Thanks everyone for their well wishes, public and private.. These are the dates for the tour so far. As you can see it may start a little early with a trip to Tel Aviv for the Soulico massive and crew.
Because of this I am only looking to book one more date (August 28th).
There is a possibility of another (Aug 21st) if you are in Paris. Other than that, hoping to spend a few days there scouting out a European residence. We’ll see which area is the most suitable for a base.
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DATES FOR MC ZULU TOUR
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Aug 17
2010 10P
Soulico / Queen Of Hearts Video Shoot
Tel-Aviv,
Israel
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Aug 19
2010 10P
Soulico 10th Year Celebration T.B.A.
Tel-Aviv,
Israel
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Aug 20
2010 10P
Boom Festival
with Baobinga, Octa Push, Mr Gasparov, Monkey Steak
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
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Aug 27
2010 10P
Uprising Festival
Bratislava, Slovakia
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Aug 29
2010 10P
Notting Hill Carnival
with OiYouLondon.com
London, UK
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Aug 30
2010 10P
Notting Hill Carnival
with OiYouLondon.com
London, UK
Looking forward to catching many of my friends shows while in Austin..
Just so you all know, I have been scouring your sites so I can drop thru your showcases as time permits. In case any of you are interested in catching up with me, I have built a profile on the SXSW site which lists where I’ll be. I will also be checking the site and looking for your updates as well.
On the performance tip, I am doing 5 Showcases for SXSW 2010
(Scroll down to find upcoming appearances)
2 with The Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion POIRIER
2 with The Israeli Tag Team DJ Champions SOULICO
1 with The Man Of Many Aliases CHLLNGR
I am looking forward to a great outing! The first time I attended was two years ago, and you little bastards ignored me.oops)management is suggesting that I stop here
This is one of those “self-edits”. I will do that from time to time in the interests of maintaining friendships. I will strive to maintain such friendships even though the business side of what you are doing is sleazy and shady.
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We can always be friends as far as I’m concerned… but…
What you do with a DIME… You will do with a DOLLAR
If you are being shady about chump change, it will be that much worse with millions on the table.
Chicago loses 2016 Olympic bid QUICK FAST and IN A HURRY..!
OK, so Investment property values might dip a little. I’ll live with it… but for real Chicago… GET IT TOGETHER!
The international community sees:
* 9 year old girls getting shot on their grandmother’s porch.
* Honor students being bludgeoned to death by classmates.
* Off duty police officers beating up 90 lb FEMALE bartenders.
Politicians have been DELIBERATELY keeping the crime rate high in that proposed Olympic area. That way they could buy the property out from under the people for a song and a dance, once the announcement was made.
The ramifications of this behavior are the VERY REASON the games will NOT be here… (unless a fix is in that I don’t know about).lol it IS Chicago, you know
Conventional wisdom would dictate that people are asking the same question worldwide.
How would you propose to keep Olympic athletes, and an influx of 2 million visitors safe, when there is open warfare amongst your own citizenry? and when you consider the fact that RIO is the chosen city… (Google: City OF GOD) RIO DEFINITELY has work to do regarding disproportionate allocation of government resources.
So what does that say about Chicago?
Look on the bright side,
1) There will be a few less empty stadiums and abandoned structures in 2017
2) Chicago will be given a chance to FIX its issues, instead of trying to gloss over them, just in time for the games
3) Certain western suburban areas , for the time being, will be safe from a sudden mass exodous of strategically displaced south siders (I’m just sayin’)
ALSO: How much does it actually cost taxpayers each time a homeless person is temporarily jailed for living under Wacker drive during a festival?..lol
NOW… In case you were wondering I was rooting for Chicago…, as usual..
I was also going to SELL EVERYTHING I OWN while people were still caught up in the frenzy .. HEY )
You know how the game goes.
This is not one of those celebrity worship blogs, before we get started…
I also reserve the “life story retrospectives” for those who have profoundly affected me on a professional level.
I missed writing about George Carlin, but people who know me can draw those obvious conclusions….
Anyway Michael Jackson gave us everything. Every hour, every minute, of every day of his life from the time he reached the age of 5, belonged to the PUBLIC.. As the worlds most famous megastar, it seems he was always ill prepared for the ravenous appetite of the intrusive public. Considering todays world of full-access reality television, such intrusion is now the norm, but back then who could know?
It is obvious Michael Jackson never had a real childhood, so he spent his entire life chasing it. He reacted to the intense media scrutiny by withdrawing. The media responded by filling in the blanks on their own. Every move he made was scrutinized down to the minute detail, and further, open to interpretation by anyone. This means not only did the public experience information overload regarding Michael Jackson; he was such a massive cult figure that even the MIS-information was headline worthy in the eyes of the press.
Even before the child molestation charges, his life had become a full fledged media circus. According to the press, Michael Jackson had married aliens, fathered illegitimate children (Billie Jean), and left everything to his pet monkey in his will. Yes Michael Jackson was wierd. Yes the situation with the boys makes me extremely uncomfortable, but this is how I will always remember him.
STILL HERE?
OK… Another Big Issue At Hand:
If you ever get FAMOUS don’t allow yourself to be separated from the people who keep you grounded.
Joe Jackson made stars of his children,… Then Hollywood stepped in. Hollywood already decided who the real STAR would be. They needed to separate the STAR from his family tree, and cast the rest aside. The only thing standing in the way was JOE JACKSON…. Nothing a negative PR campaign can’t handle.
A strict disciplinarian by all accounts, and likely a stage parent in every extreme sense, Joe was portrayed as a monster.. first to the children (“you’re a star, you don’t have to listen to him”).., then to the public (“he’s not letting Michael shine, and he brutalized the kids).
The BLAME for the resulting WIERDNESS, which arose from Michael being delivered from the evil of Joe Jackson, (into the hands of people such as Clifton Davis (industry talk) and Diana Ross) was placed back squarely on the shoulders of…. Joe Jackson.
Who knows for real? The above is nothing but a 2 dimensional THEORY.. but if Joe was so bad why wasn’t he hauled into court for abuse of the children? What explains his presence at all the press conferences with Michael and his other children?
Michael only went solo after he grew up, not before.. which indicates again, the hand of a a strict stage father insisting his kids stay together and make music… but not a Monster.
No doubt Michael Jackson was every bit the star he was cut out to be, from day one. His mega-star turn with Thriller changed my life forever (neighbors laughing at the idiot in the window practicing Michael Jackson moves) but I got pretty good at them.lol
Looking back now on his life, it seems like a case of “too much of a good thing”.. unchecked.. He stopped being a child at 5 and instead became a commodity. His adult life was filled with YES MEN, who would never dare question his decisions, for fear of loss of a job. More surgery? YES, Pet llama? YES, Pajama parties with children? YES, Renewed prescriptions? YES.
Michael Jackson lived until the age of 50, and died amidst rumors of hoaxes, substance abuse, and foul play among other things. His passing has left a void in the entertainment universe that can never be filled. His brilliance made me, and countless others so happy… but the QUESTION is: Was HE ever truly happy?
If you have it all, with nobody there to tell you NO.. what do you have left to work for?
Keeping things in perspective, the day Michael Jackson died it was reported that a 9 year old girl (Chastity Turner) was shot down on her grandmother’s porch in Chicago. It is an equally great tragedy, and it goes back to what I see as a casual disregard for the sanctity of childhood.
Friday Jun 19, 2009 3:30 AM…
…sleepy as hell (not the best time to start a VLOG…) Plane to K.C. @ 10AM.. still, answering some questions I got from people about Iran’s election situation // It is too drastic, from the intel I have been getting //
Large Up Dub Gabriel for providing play by play thru his friend on the ground in Tehran (He cannot list his name)http://users.bandzoogle.com/destroyallconcepts/tehranblog.cfm
Altho I was pretty cool with Chamillionaire back in the day…
I should not presume to think that The Great Mike Jones even knows who a NOBODY like myself is…
But his STYLIST… is taking a bit of a risk, dressing him up like me.
Mike Jones – The Voice Of The Streets (Released April 2009)
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MC ZULU – Parrish Lewis Photography – XLR8R Magazine Shoot (Published June 2008)
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Stylists commonly comb thru magazines and blogs to see what low level (influential but insignificant) artists they can swagger-jack. Then they work with established artists and use whatever mechanisms, styles, gimmicks they think are hot… Actually It’s quite a compliment )
But DAMMIT, I won’t be playing the chitlin’ circuit forever.lol
Anyway, big ups to Mike Jones, I copped the album and it has some straight cuts on it. Mr Jones has also grown considerably as an artist. His subject matter and delivery are vastly improved. I am sure it will do well, and I wish him the best…
ALSO…Let me add… I’m not the only one to grab a megaphone (Shouts to Jimmy Hart).. and hell, maybe I’m just seeing things. BUT… everyone PLEASE do me the favor of NOT calling me a copy-cat, when I start to move my millions of units out of Best Buy )
In other words: Spare me the “aww you got that from mike jones” B.S….
Following hot on the heels of his NinjaTune Debut, and the Go Ballistic E.P., Ghislain Poirier’s Soca Sound System is quietly taking the world by storm. I have seen the songs in rotation across many formats, including (most importantly to me) Caribbean Soca outlets.
These are the vibes that have absolutely leveled European dancefloors for the last two years.
Now taking full aim at the Western Hemisphere, with his patented “Poirier Sound”, Ghislain will switch focus; from the live band setup to a modern take on the Sound System tradition.
The following mixes are ZShare Downloads, therefore available only for a limited time.
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