So Andy left the fake office behind for a few days to go see Snarky Puppy record their Ropeadope debut. Where are they you may ask? Down in Maurice, Louisiana, while the rest of us are up here in the rain. Check out more on the The Puppy here, they really are some of the nicest guys. And oh yeah did I mentioned talented too? More information on the studios here too.
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Here's a real treat for all you in the NYC area straight from John Sheldrick, "Fatty Acid is playing a show this weekend in NYC and I wanted to get the word out. It's gunna be off the hook, a live band with electronics playing the studio jams from the album. The show is Sunday night at Public Assembly on N 6th St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn right off the Bedford Ave. L train.We go on at 9:30. ...
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This tip from Ropeadope Portland Captain Mike Heibronner: " Cougar is good stuff, particularly if you, like me, would have liked the last Radiohead album better without the banshee-like vocals. I've long been confounded by the term "post-rock," but I'm now convinced it's nothing more than the once-maligned-but-now-resurging-with-a-vengeance prog-rock without the grandiose vocals and with modern...
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Speaking of Portland (and speaking of Mike!) have you seen the whack video for the Flaming Lips "Watching the Planets" (off their great new album). Features lots and lots of nekkid Portlanders riding bikes and a frontally nekkid Wayne Coyne. Filmed in the forest of Portland's Mt. Tabor park. Worth a watch.
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Quote of the day: "The Spinning Leaves has proven to be an unmistakable part of the new folk phenomenon in Philadelphia and beyond. Their sound, for one, is a whistle at the start of a great sprint, the bell of human musical freedom: spurts of gang vocals, slide guitars, dulcimers, and foot stomps over America melodies. And still, Spinning Leaves, the force, transcends the sound. They connect w...
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Escape your world with 3-4 minutes of youtube. Here's three that took me there this morning: (i) Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice still gets me dancing on the ceilings; (ii) The Muppets - Devil Went to Jamaica brought a smile to my face; and (iii) 21st Century Roadrunner is revealing.
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We met Erik Deutsch while he was (is) the keyboardist for mister Charlie Hunter. Even before that we met him we knew him as a member of Fat Mama and then with Norah Jones. Seems like somebody tried to beat him up for his Hush Money, but was unsuccessful. Check out his new album - one of the freshest sounds in modern jazz and featuring Jenny Scheinman on violin, Ron Miles on cornet, Todd Sickaf...
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As The Chicago Tribune reports - musician's need insurance! We've been saying that for years. do something - contribute to the Scotty Hard Fund.
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Marco's "Live at Tonic" is a Ropeadope staple. New times, new friends as Marco drops a new album "Live in NYC: The Sulivan Hall Residency" featuring Brad Barr, Stanton Moore, Kaki King, Billy Martin, Steve Benstein and many more. Sneak peak video here. Buy it now.
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The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of weed. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it -- as long as they are out of public view -- despite a federal ban. Breaking story here.
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Other than Kobe the biggest star in Los Angeles these days is Gustavo Dudamel,- the 26 year old conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Between releasing his compilations worldwide (SWED.U.S.H Connection series) & deejaying exclusive dates all over the world, CG somehow managed to follow suit with this impeccable, long awaited Ropeadope Podcast follow up for his favorite mix series. His signature "Jazztronica" flavor shines brightly throughout this mix fusing Soul, dub, Hip-hop, latin, rare grooves & of course heavy on the "Jaz...
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Between the times of 1971 - 2003 at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium was a place called the 700 Level on the stadium's upper deck. This was a place for notorious sports fans of Philly. The infamous fans rocked so hard they had built a courtroom into the stadium to try and tame them. Puma just dropped the illiest of ill kicks paying tribute to the 700 level - peep them out here. A video on the 70...
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To all of our Ropeadopers holding it down in the lone star state, we share this righteous gig going down in Fort Worth on December 5th. Helping builds sustainable and affordable homes for deserving families in fort worth and feature advanced framing techniques, thermal envelopes, efficient layouts, renewable building components and more. They're sponsoring the first winter helpfest at the Longh...
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Long time observer, first time writer Jack Haskell tips us off to this redunkulous compilation video of Marco Benevento's night at The Blue Nile in New Orleans last spring. As Jack says: "Too good all the way through and even though its blurry I love the camera work" - Dig it.
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This from my man on the streets Robbie K "So check it... I'm starting to work with Chico Mann and was hoping to maybe get a lil something on the Dope about em... you know Marcos Garcia of Antibalas correct? You dig on his tunes? The music is like Afrobeat made by a Latin cat in the South Bronx in 86". Peep the goodness.
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Snarky Puppy is some of the freshest sounds around coming from the most righteous cats on the scene that tour their asses off to make a living and a dream. Last week their bus was jacked in Canada - gone are their instruments, music (hard drives), and all their shit PLUS that same bus would then go on to break down forcing them to miss more gigs and.....some fans have set up a Paypal account fo...
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Not sure why this video creeps me out so much, but it's fully fascinating and worth watching/listening to - inside A Capella right here.
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