W.o.w Ft. Sekhmet, Lady Selecta April 12
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Thu Mar 16, 2006 @ 1:58pm |
 Coolness: 56445 | Women on Wax spring party!
Wednesday April 12th, 2006 @Salon Daome, 141 Mont-Royal est coin DeBullion $5 at the door 10 pm-3am This month we welcome Sekhmet (Basscamp) from Burlington, Vermont tp spin some fresh neurofunk-oriented DNB for us.... [ www.myspace.com ] and Lady Selecta will be spinning roots reggae, dancehall, and whatever else shes got in the bag! as always, alongside WOW residents- DJ Rue DJ Jasmine Cyan we are also pleased to be working with Preloved for the event- there will be a DANCE-OFF! The winner will get a free Preloved giveaway. Yayy! if you don;t know Preloved, get in the know! [ www.preloved.ca ] more info.............................. Women On Wax [ www.traktion.com ] wow@traktion.com |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Thu Mar 16, 2006 @ 4:29pm |
 Coolness: 471760 | a big b-day week fo me |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Fri Mar 17, 2006 @ 3:50pm |
| Coolness: 56445 | does that mean youll come out,
come on seb, dancehall, and neurofunk, ALL FOR YOU! ;) its your birthday present! ha ha |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Kishmay_Pinas replied on Fri Mar 17, 2006 @ 6:20pm |
 Coolness: 103210 | noice lady selectah! bow boh beau! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Mon Mar 20, 2006 @ 3:15pm |
| Coolness: 56445 | 
SEKHMET (BASSCAMP, Burlington, VT) BIO: Sekhmet, aka Janet Newberry, began playing records as a result of an immediate attraction to the deep, dark and complex sounds of drum and bass. She was swept off the dance floor and landed behind the turntables. Over the past several years, Sekhmet has been refining her intricate style as a DJ. She has played out in Colorado, Montreal, and Boston, and is currently a resident at a monthly called Whiplash in Burlington. Sekhmet enjoys exposing electronic music fans to the organized chaos of the deeper side of drum and bass. Sekhmet currently holds residencies at Burlington, VT's Whiplash DNB night, as well as on Techno FM. Her DNB show, Ace of Swords, can be heard Thursdays from 12 to 2am [ www.techno.fm ] For more info: [ www.myspace.com ] Contact: sekhmet@techno.fm |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Tue Mar 28, 2006 @ 4:47pm |
| Coolness: 56445 | Ladyselectah
Ladyselectah BIO ................................................................................................................................ ............ Growing up around some of Bermuda’s top reggae sound systems of the late 80’s and the early nineties it would make sense that Ms. Simmons, AKA Ladyselectah would make a point of collecting all the dancehall gems of that time and bring them to Montreal in time for the new millennium. Mixing roots and conscious reggae, dancehall, dub and ragga, she spans the decades in her choice of sounds culminated over a rich listening and cultural life experience. However, having the opportunity to ingest the early nineties latest dub plates and packed Jamaican pounds are not all she knows. The whole black music platform has been her inspiration also DJing rare funk, soul, nu-jazz, latin and afro-beat to name just a few. Her background as a performing musician with a foundation in classical and jazz led her to a BFA in music and electroacoustics. She brings all this knowledge to the tables after eight years of DJing clubs and special events in Ottawa (with a weekly at The Cave, Kosmic and CKCU 90.1 Radio Carleton contributor) and Montreal; Wednesday nite Blizzarts, Luba Lounge, Lola, ‘Soul on Top’ at Café de Lima, Jessie May Fashion Launch Fall 2003, and too many loft parties. She can now be found with the Nutrition Sound Crew at the new Blue Dog Fridays and is also a regular contributor to the Jazz Euphorium show on CKUT 90.3. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hazel replied on Tue Apr 4, 2006 @ 2:24pm |
 Coolness: 47970 | i have to say that the flyer is kind of off-putting for me, you know, "egyptian themed"...
i get that it's because one of the djs stage name is an egyptian word, but i don't think Janet Newberry is Egyptian either, so in both cases it just seems kind of like a case of trying to sell "the exotic other". I love your work and am going to come to this party like all the others (dance off!), but i can't hand out these flyers because it feels so wrong. Sorry, maybe next time. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Tue Apr 4, 2006 @ 8:28pm |
| Coolness: 56445 | hhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm.
well thanks, i actually really appreciate comments and opinions about our flyers, of course we want to know what people think- i can see how you think its a little much, but of couse we meant nothing by it, just looking for a theme...... anyways, for real, thanks- and yeah you better come dance your ass off OR ELSE! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Ruby_Jane replied on Wed Apr 5, 2006 @ 2:10pm |
 Coolness: 36750 | the "exotic other"...sounds like that's right out of postcolonialism 101 lol
The WOW flyers have been pretty consistent with the kitschy theme, and Liz Taylor dressed up as Cleopatra is right on that motif. The image, if anything, is ironic. Portraying an image of Ganesh if one of the DJs had an Indian name might deserve your condemnation, but Ancient Egypt is so dissimilar from today's Egypt, I think it is going a little far to say that the flyer is guilty of exploiting The Far East for ethnocentric interests. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Wed Apr 5, 2006 @ 2:37pm |
 Coolness: 120990 | thats deep...
whats an "egyptian word"? sekhmet? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nitrous_N2O replied on Fri Apr 7, 2006 @ 12:39pm |
 Coolness: 125380 | The Egyptian Magician |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Fri Apr 7, 2006 @ 3:13pm |
| Coolness: 56445 | yeah, Sekhmet is the name is the Sun/ Lioness Godess...........
we based the theme on [ that....Ru ] picked out Elizabeth Taylor..... we were thinking images, themes,- Not politics or ideas like , "hey lets use the 'exotic other' to sell our night....... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus replied on Fri Apr 7, 2006 @ 4:20pm |
| Coolness: 120990 | mmm sun goddess, nice to know
:) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hazel replied on Fri Apr 7, 2006 @ 8:59pm |
| Coolness: 47970 | Don't get me wrong, i love Liz!
And really, i know WOW put on great shows and are a really generous, thoughtful crew, and i appreciate your responses, Jasmine. It doesn't feel like you're getting defensive but are interested in the dialogue, as am i. I don't at all mean to come off as a knowitall, but only, like you appear to me, someone interested in good times and a good atmosphere, which for me means deco/theme/music that doesn't feel like it's being appropriated from another culture, or racist or misogynist or homophobic. Despite the fact that modern-day Egyptians no longer build pyramids or live under an empress, i still feel like they're entitled to their history and that that history is still a part of their culture, so it just doesn't feel okay to me to theme a party using bits and pieces of a culture that none of us (i would wager) know a great deal about, which means that we only have access to the elements of that culture that have been exoticized by our own. A white european woman impersonating an Egyptian seems like a good example of that. Meh, sorry if none of this makes sense. Sometimes trying to be a vigilant anti-racist cracker is confusing and it can feel like i'm tilting at windmills, but i hope you all know it's nothing personal. It was nice seeing you at Saphir last night, Jasmine, sorry we couldn't talk more. And i am pumped about this Wednesday, though i probably won't come as a pharoph or anything. Sometime in the future, though, it would be fun to have a dress-up theme, like feminist superheroines or something. I call Emma Goldman! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cyan replied on Mon Apr 10, 2006 @ 8:26pm |
 Coolness: 41645 | maybe we went overboard with the theme this time around...
but liz and cleopatra are both universal icons for fabulousness which is why we couldn't resist. we can discuss this on the dancefloor y'all ! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cyan replied on Mon Apr 10, 2006 @ 8:27pm |
| Coolness: 41645 | ooo...emma goldman
that means you in a catsuit dan |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Tue Apr 11, 2006 @ 5:22am |
| Coolness: 56445 | Ha ah haaaaaaaa
yeah fabulousness eh C? COME ONE COME ALL, to dance YO asses off!!!!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Tue Apr 11, 2006 @ 1:43pm |
| Coolness: 56445 | lesss talking, more dancing; seriously!!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty replied on Tue Apr 11, 2006 @ 9:49pm |
| Coolness: 56445 | BUMP yo RUMPS |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» MURDOCK_ROCK replied on Wed Apr 12, 2006 @ 1:56pm |
 Coolness: 83830 | hazel....
are you on the rock dude? its only a frickin' flyer.... but since you brought it up... wasn't cleopatra BLACK??? i wasn't aware they had white ppl in africa in those days?? if anyone is racist though... its the guy who cast liz as cleopatra... |
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