Lovefest's "Disposable Camera Tour" Series Presents....

"HELLO BIG MAMA" TOUR

Fall '09

"PUT A BULLET THROUGH THE RADIO,
A MISSILE THROUGH THE TV;
IT'S OUR TIME TO EDUCATED CONSUME."

This fall sure was a great time for the Educated Consumers to do what they do best. In anticipation of their fourth full length album, "Hello Big Mama", the guys hit the road and had a few friends along side-- Dezmatic, Cubbie Bear, and Prolyphic -- to share the experience.

These fellas joined forces with Hiphoplovefest to bring you the very first tour of our "Disposible Camera Tour" Series. For the last half of the tour, they captured their behind scenes experiences on good old-fashion disposable film. From as far North as Portland, Maine, all the way down to our Nation's Capital, the east coast had the opportunity to catch an earful of some new tunes from the duo and experience a few of my favorite live acts out there!

Whether or not you were fortunate enough to have caught them this time around, have a listen to "Fake Limbs" (Free Dowload)-Cubbie Bear, Seezmics of Educated Consumers, Prolyphic and Dj Addikt- while they take you on a journey through the north east..

Needless to say, the Educated Consumers had yet another successful headlining tour.
To all involved, Seezmics is very thankful!

You can find the album

"Hello Big Mama" from Educated Consumers available now at their website.
They are also the current feature artists on Strange Famous Records.

Thin Ice

There are 52 days until the Copenhagen Climate Conference and this planet is on very thin ice with a very small window of opportunity closing at a rapid rate. We risk raising our planet by two degrees Celsius in our lifetime if we continue on this course. At that point we will be faced with catastrophic, runaway climate change. We will lose up to 70% of all species within our lifetimes. We will see sea levels rise 6 feet putting many costal cities from Miami and Manhattan to San Diego and Seattle under water. To avoid this, countries MUST enact treaties that legally bind us to reducing global warming pollution.

The Kyoto Protocol is expiring soon. Every industrialized nation signed onto this treaty . . . except the United States. The world is desperate for the United States to lead this time around and what better chance to make it up to the world than at the Copenhagen Climate Conference, but we cannot do it alone. We need the power of the people behind us.

When you look back through time people power has done some amazing things for the sake of humankind. Because of people power in the United States alone, I, as a woman, can vote for a black President, that believes in Global Warming. Once again it is up to the people to raise their voices so that we are heard as Global citizens. Our world leaders MUST hear us as this is the single most important fight that we are facing within our lifetimes.

Cuts have got to be made in the industrialized world. At the same time, however, we cannot demand change from industrializing countries without helping them. Wealthier nations must help poorer countries develop clean energy such as solar and wind instead of coal and oil. On top of this, most importantly, we have to address the deforestation of what is left of our ancient forests. The clear cutting of these habitats and oxygen sources are releasing more CO2 into our atmosphere than all the planes, trains, and automobiles in the world combined.

President Obama MUST go to the Copenhagen Climate Conference and he MUST start behaving like a leader, not a politician. A treaty based on appearing reasonable to lobbyists and industry is not going to cut it. Science has got to be listened to.

Those of us that work on these issues don’t work on these issues because we think we’re going to stop Global Warming. We can’t. We work on these issues for the sake of the fight, for the hope that we can stop the worst case scenario from happening and at least give future generations a better shot. I don’t know about you but my friends, my family, and my home are too precious to lose to Global Warming. This is the only planet we have.

Please join the international community in a Global Day of Action on October 24th. To find an event near you, please go to http://www.350.org/map

For more ways to get involved and take a stand please visit one of these sites or the site of an environmental organization of your choosing

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/
http://www.350.org/
http://en.cop15.dk/


(art courtesy of the lovely lovfest lady miss jamee.)

Dear Friends...

There are few things better than lazing around on a Sunday afternoon after a jam packed weekend of amazing people, music and food (shouts to my folks for hooking up the home cooking for a post bday meal last night.) I kicked the weekend off a little early by heading down to EQPT for the PRC fall release party featuring hot dogs, the PG boys and Sol. It was a beautiful sunshiney day on the Ave and it felt more like a mid summer barbecue than a fall clothing release outside EQPT. A little after 3 we crammed and squished ourselves inside for the PG boys followed by Sol on the mic. It was hot and cramped but the crowd was loving it as can be witnessed in the video below.

For those not in the know Sol will be dropping a free ep this week (10/14) entitled the "Dear Friends," ep so keep an eye on his website because you don't want to miss that. Grab "Cash Rules" leaked earlier today by Sol, here and Sol's debut release "The Ride" on iTunes now. Peep more video from the EQPT in store on our youtube page (as well as clips from the Graymaker album release show.)and subscribe to keep up with our most recent video uploads.

p.s. And that limited edition Sol shirt you saw featured in the Kubiview last month? You can still cop that via Sol's myspace before it's too late. ;) Enjoy your Monday kids.

Zombies are taking over!

With Halloween around the corner and the surge in Zombie related things, it would be appropriate that an album titled "Shopping Mall Zombie Music" would find its way to the public this month.

A friend to us ladies, Sleep Close Death, is releasing his "mixtape that doesn't want to be called a mixtape." This album, "Sleep Close Death Ray," is a compilation of older work that didn't make the cut on his forthcoming album(out later this month).

Sleep's birthday is Saturday, so everyone head on over to twitter or facebook and wish him a "Happy Birthday!" Oh, and download the album, free:


DEATH RAY!

We all have a Man Crush on him

A good friend to Lovefest, Type (of The Let Go) has given Lovefest permission to post a free download of his EP "Amateur Hour." This is limited, kids, so get on it!

DON'T SLEEP ON THIS

You remember our good friend Akream right?

While the rest of us were resting, recovering and re-embracing our 9-5s (uhh 7am-7pms) post Black Clover Beerfest our buddy Akream in the deep north was back to grinding on his upcoming album and putting the finishing tweaks on a track called "Beautiful Skin." (Hope you liked that run on sentence babies, I have plenty more where that came from. Stick around.) The track in question of course features one of our favorite Kansas City folks Mr. Mac Lethal. Its a far departure from Akream's previous body of work showcasing the softer more positive and uplifting message he's been promising with this project. When asked what information he'd like included with this debut his reply was simply, "My goal is to, with every track, make people smile. That is all." So there you have it kids, kick back relax and enjoy (Lovefest Online & AGM giving you the exclusive first listens) : Akream- Beautiful Skin ft. Mac Lethal (produced by Akream himself.)

And for those suckers who missed seeing Akream tear it down at Beerfest have no fear he'll be hitting the road again soon in early 2010. In the meantime keep an eye on his twitter for progress on the album and all other things Akream.

Black Clover Pre-Party Introduction: The Cut Throat Freak Show

Juggling at sixteen seems like a relatively harmless activity until you meet Cut Throat of The Cut Throat Freak Show. Trading juggling lessons for fire breathing lessons in Venice, CA a natural evolution into an entire Sideshow was taking place. Linking up with a junior high friend, Fiasco, Cut Throat and Fiasco started doing their first shows in Lancaster, CA. Fire was juggled, glass was eaten and walked on, and shit was eaten. Yes. Shit sandwiches were served up for the show.

Here I sit, after a long day of plane rides for both Cut Throat and myself in Kansas City, MO. We’re both getting ready for Black Clover Beerfest. Me by drinking a couple of beers while waiting for our ride. Him by making a shopping list consisting of a cock pot, light bulbs, fuel, beer bottles, lighter, torch handles, AAA batteries, and a cardboard heckler sign. What’s more amazing is what TSA lets fly - firecrackers, eye hooks, BB guns, and 8 gauge piercing needles.

How did Cut Throat end up at Beerfest? I’m glad you asked. James Lynch, the sometimes tour manager for Black Clover, was heading out to Warped Tour in 2002/2003. Needing some volunteers to help load in and load out Cut Throat stepped up to the call of duty. When you are someone that lights your cock on fire and puts hooks through your eyes it’s not long before you’re showing off your talent. James was curious and started learning some of the Sideshow acts. Not many people can say “I’ve taken flesh hooks with James Lynch.” Cut Throat may be the only one that can.

Having gone through a few different line-ups, including a not so convincing Transvestite, the current roster is a solid one. DIM produces the music for the sideshow. Having evolved from a member of a punk band to now creating the electronic music for the Sideshow, DIM has been a main player for the last four years. Resident taxidermist, Slightly Curious, learned how to preserve little creatures from a slightly handicapped deaf man. She now creates anything you could imagine; pigeons with wings, mice with crab claws, two to three headed ducks and chickens and big eyes on anything that wouldn’t normally have them. Scratchy the dead sea squirrel is the last member of the lineup (which TSA also has no problem letting through the x-rays, although not without questionable glances to Cut Throat and Slightly Curious).

Cut Throat is on his own this weekend and improvising somewhat due to TSA confiscating his dull flesh hooks that would normally be used to suspend himself, but leaving him with the firecrackers. I can tell you - the cock pot is definitely happening.
Yes folks, this is the modern day Sideshow and it’s an exciting addition to an otherwise traditional hip hop weekend.