this is jesus satan’s holy dayz…. there’s so much going on in Los Angeles this weekend that i’m going to just start posting events, etc. without much commentary. you all know how much i’m in love with my own wit, but i just won’t be able to roll like that over the next few days. plus i gotta get all dressed up.
to start the festivities, here’s a new Halloween-ish video from Sea Wolf. (i love the cinematography, very James Whale.) they’re playing at the Legendary Park Plaza Hotel this Saturday for the KCRW Masquerade along with DJ Shadow (yay!), Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (yay!), Little Dragon (who?) and a bunch of KCRW DJs. unfortunately, it’s a whopping $75 a ticket (here – although proceeds benefit KCRW), so if you don’t get to check them out there, they will also be playing some gay-ass free show at Hollywood/Highland on Nov. 6th for the release of the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack with Death Cab for Cutie, Anya Marina and Band of Skulls. when i get more information on that, i’ll be sure to let you know since there will likely be screaming pre-teens everywhere and i know what a bunch of child predators you all are.
NOW THIS IS INDIE, ladies and germs, even if he was signed to a major. DJ Shadow has gone cuh-ray-zay and is slashing, slashing, SLASHING prices! buy now!everything must go! (not really, digital files can’t sell out.)
Shadow has updated his site to offer his complete history of singles, soundtracks, albums and remixes, downloadable direct from his own music store, and all at fairly bargain basement prices… for the collectors out there, he’s also offering a variety of goodies, including limited edition vinyl pressings.
what’s the big deal, you may ask? besides Shadow being utterly indispensable to any serious afficionado’s music collection (NO ONE’s music library should be without Endtroducing…) as well as to underground hip-hop in general, Shadow is taking what Radiohead began and is bringing it into the now, claiming himself as the first major label artist to offer direct sales, cutting out the middle man. in other words, no iTunes and no major labels milking their cut from his teet. i’m thinking that this info might pass gently into the night for some of you, but what it means to me is that the artists are learning to take control. more info directly from Shadow himself after the jump:
Part Time Punx is already one of my favorite nights in Los Angeles, America, and with Cut Chemist guest DJing tonight, it’s even more titillating. it’s not often i get to use the word titillating, either, so there’s another reason to go out and celebrate RIGHT THERE. what more do you need? come one, come all, with SIXTEENS and SECRET SOCIETY OF THE SONIC SIX also spinning. at the echo.
Part Time Punx on Sundays is already one of my favorite nights in Los Angeles, America, and with Cut Chemist as guest DJ, it’s even more titillating. it’s not often i get to use the word titillating, either, so there’s another reason to go out and celebrate RIGHT THERE. what more do you need? come one, come all, with SIXTEENS and SECRET SOCIETY OF THE SONIC SIX also spinning. at the echo.
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