Just go to this show—it’s the right thing to do. What makes it
right? DJ Shadow simply means it can’t go wrong. The legendary
Bay Area producer, remixer, and scratcher will be in the house with
Cut Chemist. (The two recently released a collaboration called
Hard Sell.) Kid Koala, the turntable genius from Montreal, will
also be in the house. Indeed, this is less a show and more of a
temporary temple for a hiphop art that was eclipsed many years ago
by the self-obsessed rapper. (Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave,
628-0888. 8 pm, $30 adv/$35 DOS, 21+.)

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...