here:

Cool!

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