For all the fans - Cert on the Redline. The matching foliage in the background courtesy of Mother Nature. Sean Taylor RIP
Flick jacked from 12oz.

Bombs Away - Friday December 7, 2007 8:30 PM
Live Local Hip Hop - All Ages Show
Performances by
Flex Mathews
Eurok (Peace Justice Universal) w Orbit 122
E-One
Resination
with Scratch Master K on the wheels of Steel
Plus: Special Debut of WBL Urban Arts Academy DJs Tre Pound and 40
At The Borf Mansion (Bobby Fisher Memorial Building) 1644 North Capital ST [...]

After close to a decade of holding it down, tonight (Wed 11.28.07) is my homey Boo’s last night as a bartender at Asylum (2471 18th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011). His band Empire by Design is gonna play. They rock hard and Boo kills it on the bass and on the mic (pictured above [...]

You’re invited to join us this December 1st at 2:00 PM for the Washington, DC premiere of Prince Among Slaves at Cramton Auditorium on the campus of Howard University.  The DC Premiere is hosted by Unity Productions Foundation, Spark Media and WHUT with partners including: Busboys and Poets, WPFW, East of [...]

This track is on the DJ Spooky mix below - I’ve found myself rewinding the track over and over. K’Naan is a dope MC from Somalia. More info on K’Naan here and here 

To those who know his work, Spooky is either a musical genius or a complete hack who can barely DJ. Polemic debates aside, I’m feeling his new mix Ghost World.
From DJSpooky.com - The “Ghost World” mix is all about the multiple rhythms [...]

Sean Taylor’s death is a hard blow to a city of fans here in DC. With so many people already impacted by the senseless violence of the city, to lose one of the home team’s own is a tough break. Condolences to the family, friends and fans of Mr. Taylor.
STOP THE VIOLENCE
UPSET THE SETUP

Friday 11.23.07 at the Velvet Lounge. Bomani “D’mite” Armah and Mello D & The Rados. Doors at 8 - 21 & up. $8

Sunday 11.25.07 at the Velvet Lounge. Flex Mathews, LoDeck from NY, Propaganda from NY, Sticka Bush, Sleepless (The Super Producer production team),Mic The Finite, and more TBA. Open mic Cipher. Doors at 8.
Nice [...]

November 25, 1491 - Treaty of Granada is signed, seeding control of the last Moorish (Islamic) stronghold back to King Ferdinand of Spain. On this day King Ferdinand gave thanks to God for this victory and the Pope of Rome declared this day to forever be a day of Thanksgiving for all European Christians.

Rass Kass: [...]

From our friends over at Kickballers: “Kickballers is honored to announce the addition of Brian Tucci to our skateboard team. Brian is a fixture in the D.C. skate scene - a professional skateboarder for over 20 years. Tucci’s power, intensity and speed are all parts of his unique approach to skating.”
Big ups - it’s [...]

For the third year in a row, Target has refused to participate in the NAACP’s annual survey on the state of diversity in corporate America, making them the largest retailer to refuse to answer questions about their company’s diversity practices.
Last week, thousands of NAACP supporters like you helped send a clear message to Target that [...]

Three men died last weekend (Nov 16-18 2007) after being zapped by Tasers during confrontations with police. 2 black, 1 Latino, 3 dead - Non Lethal policing at its finest.
Local communities need to have input to determine, monitor and evaulate the so-called non lethal methods used by local police - not the Taser industry.

As Chief Financial Officer for the DC Government, Natwar M. Gandhi has taken the credit for restoring the city’s financial credibility. As CFO, he also needs to take responsibility (by resigning) for the massive tax fraud ($20 million and counting) perpetrated under his stewardship at the office of Tax and Revenue by two mid-level managers.
Now, [...]

Some disturbing news from The Washington Post:

The number of killings in the District this year already has reached the homicide count for all of last year, reversing a trend in which deadly violence had steadily declined over the past four years.

To all the brothers and the sisters on the streets - please Stop the Violence. [...]

Street World: Urban Culture and Art from Five Continents is a new book from Abrams Books. Complied by Roger Gastman, Caleb Neelon and Antony Smyrski, it is filled with 384 pages of flicks from around the world - street art, bombing, trains, cars, signage, stencils, installations and more. It is really well put together - [...]

Your old PC is not recylved, it is sent to China or Nigeria where the poorest of the poor live and work in a highly toxic environment to strip motherboards and other PC components of valuable metals.
Many of the world’s richest individuals have made their fortunes from technology and continue to maximize their profits by [...]

Kid Gusto is a talented producer who has been down with the scene here in DC for quite some time. His new album dropped this month and continues the forward thinking production styles that have earned him his rep. Check out KG Originals on True Grooves, available worldwide from Groove Distribution.
Also - There is [...]

So I turn the big 3-0 tomarrow. Just want to give a shout out everybody who checks the blog. Sorry I haven’t had an updated but I’ve been hella busy with my job and I don’t have internets at the house.
Here’s a quick round up before I’m out for the wknd:

Thousands protest at Justice Department [...]

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Misc: DCist | Metafilter | BoingBoing [...]

I’ve been bumping this all afternoon at work. Late 60s psychedelic cumbia rock fusion. Check out the full album preview at Barbes Records.