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.
Here are our recommended dates for placing your order for arrival by December 21, 2018. This is the last regular business day for delivery before the Christmas holiday.
For International Orders: Place orders by December 4, 2018.
Please factor in transit time and Customs delays.
For U.S. Orders: Place orders by December 14, 2018.
Please factor in transit time and weather delays.
These dates are for reference purposes only and are NOT a guarantee of arrival times.
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“This is a soulful city…this is an R&B city” – Ron Trent
Just finished watching the first episode of the great new series from Wax Poetics called Soul City. This episode focuses on the South Side of Chicago, hometown of writer Ronnie Reese. He interviews Todd Mayfield, the son of Curtis Mayfield and author of TravelingSoul. They discuss the pioneering indie labels of Curtis Mayfield, music ownership, as well as his devastating injury. Reese then links with house legend Ron Trent who chronicles his career as a DJ and producer. As a bonus, Reese also visits a Crate Diggers/Discogs record swap with both Mayfield and Trent to do a little digging.
Expect beats, rhymes, and metal as Czarface controlled by Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric team up with everyone’s favorite villain, MF DOOM. Beats from the Czar-Keys with guest appearances from Open Mike Eagle and Jedi Mind Tricks’ Vinnie Paz. Listen today on iTunes or Spotify.
We got word that Pam the Funkstress passed away this morning, and we are just overwhelmed. We met Pam many years ago while she was the DJ for The Coup. Not only super talented on the 1’s and 2’s, she was an accomplished chef, radio mix DJ on KBLX, and of course “Purple Pam”, the DJ for Prince. And above all, just a really cool person. She was the ultimate Turntable Queen, and she is going to be missed. Her mother had started a GoFundMe to help her family with medical bills when she was hospitalized last month, which will now probably help with final arrangements. You can donate here. Rest in paradise, Queen.
2016 has been a decidedly difficult year for most people…we would be remiss if we let the year pass without acknowledging the death of someone close to TGP.
We met Mike Pinkney aka Mike the Mover around 2002 when we were located in Berkeley. At the time, he was doing jobs for VC groups and a number of notable Bay Area families. He started out giving us extra furniture, and then he helped us move our warehouse to Oakland (and later Alameda). He had an extensive knowledge of wiring and completely rewired two separate offices for us.
Mike would always tell us stories about his life…growing up in New York with neighbors like Lena Horne, moving out west, working for much of his life at Pac Bell, and losing one of his children in a terrible accident. He was a biker who enjoyed having an Irish Coffee at Brennans. He survived cancer and rehabbed himself after a stroke.
We will miss his kindness and wit, rest easy Mike.
This weekend ComplexCon descended upon the LB Convention Center. The extravaganza was put together by Complex with guidance from Takashi Murakami, Pharell & Skrillex, the event features art, clothing, musical performances, and of course, shoes. Nathan & Natasha went to check it out. Thank you to Capsule for thinking of us…
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Takashi Murakami
DABS MYLA
Ben Venom (in Roger Gastman’s Strange Power Installation)
