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NOW MAGAZINE has review the new JSB Disc this week... http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-01-11/music_discs2.php Disc Review: THE JIMMY SWIFT BAND Weight Of The World (Below Me Music) Rating: NNN Halifax's Jimmy Swift Band sometimes describe their sound as rocktronica, but that's not terribly accurate. Sure, they do have a keyboard player who drops some synth textures here and there, but this is primarily alternative rock music with some jam band tendencies. They're all good players and execute their genre-hopping pretty seamlessly. But even if their interest in electronic music isn't that prominent in the actual music, the influence of dance music on the rhythm section may be what keeps them from falling into that plodding, boring whine that too much alt-rock succumbs to. The Jimmy Swift Band play Saturday (January 13) at the Horseshoe.

I think every event deserves it's own thread.. this is a list of upcoming for people who want to see what Nufunk is upto over the next 2 months. remember the words of Michael Franti... " Everyone deserves music, sweet music "

First of all, Happy Nu Years! Thank you very much for your support in 2006! What a tremendous year of music; The Slip, Moses Mayes, Fertile Ground, Soulive, GURU, Wassabi Collective, Bassnectar, Krafty Kuts, Slowcoaster, Burt Neilson Band 10 Year Anniversary, Koybayashi, Moses Mayes, Fort Knox Five, Julie Doirion, The Breakfast, Irie Band, King Sunshine, What The Thunder Said, Fat Cats, Afrika Bambaata, All Good Funk Alliance, High Plains Drifter and many others... We are very blessed in Toronto to have such a vibrant & dedicated music community. Big Ups!! NUFUNK CONCERTS is excited to make 2007 go off in style, and are proud to annouce the Video Release Party this Saturday with The Jimmy Swift Band at the Horeshoe Tavern (Queen/Spadina). Next Thursday it's High Plains Drifter at the Trane Studios (2 Blocks N of Bathurst & Bloor) and then it's time to Make it Funky on Jan. 20th w/ Vancouver's DJ CZECH, JOHN E and BIG LEAGUE CHU @ Fez Batik (Peter/Adelaide). On Feb 4th, it's the Second Annual Bob Marley Birthday Tribute Food Drive at the El Mocambo Upstairs (College & Spadina). You won't want to miss these great events!! Please visit our website NUFUNK CONCERTS and join our messageboard. There you'll find out about upcoming events and artist annoucements. Here's the masterlist of upcoming events: JAN. 13 THE JIMMY SWIFT BAND @ Horseshoe Tavern JAN 13 MARK & MARK's EXCELLENT BIRTHDAY ADVENTURE Caution Jam & Mark Wilson Band @ Rancho Relaxo JAN. 18 HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER @ Trane Studios JAN. 20 MAKE IT FUNKY: LEGENDS of FUNK w/ DJ CZECH & BIG LEAGUE CHU @ FEZ BATIK FEB. 3 2nd Annual BOB MARLEY BIRTHDAY JAM @ EL Mocambo Upstairs FEB. 9 JAMES BROWN TRIBUTE @ El Mocambo ***FEB. 17 THE CODETALKERS & FAT CATS @ El Mocambo *** CANCELLED / TO BE RESCHEDULED!!!*** FEB. 23 GOD MADE ME FUNKY VIDEO RELEASE @ Revival FEB. 24 MAKE IT FUNKY :BIG SHOW KING SUNSHINE & FREDDY FRESH @ Reverb MAR. 16 SLOWCOASTER CD RELEASE @ El Mocambo MAR. 17 NUFUNK ST. PATTY'S DAY BASH @ TBA MAR. 23 WASSABI COLLECTIVE @ Reverb MAR. 30 NOISES FROM THE TOOLSHED @ NOW LOUNGE COMMING UP!! for more information please visit www.Nufunk.ca all the best in 2007! -Jay Cleary & the NuFunk Team FROM THE VAULTS: for more information please visit www.Nufunk.ca

I really enjoyed SoulJazz's vibe... good times indeed!

I'll ask for a Mr. Wylde~! gimme some of that sweet California wine... or somethin... TONIGHT IN HAMMERTOWN!

thanks for helping me get thru high school Albert!

Sweet to get to know you Ari! There is a shortage of you young hippie freaks! lol Keep on rockin'!! -jay

doesn't look good.. I have to rehearse for a gig next week.. bummer.. but I'll be there for a couple of shows past their Toronto gig on Saturday.

El Coolio

who is in?

killer

more posters...

Thursday, Jan 11 Red Dog Peterborough, ON anyone going from Toronto?

updated press release

well the cover looks pretty cool... whats wrong with it? Songwriting or maybe the choices of instrumentation??

Islands has one of my all-time favorite songs, the house remix of GTB's "Low" Best thing about this CD is that there was multiple artwork for the front cover and the CD themselves were hand draw. Recomended CD for fans of house, minimal techno & Grand Theft Bus.

the Space Cake.. now that's a story!! Grateful Dave (not Dr. Evil Mouse) and I spoke only a week before the show and he said he'd make a space cake for the show, for backstage... Anyways he shows up with 2 fairly big cakes... actually about 50 pieces!! that evening there was some construction happening in the backstage room, so there was no backstage to stash the cakes, instead we had it at the front door. Thinking it was pretty weak space cake, and we had lots of it, I annouced it on stage after Mark Wilson's set that there was bithrday 'space' cake available to anyone interested. After two pieces and about half and hour, I was a mess.. I ended up onstage with Caution Jam almost unable to move or play. It was at that time that I found out the owner of the place, who incidentally also consumed 2 piece of cake, was rushed to the hospital because he started to feel "weird & emotional". I remember not being able to say more than a couple words at a time, my body froze up! Incidentally things did get worse, my car was towed. Luckily everything worked out.. and they've subsequently forgave me at the EL Mo. add that story to Can Jam folklore!

video release party in Toronto this Sat!!

gonna make this is Monday Gypsy Crew gathering... we'll recreate the jammin'!! j

lol! I doubt though that it's just americans who are stupid, it's probably 50% of the entire world's population.

yikes! I bet it smells funky at the JB Mansion! **** James Brown's Body Remains Unburied Two Weeks Later Amid Wrangling Over His Estate Wednesday, January 10, 2007 COLUMBIA, S.C. — The body of soul singer James Brown has yet to be buried as attorneys and his children work to settle issues surrounding his estate, including where he will be laid to rest. For now, his body lies in his home on Beech Island, said Charles Reid, manager of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled the services. Brown died of heart failure Dec. 25 at age 73. His will has yet to be filed, said Buddy Dallas, an attorney for the singer. Brown's home has been locked since hours after his death to protect his memorabilia, furnishing, clothes and other personal items, Dallas said. "Just imagine what would have happened," Dallas said. "Items of James Brown would have left there like items off the shelves of Macy's in an after-Christmas sale." The trustees for his will, along with Brown's children, will determine the burial site, Dallas said. Tomi Rae Hynie, Brown's partner, said shortly after his death that she encountered locked gates as she tried to get into the home she says she shared with the singer and their 5-year-old son. She wouldn't discuss the incident Tuesday, but her lawyer said Hynie should be granted access to the home, although he would not talk about whether Hynie might take legal action. "The hope is that all parties can sit down and figure out what the problem is and what the challenges are," attorney Thornton Morris said. "And once we figure out what the challenges are we'll see if we can't resolve something that's a win for everybody." Meanwhile, a woman who claims Brown raped her nearly 20 years ago said Tuesday she will continue her lawsuit. Jacque Hollander has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her sexual harassment suit, which a lower court ruled last year she had waited too long to file. A Supreme Court decision on whether to hear the case is pending. She argues that the two-year statute of limitations in such cases does not provide equal protection to women. "This has been a long road that ended tragically Christmas morning," Hollander said in a phone interview with the Associated Press. "As a rape victim, I will never get to face him in court, and it hurts," she said. "But we are moving forward. We filed against his organization, as well as him. So now his organization stands in front of him." In her lawsuit, Hollander said Brown raped her at gunpoint in 1988 while she was his publicist. She seeks $106 million in damages. A federal appeals court tossed out Hollander's lawsuit in August. "There was nothing to it 20 years ago and nothing to it 20 years later," Dallas said.

Right on Deeps.. i hope you make it a birthday that counts!!

THE Jimmy Swift Band (JSB) are touring out West in Jan& Feb, and it doesn't happen all that often!! (or often enough) so we're looking for some volunteers to put up posters, email their friends, hand out flyers etc... To make sure the boys make a big splash with their new CD. here are the dates we are looking for help: Jan 26 2007 The Fairview Pub Vancouver, BC Jan 27 2007 Steamers Victoria, BC Jan 30 2007 The Rose & Crown Banff, AB Jan 31 2007 The Rose & Crown Banff, AB Feb 1 2007 The Canmore Hotel Canmore, AB Feb 2 2007 Vern's Calgary, AB Feb 3 2007 The Sidetrack Cafe Edmonton, AB Feb 8 2007 The Canmore Hotel Canmore, AB Feb 9 2007 The Central Fernie, BC Feb 10 2007 The Vat Red Deer, AB email me if you are interested jay.cleary@gmail.com

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