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Category Archives: funk & soul
Cool “Disco” Dan documentary promo
Hell yeah! Thanks to Dante Ross for the tip!
Filed under art, communication, documentary, funk & soul, graffiti, music
Documentary on the Ghetto Brothers
Nice documentary on the formidable culture changers the Ghetto Brothers. Filmmaker Andreas Vingaard has seven wonderful short films up on his page dedicated to New York City community activists and hip hop pioneers. I appreciate the editing and the focus on the subjects telling their own stories.
And don’t sleep on the interview with Joseph Mpa who is a black panther organizer who becomes the manager of the Cold Crush Brothers.
Filed under art, documentary, funk & soul, graffiti, hip hop, music, protest, race
Soul Night 14: Soulstice/last soul night on earth
December 21, 2012 Arcata CA. A showdown where the story of the end-of-the-world met six DJs who used real records to ground a party to this earth. A brief accounting of the participants from my simple perspective.
The first DJ of the night was perhaps the most adventurous DJ in Humboldt county — Spaceman Spliff who not only killed his set, but dropped a Cure song to knock out small-minded fools. Mantease played pretty hard and seems to be bringing more soul-inspired global stuff. But it was his afrobeat shit that get’s me the most hype, and since I spent half the sent dancing on the side of the stage, that was pretty obvious. Matt “Skinny Santa” Jackson and Adam “ugly ass sweater” certainly brought the heaters. “Back door Santa” got played and it took about half of the first verse before people clued in, then the dance floor got nasty. And of course, the E.L. Michaels Wu-Tang song, another Soul Night first. And I’m not talking about Skinny Santa smashing his giant candy cane across the chest of his DJ partner (saint Ad-rock), but a couple hundred people chanting “Wu-Tang!”. I looked at Jay Morg’s set before he took the stage and I knew that he was coming with some great dancing records. I wasn’t surprised that he gave one of the best sets of back-to-back dance floor jams that any of us have thrown and the people were feeeeeeling it. Not to mention the dude rocking a purple velour jump suit. I had to slow it down to gospel speed just to give people a chance to catch their breath when I took over for the final shift.
I played the above set. It was an incredible blessing to be able to look out as a simple music nerd and see hundreds of people dancing to the flute jazz jam by Sam Most. Not to mention the appreciation and respect for the good sounds. Thanks to all the wonderful people who buy tickets and who support Soul Night. Thanks to La Dolce Video who provide an astounding cinema backdrop for the party. And much thanks to Humboldt Brews for the nice venue, respectful door staff, good sound guy, great bartenders, and generous dancing space.
Next soul night is January 18, expect the ridiculous. If you are in Humboldt and want to join Matt, Adam & King Maxwell for a soulful New Years Eve at the Siren’s Song a few tickets are left at the Missing Link.
Filed under funk & soul, hip hop, Humboldt, music
Sisters Love: I could never make a better man than you and Give me your love on Soul Train
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Soul night 8: funky good times
Above you can see Matt Jackson jamming out to DJ Mantease. Stars of the Missing Link Soul Night.
Arcata June 15. Good party thrown at humbrews. Sold out during the summer with fewer students around. I love the locals! Thanks to ya. DJ Zephyr gave a great set to open the party. I love that Stevie Wonder tune! I played some 45s and danced and drank with the people!
1. Rhythm Masters – I can do anything you can do
2. Syl Johnson – Goodie goodie good times.
3. John Roberts – sock it to me 1-2-3-4
4. Willie Henderson – loose booty
5. Lou Tobie – Heavy steppin’
6. Kool and the gang – Kool and the gang
7. Dorothy Oma and Zepha – Put it on you
8. Sugarpie deSanto – Git back
9. Pointer Sisters – betcha got a chick on the side
10. Willie Mitchell – My babe
11. Etta James – Tell mama
12. Jodi Gales – push
13. BW Souls – Marvin’s groove
14. Nino & seventh avenue – roll it
15. Bobby Powell – peace begins within
16. Ann Peebles – I can’t stand the rain.
Filed under funk & soul, music
Mighty Hannibal: Jerkin’ the dog
Best part about this video is Hannibal’s shoes. Stunning.
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Sisters Love – Mr. Fix-it man
It’s a dark and dreary day here. Excellent for classic soul, lip synching, fighting slugs, and getting down.
To you and yours!
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Chuck Brown kicked ass!
Jeff Chang has some coherent stuff to say about Chuck Brown’s passage:
And here was Chuck Brown, a nearly 50-year-old man with gold fronts, sporting wraparound glasses and a black hat, leading several hundred teenagers cranking — HARD! — to a genius medley of “Go-Go Swing” (a rewrite of D.C. native Duke Ellington’s classic), Lionel Hampton’s “Midnight Sun,” Eddie Jefferson’s “Moody’s Mood for Love,” and the Woody Woodpecker theme.
Between songs, the percussion section went off, the dancing got really serious, and Chuck shouted out the kids in the audience by name as if he was Mister Señor Love Daddy.
The kids started chanting, “Chuck baby don’t give a fuck!”
On cue, he’d reply, “That ain’t true.”
“Chuck baby don’t give a fuck!”
“I love all of you!”
The band did not stop for hours. The heat was withering. But you never wanted to leave this kind of joy.
Filed under funk & soul, memorial, music
Life of refinement 