What up Ev?! When I see the truck roll through the city, I'm com­ing to grab some plates. Congrats, homie! Follow them on twit­ter and face­book. [via]

Tags: Senor Sisig

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As a musi­cian, life is often lived on the road. Each city leaves its imprint on the artist as they develop their craft. For Oddisee, the pro­ducer and MC brain­child behind 2009's crit­i­cally acclaimed Diamond District, the life and trav­els of the artist is no mys­tery. Touring, record­ing, and keep­ing up with friends and fam­ily took Oddisee beyond his home­town of Washington DC to Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. Rather than keep these expe­ri­ences to him­self, Oddisee is instead releas­ing a new 24-track instru­men­tal album, shar­ing his worldly expe­ri­ences – through music, directly with his fans; a 24 city sonic tour of the world. With this new release, Oddisee is the Traveling Man.

Being released dig­i­tally today and as a lim­ited edi­tion vinyl press­ing on February 23rd, Traveling Man is an instru­men­tal album truly influ­enced by the producer's sur­round­ings. Each track was pro­duced while Oddisee stayed in the city it was titled after. With these first three, take a visit to the fes­tive "San Fran" as you travel with the woman who so smoothly sings, "Do every­thing you wanted to do, you're on your own, that's how it goes". Or take a ride to "Chicago" where you can let your swag­ger loose on the windy streets as a soft voice is con­jured up to ser­e­nade you over the beat's gui­tar plucks, horns, and dense instru­men­ta­tion. Not con­fined to U.S. bor­ders, Oddisee next takes you over­seas, as the hyp­notic "Khartoum" in Sudan beck­ons you to visit its streets. No need for a pass­port because Oddisee sees the world, so that you can hear it. Listen up.

Oddisee's Traveling Man is avail­able dig­i­tally today via Mello Music Group.

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Tags: Chicago, Khartoum, Mello Music Group, Oddisee, San Francisco, Traveling Man

Tags: WonderCon 2009

Who	Alice Russell & The Park
When	Thursday, March 5, 2009 9:00pm - 21+
Where	Bohemian Caverns (map) 2001 Eleventh Street N.W. Washington , D.C., USA 20001
Other Info	get­ting down with our fam in DC!

Tags: Alice Russell, Ben Schwier, Bohemian Caverns, British Soul, Derek Taylor, Funk, Josh Lippi, rhythm.and.blues, San Francisco, SF, The Park, TM Juke, Washington DC

The “hardest-working man in photo busi­ness” (LEGENDmag’s own Trevor Traynor) has a new art-show enti­tled “Out With The In Old With The New” com­ing up @ Shoe Biz in San Francisco… and we rec­om­mend you go peep it out if you are in the Bay Area that week!

Shoe Biz’s event on February 21, 2009 will fea­ture Trevor’s pho­to­graphic exploita­tions, along­side art from Dia, Neto, Ando, Halsey Chait, and Matt Reamer! Featuring music by Trademark & Upsidedown Astronaut.

Shoe Biz

877 Valencia Street

San Francisco, CA

“Out with the In, Old with the New”

2/21/09, 8pm-12pm

For more on the event, check the Shoe Biz blog.

Tags: Ando, Dia, Halsey Chait, LEGENDmag, Matt Reamer, Neto, San Francisco, Shoe Biz, Trademark, Trevor Traynor, Upsidedown Astronaut, “Out With The In Old With The New”

RE: DEFinition
Transforming Hip Hop Through History, Community, and Self-Definition
Saturday, February 7, 2009
10:00am-5:30pm
Fromm Hall
2497 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94118

*NOTE: Click here to view a Google map of the event location

This free day-long con­fer­ence will chron­i­cle the jour­ney of hip hop, div­ing into the ques­tions of own­er­ship, iden­tity, and our role in shap­ing it's future direc­tion. Interactive work­shops fea­tur­ing, Jeff Chang, (author of "Can't Stop Won't Stop"). Paul Flores (poet, nov­el­ist, play­wright, spo­ken word per­former and University of San Francisco instruc­tor), USF's Poetic Engagement, and Dr. Susie Lundy (Graffiti Historian, b-girl, dee­jay, edu­ca­tor, and mural­ist) and more will be fea­tured through­out the day.

*Although we strive to meet all dietary and access needs, please give us at least 5 days notice to try to make nec­es­sary arrangements.

This event is brought to you by:
University of San Francisco Multicultural Student Services,
Mills College Student Diversity Programs,
San Jose State University Mosaic Cross Cultural Center, Poetic Engagement, USF African American Studies, Mills College Ethnic Studies, ASUSF Superfund, Associate Students of Mills College, JAMAA, and our amaz­ing stu­dent lead­ers: USF’s Freddy, Akofa, Akima, Anja, and Mills’ Nia, Jasmine, Alexa, Danica, Amy.

MCSS, SDP, and Mosaic are part of the California Council of Cultural Centers in Higher Education - CaCCCHE

Tags: Can't Stop Won't Stop, Community, Dr. Susie Lundy, Fromm Hall, hip-hop, hip.hop, History, Jeff Chang, Paul Flores, Poetic Engagement, RE:DEFinition, San Francisco, Self-Definition, SF, Transforming Hip Hop, University of San Francisco, USF

Tags: 40Love, Blu & Exile, Flickr, jiGGafellz, Mezzanine San Francisco, UCB, Wale

Last night @ Mezzanine SF.

Tags: DC, hip-hop, hip.hop, Mezzanine San Francisco, Pretty Girls, UCB, Wale