Tonight!  The Offical SF release event for Trackademicks & DJ Tap.10’s “[Re]Mixtape Vol. 3” as part of the PST 5 year anniversary celebration series.

Guest DJ:  MAYER HAWTHORNE! He finishes a national tour in SF and is releasing a special “I Left My Heart in SF” song, t-shirt (designed collaboratively with HUF SF) and heart-shaped USB drive.

Come EARLY for a special “Wine & Beats” event with none other than Donwill of Tanya Morgan, who is flying out from NYC to select Napa-grown wines to pair with his new “Don Cusack” album selections. This is an EARLY event, from 9-10pm featuring free wine and an intimate event with Donwill. He will also hang out and help Trackademicks host on the mic all night!

DJ Sake One will be on the 1s and 2s of course, the Ankh Marketing crew, Fran Boogie, Cory and Jamon, and the entire Yay Area will be in the place.

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Eve Lounge 575 Howard (at Second St.); San Francisco CA

So happy for our folkers at Fiftyseven-thirty three. They’ll be opening a store on Piedmont Ave soon. Here are some pics of them setting up…

Sorry, we got this message too late for the opening, but it’s still important work…

N*ggaSh*t , the show, is a commentary on the current state of where we are as a people within, and built out of the age old traditions of slavery, genocide, illiteracy, and the evolution of our resiliency to survive. The works seek to investigate some of the icons that have played a role in the “dumbing down” of our American culture and stomp out their historic relevancy with a modern day twist.

Bicasso (Josh Whitaker) and Z-man (Zamon ) have come together to diagnose these sicknesses, habits and distractions that all fall under N*iggaShi*t, as they see them thru their creative eye, and hold a mirror up to up and say “Wake up! We ARE the future.

Show is up now at  the Lower Haters Gallery at 597 Haight St, SF CA  94117

Off the new Murs & 9th Wonder album, “Fornever” coming out April 13, 2010!

So, a friend of mine had a bunch of really amazing cookies made for me for my birthday a couple of months ago.  And so I asked the amazing baker to make her some cookies as well (my friend is a HUGE Amanda Visell fan).  Thought they turned out crazy good!

One of the cookies I received on my birthday:

you can see more of the baker’s work here.

Ah, can’t tell you how obsessed my friends and I were with all things Malcolm McLaren touched when we were teenagers.  Definitely planted the seedlings for my whole style aesthetic (or what I thought was cool, anyway).  After battling cancer, I hope he is at peace.

You may recognize her modeling clothes on our site, but Kreayshawn has a whole other life as a video director and Berkeley Film student.  Check her feature on the ONTASK site or peep her videos here.

We usually communicate with Stones Throw via email or see them at shows…we haven’t had a face to face meeting in years, but we were recently in L.A. to chop it up in person.  PB Wolf was in the studio, but we did see J.Rocc (and I think briefly Krondon?) roll through.

Jason manages the office (amongst other things…)

Kota handles distribution in Japan.

Joe was coordinating new releases & production with their distributors.

Egon!

Nate, who handles all the digital distribution.  He’s also the proprietor of  Innovative Leisure Records featuring releases from Laser Sword (from SF)  and Mexicans with Guns.

the wall of posters

Celeste, the lone lady, holding it down in the warehouse.

David (along with Nick…not pictured) pulls the bulk of the orders.

Some of Playboy Eddie’s ST pieces on the wall outside the office.

And some of the other pieces have DOOM stencils.

ST HQ also happens to be down the street from the very first Forever 21 (still called “Fashion 21”) .  Not sure that the local residents even realize all of the empire-building taking place in their neighborhood.