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I was glad that Outkast won 'cause I really think they are great, unlike all the other non creative Hip Hop crap that's out there right now. Coldplay winning was pretty cool too. Also the Funk interlude was okay, although Earth, Wind & Fire are looking a little old in the tooth (not to mention Parliement...sheesh!) Otherwise, not a big fan of this Grammy BS. They act as if people like Justin T. are just dripping with talent (they are not) and then they shove him and his crap down our throat (on radio, MTV etc...thank god for KCRW). Beyonce is barely okay (she's pretty, she can sing but what is that crap music she sings??) and she gets FIVE grammys?????? for what exceptional piece of musicianship exactly? The second guitarist on the Paul Shaefer band probably has more talent than her.... Did I say "crap" enough times or what? Anyways, that's my take, for what it's worth. What's your new job, deepfunk?

Hey all! Updating the 2/10 GOOD LIFE (tomorrow!!) (aptly named, The Return Of The Funk), DAVID HOPPER (Overeasyrecords, MTV Europe "THE GRIND") has just informed me that he will have plenty of vinyl promos to give away from his record label overeasyrecords. I have a couple myself, and I love them. If you like chunky/funky tech house, this is some primo stuff. David will also have free mix cds on hand for y'all. My favorite is the Catfish In Me mix. To know more about David Hopper, check out his website www.overeasyrecords.com. There are also radio mixes floating somewhere on vibeflow.com in which David demonstrates some housier radio sounds. Very smooth. So, unless you're fascinated by tomorrow's Tuesday episode of Frazier, come out to TANGIER and insert a little funk in your life. You can get on CPLA or LaLate's respective lists as well. You all should know by now how explosive the James Kay & Edwin combination is to the dance floor, and I can just about guarrantee that our Up & Coming DJ, Benjamin Llamas will. . .Bring. . .it . . .on! (season of politics. I couldn't resist). See ya tomorrow!! Imad:party:

Hey everyone After a venture into prog house last Wednesday, we come back with local talents that will throw down some propa dirty funky house. So if you like good times, join us on February 10. GOOD LIFE @ Tangier 2138 Hillhurst Ave. Loz Feliz, CA 90027 323-666-8666(Kitchen is open 'till midnight) 21+ February 10, 2004: Return of the Funk JAMES KAY & THE FUNKINVADERS DAVID HOPPER (www.overeasyrecords.com) and Up & Coming DJ of the Week: BENJAMIN LLAMAS - Dream Craft Music - Los Angeles Club door opens at 9:30PM. FREE if you RSVP at party_inquiries@hotmail.com or call 323-868-3459. Hope to see y'all there.

Thanks for the best wishes! Hope you can make it next Wed. Yeah, Les Deux Cafe's story is a real drama. Although the paper got a few things wrong. They said the place closed down on Dec. 30. That's not true, we had our Good Life party that night and it was great. It was on NYE that it closed (which really would have been more dramatic for the paper to report). Anyways, we'll see what happens. By the way, is your website on hiatus? I couldn't open it. I'll be at Futurehouse tonight, maybe I'll see you there. Later. Imad.

Hey All, Eve Falcon is back from touring in South America (Buenos Aires, Rio...how lucky is she??). Apparently, she has some sweet new nuggets of music with her. I personally can't wait. See you at Tangier Wed. Oh, and of course, ....bump. Imad.

For those who don't know, we habitually project movies at Good Life as background for the music. The selection for this upcoming party includes: Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory The Wizzard of Oz. So umpa lumpa your way down to Tangier next Wednesday (1/21), and dance the night away. . . in Technicolor!!

Hey all!! Great turnout for the Good Life on 12/30/03. Awsome party: great vibes, beautiful dancing people, especially the women...wow!! We've moved venues because the owners of Les Deux Cafe are fighting in court over ownership rights. Until that's cleared up, we'll be having this party at the gorgeous TANGIER, a Euro-Moroccan bar/club/restaurant in Los Feliz. We're really excited about this place, which offers a great dancing/lounge atmo, patio, & movie projection. Best of all, the kitchen is open until Midnight. Normally, Good Life is every other Tuesday, but we're doing a special one time only Wednesday party on 1/21/04 with two of the most talented girl DJs in Los Angeles, EVE FALCON and LYSA OLDHAMS. To complete the all-girl line up, our up & coming DJ of the Week slot goes to SPARKLE! techno queen from Santa Barbara. After that we revert back to Tuesday beginning 2/10/04. Hope to see y'all there!! GOOD LIFE @ Tangier 2138 Hillhurst Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027 323-666-8666 (for dining reservations. Make sure you mention the Good Life party) with EVE FALCON LYSA OLDHAMS and up & coming DJ of the Week: SPARKLE! 9:00PM - 2:00AM; 21 & over FREE with RSVP at party_inquiries@hotmail.com or 323-868-3459. coming up 2/10/04 DAVID HOPPER & JAMES KAY & THE FUNKINVADERS

Thanks Dawg!!

What rubbish. What right wing fanatic are you quoting here? or do you actually want to take credit for this mumble jumble? I couldn't care less if Israel was the model of democracy in the entire world, any un-biased reading of history, now even admitted by almost the majority of current Israeli historians, shows that the formation of Israel was essentially a big huge land grab. All this "national security" bullshit is a big Kabuke dance meant to allow Israel to keep the land it stole and consolidate it. And what's this nonsense about Sharon's "supposed" land grab? What would you call it? The man has a 40 year history of claiming these territories as those of Israel and he is accomplishing just that under the pretext of "security". How blind must you be not to see that? The phenomena of suicide bombings did not occur in a vaccum, although you clearly would like to believe that. It is a REACTIONARY consequence of the continuous plundering of an entire people. Terrorism was brought in to the region by Zionist long before Islamic militancy even took root. Begin, Shamir and Sharon, along with many others committed acts of terrorism and barbarism before and after the formation of Israel. In the year of 1947 alone, Zionist militants committed an average of 1 act of terrorism A DAY. This includes the assassination of Count Bernadotte, and the bombing of the King David hotel, both in 1947. In 1948, Jewish forces committed the massacre of Deir Yassin, where 254 men, women and children were raped, killed and pillaged. 750,000.00 Palestinians were uprooted by force from the land "designated" by the UN partition for them to live on, and were not allowed to return BY FORCE. Their villages were immediately destroyed and they were turned in refugees. What is it you call that? NOT a land a grab? By contrast, the PLO wasn't formed until late 50's, the Fatah movement wasn't to be until early 60's. Hamas and Jihad do not appear until early eighties. Who is the instigator? who introduced terrorism as a mean to an end to the region? There are countless other infamies committed by Israeli forces on Civilian Arabs, well before the emergence of any fundamentalists. In 1967, Israel took what is now the occupied territories in a war IT STARTED, but claimed "self defense". Over 1 million Palestinians find themselves under military occupation SINCE THEN. Despite one resolution after the other, almost all supported by those damm liberal western states, including the US, Israel continues to keep the land, AND installs settlements there. (the only reason the UN has been unable to force Israel to comply with these numerous resolution is that the US continuously vetoed any enforcement measures, for purely domestic political reasons. Contrast that with the US' handling of Iraq). Now there are about 250,000 settlers living there, with three representatives in Sharon's cabinet, all three pushing publicly for ethnic cleansing of the land. The Palestinians have lived almost 40 years under occupation. Two full generations. It is a miracle that there are not MORE acts of terrorism than what you're seeing now. In the meantime, Israel has developed nuclear weapons, has had a $9 billion defense budget for more than a decade, heavily subsidized by the US, who also provides it with state of the art weaponary. (by contrast, Syria, the so-called "great" threat to Israel, has a defense budget of less than $300 Million. Their weapons are manufactured in S. Korea and E. European countries) The canard here is that right wing fanatics, apparently including yourself, portray Israel as a poor little country under an existential threat the resistance of a desperate people, some of whom have turned to fanatism and desperate acts such as suicide bombings, none of which could even remotely come close to be considered an "esistential" threat. In reality, Israel is the biggest bully in the region, and I don't give a flying crap if this bully happens to be a "democracy". In foreign affairs, a state is not judged by its internal composition but by its conduct vis a vis other states. Jordan is not a democracy, but in foreign policy, its ruler, a King, acts more reasonably and sensibly than your precious little democracy with a war criminal for a Prime Minister. If anything, since the Israeli people proves itself capable of continuously voting into office disgusting governments such as that of Sharon, or Shamir, Begin and Netanyahu before him, than they are showing a weak moral fiber as a people. If democracy = "good" government, than they should be voting for someone who will recognize the misery inflicted by Israel on the Palestinians, and work to have a magnanimous, humanitarian resolution of that conflict. Until then, we "western liberals" will politely ask you to shove that "lecture" about how we should "love" Israel because it is a democracy who has gays in its military (huh?), because we're not about to start "loving" the bully. And no amount of re-fabrication of the truth is going to convince us that Israel is a victim. With all due respect, Imad.

Hello everyone, New to this website and liking it alot. Wanted to give you a quick lowdown on a party I promote. It happens every other Tuesday @ a beautiful venue called Les Deux Cafe. We have guest DJs every time so I'll keep everyone posted on the talent. In the meantime, our next party is tomorrow and below is the info on that one. It is FREE if you RSVP. So if you'd like to go to a pre-NYE party, come one down. Otherwise, Happy New Year!! Imad GCP THE GOOD LIFE Tuesday, December 30, 2003 @ Les Deux Cafe 1638 N. Las Palmas Ave, Hollywood, CA / (323) 465-0509 (NEXT TO BLUE - ENTRANCE FROM THE PARKING LOT) 9:00 - 2:00, 21& over DJs JOPLIN (Prana, Saphire) CADE (Dynagroove, Free Thinking) and introducing our up & coming DJ of the week: DJ Rythmik in the Front Room and POLYCUBIST www.skorrecords.com (Downtempo, Dub & Eclectic) in the heated outdoors dining patio FREE with RSVP only RSVP: party_inquiries at hotmail.com 323-868-3459