New shirts available at shop.knocksteady.com
Collaboration by Tripmastermonk and DJ Zo. Super rare grooves from super rare vinyls combined with drum loops, beat juggling, skratching, and all that good stuff. Recommended!
When I was in the Philippines last month I had the pleasure of doing an interview with Status Magazine, one of the only magazines in the Philippines that focuses on youth/street cultures.
Big thank you to Nante and Saj from Status and the good people at Bsides Collective
The show was poppin shout outs to DJ Red-I, Mulan, & my big cousin Mark!
Until next time!
Vivvienne Sato
Cultural concierge in Tokyo
Aloe Blacc [good shit]
Duran Duran [bahahaa]
R.E.M.
Beck
And of course…
The Velvet Underground [best of the best w/ Spanish subtitles]
Check this out…live. Oh, Nico.
We had our final Knockstudy class last friday, Sept 3rd thus completing our 6 week workshop. Here are some pics from the last day of class.
A big thank you to everyone involved.. Seth, Gerald, Gabriel, Krisboy, Justin, and Bresee Youth Center
We ended the semester with a pizza party and listening party for the CD that the students had created throughout the workshop
Students submitted tracks throughout the workshop for our compilation CD which we had handed out on this last day. Our gift package on the final day of class included this compilation CD, a diploma, Fun with Dumb CD, and a Knockstudy 2010 T-Shirt.
Here is a quick 7 minute preview of some of the songs featured on the Knockstudy- Graduation Vol 1 CD. All done by the students throughout the 6-week course.
Download the full length album by clicking here
Until next time!
On Tuesday May 4, 1886, at the Haymarket Square in Chicago, a rally in support of the 8-hour work day…
Pipe bomb thrown, gunfire blown, resulting in the deaths of 8 police officers and the massacre of workers and civilians.
The Haymarket Riot//Haymarket Affair//Haymarket Massacre is considered to be one of the fundamental origins of International Worker’s Day- May Day, May 1st.
It also inspired the literary caricature of “the bomb-throwing anarchist.”
Flower Thrower
Banksy
The first Labor Day occurred on September 5, 1882 in New York City.
It became a federal holiday in 1894 via President Cleveland.
Labor Day is four months later than International Worker’s Day in order to deter any negative evocations affiliated to The Haymarket Riot.
Basically, Cleveland overwrote the sweat, the pillage, and the efficacy of anarchy.
That’s why, in the US, we grill burgers n drink beers by the poolside on this 3-day weekend, patting ourselves on the back for a job well done- whilst forgetting the WHAT, WHERE, HOW, and WHY of Labor Day.
It is what it is.
