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Keith performing with OFF!, Coachella 2011 by Sung

As a fan of both Keith and OFF!, I thought this was pretty funny. Have a great weekend.

WE ANALYZED KEITH MORRIS’S DREADLOCK
It Contained Uranium and Arsenic

…The next time we heard from [OFF!], they told us that not everyone was into it. Initially, we figured it was Keith who was uncomfortable with the idea because he felt singled out due to the situation on his head. But for the record, we must state that Dimitri Coats, Steven Shane McDonald, and Mario Rubalcaba—three supposed punks who between them were in Burning Brides, Redd Kross, and Rocket From the Crypt—were, for whatever reason, scared of having their precious manes inspected by weirdo pseudoscientists in Texas. Keith, however, was totally game and immediately FedExed us a little furry cigar.

Read the rest at Vice Magazine.

Following up a stellar showing at Coachella, The Do Lab crew is back with its next inspired event, Lightning in a Bottle.

Lightning in a Bottle is a 3-day festival this Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29, in Silverado, CA, featuring music, art, performance, dance, yoga, workshops, camping, and something called the “Lucent Temple of Consciousness”.

“Lightning in a Bottle is the next generation of music festivals,” says Jesse Fleming, a founder of the Do Lab.

Headliners Thievery Corporation, Bonobo, Pretty Lights, and the Lucent Dossier Experience, are gonna cap off some amazing days of dancing, beats, DJs, community, art, fire, and open minds. Festivalgoers are invited to camp on site (this year there’s even more camping space) and enjoy nature’s surroundings at the Oak Canyon Ranch venue, nestled in the Santa Ana Mountains by a reservoir.

Grab your tents, bring the beats, and, as the LIB website says, “A new adventure begins.”

Check out Lightning In Your Ear 2011, a name-your-own-price digital album compilation of artists performing at the festival here. Proceeds benefit CriticalBeats.org.

Prince Coachella ’08 by Brian

HEADS UP
Prince @ House of Blues Sunset Strip Wed May 25 (Tonight)

7pm: $200 + $20.25 FEES
10pm: $100 + $15.50 FEES
11:59pm: $500 + $28.25 FEES (QUICK MATH: THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 21 OF THOSE GENEROUS $25 FORUM “FEE-FREE” TICKETS)
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James Blake @ The Music Box Sun 9/18 (Ticket Presale Fri 5/27 10 am)

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Heaven Up Here (1981)
Numbered Limited-Edition LP reissue
April 19, 2011
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MoFi Silver Label Vinyl
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Hadn’t been in years. The music was terrible. Just absolutely terrible, unbelievably so for the decor, just like it always had been. This guy started pounding on the piano, really super fucking and inappropriately loud, only he wasn’t pounding out Chopin, he wasn’t pounding Blue Rondo a la Turk, he wasn’t pounding Rimsky-Korsakov, no no no, he was pounding out cheese-ass versions of “Take My Breath Away” and what have you. Then a dining patron decided that he, too, needed to take a turn on the piano, ordered up a cocktail and really started going for it. After twenty minutes or so of this hilarious nonsense, he finished up with some sort of tinkly flourish, took a bow and returned to his table. But then of course the original guy returned and pounded the fuck out of a few more ballads, for good measure. This was all nearly too loud for my companions and I to even be able to hold a simple conversation. Finally piano guy took a break, walked up to the DJ booth and put on one of those CDs of incredibly shitty, unlistenable sugary Korean pop that make you want to hurl your soju and fling your tiny Hite beer glass at the velvety red wall. It was time to go. The one thing I recall telling Betty before leaving was, “If you can’t figure out a way to leave work by 6pm like all of the married people and all the people with kids, you have officially lost the battle with The Man. Good luck at life.” Have a nice weekend all.

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