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Weekend picks: Soulful hip-hop, erotic art and a side of Madness
Friday: Soulful Texas Hip-hop live at Club 115. One of the more exciting urban music acts to emerge on the Central Texas scene in the past few years is San Antonio’s MoJoe. The group consists of the duo Easy Lee and Tre, and together they create a ridiculously catchy blend of hip-hop, r&b and deep Southern soul. Last year, MoJoe caught the attention of Music World’s Matthew Knowles (Beyonce’s dad) who put the two on blast in Hollywood. They completed a tour with Brian McKnight and Joe earlier this year, and no doubt, more big moves are on the way. At this show MoJoe will perform with a full band, and very soulful Austin emcee Bavu Blakes will also be dropping a set, while DJ Viz will provide beats to keep the dance floor hot. Rumor has it an encore set will feature many Blakes, MoJoe, Money Waters collabos. $10.
Saturday: Dru Fay’s birthday party at Maggie Mae’s. If you didn’t catch him at Club 115 on Friday, Bavu Blakes is hosting a birthday party for Dru Fay, who helms METV’s hip-hop/urban music show ‘Smash,’ and all of y’all are invited. The D Madness Project will be in the house dropping funky beats and soulful vocals. In addition, local rappers Mike and Ike will bless the spot with their conscious rhyme stylings and DJ Diamond Tip will work the wheels. With any luck, the venerable Mr. Blakes might knock out a freestyle or two himself before the night is over. Best part, the whole event is free, daddy, free!
Saturday: Diversearts presents ‘Re-Imaging the Nude: Diverse Notions on Sensual Photography’ Before I got married, I spent the better part of the ’00s living with Sarah Alexander, a lovely visual artist with an affinity for doodling line drawings of naked chicks (which we affectionately dubbed “nakes”) on everything from sketch pads to bar napkins to bathroom walls. Through watching her work, I developed a whole new appreciation for how artists perceive and interact with the human form. This exhibit at New East Arts on East Fifth Street invites the viewer to experience nude/erotica photography from a variety of Central Texas artists. Nakes galore! The show opens on Saturday with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. It continues Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Aug. 14. Free.
Saturday: Table Manners Crew Wu-Tang retrospective at Plush. Funny, Team360 events maestro “B-Rocks” Cobb and I were just pouring out a little Hennessey (no, not literally) for the ODB earlier this week. R.I.P Dirty! We’re apparently on the same page as Austin’s hottest hip-hop turntable crew, as this week they’re dedicating their regular Saturday residency gig at Plush to all things Wu. Promoter Avi Minkoff promises that the last hour of the night will be nothing but “beats and rhymes from the slums of Shaolin.” The gig is free before 11 p.m. and a pocketful of change that can be scrounged from the average couch will get you in after that.
Sunday: DJ-RJ Birthday Bash and Benefit. My two favorite times to tune into KAZI (88.7 fm) are Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings when the irie vibes of reggae riddims take over the airwaves. Frequently, the cut selecta in charge is DJ-RJ, who also supports reggae music in Texas through the essential events site texasreggae.org. On Sunday, Flamingo Cantina honors the man’s birthday while simultaneously raising money to help him with medical expenses, which include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The Mau Mau Chaplains, Irie Jane and Vida Deluxe will all perform. In addition, there will be a silent auction, and Winston will be cooking up tasty Jamaican grub in the back. Benefit runs from 5 to 10 p.m., cover unspecified.
(Image courtesy of mojoefamily.com.)
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By Avi
July 13, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this
I will keep that promise.