what it do, portsmouth and chesapeake? comedy factory and fantasmo, respectively

Tonight (Friday the 6th of May if yr nasty) Portsmouth and Chesapeake have a few of my favorite things going on.

My comedy pal Tim Loulies has an above-board hustle going on over at Comedy Factory: Code Three in Portsmouth. I'm totally going to tell 20 minutes worth of jokes there tonight as the feature. Tim hosts per usual. Looking forward to seeing headliner Alex Scott. 9pm at Code 3 Tavern. Tim has done solids for me and the funny scene and has the best barbecue I've tasted within his family. He's also deeply entertaining. Come see him and you'll find out what I mean.

My other thing that I love that I'm sad to miss is the great Fantasmo. This is where the wonderful Chesapeake Central Library events FantaSci and Monsterfest mated and gave birth to a cult cinema explosion. For one thing, this library is a state of the art facility with ace sound and vision t

hat lets these cats project things on a big screen. For another thing, when public libraries are known for censorship, here we get a librarian and his funky friend pontificating and waxing

fun on (sometimes hard) R-rated features.

Tonight they take on that most fun and daring and uneven genres, the anthology. Shit, I'm going to miss this night, because I've had good anthology nights there. They let me see some great Amicus anthologies on the big screen, and those things paved the way for the great HBO series Tales From The Crypt.

It should be clear here that there is a great fondness here for EC Comics, which wound up giving us MAD Magazine. The best rubric for the series' that recreated their aesthetic is Creepshow, a faux-EC anthology directed by George Romero and written by Stephen King (who also stars in one sequence). Later in the '80s, Romero did his own syndicated anthology, Tales From The Darkside.

Tonight at 8 Fantasmo will be showing Creepshow in all of its featuring-Leslie-Neilson glory. Following at 10:15-ish will be Tales From The Darkside: The Movie. Ha! I didn't even tell you there was an anthology movie there. That's the old Shamylan twist.

subsdance set, 4/29/11

Substance at Hooligans

2301: Ms. John Soda, "Go Check"

A favorite from my college radio spell. Notwist side project.

2305: Lushlife ft/ Camp Lo, "Another Word For Paradise"

I was still hyped on Camp Lo. Those rappers can rap the fuck out of a rap.

2309: Lupe Fiasco, "Go Go Gadget Flow"

Haven't messed with Lasers yet. Very mixed buzz and Lupe seems to resent it himself. "The Show Goes On" is fun and has that Modest Mouse "Float On" earbug going for it, but I wish an album dropped that followed up the neurotic negativity of The Cool.

2314: Massive Attack, "Five Man Army"

People call me tricky for particular reasons.

2319: Prince, "Pop Life"

The crowd seemed like they would enjoy some Prince, and they seemed to. Maybe I was just itching for some Prince.

2323: The Easybeats, "Friday On My Mind"

Well, it was Friday.
Pop Life by tpryorl

2326: The Coup, "Laugh, Love, Fuck"

So I've been laughing, loving, and drinking liquor. Who wants to fuck and make a revolution?

2329: The Faint, "Worked Up So Sexual"

This track was on the classic Office episode "Night Out" as a coked up Ryan is acting such a fool as to make a group of women beat him up.

2332: The Specials, "Blank Expression"

The Specials are Tricky's all-time favorite band, and he slipped a nod to this song into Massive Attack's "Eurochild".

2335: Kid Cudi, "Pursuit of Happiness"

Ratatat...yay! This has two videos worth watching. Play them both at once and see if you can get them synced up.

2339: Jackie Mittoo, "Right Track"

Crucial Jamaican keyboardist getting his Stevie Wonder on in Canada. (Note to self: Stevie Wonder)

2342: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, "Spottie"

Ill horn conglomerate instrumentalizes OutKast

2346: James Pants, "We're Through"

Cosmic grandnephew of Gary Wilson, also on Stone's Throw now.

2350: Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi"

Girl comes up to me and requests the new Katy Perry on behalf of her girlfriend. I don't have it on my thumbdrive. I ask her if she likes Gaga. She loves Gaga.

2353: Kool Keith, "Make Up Yr Mind"

I will never stop being thrilled with being allowed to blast porno rap downtown, particularly when it is this good.

2358: Neon Neon, "I Lust U"

Last song, and a good one. Technical difficulties fucked it up. Corrected this disservice tonight.

Watch the official promo here.

the torn flannel affair

Some of you may know Ryan Yates, bka Yatesy, aka Hatesy, aka Mr. Hatesy McWiggles. The rest of you need to. He's easily one of the illest artmakers about, and he will be unspooling his latest opus tonight at the Ten Top starting 6 pm. Me and the fat little conspirators have witnessed him working on this series, and we personally promise it to be the sickest. As the title might hint, this series offers Hatesy's take on personally significant songs and lyrics from the grungy '90s. There will be music and refreshments, but the actual canvasses promise to be the most powerful intoxicants. Do this.

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.

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.

camp lo at shakas, not hangar 09

Camp Lo will be at Shakas and not Hangar 09 on Thursday. Tell erryone.

Everything is still true about this earlier post except for the location.

subsdance set, 4/19/11

Substance at Belmont

2132: Antibalas, "Beaten Metal"

Opening track on 2007's Security

2137: Bell Biv Devoe, "Poison"

New jack nostalgia

2142: Childish Gambino, "Put It In My Video"

Donald Glover

2145: Chromeo, "Fancy Footwork"

Community used this track

2148: Neon Neon, "Dream Cars"

Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys collaborate concerning the life of John DeLorean

2151: Neneh Cherry, "Buffalo Stance"

One of my favorites

2157: Pet Shop Boys, "Domino Dancing"

Comfortably nestled in the late '80s

2201: Raphael Saadiq, "Keep Marchin'"

Former Tony Toni Tone frontman, his solo work is routinely great

2204: Abba, "SOS"

I promised Twitter I would play Abba

2207: Toy, "Rabbit Pushing Mower"

An aptly named ensemble

2211: Big Boi ft. Janelle Monae, "Be Still"

As good as the collabo would suggest

Watch here

"mic check": new camp lo video

Camp Lo

"Mic Check"

produced by Pete Rock

directed by Court Dunn

from the ablum 80 Blocks From Tiffany's on Soul Fever Records

See Camp Lo at Hangar 09 April 28th

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.

the belmont to kill me this weekend

As a deadly storm approaches, Norfolk has both severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. So hopefully things will be super wild at the Belmont tonight. I've blogged here about Substance (Subsdance), and tonight is the birthday party for Papa Subsdance himself, DJ Hazel, Sean Grimes if yr nasty. Khori Johnson will be dropping in on the ones and zeros, and I'm thinking of doing some hype man duty for him. I'm fairly sure Mr. Grimes loves hype. Things get percolating around 10.

On the off chance I survive this, the Belmont is not stopping there. It won't stop there. Sunday night (April 17, 2011) at 9 brings us the first non-secret public performance of Jason Kypros' Plan B Wolf Gang Kill Them All movement. Feast yr funny bone on some of the videos they've thrown together and turn up for the show.

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