Specs One kicked off the first leg of the Less Is More West Coast Tour last night at the Comet Tavern. Other artists included Tulsi, DJ Able of the Elefaders, DJ Wicked and Animal Farm. I told him I’d forward his tour comments in my blog. So here we go!

sup, Cedric? so the first show was a bit of mess, sound wise, but i have to say i had fun! i dedicated the night to the Seattle SuperSonics! a friend got me the Championship edition Pumas to represent fully. a few heads came out. but not enough to put gas in the tank. still i’m choosing to stay positive. next stop: Portland!

You can find Specs One tonight in Portland, OR along with TULSI, and DJ ABLE of the Elefaders @ THE CROWN ROOM 205 NW Fourth Ave. on July 19th 2008 21+ cost: 5

Find his next event here: http://culturemob.com/events/132642

Put some gas in the tank and treat yourself to some original Hip-Hop all at the same time.

Stay tuned for more updates from Specs One on the tour.

The Culturemob Happy Hour Review: A biased opinion. Bottom line, we had scary fun. It was a big turn out. The VIP area at Moe Bar was packed with culturemob guests. Many door prizes were given. One door prize includes a rubber chicken which was won by the blogsiswatching blogger/founder YSL.

All kidding aside, my thanks goes out to everyone the came out. It was a lot of fun, let’s do it again!

I have a photo set of the event on my flickr account.

Never Let an Event Pass You By Again!

Some words chill and some words have gone wild!
iPhone
SUP POP
The Dark Knight
Ledger
Green River

Hot
Obama
Google
dude
X-Files

Ten words that rocked the week here at culturemob.com

This Thursday July 17th is the Culturemob Happy Hour at Moe Bar (Details here). To help you have a great time, we thought we’d tell you about a few rules for the event:

Rule number 1: Come as you are - unless you think you’re the invisible man (like the last time). In which case, bring something to wear. Trust me, we CAN all see you!

Rule number 2: It’s okay to have a good time. I mean, they don’t call it Grumpy Hour now do they!

Rule number 3: Although not mandatory, your street cred goes up at least 15% when you tip the bar.

Rule number 4: PBR is the new black.

Rule number 5: Bring your friends with you. That way, when you approach me and say “hey Ced, what’s happening?” Everyone will think you’re really cool!

Rule number 6: $2 wells and beer and you can eat at the famous new addition next to Moe Bar; The Pike Street Fish Fry (http://pikestreetfishfry.blogspot.com/).

Rule number 7: Feel free to break all the rules after the first hour.

Rule number 8: All attendees are in the running to receive fabulous door prizes.

Rule number 9: First 10 people get a free drink ticket for a $2 well or beer

Rule number 10: Your user added rule goes here!
RSVP to cedric@culturemob.com

Where: MOE BAR
Price: Free
When: 4:30pm Thu 7.17.08

MOE BAR
925 E Pike St
Seattle, WA 98122

Arguably one of the top 5 film festivals to see this year is the Rawstock Light & Dark Film Fest. Last week I promised to bring you an interview of Justin Freet (previous blog) of Rawstock. Justin took a minute to tell me about their big event of the year. It was super windy out but I managed to get some good quotes from this very enthusiastic artist. In this video you’ll literally be able to see the long hours and the day to day grind that is required of a successful filmmaker (hint: look at his eyes in the first part of the video and tell me if that ain’t dedication).

If you’re looking for a No Holds Barred film festival, this is your event. I think they should let culturemob submit this video!

The festival is sponsored by Bullit Bourbon, Wishlisting.com, and Rockstar Energy Drink.

Friday July 25th
Act Theatre
8pm
$15

for more information go to: http://rawstockmedia.com/

The Rawstock Short Film Festival is back in Seattle. For some reason, it’s all I can think about! Here’s the link to the event: http://culturemob.com/events/131978

RAWSTOCK LIGHT and DARK Film Fest to open July 25th @ Seattle’s ACT Theatre

20 all-new films; heavy with local filmmakers. Split into two min-screenings; one “Light”, one “Dark”.

ACT Theatre’s Bullitt Theatre is downstairs via elevator. It’s an attractive room to see a film and party like rock stars!

This event promises to be cutting edge. Here’s the warning issued by the people of Rawstock.
*WARNING* The films in the “DARK” portion of the show contain graphic violence and shocking images.

Justin Freet (filmmaker) promised to do a video interview with me. I’ll post it next week

For more info, go to rawstockmedia.com

…yeah, yeah, i know! hey, don’t blame me!

Seriously though, what gives???

The 3rd Annual Seattle Power Tool Race & Derby 2008 took place on Saturday (6-28). The event was part of Artopia in Georgetown. HazardFactory hosted the event. Their claim of faster tools, bigger air, more chaos, and more stupid (huh) turned out to be true. Check out the smashing and crashing that went down.

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Culturemob was proud to be a co-sponsor of the event!

Go to culturemob to discover more events.

That’s right, you heard me. IFCT is giving away 6 pairs of free tickets to CultureMob readers.

The International Fest of Cinema and Technology will be screening a wide variety of foreign film shorts on the 4th of July weekend.

Where: Northwest Film Forum
Price: $6, $3 students
When: 12:30pm Sat 7.05.08 http://culturemob.com/events/121650
When: 2:00pm Sun 7.06.08 http://culturemob.com/events/121651

News this good bears repeating. IFCT is giving away 6 pairs of free tickets to CultureMob readers. These tickets are good for any of the screenings over the weekend. These passes will go to the first people who respond to admin@ifct.org. If you are one of the ticket winners, the festival will write you back with confirmation. Your free tickets will then be held for pickup at the festival reception area at the Northwest Film Forum. The films are highly unique, spanning various genres ranging from experimental to animation to sci-fi. Most of these shorts have never before been seen in the United States! This year the festival also takes place in Washington DC, Los Angeles, Melbourne, The Philippines and Florida. The Seattle fest will be taking place at the Northwest Film Forum 1515 12th Ave, July 5th and 6th. Check out the website at www.ifct.org/seattle.html

Find more film events here at culturemob.com

Seattle based group “Manooghi Hi” perfoms in Fremont Sunday June 22nd at the Fremont Fair Rocket Stage 11:30am (event page) and at ToST 6pm (event page). Manooghi Hi welcomes back renowned Indian vocalist Mehnaz from Mumbai for summer performances to support their release of “Hi” beginning at the Fremont Fair.

Other members include: Mark Nichols, Todd Fogelsonger, Jimmy Thomas, John Hollis and Ava Chakravarti. I talked to the band about their upcoming shows and other news. Then I made a video of it here.

The band describes their music as an “ethnic mix of rock, pop, soul, and theatrical whimsy” which “Mehnaz’s clear, trilingual, rhythmic voice” creates “a sound that crosses many boundaries.” You can check out their music and get the latest about Manooghi Hi on their myspace page.

Manooghi Hi’s Fremont Fair event page and the ToST event page at culturemob.com