Now what do YOU do? Exactly… not “exactly” like… “you don’t
do anything ‘exactly.'” But more like… “what EXACTLY do you do?”
—P.O.S.
RIP, Tyrone Love, the much-loved 26-year-old promoter who was
recently killed on the 2600 block of Cherry Street. My heart and
deepest condolences go out to his family, and love to everybody here
who feels like I do—sickened and saddened by the
ever-increasing tide of senseless violence on the streets of our city,
seemingly coming from all directions. This shit touches all our lives. There’s no condoning it, no code
of conduct that can excuse it—greed, complacency, and a
virulent culture of zero accountability threaten to bankrupt every
facet of our world. Shit, in so many words, is real. So,
seriously, what do you do exactly?
Hopefully it’s not to merely become callused over or just accepted
it as a part of life. Hopefully it’s not to bust out a bunch of
ignorant shit from the perceived safety of your laptop or make sport
like it isn’t real people dying in your community—like, is City
Market gonna have another funny little sandwich board on the corner of
Bellevue and Olive about this shit? Okay—rant over.
Outside of nebbishy audiophiles, most people wouldn’t realize 2009
is the 60th anniversary of the 45 rpm record, much less find it
occasion to celebrate. But the good folks at Red Bull are marking an
event on Thursday, February 26, with a quad of official DJs spinning
nothing but 45s all night at Trinity: the White Van man Jake
One (who occasionally posts some vintage Seattle heatery on
www.white
vanmusic.blogspot.com), Seattle
funk/soul scholar Supreme La Rock (who drops nonstop jewels on
the reg at www.supreme
larock.blogspot.com), Stones Throw’s
dance-floor obscurantist James Pants, and Las Vegas’s John
Doe. Come get loose for the free-ninety-nine, patna.
Or come up to King Cobra on the Hill and party with Top
Pot–doughnut-
eating champ/comedian/rapper/dude Billy
the Fridge that same night. Billy and DJ Bad Cuzin are
celebrating the release of his Million Dollar Fantasy Freak Show CD with a doughnut-eating challenge (who will win—Wizdom?
Pearl from Champagne Champagne?), a “Lusty Lady”
dance-off (prize: a thousand quarters!), and appearances from Ronald
McFondle and Deevious Silvertongue of Seattle Semi-Pro
Wrestling fame—plus performances from Grynch and the
Nite Owls. Doughnuts and debauchery go together like ham and
burger.
Wrap up Black History Month at the Rendezvous on Friday, February
27, for The Corner, featuring Cancer Rising, Tha Stahi
Bros, Duranged Pitt, (the until recently MIA) Lifee,
and DJ Nphared. Sprint, don’t run, to any occasion to see Stahi
(the inestimable team of Vitamin D and Maineack) do their
thing, and be sure to pester them on sight to drop their album, which
word on the skreets says is incredible and some of Vita’s best work,
naturally putting it in the running for Seattle’s Best. Fuck some
coffee. 