Pharrell lobbied Governor Northam of his home state of Virginia to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday. “This year, Juneteenth will look like no Juneteenth before. People of all ages and races, our advocates and allies as well, will together in solidarity for black people like never before … It’s already happening in the streets,” Williams said of protesters fighting for racial justice. “And we love you for that. I’m grateful for those that are standing with us. By the way those are Americans in the streets, not just people who look like me, those are Americans, of all types.” – Pharrell Hopefully other states and the federal government will follow. To learn more about Juneteenth, please click here.
Jeremy Fish is showing new work December 14, 2019 – January 4, 2020 at Hashimoto Gallery at 804 Sutter and Spoke Art Gallery at 816 Sutter. 26 new pieces inspired by his love for “the best city on earth”. Opening reception is on December 14th from 6-9pm. Preview the whole collection.
20” x 20” / 2019 Acrylic on wood panel
2019 / 11” x 32” Collab with Professor Paul Schmitt Acrylic on custom cut skateboard
Celebrating the life and legacy of one of Oakland’s finest.
Michael “Dream” Francisco was one of Oakland’s prolific artists, locally renowned and globally respected, not only for his innovative and original style, but also for his community and social justice outlook.
In 2010, ten years after his death, the City of Oakland proclaimed the day of his death, February 17th, Dream Day, to honor the contributions he made to the City. Dream would have been 50 on August 15th, 2019.
Sat, August 17, 2019
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM PDT
Mosswood Park
3612 Webster Street
Oakland, CA 94609
DJ Shadow’s been busy processing an all new, fresh assortment of rare goodies for your record-hunting pleasure.
Saturday & Sunday August 10-11th from Noon to 6PM at Rappcats 5638 York Blvd, Los Angeles
The event will include:
• Thousands of new and used vinyl LPs, 45s, and 12″s culled fromShadow’s private collection of duplicates
• Deleted DJ Shadow web-store product, including limited items and rarities
• A collector’s smorgasbord of CDs, cassettes, posters, and other oddities
• Grip-free pricing
• Unique stock on both days
There will also be an EXCLUSIVE and limited 7” of “Rocket Fuel”, his new single with De La Soul prepared just for this sale. You can stream the song here. Shadow recently detailed the beginnings of the song on his site.
We Gon’ Be Alright is a new series based on the book by Jeff Chang directed by Bao Nguyen. Streaming now: via Indie Lens Storycast’s Youtube and Facebook pages and at their website: bealright.net To celebrate the release of the digital series, Picador is offering the E-Book version of the book at a special price. Click here for the E-Book platform of your choice. You can also purchase the Audible audiobook, read by Jeff, or the original book, also at special prices now.
This Weekend! Joel Stones’ NYC record store Tropicalia in Furs will open again at Rappcats in Los Angeles for a 2-day popup shop for Record Store Day Weekend
April 13 & 14 (Sat & Sun) 12-6 PM Rappcats, 5638 York Blvd, L.A. CA 90042
This year’s collection will have a special focus on 45s, in addition to Joel’s usual Brazilian and worldly gems: “I will bring tons of Brazilian records, LPs, some jazz, funk, soul, prog, psych, garage, and thousands of 45s with good French, Turkish, African, American and beyond from my own private collection.”
Tropicalia in Furs, East Village NYC, was a record store like no other, a spot for rarities, psychedelic sounds and unparalleled chit chat. The shop closed in 2013.
Blockhead’s new album Free Sweatpants will be out January 18, 2019 on Backwoodz Studioz. The first single, “Kiss the Cook” teams him with his old partner in crime, Aesop Rock. The album also features Open Mike Eagle, Armand Hammer (ELUCID & billy woods), Homeboy Sandman, Breezly Brewin, TREE, Vic Spencer, Hemlock Ernst, and MarQ Spekt, amongst others. Backwoodz has some packages up for pre-order.
