groove (groove@neo.rr.com)
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:32:44 -0500
here's a link to the stamp design.
http://www.stampsonline.com/gallery/2000/hiphop.htm
--be
At 06:54 AM 1/19/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Know I'm a bit late on this, but names Jim Dier aka $mall ¢hange, chillin'
>in Paterson aka Silk City, NJ, been doing radio on WFMU and downtown NYC
>club gigs for over five years, collecting wax for double that. Was into
>jazz and funk since the late eighties, probably my first 'acid jazz' rekkid
>was UFO's first full lenght, 'round 93 I think. I still give them much
>props.
>
>Spent new years in Perth Australia (wassup Gareth!) and checked out a few
>things, one of them was this group Rhibosome, a live three piece
>'electronica' (despise that term, but...) act. Quite dope. Turntables,
>sampler/mixing board, trap drums and latin percussion, with everybody
>switching around for different songs. They can all scratch, play drums, and
>work the mixer. Very funky shit, from downtempo to drum n' bass, house and
>breaks. Definitely look out for them, they have some stuff on Off World?
>recordings. There wax is cool but doesn't quite measure up to the live
>show.
>
>also got this forwarded from somebody at WFMU...
>
>>
>> Today in Cleveland, Ohio, the U.S. postal service finally
>>issued
>>a 33 cent stamp commemmorating
>> the celebration of Hiphop culture. The ceremony took place
>>locally at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
>> making local news media headlines.
>>
>> The stamps visual includes a Bboy positioned in an uprooted
>>handstand with an "ever classic"
>> boom-box towards the right side. Sources say the stampbooks
>>will
>>be made available soon.
>>
>>
>
>Happy new year everyone and keep on keepin' on...
>
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