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NiteLite July 18th w/ Jesse Walker & Travis Roberts

Big Fun / Easy Keeper & Farmers Market

Check out my work buddy Whitney and Ryan's letterpress tent called BIG FUN & EASY KEEPER at the Farmers Market this Summer. They are offering exquisite hand screenprinted and letterpressed treasures for a limited time. Give them your money!

Renegade Pride Float

I was proud to be on the IN UTAH float for Utah Pride this past weekend. In what turned out to be a comedy of errors, we almost didn't get out the gate due to a missing amplifier, a moment where the key was locked in the truck (that was driving our float) and then torrential rain from the get go. Thankfully the IN team came through by helping me get my sound system from home (in under 20 min... record time), and by holding a tarp over me and the equipment for the duration of the parade. We had tons of fun despite the weather and it was a memorable experience no question. The best part was taking the wrong way back to unload which allowed us to swing by an unsuspecting Temple Square. I think we surprised a couple of families on their way to church service. More about our adventure in this IN UTAH article, and more video can be seen here, here and here.

Julius 'The Mad Thinker' (Chicago) Returns to NiteLite May 16th @ W. Lounge

 

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)
Saturday, May 16th 2009
W. Lounge, 358 S. West Temple, SLC, UT
Garage House, Deep House, Vibrant Vibes + Future Tech
FREE BEFORE 10:30pm or $5 Cover, 21+

>Listen to Julius 'The Mad Thinker' live at NiteLite in 2008 here!!!<

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 Contact Design, Highlife Salon and the AIGA Salt Lake City. The American Institute of Graphic Arts, who's mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force.

Tedd Patterson At W. Lounge This Saturday!

Jesse Walker Plays Downtempo At RUST This Sunday

For your weekend easedown I'll be delivering a rare downtempo set with eclectic bits ranging from nudisco to dubstep and drum n' bass this Sunday at W. Lounge. My set is from 11:15 to 12:15pm, so cruise down and hear something dramatically different with my corrosive friends at RUST featuring A. Vanvranken, RS4 and Nemesis.

Spring Fashion & Gallery Stroll Friday April 17th

Press Release 04/16/09:

Can you believe it? After half a year of hibernation, the SLC Fashion Stroll is back tomorrow night for our semi-annual street festival celebration of local fashion, funk and flavor. We're back with more vendors, bands and runway shows than ever, and are whipping up a very special, very free, very local night of spring-themed razzle-dazzle, and we're doing it all for you, local shopper, tomorrow night from 6-10pm along Broadway between 200-300 East.

Wanna sneak a peek on the TV first? Tune in today at 12noon - 12:20 on KUTV Channel 2 for a chance to preview a few brief looks as our awesome models from UTG display some of the best of what's new on the streets of SLC for Spring 2009.

For those of you that haven't done the Fashion Stroll yet - come out tomorrow. Mother Nature is promising us good weather, we have performers from Transfusion Hype, stilt-walkers, runway shows at 7,8, and 9pm, and the band lineup is looking dancetastic with appearances from sexontherun at 7:30 and Same As It Never Was (one of my new local faves), a Talking Heads cover band with a lot of sexy band members. Not to mention all the great shopping and art to be had on Broadway as Fashion Stroll & Gallery Stroll join forces for one epic night out on the town.

- Matt Monson | Owner, Model Citizen | SLC Fashion Stroll Coordinator

Indie Dance Party Tonight

For all those who wanted to see Girl Talk at the U. but it's snowing. Or maybe you go to Girl Talk and then still want to go out. Check this party at W.

Paparazzi is currently a resident at one of the largest and most successful club nights in L.A., "Dance" @ Arena and has been manning the turntables on the Los Angeles indie scene for years. His unmistakably original mixes and unique style have made him a fixture in many clubs throughout LA. (metromix Los Angeles). Now he hits Salt Lake for the first time ever, to blow the roof off Salt Lake's Hottest Dance Club. Join Us April 15th for a massive evening where SLC's and LA's finest combine. Fully equipped and ready to unleash the hottness.

Live DJ Sets By: DJ PAPARAZZI, http://myspace.com/paparazzi + HOT NOISE, http://Myspace.com/djhotnoise + Flash N Flare, http://myspace.com/flashandflare

W Lounge: 358 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
Doors open at 9:00pm, 21+
Presale tickets available @ http://24tix.com
http://myspace.com/wlounge

Surfaces

I can't say I've supported enough modern dance in my day. Recently I met one of the new directors at Rire Woodbury and she is so cool that I am making a point to see her show on the 23rd. Originally from Denmark, Charlotte Boye-Christensen received her formal training in London and completed her MFA Degree at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Her work has been commissioned in places as far as Milwaukee, Singapore and Cuba.

April 23-25 at 7:30pm
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

SURFACES wraps up Ririe-Woodbury's 45th Season with works by three compelling contemporary choreographers, including a poetic piece by award-winning New York choreographer Susan Marshall. Recipient of three "Bessies" and the MacArthur "Genius" Award, this will be Susan's first work presented in Utah.  The Company will also re-stage Doug Varone's musical and witty 1994 work "Strict Love," performed to a CBS memory-lane broadcast of the 1970s, which shows a world from which certainty and uncompromised strength have vanished.  The last work of the program is by award winning artistic director Charlotte Boye-Christensen.  Her "Degrees of Separation" is an emotionally charged piece about connection and loss. The score by Steve Reich, with haunting human voices, serves as the architecture for this piece.

Ticket Prices:
» Adults: $30
» Students/Seniors: $15
Call 355-ARTS or visit www.ririewoodbury.com

Abduct Yourself April 25th - Rescue Child Soldiers

I was invited to a screening of a compelling documentary about child soldiers in Africa last week. Specifically northern Uganda. I highly recommend it, it's short and you can see it at therescue.invisiblechildren.com. The film was made by three adorably naive surfer bros from So. Cal who went to Africa six years ago to find a subject for their movie and in their travels stumbled upon hundreds of refugee children fleeing a raided village in the night. It turns out an evil warlord named Joseph Kony has been terrorizing the area for decades, kidnapping young boys in these raids and forcing them into horrendous acts of violence. He says he's some kind of god or deity (naturally) and lives deep in the jungle. The event catapulted these filmmakers into documenting the war and starting their own movement to bring peace to the region. They came close once to striking a deal with Kony last year but he pulled a no-show and retaliated a short time later by killing 600+ people in one village! Today, the people of Uganda and all involved would rather Kony be brought to justice at any cost. The problem is that no major countries have financial interests in the region and don't really care enough to do anything. That's where you and I come in.

On April 25th, 2009 join us in cities across the country, including Salt Lake City for THE RESCUE. It is time for us to help end this war, to see Joesph Kony arrested and the children he has kidnapped returned back to their families. Here's what you need to know and how you can help make the event a success...

SpyHop Turns 10 Today!

Spy Hop's Annual Benefit A Decade of Empowering Youth Through Multimedia
Thursday, April 30th 2009; 6:00-9:30pm
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

Join us for an evening of live musical and radio performances, new youth media, a look back on Spy Hop's first decade, and an auction you won't forget.

SPECIAL GUEST
Tony & Emmy Award Winning Actor, Edward Herrmann

EVENING EMCEES
Carter & The Coach from 103.5 The Arrow

Admission: $60.00
Alumni (any former core student 21+ years old): $40.00
RSVP by April 22nd
Purchase tickets here »

Enjoy TASTE OF SALT LAKE CITY and learn about Spy Hop's core programs. Chat with alumni, enjoy live student performances and watch new youth media. Live auction and prize giveaway.

Food from Salt Lake's finest restaurants, including: Bambara . Carlucci's Bakery . Cucina Toscana . Em's Restaurant/Liberty Heights Fresh . Metropolitan Restaurant . Oasis Cafe . Sage's Cafe and So Cupcake.

Beer & Wine provided by:
Red Rock Brewing Company. Vine Lore, Inc.M

More info, contact John Boyack at (801) 532-7500 or email.

The Spy Hop Annual Benefit & Auction is specifically designed to raise funds for the organization's four core programs including the Pitch-Nic Young Writer and Director program, Multimedia Apprenticeship program, Youth Documentary Arts program, and Loud and Clear Youth Radio program.

My friend Davey made this 20 minute art journalism video that profiles 3 local artists called Slingshot Out the Valley. [Dada Factory on Vimeo]

NiteLite with Mr. Jesse Walker & J_Luvv, March 21st!

Hommes at Bliss this Saturday

In the lounge/bar level... come have fun with me and the boys everyone!

The State Room - Live Music Theatre

Chris Mautz and Darin Piccoli, two veterans of the Salt Lake music scene have been working for over a year to open their new live music 'theatre' where the Childrens Theatre was at 638 S. State Street, (across from The Bayou). It will have a combination of fixed seats (theatre seats and pews) and an open floor space that will be either open for dancing or filled with tables and chairs plus a lobby and cloakroom.

Opening Night will be April 1 with legendary bassist STANLEY CLARKE and his band. Tickets go on sale this Sunday at 10 am at www.thestateroomslc.com.

BUTTARSPALOOZA!

Some friends and I are throwing a little party.  Perhaps you've heard of it?

In honor of Senator Chris Buttars - a coalition of wild Utahns unite to form BUTTARSPALOOZA!

It’s NOT a Rally – NOT a Protest – IT’S A PARTY!

Come celebrate Utah’s diverse communities – and discuss the real threats to America: the Climate Crisis, racial injustice and an economic recession. Join the party Saturday, February 28th from 1-3pm on the south lawn of the Utah Capital in Salt Lake City. Bring signs and noise-makers and dance to music provided by DJ Jesse Walker. There will also be a performance from the cast of Saturday’s Voyeur, break dancing from the Blow Up Kings crew, and a Latina Drag Show!

Presenters include kick-ass speakers from HEAL Utah, Citizens for Sustainability, The Steel Workers Union, Trans Action and MORE!

EMCEE'd by the one and only Troy Williams and Michael Mueller from Radio Active/KRCL!

The party is open to all of Utah – everyone is invited and everyone belongs! Buttarspalooza: this Saturday afternoon at the Capital! Come prepared to have a rowdy good time!

Hector Romero Returns To I LOVE IBIZA This Saturday

Press Release:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28:
 HECTOR ROMERO
UNDULATION 3 WORLD TOUR
(SAW.RECORDINGS // DEF MIX // NYC // IBIZA)

It’s 2009 and there is no slowing down in sight for Hector Romero. Hector has just finished mixing the anticipated “Undulation 3” compilation and in support of the SAW.RECORDINGS release he will embark on a worldwide “Undulation 3 Tour” which will take him through the first half of 2009.

Hector has also taken responsibility for overseeing and participating as the resident DJ for Def Mix Radio, a monthly Podcast featured on iTunes, allowing him to explore new forms of media when he is taking time off from touring. Each show features quality house music from around the globe and will feature guest DJ’s as well as fellow Def Mixers such as David Morales, Frankie Knuckles and Satoshi Tomiie. The show is produced and hosted by Miami’s own Birago Jones from Syndicated Beats. The show will keep its audience posted on all things Def Mix, including Hector Romero, throughout the year.

Most fans are unaware that Hector’s intro into the DJ world began at the age of 13. Nicknamed “DJ Baby Hec,” the Bronx native landed his first job at La Mirage, known at the time as one of the hottest dance clubs in the Bronx. Hector was soon spinning at a number of downtown Manhattan clubs including Save the Robots, Palladium and Roxy as well as The Red Zone where he opened for David Morales. Hector is now entering his 26th year of Djing…no longer a “Baby”.

Hector’s music industry experience is not limited to DJing. Early responsibilities included a job in a local record shop eventually leading to a position with Emotive Records. Soon after, he was abducted by David Morales to look after the day-to-day operations of DMI Records. As the current label manager and business partner to Satoshi Tomiie, Hector is the driving force behind SAW.RECORDINGS. Having great success with Chab, Bush II Bush, and Audiofly among others, Hector has earned the respect of DJs and record labels throughout the world. “Since remixing and producing are not my thing, being a ‘Record Man’ is quite fulfilling” says Hector. “But my first love, after of course my wife and daughter, is DJing.”

Hector works hard at his craft ensuring that the clubbers always have a good time. What sets Romero apart from the rest is his ability to reach the masses through his music as well as his personality. Although he describes himself as a DJ with a musical identity crisis, deep down he knows that it’s his diversity and eclectic taste that set him apart from his peers. This is what makes him a favorite with promoters and clubbers alike.

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Come enjoy the sultry sounds of the international dance floor while lifting your spirit and energizing your soul!

with
DJ VIIBE

W LOUNGE
358 S. West Temple, SLC 84101
801.359.0637
9pm-2am

ONLY $5 BEFORE 10:30PM

New City ...Weekly

The City Weekly has moved it's website and blog to CityWeekly.net. The functionality seems better at first glance, especially the restaurant guide and now the blog is broken out into areas of interest but can still be read in aggregate form. Czech it out here.