JDub Records

Author, musicologist and member of the esteemed Idlesohn Society for Musical Preservation Josh Kun has made a dope little mixtape in support of Dawn 2010, the Tablet Magazine sponsored, May 15th late night party in San Francisco, celebrating Shavuot.

Kun’s mix  is a deep dig into the crates of  vintage and archival recordings sitting right next to more modern dance tracks with a few more mind-blowing gems sprinkled in between, with all the tracks pulling from a different corner of the globe with a heavy pulse on that Jewish tip.

The mix includes tracks from the famed Barry Sisters, funked out Jewish soul music from Slim Gaillard, Musica de Latina, a ton of classic African tunes, some crazy Hava Negilah rendition and a bunch of JDub artists including Soulico, Balkan Beat Box and The Sway Machinery.  The mix closes out with a banger from  Mexican Institute of Sound, who happens to be homies with Kun’s beau.

All around worth a listen, head over to our friends at Tablet Magazine to listen to this exclusive mix.

92 year-old Irving Fields, who has a few tracks on this mix has been writing hit songs since the 1920’s. He recorded over 90 albums, including his biggest LP hit, Bagels and Bongos. JDub recording artist SoCalled suggested he write a song about Youtube, and he did. check it below

Our friends over at Reboot & Tablet Magazine are joining forces to bring you DAWN 2010,  a massive late-night cultural arts festival celebrating the Jewish holiday Shavuot in San Francisco.  Based on the last DAWN event in 2008 and knowing that these guys don’t mess around when it comes to programming, DAWN 2010 is shaping up to be one hell of an event. DAWN 2008, among others, featured a performance by the band Dengue Fever, a conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer, an amazing short film series, and countless other speakers, performers and teachers.

DAWN is a modern take on the ancient holiday and its traditional all-night rabbinical study sessions. Using a multi-media platform to inspire learning and conversation and a late-night structure to appeal to the young adult generation, DAWN has become a major Shavuot extravaganza appealing to both the Jewish and secular San Francisco young adult community.

Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:30 pm
@ California Academy of Sciences
DETAILS

List of Performers:
Comedian Sandra Bernhard (Brilliant comedian and once made out with Madonna
Author Gary Shteingart (Best Selling author of Absurdistan and the Russian Debutantes Handbook)
A screening of Spike Jonze’s short tribute to Maurice Sandek (Where The Wild Things Are)
A musical performance by the Los Angeles/Israeli afro-beat massive Fools Gold
Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) & master mixologist Bryan Ranere (of Laszlo fame) mixing up a special Shavuot cocktail, available only at DAWN 2010.

And if you won’t be around the Bay Area next month? It just so happens that Tablet Magazine will fly you to Dawn! Sign up for the Tablet email list and be automatically entered to win.

Girls in Trouble, led by the wonderful and talented Alicia Jo Rabins has been dubbed “Hauntingly Lovely” by LA Weekly, and thanks to some help from Tablet Magazine they might be coming to a  town near you.

Girls in Trouble Spring Tour 2010
3/28 Pittsburgh PA @ Garfield Artworks (w. the Extraordinaires)
3/30 Youngstown OH @ Lemon Grove Cafe
3/31 Columbus OH @ Rad Dog, (w. Bird and Flower, Black Love)
4/1  Bloomington IN @ The Bishop (w. Early Day Miners, Mako Sica)
4/2 St. Louis MO @ Moishe House
4/3 Chicago IL (w. Judgment Day) @ Ronny’s Bar
4/4 Evanstown IL @ BooCoo Cultural Center (w. Naomi Less, Stereo Sinai) TIX
4/6  Detroit MI @ Cafe 1923 (w. poets Matthew Olzmann, Vievee Francis)
4/7 Toronto ON @ The Boat (w. THOMAS and Cigarettes)
4/8  Rochester NY @ The Bug Jar
4/17 Hudson NY @ Spotty Dog Books & Ale
4/25 NYC @ Cake Shop (w. Cars and Trains, Eric Lindley)

JDub is bringing the craziness this year with a sweaty punk rock inspired Purim bash at CSV Cultural Center on the Lower East Side of NYC. After checking out a megillah reading,  put on a costume, head down to CSV, grab some drinks and rock out to the sounds of Ultragrrrl (DJ set), The Shondes, Can!!Can, DJ Matt Elkin of the So So Glos and the one and only Gangsta Rabbi.

JDub Presents: Hamanbashin (a purim party) sponsored by Tablet Magazine
Saturday, February 27th @ CSV Cultural Center (107 Suffolk St. at Rivington St., LES)
Costume Contest | 9 pm-1 am | $10 advance, $15 at the door
Buy tickets: www.jdubrecords.org/tickets

Performances by:
Ultragrrrl (DJ Set)
The Shondes
DJ Matt Elkin (of the So So Glos)
Can!!Can
Gangsta Rabbi
+ Patrick of Can!!Can and Punk Torah will channel Sid Vicious to reinterpret the Megillah!!

HAMANBASHIN ON FACEBOOK

Additional Support provided by the AJWS-AVODAH Partnership

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Nextbook Inc.!  Over the past year, we pulled off some crazy new events with Tablet Magazine and Nextbook Press, such as Milk & Honey in LA and the Barney Ross release party at Gleason’s Gym.  Thanks to YOU (!) these parties were some of the best and most unique all year and so beyond spreading the good news, we wanted to say thanks again.  Despite these tough economic times, we are focused on the road ahead; this partnership will bring you more ways to connect to music, culture, content, and each other in 2010.

We’d also like to thank our dedicated staff, board, and advisors, and especially call out Alana, Morty, and Jonathan at Nextbook for their belief in our approach.  We are very excited to work alongside their team.  The official press release is below…back to the lab.  Happy Hanukkah!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Nextbook Inc., the non-profit umbrella organization responsible for Tablet Magazine and Nextbook Press, today announced a strategic partnership with JDub.  JDub will create and manage marketing and communication strategies and public programs to expand the impact of Tablet Magazine and the offerings from Nextbook Press.

“JDub knows the audience for creative Jewish products and how to deliver to them,” says Alana Newhouse, the Creative Director of Nextbook and Editor-In-Chief of Tablet. “In the past year we co-presented a handful of events together that attracted a truly vibrant, new audience. Their track record speaks for itself.”

“We are constantly seeking partnership and collaboration with like-minded organizations,” adds Aaron Bisman, JDub’s Chief Executive Officer.  “Like JDub’s music and events, Nextbook Inc. creates content and experiences without barriers to entry where people can find their community and interact with it on their own terms. We are very excited to work with these great and growing Jewish brands.”

On January 27^th, Nextbook Press will present readings from David Lehman’s new book A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs alongside a unique musical performance by Hal Willner featuring Rufus Wainwright, Bill Frisell, and Van Dyke Parks at Lincoln Center in New York City.

About Nextbook:

Nextbook Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas. It runs both Nextbook Press, a series of books on Jewish themes published by Schocken, and the newly launched Tablet Magazine, an online magazine about Jewish life. Inspired by the hunger for books on Jewish subjects written in a lively, intelligent, and popular manner, Nextbook Press brings together writers of the first rank with people, ideas and events from the Jewish past, such as Elie Weisel’s Rashi and Robert Pinsky’s The Life of David.  Established in June 2009 as a flagship project of Nextbook Inc., Tablet Magazine has become the “new go-to source for Jewish arts and culture news” according to The New York Times.

http://www.tabletmag.com
http://www.nextbookpress.com