Party for your right to fight. Right on.

If you'll scroll down a few posts you'll see that fatlittlemonkey already posted on the difficulty our friend DJ Cornbread had getting permission from the city of Norfolk to DJ in the streets for art everywhere. Despite the fact that no one can find any ordinance that says he can't and despite the "busking" going on around him. DJ Cornbread, of course, explored these loopholes and by-laws until he came to one simple solution. Spin in the streets. Block part syle. So get your cince de Mayo dancing shoes on and head over to Ten Top on Colley at 7:00 to support the dopest DJ in the area while you have a good time to boot. He should be spinning until 8:80-9ish, but if we get there early we'll be able to witness history in the making. Let's do this.

beat street breakdown

I had a chance to talk to DJ Cornbread at "The Torn Flannel Affair" tonight. Seems a comment on the role or lack thereof of the dj in busking led to a sincere visit to the City of Norfolk offices in hopes of spinning outdoors for Art | Everywhere. The issue is currently unresolved as to whether the city will grant permission for a live dj on the streets or if he or she even needs one, but Cornbread will stop back by tomorrow. He hasn't found anything in the letter of city law that would exclude djs from the kind of permissions granted to buskers. Then again, Norfolk's city government has traditionally been unfriendly to anything that smacks of hip hop culture. Click here to refresh yrself on what Norfolk had to say after the 2007 shooting at a Clipse show.

oh, god, it's everywhere

Much of young and restless Norfolk that I've come across this week is all abuzz for Art | Everywhere Opening Night this Saturday, and for good reason. Last year was a striking success, going a long way towards achieving the vision of transforming downtown into an interactive gallery. A feather in the cap for the kids over at AltDaily and everybody who helped them. Including myself. You didn't think I was just going to celebrate local art without talking about myself, did you? This year I've again been assigned to bring the madness and mirth to Hell's Kitchen (actually, they are calling it "Comedy in Hell's Kitchen"). I'll be doing the same thing I did last year but more. More comic friends. More Plan B. More technically organized. Actually that last part was on the word of my contact at Hell's Kitchen, who I learned today is recently not with Hell's Kitchen. Fucking Norfolk bar turnover. In any case I'll be there at 8 making the world laugh. It's gonna be a blast.