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WFNK RADIO Lives!!

ezzy — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:51:44 +0000

You web old schoolers might remember a set of streaming radio stations I used to program about 10 years ago. There was the infamous P.Addict Radio playing all rarities from the P-Funk mob, Newzilla Radio that played unsigned funky stuff, and the flagship station WFNK RADIO that did a little bit of everything. It was a good listen and lots of fun managing those streams but they died out eventually.

I'm happy to announce that I just brought WFNK RADIO back in a new form, this time on Jango. It's free, sounds good, works in most browsers, doesn't leak memory, and if you sign up for an account you get all sorts of social-media features to add to your listening experience. Same things as before just 10 years of web advancement makes it that much better.

Tune in right here: play WFNK Radio. Old-school funk and soul, newer sounds, and the occasional rock track thrown in to keep the mix going... check out the new WFNK Radio! If you haven't tried streaming radio like Jango and Pandora lately give it a shot, it's come a long way. I find Pandora's library and playlists to be lacking, but Jango let's you really build a killer station.

-Ez

Your New #23

ezzy — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:57:21 +0000

This Thursday, July 8th at 9pm, two men will take their respective stages and perform their act. These two men, Ezrazmus Jones and Lebron James, use the much-maligned and misunderstood city of Cleveland as their castle grounds. King Lebron resides in the southern region of the kingdom, while his apostle Ezrazmus resides on the northside.

If Lebron leaves, Cleveland, you still have Ezraz - your new number 23! We will be watching ESPN at The Duck Island Club, 2102 Freeman Ave. Cleveland, OH, 44113.

The 2nd Northside Nights All Cleveland Music Night is kicking off after Lebron's press conference this Thursday, and it's gonna be a hell of a night depending on what the King announces.

If he stays, we party all night with great Cleveland music, film, and basketball dreams. If he goes, we party all night with great Cleveland music, film, and basketball memories. Either way we party all night and we play the best Cleveland music you've never heard.

Buy local, listen local, love local: Northside Nights Cleveland Music Night, "W or W/O", this Thursday. Check out the playlist from last month's Night on WFNK.com here.

Ezzy

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Live Mashed Potato Succotash

ezzy — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:21:56 +0000

Ezrazmus Elemento Jones (aka DJ Raz) performs live tonight, smashing genres and resetting standards all over. Funk, rock, soul, and dub all get in the mix, fondling for fun and profit. In your face chaos. Add cheap drinks and beautiful mutants and you have a double hockey stick kind of night.It's all at the Duck Island Club tonight (under new management) in beautiful Cleveland Ohio. It's summer so hold your excuses.

(sent via iiiPhone)

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Live 2MERICA Remix Project

ezzy — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:50:43 +0000

Hey internuts:

Another week means another remix. Tonight I'm doing a live 2MERICA remix project along with some excellent additions from more robots than people on my table tonight. To combat these gadget ghouls I have armed myself with some fresh audio live from TV and some fresh tricks from my digits.

If you have any idea what any of this means, I'll see you at the Duck Island Club tonight. For those of you not enjoying life in Cleveland someday soon I'll be recording my set and perhaps sharing online somehow.

Ezraz

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Welcome to the afterfuture

ezzy — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:54:03 +0000

Now that I'm out in the mix DJ'ing again, I've been peeping some of the technology used to spin music in 2010. I started out as a vinyl DJ in the 90's, then got my laptop-based Traktor setup going around 2002. I remember being one of the few laptop DJ's around back then, and used to catch crap and generally cause controversy amongst that crowd.

I even showed up to spin a slot for a breakdance event once and they didn't want me to setup the laptop where the dancefloor could see it, because these people were not down with dancing to a laptop back then. I can handle a heckler (I was used to it, I had no 1200 in my vinyl rig!) and usually a few 1/4 beat stutter-loops during a flanger sweep and toggling EQ cutoffs with finger-rolls got them to humph and back off. You just gotta let the other DJ wannabees know that they can't do what you just did and things work out.

Time has marched on and these days even the hippest bands have macbooks sitting on stage, and yes, the iPhone and the iPad can do all sorts of sick audio trickery. Check it:

ReBirth for iOS

Korg Electribe for iPad

That's some serious audio software, capable of crazy noise in both a live and studio setting. Given the average D-A converters in Apple's consumer stuff it's not high-end, but it will work on a gig fer sure.

So if you are cool enough to see me perform in the next few months you might see me give some of these 21st century toys a workout. I know my Kaos pad and my old trusty Electribe already get a nice beat down.

-raz

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Oil Disaster, Day 49

ezzy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:24:21 +0000

The first ever "Northside Nights" went off successfully Thursday night, complete with some hitches. 'What did I miss' you might wonder? A random night of Cleveland music and culture, just pressing my ear to the track and spinning nothing but locals on the PA and the TV all night.The challenge was successfully met and the music was killer all night long. Much fun was had and the police only rolled by twice.

Here's a look through my bin:

Northside Nights #1 [by DJ Raz on 06/03/10]

Coffinberry - The Spins

The Dreadful Yawns - You've Been Recorded

Uno Lady - Thursday Weekend Bear

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Ashes

The New Lou Reeds - Teenage Metalhead

Pere Ubu - Life Stinks

Home & Garden - Big Winter Bass Boost

Devo - The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize

The Very Knees - Party Sweat

Mr. Gnome - Plastic Shadow

Mystery of Two - Repeat It

Megachurch - The Gay Agenda

Gil Manteras Party Dream - Ballerina

Devo - Jocko Homo

Kid Cudi - Soundtrack to My Life

Bone Thugs - Only God Can Judge Me

2merica - Who's Feeling Who?

Bobby Womack - You're Welcome, Stop On By

The O'Jays - Back Stabbers

The Raspberries - Come Around and See Me

Rocket From The Tomb - Ain't It Fun

Spanish Prisoners - Killers

Mr. Gnome - Slow Side

Pere Ubu - Real World

Roue - 32 Hike

Nine Inch Nails - Suck

The Styrenes - You're Trash

The Pagans - Eye of Satan

Home & Garden - Monkeytown

The New Lou Reeds - You Don't Have To Die

Infinite Number of Sounds - Washington Monument

Hotchacha - Bob Has A Better Cow

Dead Boys - Ain't Nothing To Do

Black Helicopter Chum - Stares 2020

Dan Auerbach - My Last Mistake

The Cars - All Mixed Up

2merica - Never Met Tomorrow

Blake Miller - Longhair

First Light - Running

Gil Manteras Party Dream - Waking Vision

Kid Cudi - Sky Might Fall

Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness

The Pretenders - Message of Love

Screamin Jay Hawkins - Same Damn Thing

This Moment In Black History - The Last Unicorn

Note that this playlist is not exact nor complete, and that on the 1st of July we are gonna get down some more with all local, all night. If you are on the above list, come down to the Duck and hear your stuff. Bring new if you are brave, haha. If you aren't on that list hit me up and get on it, it's not that hard.

And btw - The Duck is easy to find once you look: Freeman and West 20th south of Lorain, between Tremont and the West Side Market. Just 1 block from the West 25th rapid station.

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Called a “Spin Doctor” by The Scene

ezzy — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:09:29 +0000

Check your boy getting some local pub for the Northside Nights:

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/spin-doctor/Content?oid=1922224

Thanks Scene for the mention, it should be a good time Thursday night. If you are in town please do make an appearance.

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DJ EzRaz Back In The Mix (wha?)

ezzy — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:05:06 +0000

STOP WASTING TIME...

The Return of EzRaz :: Keeping up with Jones'

Northside Nights – Cleveland Music Night @ The Duck!

ezzy — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:45:23 +0000

Looking good, feeling good. Celebrate yourself!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cleveland, Ohio - May 19, 2010 - Looking to support local artists and start a new community service, multi-media and genre-jumping DJ Raz is launching “Northside Nights - Cleveland Music Night” at The Duck Island Club on the first Thursday of every month.

The elusive DJ Raz has over 15 years experience spinning records at clubs, on the radio, opening for bands, and has logged time in just about every form of DJ’ing invented. The common theme, he claims, is the community building and artist promotion.

“Spinning records used to mean a bit more, pre-iTunes. Having millions of songs accessible to mere mortals does not make everyone a DJ. But it does spoil us and to a certain extent, makes us lazy, when it comes to how we consume our music. I hope to put all the tenets of DJ’ing into the Cleveland Music Night: promotion, spontaneity, and community. We want local bands to take part, to hand-deliver their latest tracks so we can give them a spin.”

There are no genre or year restrictions on Cleveland Music Night, so you can show up with requests or music of your own. If it ties to Cleveland we will celebrate it, promote it, and give it some spins.

“I’m hoping this will act as an incubator, or at least a sounding board, for local talent” says Raz. “Back in the day local DJ’s had a big part in local promotion, and in most genres that is now history. Plus, I’m hoping to expand my knowledge of the local scene. Not many DJ’s would take on an all-genre gig, but that’s just how I roll. There’s too much artistic talent in Cleveland to let this void go unfilled.”

Artists, fans and street teams are encouraged to bring their tracks to the Duck Island Club, located at 2102 Freeman Avenue (off West 20th) on the first Thursday of every month, or email materials to raz@wfnk.com.

WHAT: Northside Nights - Cleveland Music Night
WHERE: The Duck Island Club, 2102 Freeman Ave.
WHEN: 9-close; 1st Thursday of each month: June 3, July 1, August 5...
WHO: DJ Raz http://wfnk.com raz@wfnk.com

Name the Night

ezzy — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:39:06 +0000

So I'm posting up on a Monday night here in the Northside. The spot is called the Duck Island Club, located between the West Side Market and Tremont, and we gonna get down with the get down every Monday until we can't do no mo. If you are near the 216 in the good old U Skates of A this evening stop in and lend a hand. Strong cheap drinks and a nice patio round out the package.

For marketing, I wanna hang a theme on the whole thang, aka I need to name the night!

Hit me up with any suggestions... Plus I will be posting some playlists to give you a taste of what you might catch/miss.

Event:

DJ EzRaz live @ The Duck

Mondays on the Northside

The Duck Island Club

2102 Freeman, Cleveland, OH

Hope to see you tonight, or post up your requests if you are not in the vicinity .

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