crews, etc.

Eben just emailed that the new website for World Up is up, where he’s listing new shows, conferences, panels etc. Up tomorrow is French hip-hop group Saian Supa Crew at SOBs. Saw them last december in Paris and remember thinking “only in France can a hip-hop group get away with a 15-minute beatboxing solo in 2006” (but that was before the Roots show at Radio City Music Hall last month). Despite the ill-advised post-millennial beatboxing, their live show is pretty entertaining — tight, extremely musical, political — vibe is vaguely Cascadian Valley Region Hip-Hop Show ca. 2000, but that was in France. I dig this video.