B-Boys & Beer, May 23rd!!

In light of the absence of the infamous Philadelphia B-Boy BBQ(see last post), we decided to start showing our Philly b-boys some deep heart-felt love. We hooked up with Repstyles Crew and DJ Phsh to throw our first, B-Boys & Beer @ Bamboo Lounge next Friday, May 23rd. Sign-up for the guestlist by emailing me @ Onlymusic215@gmail.com or messaging me on Myspace. This will give you reduced admission and an OPEN BAR (well drinks & domestics) from 9pm-10pm. We also have a few more drink specials running all night and from 10pm-12am (see flyer). Check out the Myspace page for more info.

I miss the B-Boy BBQ already

Yeah so the announcement was made late last week. No B-boy BBQ in Philly this year. Figures that the one thing that I look forward to all year is cancelled. Click here to find out why. In the meantime, we need some events to take its place, who's got ideas? Check out the footage from last year below.

Monday Memories - Dondi White

For more than 20 years in New York City, graffiti culture was as pervasive as it was secretive. Scores of underground artists worked in the shadows to create illicit and unconventional masterpieces-colorful and graphic paintings made with aerosol spray paint on New York City subway lines. Graffiti writer Dondi White came up in the 1970s, plastering his name and many aliases on dozens of subway trains. His work and personality stood out in the culture, and he became a star among graffiti writers. As New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) eradicated graffiti writing from its trains, White became one of many graffitists who began to work aboveground. Graffiti-based art was at the heart of New York’s art scene in the 1980s. White put his work on canvas and exhibited it in art galleries. He was the first graffiti artist to have a one-man show in the Netherlands and Germany, and his work is collected by European museums. After his death in 1998, White’s brother Michael, and graffiti writer Andrew “Zephyr” Witten, collaborated on the book Dondi White: Style Master General, The Life of Graffiti Artist Dondi White, Regan Books 2001. Dondi also did a lot of the graffiti for the main character Zoro, in the movie Wildstyle.
Dondi White Memorial

Questlove does "The Carlton"

Quest and Black Thought showin you those infamous dance moves. Cop Rising Down if you haven't yet, and if you have, cop a fresh Okayplayer tee to go with it!

Hopeman

Monday Memories - Bobby Byrd

Bobby Byrd (August 15, 1934 – September 12, 2007) was an American funk/soul/R&B/gospel musician and songwriter, best known as James Brown's longtime sideman and co-vocalist on songs such as "Licking Stick - Licking Stick", "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" and "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved". He was born in Toccoa, Georgia.

Byrd also recorded many solo funk tracks, most famously "I Know You Got Soul" (1971), which have been sampled by musicians including Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Ice Cube, LL Cool J and A Tribe Called Quest. He was the original leader and founder of The Famous Flames, the vocal group with which James Brown first became famous. Byrd is actually the man who discovered James Brown.

There isn't much footage out there but here is a clip of Bobby doing his solo act for the opening of the James Brown show. He was the one who got the crowd hyped up. Here is another short clip of Bobby and James on the show.

JAMES BROWN & BOBBY BYRD handshake & bump
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Sneakers anyone?

These are not mine!! But I did take the pictures. Pretty ridiculous.

Free Running = Insane

Half man, half super ninjabuildingclimbingfreefallingflipping man?

More Banksy

Banksy

Take it however you want.

1987 Teleton

Michael Jackson and James Brown on the same stage, could it get any better?? I think so, watch.......

and Prince!