We’re a little weirded out this evening, seems like the text size in our blog font increases dramatically as you scroll down the page. What is up with that?
Despite this bizarre item of interest, we wanted to share our newest digital press kit in PDF format. Spread it around, send it to friends who love to party/are getting married soon/are having a gallery opening/need awesome DJ sets between bands at an upcoming show…!
Click the image below to download (or click here).
Peace out mohonz.
We know we’re posting up a lot of kickstarter promo lately for our friends’ bands—but they’re awesome, and they deserve some funding from music lovers! Our most recent pledge goes to The Stumblebum Brass Band, an insanely talented group that are about to take the West Coast by storm. You can help them along on Kickstarter here (thank you gifts include Whiskey and live music). Details below.
“The Stumblebums are off to the West Coast in March and we’re looking for some help. We started a Kickstarter campaign to help pay for a van rental, airfare, lodging, etc… Most folks don’t know how expensive it is to keep us three boys safely on the road. Well, unfortunately it is. We’re reaching out to our loyal fans to help offset some of those costs and to expose the band to other regions of the US of A. There’s no label, there’s no government grant, there’s no sponsor, it’s just the three of us playing our little hearts out for you and whoever else wanders into our path.
We’ve got 40 days to make our $2K campaign bid on Kickstarter. We don’t make the $2K in 40 days then we don’t get any money at all. That’s how Kickstarter works. You can buy a CD for $10, you can buy an autographed CD for $20, $25 gets you an autographed CD and a Jonny Ballz drumstick. As you see, the more you buy the more you get. Wait ’til you see what we’ll do for $10k! We also made a special video for the Kickstarter campaign.
At least watch that. It’s funny. Also, forward this to your friends from this email or from our Facebook page. Everything you do helps us.Click here to go to Kickstarter and to watch the video!
Thanks,
The Stumblebums”
Stumblebums West Coast Binge Schedule
Mar 15 – Seattle, WA – The Blue Moon
Mar 16 – Olympia, WA – Le Voyeur
Mar 17 – Portland, OR – St. Paddy’s Day!
StumbleBum Portland Pub Crawl, email us for info
Mar 18 – Portland, OR – Dante’s
Mar 19 – Medford, OR – Johnny B’s
Mar 20 – Redding, CA – Bombay’s
Mar 21 – Sacramento, CA – Java Lounge
Mar 22 – TBA
Mar 23 – Las Vegas, NV – Vegas Bar Crawl
Mar 24 – Las Vegas, NV – Double Down
Stumblebums Alaska Binge Schedule
May 25th 2012 – June 9th 2012
Trapper Creek – May 25th – May 27th 2012
Booking dates now from May 28th until June 9th in Alaska
Talk to Boot if ya know him.
We DJ’d a Russian wedding in Cazenovia last September and we just finished up this quick bit of video evidence on how much effing fun it was. Jenia & Sergey, the happy couple, were so awesome and accommodating, and they let us turn their wedding into a raging dance party.
Email subscribers, click here!
Video by Mishka. And if you haven’t seen our new promo video by now, check that out. Also check out our video from Golden Festival last weekend! Videos everywhere!!
We never posted photos from that wedding, so here they are. They include the beautiful farm house we stayed at, the cocktail hour, the reception, a few shots from around the town, and the crazy storm we drove home in.
FIESTAWARE!!
Amazing weekend!
Hire us for your wedding and we promise to take it out of the realm of typical celebratory formalities and into the realm of AMAZING FESTIVE CHAOTIC CELEBRATION FULL OF LOVE!
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Don’t forget, TONIGHT THE BURDEL IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
Immigrant anthems for GLOBAL CITIZENS! Chico Selekta returns alongside the notorious Raphlexcito, spinning chalga, bhangra, Russian festive, Ex-Yugoslavian anthems, and filthy cumbia all night! Live percussion by the Atari-Conga crew. Live music by Yuri Yunakov & The Grand Masters of Gypsy Music precedes our festive chaotic dance party from 10PM – 12AM.
$5 rakia Shots all night
Hookah, Bulgarian food!!
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…Life is short, wine is cheap, and history repeats itself. SEE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR!
From the Outernational newsletter…
“Hello! Big news! The new album Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International is out now featuring a very special version of ‘When The Ship Comes In’ by Outernational! Joining us on the track is drummer Jim Keltner, of the Travelling Wilburys, who also recorded with Bob Dylan and John Lennon! You can download ‘When The Ship Comes In’ on iTunes right here.
Check out this behind-the-scenes trailer for ‘When The Ship Comes In’ by clicking the image:
(Or watch below)
As many of you know, we’ve been on the road since December supporting our latest release Todos Somos Ilegales, the new 18-track digital album featuring special guests Tom Morello, Calle 13, Chad Smith, Ceci Bastida, Uproot Andy, Bob Avakian and more! Todos Somos Ilegales is available for FREE or Name-Your-Price download, click the image to get it now:
THE TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES TOUR
Our homeboys Kagero have just a little over a week left for their Kickstarter project to take flight. Check out their video and donate to great independent music! All proceeds will go to: Studio tracking, Guest Musicians, Mixing / Engineering, Mastering, Production and Promotion, and Additional Musicians on the album.
We’re super excited to share this video we edited from our Golden Fest footage. Check out our photos of the event if you didn’t already.
Email subscribers, click here to watch the video (and don’t forget: full screen & HD!!)
xoxo
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Golden Festival is put on by Zlatne Uste Brass Band every year, and this year the Burdel Familia finally got our asses over there for a night of rampant celebration in the hyper-opulent surroundings of the Grand Prospect Hall ballroom.
Think pastel-painted molding, chandeliers big enough for 5 people to swing on, balconies overlooking enormous dance floors, and room after room of live music ranging from Spanish flamenco to Bulgarian gypsy-jazz to Ukrainian marches. We saw some of our friends and favorite bands: Kagero, Yuri Yunakov & The Grand Masters of Gypsy Music, Raya Brass Band, Avram Pengas, and tons more. It was killer.
The incredible Gamze performing with Yuri Yunakov—body paint our own enigmatic Liz Belomlinsky…
We had the absolute pleasure of seeing Toronto’s Lemon Bucket Orkestra perform in the grand ballroom and were so blown away we teamed up with our partner in musical crime, Michael Katsobashvili, to escort the band back to Mehanata, where they performed for a packed club and then stayed with us on the mezzanine, jamming until 7:30AM.
There are really no words to describe what an amazing weekend it was altogether. We want to say a huge, huge thank you to the performers, to Zlatne Uste for organizing the whole thing, and for Lemon Bucket for letting us caravan them through the broken NYC subway system very late at night so we wouldn’t have to let the experience end any earlier than absolutely necessary. Look out for Lemon Bucket’s valiant return to NYC ASAP (or our imminent trip to Toronto, whichever happens first).
There was really no better way to start 2012.
Heads up, we are editing a video or two from our 6 gigs of festival footage so you can re-live this night with us!
xoxo,
Burdel Dali Family
Vice posted up their Guide to the Balkans (in 5 parts), which is basically an American dude and his team traveling through former-Yugoslavia, talking to different groups about nationalism, history, and violence. They encounter young Albanians in Kosovo, elderly Serbians clinging festively to the reign of Tito, Roma children with severe lead poisoning, and a guy named Elvis who turns a car into a “fog machine.” Check out our synopsis-by-the-episode over the next couple of days (and obviously, watch the videos).
Vice Guide To The Balkans, Part 1 (click to watch)
Episode 1 covers a brief, broad history of Yugoslavia, once united by one Josip Marshal Tito Broz (easily the most affectionately thought-of communist leader for his strides to help the working class citizens). Upon his death, Yugoslavia broke into fractions, starting with Slovenia, Macedonia, and Croatia (ending with 9 conflicting territories and a displaced Serbian president).
“We went to the Balkans to find out whether Yugoslavians are just like you-and-me-goslavians.”
The opening montage? Rakia shots getting slung back, kids pushing a car, old women dancing, barns on the hillside, women with fake tits, and our host pissing from an overpass onto the streets below, all set to a classic, pounding Bregovic anthem.
The host and his crew set off in a crappy car with a floppy fuel gauge and broken seat belts. They arrive in Yugoland, an attraction that celebrates the glory of former-Yugoslavia in its hey-day. They chat with its founder, Blasko Gabric, who has a lot to share (including his theory that America has tornadoes because God is really pissed off at Americans). Tito’s grandson also makes an appearance, with a cast of elderly Serbians who are keeping Yugoslavia alive in their hearts.
Vice Guide To The Balkans, Part 1 (click to watch)
Vice Guide To The Balkans, Part 2—5 are coming up. Stay tuned.
P.S. Raphlex is DJing Mehanata’s main floor tonight in place of UPROOT ANDY. Come get served by the prince of Peru!
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Our friend Sebastian is in the hospital, please take a second from your day and send your prayers and healing energy to him and the people impacted by the accident.
Dancing makes you smarter?!? We must be F**KING GENIUSES!! ♪ ♫ Raphlex DJs the ICE CAGE tonight @ Mehanata Bulgarian Bar, come give your brain cells an orgasm!!
Mehanata Bulgarian Bar; 113 Ludlow St. (btw Delancey & Rivington)
10PM – 4AM
[Burdel Dali Presents] 