April 2012
38 posts
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Apr 19th
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DESERT GOLD INTERVIEW : FRED ARMISEN
Fred Armisen, half of comedy duo ThunderAnt with Carrie Brownstein, has an impressive resume of comedic characters ranging from Brutus, “a monkey who has been having sex with a doctor,” to Manuel Ortiz, host of The Manuel Ortiz show on Television Dominicana where he “helps with whatever it is” his audience members are going through. Fred is extremely helpful. Tonight, he...
Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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DESERT GOLD INTERVIEW : CARRIE BROWNSTEIN
Carrie Brownstein really requires no introduction. Early sightings include basement punk shows in Portland, OR with Sleater-Kinney and recent sightings include Portlandia and Wild Flag — both projects are taking off like rockets. Carrie DJs with co-pilot Fred Armisen Tuesday night for Desert Gold at Ace Hotel & Swim Club, and they’ll throw in some hijinks and group fun, so come...
Apr 17th
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Apr 15th
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9-piece Cumbia “musical collective” Quita Penas from Southern California play Afro-Latin & Latin-Afro sounds influenced by cumbia in Colombia to semba in Angola. Translated as “take away your worries,” the collective is working to revive traditional feel good music, getting people to dance and enjoy each other’s company. Quita Penas plays poolside tomorrow with...
Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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DESERT GOLD INTERVIEW : DAREK MAZZONE OF KEXP
Darek Mazzone is a coat of many colors. A DJ with 20 years notched on his belt, he’s a crown jewel at Seattle’s community radio station KEXP, is currently working some magic with Microsoft (top secret stuff) and Native Instruments, and he’s also partnering with Dubspot, a NYC-based electronic music production and DJ school whose aim is to get thousands of youngsters DJing from...
Apr 14th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
20 notes
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Beatrix Ost and Ludwig Kuttner on the epic, molten-core fashion blog, StyleLikeU.
Apr 11th
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Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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DESERT GOLD INTERVIEW : AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA
Brian Shimkovitz is curator of Awesome Tapes from Africa — an outfit that formed out of a blog he ran for years posting, you guessed it, awesome tapes from Africa that he found while traveling. He now releases new LPs, CDs and MP3s from African artists and tours the world playing both his finds and his releases. The forthcoming release from Awesome Tapes From Africa is by a gentleman named...
Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
56 notes
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Apr 6th
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Apr 3rd
38 notes
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Apr 3rd
68 notes
March 2012
27 posts
Mar 31st
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