Tonight in Chicago

info:

A friend named Ashley Aoki, a promoter who did big parties in Las Vegas, recently located to Chicago and tonight features another friend, Kurt Frederick at Cobra Lounge.

Welcome to a tease of Factory Thursdays @ Cobra Lounge.

ART-DRINKS-NARCISSISM

Featuring:
Local artist - Tinsley Hammond
Hot mixes by - Kurt Frederick

FREE
start: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 8:00pm
end: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 2:00am
venue: Cobra Lounge at 235 N Ashland Ave in Chicago, IL.

Warhol once said, "Art is what you can get away with"
- Here at Cobra you can get away with much more -


**See you at Factory Thursday**

Tune in tonight! Jay-Z and Alicia Keys will be performing on the AMAs

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys tonight on the AMAs - story courtesy of ROC4LIFE

If you have not joined ROC4Life, I highly suggest checking that out too.
Here is a link to my roc4life page (incidentally, where I have been posting up my India pics)
link: http://roc4life.com/profile/ManishMiglani

Also, there is a group on facebook that some friends and I try to keep each other apprised of things like this... I am still not sick of hearing "Empire State of Mind". BP3!
link: click here and request to join.

peace fam.
hope you enjoy football sunday.
sundays, for me, are reserved for Hip Hop, which always starts with the ROC.

mm.

Werd up to SOSODEF

I found out about this group and song from my connect Lil Fats...(who started Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes in 2006) ... This is from Oceans 7 which is a group composed of Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Trey Songz, Nelly, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox (also, a past Guitar Center employee and one of my producer heroes) and Tyrone Davis.



Visit the Coast 2 Coast Site and special thanks to Lil Fats and Oceans 7 because this song is a surefire hit.

The Word is Love - Steve Silk Hurley 1997

The answers have always been in the music.
Steve Silk Hurley made this track in 1997!

WERD!

Erasure News - tracklisting for the forthcoming 21st anniversary edition of The Innocents

When I was at Northwestern's Center for Talent Development during the summer before High School, a female classmate of mine turned me on to the Erasure Innocents album, which at that time was one of my favorite albums and still is to this day. Vince Clarke is a musical genius in my opinion and was glad to hear that this album is coming out re-released and remastered.

Mute records have released the tracklisting for the forthcoming 21st anniversary edition of The Innocents,


CD 1 – THE INNOCENTS (remastered)
This is the original Innocents album in a remastered edition and it sounds great, I'm sure you know the tracklisting already, but here it is again just in case...

A Little Respect
Ship Of Fools
Phantom Bride
Chains Of Love
Hallowed Ground
Sixty-Five Thousand
Heart Of Stone
Yahoo!
Imagination
Witch In The Ditch
Weight In The World
When I Needed You (Meloncholic Mix)
River Deep Mountain High (Private Dance Mix)

CD 2 – B-SIDES, REMIXES & RARITIES (remastered)
Something for everyone on this CD, which includes the much sought after 7" version of River Deep Mountain High, the US mixes of Chains Of Love and A Little Respect and four previously unreleased tracks from the BBC's 'In Concert' recording of Erasure at London's Hammersmith Odeon on The Innocents tour back in 1988.

Ship Of Fools (Shiver Me Timbers Mix)
When I Needed You
River Deep Mountain High (7" Version)
Chains Of Love (The Unfettered Mix)
Don’t Suppose (Country Joe Mix)
The Good The Bad and the Ugly (The Dangerous Remix)
A Little Respect (12" House Mix)
Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor (Mark Freegard Mix))
Love Is Colder Than Death
Phantom Bride (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)
Heart Of Stone (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)
Hallowed Ground (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)
Witch In The Ditch (BBC 'In Concert' live recording)

DVD - The Innocents Live / The Videos / BBC Performances / MP3 Edition
This is a fantastic disc which not only features The Innocents concert from Birmingham's NEC (originally released as a VHS video in 1989) with remixed and remastered audio, plus the two tracks from that concert that have never been released before, but there is also the videos for the three singles taken from the original album, a selection of TV performances from the BBC archives and The Innocents live in MP3 format for you download to your computer or music player!

The Innocents Live – NEC Birmingham 15/11/88
Chains Of Love
A Little Respect
The Circus
The Hardest Part
Push Me Shove Me
Spiralling
Hallowed Ground
Oh L’Amour
Who Needs Love Like That
Stop!
Victim Of Love
Ship Of Fools
Knocking On Your Door
Sometimes
Witch In The Ditch (previously unreleased)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (previously unreleased)

The Innocents At The BBC
Ship Of Fools – Going Live!
A Little Respect – Top Of The Pops
The Innocents Live (BBC 35-minute TV Special - First Broadcast December 12th 1988)

The Innocents - Promotional Videos
Ship Of Fools
Chains Of Love
A Little Respect

The Innocents Live - Downloads
MP3 files of The Innocents Live

May My Mom Rest in Peace

Yesterday, my mom lost the fight with her liver transplant, a surgical procedure that had her with colostomy bags for over a year.

This past surgery was her final one with her having a chance to have the bags removed, which had her terribly excited.

However, at around 3:00 she took a nap and never woke up.
I love my mom and this all doesn't seem real, like if someone is going to wake me up from a bad dream.

In pain though, I lean to the ROC and their music once again for being able to help me through it.



There really is not better music or a mom in the world, to me...

VOTE FOR JAY-Z FOR THE "2009 VMAS

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VOTE FOR JAY-Z FOR THE "2009 VMAS". He's nominated in the category Best Male & Hip hop video GO VOTE RIGHT NOW on http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009
HE'S GOING TO PERFORM 2!!
ITS ABOUT TO GO DOWN JAYZ FANS!!

VOTING ENDS THIS FRIDAY!!
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Historical Ish >> Oprah "I don't do rappers" has Jay-Z on her show

1st: Source of Pictures
link : http://theybf.com/
// check out this blog as it is always linked on the right in the blogs I read links

What?
Yes, you read that right.
Oprah Winfrey went to the Marcy Projects to have Jay-Z on her show.
Anyone that knows me can attest to the fact that "Eye be all about "O" but always bummed out how she treated rappers". Perhaps this will lead to some collaboration on the philanthropic front for these two who are easily two of my heroes.

Jay - Please hook up "O" with some Rocawear stuff. These pictures made my day as "The World's Greatest Gifter" heads to Marcy to kick it with the "World's Greatest Rapper". Also, FYI to the Republican haters who hate on Obama: These two pretty much sealed the election for Obama when both said "We got you" to our nation's first black president.

Oprah - pay attention to these words >> "We are, yeah I said it, we are...you can call me Caesar!, this is Roc Nation, Pledge your allegiance, get your fatigues on, all black everything, black cards, blacks cars, all black everything, and that girls a blackbirds riding with their dillingers, i get more in depp if you boys really real enough! This is la Familia, I’ll explain later, but for now let me get back to this paper..."

Guess we can expect "O" to be dressed in all black and throwing up the Diamonds... "Eye" can only dream.

WERD

I guess the GAME won't be going on Oprah anytime soon as it appears "O" and "H.O." be getting along fine.

detox: sunday 08/23/09 (web flyer)

So, I have made the decision to do a DJ set at Lava Lounge on 08-23-2009.

Upon telling a few friends, the first question uttered was "Will I be playing all Jay-Z's music"?

The answer to this is "No."  This set will be much like the sets I used to perform around North America.  Techno and Techno that I call "Housier Techno".  As I have gotten older, my tastes have varied a bit and this set will not feature commercial R&B mixes or club hits (which I am sometimes asked to do on gigs outside the city or on weekend nights).  I will be playing the techno that I love.

Werd

Lil Wayne has been on repeat today

This one hit a chord.
Damn... Wayne snapped on this one.




"What she means to me is what I mean to rap!" - Lil Wayne
"The Lord is a forgiver, ya know they say if you pray, you can get your blessings ordered and delivered" - Weezy

On multiple levels, his flow rocks.

I gotta spread the word about J. Cole >> Newest Member of ROC NATION

I have become a fan of J. Cole. The stuff that has leaked has been awesome. You will hear this cat's name very soon as he is the newest member of the ROC NATION team. His wordplay is well advanced and in one verse I read of his, I even saw him shout out Adina Howard, whose vocals I love. Stay tuned for more from J. Cole. This video you can watch here is an exclusive unreleased track from "American Gangster". J. Cole is gonna be huge.




Here's some of his verses thanks to King Ababio who shared these with me on facebook.

Grown Simba

Now I was dreamin bout a deal at the age of 13/ I was fiendin for the meals(mils)/ I aint talkin burger king/ some of my ni&&as in the ville/ all they did was surfin/ F**k scales/ I had skills/ all day rehearsin/ them pretty boys had them gals/ spent they time flirtin/ all they wanted was some waves/ like they f**kin surfin/ hold up now/ dont get it twisted/ I hatin/ do ya thing/ I was like Young Simba/ couldnt wait to be the King/ now ni&&a is the prince/ hopped over the fence/ where the grass way greener/ look at shawty ass/ way meaner/ something like Serena/mixed wit Trina/have you seen her/ she fine enough to be Ms Howard/ word to Adina/ my money like a senior/ watch it graduate/ now its time to eat/ im lettin all my ni&&as grab a plate/ gravitate to real $**t/ stay away from phonys/ these ni&&as heard about me/ now they actin like they know me/ keep on sayin/

Where You Goin Ni&&A? $**t aint no tellin(Repeat 3x)/ Cant tell you where im goin/ cuz you know i wont stop/ say goodbye to the bottom/ hello to the Top!

Dreams

seems like i always had crushes on chicks i couldnt have/and then i end up f**kin wit someone i shouldnt have/see in my mind its like im perfect for her/i gotta show her/but sadly/ in reality dawg/i dont even kno her/but still some how she got my mind infatuated/ absolutely fascinated/with the thoughts of what she "might" be like/ time after time after time/ i had to wait and/ is fate procrastinating/ i can take it/ cuz i might be right cuz its

The girl of my dreams/Ay is she as good as what she seems?/Or am i lyin to myself/ should i try to get some help/ (Repeat 2x)

July 26th event (Detox @ LAVA) and new mix.

This message came from my homie Droopy, who ironically was the first person that interviewed me while he was at Selekta.  He and I go way back and he has always been a true soldier in the electronic music movement which has been a fight in the United States.  Support this night if you can.

MM.

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Good day!

Hope to see you at this month's session:

house+techno every 4th sunday at lava.
drink specials.
no cover.
21+

07/26/09

Guests:
Brian G. (Soul Foundation)
Chronik Solutionz (Jack of Clubs Recordings)

Resident: Droopy (droopzilla.com)

ALSO...

I posted a new mix at http://droopzilla.com.

Enjoy! Hope to see you on Sunday.


--
John Alex Colón
droopy@droopzilla.com
http://droopzilla.com

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WERD