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Weekend Picks: Jazzy hip-hop, Casbah rocking and free drinks
Friday: Count Bass D’s Birthday Bash at Flamingo Cantina. Nashville-based MC and multi-instrumentalist/producer Count Bass D celebrates his birthday at Flamingo Cantina on Friday night. I’m not super-familiar with the underground hip-hop veteran’s catalog, but I highly recommend that everyone drop by his site and download the new single “Jamaican’s Get Down” which is a fantastic blend of jazzy piano, “Jamaican Funk” and witty rhyme stylings. Zeale 32 and Haps open. Cover unspecified.
Friday: Devin the Dude at Aftermath (formerly Club Visions). Raw, irreverent, dirty-minded and certainly blunted, the Dude invariably puts on a great show. He drops his lazy, hazy, sing-song flow at Aftermath, formerly Club Visions, which served as home base for hip-hop at SXSW 2007. Cover unspecified.
Friday: Ruta Rocks Reggae at Ruta Maya. Earlier this week, I wrote about how much I appreciated the freight train of sound packed by the Tribal Nation’s bottom-heavy horn section when I caught them last Friday at Maggie Mae’s. This prompted Tribal Nation keyboard player/vocalist Mike Franklin to hit me up to let me know that wasn’t even the full band I saw. You can catch the full band Friday along with Don Chani at Ruta Rocks Reggae at Ruta Maya. “Come feel it in the one drop.” $7.
Saturday: Rock the Casbah with DJ Mel at the Parish. This uber-popular ’80s party has been going down in Austin since 2001, and based on the A-List pictures from the April event it shows no sign of slowing down soon. $9.
Saturday: ‘Move Something 6’ at the Whisky Bar. DJ Chicken George continues his top-notch visiting DJ series Saturday night with Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies joining him on the wheels at the Whisky Bar. Percee P of Stones Throw Records plays emcee for the evening and there will be a Madlib Listening party for the new “Beat Kondukta in India” album. And because Chicken George loves you, there will be free drinks and Stones Throw giveaways from 10 to 11 p.m. Now that’s a party. $5.
Saturday: Tributo y Celebracion for Raul Salinas at the Mexican American Cultural Arts Center. I interviewed Raul Salinas for one of my Web sites back in early 2001. He told me about his work in the prison movements of the ’60s and early ’70s and how the experience of being incarcerated awakened in him a new understanding of the value and power of language. Words saved his life in prison, and when he got out he dedicated his life to sharing this vital appreciation of literature with others. In Salinas’ life, writing and activism is the same thing, and he’s worked for the causes he believes in and mentored others to do the same for decades. I left Salinas’ shop, Resistencia Bookstore, that day humbled and awed. In my afternoon encounter with grandfatherly wisdom, I came to truly understand the value of community elders. Salinas, who has struggled with health issues as of late, is in my opinion, one of the most interesting voices in Austin. This event features many writers who have been touched and inspired by Salinas coming together to honor his life and work. It should be a moving event. $10 suggested donation.
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