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The Salt Lake Gallery Stroll continues to morph and energize the city each month. This is a photo of my bow-tie wearing drunk ass from last Fridays event at FICE, which like the other shops around the 2nd South & Broadway block were brimming with youthful energy. A wonderful sight indeed.
Joe DiPadova (de-PAH-de-vah) performs from coast to coast, frequently
playing the very best parties with the worlds best djs at his side.
Quickly building a worldwide reputation as one of Global Soul's young
rising stars, Joe's adept combination of DJ and music production
talent, coupled with a kind, down-to-earth nature have helped him
garner the respect and friendship of not only the many people deeply involved with dance music music, but of crowds across North America.
Apart from DJing and production, one of the largest manifestations of his musical vision has come through event promotion, including his ongoing event in Phoenix called ONE (One People, One Soul, One Love). At this gathering, DiPadova brings together people of all color and sexual orientation through a common spool of thread - expression through dance and love of music.
With eye on the forefathers of the past and an ear to the progression of the future, Joe DiPadova has become a disciple through music, serving to make positive change via rhythm & dance. Whether it's through his deep and introspective productions or his music selections in Disco, Funk, Soul, Jazz & Techno based dance music with African and Latin rhythms, DiPadova's vocabulary in music transcends generations, continents and consciousness while interweaving gatherings of people into one elevated symposium of dance.
NCM Presents NiteLite with JOE DIPADOVA
[Deeper Shades Recordings/Curious UK/Asante Records] (MONTREAL)
w/ JESSE WALKER (NCM)
Saturday, December 20th 2008
W. Lounge, 358 S. West Temple, SLC, UT
Garage House, Deep House, Vibrant Vibes + Future Tech
FREE BEFORE 10:30pm or $6 Cover, 21+
Press:
944 Magazine Article (Dec 2008)
Visit Joe Online:
one-az.com/joe.htm
myspace.com/joedipadova
facebook.com/pages/Joe-DiPadova
This event is sponsored in part by the AIGA Salt Lake City.
The American Institute of Graphic Arts mission is to advance designing
as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force.
The Times reports on Zaha Hadid's commissioned work for British private club House & Home which had some people feeling very uncomfortable, even angry (see the comments section of NYtimes article). All the fuss resulted in this statement from the Zaha Hadid architectural team, which I love:
Translation of Architecture gibberish:
1.“We wanted to create an environment where the bar completely
dominates the space…” WE WANTED TO MAKE A HUMONGOUS PRICEY FLASHY
OBJECT.
2.”Using a dynamic vertical gesture of fluidity, we were able generate
an exciting dichotomy with the Cartesian arrangement of the Georgian
space…” SO WE STUCK A ROUND BAR IN A RECTANGULAR ROOM
3.”As with our architecture, where have created inhabited structure,
members and guests occupy the bar at Home House instead of simply
standing in front of it…”UNLIKE THE GODDAMN DRUNKS AT YOUR LOCAL BAR,
THESE PEOPLE DO MINGLE.
4.”They become part of the experience.” PRETENTIOUS PEOPLE AT PRETENTIOUS BAR. PERFECT MATCH.
(Thanks Rodney)
If your looking for something to do next week the night before Thanksgiving. Check out my friends annual WHITE PARTY at the Depot with Yoshitoshi/Harem recording artist SULTAN and a slew of locals including JLuvv, Anthony Motto, Ebenflow, Dan Dixon and Josh Max. There's a Pre-Party 'Fun-Raiser' this Sat at W. Lounge as well. Visit myspace.com/whitepartyslc
Signed & Numbered's November gallery offering is an exciting "locals only" group show. Twenty+ artists will be showing prints
they've created that are specific to places in Utah and Salt Lake City,
or simply what the term "This is the Place" means to them.
Opening Reception:
Friday November 21st, 6 - 10 PM
221 EAST BROADWAY (300 SOUTH)
located inside Slowtrain Records
Salt Lake City, Utah
801-596-2093
Participating artists include:
Amber Heaton, Andy Chase, Cameron Bentley, Catherine Mastaiz, Chadwick Tolley, Claire Taylor, Dave Boogart, Evan Carlisle, Jen Sorensen, Jethro Gillespie, Justin Diggle, Leia Bell, Marina Atherton, Olivia Rochelle Henrie, Patrick Weeks, Potter Press, Ryan Perkins, Travis Bone, Whitney Shaw, Wren Ross, and Yoshiko Hedges
Here's a closer look at the super cool Ryan Perkins peice called "The Man Child (In Gilgal)" which we now own.
Also an unrelated but equally enticing concert poster for Justice I couldn't pass on... click for larger photos.
KUTV community blogger Gavin Sheehan interviewed me today for his neat site called Gavin's Underground which you can read here.
Clever poster and print ad for Asli Software, a distributor in India simulates a 'real' version of photoshop desktop. By Bates141 Jakarta. Oh, and those I'm a PC ad's you've been seeing? They were created on Mac's.
With Julius the Mad Thinker, you must "Witness the Dynamic."
This illustrious 'dynamic' was first identified by the founder of Large Music, Jeff Craven, when he invited Julius to open and close the first annual Get Large party at the Winter Music Conference. From there, John Davis, a top NYC promoter and co-founder of Body&SOUL, witnessed the 'dynamic' when he came upon Julius and installed him as a resident of Sunday Sessions in NYC. Chicago house pioneer Chip E, witnessed the 'dynamic' when he invited Julius to be interviewed for house music documentary, the Unusual Suspects, to which Julius was the youngest interviewee to appear. And NYC's Undaground Archives Choice Award gave tribute to the 'dynamic' when Julius was awarded the "Best Emerging Talent" recognition.
First exposed to dance music in the sixth grade, Julius went on to become a DJ and producer in 1994. Since that time, Julius has developed a charisma behind the turntables that can only be described as a dynamic that fills the room. Coupled with "the Mad Thinker" title, which was given to him by MC Miles Bentley of Rec Center, Julius makes no move as an artist haphazardly. Be it the tracks he plays, the order in which he plays them or the EQing which brings out a melody or rhythm in a whole new way - all these elements which comprise his dynamic are meticulously plotted throughout his improvisational creative process.
As the co-founder and partner of the internationally renowned promotional and DJ collective, 3Degrees Global, and a resident of the 3Degrees "Some Call It House . . . We Call It Home" tour, the dynamic has been witnessed throughout the most notorious clubs of house music's homeland in Chicago, including Smartbar, Soundbar, Sonotheque, Ohm, The Note and Zentra. Across the nation the dynamic has been witnessed on the main stage at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Marques Wyatt's DEEP event in LA, Soul Revival in Boston, Devotion at The End Up & Pink in San Francisco, Club Five in Washington DC, Pearl at Nikki Beach in Miami, Kevin Hedge and Louie Vega's Roots at Cielo in New York as well as stops in Hawaii, Canada, Mexico and France. In addition the dynamic has cross pollinated with house legends via Julius DJing alongside Frankie Knuckles, Joe Claussell, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Lil' Louis, Derrick Carter, Louie Vega, Derrick May and Ron Trent amongst others.
As he continues to manifest this vision in music, Julius says, "My purpose in this journey of music and life is to help others get to places that they never imagined possible, and as a DJ, I'm here to live that message as an example." - Brent Crampton
NCM Presents NiteLite with JULIUS 'THE MAD THINKER'
[3Degrees Global Co-founder/Aid to the SouLLess/Unusual Suspects] (CHICAGO)
w/ JESSE WALKER (NCM) & DJ PURPLE (JERSEY DJ'S)
Saturday, November 15th 2008
W. Lounge, 358 S. West Temple, SLC, UT
Garage House, Deep House, Vibrant Vibes + Future Tech
FREE BEFORE 10:30pm or $5 Cover, 21+
www.myspace.com/themadthinker
http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=565121496
www.reverbnation.com/juliusthemadthinker
www.3degreesglobal.com
www.deephousesounds.net
This event is sponsored in part by the AIGA Salt Lake City. The American Institute of Graphic Arts mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force.
The Peery Hotel recently got a fresh coat of paint and guess what? It wasn't beige! If they can do the same with the inside, maybe they could contend with the Monaco around the corner.
From an Obama rally last night in Virginia. [Via Americablog.com]
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