We just got word on a R.I.P. Michael Jackson trike ride/ wake tonight hosted by "Deep.":
"Trikeasaurus bike ride and then maybe a FlashDance (assuming people feel like dancing). We'll start the ride at 7 at Dolores Park. We'll be riding. I'll probably be updating our location via SMS*
We'll be at Ferry Plaza at 8:30. If people are there we'll stop there. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. AND REQUESTS. I have a ton of MJ & the Jacksons that I love to play (as you know) but lemme know what you want to hear."
**UPDATE: Now there's news of a Goodbye Michael flashmob at Justin Herman Plaza, 6:30 p.m.-???
****UPDATE: "Renegade Dance Vigil. Alamo Square @ 7ish. BYOB and some Warm Threads, could get windy" These folks have a good sound system, generator, the whole 9 yards...
**UPDATE: Contributor Evan James writes, "Tiara Sensation is doing a drag show on Monday at the Stud called Bad: a Tribute to Michael Jackson. Oddly enough they planned it before his death."
All right, time to remember Michael Jackson in style. We're opening up All Shook Down to your favorite Michael Jackson and Michael Jackson-related memories. Pull from any time period you wish--The Jackson 5, Captain EO, Neverland... walking on the Golden Gate Bridge...
Berkeley's Netta Brielle -- aka MC Netta B -- announced she liked graffiti-writing, skateboarding types on her last video, the Traxamillion-produced "Dirty Boyz."
On her new video, "Inseparable," she flips the script 180 degrees -- donning a black cocktail dress, and delivering a romantic ballad over a sparse piano background. Clearly, Brielle is much more versatile and way more talented than anyone expected. Peep the video here.
Yoshi's original Oakland spot was the place to be last night. Loads of scenesters were in the house, from ABB records honcho Beni B to KPFA's Weyland Southon to SF's beloved DJ RasCue to hip-hop professor Dawn-Elissa Fischer to photographer/videographers Brian Cross and Eric Coleman.
The occasion? The Karriem Riggins Virtuoso Experience, featuring pianist Mulgrew Miller and a very special guest, legendary DJ Pete Rock. Having stayed for both the 8 and 10 pm performances, I can report that Riggins -- who's played with everyone from Common to Diana Kraal to Herbie Hancock to Talib Kweli -- is indeed a virtuoso. As jazz drummers go, there aren't many current players better than him -- which is saying a lot, since the skill level for skin-pounders in that genre tends to be pretty high. Riggins handled complex rhythms with almost-casual flair, while his quartet played a succession of breakbeat "standards."
The highlight of the evening, however, happened when the band exited the stage, and Riggins and Rock "dueted," with Riggins tapping out live accompaniment to the records Rock spun. Riggins even busted a rhyme at one point -- which I don't think I've ever seen a jazz drummer do. The late show was more solid than the early show, which bodes well for tonight's repeat performance, also at Yoshi's -- this time featuring Common's DJ, Dummy. Click here for ticket info.
