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The String Cheese Incident. v v l II p i 'I hc^jj^rrmixes funk, blue grass, jazz and classical music to create asound that shakes the house fA S A > . ith a new Wtih a new album, new shows shows every time they play. Improvisation plays an impor and new venues. String Cheese Incident is tant role in their music along with the art of jamming. W spreading their musical talent across the “All of our shows have a high entertainment value. They United. States and will he making an appearanceare always at different and people keep coming back," said Prochnow on Sept. 10. Keith Moseley, electric bass player of String Chesse Inci A musical spectrum of jazz, funk, bluegrass, calyspso dent. and plassicai music are represented by this Colorado-based The band has been touring all summer playing at venues hand. and music festivals spanning the east to west coasts. Driven by the love of music and live performances. StringMoseley said they enjoy touring haul it is a lot of work. Cheese Incident comes up with new and innovative The Inside HELLO (The Infamous) De La Soul, this M.O.R the Avengers ■week* NASTY! and 54... ¥ http://www.thejack.nau.ed u/happening«i ] September 1998 FLAGSTAFF VALLEY Thursday • Campus Coffee Bean. Wallace & Woodward Dto • Monte Vista. Tex Watson Singer LYRICIST The project has taken Convention • Museum Club. Red Thunder on a new twist with the • Chart/*. Zlftabdom • Monsoons Raging Jazz •J LOUNGE release of Lyricist • Monte Vista, Hipster Dadio 1 tbeHand Grenade* • Museum CJut). fUd Thunder Friday Lounge Volume One, a * Bookman's, Aaron Norris (Rock a Billy) 7 pm lill Kleiber double release on Photo compliments of TMC • Chart/s. Tommy Dukes • Monsoons, Lumberjack Rawkus Records. This Sturgeon General • Campus Coffee Boan, 4 De La Soul to host the Lyricist Lounge Tour in Tempe, Justin Simson • MoooKon, Shortbu* album features signed and introduce the new open mic night at the Heat. c La Soul head • Wool* Vista, Exit 56 • Museum Club. Red Saturday artists without the Thunder • Bookman’s. Vincent Z {European • Juan Gsbrlei lines the Lyricist signed hype. KRS-ONK, Black Eyed Peas, DJ which seem to be Guitar) 12 pm Syd Cushman (tufenist) 7pm Amenca West Arena DLounge Tour ofZack '98 from Rage Against Maceo, and much the trend of hip- • Charty's. Phono Royale • Monsoons. • Trscy Lawrence. bringing peace, love, the Machine, and Mos more. hop today. Sturgeon General » Campus Coffee Scan, (sx"\ry s and intelligent rap to Def were quickly joined De I>a Soul’s legend De La Soul made • Mont* Vista, YoSto Lo*e/Toleranee/Vin.fiz Sunday the Pompeii in Tempe, by more than thirty ary status began when rap history with a • Museum Club, Swing Club ♦ Open Mic Sept. 15. The Lyricist other artists on the the group formed back lawsuit by the Night w/ John Austin & Brett Simpson • Hopl Reggae Fest. Ixjunge Tour derives it’stwenty-five selections on in high school in the Turtles after their • Bookmen's. Tony Morris, Bill Burke (Ap Arizona Veteran's name and foundation the album. late 80s. De [<a offered first album in 1998, palachian A old tor* mus»c) 'CharYs. World U-emocai 6 from an open mic event 3 Feet and Rising, « Monte Vista Fat Chance A Lyricist Lounge a softer more peaceful M onday that began in the Lower Night is scheduled to rap alternative to Public sampled'the 60s • Museum Club, Karaoke Contests mi Prizes Last Side of Manhattan start weekly Sept. 17 at Enemy and the Gangsta music without per• Cha&f't. T ommy Dukes •Beastie Boys. in 1990. The original as the Heat in Tempe. The Rap of that era. De La mission. They lost • Monsoons. Big Wu America West Arena piration was similar in night will consist of ro has a wide range of har the suit, and all • Campus Coffee Bean. Dorian MicNsI 7 many respects to that of tating local artists, Djs, monious influences samples in hip-hop • Monte Vista. G Love's Jezebel Tuesday the Good Life Cafe in and a host of open mic which stretch from soul, now undergo the • Museum Club. Dancp Mix from 70s A Ms IA or the Upper Room battles. With the scene funk and jazz to reggae. copyright process • Charty's. open mic in San Francisco. reinforced in Phoenix The group was dubbed before release. • Campus Coffee Bean, Winter rhom By 19<J3 the Lyricistby renowned DJs Fash a hippie band by critics While singles like 8 • Mnr'fi .•'/«< W ' ' ’ w V.'. tt f f W e a n e s s d a y Lounge had taken flight ion and /-Tripp, plus who compared them to “Me, Myself and I” • Museum Club. Dance Mix from 70s A Ms and was a hosted by ce home of Mos Def, this is the hard rap genre. enjoyed top 40 on •Charty's. Johnny Mac lebrities like the Roots sure to be a night to exThis is not surprising the R&B charts, De • ProdncMr String Cheese Incident i p n m / and Biggie Smalls. Lo perience. since the band’s first la has had a diffi • Monsoons, Delta Blues 9 cal talents came and Combining publicity production company, cult lime fitting into • Moooton, Deborah Bartley (LA) battled, and some like efforts with Pompeii’s DAISY stands for Da In a scene so violent Mos Def and Celia hip-hop concert scries, ner Sound Y aII. De la and materialistic. which includes the likes The Lyricist Lounge Dwcllas went on to The Lyricist Lounge Soul itself means of the Their eclectic and of Jungle Brothers, 'l our hits the Pompeii in fame. The Lounge at tour will kick off earlier soul in French and this true to the soul style Tribe Called Quest and Tempe 8:00 p.m Tues tracts an audience for in the week bringing De is where their music and has earned them a Queen Latifah. This is day, Sept. 15. 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