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Thats right kids! brand new monthly every first Wednesday at vig bar in the LES….. finally landed a gig in the big city!! come show some shrugs ‘n’ love while I drop as much soul as humanly possible!!
see you guys there!
I’m a sucker for info-graphs, Especially design worthy ones. This info-graph on the Genealogy of Pop & Rock Music seems to fit appropriately for this blog. It’s rather difficult to see but its well worth the squint. Click on the file for the massively enlarged version.
I’d like to introduce The Savviness. A project that with the help of some ShrugLife members wouldn’t be what it is today. The Savviness is a mobile-photo blog that we started. The goal of the site is to document the things we see everyday in our lives. The things range from ridiculous people, humor, art, and most importantly personal jokes; all attached with 1 liners for titles. The Savviness has taken great form and acts as a means of communication between our members. We now find ourselves having conversations via our photos. Video support is coming soon!
Our members are:
Alain D. (Myself)
Katerina S.
Marlon Oliva (ARQ)
Matt Pace (Maestro P)
Kristen Oshiro (K!0)
Wei Jerry Chen (DJ Fulltimefun)
Chrissy Leavell (mizzchriss)
Michael Schiano (mrcocochanel)
Matt Sleep
So, feel free to check us out at Thesavviness.info, It’s all in good fun.
Pink Skull – Ritualistic Bug Use (Endless Bummer – Rvng Intl.) from Georgia on Vimeo.
Okay, so I realized I barely write about any contemporary music on ye ol’ blog, but hey, I’m a throwback kinda gal I guess. Plus there’s a whoooole lotta garbage out there…but really I think I’m just losin’ my edge, or actually it’s probably just sheer laziness. Well, whatever, the point is, is that PINK SKULL has caught my eardrums, mind, heart, and animal spirit and goddammit, I’m seriously obzezzed! They RULE man, so much!!! Like whoa.
Julian Grefe and Justin Geller are the mastermind producers behind this electronic band/duo. And they’re actually based out of Philly (!? Shouts to Full Time Fun / Actionbastrrrd / Mini Tonka / MoSharp / whoever else I’m missing), and not some awesome obscure European city, and/or Australia. Americaaaa, fuck yeah!!!!!
They just came out with their second album/EP through Philly’s main man, Dave P’s label RVNG Int’l, entitled Endless Bummer, the title being both comical and just really cool. Which is also indicative of their sound and visuals as a whole. I’m googly-eyed for these bros, what can I say. Their sound is both familiar and not so much, walking this tightrope between being accessible and still pushing boundaries and leaving room for experimentation. It’s like this morpho-mutation betwixt post-punk, industrial, electronic, psych rock and dance/disco. Soooo…basically it’s fucking badass to the max.
Us New Yorkers just missed them at Le Poisson Rouge on January 23rd! Dah!!! I could kick myself for that. But I have a feeling they’ll be comin’ round the bend soon…plus Philly’s only a heartbeat away right?! We should all make a trip. 
Punk rock and post-punk are two genres that are held close to my heart. I’m by no means an expert, and definitely not super well-versed (especially in punk, perhaps more so in post-punk), but I can definitely appreciate and wild out to those types of jammers. Of course, as a teenager, it was more of the angsty, anger-type shit that I (and other moody ass teens) related with. But as time rolls on, the more I can just simply appreciate the rawness of expression and the pure energy that is conveyed through the music. Shit is RAW! This type of expression always reminds me of Herzog’s idea of “Ecstatic Truth,” which is a concept that is also locked away deep in my heart. Keepin’ it real ya’ll!
Anyway, so yeah, yadda yadda….the first time I was introduced to punk was through a mixtape (yes, an actual cassette tape) that my friend Rachon made me whilst in the throes of high school. It was super legit. She was wayyyy into it, all about it. We were both music junkies and did a swap. At that time, I was way into gangster rap…ha! But hot damn, the parallels that can be drawn betwixt the 2 genres! I immediately took a liking to punk. The bands that stood out the most on that tape to me, were The Descendents, Bouncing Souls and Suicidal Tendencies. I would go with my friends to punk rock shows and do the whole crowd surfing thing (which was supremely awesome!) and even got down in the mosh pit once, like an idiot. Got knocked in the face then too, maybe that’s why I’m remembering all this punk rock nonsense. 
The Descendents, Hope (live)
Come Celebrate The End Of 2009 With DJ’s Action Bastarrrd and MiNi Tonka!!! Warm Up Those Dancing Moves So you’ll Be nice and Loose For NYE!!!!
WIth the following Jam Styles:
Funk/ Soul, Booty Bass/ Indie Dance/ Bmore/ Mashups/ Guilty Pleasures/ No Brainers and anything else they can find!!!
Drink Specials include:
$3 Schlitz cans
$4 Tecate cans
$5 Beer n Shot combos,
and more!!!
Don’t act like you gotta work the next day or something.
We’ll See Ya’ll At the Club!!!
holler.
Wow…. For someone that has only been spinning for a few months, this Video was kind of a kick in the nuts so to speak. its amazing to see raw fresh talent displayed, but for us newbees its incredibly daunting, and yet It Just makes me want to work that much harder.
cuz you know Action Bastarrrd Love da kids.