All Tomorrow's Block Parties

It all started in 2008 when some folks who lived in the same building (124 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn) got together to throw a barbecue. One guy said, "I can cook a brisket and roast a pig." Another guy said, "I have a band that can play." And everyone in the building got together to shop, clean and cook. What started off small ended up with blocked traffic to Myrtle Avenue and the whole neighborhood stopping by. By 2010, they got permits to close the whole street and the neighbors lent us a stage they built for Halloween. (Halloween is huge in Clinton Hill. Huge.) Then, in 2011: nothing. Lack of funds and not enough help. Don't let that happen in 2012! BR and Timebomb will be there on September 8 to close things out in our usual fashion! And we've got kids' entertainment! Brisket! Portable toilets! Rock bands! DJ Eddie Nocentelli (aka Karnage from Timebomb)! Jazz bands! Elephants! (We don't have elephants.) Please check out these links to help us put on a great event. Think of it as passing the hat around in advance. BR and Timebomb and the other bands provided gifts for donating at certain levels, and gifts of any amount are accepted. But we don't get anything if we don't reach our target by August 27. If you've been to the Brownstone BBQ before, you know how good it was, and you'll probably see your picture on the website:
Clinton Hill Block Party Event Website
Kick Starter Website
Check out this clip from the BoCoCa Arts Festival June 30 @ Carroll Park:

July Update

Hey, we wanna thank everyone who came out and supported us and all the fantastic acts (Devlin Miles, Onliest, Evan Wilson, etc.) during the BoCoCa Arts Festival. We had a great time this year, as always, even if we played on 2 of the hottest days of the year. And it was great to hear from folks who watched the webcast, too. Big thanks to Eventrix Production for handling the sound and our partners at BAF for putting the whole thing together! And thanks to Marj Kleinman for taking photos like the one above...

We're back in the lab for a little while, putting the final touches on our next EP. Then we've got 3 gigs in a row: Kenny's Castaways on 7/13, a friend's wedding on the 14th, and Union Square Park on the 15th. Hope you can join us for some of these!

Check out BR's Hustle Hard remix, Snuff 'Em. He did the video, too.

This Tuesday night, July 10, 7pm EST: BR, Karnage and Olivia will be back on the Gud Tymez Show to talk about everything going on with the Timebomb. It's been a minute since we've been on the show. We did their theme song awhile back...

Summer, Summer, Summertime!

We haven't been so good about the blogging lately and we're sorry about that. But summer is upon us, and we're back to business. Early May, we were back in Washington Square Park for the 1st time since they started the big construction projects. They're still working on the park, but it looks great. We had a huge crowd that included Jessica Alba and Sofia Vergara! (No, really. Jessica posted our pic on Instagram.) We also did a show May 19 with our friends at Legros Cultural Arts for their Support Women Artists Now series at Club Groove, our first time there since 2008. We backed up three of the 4 fabulous singers and tore it down with our own set. And we've got a lot coming up in June: we're playing Union Square Park for the first time this summer (more in July); we're playing in Mount Vernon for the first time at a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society that will honor Heavy D and Dick Clark; and we're doing the BoCoCa Arts Festival for the 4th straight year! We'll be playing at the Smith Street FunDay in front of Ceol Irish Pub, and we're co-producing BoCoCa Outdoors at Carroll Park. Vendors should definitely check us out for the Carroll Park event: food, beverages, art, jewelry, all is welcome. We'll be doing some art and sports workshops for the kids and we're webcasting the whole thing with our friends at Brooklyn Fans! More info at www.bococaartsfestival.com.

Do You Know What Today Is?

A little Tony Toni Tone humor. This post is about our huge, lavish, extravagant, magnificent anniversary show! On February 3, we are streaming a show from one of our homes away from homes- AM Studios. We've recorded most of our LP and EP here, and some new stuff you'll hear this year. (We'll be playing the new stuff at the show.)

Some of you lucky people will get invited to party on-site with us, Devlin Miles, Melanie Edwards, Shelley Nicole's blakbushe, food and beverages. But if you can't make it, you can watch online for the price of $whatever you want. Seriously. Pay what you want via paypal and get the link. And you can send questions and song requests to all 4 acts on Timebomb's FB and Twitter pages. The whole thing will be hosted by Ms. P and Kevin Murray. And of course, we must thank our sponsors AM Studios and BoCoCa Arts Festival!