The Giant Peach | News Blog http://thegiantpeachnews.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/giantpeach?format=skingiantpeachhttp://feedburner.google.com Bucktown TV http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/giantpeach/~3/JEeYHDVCOXY/ http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=285#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:30:14 +0000 thegiantpeach http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=285

Fubz just hit us to remind us about…Bucktown USA. they’re live every Friday from 12-2 EST (and CPT)

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]]> http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?feed=rss2&p=283 0 http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=283 My New Favorite Things | 15% OFF http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/giantpeach/~3/4OSoHK2j0K8/ http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=278#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:49:34 +0000 thegiantpeach http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=278 This week marks the start of a new feature here at The Giant Peach where we have our friends pick out items on the site that they like and put them on sale for you! Vinroc (pictured with Boss) is our first guinea pig… Visit Vinroc’s “My New Favorite Things” gallery page. Shop from Vinroc’s list and get 15% off his picks. Enter the code VINROC at checkout for the discount. Offer is valid from July 1- July 8, 2009.

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Tradition in Transition: A Postcard from Cali (TRAILER) from Quantic on Vimeo.

Saturday, July 4th, 2009
DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATER 
251 S MAIN ST LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
SCREENING AT 9:00 PM 
Q & A with Quantic and Mochilla After Screening
$5 Tickets Available at The Independent Box Office

]]> http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?feed=rss2&p=273 0 http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=273 Erykah Badu feat. The Roots – I Wanna Be Where You Are (Michael Jackson Cover) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/giantpeach/~3/DyJqOe5_BwA/ http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=271#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:43:46 +0000 thegiantpeach http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=271

Out of the many re-mixes, mixes and covers that are now surfacing around the internet, this track has stuck out the most. Download it and take a listen while it’s still available:

Erykah Badu (feat The Roots) – “I Wanna Be Where You Are” cover by the late and great Mike J
http://www.zshare.net/audio/620752810f163b4b/

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Don’t forget to check out the Word to Mother show this Thursday at FIFTY24SF Gallery. “Young Mind, Old Soul” features new paintings on display at from July 2 – 28, 2009. The opening reception is on Thursday from 7 to 9:30 PM

]]> http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?feed=rss2&p=268 0 http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=268 Of all the things written… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/giantpeach/~3/QZL8EdLDF0g/ http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=265#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:34:50 +0000 thegiantpeach http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=265 this is some of the best commentary we’ve read: Jeff Chang’s blog.

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It’s late, and I think we just wanted an excuse to post the  cover art…

Track list:

1. I Never Knew You
2. Follow The Bleeder
3. Tongue in a Shark’s Mouth
4. Hell Oh
5. It’s the 80’s Again

Download from Def Jux here.

]]> http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?feed=rss2&p=262 0 http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=262 R.I.P. Michael Jackson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/giantpeach/~3/M3RYmZZEI6g/ http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=255#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:31:26 +0000 thegiantpeach http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=255 michael_jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson
(August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

]]> http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?feed=rss2&p=255 0 http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=255 Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives Preview http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/giantpeach/~3/ISQF_EA44Kg/ http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=253#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:06 +0000 thegiantpeach http://thegiantpeachnews.com/?p=253 Following up their previous collaboration on the track Road to Zion from Damian Marley’s stellar Welcome to Jamrock album, Nas and Jr. Gong offer a preview into their latest development from the upcoming album Distant Relatives. A release date still hasn’t been announced, but this video gives a much better understanding of its content, inspired by Nas and Damian’s shared African ancestry.

NAS & DAMIAN “JR GONG” MARLEY DISTANT RELATIVES preview from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.

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