Lakshmi Prabhala has some of the most beautiful street I’ve seen in a long time. I love the bold graphic style and the colors are amazing.

I’m sure the grey ghost would try to get rid of this too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lakshmi/ 

a live concert with two great bands, PJ Morton and Big Sam’s Funky Nation

@Tipitina’s Uptown

This Thursday, November 20, 2008

Doors Open at 9pm

My buddy Sheldon guarantees you’ll ENJOY the show… and if you have a Drunk Uncle that likes to second line and two step, He’ll ENJOY it too…

I recently received another shipment of the magazines and I was wondering where you guys think we should place them. We’re starting this project very slowly in the hopes of growing bigger and bigger.

Based on your suggestions the curious team is going to pick ten locations to be our prototypes.

I had the honor of seeing Funk.Soul.Family for the first time at Tip’s about two weeks ago, and I saw them again at Loyola a few days later where I could really hear the music clearly, and only became more enamored by this band. Funk.Soul.Family is an 8-piece “musical force” and they are bringing back good music in a big way. I have been waiting so long (seriously) to see a group of young musicians do what this band is doing.

With their eight members, Funk.Soul.Family is able to create those big huge awesome arrangements that make music so enjoyable to listen to: killer lead guitar, talented lead and backing vocals (and the wonderful mixture of male and female voices), a fat/bad-ass rhythm section of bass and drums, fantastically melodic harmonies with two keyboards, and the cherry on top: a horn section. Think Stevie Wonder meets Erykah Badu meets Big Band meets Sam Cook meets Rock & Roll, and you’ll still be surprised by what this band brings to the table.

They weave original arrangements of very tasteful covers, and some great originals that I enjoy even more. Musicality is abundant not only in mind-blowing solos, but moreso in the subtleties, like expert control of dynamics and spacial allowance. A band with a lot of members (especially talented ones) can easily go wrong with cluttered and too-loud arrangements; you will find none of those here. You will find yourself bobbing your head to a tight bass and drum beat, dropping your jaw at a guitar or sax solo, stomping your feet to rockin’ builds, sighing at consonant harmonies, and on your toes during tension-packed hits and holds. If you like music, I don’t think you can NOT like this band. I have no hesitation when I tell you that these guys (and lovely lady) are going places. Check them out.

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