A BIG jazzyFAT DISASTER

So, if you're from Philly or South Jersey, or just a lover of ah...ehem, "Neo-Soul" I'm sure you will remember a little club downtown called, "The 5 Spot".    The 5 Spot was/is a place with a performance stage area upstairs, and a club/bar atmosphere downstairs.  Many greats of our time have started out doing shows here, including Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott.  I believe it burned down a few years ago but... 

Anywhooo, before then a bunch of talented women musicians had a monthly show there called the Black Lily.  This is how I came to know one of my ultimate favorite groups.... theJazzyfatnastees...or endearingly called by my sister and I, "the Jazzy's"  Either way, I've always been the young one of the group, and so I never actually got a chance to go to Black Lily, because at the time I wasn't 21, and no I didn't have a fake.  smh. Either way a few years down the line after the Black Lily set fizzled out I had the opportunity to see the Jazzy's perform at World Cafe.  EXCITEMENT.  I went. I listened (uhhh, better yet, was entranced) and afterward, a good friend of mine had the bright idea that I go introduce myself and say hello.  

I knew it was a bad idea.  I said bright, as in innovative, not good.  

Oh well, I went against my better judgement, and walked over to one of the ladies, and proceeded to say hello, but I scared her (since she knew not that I was behind her)...and this ensued a chain reaction of her turning around, bumping into me, and spilling RED WINE all over her WHITE outfit. The rest of this story is unnecessary to tell, or rather yet, too embarrassing.  They are still my favorite group. However, I've constantly debated on wearing a disguise the next time I go to a concert.  

You, however really should check out their music, and when you do...think of me, SBG, the big scare and the fallin wine.  You're sure to get a chuckle or two. -SBG

Its BLUE BABY...

I had to give my friend Blue an official SBG Shout-Out after seeing him over the weekend at a friend's birthday party...

(btw Feliz Cumpleanos Nicole & T!)

Blue is a talented young man from Brooklyn, N.Y. out and about in the city taking photos of the world and leaving his mark as a Hip Hop artist as well.

You can catch him on the following tips...

For Music:

http://www.myspace.com/blue

For Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/blue 

For Photography:

http://www.modelmayhem.com/urbanoverdose

For The Urban Overdose TV Show:
http://www.youtube.com/urbanoverdose

(photo by BLUE of one of my best home-slices Corinne)

BLUE QUOTES: "I am a Hip-Hop Artist...I have to say that...because its "Deeper Than Rap" .... I love the culture...and I started doing photography because of that...capturing the Urban lifestyle."

URBAN ROCK! BCBGMAXAZRIA/FALL09

Oasis Breaks Up...for Real This Time?

Oasis, pioneers of 1990s Britpop, announce breakup: TIMES ONLINE-Kaya Burgess

The Britpop pioneers Oasis have split up after Noel Gallagher, the lead guitarist and songwriter, said last night that he was quitting the group.

He and his brother Liam, the group’s lead singer, have long had a tempestuous relationship in the band, which released their first album 15 years ago and helped to lead the Britpop era in the mid-Nineties. It was this brotherly tension that reportedly led to the parting of ways.

Oasis had been due to perform at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris last night, but the crowd were told by Bloc Party, who were due to perform before Oasis, that the band would not be appearing.

Many of the crowd reportedly thought that the announcement was a joke until a message appeared on the big screens saying that Oasis would not be performing due to an “altercation within the band”.

The Scottish singer Amy Macdonald, who was playing in the festival last night, wrote on her Twitter page shortly after 9pm,

“Oasis cancelled again with one minute to stage time! Liam smashed Noel’s guitar, huuuge fight!”

In an official statement on the band’s website, Noel, 42, wrote last night: 

“It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.

BLUE METHOD LIVE AT WORLD CAFE

We will ALWAYS love you...

R.I.P Aaliyah Haughton (January 16, 1979 - August 25, 2001)

Dont Stop the Music...

I haven't posted in a while (a fact that is soon to change).  Yet, it saddens me to begin posting on a not so good note....

To my friend Theron Shelton, Talented Drummer for 'the Blue Method' Band, and completely amazing, funny, witty, person all around, Rest in Peace.  October 7, 1978-March 11, 2009.

We all will truly miss you.

"I know that you're with GOD and now HE has the BBBBBBBAAAAAADDDDEEESSTTTTT DRUMMER in all of heaven leading His band and you're playing with the best. I love you Theron and I will see you soon cause you'll be back for the 2nd act so everyone keep listening. Dont let the music stop cause that's what kept my brother going and he'd be disappointed if their was no music.  It was HIM. HE WAS THE MUSIC. THE SOUL. DONT LET IT STOP. " -Theron's brother, Randel.