This Friday, October 23rd, as CMJ slowly winds down, come and vibe to some music brought to you by some of the best from the West. NIGHTLIFE is in town and VTech and Beat Junkie Sound presents a special evening just for you. From LAX to JFK, Babu, J.Rocc, Mr. Choc and Shortkut are here to bring the So. Cal heat. So on Friday, though the weather might be cold outside, inside Sutra Lounge at 16 1st Ave., the Beat Junkies will be making it hot. Don’t get burned.

This week, we’ve moved. From the west coast to the east, VTech is now at CMJ 2009. And starting off this week of music, VTech and Plug Research are proud to bring you:

Can I Get You High

A once in a lifetime show with limited presale tickets at only $10 a pop, this is a can’t miss.

Featuring Live Sets from BILAL with a six-piece orchestra, EXILE feat. BLU, SHAFIQ HUSAYN feat Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Thundercat, and hosted by PHAROAHE MONCH, Blvd/The Pink Room  at 199 Bowery is where you’ll want to be on Wednesday, October 21st. We’ll also have DJ sets by J.Rocc, Spinna and more with many special guests to be announced! So let’s start CMJ 2009, the Music Marathon & Film Festival in NYC,  off right.

See you all there….

BLVD/The Pink Room 199 Bowery, NYC 10002 (at Spring St.) 212.982.0740
J, M to Bowery Station | F, V to @nd Ave (LES) | 6 to Spring

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
limited presale $10 
door: $20 9pm-4am

JOHN LENNON BIRTHDAY BED-IN RADIO BROADCAST

We celebrate the life of John Lennon by lighting up the airwaves with love. Hosts Carlos & Azul Nino, frosty and Ale welcome musical friends to the KPFK studios for an evening of live performances and dj sets inspired by John Lennon’s creative spirit. Gather your friends and gravitate around the radio for an evening of unforgettable vibrations. Potlucks, slumber parties, growing beards and bouncing in bed are all highly encouraged.

John Lennon focused dj sets, Beatles cover song megamixes, rare Beatles outtakes, giveaways and live performances from: Miguel Atwood Ferguson’s Quartetto Fantastico, Mia Doi Todd with Andres Renteria and more!

8PM-1AM / Free / All Ages

A LIVE TRANSMISSION ON “SPACEWAYS RADIO” & “FUTURE ROOTS RADIO”
KPFK 90.7FM IN LOS ANGELES, 98.7FM IN SANTA BARBARA & KPFK.ORGACROSS THE UNIVERSE

THE 11TH ANNUAL EAGLE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL

Far-out international sounds on the DUBLAB “future roots” STAGE….

Cumbias, jazz from the hills to the flatlands of LA, the crackling of rare records brought to LA from Central America or the Middle East and heard in family collections….

The “future roots” Stage, curated by the Los Angeles based non-profit collective DUBLAB as part of their the week-long 10th Anniversary Exploration series around the city, merges the sounds of global Los Angeles and presents them as evidence that— in a city like ours— the world and its eras are at our back door, found in the cultural makeup of its residents, and blended anew in every corner of Los Angeles. DUBLAB is devoted to the growth of positive music, arts and culture from around the world that crosses genres, defies classification and bridges eras. Broadcasting independently since 1999, what started as a web radio collective has grown to producing events at institutions like the Getty and the Natural History Museum, creating alliances with like-minded artists, and giving back to the community by participating in free festivals like the ERMF!

4:00-4:45pm Julia Holter 
One of dublab’s favorite songwriter/composer/sound artists guides us to into the deep with live ethereal sounds incorporating avant-garde instrumentation, vocals, and poetics.

4:45-5:45pm - Nanny Cantaloupe 
This DUBLAB / KXLU dj will share vibrant sounds from the global, post-modern primitive outernational universe. Cantaloupe is sure to shift your consciousness several degrees for the better.

5:45-6:15pm- Bali and Beyond 
Inspired by the cultures of Indonesia, Bali & Beyond features a variety of Gamelan, including sacred ritual pieces and secular music of the royal court, performed on bronze metallophones, gongs, and gong chimes, directed by Maria Bodmann and Cliff De Arment. Bali & Beyond perform Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the Recording Industries’ Music Performance Fund through the assistance of the Professional Musicians Union Local 47.

6:15-7:15pm- The Gaslamp Killer 
GLK, the Mount Washington based DUBLAB collective dj and Low End Theory resident, will blend the hardest and most fuzz-filled 60s and 70s psych from the Middle East, backed by mystic dancers.

7:15-8:00pm- Michael White Quintet 
An organic jazz quintet led by violinist Michael White with jazz vocalist Leisei Chen that creates a timeless, ageless, clean and borderless Los Angeles jazz fusion sound incorporating originals, classics, bossa nova, and spontaneous improvisation. White is a groundbreaking composer, educator and violinist who has played with legends such as Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra and Pharoah Sanders, while Chen is a vocalist trained in the US and her native Japan.

8:00-9:00pm- Mas Exitos 
Tracing the connections between music made on two continents from the Andes of Peru to the Eastside of L.A., which finds its biweekly home at the Verdugo Bar in Glassell Park and has been featured nationally on NPR.

9:00-9:45pm- Buyepongo 
This Los Angeles County-based crew of young musicians dedicated to preserving cumbia and Colombian vallenato culture by embodying the music and echoes passed down through their families—from Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Los Angeles— and playing those sounds vibrantly, channeling cultural history on the streets and to the people of the LA.

10:00-11:00pm- Dub Club Echodelic Sound System 
This heavy crew will close out the evening with many eras of Jamaican music, joined by MC Jah Faith and special guest Ranking Joe, a reggae legend who will be toasting over the Echodelic DJ selections in a authentic rub-a-dub style to ‘nice up the dance!’

Emceed by Carlos Nino, DUBLAB founding DJ and host of KPFK’s Spaceways Radio

4-11pm / Free / All Ages

THE STREETS OF EAGLE ROCK
Colorado Boulevard between Eagle Rock and Caspar
centerartseaglerock.org

Come out and enjoy Vibrant Visions as dublab celebrates its 10 year anniversary. 

Come see a retrospective of dublab’s original art exhibitions.

The exhibitions will feature: UP OUR SLEEVE, THE DREAM SCENE & INTO INFINITY.

 HIT+RUN will be on hand for live t-shirt screening featuring exclusive dublab designs.

A video booth featuring clips of dublab’s film projects: VisionVersion, mi casa es su casa, Secondhand Sureshots and more.

the dublab pop-up shop with limited edition vinyl, cds, stickers, posters, t-shirts and more. 

“CREATIVE CIRCLE” art auction / exhibition with new works by our extended family of visionary artists including: Akiko Bharoocha, AllA, Augustine Kofie, Dale Dreiling, Eli Sipsas, Eric Broers, Fernanda Cohen, Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca, JAO, Javelin,Katsuo, Kevin R. Ramos, Kime Buzzelli, Matteah Baim, Matthew Müller, Mel Kadel,Stephanie Usery, Sumi Ink Club, Teebs, Travis Millard and more!

So support dublab and its amazing 10 year anniversary! With ten days of adventure awaiting us, let’s not miss a single one.

7-11pm / Free / All Ages

CONTINENTAL GALLERY
400 South Spring Street
Downtown, 90013

* The gallery and pop-up shop will be open every Wednesday to Sunday from noon-8pm through October.

Our good friends at MOCHILLA have a few surprises for you this weekend. From the (re)premiere of the amazingly poignant documentary on singer Bill Withers, “STILL BILL” by Damani Baker and Alex Vlack at the Downtown Independent,  to a Solo Exhibition by photographer Eric Coleman at the MOCHILLA Headquarters, opening this Thursday, it’s the perfect opportunity to start off your weekend right. Come and get visually and musically stimulated with the best. 

           

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20×24
Solo Exhibition by Eric Coleman 
THURSDAY SEPT 24TH | 7PM             

Exhibiting twenty 20×24 prints on September 24th

-A brief visual history- 

Mochilla Headquarters 
4124 Verdugo Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065

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Mochilla Presents: 

A New Screening Series Monthly at the Downtown Independent. 

Mochilla is dedicated to bringing you music and visuals of the highest order.  During the discussions around the successful screening of Postcard from Cali with Jim from the Independent we stumbled upon the idea of a series of Music Documentaries that are obscure, unseen and maybe just didn’t have a real run. 

We proudly start this series with unequivocally one of the best music documentaries I’’ve ever seen.  Still Bill is the story of Bill Withers.  It is moving, inspiring and learned.  It is a must see for anyone interested in music, the creative process or humanity for that matter.  Bill Withers if you don’t know is the creator of such soulful hits as Ain’t No Sunshine, Lean on Me. Lovely Day, Grandma’s Hands and Use Me.  His story is unique but his sensitivity is universal. 

We will have the (re)Premiere on Friday with very special guests.  We will have a little afterparty on the roof after wards please feel free to bring your favorite Bill Withers record to play.  There will be some drinks.  And there will be very special guests. 

For those who cant make Friday – the film will continue to screen on Saturday and Sunday.  

We urge you not to miss this.  It is an incredible achievement as a film.

(re)premiere of

 

 

Still Bill

SCREENING AT 9:30PM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2009

DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT

251 S. Main St, LA, CA 90012

12$ Tickets Available at The Independent Box Office   

  

 

Directed by Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, Still Bill tells the story of Bill Withers, an unexpected superstar. “Ain’t No Sunshine”, “Lean on Me”, “Lovely Day” and “Just the Two of Us” are only part of a complex and fascinating character: an icon who left the industry behind but never gave up his soul. You know his songs. Now meet the man. Featuring a tribute concert, a soundtrack with previously unreleased tracks, and rare live performance.  

 (-excerpt from: http://www.stillbillthemovie.com)        

 

 

*Everyone is welcome and encouraged to bring a Bill Withers Record! 

DJ’s + Special Guests TBA* 

Trailer of the Film: 

            

Additional Still Bill screenings:
September 26th at 3pm, 5pm and 7pm &
September 27th at 2:30pm and 4:30pm
http://www.downtownindependent.com