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J57 Got Beats! Blog 12/29/09
Here it is, the inaugural installment of J57’s Got Beats! Blog. Chock full of hot beats, the previews and new artists. Holla!
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Lisa Kribs (Chroma, Buck Wild) Live Set
This set was recorded during Lisa Krib’s portion of DJing during the CITY Newspaper’s ‘Best of Rochester’ awards party, Tuesday night at the Village Gate Atrium.
Congrats to Lisa on on her nomination for best DJ!
Peep the set, if you dig indy, pop and chill out jams…
Peace – Games
ACT:LIVE ON ART: Kurt Ketchum
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I made my rounds about town yesterday evening to get a glimpse at some recent works of art at several galleries boasting programs for the ‘First Friday’ events.
I couldn’t make it to all of them, but did make it to The Rochester Contemporary Art Center, ‘ROCO’, and the Gallery At Potential Life Studios.
Of [...]
Happy Birthday Dub Land! Drew Nye Speaks
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Amidst the weekend meat market, better known as East and Alexander, stand a few clubs actually striving for something different in Rochester.
You have One, soon opening their upstairs and utilizing their big screen with different contemporary events. Pearl has been remodeling not only it’s infrastructure but also it’s appeal to many whom have [...]
ACT:LIVE ON ART: .chickenbone.
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Many of you, who have attended any of the RIPROC events or have stopped in for a drink at Lux or Bug Jar, may have seen some large portraits gracing the walls with the name ‘.chickenbone.’ attached.
Many of the same people have said, ‘Who the hell is .chickenbone.’?
Here is the interview and piece [...]
Rochester’s Mr. Hollywood: Mike Dispenza
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One Fairport native and RIT student, is making some serious noise as a music video director here in Rochester. His name is Mike Dispenza.
Korean born and almost self taught, he has been putting out incredible work locally, with artists such as RICRUDE and The Soulingers, to ACT:LIVE’s own, Reece Q.
I had the pleasure [...]
RIPROC’s Monster Mash-Up Re-Cap And Photos
foto: al fox
werd: james niche
The party of the year has came and went.
It was another action packed night of visual art, hip-hop, drum and bass and funk that left you feeling like a sardine. (joke)
It was packed though.
Cheers to DJ EWUN and DJ Banshee for putting together another successful evening for Rochester.
As DJ Banshee puts [...]
KILL THE NOISE TALKS RIPROC
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Happy Halloween everyone!
You’re going to party this week, you want to get down, you want to get dressed up and you definitely want to be entertained.
You need to pay attention to the news…..now.
This coming Thursday, the 30th, the day before Halloween, is a show at Pearl Nightclub that you do not want to [...]
Red Bull Trick or Treat BMX Competition
foto: james niche
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Last Sunday, Red Bull brought the Pro/Am BMX competition to Rochester for the Trick or Treat jam at the armory.
This was a huge, fun, free event put together by the good folks at Red Bull, who have been digging their commercial claws in the underground for some time now. I commend [...]
