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Five Bands That Should be Recruited for the Sound Strike

{ZDLR: I want YOU to join the Sound Strike campaign!}
Arizona’s notorious SB 1070 anti-immigrant law is just around the corner. The attack on the undocumented and the codification of racial profiling is set to go into effect on Thursday. Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine has responded, in part, by organizing a [...]

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Fan Petition: We Want Lasers!

{How soon? Not soon enough!}
Thousands of fans are asking Atlantic Records to set a drop date for rapper Lupe Fiasco’s latest album “Lasers.” In a delay that is too long for them to accept any longer, they have taken the next step. Hip Hop heads, ask yourselves: If this MC was rapping about hedonism, misogyny, [...]

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Dance for a DREAM with La Santa Cecilia!

{These musicians need a ride to Santa Ana. Pick ‘em up!}
Los Angeles based buzz band La Santa Cecilia play Taco Adobe tonight in benefit of the Orange County DREAM Team. Read all about the band’s gig in Santa Ana in my latest Heard Mentality blog post! Get there early!
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/incoming/dance-for-a-dream-with-la-sant/

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OCMAHS Gives OC a Chicano Music History Lesson

On Saturday, the good gente of the Orange County Mexican American Historical Society put on a firme concert teach-in on the history of Chicano music at Santa Ana’s Delhi Community Center. Read all about it in my latest OC Weekly Heard Mentality blog post! (with a video from the event like the one above)
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/culture/ocmahs-give-the-oc-a-chicano-m/

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K.O.B.E. Keep the Mic Down!

LA Lakers are making music everywhere from Ron Artest to Pau Gasol. Will Kobe feel prompted to return to the mic? Read five good reasons I’ve compiled why the Laker superstar should rethink any notions!
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/before-it-gets-old/more-music-making-lakers/

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