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.

the mixdown part 1 (the birther edition)

Davwrx presents... The Mixdown Part 1 (The Birther Edition) Mixed by Davion by davion

A fine mix our friend cooked up making good use of a few Camp Lo tracks.

And, we're tired of telling you by now, but Camp Lo will be at Shakas tonight (Thursday) with Ced Hughes, Moe Hendrix, and DJ Cornbread!

It will be, in a word, bananas.

merry twentieth of april from dj cornbread

arbor day ain't got shit on this

You may remember when we told you that Camp Lo would be blessing Hangar 09 on April 28...butwaititgetsbetter. Errything is all official and whatnot and by far the best place to buy tickets is http://www.inticketing.com/. Specifically here. That is it. What?

Okay, there's more. The site will be planting a real honest to blog tree for every ticket purchased through it, which will go a long way towards offsetting the countless euphemistic trees that may or may not be blazed in activities related to this show. It's like Arbor Day, but much better since this is a Camp Lo show.

Camp Lo is about to drop a new ablum with Pete Rock kicking his skills on production. The promo mixtape itself is salivation-worthy. Minds are likely to be splattered. Local heroes Ced Hughes and Moe Hendrix will warm it up as they were born to do. In case you didn't know, Moe is the next mayor of Norfolk and Ced is the love child of Barbarella and Lando Caldrissian. Who doesn't want to see these cats mix it up?

Ced Hughes - "Spacely Sprockets" from Number Twenty on Vimeo.

MOE HENDRIX - "HIEROCORE" music video from Markus Fussell on Vimeo.

Oh shit I just noticed. DJ Cornbread's all up in this piece too? In a word, bananas.

dj cornbread's "pink played out"

I get it, it's hard out there for a beat scholar in a world where the great pop canon is compressed to 1200 songs and 50 albums for many people. It can be terribly lonely and alienating, which is why at some point I settled for being a beat enthusiast. Regardless of their actual quality, diamond sellers can be infuriating. By their nature they set the limits of awareness for so many. I just can't let this vex me. It was a relief letting go of all my negative connotations of frat boys and suburban culture blanks and learning to enjoy Bob Marley's Legend again. Yes, it barely scratches the surface. Yes, it uses those blanded out bassless rock mixes. Yes, it is still great. If that's all you know of Bob, I feel sorry for you, but I'm afraid you can't have any of the skin off my back.

DJ Cornbread doesn't feel the same way, and he still hates Dark Side of the Moon. Too bad for him, but still hatred is a passion infinitely preferable to indifference. Maybe that's why the new beat mix is so good.