Another amazing show for Knoxville, TN right around the corner!
Tuesday • September 22 • 10pm
BUS DRIVER with ABSTRACT RUDE and LOOSE LEAF
Ages 18+
Tickets $7
Visit http://www.thepilotlight.com/ for directions.
Kid Koala (vinyl manipulation master) will be in Knoxville on October 10th, 2009 at Club Catalyst. This may be a once in a life-time opportunity to see him in East TN (or TN period). Kid Koala creates musical masterpieces by cutting up, mixing, and down-right playing with vinyls on turntables. Check out more info on the Catalyst Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133372124280&index=1.
Kid Koala tickets are $12 in advance / $15 at the door.
Shows starts at 10:00pm.
Don’t miss what will surely be one of the best DJ shows in Knoxville history!
Promoting the recently released “Your Mom’s Favorite DJ” album, Kid Koala is sure to put on an amazing show. There’s a good reason its described as, “Turntablism at its best!”
Flashmob will be putting on a show at the World Grotto in Market Square for 1st Fridays!
Friday, Sept. 5th, 2008 @ 10pm
$5 to get in the door and it will be well worth every penny!
Check ’em out after you’re done walking around downtown, eating cheese, drinking wine…
Get a taste here: http://www.myspace.com/therealflashmobband
See you there!
Check out DJ Simon Belmont laying down some great beats and tunes at Sapphire on Gay St in downtown Knoxville on Saturday night August 16th!
DJ Simon Belmont is doin his thing tonight at the World Grotto in Market Square!
Free Hip Hop Show!
10p – 3a
Simon Belmont will be spreading love for hip hop @ Sapphire tonight from 10pm to 3am!!!!
Check out the newest installment of Flashmob’s World Grotto show on 7/18/08.
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=39302016
Awesome show! You need to check them out next time they play.
Check back for show info! It’ll be posted as soon as i find out.
24
Jul
08
New Flashmob Live Video!
Check out a LIVE Flashmob video shot at the World Grotto earlier this month. Props to the creator and Flashmob for a great performance of skills.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=39160157
Simon Belmont will be serving up some hip hop tonight, Thursday, July 24th at the World Grotto!
http://www.myspace.com/djsimonbelmont
Tomorrow, Friday, July 25th, Simon Belmont will be playing at Sapphire.
Definitely some of the best beats in town!
18
Jul
08
FLASHMOB!! WORLD GROTTO 10PM
Flashmob is playing tonight at the World Grotto in Market Square at 10pm. You need to be there whether you’ve seen them before or not! If you haven’t, you’re missing out…
So, what does everybody think about the Valarium?>
I haven’t been there yet but I guess it’s supposed to be the new “spot” / venue. I am interested in hearing what anyone has to say either as a club-goer or as a performer.
Good drinks?
Good atmosphere?
Good bands?
Good staff?
And the accoustics?
Thanks in advance for your input!
The Knoxville Poetry slam – 6 -9 pm
Flashmob 9 – ? pm
DJ Simon Belmont (Knoxville) & DJ Eticut (Murfreesboro) – ? – ? pm/am
What more could you ask for…?
ONLY $5 for a whole night of entertainment!
Brought to you by El Deth Records and Planet Icon Mediaworks
http://www.myspace.com/therealflashmobband
http://www.myspace.com/djsimonbelmont
http://www.myspace.com/arrisonkirby (el deth)
17
Jun
08
Bonnaroo!!! F@#$! KANYE!!!
(before anyone says, “Hey, Bonnaroo is not Knoxville Hip Hop!”, I’ll address it. I thought Bonnaroo was close enough and large enough worth mentioning. I know it isn’t Knoxville Hip Hop.)
Bonnarro 2008…,
What did everyone expect?
Well, for one, it’s physically impossible (I would argue) for anything, especially something as socially driven and trendy as a music festival, to continually improve forever. At some point, their will be a peak in overall greatness before perceptions and reality (really the same thing) begin to dwindle. With that said, if this was your first year attending Bonnaroo, you shouldv’e been there 3 years ago. Just kidding, depending on the overall feedback that makes it back to AC Entertainment, they could alway improve next year… Just kidding again… As an overall music festival, I’m sure Bonnaroo was great. It just sounds like some of the previous years were much better.
I say this having only heard about the the festival from my roommate. He’s been several years running and just decided to go at the last minute. He bought a ticket from someone down on Cumberland Ave. and headed out Thursday night. He met up with some friends the next morning, after finally getting a hold of someone on their cellphone to find where they were in the sea of people, and began the Bonnaroo 2008 experience.
He said there were several good shows, including even Pearl Jam whom he said wasn’t bad (he didn’t have as much to say about Metallica). He said the Chris Rock show was great, definitely one of his favorites. And then came the story of F@#%$ KANYE!
Apparently, the show started very late, like instead of 1AM, 4AM-ish. So, as you can imagine everyone starts getting a little tired after waiting so long and continuing to be put off; another hour here, another hour there. Finally, the show begins but the crowd can’t believe what they’re hearing… “Kanye, wake up Kanye, It’s time to wake up Kanye” (in a theatrical voice). The crowd starts to BOO immediately…
So the show continues and turns out to be quite theatrical with the overall theme being somthing like him rediscovering who he is when he lands on another planet after arriving by rocket, or something like that. Big elaborate set, again…, very theatrical with 2 huge screens, one behind him and one slanted upward on the stage.
Once the show ended, the plywood walls around Centeroo were covered with “F@#% KANYE!!” in black spray paint. My roommate even has pictures to prove it. This apparently became the new call at Bonnaroo for 2008; “BONNAROO!!!”… the reply? F@#%$ KANYE!!!!
So what did you think of Bonnaroo this year? And how would you compare it to previous years, if this wasn’t your first?
So what are your favorite types of records?
Instrumentals? Break Beats? Jazz Classics? Stories? Soundtracks?
Let us know. Maybe we could work out some trades…
05
Apr
08
So what’s up with Flash Mob?
So what does everybody out there think about FlashMob?
Here’s a link to their MySpace page for a preview and great picture…
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Black Atticus had an article written about him on the website NeoSoulVille (http://www.neosoulville.com/node/470). Give it a read.
Great article Black Atticus! Keepin’ it real.