Why be cotton, when you can be leather?

Thursday July 3rd

Tantra
3705 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
$5 b4 10:30pm
$7 after

DJ Jedi, J-Logic and Garth Trinidad




Friday July 4th

Outdoor Block Party
Grand Star Jazz Club
943 North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012

$12 ALL NIGHT!




Saturday July 5th
Standard Downtown LA Rooftop Pool Party
1pm-8pm
Live Performance from Pacific Division
FREE JELLO SHOTS
$5 Peroni
21+

550 Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA

FREE WITH RSVP
standard@dubfrequency.com

or

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The Soul Children Experience
JUJU
Saturday, July 5
4747 W. Century Blvd
Inglewood, CA 90304
$10 Before 11pm
$15 After

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Boombox
Diamond D, Percee P, J Rawls

Grand Star Jazz Club
943 North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012

$5 before 10:30pm with RSVP
RSVP at http://www.going.com/boomboxjul
$10 otherwise

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Come celebrate the official launch of Wax Poetics Digital with a live performance from the Budos Band this Thursday June 19th at 9pm. Open Bar all night courtesy of Heineken, Christiana Vodka and Red Bull. Please arrive early, and RSVP (no +1) to BUDOS@WAXPOETICS.COM

Its all in there. RSVP ASAP

(via press release)

Fela's youngest son, Seun Kuti is in LA this week along with the original Egypt 80 band continuing the tradition and legacy of his father's life and work.

In Brief: For those unfamiliar, Fela Kuti gave birth to a genre called Afro-beat upon returning to Lagos, Nigeria after visiting the states in the late 60's. Electrified by the black power movement and the sounds of James Brown, he founded his own sovereign state, called the Kalakuta republic, married 27 women at once to free them slavery, and made music that garnered international attention, mainly because of its truth telling nature regarding the socio-political state of international affairs in relation to Africa and its governments - corruption, incompetence, etc. Many speculated his death from AIDS in 1997 was the result of a long standing conspiracy to murder Fela. More than a million people attended his funeral.

Some of you may be familiar with the work of one of Fela's other sons, Femi, who breathed new life into the genre by incorporating electronica and touring the world throughout the late 90's and 00's. Now, Seun is re-invigorating the music with the same raw quality his father was known for. The show is not to be missed. Please come to one of the following in support of Afro-beat and its legacy. And please consider purchasing Seun's debut self titled album: www.mrbongo.com

Thursday June 19
MUSICOLOGY 201
Afro-beat music lecture + DJ session by Garth Trinidad + live interview with Seun Kuti
8pm
Grand Performances
Downtown LA
FREE

Friday June 20
Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80
live performance
8pm
Grand Performances
Downtown LA
FREE
http://www.grandperformances.org

Saturday June 21
KCRW presents
Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80
live performance
8pm
El Rey Theatre
LA
$32.50
http://www.theelrey.com

If you're in the Bay Area, this is one you wont want to miss. Bilal's live show will change your life!

DNA Lounge, 375 11th St., SF
doors @ 7pm; show @ 8pm.
$23 advance; $25 door.

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Thursday June 5th 
Crash Mansion LA Presents:

George Clinton & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC
Live 2 Hour Performance!!!

Special Guest DJ's:
Shafiq Husayn
Dam-Funk

Doors Open @ 7:00 pm | 7pm-1am | 21 and Wiser 
Located @ Crash Mansion L.A. | 1024 S. Grand Ave| Los Angeles, CA 90015 |
W: 213.747.0999
Tickets 30$ presale | 35$ @ the door
For More Information: artdontsleep1@gmail.com / www.myspace.com/artdontsleep

For Discount Presale Tickets (20$): Use the promotional code "Artdontsleep" 
Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09004087D6E97197?artistid=768058&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=3

For Discount Walk Up Tickets: 1. Print this flyer. 2. Present it @ the box office.

Myspace Secret Shows...

Featuring
GNARLS BARKLEY
and
BATTLES

SUNDAY
June 8, 2008

FREE! ALL AGES!
Doors @ 7:00 PM

@ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
17 Irving Plaza
New York, NY
(212) 777-1224

PLEASE NOTE:
Admission is on a first come, first served basis. So get there early and stay in line.

For more information add Myspace Secret Shows to your page and stay tuned for bulletins.

RSVP: jotonyc@gmail.com
$10
Starts at 10pm
 
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Bonus:
9th Wonder Pool Party at The Standard Downtown LA

Live DJ Sets from:

Roxy Cottontail
Villians
Ms. Jack Davey

The Standard Downtown
550 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA

2pm-8pm

21+

free with rsvp to standard@dubfrequency.com or RSVP here

If you haven't already bought your tickets, its time to do so now. This years line up for the Jazz Day includes The Roots, Goapele, Amos Lee, and Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith (!!!!!!). I love The Roots and I adore Goapele, but Lonnie Liston Smith is a musical genius yo! I'm still trying to figure out if it would be to Stan-ish to bring a record (or 3) for him to sign.

Reggae Day will feature Stephen Marley, Mr. Vegas, Capleton, Rebelution, Alaine among others.

Tickets are:
$25/advance (one day)
$35 at the door (one day)
$45/advance (both days)

You can get your tickets at Ticketmaster. Don't dwadle!

Be sure to check out the afterparty at The Roxy on Sunset featuring Questlove on the 1s and 2s ALL NIGHT. Presale tickets are at Brown Paper Tickets. Get a $5 discount with a Jazzfest Ticket.