Where to begin when you’re trying to summarize all the important bullshit and highlights of the career of a flourishing prodigy? Oy. We’ll start here: Montreal, 1995. Alain “A-Trak” Macklovitch, age 13, invests his inherent Bar Mitzvah money in a set of turntables and a mixer and two years later effortlessly takes the title of 1997 DMC World Champion.. at age 15. Tone set? Okay.
Since then, he’s taken home 5 world turntablism championship titles (amongst many others); toured the globe with the likes of Q-Bert, Craze and Kanye West; founded 2007’s “most buzzworthy label,” Fool’s Gold whose mission is “dedicated to bringing you the crème de la crop in club music.”
This kid pretty much emerged from the depths of .. well, Montreal, and kind of took over the world of turntablism with so much ease, you’d think a caveman could do it.
ANYWAY, July 18th, A-Trak along with Treasure Fingers (Fool’s Gold, Evol Intent) and Theophilus London will be taking over Chop Suey (1325 E Madison, Seattle) for their 10,000 LB Hamburger Tour, with local acts, The Dowlz and OK Dave.
So, the moral of this story is: This is going to be a dope show with amazing talent and you should probably check them out.
TPD & DList Magazine Present: The biggest Cinco De Mayo party in Seattle, May 5th @ Venom with a LIVE performance by Pittsburgh Slim! Sponsored by Don Julio & Grand Marnier, this is sure to be one hell of an event!
If you all remember our last Tuesday night holiday party at Venom in 2006, you know what is going to go down. For all of you who don’t let us refresh your memory…
He rocked the world of feel good summer hits last year with the hit singles “Buzzin” and “Corona and Lime” off his laid back self titled debut album with a “cooler than a sea breeze” hip hop delivery. When paired with Cisco Adlers deep seeded rock’n roll roots and footing, Shwaze’s sound creates an energy that is unparalleled to anything our generation has possibly ever seen.
And we’re bringing you a live 60 minute performance - Shwayze, who’s currently on tour with Mickey Avalon, and Cisco Adler will be at the Shark Club on the Kirkland Waterfront, Thursday April 9th… TPD Live Concert Series in full effect!
There’s no denying Seattle Nightlife as whole has taken a hit with economic crisis the rest of the country has undergone but we’re proud to announce that, as the industry has been hurting, we are back. 3 weeks of sold out events across the board, hundreds of heads and thousands of photos later - Nightlife is making a comeback.
Check it.
Privilege Saturday March 14th @ Glo (Seattle, WA)
Dirt Nasty Thursday March 12th @ The Shark (Kirkland, WA)
Privilege Saturday March 7th @ Glo (Seattle, WA)
Three cheers for everyone in the industry, TPD or not… Keep the support systems strong and keep showing love for our city!
It’s official, one Simon Rex AKA Dirt Nasty of The Dyslexic Speedreaders (with Andre Legacy and Mickey Avalon) will be performing LIVE at The Shark Club Thursday, March 12th, in the biggest show to ever hit the Eastside - TPD & The Shark are selling discounted tickets by CLICKING HERE !
Fanshionisto, Kanye West and self proclaimed Louis Vuitton Don tries his hand at design, partnering up with his favorite designer to release a line of footwear called, Louie… How fitting. West has been sporting the yet-to-be-released kicks on his own feet the past few weeks and they were featured on the LV runway during Paris Fashion Week. Dope style or overly glamourized tennis shoes in flashy colors?
Guess what happens on February 27, 2009 at 8:00pm, at McKay Events Center in Orem, Utah. Mc Hammer and Vanilla Ice return for a live performance together. This show isn’t about the confused heavy metal rapper or the super flashy popstar turned wanna be gangster turned cash4gold.com spokesperson. This show is about those 2 huge albums that shattered the charts in the 90’s, the albums that not a single soul cares about anymore.
You know what though, this sounds interesting, maybe we’ll bring the show to Seattle, any takers ?
Remember that flyer ? Hopefully you remember it from MySpace, or from one of the handful of club websites that it was posted on as opposed to actually spending money to attend the event. If you were one of the unfortunate souls that did attend, I feel your pain, and, you can rest assurred that Ne-Yo feels your pain too, as he is being sued for $500,000. I hope he has to pay every single cent of that 500k plus court costs and more. Its time that an example is made out of these celebrities that feel like they can charge 10k an hour (or more), show up if they feel like it, and when they do show, sit in a corner and interact with no one. Get yours Ne-Yo you deserve it.
