Jay Funk Dawg

I was there for the 30th show...

here's a recap!

The Chameleon Project returns to drop the hammer with more "Funk'n'Space" at the Baltimore House just before the new year arrives. Blast Off and kiss 2016 goodbye with a full night of dancing, hot grooves, beatbox and live psychedlic dance music.

9pm

$10 at the Door

Featuring: Chameleon Project (Toronto) 
w. Hachey the MouthPEACE. 
Canada's preimier beatbox/looping wizard and winner of: Much Music Beatbox Champion, 2015 Great North Beatbox LoopStation Champion, 2x HMA.

& 
 

PuckerFunk
Combining the funkier side of ghetto, funk, disco, house, breakbeats, reggae, bass, mash ups and edits PuckerFunk creates a fun, fresh and visceral dance floor experience. Started as a side project alias in 2009 PuckerFunk has grown to encompass International gigs and a residency with the Funk Remedy club nights in Toronto. With productions and mixes gaining the props and attention of Spinforth (Scour Records, Hong Kong Ping Pong), GhettoFunk.com, Omegaman and All Good Funk Alliance you know that PuckerFunk will deliver party moving sounds time after time. 

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/295383474190542/

Looking forward to seeing this!

anyone go to the show or watch the live stream?

Here's what you missed:

Set One:

Party Time
Tweezer>
Walk Away*
Dogs Stole Things*
Guelah Papyrus*
Destiny Unbound*
Paul and Silas*
Vultures*
Reba**
Ass Handed*>
Possum

Set Two:
Mike's Song>
Simple>
Down With Disease>
Lifeboy*
No Men in No Mans Land* ***>
Weekapaug Groove

Encore:
Boogie On Reggae Woman
Tweezer Reprise

*first time played
**no whistling
***wipeout tease

Couch Tour here: 

https://www.youtube.com/user/nognuisagoodgnu/live

HAVE PHUN ALL WHO MAKE IT OUT TONIGHT!

Sharon Jones said that Trump gave her the stroke:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-sharon-jones-gabriel-roth-last-days-20161119-story.html

very sad... I'd recommend to all fans to watch this movie of her cancer struggle... she's had a very challenging few years and it's really sad to hear she has passed yesterday, it obviously comes as a shock to the Soul & Funk community ...  she had a slew of dates on the books, so her condition must have changed rapidly resulting in her passing.

lots of love to the Daptone Records Family... they seem to have some bad luck, Amy Winehouse recorded her album with the Dapkings, their newest release by the Frightnrs comes off the passing of their lead singer Dan “Brukky” Klein , Charles Bradley just was diagnosed with stomach Cancer, and the news yesterday about Sharon... very sad.. 

My favorite song by Sharon has to be "How Long" - I've seen her play about 8 times, and I don't think I ever saw her do this one live...  i remember the band teased the song in an intro medley, but never played it with her singing... I always wondered if she didn't play it, either she was sick of it. or perhaps another reason?  To me this is her best known song and not playing it seemed strange, especially since she had an album called "give the people what they want"  - well I want Sharon Jones back!  

killer show!  

Always admired these guys... they really were scene builders with their residency at Babylon and shows at Dekcuf.  

I'm rocking out to this at work.

Concert Listing Announcement

NuFunk.ca Presents

Saturday, November 26, 2016

3rd Anniversary Celebrations of The Lizards: Canada's Premiere Phish Tribute Band

Lights by TG5

Virgin Mobile Mod Club in Toronto, ON
9PM / 19+
$15 adv/ $20 door
Online Tickets http://bit.ly/Lizards3yr
 Facebook Event Link: http://bit.ly/2emZyfc

Premier Phish tribute band, THE LIZARDS, are back at it again. This time it's to celebrate their 3rd anniversary of putting on kick-ass, raging groovefests for thousands of fans across this country. Come and take part in the ritualistic experience that is THE LIZARDS. With TG5 creating a unique and mesmerizing light show, Nov. 26 promises to be a sure fire night. Get your tickets now!

Vulfpeck:

RIP

What an amazing artist.

i saw him in concert a few years back at Radio City and he had so much energy.  He did 2 sets and he ran out at the start of each set and was so funny, dropped to his knees on several numbers to get into the character of the songs.  He played his greatest hits, but with a big emphasis on the "I'm Your Man" album, which was a favorite of my mom's growing up.  

I recommend the biography by Sylvie Simmons - she does a great job at telling his life story and helping understand his often conflicted personality.,  My favorite part was finding out that he had moved to New York and lived only 2 doors over from my first apartment on Riverside Dr near Columbia University.  He received a scholarship after graduating from McGill and while at Columbia he was intrigued by the Beat Poets and tried to get in with them, but never felt like he was accepted, he also was in the mix with Lou Reed's Velvet Underground + Nico crowd, but ultimately also didn't feel that he belonged.  

Did anyone else read his book "Beautiful Losers"  that was one messed up book!

All my peeps here in NYC are on edge. We didn't see this coming, we all thought it would be a Hillary landside and the republican's would be decimated.  Everyday for the past year we came to work (ironically at the Trump Building) and chatted about how it would be impossible for people to support Trump with his latest antics.  Tuesday the nightmare came true.  I'm sure there are too many reasons why this happened, I think America just wasn't ready for a women to run the country and they wanted real change. 

The silver lining is that Clinton won the popular vote which means that most people in America don't support Trump's agenda - that group will have to do everything in it's power to influence the Trump Government.  It hasn't set in yet what is about to happen, but seems like my time in America is about to close.

Here's one of my favorite clips from the show.

Gisto, the lead vocalist/guitarist from Wassabi Collective is back with a new single.  It was premiered today on ReggaeVille.com

The video was shot last summer when he came visited me in NYC, this was filmed in Brooklyn by J-Rockaz a dood we met at a reggae party only a few days before.

Gisto is now based in Vancouver and has a full album ready to go, he's just waiting for the right time to release it.  Any how this is the first single. 

Take a listen here:

I tried right at public onsale and i was getting error messages, now i just tried and you could get the worse seats for the 2nd tier pricing.. boo

I was reliving 2002 over the weekend... was a very special time!

Did anyone see this? 

Eat a Peach: A Tribute to The Allman Brothers Band is a live musical experience not to miss! Some of Toronto's top jamband artists faithfully reproduce the sound and vibe of the kings of Southern Rock. Advance Tickets for this event are available online at http://velvetallmans.eventbrite.com/ (Doors at 9pm, 19+.)

It's been years since I've been, but I just heard this year was great... Congrats to Mark and Rick on their 17 years of operation! 

http://www.facebook.com/groups/2246037169/

Cool video, really makes you want to watch until the end.  Not a bad song either.

Looking for Kingston tickets...  they are crazy expensive!