Our good friends French Kiss Collective have dropped their debut EP, White Lightning. Full of tasty dico beats, these boys are sure to get everyone on the dancefloor!
French Kiss Collective hosts PHYS ED, our monthly Disco party that just happens to be tonight! Come get down to the funky tunes while enjoying some tasty moscow mules! Also, the first 100 people will get a free copy of the EP & our very own Steven Tuttle (Steve McQueen) will be hitting the decks! And did we mention there's NO COVER? Now you've gotta come party with Otis!
Happy Houred is a new search engine/iPhone app that tracks... well... Happy Hours! They're focused in major markets like NY, SF, LA, Chi, etc. Now, after a bunch of fan requests, San Diego is gettin' theirs!
SD folks can now use the iPhone app/Online features to find the best local happy hour deals as well as other great features like geolocating/google maps, bar type, specific drink and food offers, and easy-to-use cataloging.
To celebrate, Happy Houred is coming to El Dorado and hosting a kick-off soiree, Thursday Dec. 17. Thanks to our friends at Alchemy there will be FOOD! Thanks to DonQ Rum there will be BOOZE (in the form of seasonal cocktails). AND... Like the iPhone app, food stuffs and drinks are on the Happy Houred crew's tab – OPEN BAR FROM 6-8p – So, bring friends and catch some truly awesome savings before the xmas spending spree!
Hope to see you there
xoxo
– The Happy Houred crew & ELDo
PS:
What would an ELDo iPhone app be like? interesting...
If you're reading this message, you're one of our favorite human beings!! Seriously! It's due to the support of folks like yourself that ELDo has reached it's first Birfday. Thank You!
To celebrate your efforts, and our growing business, we've decided to buy you HOT DOGS!
Be warned: This is not a joke. This Thursday night (Dec. 3), we are seriously parking a hot dog cart on our back patio and letting y'all have at a couple "Seattle Style" Cream Cheese Dogs!!! We know packing down a couple of these bombers can be a daunting task, so we're also offering a bittered tonic (of sorts)... from 8-10p we'll be featuring a hosted Mule bar! That's right!! as if you needed more exclamation marks - well, friends here's a couple more at ya!!!!!!!! We'll be serving our standard Moscow Mules as well as Bourbon Mules AND Dark & Stormies (Rum Mules) ON THE HOUSE*
What about music, you say? Food and drank is good-&-all, but we've sorta gotten a name for fun music too... we've invited some of our best DJ's to help host the party. From 8-9:30 Rat.Star (Dj Ratty) will kick off the night. Then, Saul Q will follow-up with a set. And last, but definitely not least, DJ Groundfloor will close the festivities.
Hosted Hot Dogs and Mules from 8-10p (sounds kinda bizarre)
DJ's ALL NIGHT
**This event will be a first-come-first-serve type of shindig. Mention this message at the door, and get here early if you're looking to take advantage of the sweet deals**
Come hungry/thirsty and bring friends who might also appreciate us the way y'all do.
So, thanks again for supporting our endeavors and hope to see you Thursday night!
Boys & Girls brings you another night sure to be ridiculous! RICHIE PANIC of the legendary Blow Up San Francisco, and Frisco Disco parties, will be there to show us why he is the face of indie dance music in SF. Last time he was in SD he tore the roof off of U31....so come prepared. Mr. Biggs and Adam Salter will be on decks as well to get the party started......RIGHT!
4 Other Reasons Not To Miss Saturday:
+Norton - Behind the Lens +Mac - #1 Videographer +Carla - Party Extraordinaire +Daniel - Party Officianado
Kin Folk, Hope everyone has had a good summer. Over here at GFS we're real ready for the fall. The changing of the seasons, the turn of the tides... Don't get me wrong, I love me some Wind N' Sea shore break just like the next guy. My general beef with summer though, is that it seems the season mandates even the most grown of folk dress like children. You know, short pants and flip flops... Now that fall has arrived a man might get the chance to wear some wool, perhaps even a bit of tweed. And it's definitely time to put some leather under our feet, isn't it? Man up, yeah? Don Draper says 'Yeah'.
So to follow up our Stones Throw Showcase summer series and celebrate the advent of a new season we've got some of our biggest and most exciting events of the year lined up for October, starting with this:
The staff here at the GFS offices have been working on procuring this particular event since the very day Grown Folk Shit started (almost an entire year, incase anybody's counting). Trust, it's a very special occasion, this exclusive Maseo dj set, not only for us here at GFS, but presumably for anybody out there who has any degree of appreciation for hip hop. I don't imagine that a De La Soul primer is required here, being that they are among the most widely recognized groups within the genre world wide, along side A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr and perhaps a few others. I am, however, going to use this space to put forth a concept and personal belief, to which everyone is welcome to respond (via comments): - De La Soul, has more truly great albums (beginning-to-end-Illmatic great, not In My Lifetime Vol. 1-I-love-3/4's-of-the-record-but-could-do-without-the-Blackstreet-cameos great) at a total of four ('3 Feet High And Rising', 'De La Soul Is Dead', 'Buhloone Mindstate' and 'Stakes Is High'), than any other hip hop group in history (excepting Boogie Down Productions, with a total of five - 'Criminal Minded', 'By All Means Necessary', 'Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop', 'Edutainment' and 'Sex & Violence' - perhaps six, should you want to consider 'Live Hardcore Worldwide', the live album... An anomaly of a catalog which, surprisingly, if any artist in hip hop is ever going to contend with, it's going to be Ghostface). It's a concept which provides evidence enough to argue that De La Soul is perhaps the greatest hip hop group of all time. Relative to one's perspective, four great albums may not seem like a tremendous benchmark. Compared to artists like The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, each with over ten beginning-to-end great albums in their catalogs, a single digit number such as four may seem unaccomplished. But let's be sure our perspective is adjusted properly to compensate for the field in which De La is working... The greatest of hip hop groups all plateau, at least within their recording careers, at three studio albums. Insert your favorite hip hop group here and apply... Eric B & Rakim - 3. Public Enemy - 3. Run D.M.C. - 3. A Tribe Called Quest - 3. Gang Starr - 3. Jungle Bros -2.5, maybe 3. M.O.P. - 2.5. The Beatnuts - 2 full lengths and an E.P. Pete Rock & C.L. - 2. The closest contender would have to be EPMD with flexible total of somewhere between 2.5 - 3.5 ('Strictly Business' and 'Unfinished Business' are both beginning-to-end triumphs... Most everybody seems to love one of either 'Business As Usual' or 'Business Never Personal' and have mixed feelings for the other). The De La four album benchmark stands up even in the realm of solo artists: Slick Rick - 3. Kool G Rap - 2. Jay-Z - 1 and the aforementioned 3/4. Big Daddy Kane - 1. Biggie - 1. Nas - 1. One approaching competitor here would be, as previously mentioned, Ghostface with a debatable 3.75 ('Ironman', 'Supreme Clientele', 'The Pretty Toney Album' and 'Fishscale' all seems pretty perfect to me, but the middle two often provoke dissenting views, to say the least). As of press time, however, it appears that Ghostdini has taken a sharp left turn to become the (singing) 'Wizard Of Poetry', perhaps clouding his future... Anyhow, point being... Pos, Dave and your dude Mase are one of the greatest of all time, if not the very best. For nobody's sake but your own, please don't miss this shit.
Something we've yet to even mention, Maseo is a bona fide, no joke, official disc joc and record collector. Money is nice on the mic too. According to his bio, Mase made his debut as a dj at age 12. Snap! Here's a recent (Aug 09) live set of his in two parts: Part 1 is classic hip hop. Part 2 is funk, soul and breaks.
While you're at it, enjoy this...
...and this: Earlier this year dj & producer J Period released this pretty incredible Native Tongues dedication program for his True Elements show on Scion Radio. The show is filled with mad entertaining interviews with various Native Tongues members. Below is a link to a portion of that program with Dave and Pos of De La Soul discussing how they first were introduced to hip hop and how they connected with Maseo and Prince Paul to form De La - The origins of De La Soul interview with J Period on Scion Radio
Again, for your sake, we would like to recommend that you catch a ticket for this Thursday's Grown Folk Shit party with Maseo NOW. Tickets are available right here and at the top of this very blog.
Really, y'all. the guy was a class act. Total pro - the following video is only a piece of the action, cuz dude set it off. Show him some love and buy his music. Better yet, sound off on his myspace and request that he returns to SD/ELDo -- hopefully, next time he'll be with 'friends'
Shake/stir first three ingredients (vodka, juice, bitters) with fresh ice in a mixing glass. Strain over more fresh ice in a hi-ball glass (or mason jar, like we use at eldo). Top with ginger beer and garnish with the mint sprig and lime wedge. Serve with a big smile!
So, EL||D is supporting a new local organization... and what better way to support than with a party?
Join us on Thursday, July 16th, as we cheers our glasses to the establishment of the OnLife Prevention Organization. To make sure OnLife gets the right start, we're donating party proceeds to their efforts.
OnLife is a non-profit based in San Diego which uses online social networks to help suicidal and depressed high school adolescents. Sounds great, right? It gets better – music from Ikah Love, Grown Folk house band with special guest Latanya Lockett, as well as a nice raffle will make this a great evening for a great cause. Hope to see you (and all your friends) Thursday! Cover: $5, Raffle tickets: $2
SO SEXY!!! This might replicate some of the alleged incidents that occurred on that fine Saturday evening in March... But, much is lost in translation (e.g., the debauchery that ensued after the after the after the after party!). Although this video clearly demonstrates how "Special" this event was. Thank you Mr. Mac for showing the world how fun things can get at our little spot on the globe. Also, huge props, again, to Mr. Salter for promoting,
Let's not forget an enormous thank you to The TWELVES!!! Show these dudes some myspace/FB lovin' -- with a couple of your kind words, and a little luck, maybe they'll be back at EL||D sooner than later!
Please don't crash Mr. Innnerweb, cuz we wanna hold on to this memory as long as possible!!
We're throwing a massive celebration for PI y'all!!! that's right, folks - it's PI DAY, an amazing celebration which recognizes the epic(ness) of 3.141592653589793......
Just sayin - It's major, y'all - the frickin number never ENDS! so, we're selling all our Booze!!! Let's embrace this landmark event together! Now, I know what you're thinking: "How will we celebrate such a HUGE discovery?" Well, I think our boys Ikah Love and DJ Groundfloor have it covered
Will this be the party that never ends? We would like to think so... but, unlike PI, good things must end (because we wouldn't be able to discuss the aftermath on Facebook, right?)
Tonight it goes down once again. Your boys Unite & J Blow are doing the thing STEADY CRUSHIN style. Inside your favorite new nightlife hub, El Dorado!!!
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