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September 28th, 2009

Eyedea & Abilities on Cultureal Sindicate

Young and angry in Minnesnowta

Young and angry me in Minnesnowta, cerca 1900

Before I resort to something clever like peace, love, and “junk” in reference to Eyedea’s newest single to introduce this week’s radio show and post, Atmosphere made it impossible for me not to go out with “You,” a song from his album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That S*** Gold.

The man can get away with the cheesiness better than even I can blogging from the dairy state.

Yesterday we talked about Eyedea and Abilities, a hip-hop duo out of Minneapolis. If I’ve learned anything about art, it’s that the process brings you back to your roots, and this show brought me back to my birthplace in Minnesnowta. With my weird side out of mind and screaming back loud and clear into my ears, I’ve realized one last thing – music rocks even when life really, really, doesn’t.

Britny and I tried desperately to get Eyedea on the show and a rapper from Texas Fat Tony, since he’s from another place of genesis for me Texas. It was almost too perfect to call fate, so I said to Britny, “let’s just do us.” The playlist of songs and an .mp3 of last night’s show are below for people not cool enough to stay up until 1 a.m. and take a radio show seriously.

Just kidding, I know it’s a little on the weird side. I figure if we’re going to be having the same conversation in Britny Rose’s apartment, we might as well share it online and on air.

Radio Show:

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Click on the audio player above to listen to our show about Eyedea and Abilities

Playlist:

Music Videos:

“Weird Kid Starts a Huge Dance Party” to Unstoppable by Santigold

Mosh by Eminem

Junk by Eyedea and Abilities

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September 27th, 2009

Snark Street Art

I was farting around with photo booth again but decided to take it to another level this time. No zany effects, just me, some lip gloss, a lot of time, Lightroom, and the urge to make myself street art in Photoshop.

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August 30th, 2009

Protected: The Logic of Guesswork

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August 28th, 2009

Taqwacores on Twitter

Hey all – a quick note about the taqwacores on Twitter wiki:

A while back, I asked around if there was a list of Taqs on Twitter for everyone to connect with each other.  Some were surprised there wasn’t already one (as was I) so when I got the thumbs up from The Kominas crew while they were on tour, I went ahead with creating what we Internet geeks call a beta version.

Here it is: Taqwacore on TwitterPacks. Yeah, it’s far from finished.

The whole wiki can be kind of confusing and I can update it for ya now that I got the hang of things – psst – only after I accidentally updating the front page of the entire site to a single link that went to the Taqwacore list, saying “OH SHIT,” and changing it back.

Oh wikis…

So, there is a way to update the wiki yourself, but you do have to sign-in. If that’s your style, let me know if you have any trouble. Otherwise, just send me a reply @kaitfoley so I know it’s cool to add you. There will be a new version sent out every #followfriday for people to pass along and retweet. If you don’t know what #followfriday is, no worries, it’s just a popular tag people use to make recommendations of new people to follow.

Last, I do hate the name TwitterPacks. After researching the other options, though, I decided to go with it… for now. Eventually, people in this group will be able to filter messages to see what conversations are going on about the book, bands, and other news-type like tours, blog updates, and recent press. That’s the vision I have for the group anyway.

Unfortunately, I gotta keep this quick for now because unemployment calls and there’s many job apps to be done today.

Sending peace, love, and many warm & fuzzy tweets your way,

Kait

Photo credit: Kaitlin Foley, 2009, Creative Commons.

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August 8th, 2009

Mosh Oh My Gosh

Fall Concert Wishlist:

9/5 Slipknot in Milwaukee
9/8 Atmosphere & Eyedeas in Minneapolis (Pop Sensation research)
9/15 Manson in Milwaukee
9/20 Alice In Chains in Milwaukee
9/26 Arctic Monkeys in Milwaukee
10/3 Tanglefoot far away
10/6 Butthole Surfers at Barrymore
10/18 Richie Havens in Chicago

It’s plan-making time again. As it turns out, I have a couple of new ideas to share.

The plans have been laid out for an urgent trip this weekend to Austin for the Cocker Spaniels and The Kominas show on Sunday. Any updates while I’m there will be on from @kaitfoley. I’m hatching a inspired plan for SXSW and think Twitter would help make SXSW a reunion and ecstatic instead of a social media and music clusterfu*k for lack of a better word. From what I hear, right now it sounds more like a zoo – Kominas bring your swords.

tour_poster

Pop Sensation Productions is working hard on a comic book series about how awesome we are and a radio series about underground music. We don’t know if it’s final yet but the first two shows are obvious to us. This is important so listen up. First, Taqwacores and potentially Afropunks too if they’ll entertain the idea with us. The second is about underground rap weirdos like Eyedeas & Abilities. If you haven’t seen the video for “Junk,” MTVU has it here but heed this warning: you’re in for a frenetic conniption of awesome. Sit down, get a glass of water, and enjoy the type of insanity the Midwest incites.

Goodbye Wisconsin!

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August 1st, 2009

Every soul’s got one of these

I started a slideshow on Flickr from random photos that I could use in a collage for a punk show with a band that uses lots of words to describe their music: Muslim, Pakistani, Bollywood are a couple. The slideshow turned into a project about identity but really, this was a last desperate attempt to be inspired. I did create a new collage for the Madison show on the 2009 Taqwa Tour.
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July 6th, 2009

Creative Agency

The New York Times published an article about graduates underachieving.

I don’t agree at all with defining either generations by parenting trends. There are myths of achievement that vary by cultural, ethnic, hippie spectrum, or whatever identity is handed down. Just watch an episode of Wife Swap. We aren’t defined by kids who did go to college, graduate, even though a lot did and considered it an accomplishment. I wish it was a bigger deal than a ceremony.

Who are these guys? Not my friends. We weren’t all all-stars in high school and to be honest, we were just serious about being ourselves, even if that meant wearing overalls every day of Junior year. I love them for letting me not think about fashion. I intervened when it was time to care and I’m still not really into fashion.

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July 1st, 2009

Wild Nights in Harlem

The ‘hawk in the photo is Basim Usmani of The Kominas. It was taken last month at a screening of New Muslim Cool in Harlem, NYC.

Please credit photos to Kaitlin Foley.

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July 1st, 2009

Brand New Key by Melanie

This song could be on repeat all day and I wouldn’t mind. The video is a a 8mm film project I found on YouTube (via Alec).

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June 28th, 2009

Pros at Work

A little piece of lovely hip-hop:

I’ve spent the past week in NYC and Boston and there are so many updates that will come out in time, not to mention photos that I have yet to edit.

Hung out with The Kominas, realized Boston’s music scene is boss, and visited Harvard with Ms. Jillian York and others. There’s much to say but for now, enjoy the beats. This video is an intersection of my home (the midwest) and Boston’s scene. Meet the Rhymesayers family if you haven’t as well.

And to close my abbreviated post and speaking of home: I went to see the documentary New Muslim Cool and a Kominas performance before the show in Harlem. Again, photos to come but for now, the soundtrack has a great remix of their song “9000 miles” that is all about home and thinking about what it means.

Here’s a sample from blip:

It’s something to think on while I do the same. I’ve got a truckload of lyrics to push through, gladly. Thanks to the Kominas for sharing them.

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