Re: [acid-jazz] t-bird's continuing adventures on the wheels of steel...

From: t-bird (djtbird1@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 20:05:16 CEST

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    i like to hear stuff like this. people finding out
    about their locals and checking it out. i think it's
    pretty common to not go out on a limb w/names you
    don't know.

    i actually met one of my dj partners for the exact
    opposite reason, though. i was doing 2 acid-jazz
    parties (sundays@zabumba aka "jazzid up!", and
    mondays@the room hollywood) and some guy emerged from
    the shadows to introduce himself as "markman." (last
    sentence enhanced for dramatic effect) it seems that
    he came to see me & junior roach at the room because
    we were the only acid-jazz djs in l.a. he didn't
    know--i'm sure he also wanted to know if we were any
    good...

    i will go back and forth between seeking people out
    that i don't know who play stuff i'm into, and only
    going to nights i know will be good.

    -t
    --- steph99 <beleza@speakeasy.net> wrote:
    > > I think it's common for a performer to get more
    > appreciation outside their
    > > hometown environs...
    >
    > yes yes yes, absolutely true. I am maybe a victim
    > but also definitely a
    > perpetrator. There are several artists from my city
    > who I never heard of until
    > they were re-imported via UK, Germany, etc. I
    > really hope to change that by
    > digging a little deeper, esp in local scenes that
    > are totally foreign. Anyone
    > else have that problem, that of not quite knowing
    > where to look in your own
    > backyard for the upcoming talent?
    >
    > Happily, though, last night we were lucky enough to
    > catch Alma Horton in a
    > wonderful outdoor performance in a Center City
    > Philly park. What a stage
    > presence, and what a tight band! have to admit, I
    > was hoping they'd play the
    > good old Hold It Down, and wow, was it nice live.
    > It morphs into a song that I
    > think I know from house, but the way they played it
    > was a stirring
    > latin-funk-house jam. Super, and she took the crowd
    > from bored to purring in her
    > hand.
    >

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