Saturday finally got underway for me at 7pm on the lower east side at a store called Alife Rivington Club. The shop is managed by NYC tastemaking legend CHRIS VIDAL (formerly of Flight Club NY fame). CHRIS opened up the backyard space and they barbecued and spun classic rap shit. HOF from OnSmash was in the joint with the homey Plain Pat.
The next spot to fall thru was the SoleFood block party on Lispenard Street in TriBeCa. When I got to this joint it was already over and done. I parlayed for a minute tho’ to chop it up with some folks like MEKA from 2DopeBoyz. I’m really happy for MEK that he is living on this side of town now. I have to get him to come to the Back 2 School edition of the Sneaker Fiends Unite! NYC tour.
The next stop on the run with the setting sun was to the 92Y space in TriBeCa to watch Game Rebellion open for Blitz the Ambassador. Game Rebellion is still the band that I think too many folks are sleeping on. Their political rants are tuned up for whatever ails this country. Now that BUSH is out of office they drop songs about Wall Street greed and corruption along with police brutality and menage a’trois with club groupies. What more could you ask from rockstars?
The nail in the coffin was when Che Guerilla pointed me to the Red Bull Space. An obama in Manhattan on a Saturday night? What kind of shit would this be? Some corporate dewshbaggery for sure, but what kind of alcohol were they serving? Svedka FTW. The music was fucking atrocious. The Red Bull did give me wings though. It’s 8am now and I am just popping away at the video console. I’m wondering what kind of shenanigans I will get into today?
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