Freedom Love-Fest

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BLOG ACTION DAY 2009: CLIMATE CHANGE

 

Blog Action Day is here and bloggers across the globe are joining keyboards to build awareness about climate control and related issues.

Learn about US and China climate change issues by downloading a free copy of A Roadmap for US-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change:

www.asiasociety.org/files/pdf/US_China_Roadmap_on_Climate_Change.pdf

A Roadmap for U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change presents both a vision and a concrete roadmap for this new collaboration. With input from scores of experts, stakeholders, and policymakers from the sciences, business, civil society, and politics in China and the United States, the report explores the climate and energy challenges facing both nations and recommends a program for sustained high-level engagement and on-the-ground action.

For more information: US-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change

Blog Action Day: October 15, 2009

Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.

Save the Date: NY Art Book Fair

SAVE THE DATE: PRINTED MATTER presents the NY ART BOOK FAIR, OCTOBER 2-4 at P.S.1‏

The Fair hosts over 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, and independent artist/publishers presenting a diverse range of the best in contemporary art publications.

The Fair opens for preview October 1, 6-8 PM at P.S.1. Following the preview, Deitch Studios, Long Island City will generously host an evening of special guests to benefit Printed Matter, featuring industrial punk-and-dub duo I.U.D. (Lizzi Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance and Sadie Laska of Growing). DJs Tim Lokiec and Gary Murphy play vintage house. Tickets begin at $20 and include limited artist editions by Elmgreen & Dragset, Jutta Koether, Tom Sachs, and Mungo Thomson.

For more information: http://nyartbookfair.com

Pre-Release DVD for A Great Cause: Support Channel 13

LIVE FROM THE ARTIST DEN: RAPHAEL SAADIQ
PRE-RELEASE SALE TO SUPPORT WNET.ORG, NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO

PURCHASE DVD BEFORE THE 21st TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT @ http://www.publictelevisionrocks.org



An exclusive pre-release of innovative soul singer/producer Raphael Saadiq's first ever DVD, Live from the Artists Den: Raphael Saadiq, began on June 18 at publictelevisionrocks.org >. The new DVD features Saadiq's full performance for The Artists Den in December 2008 at Boston's magnificent Harvard Club. An edited version premiered nationwide this February on the public television series Live from the Artists Den. Songs include "Love That Girl," "100 Yard Dash" and "Sure Hope You Mean It" off his latest CD The Way I See It, which received three 2009 Grammy nominations, including Best R&B Album. The DVD, which hits stores July 21, also features bonus interviews with Saadiq. Proceeds of the Public Television Rocks! DVD pre-release benefit WNET.ORG New York Public Media, which includes public TV stations WLIW21 and THIRTEEN.

DVD Track List:
1. 100 Yard Dash
2. Love That Girl
3. Keep Marching
4. Thinking Of You
5. Living For The Weekend
6. Dance Tonight
7. La La
8. Sure Hope You Mean It
9. Charlie Ray
10. Be Here
11. Still Ray
12. Just One Kiss
13. Oh Girl
14. Let's Take A Walk
15. Big Easy
16. Staying In Love
17. Love That Girl Reprise
18. Skyy, Can You Feel Me

Celebrating a Legend: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Music Playlist

SAVE THE DATE: FLF Celebrates Make Music New York 2009

Dear FLF Friends,

The brief haitus is over and for a good reason...Freedom Love-Fest will kick-off the Summer of Love 2009 with 2 Free Live Music Concerts in Madison Square Park and Washington Square Park on Sunday, June 21st. Along with Obliqsound, our favorite indie-music label, Freedom Love-Fest volunteered to help celebrate the 3rd Annual Make Music New York festival; 'the largest music event ever to grace Metro New York' and host a line-up of great indie-artists in beautiful and tranquil Madison Square Park and the lively hub of the city, Washington Square Park.

SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY JUNE 21, 2009

Production Sponsors: The Professionals NYC and Lollipop Productions
MADISON SQUARE PARK

Location: Broadway and East 23rd Street, NYC



1:00 pm: Dapp Theory – www.myspace.com/dapptheory
Awarded the Chamber Music America's New Works commission in 2006 and voted Rising Star Keyboardist by Down Beat Magazine in 2004, leader and pianist/composer Andy Milne is one of the most important and respected young voices in jazz today. With Dapp Theory, Milne combines the talents of percussive poet John Moon, saxophonist John Beaty, bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Kenny Grohowski, collectively re-drawing the boundaries of jazz.



2:30 pm: Sarah Lemieux - www.myspace.com/supersuperblue
Sarah’s influences run the gamut, from Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor, on through Jimi Hendrix and Bonnie Raitt, to Bjork, Daniel Lanois and Pierre Bensusan. After studying performance at NYU, she added a little indie-rock to her mix, lending her vocals to bands like Brother Love, Dayna Blitz’s Hapikrak, and Toke Squealy.



Photo by Carsten Fleck
4:00 pm: Michael Olatuja - www.myspace.com/olatuja
British/Nigerian bassist Michael Olatuja debuts his vision as producer, composer, arranger and performer on Speak, his new album which debuts July 28 on Backdrop/ObliqSound. The album features musical influences and guests from each spot Olatuja has hit around the globe, including his childhood in London and Lagos, Nigeria, and professional years in London and New York. Olatuja incorporates such hallmarks of traditional African music as the talking drum and hand drums (conga and djembe), call-and-response vocals and the Yoruba language, while working comfortably with musical vocabularies more familiar to Western ears: neo-soul balladry, modern jazz, deep groove, R&B, and gospel.



WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK'S TEEN PLAZA

Washington Square South and LaGuardia Place, NYC



5:00 pm: Matt Jones – www.myspace.com/mattjonesnyc
Matt Jones's rich, deep voice projects every note, ensuring all within ear shot receive a proper introduction to his lovingly crafted songs.



Photo credit: Carsten Fleck
5:30 pm: John Shannon - www.johnshannonmusic.com
Guitarist, vocalist and songcrafter John Shannon combines ethereal vocals and textured guitar on his soul-searching debut solo album American Mystic. The guitarist for Sonya Kitchell's ground-breaking new album Words Came Back To Me , leader of evolutionary instrumental group Waking Vision , and former electric guitarist for psychedelic Sufi trance rocker Haale , Shannon's solo sound is organic, tender and quietly captivating.



6:15 pm: Pimps of Joytime – www.myspace.com/pimpsofjoytime Hailing from Brooklyn and New Orleans, The Pimps of Joytime's members traffic in a funk style laden with elements of soul, punk, Afro-Caribbean, afrobeat and rap.



7:00 pm: DJ MoFunk and AllCeein of I Power – www.myspace.com/djmofunk Hip-Hop producer, DJ, and MC has "beats all day and night for the real heads out there. This is Hip Hop in its true essence...the Breaks.



7:30 pm: The Smyrk – www.myspace.com/thesmyrk
After a brief hiatus in late 2008, The Smyrk returned to the national scene with a bang at the annual SXSW music festival in Austin, TX. The band, based in New Haven, CT, made waves in 2007 with an EP produced by Incubus bassist and former Roots guitarist Ben Kenney. With a loyal international following, two CMJ showcases under their belt, airtime on MTV, and a current single produced by Bryan Russell (Envy on the Coast, Straylight Run, Coldplay), The Smyrk is back and better than ever and planning to record new material this year.

Videos of the Artists Performing in Madison Square Park and Washington Square Park:



About MMNY Co-Host for Madison Square Park and Washington Square Park, Obliqsound: www.obliqsound.com

A Special Cause for the Day: Automotive HS Spring Musical

A CAUSE FOR THE DAY:
BENEFIT TO SAVE THE AUTOMOTIVE HS SPRING MUSICAL - GUYS AND DOLLS

@ Automotive HS Auditorium

Date: 4/30/09
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $10 at the door

All proceeds to go towards funding of their spring musical, which is Guys and Dolls this year (performances are May 14-16th 7pm).

Performances by indie-groups:
Japanther
Ninjasonik
Automotive HS Hip Hop Jazz Band, Hip Hop Dance Troupe, Spring Musical will open with small and COOL acts!

AUTOMOTIVE HIGH SCHOOL
50 Bedford Avenue
across from McCarren Park)

For more information: www.automusic.wikispaces.com

Inauguration Viewing Schedule

MLK DAY: Remember Segregation

  http://www.remembersegregation.org/