sunday night jam sessions

Monday, August 20, 2007

the girls say

On the menu tonight:
Michael Jackson & Biggie Smalls
Tricky
Tiggers & ODB
Fatboy Slim
Groove Armada

enjoy ;)

Ooh Wee - Mark Ronson feat Ghostface, Trife & Nate Dogg

preise you - fatboy slim

groove armada - superstylin

stay green
-=v*

Sunday, August 12, 2007

back in the day, yo i wish i was a kid again

On the menu tonight:
Skee-Lo
Sly & the Family Stone
The Fugees
Xibit
D'Angelo

Gotta love the olden days. This playlist is from 10th grade.

the fugees - ready or not

xibit - paparazzi

d'angelo - cruisin

stay green.
v.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

bored in class... that makes it ladies night

yup. no words from me. just 6 other random ladies.

on the menu tonight:
amy winehouse
yeah yeah yeahs
lily allen
unknown
eva cassidy
ella fitzgerald

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sorry for sunday folks. making it up today. ladies night!

omg. i can't repeat this enough.
sen. eleanor prentiss shaw = sen. hillary rodham clinton
TRUST me on this one.

peace.
stay green.
v.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

cuz she's back on time

on the menu tonight:
murs
mr. lif
k-os
jedi mind tricks
spoonful - gravity - hibernation - nimrod - k-nice

long live underground hip hop

mr. lif - live from the plantation

jedi mind tricks/army of the pharaohs - tear it down

murs - bad man (personal favorite)

love ya.
stay green.
-=v*

***anyone seen my hoodie?

Sunday, July 01, 2007

...genetics is the reason for that ;)

On the menu tonight:
Mos Def
Damien & Ziggy Marley
John Lennon
Macy Gray
The Decemberists

John Lennon - Ho do you sleep (about the song and original footage)

Macy Gray - Sexual Revolution

OMG this is hilarious

stay green. (it ain't easy)
happy 4th.
-=v*

Sunday, June 24, 2007

ahhhhh summertime... must be the moon

On the menu tonight:
Arctic Monkeys
!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
Jahcoozi
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Amy Winehouse

!!!(Chk Chk Chk) - Must Be The Moon

Jahcoozi - Changing Time
(i think i played this before... but whatever...)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion

love ya.
happy summer.
stay green.
peace.
v-=*

Friday, June 22, 2007

=(

So finances suck, internet(s) are off, and I'm going to be doing SNJS every other sunday until this issue is resolved. Damn them. Free internet for all!!!

love ya
V

Sunday, June 10, 2007

I support LOUD music

On the menu tonight:
Prince
Immortal Technique/Mos Def
The Crystal Method/The Doors
Edwyn Collins
Gnarles Barkley

I am FEELIN this one. Been on this playlist all week.
Keepin it it free for you.
-=V

the crystal method - born too slow

Edwyn Collins - girl like you

gnarles barkley - smiley faces (this is awsome)

love ya peoples.
stay green.
-=v*

Monday, June 04, 2007

her name was Little G

Bay Bridge Peregrine Falcons Get Released

POSTED: 9:28 pm PDT June 1, 2007
UPDATED: 6:02 pm PDT June 3, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO -- Three young peregrine falcons got their first taste of the wild when they were released Saturday along the Santa Cruz coastline.

The University of Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group biologists and a foster peregrine mother have raised the three birds, after all three were rescued from their nests on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earlier this year.

"Little G," one of the soon to be released falcons, is the female offspring of George and Gracie, a well-known peregrine couple living in San Francisco. "Little G" was rescued from the bridge nest on March 30 when she was still inside an egg but is now at the ripe old age of 42 days. Peregrines typically fly for the first time between 41 and 43 days old, according to a statement from Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

The other two falcons were also rescued from the Bay Bridge as hatchlings about two weeks ago and are not related to "Little G."

George and Gracie moved from the Bay Bridge to the downtown San Francisco PG&E building, where they laid one more egg. That egg was also collected by biologists, and a healthy peregrine emerged on Tuesday.

The peregrines will still have food provided for them at the release site for two months until they can hunt for themselves. The falcons will also carry radio telemetry devices so the predatory research biologists can track them until the device falls off in a few weeks.

San Jose also has a resident family of peregrine falcons. Jose and Clara have a nest on the San Jose city hall tower and their own reality web show at http://falconcam.sanjoseca.gov/nest where their three offspring can be seen with almost full adult plumage.

Peregrines are an endangered species in California. The peregrine population declined to zero known nesting pairs east of the Mississippi River, and just two known nesting pairs in California by 1970. Today, there are an estimated 250 peregrine falcon nesting pairs in California, according to a statement from PG&E.

Copyright 2007 by KTVU.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

i'm afraid of americans

on the menu tonight:
david bowie
koko taylor
bep
handsome boy modeling school
jurassic 5

LOVIN it.

david bowie - i'm afraid of americans

koko taylor - wang dang doodle
{she's a G, check that gold tooth}

Koko Taylor sometimes called 'KoKo Taylor' (born Cora Walton, 28 September 1935, in Shelby County, Tennessee) is an American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She is known primarily for her rough and powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings.

Taylor left Memphis for Chicago, Illinois in 1954 with her husband, truck driver Robert "Pops" Taylor and in the late 1950s began singing in Chicago blues clubs. She was spotted by Willie Dixon in 1962, and this led to wider performances and her first recording contract. In 1965, Taylor was signed by Chess Records, for which her single "Wang Dang Doodle" (written by Dixon, and a hit for Howlin' Wolf five years earlier) became a major hit, reaching number four on the R&B charts in 1966, and selling a million copies. Taylor has recorded many versions of this Dixon-penned song over the past few decades and has added more material, both original and covers, but has never repeated that initial chart success.
{wiki}

jurassic 5 & DJ Format - We Know

stay green
peace
-=v*

Sunday, May 27, 2007

f*ck the haters

on the menu tonight:
blackstreet & slash
hot chocolate
george michael
nancy sinatra & lee hazelwood
vinnie pauleone

sorry about last week! i need to keep the jam sessions to about 25 minutes or my machine starts fighting back. so when i get more memory i'll end up posting that podcast. in the meantime, enjoy this one!

blackstreet, ODB, slash, fishbone - fix (video remix)

hot chocolate - everyone's a winner (another UK group!)

george michael - amazing

hope you LOVE it
stay green
fuck the haters.

peace.

-=v*

Sunday, May 13, 2007

hop mom likes hip hop...

on the menu tonight:
Andre Nickatina
Grayskull & Xperience
Archetype
Oscar Brown Jr.
X-Clan & Damien Marley

so this is what got me through the night...

Grayskull: Seasoned veterans of the rap game and sharing stages with rap luminaries too varied to list entirely, they have spent the last 5 years touring extensively with their Oldominion crew as well as the Def Jux and Rhymesayers camps. The Grayskul live show itself is unique in that it consists of 2 emcees (Reason & Recluse), live bass (Phantom Ghost El Topo) and a DJ. They're no strangers to the recording studio either, with previous solo projects and appearances on Oldominion crew albums. They've apparently impressed their peers in the industry as well, as they have attracted guest appearances from legendary battle emcee Canibus, current indie Hip Hop idol Aesop Rock, Project Blowed heavyweight Abstract Rude and Howard Zinn's favorite rapper, Mr. Lif.
taken from Rhymsayers Ent

Oscar Brown Jr: Oscar Brown, Jr (October 10, 1926–May 29, 2005) was a singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, and civil rights activist. He ran for office in the Illinois state legislature and U.S. Congress, both unsuccessfully. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, he was named for his father who was a successful attorney and real estate broker. His singing debut was on the radio show Secret City at age fifteen. Brown attended Englewood High School in Chicago, the University of Wisconsin, and Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) but did not obtain a degree. He served a stint in the U.S. Army, officially segregated until 1948, where his views on "race relations" were considered "subversive."[citation needed] In his youth, he was even a member of the Communist Party, USA, which ultimately also decided Oscar was "too subversive"; he was suspected to be a Black Nationalist.[citation needed]
from WIki

X-Clan: Known for its Afrocentrism and militant activism (they were members of Blackwatch), X-Clan soon gained fame for the controversy its music aroused, though commercial success was sporadic. Its debut was To the East, Blackwards (1990), followed by Xodus (1992), and a temporary break-up. Both albums peaked at #11 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Charts in the United States. They also coined the made-up word “vanglorious,” not to be confused with vainglorious, as a way to say Thanks but no thanks to Noah Webster (citation needed).
luvin Wiki

Sunday, May 06, 2007

It's HOT N FUNKY!

On the menu tonight:

Mear One speaks on Graff
Betty Davis
DJ Spooky
Roots Manuva
Ellsworth
Ramsey Lewis

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SO... you're gonna need some links to go with this meal.
Mear One Website
my personal favorite
White God Almighty

Cannibal Flower Website
Ellsworth Got Beats

and now for some videos...

DJ Spooky - Why can't America have human rights?

DJ Spooky - RE-Birth Of A Nation
(only one minute of it. if you can find the wole thing please send a link my way!)

Ramsey Lewis - Living Just Enough For the City - Live in New Orleans - with Japanese subtitles...

hope you enjoy this hot n funky night

stay green
-=v*

Sunday, April 29, 2007

soul shakedown

On the menu tonight:
K-Os
Jurassic 5 & Dave Mathews Band
Cut Chemist
Nightmares on Wax
Bob Marley & The Wailers

Jurassic 5 & Dave Mathews Band - Work It Out

Nightmares on Wax - Flip Ya Lid

Murs - Risky Business
just needed to play some murs... no particular reason why

stay green peoples
-=v*

Sunday, April 15, 2007

oh i believe, in mr. grieves

On the menu tonight:
Corinne Baily Rae
Zion I, Akrobatik, DJ Hype
? (a little help...)
TV On The Radio
Mos Def

Akrobatik interview - undergroundhiphop.com

Corrine Baily Rae - Trouble Sleeping

TV On The Radio - Young Liars (Live)

peace.
stay green
-=v*

Sunday, April 08, 2007

a fine night

On the menu tonight:
Macklemore his myspace
Nancy Sinatra
Cut Chemist
Fishbone
Amy Winehouse

it's gonna be a fine night...

Macklemore - The Bush Song
Thank you Gov! laced me with hella music this week. still sorting...!

Macklemore's style is confessional, intimate, self-conscious; kicking off his LP with his incisive "White Privilege," he clearly isn't pulling any punches, especially toward himself. Even on the more boastful tracks, one can sense his decompression, his willingness, or rather his need to put it all out there, bolstered by the necessary skills to back it up. Although he may scarcely appreciate the comparison, Mack's style evokes Atmosphere's Slug, minus the Rhymesayer's more flagrant emo histrionics. Unlike Sluggo's Midwest meditations, however, Macklemore can be identified as a product of Seattle after one listen to his record.
full article here from The Stranger (Seattle's ONLY Newspaper)

Nancy Sinatra - Boots

Amy Winehouse - Rehab
all i can say is... wow...

a little on amy
Born and raised in North London, Amy Winehouse spent her teenage years balancing school and boyfriends with hours locked in her bedroom, ears glued to classic song chord changes. She grew up on the sweet sounds of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles. But her voice was clearly living a secret life, staying out, getting high, breaking down, going to prison and violating parole. At least it sounds that way.

She might sound like a 40’s jazz singer, but she’s using smart hip hop beats and lyrics for today’s listener. Her style is not for the candlelit basement. It’s out there living in the real world of Gucci bags, Diesel underwear, high heels, breast implants, weed after school, cheating airhead honeys and runaway crushes. So instead of singing songs like ‘Dancing Cheek’ To Cheek, we get ‘Fuck Me Pumps’, and are all the better for it. Forget about torch themes from yesteryear this talented young femme fatale is going to tell you like it is at any cost.

Her father’s tutelage, enabled her to pick up some serious exposure to the classics like Sarah Vaughn and Dinah Washington. From Ella to Dinah, she felt her way forward through the old greats. She conjurs up the eloquence and technical aspects of Ella Fitzgerald while delivering cutting edge, sometimes crass, lyrics reminicent of my girl Nina Simone.

The irony in her music is what makes her album so cool. In the album ‘Frank‘, Amy is able to deliver “technically faultless” jazz vocals, and then she knocks the shit out of a bluesy soul track. The paradox has to be heard to be believed!!! While Amy was studying the jazz icons of her father’s childhood, soul music was going through a metamophasis of its own. Suddenly Hip Hop leaked into her headphones. Amy was digging Mos Def for his positive message, and by extension making room for Talib Kweli, The Roots, Nas and Erykah Badu. It is not hard to believe that eventually concise socially conscious lyrics, jazz enunciation and feisty attitude were coming together to form Amy’s own thing. You can see it in the raw on ‘Frank’.
full article

happy easter to all.
hope the giant bunny brought lots of money.
stay green.
-=v*

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Rock on wit yo Black self!

On the menu tonight:
Fishbone
The Noisettes
Bloodsugar
Ben Harper
Skindred
TV on the Radio

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Black rocker night! I've been waiting for this one. FIRST, let's let go of the taboo of Black rockers. Nobody is trying to be White when they rock out, they just like being rockers. Besides we invented rock music. So think on that...
No need for me to play JIMI, you've heard him lots from me, so I figured I'd feature some artists you may not have heard yet.

First someone put together a list Decrees Black Rocker List it's active so feel free to leave a comment or missed artist.

Also, I LOVE mohwaks, bet you wouldn't guess that. So I was thinking about the two terms we have in the Black rocker community, Bro-hawks and Fro-hawks. What's the difference you ask? I'll show you;

A Bro-hawk, the person still has a full head of hair and it is somehow maneuvered into a mohawk. Either faux-hawked (pushed up into a mohawk and massive gel) braided or rubber banded.

Bloodsugar

MG the Visionary

Fro-hawks are when the head is shaved on the sides and the mohawk part is just natural afro growing out. The Fro-hawk was invented by Mr T. No joke.

thank you Geech for bringing sexy back...

Nature Boy Jim Kelly and son

Lyende's Lady frohawk

Sly Stone

Thank you Mr T. from the bottom of my heart. You made this officially cool. I seriously, pity the fool...

and LASTLY
yours truly
young rocker Venus.
Love that faux-hawk!

been a rocker long before i had a set of warm-ups and adidas... gotta love the 80's.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Black & White

On the menu tonight:
Black Moon
Talib Kweli
Cut Chemist
Bob Dylan
Greyhound

enjoy!

Black Moon - How any MC's

Talib Kweli - Listen

Cut Chemist feat Hymnal - What's the Altitude (one of my FAVORITES!)

cheers to that.
stay green.
-=v*

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Not Like Me (Venus that is)

On The Menu Tonight:
Mica Paris & Guru
Cat Power
Spoon
Jimi Hendrix
Eva Cassidy
****Bonus Track!

Mica Paris - Summertime

Spoon - I turn my camera on

Remembering Jimi

love the music
get the message

stay green
-=v*

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Have a Nice Day!

On the menu tonight:

Under the Influence of Giants
Marley Brothers
Carlos Jean
Macka B
K-Os

Enjoy!!!

Carlos Jean - Mr. Dabada

under the influence of giants - in the clouds

k-os - sunday morning (cuz its sunday dur!)

stay green
peace.
-=v*

Sunday, March 04, 2007

burnin and lootin tonight!

On the menu tonight:
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Mos =)
The Noisettes
The Roots/Bob Marley

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And a CORRECTION:
That link was for a wrong marley cd, (although you needed that too)
here's the ACTUAL link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CK3PQCUW

I don't know if this video is good or bad. It's awsome that the girl love Billie, but a kid shouldn't be singing about her people being lynched...

Look at the LA in the background. CALI all day lol

Th Noisettes made me think of this woman, they have a song called Sister Rosetta, an homage to the real Sister Rosetta, seen here.

and this was just GROSS in case you didn't see it. YES it's real

stay green.
peace.
-=v*

Sunday, February 25, 2007

rainy nights...

on the menu tonight

edin karamazov
Dan The Automator, DJ Shadow and Kalyanji Anandji
Omar Sosa and Greg Landau
Edson X
The Roots

Edin Karamazov is a Bosnian musician-lutenist (born in 1965 in Zenica, Bosnia). He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and worked with such ensembles as Hesperion, L'Arpeggiata, Hilliard Ensemble, Mala Punica, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and singers Andreas Scholl, Anna-Maria Kiehr, Arianna Savall and Sting. Karamazov's solo archlute recording features Benjamin Britten's "Nocturnal" and J.S.Bach's Partita in d-minor (orig. for violin). Recent collaborations with Sting (in the field of 16th century music) resulted in the album "Songs from the Labyrinth", devoted to the lute-songs of John Dowland.

Edin is currently working with Macedonian singer and songwriter Kaliopi. They are preparing new material that will be released on the international market.

Lute Instruments

2. Dan The Automator, DJ Shadow and Kalyanji Anandji

Kalyanji Anandji was name used by Indian composer duo known for its work on Bollywood film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the two Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah. Some of their best works are Don, Saraswatichandra and Safar.

Biography
Kalyanji and Anandji were born to Virji Shah, who migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a Kirana (provision store) business. The two brothers began to learn music from a music teacher, who actually knew no music, who taught them in lieu of paying his bills to their father. One of their four grand parents, was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Mumbai) amidst Marathi and Gujarati environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity. The brothers were known for their humility and easy-to-approach nature. They also were well known for their love songs and poetry readings.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, their work was introduced to a young Western audience by three albums. 'Bombay The Hard Way: Guns Cars And Sitars' was a mix album put together by US DJ Dan The Automator; 'Bollywood Funk' was an Outcaste compilation album put together by Sutrasonic DJs Harv and Sunni; while 'The Beginners Guide To Bollywood' was compiled by John Lewis from Time Out magazine. All three of these records concentrated on Kalyanji Anandji tracks from 1970s films that featured funk breakbeats, wah-wah guitars and Motown-style orchestrations.

Kalyanji died on August 24, 2000.

3. Omar Sosa and Greg Landau

Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a Cuban composer and pianist of outstanding ability who is a recognised virtuoso of the piano.

He has played with a number of world musicians all around the globe. In 1995 he moved to San Francisco where he became deeply involved in the local Latin Jazz scene. Sosa mixes jazz influences alongside latin rhythms, North African percussions and spoken word/rap lyrics.

Greg Landau is an award-winning music and video producer, educator and music historian. He is a three-time Grammy nominee and has produced over 30 CDs, film sound tracks and videos. He has worked with renowned artists including: Patato Valdes, Buena Vista Social Club's Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susan Baca, Bobi Cespedes, Dr. Loco, Pete Seeger, Omar Sosa, John Santos, Pancho Quinto, Quetzal, Los Mocosos, Maldita Vecindad and David Byrne's record label Luaka Bop.

Recently, he produced the Grammy nominated album "Peru Blue" with Pamela Rodriguez. Greg Landau, Babatunde Lea, and John Greenham composed and produced "The African Diaspora Suite" for a permanent installation in the newly built Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. He also completed composing and producing the film score for Haskell Wexler's newest film, "Who Needs Sleep" which will debut at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. He is currently producing a CD for the Brazilian group, Sambada, as well as Mexican singer and songwriter Arturo Ortega.

During the 1980's he toured internationally as a guitarist and tresero with the reknowed Nicaraguan Nueva Cancion group, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy and Mancotal, and shared stages with Silvio Rodriguez, Pablo Milanes, Mercedes Sosa, Chico Buarque, Amparo Ochoa and Nicomedes Santa Cruz in music festivals and concerts all over Latin America and Europe.

Over the last two decades, Greg has worked extensively with Oscar winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler and with his father, Saul Landau making documentary films in Latin America. He has also done extensive cultural research in Latin America and has received a doctorate in Communication from the prestigious University of California, San Diego.

4. Edson X

Edson X Last.FM
Brazilian downtempo artist one that blends rootsy African/Brazilian percussion with elements of dub, funk, and hip hop -- . He appears on many compilations and is gaining international popularity.

5. The Roots

The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Fifth Dynasty, The Square Roots and The Foundation, are an influential, Grammy winning Philadelphia-based hip hop group, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. Inspired by the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by Stetsasonic, the Roots themselves have garnered critical acclaim and influenced later hip-hop and R&B acts.
I think you know the rest...

*** for the educational experience

stay out of trouble
peace.
-=v*

Sunday, February 18, 2007

clueless

On the menu tonight:
a.Kruse feat Himself!
J Live
Saul Williams
DJ Shadow and Gift of Gab
Mos baby!

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enjoy...

This is For you - Himself!
This video is HELLA LA sunspot jonz and Murs are in it, omg lol loving it

J-Live freestyle in Toronto on 88.1

Coded Language - Saul Williams and DJ Krust

peace.
stay green.
-=v*

and if you happen to see one of these...

oasis=-

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The Love Session

I have no microphone here! I'll have to record later, but I didn't want your V-Day to go by without a set of Venus Love Songs.
Enjoy ;)

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I can't believe that you'r in love with me - Billie Holiday
I don't want you on my mind - Bill Withers
In Love with you - Erykah Badu & Ziggy Marley
Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix) - Sarah Vaughn
I belong to you - Lenny Kravitz
Satellite - TV On the Radio

happy loving
-=v*

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Penny for a thought

SO here's the menu for the night

Blackalicious
SoundsGood
Non-Prophets
The Rascalz Feat Esthero
Saul Williams Myspace and Bio

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and just cuz I can, news about Obama running for president is even big news in Korea Obama Campaign

Alphabet Aerobics - Blackalicious

Escape Artist - Sage Francis

List of Demands - Saul Willims

peace.
stay green.
-=v*

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Happy Super Bowl! Congrats Dungy!

Happy SuperBowl

On the menu tonight
Paul Oakenfold
Raz Ohara
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jamiroquai
Beenie Man

ripped already ;)

stay green
-=v*

Sunday, January 28, 2007

anyone up for a phi life cypher?

On tonights menu:
Gold Chains
RQM
Pep Love
Phi Life Cypher
Tupac
Immortal Technique
1.28.07

phi life cypher

yeeeeeahhhh enjoy
enjoy your week, keep it green
-=v*

Sunday, January 21, 2007

the january sessions

On tonights menu:

TV On the Radio TVOR Myspace
The Urbs Urbs on G-Stoned
The September Sessions More info
Lovage Lovage
Ali Farka Toure Ali Farka Toure Mali site

TVOR

Toure

even birds moonwalk

the january sessions
have green week
-=v*

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Do I move you?

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Tonight special:
Arctic Monkey's
Nina Simone
The Urbs
The September Sessions
Dan The Automator & Kool Keith
Omg is that Cyne?

So I hope I move you tonight