Hit Em with Hodowns and Innovative Flavor

First of all, Zion I & Grouch kick off their tour tonight at Slims.

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>> Flavor Innovator

Spectacular design, Nam of FI has really caught my attention, insofar as graphics in a nightlife world are attention worthy. Even in our transient rituals of discarding gloss papers and backseating the rest, FI’s pieces tend to stay on the passenger seat or the desk for reference and reminder, thus effecting some credit and success for the events they market. Strongly graf influenced, the work is often reverential, clean, with a hint of [cue Gregorian choir hitting a high C]; further, the elements of paint splat and drip support the main images and type with a fresh and finite finish.

Rspkt:

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>> Bboy Hodown (Houston, TX)

With site work done by Robot Agency, I hope this event’s execution is up to par to its concept and planning.

Straightforward and structured, BBHD is well organized because it:
1. Pays attention to a comprehensive foundation (Kool Herc, Cope2, Otrip, Jr. Boogaloo, Freshest Kids, Soul Sector) while looking ahead to new forms (Gamblerz, Saul Williams/Slam Poetry, Adam Mansbach)
2. The judges represent a bit more of a global view (FR, Can., Den.), with KR and Bay Area performing
3. Provides fairly diverse media of dialogue that isn’t often brought cohesively in one event (panel discussion, dance and graf battles, film screening, poetry slam, club event), with the non battle events in one day in subsequent timeslots. Plus, the panel includes what seems like a varied cast (incl. DJ/Historian/Pioneer and published writers, hopefully some of the older dancers as well). Discussions are more common these days and that’s a damn good thing.
4. Has good sponsorship (from the bboy set as well as Beat Riders) and importantly, a proper website/jump off.
5. Recognition for House as a prize battle style!

Looking for Desmet, Finding M3; A Love Affair with RX remedies

Double unfortunately, I mistook the Olivier Desmet Therapy party to be on Friday, not Saturday, and so I hung around Shipley like a nut wondering why the discrete industrial facade wasn’t lit up and rumbling with bass. Good thing for Wish and RX.

Wish, as always, is a cozy spot amidst the cold, dark and sometimes bleak Folsom strip. DHP itself, to me, seems more dominated by a different class of househead, the type that socializes using the music as its background, whereas Luka’s, like pre-Ruby Remedy, is centered on soulful reverence. Deep tends more towards the middle. Stylistically, DHP music is more mid and high end, which also matches the tendencies of the crowd. Not so much superficial, just simply not as deep and raw in the primal sense of soul. More white, but also well travelled, professionally established, and personable. Very clean and stacatto, highball and stiletto. A jack & coke and conversation about the vampiric nature of New Yorkers to suck the great energy out of a visitor, and I was quite stimulated. “Here in SF, everyone is… moist. But over in NY, everyone is kind of… dry.” Which is ironic because “since the bars are open all night, they’re drinking all the time.”

RX Gallery did not showcase their artwork prominently at the Grounded Event; rather it was pretty much event style: lights off, bar open, visuals, open floor. they had interesting drinks: soju + peach + apple; sake + calpico. too bad it was cash-only. Upstairs there was a nice installation of four subs with attached water filled platforms, all maplewood, to show the Jurassic Park-style effect of sound energy on water. I immediately felt the mind-expansion of Trentemoeller, specifically a remix of Royksopp’s “What Else is There.” And I met a curious corset-sporting breaks girl. How keen, she liked how I dance. Which was a surprise, because my technique melts with Witch of the East despair.

I did manage to find the next Shipley event (which is in fact Love Affair Studio) for May, with M3 no less:

Four Four, score at the door; Two uh Three, plant the seed.

RX Gallery & Chillin Fashion/Art/Media Show Highlighting a Great SF Weekend.

Events.

Suggested necessaries:

Go to Olivier Desmet/Therapy, try to get a stamp or something (free b4 1030.); Bomb over to Mighty for Exile's show; Have a drink at Wish Bar, get in touch with DHP and check the warmly lit, intimate vibe/crowd; Really experience RX Gallery music and installations till whenever; End at Therapy.

Ideally all 4, definitely 2. You pick.

FRIDAY:

RX Gallery Presents Grounded 4/7/06, Eddy&Mason. $5

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DHP Spring Sessions @ Wish, 4/7 (& 4/21, 1st/3rd Fridays)

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Dirty Science Tour 2006 @ Mighty, Utah @ 15th. $7, 10pm

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Olivier Desmet @ Therapy, 182 Shipley St. (5th/Folsom), $10

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Saturday:

Chillin 8th Anniversary!

Brendan Monroe, Bjork, and motion graphics

Interview with Brendan Monroe (LA), courtesy of android8.

Since things are verring towards motion graphics and representing technology, a plug on this amazing CGI by Glassworks on Bjork’s ‘All is Full of Love’ video.

Quantum Consciousness Hour: Chopra and the Soul; Escher and Infinity

Deepak Chopra, the respected practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine — groundbreaking treatment for the mind and body that combines ancient Eastern wisdom with modern Western science — drops some knowledge on those of us hunting for consciousness and ways to perceive the inner workings of our intangible spirit, through scientific reasoning. Got quantum physics?

>> At Last Scientists are Discovering the Soul by Deepak Chopra [Courtesy of Quantumbiocommunication.com]

It (whatever the universe is and presents to you) is potential until we intend for it to be real. Actuality merely depends on the posing of the question aka the catalyst for decisions and actions to be made. Keep thinking that.
>> An Interview with Deepak Chopra [courtesy: intouchmag.com]

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Audiolink:Geometry for Artists, via M.C. Escher (widely known for geometric and illusion art lithography and woodcut, like the Moebius Twist, Ascending & Descending, and his masterpieces, Metamorphosis I,II, & III (shown below, click to enlarge).

“What is the goal of an artist, and what is the goal of a scientist?”

“The goal is the same; the goal will always be the same: infinity.”