Thurzday nah mean?

Love it.

So as Ayisha said, we split up on Thursday for a panel and a couple shows. My first panel was on the future of the festival in North America. It was very interesting, I heard from people who market festivals such as Bonaroo and from people who actually produce festivals like POP Montreal and NXNE. I did some, hopefully, beneficial networking and then waited for Ayisha to head over so that we could listen to the Basics of an online Ad Campaign. I think she already explained that

So Lets move on to Thursday night.

First we hung out with Rob from French Horn Rebellion over at the Red Bull artist lounge (If you didn't check them out by now, do it...like now....stop reading.....http://www.myspace.com/frenchhornrebellion). I had a nice PBR and Ayisha had a PBR mixed with Red Bull Cola, please do not ask my why, did some networking and chilling and I was on my way towards Bowery to meet a friend, Edwards Bros! Ayisha took off to the her porno movie, I mean Kevin Smith's new movie, and I got ready to go to a few early shows. My buddy and I took off to Santos Party House for a hip hop gig. We stepped in and the Disco ball was blinding (eummmmm www.myspace.com/keithmasters) DJ Babu and Evidence from Dilated Peoples were on the tables, some would say a perfect combo. Saw my boy KOSHA DILLZ!( http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=17959646) Lets give him a round of applause, 4 out of 5 in URB and was recently in Spin for his new CD. Lehiem! Long time coming. Check his new CD out with the man C Rayz Walz, Freestyle vs Written, if you like hip hop you should know Mr. Walz (http://www.myspace.com/crayzwalz). If you have a friend that is constantly free styling, show them C Rayz, he is the definition of. We chilled for a minute, saw a couple people like Immortal Technique come in, and then we were on our way to the next spot.

So the next place we went was Webster Hall. Now this place is a little confusing, it is absolutely huge, like an old cathedral huge. There was some time mix ups, but because of them I got to see a band by the name of Passenger play. Very good. I mean this is the type of stuff you expect to see when your watching quality television like that emmy winning show One Tree Hill. Wow, quality entertainment. Anyway, that band was good, look for them. Hmmm, I say a lot of bands are good, you should trust me I think.

So after that short stint, we went on to check the band Passion Pit who I graciously have hipped you to. (www.myspace.com/passionpitjams). Wow that was a little cocky, anyway, if you haven't had time to check them out, make some. There show was packed, I mean packed tight. I finally met the guy who has been pretty instrumental in their new found success, owner of Neon Gold Records, and brother of the owner of French Kiss. Cool Dude, respect is definitely deserved. I am still listening to Sleepy Head right now, actually, I can't stop.

So I apologize for having no pictures of all of this for you. BUT, what I can do is show you these and tell you to vote.

























If your not going to vote, this is what my reaction will be:



So after all of this I met up with Ayisha finally. We all decided to try the Fader Fort, ehh closed, don't worry we made it to the hippest party in the world eventually. So we actuallye ended back up at Webster Hall, yes where I basically started, and checked the Fools Gold Showcase. I love their artist roster, go ahead Google them, but I will be honest there was some scallywags on stage for a minute. Speaking of Scallywags! We decided to head to a local bar, Odessa, and hang out for the rest of the night. It was dark, musty, I wanted to say Arrrrrrrr, and I liked it. It was a cool place to end the night and a couple indie artists and industry people were there which made the trip all worth our while. So, then I ate a falafel and went home. The end. Oh yes that was definitely my happy ending....



Damn I am hungry. Ok ok, so I don't want to bombard any of our awesome readers, yes you, you are awesome, with another post about Friday night yet. Just know that it is coming shortly, here is a preview:

Friday:

Panel:

Artist Managers: The New Labels?

Shows:

Luaka Pop
Fader Fort
Takka Takka
Arlenes Grocery-Envy Corps and Holllllywoood! Holt that is.

Oh yeah, and my candle light dinner on the curb with a nice big slice from Rosarios.


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