April 2012
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Beatrix Ost and Ludwig Kuttner on the epic, molten-core fashion blog, StyleLikeU.
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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...
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March 2012
27 posts