Welcome back Colgate!

Our blog may have fallen off a bit, but hopefully we'll be able to start back up again this year. Broad Street has a lot of new stuff going on this year, and it's all very exciting.

First of all, our new officers are:

Andy Peng, President

Max Miller (me), Business Director

David Case, Executive Producer

Caitlin Grossjung, Secretary

We lost a lot of good men in graduation last year, but hopefully we'll be able to gain some new talent in the activity fair coming up, this Wednesday from 4-6 PM on the Quad. The new freshman class is over 100 people more than usual, and I'm sure there is a lot of new untapped musicianship out there.

Secondly, and what I'm most excited about: Gatestock 2010 Part 2, The Redemption.

Although last year didn't work out as well as we planned, it was still a success (in my opinion). We braved the 40 degree temperature, freezing rain, and hail (in mid-April), and estimates were as high as 400 people throughout the day. And now we're back with a vengeance. This year, September 25th from 12 PM to 6 PM is Gatestock Part 2. With more free food, more free T-shirts, and even better awesome music. Hopefully this Gatestock will be huge, and the administration will finally give us some credit.

Right now all of our attention is being held by Gatestock, but afterwards we're thinking of a few other cool events. Our distribution CD is still in the works, and we're hoping it will be ready within a few weeks. We're hoping to have some kind of winter concert in February or so, which would be basically whoever wanted to play would play. Ideally, this would be in the chapel. We're also looking to follow K'naan and Wale with an equally amazing musical act sometime in early spring.

Well that's it for now. Hope to see everyone at Gatestock!

K'naan Changing the World, One Step at a Time

K'naan's hit song, "Wavin' Flag" sung by some of your favorites to benefit Haiti.

Come see K'naan with Wale THURSDAY APRIL 15th at the HOP!!!

Aloe Blacc - "I Need A Dollar" video

Check out the new music video for the song "I Need A Dollar" by Aloe Blacc. The song is the theme for the new HBO series "How to Make it in America." Sounds old and funky, but it's actually new and funky. Brilliant.

K'naan Talks about his Tour with Wale

As most of you know, on Thursday April 15th, K'naan will be performing with Wale, John Forte and Tabi Bonney at the Hall of Presidents. Doors open at 8PM! This performance at Colgate will mark the last one of their joint 2010 US Tour.

K'naan talks about the tour:

At 4PM on that same day, K'naan will be giving a lecture to faculty and students at Love Auditorium. We are still awaiting details on the title of that lecture.

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Strong Arm Steady featuring Phonte - "Best of Times" video

Jake and I have been plugging Strong Arm Steady on our radio show for an endless succession of months now, and if you're STILL not convinced these guys are the real deal, take a look/listen at this music video off their classic, seriously slept on album In Search of Stoney Jackson...

Guilty Simpson + Madlib = OJ Simpson

For those of you out there into that raw hip hop, be sure to mark the days off your calendar for May 18th, the release date for the much anticipated OJ Simpson collaboration album with Detroit MC Guilty Simpson and super producer Madlib. From what I've heard so far this album will be chock full of bangers. It just became available this week as an advanced digital release on the stones throw website, and if you're a true hip hop head you can opt to cop it ***HERE*** if you just can't wait for it any longer (I'm going to let my antipation build and wait to cop it on vinyl in May, but that's just me).

Anyway, here's a video clip of him performing the album's title track live with the Will Sessions Big Band. Raw stuff. Haters are throwing rocks at tanks.

GUILTY SIMPSON LIVE w/ WILL SESSONS BIG BAND from JEREMYDEPUTAT.COM on Vimeo.

Also,a FREE download of the J Dilla tribute track "Cali Hills" ***HERE***

"Manmercial"

This is not your ordinary commercial because most commercials that change setting are not made in one take.

And this is, you ask? Filmmaking is continually innovative.

and yes, the entirety of this hilarious video was made in one take.

From a bathroom to a boat to a horse. now isn't that something.

It took over 80 takes. .