Friends,

The ShadowPlastic Label, purveyors of cool sh!t and cosigners of creativity is currently looking for creative groups and individuals to collaborate with in 2009. We have a dope line up of events and ideas lined up for the new year and we want local heads to be involved and get active with us.

We’re looking to create a pool of local artists and performers from different backgrounds and disciplines to work with on several creative initiatives such as live art/gallery shows, product release parties, The Brooklyn Tee Party, etc. No matter if you are a painter, sculptor, rapper, band, jump rope or  mime, we want to collaborate with you and help you promote you because when you eat, we eat.

So send your portfolio, samples, demo CDs, website, whatever to:
The ShadowPlastic Label c/o Jason M.
Re: OPEN CALL 2009
1074 Park Pl. Ste#2
Brooklyn NY 11213
info [at] shadowplastic [dot] com

Please DO NOT MAIL ORIGINALS or anything you want returned as they will not be returned. This is not a contest. All submissions from outside the tri-state area will be appreciated and accepted on a case by case basis.
- blogmaster X

This is big people. . .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

YUME GALLERY * 925 Bergen St, bw. Franklin & Classon (C to Franklin)
13 December, 2008 8pm-12am
ON VIEW: December 13, 2008 – January 9, 2008        FREE ADMISSION

A. L. I.E.N. , Audio Aesthetics, YUME, the Brooklyn Tee Party, Shadowplastic & Lichiban present
“THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS FROM THE LAND OF ETERNAL LOVE”
“The Adventures of LOTUSHEART”
with a special guest appearance by cosmic lover, HARAKITI
an art exhibit by
LICHIBAN
featuring collaborations with fellow ninjas
Quan Luv * Diamond Girl * Jelsen Jargon * Mega * Pesu * Sarah White * Concep

“The Buddha Dharma is nowhere remote. It is close to us, in our hearts. Suchness is nowhere external. If not within our bodies, where can it be found?”
- Secret Key to the Heart Sutra by Kukai, Founder of Japanese Shingon Buddhism

Meet shapeshifter LOTUSHEART and become part of her journey to discover the Hidden Flower guarded carefully by the Challenger. On her magical journey, she encounters new, as well as old friends such as HARAKITI, who help her to visualize the glowing blossom of the Flower.

“This show is the fruit of numerous all-night-till-the-sun-rise painting sessions of the last two months, many of them spent with fellow artists who labored with me, kept me inspired and helped me to sharpen my vision. Taking the Japanese samurai and ninja tradition as a visual reference, I have tried to illustrate a number of spiritual concepts I have been meditating on for years and place them in a dreamlike setting of love and chivalry. I also wanted to make this solo show into an opportunity to honor my friends -my Brooklyn fam- by inviting them to be part of this fantasy heartland of lovers and secret monk-warriors that we created as we were preparing for the show.” Lichiban

HOSTED BY: RAYE 6, THEOPHILUS LONDON, JESSE BOYKINS III
QUAN LUV, MEGA, DORJAN & LAURA DEE

djs DHUNDEE & MELO-X
playing unreleased tracks of the Brooklyn fam  (CONTINUE)
Nikki Ntu * Raye 6 * Rucyl * Sarah White* Dhundee * Theophilus London * Waajeed/PPP* Kon & Amir * Melo-X * Jesse Boykins III * Kiva * Print

Featuring limited edition tea-dyed LICHIBAN X SHADOWPLASTIC tees
+special guest appearance by CRAZY 88s skate crew

Supported by: A.L.I.E.N, Format Magazine , Audio Aesthetics, Shadowplastic, YUME, The Brooklyn Tee Party, Good Sex, WRONGLIPS, Fusicology, The Minority Report, Coup d’Etat BK, Old Soulz, Voodoo Ray, Sugarcuts Inc., Crazy 88s

lichiban.blogspot.com
myspace.com/lichiban
yumebyny.blogspot.com
bktp@thebrooklynteeparty.com

And you know this.
- blogmaster X

Another banger from the heads over at Children of Da Curb:

Children of Da Curb Presents….
The Official DJ Elle Album Release Party/Poppa Purp’s Bday Bash
Live Filming by Rockstar Society & Kareem Black

Sutra Lounge
16 First ave
between 1st and 2nd st
Door open @ 10
Drink specials all night.
LOTS of surprises
rsvp@childrenofdacurb.com

Rocknrolla!
- KAGE

In case you didn’t know, or in case you forgot. Or in case you were hungover and forgot how to read:

We’ll be at YUME chilling making exclusive Tees for Rock The Block and our boy EYD-ONE will be doing a dope mural piece LIVE which will be up for grabs (via raffle). Be there or be stupid.

For more info and the schedule of events, hit up Minority Report.
- blogmaster X

Yes, this is a second posting but I just had to let y’all know again. This Saturday, the s#it hits the fan. And by “s#it” I mean “awesomeness” and by “fan” I mean “Brooklyn”:

Food, Folks, Fun, Fashion, Live Art, Music. . . What more could you want? Oh yeah, Exclusive Tees by The ShadowPlastic Label at YUME. For more info head to http://theminorityreportnyc.blogspot.com/2008/01/save-date-sat-aug-9th-well-rock-block.html.

Where Brooklyn at? Still east of Manhattan and south of Queens.
- KAGE