Monthly Archives: October 2010

Dances With The Devil

Posted on October 31, 2010 by JoeyMC

After watching ghastly performances by Seattle football teams all weekend and going to costume parties for the last 3 nights (best costumes: Chilean miners and Franzia boxes, complete with working nozzle), I’m content to chill and watch the Rangers gasp … Continue reading →

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Story of the Benchwarmer: John Crown – Before I Wake You Up

Posted on October 29, 2010 by JoeyMC

Several writers have pointed out that one of the main differences between the Seattle and Tacoma hip-hop scenes is one of grounding. Seattle acts have their heads in the clouds looking past reality, whether it be Eighty4 Fly‘s superstar aspirations … Continue reading →

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Concert Review: City Arts Fest – Big Boi at Showbox SoDo

Posted on October 25, 2010 by JoeyMC

“OutKast is in the building.” All the night’s openers and hosts kept repeating the phrase, with equal parts excitement and disbelief when Big Boi played Showbox SoDo Saturday as part of City Arts Fest. A member of one of the … Continue reading →

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Concert Review: City Arts Fest – Hip-Hop Takes Over the Paramount

Posted on October 22, 2010 by JoeyMC

All photos by Kristian Sanford Hip-hop took over Seattle’s Paramount Theater in a show where the venue created much of the anticipation. Like groundbreaking performances such as the Rolling Stones’ concert in China or Jay-Z commandeering Madison Square Garden for … Continue reading →

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David Blaine is Not Magic, And Wizdom is the Washington Wizard

Posted on October 19, 2010 by JoeyMC

Wizdom brings more brightness to the Northwest’s unusually sunny October on his new DJ SWERVEWON-mixed The Washington Wizard Mixtape, available for download here. Wiz has been around for a while and released one of the better local albums of the … Continue reading →

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You Ain’t Artsier Than Me

Posted on October 13, 2010 by JoeyMC

Posted in the Parking Lot finally got some legit artwork and design courtesy of visual artist extraordinaire Kristian Sanford. Hopefully the header and color scheme are a lot more pleasing on the eyes. Especially the header, which I think is … Continue reading →

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We Can Make It Darker, Give Me a Marker

Posted on October 13, 2010 by JoeyMC

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] KiD CuDi feat. Cage – “Maniac” I caught this over at The Smoking Section a couple days ago and was immediately struck by what seems like a bizarre and surprising collaboration — Kanye … Continue reading →

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Spekulation – The Depression Era EP

Posted on October 13, 2010 by JoeyMC

This popped up in my inbox a couple days ago and after giving it a listen I was pleasantly surprised. Billed as a jazz-rap effort, I was skeptical. Too often do these kinds of projects end up sounding corny, with … Continue reading →

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Hands Up If You Feel Like Dancin’

Posted on October 6, 2010 by JoeyMC

This came out earlier today and has already been posted all over the place, and rightly so. Hi-Life Soundsystem is the trio of MCs B-Flat and Khingz and producer Crispy, and they just made my new ringtone. “Death of the … Continue reading →

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#HelloFuture at Nectar 10/02

Posted on October 5, 2010 by JoeyMC

All photos by Kristian Sanford. #HelloFuture was an event long in the making. For weeks word-of-mouth and twitter feeds were dominated by talk of the concert, so much so that when Kristian mentioned in passing to Lace Cadence that it … Continue reading →

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