Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 24th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:

thanks for all the support, Ced! SB was fun! again not well attended, but Velvet Jones was a cool place! the crowds up there are rich and cosmetic, so there was very few hip hop heads. the sound was good. and we got to stay at a pretty massive house for a night.

You can find Specs One tonight (July 26th 2008) at STOVE (112 Morningside Dr. NE, Albuqerque, New Mexico) with HIP HOP STEW, TULSI, and DJ ABLE of the Elefaders.

Note: They played last night in Phoenix last night. I’ll bust that out in my next update.
Thanks to Specs, Tulsi and DJ Able for sharing their stories on tour.

Breaking News: Heaven Nightclub (Seattle) is giving Culturemob.com a VIP Section for the Santino Rice - Red Carpet Fashion Event on August 22nd (http://culturemob.com/events/144768). Guess what? You’re invited!!! You’ll be hanging out with culturemob in our very own VIP section.

You must be a registered culturemob user and at least 21 years of age to participate. Contact me at cedric@culturemob.com to be put on our special guest list (space is available on a first come, first serve basis). Get in while you can! This offer expires Monday August 18th (sooner if we run out of available space).

International Fashion Superstar Santino Rice will be hosting Heaven’s Red Carpet Fashion Event. Many Designers will be showing their work on the runway with an afterparty until 2AM. Brought to you by Culturemob, Seattle Fashion week, Pure, Rare Form, D List Magazine, and many others.

Text ‘Santino’ to 72466 for updates on this show and other Seattle Fashion events.

Doors @ 9PM | $15 @ Door

RSVP for your seat now!

Visit Heaven’s Web Site for more info:

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 20th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:

peace, Ced! LA was fun! except for the fact that our venue was switched at the last minute. we ended up playing @ THE GOOD HURT which is a great spot. the show was loosely attended but we still had fun! kinda hurting for gas money at this point. hopefully SB will hook some up for us!

You can find Specs One tonight (July 24th 2008) at Velvet Jones (423 State Street) with TULSI, and DJ ABLE of the Elefaders 423 State Street on 21+ cost: 10 Bucks

Find his next event here: http://culturemob.com/events/132649
Come on out and show these very talented artists your support.

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

Specs One is sending me Less Is More West Coast Tour comments and I told him I’d post them on my blog. Here’s the July 19th Blog. Check out what Specs One is saying today:

well Portland was fun! we played at the Crown Room which was a nice place. good sound. didn’t get paid. but it was 70% women, and i can’t hate that. i also met a cool mc by the name MIC CRENSHAW, who i must work with soon. his set was dope! everyone sounded good. but we had to buy the beer. oh well. next up: LA!

You can find Specs One tonight in Hollywood, CA along with TULSI, and DJ ABLE of the Elefaders @ ON THE ROX 9009 Sunset Blvd. on July 22nd 2008 21+ cost: 8

Find his next event here: http://culturemob.com/events/132647

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.

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/

So I showed up at Trinity Nightclub in Pioneer Square last night for free.BASS JUST before 10PM, wanting to slide in before they started charging cover for Dave Dresden. But there was no need for me to rush, because Dresden wasn’t there; he had cancelled (something about a head through a window). 

But this was the overwhelming response of the crowd:

Who cares? I came to see KJ Sawka. 

At 10PM there was already a nice throb of party kids in the beloved club and KJ’s fantastical drum kit was set up in the Blue Room where people were drum and bassing it to The Dowlz. Life is good.

I made a quick trip to Belltown for a little birthday bash and minimal techno with Jules V, Ctrl_Alt_Dlt and a few other crazy people, then got my ass back down to Trinity for Kevin’s 12:30 set. The Blue Room was now PACKED. Like usual I pushed my way to the front of the dance floor (hey I EARN my spot) and was happy to see to my right and my left lots of my good friends straight holding it down for me. I was right in front of the drum kit and KJ was going freaking nuts with both arms and both legs on that thing. I think he was growling a little bit; he was so into it and the dance floor was responding to his passion- by going freaking nuts with both arms and both legs. It was ON.

I LOVE drum and bass; probably too much, like espresso and cupcakes. I kill myself dancing to it, that is for sure, I get so involved that I forget to take it back to half-time stepping and wind up a sweaty, feverish mess in a very short time. With KJ Sawka’s unique brand of fire-flavored drum craziness I am not sure how anyone walked out of there last night. I can’t even begin to explain how he creates the sounds that come out like an army of darkness onto the dance floor; I don’t know if he can either but it doesn’t matter. Trinity was beautiful last night and the Blue Room came alive. Big smiles all around.

YOUR PLANS FOR TONIGHT:

For your prefunk head out to the street fair in Pioneer Square along Washington Street in front of Fuel Sports Bar: live music and DJs, food, and some beautiful, amazing, I-want-to-kiss-everyone-I-see SUNSHINE!!! DJ Pressha plays 80’s B-More and Mashups from 6PM-9PM.

Gruvsessionz at Heavens Nightclub: Come get down with the dopest crowd in town. Produkt puts on a freakin’ circus with DJs Dab, Flave, Ben Shelton, Messiah, Dirty Steve, The Dowlz and Eric Nelson. Two rooms of music: house/electro/techno/progressive house/d&b/dubstep/and some mashups for the ladies- and don’t forget the aerial performances, fire twirlers, live art, lasers, magic, burlesque, belly dancers and the Tap-Taparazzi.

Next door is Fuel Sports Bar and a new monthly breakbeat night: The Breakup. Kicking it off are the Mendicants and beautiful Nyx who will be partying along with the “NW Breakbeat Ambassador” Dig Dug.

Chop Suey’s got Trevor Loveys and DJ Same DNA, Jizosh, and mad religious prophet and rabble-rouser Recess.

Jacob London is at SeeSound Lounge.

Afterhours? It’s all about Hengst Studio (my favorite venue in Seattle) until 7AM with Claire Huxtable, Snap ‘N Pop, Grindle, and Ctrl_Alt_Dlt…….mmmmmmm…minimal techno until the sun rises, baby!

I will be everywhere, all at once. See you on the dance floor.