thefreethinkingmovementLet’s call them the Kush years. DJ Prestige and I kicked this off in May last year, and we had some bloody good nights at Kush through the balance of 2010. We had a summer party, a Christmas bash, a sojourn to Brooklyn, and even a night where Kevin Spacey rocked up. On the eve […]
the freethinking movement is about innovation. It’s about doing things differently – and not just catering to the lowest common denominator. It’s about pushing forward, and celebrating the good stuff. And so, as we enter 2011, we will also be doing things differently… First of all, DJ Prestige now lives in Brooklyn, baby. He’s showing […]
I was probably 18. Every week after I got paid, I’d go to this record store called The Red Rocker in my hometown. The guy that owned it was this giant dude named Bruce. He drove the Dial-A-Ride (or Dial-A-Dude as we used to call it), where you would call a number and a short […]
Both James and I have admitted a bunch of musical stuff here from our past. I’ve told of my almost trading the Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique away, James has admitted his love for Prince and Motown, among other things. I’ve had this discussion with a few people on several of my DJ nights, even playing […]
I was raised in a house filled with Motown. Rarely was there a Saturday morning where the sounds of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Smoky Robinson were not ringing out. The ‘Motown Chartbusters’ albums became some of the first LPs that I was truly familiar with. Right down to the detail of their […]
“One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain” crooned Bob Marley, but what if you want to keep it sexy? We could throw in some D’Angelo, maybe some Prince, or even some Eryka Badu. What if we want to keep it movin’ and keep it sexy at the same time? One […]
We over here at the freethinking movement LOVE when people suggest music to us. That’s what this movement is all about, opening your mind (or how about freeing your mind and your ass will follow?). Lower East side staple and historian Peter Pabon had this posted on his Facebook page after a night of freethinking […]
I’d like to think I am pretty keen on music. Whether it be Hip Hop, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Rock, 80’s, etc., I’d like to think that I’m pretty well versed. I got a text message from one of my mates over the weekend. It was a band’s name, and the words: “How the hell did […]
Last night I had an evening off of DJing, as our freethinking nyc party took a break. (we will be back on Thursday Oct. 7th, so don’t panic!). Instead of laying about the house, I went up to NYC with my better half to see a band I had heard a lot of noise about, […]
In 1989 I was listening to a large chunk of Public Enemy, bands like the Smiths and Bad Brains, and whatever Alternative rock that was being fed to the masses over at 106.3 WHTG (R.I.P. sadly) and underground stuff the Princeton University radio station was playing (when I could get it on my CD boom […]
Ok, so by now you may or may not know who Mark Ronson is. If you’ve been living under a rock, or are American like me, it’s quite unlikely you haven’t. If you’re in the music biz, involved with music, a DJ, or and Anglophile, it’s pretty likely you have. I first heard of Mark […]
On Monday I waxed poetic about the VMA’s. I wasn’t happy about them, but I was happy about the song I put up by Ellie Goulding. In fact, I was even happier about the guys that did the remix, Chiddy Bang. Hailing from the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, PA, these two 19 year olds […]