<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571</id><updated>2011-11-16T11:51:54.688-05:00</updated><category term='wmnf tropical heatwave'/><category term='freestyle'/><category term='new york city'/><category term='el museo del barrio'/><category term='live at the loft'/><category term='garth trinidad'/><category term='analog drift'/><category term='american apparel'/><category term='afrolicious'/><category term='culture collide'/><category term='maya jupiter'/><category term='wave rock weekender'/><category term='sol collective'/><category term='el museo'/><category term='toy selectah'/><category term='dj tkat'/><category 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hotel'/><category term='latin'/><category term='serato'/><category term='okayplayer'/><category term='rhapsody'/><category term='mercury lounge'/><category term='brooklyn bowl'/><category term='dj don jose'/><category term='uproot andy'/><category term='melbourne'/><category term='phoenix'/><category term='glasslands'/><category term='?uestlove'/><category term='radio'/><category term='new york times'/><category term='austin'/><category term='marcos garcia'/><category term='angel magik'/><category term='javelin'/><category term='tampa'/><category term='antibalas'/><category term='gbh'/><category term='miami'/><category term='pachanga'/><category term='stones throw'/><category term='rainbow arabia'/><category term='mtv iggy'/><category term='chico mann'/><category term='fader'/><category term='101 apparel'/><category term='mayer hawthorne'/><category term='cheeky bastard'/><category term='mexicans with guns'/><title type='text'>Chico Mann</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Chico Mann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02417301923835970540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/SvBfn2NyXJI/AAAAAAAAABM/JKYL9kgQJ60/S220/8BIT+CHICO+FINAL.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-1919662466983217964</id><published>2011-10-18T15:39:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T15:47:19.953-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='live at the loft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ableton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='okayplayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novation'/><title type='text'>IT'S THE REMIX</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3  style="font-weight: normal;font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I'll back to &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://liveattheloftshow.com/"&gt;The Loft&lt;/a&gt; this Friday October 21st for a very special &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.novationmusic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Novation&lt;/a&gt; remix  show for my new track, “I Feel It”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3  style=" font-weight: normal;font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The stems from this track will be  made available for you to remix and submit to Novation.  A winner will  be chosen and awarded  a signed &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_controllers/launchpad/" target="_blank"&gt;Novation Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, A &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_controllers/zero_sl_mk_ii/" target="_blank"&gt;Novation Zero SL MKii Midi&lt;/a&gt; Controller and a copy of &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ableton.com/live-8" target="_blank"&gt;Ableton Live 8&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Additionally, one guest at the show will also win a Novation Launchpad and a copy of Ableton Live 8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://liveattheloftshow.com/join"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Join the guestlist for an invite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-1919662466983217964?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1919662466983217964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1919662466983217964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/10/its-remix.html' title='IT&apos;S THE REMIX'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-1013384086104035188</id><published>2011-10-18T15:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T15:33:13.419-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stones throw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dam funk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rock n roll hotel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><title type='text'>DAMNN FUNKY</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;I'll be getting down with my good buddy &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/damfunk"&gt;Dam Funk&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com/portal/component/option,com_gigcal/Itemid,4/"&gt;Rock n Roll Hotel&lt;/a&gt; in Washington DC on Sunday October 30th so come on and shake that thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More info and tickets &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/15525.aspx"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-1013384086104035188?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1013384086104035188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1013384086104035188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/10/damnn-funky.html' title='DAMNN FUNKY'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-8851733823705317512</id><published>2011-09-16T14:43:00.018-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T12:53:01.719-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='left coast live'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='phoenix'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='los angeles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='filter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='san jose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='san francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mayer hawthorne'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maya jupiter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crescent ballroom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture collide'/><title type='text'>CALIFORNIA BOUNCE</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Hola Fam!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:lucida grande;" &gt;I'm hitting the road for a string of West Coast dates including stops at Culture Collide in LA , Left Coast Live in San Jose, the newly opened Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix and Bimbo's in San Francisco opening for Mayer Hawthorne!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Tour dates below, hope to see you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.crescentphx.com/event/66097/"&gt;Oct 6 The Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.leftcoastlive.com/2011/09/chico-mann/"&gt;Oct 8 Left Coast Live, San Jose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://culturecollide.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Oct 9 Culture Collide (Taix Stage @ 9pm), Los Angeles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.itsaschoolnight.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Oct 10 School Night @ Bardot, Los Angeles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://juniper.nowsprouting.com/mesa/#"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Oct 11 MESA, Costa Mesa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.moesalley.com/tickets.php?show_id=1247"&gt;Oct 12 Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz (with OKA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.bimbos365club.com/event/62767/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Oct 14 Bimbo's, San Francisco (supporting Mayer Hawthorne)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.brickandmortarmusic.com/event/65211/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Oct 15 Brick &amp;amp; Mortar, San Francisco (with Maya Jupiter)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-8851733823705317512?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/8851733823705317512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/8851733823705317512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/09/west-coast-love.html' title='CALIFORNIA BOUNCE'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-3990439752993526317</id><published>2011-08-23T10:50:00.016-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-23T14:03:23.307-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macy gray'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the roots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skull candy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrika bambaataa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black thought'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='okayplayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='antibalas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jazz a la villette'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='?uestlove'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tony allen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='le poisson rouge'/><title type='text'>FREE MANN IN PARIS</title><content type='html'>&lt;script src="http://skullcandytv.mobilerider.com/libs/mobilerider/mobilerider.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script&gt;mobilerider.embedVideo(577, 51594 ,'', 380, 260, 'osmf',  {extras:'skin:skullcandy,muteOn:,autoplay:0,autohide:1'});&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Hola Chicos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;" &gt;Bam and I rocked LPR a few weeks back and kind folks at Skull Candy put together &lt;a href="http://tv.skullcandy.com/channel-HomePage-media-51594-title-Wax-Poetics-Records-Showcase-Ep.-1.html"&gt;this dope video&lt;/a&gt; showing you how it all went down.  Check out the goods above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also wanted to let you know about some big news - I'll be joining the legendary Tony Allen and Kologbo along with ?uestlove, Black Thought, Macy Gray, Amp Fiddler and my Antibalas brothers Martin Perna, Jordan Mclean and more for &lt;a href="http://www.citedelamusique.fr/minisites/1109_jazz_villette/evenement.aspx?id=12120"&gt;?uestlove's Afro Picks&lt;/a&gt; on September 11 at the &lt;a href="http://www.citedelamusique.fr/minisites/1109_jazz_villette/index.aspx"&gt;Jazz a la Villette Festival&lt;/a&gt; in Paris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's some new live dates in the works including a West Coast swing in October so stay tuned for all that coming to you soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-3990439752993526317?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3990439752993526317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3990439752993526317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/08/free-mann-in-paris.html' title='FREE MANN IN PARIS'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-6353741576255589324</id><published>2011-07-11T16:59:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T17:05:25.421-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hip-hop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skull candy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrika bambaataa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrobeat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='planet rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new york city'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='le poisson rouge'/><title type='text'>PLANET ROCK</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;This is the stuff dreams are made of...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3umd2bfrvl4/ThtjMzRk2LI/AAAAAAAAAks/Q3jn1Qpt07s/s1600/AfrikaChicoJuly28.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 352px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3umd2bfrvl4/ThtjMzRk2LI/AAAAAAAAAks/Q3jn1Qpt07s/s320/AfrikaChicoJuly28.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628201230903072946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Please  join us as we kick off &lt;a href="http://www.waxpoetics.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; brand spankin' new monthly party at  &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/2475"&gt;Le Poisson Rouge&lt;/a&gt; Thursday July 28th with none other than the legendary  &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Afrika-Bambaataa-Soulsonic-Force/1737144575?sk=wall"&gt;Afrika Bambaataa.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176314975766826"&gt;Tell your friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-6353741576255589324?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6353741576255589324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6353741576255589324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/07/planet-rock.html' title='PLANET ROCK'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3umd2bfrvl4/ThtjMzRk2LI/AAAAAAAAAks/Q3jn1Qpt07s/s72-c/AfrikaChicoJuly28.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-4940069789650876046</id><published>2011-06-06T17:22:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T17:25:52.892-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to BK</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;Bringin the heat to Brooklyn Bowl this Wednesday June 8th with our good friends &lt;a href="http://www.hessismore.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hess is More&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and Tiffany Roth from Midnight Magic on wheels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event/44935/"&gt;Join us!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-4940069789650876046?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/4940069789650876046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/4940069789650876046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/06/back-to-bk.html' title='Back to BK'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-3418701288301925326</id><published>2011-04-10T13:06:00.039-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T14:30:29.892-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chicago'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fat beats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miami'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='san francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tampa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toy selectah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cinco de mayo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pachanga'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='live at the loft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='los angeles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wmnf tropical heatwave'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mexicans with guns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sacramento'/><title type='text'>FIRST CUBAN IN SPACE</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22262840?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0&amp;amp;color=ff9933" frameborder="0" height="225" width="375"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/22262840"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22634119?byline=0&amp;amp;portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="225" width="375"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHICO MANN &lt;/a&gt; ON &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/liveattheloft"&gt;LIVE AT THE LOFT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Here we go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Launching dance floors into the stratosphere with an entirely new live show, Chico Mann is set to hit the road&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt; for a string of dates across North America beginning April 16 with a very special &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146289022105597"&gt;Record Store Day party in Brooklyn presented by Fat Beats and Wax Poetics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;After a late night at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3279"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;W Hotel in DC on April 23rd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, Chico will do a couple firsts in &lt;a href="http://www.doubledoor.com/event/34399/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chicago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.waldorfhotel.com/"&gt;Vancouver&lt;/a&gt; on April 27th and 29th, respectively,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt; the latter with good friend &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.maddecent.com/artists/toy-selectah"&gt;Toy Selectah&lt;/a&gt; who will also join Chico at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.rickshawstop.com/event/31841/"&gt;The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on April 30th&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Highlighting the West Coast leg of the tour is a &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Cita-Bar/10150119531025322?ref=ts"&gt;Cinco de Mayo celebration at La Cita in Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt; with good friends &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.maddecent.com/artists/toy-selectah"&gt;Toy Selectah&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://mexicanswithguns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mexicans with Guns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (this one is going to get really hot fam!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;.  LA will get another helping of Chico at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fiestabroadway.la/"&gt;Fiesta Broadway on Sunday May 8th&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bringing the bass home to Miami, Chico will hit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bardotmiami.com/"&gt;Bardot on Friday May 13th&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt; before heading across the panhandle for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wmnf.org/heatwave"&gt;WMNF's Tropical Heatwave in Tampa on Saturday the 14th&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And settling into some Texas love for the last couple days of the tour Chico will play outdoors at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atpearl.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pearl in San Antonio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt; for the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Echale Latino Music Estyles&lt;/span&gt; series on &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Friday May 20th&lt;/span&gt; before burning it down in Austin for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.pachangafest.com/"&gt;2011 Pachanga Festival on Saturday May 21st&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;Full tour dates below and stay tuned for the possibility of more dates being added&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for a lil taste of what you're going to get on this tour check out Chico on a brand new episode of &lt;a href="http://liveattheloftshow.com/2011/04/episode-02-chico-mann/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Live at the Loft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you in the Chicosphere!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHICO MANN ON TOUR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146289022105597"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sat 4.16 Fat Beats &amp;amp; Wax Poetics Record Store Day Party, Brooklyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3279"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sat 4.23 W Hotel, Washington DC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.doubledoor.com/event/34399/"&gt;Wed 4.27 The Double Door, Chicago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.solcollective.org/"&gt;Thurs 4.28 Sol Collective, Sacramento&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.waldorfhotel.com/"&gt;Fri 4.29 The Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver (w/ Toy Selectah)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.rickshawstop.com/event/31841/"&gt;Sat 4.30 The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco (w/ Toy Selectah)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://juniper.nowsprouting.com/mesa/#"&gt;Tues 5.3 MESA, Costa Mesa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lacitabar.com/"&gt;Thurs 5.5 Cinco de Mayo at La Cita, Los Angeles (w/ Toy Selectah &amp;amp; Mexicans with Guns)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.fiestabroadway.la/"&gt;Sun 5.8 Fiesta Broadway, Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bardotmiami.com/"&gt;Fri 5.13 Bardot, Miami&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wmnf.org/heatwave"&gt;Sat 5.14 WMNF Tropical Heatwave, Tampa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atpearl.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fri 5.20 Pearl, San Antonio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.pachangafest.com/"&gt;Sat 5.21 Pachanga Fest, Austin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bardotmiami.com/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-3418701288301925326?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3418701288301925326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3418701288301925326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/04/first-cuban-in-space.html' title='FIRST CUBAN IN SPACE'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-7565357146158894401</id><published>2011-03-01T14:54:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T14:58:09.086-05:00</updated><title type='text'>THE MAN BEHIND THE MANN</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022503906.html"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cILP4zgqUnc/TW1PrJ0MbJI/AAAAAAAAAVg/zOIUgc5SJlY/s320/PH2011022503912.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579203116169718930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022503906.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Washington Post&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; showed some serious love on Sunday with a feature in their Sunday Style section previewing Thursday's show at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.eighteenthstreetlounge.com/2011/mar03.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Eighteenth Street Lounge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022503906.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Check it out here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-7565357146158894401?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7565357146158894401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7565357146158894401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/03/mann-behind-mann.html' title='THE MAN BEHIND THE MANN'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cILP4zgqUnc/TW1PrJ0MbJI/AAAAAAAAAVg/zOIUgc5SJlY/s72-c/PH2011022503912.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-523029579038870144</id><published>2011-01-26T17:22:00.016-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T15:26:56.582-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kcrw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miami'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vampire weekend'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='analog drift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jason bentley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afro-freestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='javelin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mtv'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mtv iggy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artopia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garth trinidad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='101 apparel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rhapsody'/><title type='text'>CHICO: 101</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%;"&gt;Fam - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%;"&gt;Lots going on...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;many good things happening in Chicosphere!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9cSq77DI/AAAAAAAAADo/e_qbUhn330o/s1600/TONE_2010_101_ChicoMann_Amir_079.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9cSq77DI/AAAAAAAAADo/e_qbUhn330o/s320/TONE_2010_101_ChicoMann_Amir_079.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our good friends at &lt;a href="http://101apparel.com/_html%20new/mens_chico_mann_afro_freestyle_white.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;101 Apparel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; just debuted the &lt;a href="http://101apparel.com/_html%20new/mens_chico_mann_afro_freestyle_white.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;1st-ever Chico Mann Afro-Freestyle t-shirt and mixtape!&lt;/a&gt;  Mixed by Tkat, it's bumpin'!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still feeling all of that &lt;a href="http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=audio&amp;amp;id=mb101206chico_mann" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KCRW love&lt;/a&gt;, it's great to hear Jason Bentley, Garth Trinidad and crew spin tracks from &lt;a href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/product_info.php?products_id=1541"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Analog Drift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on the regular.  Thank you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The record made a couple great year-end favorite lists from &lt;a href="http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/12/latin2010.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rhapsody&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://blog.afropop.org/2010/12/top-latin-records-and-best-compilations.html" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Afropop Blog&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.waxpoetics.com/2010/12/javelin-top-ten-albums-of-2010/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;our friends Javelin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but the boldest might be from &lt;a href="http://blog.mtviggy.com/2011/01/03/bands-we-like-cuban-american-electro-tropicalist-chico-mann/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MTV Iggy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; who are suggesting a &lt;a href="http://blog.mtviggy.com/2011/01/10/our-top-10-dream-collaborations-for-2011-someone-make-this-happen/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"dream" collaboration with Vampire Weekend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  I'm not opposed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all the lovers in Miami, I'll be there February 10th for two shows at &lt;a href="http://microapp.miaminewtimes.com/artopia2011/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Artopia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - first at the Moore Building before heading over to the &lt;a href="http://www.wantickets.com/EventDetail.aspx?e_id=149255"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vagabond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to burn it up at the afterparty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;More to come!!!&amp;nbsp; Check the pics!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9YyALWdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/G72S5d90_cM/s1600/afro_freestyle_black.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="293" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9YyALWdI/AAAAAAAAADQ/G72S5d90_cM/s320/afro_freestyle_black.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9ZX_QqsI/AAAAAAAAADU/-Uuu_PeFIoc/s1600/AFRO_FREESTYLE_CD_ART.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9ZX_QqsI/AAAAAAAAADU/-Uuu_PeFIoc/s320/AFRO_FREESTYLE_CD_ART.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9Z2bU2HI/AAAAAAAAADY/pGe04qx68eU/s1600/afro_freestyle_white.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="293" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9Z2bU2HI/AAAAAAAAADY/pGe04qx68eU/s320/afro_freestyle_white.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9aoZak9I/AAAAAAAAADc/gcCHjdsCzXY/s1600/TONE_2010_101_ChicoMann_Amir_009.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9aoZak9I/AAAAAAAAADc/gcCHjdsCzXY/s320/TONE_2010_101_ChicoMann_Amir_009.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9b5mGOEI/AAAAAAAAADk/JPyrj63-i9E/s1600/TONE_2010_101_ChicoMann_Amir_059.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9b5mGOEI/AAAAAAAAADk/JPyrj63-i9E/s320/TONE_2010_101_ChicoMann_Amir_059.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-523029579038870144?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/523029579038870144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/523029579038870144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2011/01/chico-101.html' title='CHICO: 101'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/TUm9cSq77DI/AAAAAAAAADo/e_qbUhn330o/s72-c/TONE_2010_101_ChicoMann_Amir_079.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-7890663979644936792</id><published>2010-12-09T13:44:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-09T16:31:22.275-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kcrw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bonjay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='uproot andy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gbh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morning becomes eclectic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='filter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cheeky bastard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='brooklyn bowl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jason bentley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grown kids radio'/><title type='text'>CHICO HEARTS KCRW</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;As an independent artist, I feel so touched and blessed to have the love and support of everyone at &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/"&gt;KCRW&lt;/a&gt;. I say love because I really felt so welcomed at the station and I know how much you have been supporting the album!  You have my eternal gratitude and I look forward to sharing my new material with KCRW first!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jason, Ariana, Mario, Garth, Jeremy, Raul and everyone at KCRW - the Chicos and I wish you all the best in 2011 and beyond!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you might have missed it, or just want to give it another spin you can check out our performance on&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=audio&amp;amp;id=mb101206chico_mann"&gt;Morning Becomes Eclectic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you at &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event-detail/?tfly_event_id=22585"&gt;Brooklyn Bowl&lt;/a&gt; next Saturday night December 18th when we'll be getting things cookin with our good friends &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bonjay.net/"&gt;Bonjay&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://soundcloud.com/uprootandy"&gt;Uproot Andy&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;br /&gt;El Gato&lt;br /&gt;El Gallo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.grownkidsradio.com/episodes/gkr-episode-31-chico-mann-mixtape-feature-12-03-10"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-7890663979644936792?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7890663979644936792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7890663979644936792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/12/chico-hearts-kcrw.html' title='CHICO HEARTS KCRW'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-5126731307466004523</id><published>2010-12-06T11:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T11:11:50.595-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kcrw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morning becomes eclectic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='los angeles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jason bentley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the roxy'/><title type='text'>CHICO BECOMES ECLECTIC</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Fam - the day has arrived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be joining Jason Bentley at the legendary &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/"&gt;KCRW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; studios for an interview and live performance on the always amazing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Morning Becomes Eclectic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; starting at 11:15am Pacific time.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=live&amp;amp;id=kcrwlive"&gt;Click here to get the heat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;And tonight we'll be making it funky  at the &lt;a href="http://theroxyonsunset.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Roxy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as&lt;a href="http://www.kcrw.com/events/kcrw_events/chico-mann"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/events/kcrw_events/chico-mann"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KCRW presents Chico Mann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; along with special guests Rainbow Arabia,   NGUZUNGUZU and DJ Oro11.  Get your tickets at the Roxy box office or   online at &lt;a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/090045760F3150C4?artistid=1528002&amp;amp;majorcatid=10001&amp;amp;minorcatid=60?brand=roxy"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" &gt;Ticketmaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much Love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;br /&gt;El Gato&lt;br /&gt;El Gallo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-5126731307466004523?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/5126731307466004523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/5126731307466004523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/12/chico-becomes-eclectic.html' title='CHICO BECOMES ECLECTIC'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-8229119485095434222</id><published>2010-11-24T19:28:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T11:26:45.384-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kcrw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morning becomes eclectic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rainbow arabia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='analog drift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jason bentley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DJ Oro11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGUZUNGUZU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the roxy'/><title type='text'>Acción de Gracias</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;The &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/"&gt;KCRW&lt;/a&gt; love continues, giving us lots to be  thankful for...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Thanksgiving day, for 24 hours only, they  will feature &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tu/tu101125chico_mann_mentiroso"&gt;Mentirosos&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;from Analog Drift as free download.  Log on to &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/tu/tu101125chico_mann_mentiroso"&gt;Today's  Top Tune&lt;/a&gt; and grab it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then on &lt;a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/090045760F3150C4?artistid=1528002&amp;amp;majorcatid=10001&amp;amp;minorcatid=60?brand=roxy"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Monday December 6th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  LA will get a double-shot of Chico.  First we'll join our friend Jason  Bentley on what is possibly the best radio show out there - &lt;a href="http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Morning Becomes Eclectic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; where we'll sit down for little Q&amp;amp;A and get things cooking in the studio with a live performance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And  later that evening we'll make it funky at the &lt;a href="http://theroxyonsunset.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Roxy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as&lt;a href="http://www.kcrw.com/events/kcrw_events/chico-mann"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/events/kcrw_events/chico-mann"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KCRW presents Chico Mann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; along with special guests Rainbow Arabia,  NGUZUNGUZU and DJ Oro11.  Get your tickets at the Roxy box office or  online at &lt;a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/090045760F3150C4?artistid=1528002&amp;amp;majorcatid=10001&amp;amp;minorcatid=60?brand=roxy"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" &gt;Ticketmaster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wishing you and yours a great holiday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;br /&gt;El Gato&lt;br /&gt;El Gallo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-8229119485095434222?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/8229119485095434222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/8229119485095434222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/11/accion-de-gracias.html' title='Acción de Gracias'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-23097137329905145</id><published>2010-11-17T15:23:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T15:35:20.122-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kcrw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='analog drift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='serato'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rhapsody'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='itunes'/><title type='text'>ALL THAT IS RISING</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 277px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TOQ69xCjjEI/AAAAAAAAAKg/DTedtpFjL0I/s320/Analog-Drift-Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540618274383039554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big news from Chico camp-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984"&gt;Analog Drift&lt;/a&gt; has reached the zenith, well one of them anyway, reaching #1 on the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.kcrw.com/"&gt;KCRW&lt;/a&gt; top 30 and AAA charts for this week!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The album was also featured as the &lt;a href="http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/11/aotd1106.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rhapsody Album of the Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and is continuing to it across &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=analog+drift&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a#sclient=psy&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;safe=off&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&amp;amp;q=%22radio%22+%22analog+drift%22&amp;amp;aq=f&amp;amp;aqi=&amp;amp;aql=&amp;amp;oq=&amp;amp;gs_rfai=&amp;amp;pbx=1&amp;amp;psj=1&amp;amp;fp=53894057c0dc71cc"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;radio airwaves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=analog+drift&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a#q=analog+drift&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;tbo=u&amp;amp;tbs=blg:1&amp;amp;source=og&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;tab=wb&amp;amp;fp=3e612ad3ecffa8bf"&gt;blogosphere&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/product_info.php?cPath=984&amp;amp;products_id=1540"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Serato Exclusive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is almost sold out and the LPs and CDs are on the move - visit the &lt;a href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wax Poetics Store&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://digital.waxpoetics.com/search/release.php?release_id=25519"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wax Poetics Digital&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/analog-drift/id398282412"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;iTunes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to get yours!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-23097137329905145?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/23097137329905145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/23097137329905145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-that-is-rising.html' title='ALL THAT IS RISING'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TOQ69xCjjEI/AAAAAAAAAKg/DTedtpFjL0I/s72-c/Analog-Drift-Cover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-9184689657133552379</id><published>2010-11-11T15:06:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-11T16:43:02.486-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kcrw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='29-95.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrobeat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='analog drift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cmj'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='montreal mirror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='itunes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dj don jose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breakthru radio'/><title type='text'>HOME BASS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TNxY2rsRkEI/AAAAAAAAAIw/U4UV_GR4-BY/s1600/Chico-poster-collage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 290px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TNxY2rsRkEI/AAAAAAAAAIw/U4UV_GR4-BY/s320/Chico-poster-collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538399338223472706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Analog Drift tour is complete!  Well, for now anyways...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're back home, resting after a great 3 weeks on the road and getting things together to bring the beat back to you very soon.  In the meantime, we'll have some Afro-freestyle coming your way in the next few months, so stay tuned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we were setting the dancefloors of North America ablaze, &lt;a href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Analog Drift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has been making making some waves of its own, climbing both the &lt;a href="http://chirpradio.org/cmj-charts"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CMJ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/tag/chico-mann/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KCRW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; charts.  If you haven’t grabbed your own yet check out the &lt;a href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wax Poetics store&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or if the digital game is more your style you can also download it from Wax Poetics &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://digital.waxpoetics.com/search/release.php?release_id=25519"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or via &lt;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/analog-drift/id398282412"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;iTunes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spoke with the &lt;a href="http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2010/11/04/music/algorithm-method/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Montreal Mirror&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=12041"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DJ Don Jose at BreakThru Radio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.29-95.com/music/story/chico-mann"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Houston’s 29-95.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Click on the links to check out the interviews!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And last, but certainly not least we’d like to thank everyone who made the Analog Drift tour possible - you know who you are, Fam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much Love,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;br /&gt;El Gato&lt;br /&gt;El Gallo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-9184689657133552379?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/9184689657133552379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/9184689657133552379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/11/home-bass.html' title='HOME BASS'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TNxY2rsRkEI/AAAAAAAAAIw/U4UV_GR4-BY/s72-c/Chico-poster-collage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-3324463242413626727</id><published>2010-11-02T13:01:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-02T13:22:40.075-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CANADIAN BREAKIN'</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;After an amazing couple of weeks in the states we are bringing the body rock to our neighbors up north for 3 more shows to round out the Analog Drift Tour... for now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll be with the powerful &lt;a href="http://www.hypnoticbrassensemble.com/"&gt;Hypnotic Brass Ensemble&lt;/a&gt; for 2 nights - first at &lt;a href="http://worldfamousmusic.net/shows/hypnotic-brass-ensemble"&gt;La Sala Rossa&lt;/a&gt; in Montreal on Thursday October 4th and then on Friday October 5th at &lt;a href="http://worldfamousmusic.net/shows/hypnotic-brass-ensemble-ottawa"&gt;Ritual Nightclub&lt;/a&gt; in Ottawa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then on Saturday October 6th we'll be back in Montreal to headline &lt;a href="http://worldfamousmusic.net/shows/chico-mann"&gt;Cafe Campus&lt;/a&gt; with the red-hot Daft Punk Tribute Band.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep en eye out for some more shows in NYC soon and don't forget to pick up your copy of Analog Drift available at &lt;a href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984"&gt;Wax Poetics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/analog-drift/id398282412"&gt;iTunes&lt;/a&gt; and your local record store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-3324463242413626727?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3324463242413626727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3324463242413626727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/11/canadian-breakin.html' title='CANADIAN BREAKIN&apos;'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-2053008784936421735</id><published>2010-10-27T12:31:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T19:27:19.222-04:00</updated><title type='text'>NYC RECORD RELEASE PARTY TONIGHT!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Hola Chicos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's with great pleasure that we invite you to join us in celebration of the release of &lt;a href="http://store.waxpoetics.com/storefront/index.php?cPath=984"&gt;Analog Drift&lt;/a&gt; tonight at &lt;a href="http://www.santospartyhouse.com/event/index/id/1887?utm_source=MeanRed+General+List&amp;amp;utm_campaign=724a8b39be-ninjas&amp;amp;utm_medium=email"&gt;Santos Party House!!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've been warming it up out west this past week for you so get ready for some serious heat when we join forces with the one and only &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/quebajoparty"&gt;Que Bajo?!&lt;/a&gt; crew to burn up the dancefloor starting at 9pm.  And tickets are only $5 before midnight... if that's not the deal of a lifetime I don't know what is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's all the goods:&lt;br /&gt;Chico Mann and Que Bajo?! Present: Isla de los Muertos&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday Oct 27 9pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santospartyhouse.com/event/index/id/1887?utm_source=MeanRed+General+List&amp;amp;utm_campaign=724a8b39be-ninjas&amp;amp;utm_medium=email"&gt;Santos Party House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=96+Lafayette+Street+NYC&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;sa=N&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;tab=wl"&gt;96 Lafayette Street NYC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for your listening pleasure our good friend Marty McSorley at &lt;a href="http://wfmu.org/"&gt;WFMU&lt;/a&gt; (Jersey represent!) just posted our interview and in-studio performance from Sunday October 26th.  Check out the playlist and pictures &lt;a href="http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/37829"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and listen to the full set &lt;a href="http://www.wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=2&amp;amp;show=37829&amp;amp;archive=64466&amp;amp;starttime=1:20:52"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Just a taste of some of the flavor you'll be getting tonight at Santos and on the rest of the Analog Drift Tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-2053008784936421735?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/2053008784936421735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/2053008784936421735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/10/nyc-record-release-party-tonight.html' title='NYC RECORD RELEASE PARTY TONIGHT!!!'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-1248846443913036372</id><published>2010-10-20T07:42:00.018-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T14:22:20.828-04:00</updated><title type='text'>THE ANALOG DRIFT TOUR STARTS... NOW</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Hola Chicos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight's the night it all begins...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll be setting this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Analog Drift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; tour off in proper Chico style with two hot nights in San Francisco -  first with our good friends the Afrolicious Crew at the &lt;a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/132347"&gt;The Elbo Room&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday Oct 21 and then heading over to &lt;a href="http://330ritch.com/event/chico-mann/"&gt;330 Ritch&lt;/a&gt; on Friday Oct 22 before we take the heat down to LA for a Saturday night at &lt;a href="http://www.themintla.com/show/detail/33223"&gt;The Mint&lt;/a&gt; with special guest Dam Funk on the wheels!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday Oct 24 we'll be at &lt;a href="http://littletemple.com/#/schedule/4541763101"&gt;Little Temple&lt;/a&gt; for a very special Sonido Sundays and then head back home to NYC to rock the bodies &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;with the Que Bajo?! crew &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santospartyhouse.com/index/event/id/1617"&gt;at Santos  Party House on &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santospartyhouse.com/index/event/id/1617"&gt;Wednesday Oct 27th.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll be taking the party south to &lt;a href="http://www.thevagabondmiami.com/happenings?eid=300"&gt;Vagabond in Miami&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday Oct 28, then a double shot of Texas love - first with our good friend DJ Sun at &lt;a href="http://www.minkonmain.com/backroom/"&gt;The Mink Backroom&lt;/a&gt; on Friday Oct 28 and then to Austin for &lt;a href="http://nightfevervol6.eventbrite.com/"&gt;Night Fever! at The Scoot Inn&lt;/a&gt; Saturday Oct 30.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And last but certainly not least we'll be making our first trip up north for shows with the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at &lt;a href="http://liftticketsystem.com/events/casadelpopolo"&gt;La Sala Rossa&lt;/a&gt; in Montreal on Thursday Nov 4 and at &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/RITUALNIGHTCLUB"&gt;Ritual Nightclub&lt;/a&gt; in Ottawa on Friday Nov 5 before heading back to Montreal to headline &lt;a href="http://www.cafecampus.com/"&gt;Cafe Campus&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday Nov 6.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's time to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Chico&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-1248846443913036372?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1248846443913036372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1248846443913036372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/10/analog-drift-tour-starts-now.html' title='THE ANALOG DRIFT TOUR STARTS... NOW'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-1913024126157792957</id><published>2010-10-19T13:16:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T13:16:45.934-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Bull Space NYC Tonight!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Familia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; - it's CMJ week in NYC and we're &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;bringin' it to the Red  Bull Space tonight starting  at 8pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;.  Our very own TKat will be on  the wheels along with good friends Uproot Andy and DJ Sabo.  Chico hits  at 10 so arrive early cause space is limited and the bar is open.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All  the biz is here &lt;a href="http://fusicology.com/event/chicomannatcmj"&gt;http://fusicology.com/event/chicomannatcmj&lt;/a&gt;    Props to Co-Sign Collective for putting this together for us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TLy_yumaCNI/AAAAAAAAAFw/0KqKtn5mGmM/s1600/a_ChicoMann_Flyer_OP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TLy_yumaCNI/AAAAAAAAAFw/0KqKtn5mGmM/s320/a_ChicoMann_Flyer_OP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529505320727611602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-1913024126157792957?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1913024126157792957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/1913024126157792957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/10/red-bull-space-nyc-tonight.html' title='Red Bull Space NYC Tonight!'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TLy_yumaCNI/AAAAAAAAAFw/0KqKtn5mGmM/s72-c/a_ChicoMann_Flyer_OP.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-7815656519168737657</id><published>2010-09-23T16:42:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-05T18:00:22.812-04:00</updated><title type='text'>THE ANALOG DRIFT TOUR</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TJu8i3HNBfI/AAAAAAAAAEI/niprYyY1kjI/s1600/ChicoTourFlierV2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TJu8i3HNBfI/AAAAAAAAAEI/niprYyY1kjI/s400/ChicoTourFlierV2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520213075368412658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Get Ready&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;US TOUR DATES&lt;br /&gt;10.20 The New Parish Oakland&lt;br /&gt;10.21 The Elbo Room San Francisco&lt;br /&gt;10.22 330 Ritch San Francisco&lt;br /&gt;10.23 The Mint Los Angeles&lt;br /&gt;10.24 Little Temple Los Angeles&lt;br /&gt;10.27 Santos Party House NYC&lt;br /&gt;10.28 The Vagabond Miami&lt;br /&gt;10.29 The Mink Backroom Houston&lt;br /&gt;10.30 The Scoot Inn Austin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;more coming soon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-7815656519168737657?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7815656519168737657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7815656519168737657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/09/analog-drift-tour.html' title='THE ANALOG DRIFT TOUR'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TJu8i3HNBfI/AAAAAAAAAEI/niprYyY1kjI/s72-c/ChicoTourFlierV2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-7325952041036017618</id><published>2010-08-19T16:28:00.017-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T14:28:08.442-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dj tkat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wave rock weekender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrobeat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='analog drift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='melbourne'/><title type='text'>CHICO AUSTRALIA TOUR</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Familia -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;We are gearing up for our first trip down under!  Five shows in five cities in five days, criss-crossing the continent to drop some Afro-Freestyle on all the lovers in Melbourne, Kings Cross, Northbridge, Dunsborough and Hyden.  The tour concludes with a show at the &lt;a href="http://www.soulhighway.com.au/"&gt;Wave Rock Weekender Festival&lt;/a&gt;.  Check it out:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class=" down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Link" class="gl_link" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TG8QSQyUugI/AAAAAAAAADg/Blg5Vza7J0c/s1600/ChicoMannTourArt_v1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TG8QSQyUugI/AAAAAAAAADg/Blg5Vza7J0c/s320/ChicoMannTourArt_v1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507638775227136514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=39897&amp;ref=moshtix"&gt;Wed 9.22 Toff in Town Melbourne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.meltbar.com.au/blog/"&gt;Thurs 9.23 Melt Bar Kings Cross&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.northbridgealive.com.au/"&gt;Fri 9.24 The Bakery Northbridge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dunsborough-Australia/malt-Market-Bar-Kitchen/389785760104"&gt;Sat 9.25 Malt Market Bar Dunsborough&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soulhighway.com.au/"&gt;Sun 9.26 Wave Rock Weekender Hyden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Stay tuned - there is a whole lot more coming with the&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; official release of Analog Drift &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;dropping &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;on Wax Poetics Records October 26th!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;We'll have a bunch of treats for you soon so until then... Australia here we come...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-7325952041036017618?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7325952041036017618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/7325952041036017618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/08/chico-australia-tour.html' title='CHICO AUSTRALIA TOUR'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TG8QSQyUugI/AAAAAAAAADg/Blg5Vza7J0c/s72-c/ChicoMannTourArt_v1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-6873363539286108925</id><published>2010-07-13T14:38:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T14:54:43.950-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mercury lounge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='c&apos;mon son'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='glasslands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ana tijoux'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wax poetics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viva radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turntable lab'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new york times'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jon pareles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='latin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american apparel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freestyle'/><title type='text'>VIVA CHICO!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;¿Qué pasó? Chicos?!&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt;We just came off a great week at the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://latinalternative.com/"&gt;Latin Alternative Music Conference&lt;/a&gt;… played some hot shows and made lots of new friends.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Look out for the good word on all things Chico coming to a Latin news network near you very soon…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt; Wednesday night at the &lt;b&gt;Mercury Lounge&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; we played the conference’s opening night showcase and were lucky enough to meet the one and only &lt;b&gt;Jon Pareles &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New York Times&lt;/span&gt;. Jon was really digging the show and gave us a fantastic write-up in the Times which you can read &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/arts/music/09stage.html?_r=1&amp;amp;scp=1&amp;amp;sq=chico%20mann&amp;amp;st=cse"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Saturday night at &lt;b&gt;Glasslands&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; we shared the stage with the Chilean sensation &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/anitatijoux"&gt;Ana Tijoux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; who was also one of the conference’s most talked about artists.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;There are plans for a Chico Manna Tijoux collab in the future and we’ll hit you with that once it’s good to go.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt; Back in May Chico visited &lt;a href="http://blog.viva-radio.com/Post.aspx?p=1385"&gt;&lt;b&gt;American Apparel’s Viva Radio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; for an interview and live performance in their studio tucked away in the back of a converted old porno theater on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The result - utter heat and hilarity.  Click on the image below to&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; hear about Chico’s experiences with freestyle legend &lt;b&gt;Noel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, Caito’s boy band past and of course 20 minutes of Chico fire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.viva-radio.com/index.php?contributor=118"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TDyzntrpsnI/AAAAAAAAADQ/lQpCFCd7Rv4/s320/ME84_Banner_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493463140344115826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;We’re taking some time off for the remainder of the summer but there may be a few gigs popping up so we’ll definitely hit you with updates on all that but get ready for the fall release of &lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/album/analog-drift-muy-esniqui"&gt;&lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Analog Drift: Muy...Esniqui &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;which will be released on &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.waxpoetics.com/"&gt;Wax Poetics Records &lt;/a&gt;on CD and limited edition, hand numbered vinyl.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Until then, we leave you with one of our favorites… &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cmonsononline.com/"&gt;Enjoy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;"&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-6873363539286108925?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6873363539286108925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6873363539286108925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/07/viva-chico.html' title='VIVA CHICO!!!'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TDyzntrpsnI/AAAAAAAAADQ/lQpCFCd7Rv4/s72-c/ME84_Banner_blog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-723709625603123822</id><published>2010-06-09T16:40:00.018-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T13:29:02.001-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mercury lounge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='santos party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='latin alternative music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='southpaw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='keys krates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='delano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='que bajo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afro-cuban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrobeat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turntables on hudson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='electric pickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='el museo'/><title type='text'>Chico NYC-Miami Takeover</title><content type='html'>Hola Chicos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These hot summer nights are about to get much hotter as the group is about to take the stage for seven performances over three weeks time so get ready!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things get started on &lt;a href="http://www.santospartyhouse.com/index/event/id/1617"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wednesday June 16th at Santos Party House&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with our boys from Que Bajo?!  Check out the illest flier ever &lt;a href="http://www.duttyartz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pacmanboard2.gif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  Then we head down to Miami for the weekend, setting things off first on &lt;a href="http://www.electricpicklemiami.com/emporium/?p=755"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Friday June 18th at the Electric Pickle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and then over at the &lt;a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/default.aspx#/explore/?id=floridaroom"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Florida Room at the Delano on Saturday the 19th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; where the band will be joined by &lt;a href="http://www.lebostudios.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lebo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; painting live!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next week we are back in NYC for a very special rooftop performance at &lt;a href="http://www.elmuseo.org/en/event/chico-mann"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;El Museo del Barrio on Thursday June 24th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as part of their Summer Nights Series as well as a special celebration for the Fourth Annual Teatro Stage Festival.  Do not sleep on this one!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July will see Chico's first performance at &lt;a href="http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/4763"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Mercury Lounge on Wednesday July 7th &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;as part of the Latin Alternative Music Conference joining our good friends Ocote Soul Sounds and others for an amazing showcase.  And on &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.turntablesonthehudson.com/"&gt;Friday July 9th for Turntables on the Hudson&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Chico will link back up with Geko Jones and Uproot Andy for Que Bajo?! on the picturesque Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City brought to you by our good friend and long time supporter &lt;a href="http://www.nickodemus.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nickodemus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your viewing pleasure our good friends at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Fader&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giant Step&lt;/span&gt; have released some videos of Chico performing at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Fader Fort&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Giant Step Sunset Soiree&lt;/span&gt;.  Stay tuned for the live Chico set on Viva Radio coming soon.  Click on the links below to check them out:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/14/chico-mann-anima-live-at-the-levis%25C2%25AE-fader-fort/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chico Mann "Anima" live at the Fader Fort SXSW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.giantstep.net/index.php/2010/05/chico-mann-miami-debut-at-sunset-soiree-march-2010/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chico Mann live at the Giant Step Sunset Soiree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;And stay tuned for a live American Apparel Viva Radio Session and news on future album releases coming soon...&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Chico Mann Live in NYC and Miami &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(click on the active links for all the info)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.santospartyhouse.com/index/event/id/1617"&gt;6.16 Wed Que Bajo?! @ Santos Party House, NYC&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.duttyartz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pacmanboard2.gif"&gt;flier&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.electricpicklemiami.com/emporium/?p=755"&gt;6.18 Fri The Electric Pickle, Miami&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.delano-hotel.com/default.aspx#/explore/?id=floridaroom"&gt;6.19 Sat The Florida Room @ The Delano, Miami (with live painting by Lebo!) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elmuseo.org/en/event/chico-mann"&gt;6.24 Thurs Summer Nights @ El Museo del Barrio, NYC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/4763"&gt;7.7 Wed LAMC showcase @ Mercury Lounge, NYC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.turntablesonthehudson.com/"&gt;7.9 Fri Que Bajo?! @ Water Taxi Beach (Turntables on the Hudson), NYC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TBahx9KIygI/AAAAAAAAADI/VefdrhCFosI/s1600/Chico-NYC-MIAMI.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TBahx9KIygI/AAAAAAAAADI/VefdrhCFosI/s400/Chico-NYC-MIAMI.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482747475972901378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-723709625603123822?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/723709625603123822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/723709625603123822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/06/chico-nyc-miami-takeover.html' title='Chico NYC-Miami Takeover'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/TBahx9KIygI/AAAAAAAAADI/VefdrhCFosI/s72-c/Chico-NYC-MIAMI.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-3459119916730086556</id><published>2010-05-12T14:33:00.013-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T16:07:42.378-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giant step'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miami'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viva radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fader'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='delano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dj tkat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='el museo del barrio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunset soiree'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american apparel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter music conference'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='east village radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marcos garcia'/><title type='text'>Radio Chico</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Hola Chicos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our good friends at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Giant Step&lt;/span&gt; just posted this super hot video from the Sunset Soiree down at the Delano - check the goodness &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/giantstepnyc#p/c/C828071242F3F3C6/0/CwaRiO66gAw"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Friday May 14th we'll be the special guest on the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/nowplaying.aspx?contentid=1332&amp;amp;showid=77298"&gt;The Let Out&lt;/a&gt; - The Fader's 2 hour show on &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.eastvillageradio.com/"&gt;East Village Radio&lt;/a&gt;.  If you're kickin' it around the way come over the studio at &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=19+1st+Avenue+New+York,+NY+10003&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;hnear=19+1st+Ave,+New+York,+NY+10003&amp;amp;gl=us&amp;amp;ei=gvbqS4DGI4SKlwfd5uGcBA&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;amp;ct=image&amp;amp;resnum=1&amp;amp;ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA"&gt;19 1st Ave b/t 1st and 2nd streets&lt;/a&gt; and check the show live.  We start at 6pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next week on Wednesday May 26th at 5pm we'll be doing a live set for &lt;a href="http://www.viva-radio.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;American Apparel Viva Radio&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;  Tune in for the goodness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And mark your calendars for Thursday June 24th when Chico will be performing 2 sets at &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.elmuseo.org/"&gt;El Museo del Barrio&lt;/a&gt; as part of their Summer Nights Series.  This is going to get hot so come on uptown for the get down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More Chico love coming soon so stay tuned...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-3459119916730086556?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3459119916730086556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/3459119916730086556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/05/radio-chico.html' title='Radio Chico'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-6145336261584707873</id><published>2010-04-15T13:08:00.017-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T15:25:40.643-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sol collective'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='san francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='angel magik'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fete'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chico mann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dj tkat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afro-cuban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='latin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrobeat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afrolicious'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freestyle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='antibalas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oakland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new parish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sacramento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marcos garcia'/><title type='text'>California Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Hola Chicos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're going back to Cali this weekend with a performance at the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cademconvention.org/convention-information/event-schedule/"&gt;2010 Democratic State Convention&lt;/a&gt; in Los Angeles opening for the legendary Los Lobos and then rolling up north to the Bay for 3 shows at the end of the month.  Peep the goodness:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://chicomannsol-efbevent.eventbrite.com/"&gt;Thurs April 29 at Sol Collective in Sacramento&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A special Q&amp;amp;A with Chico that includes pre-show food and beverages and a mix-tape all courtesy of our friends at Sol Collective.  Get your tickets&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://chicomannsol-efbevent.eventbrite.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elbo.com/Calendar.php"&gt;Fri April 30 at The Elbo Room in San Francisco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The Afrolicious 3-year Anniversary party is going to get hot as hell.  We got our friend Similak Chyld on the decks along with Pleasuremaker, Senor Oz and DJ Sebo.  Tickets right &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/107380"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; y'all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.eventbrite.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sat May 1 at the New Parish in Oakland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Making our debut at the Fete/Angel Magik party which always sets asses in motion.  Can't wait to get down in Oaktown.  Tickets &lt;a href="http://chicomann.eventbrite.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And for those of you who haven't heard the n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ew &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/mexicanswithguns"&gt;Mexicans With Guns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; track &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Me Gustó&lt;/span&gt; featuring Chico that is out now on &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/12-inch/mexicanswithguns/mexicans-with-guns-me-gusto-12"&gt;Stones Throw&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;imprint Innovative Leisure Records you can download it for free right from our good friends at Fader &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://thefader.cachefly.net/mexi-guns-chico-mann-me-gusto.mp3"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Enjoy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some choice shots from the SF and NYC Joe Cuba parties and SXSW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dSJwXWO4I/AAAAAAAAACI/iHeWoVuHeRw/s1600/Joe_Cuba-32wtmk.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dSJwXWO4I/AAAAAAAAACI/iHeWoVuHeRw/s320/Joe_Cuba-32wtmk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460423400765143938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dSKSDOQyI/AAAAAAAAACY/SXy-kJo8tjc/s1600/825596285_tasKT-M.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dSKSDOQyI/AAAAAAAAACY/SXy-kJo8tjc/s320/825596285_tasKT-M.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460423409807541026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dURTC9R-I/AAAAAAAAACg/sC1zebOctBA/s1600/IMG_2468.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dURTC9R-I/AAAAAAAAACg/sC1zebOctBA/s320/IMG_2468.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460425729357203426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dSKG8OWDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/xcidyUgzXfM/s1600/4451030608_cca071a612_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dSKG8OWDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/xcidyUgzXfM/s320/4451030608_cca071a612_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460423406825396274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dUSFcUJeI/AAAAAAAAACw/Ie7eduKwct0/s1600/4450266459_d40a203ef0_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dUSFcUJeI/AAAAAAAAACw/Ie7eduKwct0/s320/4450266459_d40a203ef0_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460425742885332450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dUR1n6PhI/AAAAAAAAACo/P3kMSQfBHxo/s1600/IMG_2539.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dUR1n6PhI/AAAAAAAAACo/P3kMSQfBHxo/s320/IMG_2539.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460425738638999058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-6145336261584707873?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6145336261584707873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6145336261584707873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2010/04/california-love.html' title='California Love'/><author><name>Robert Krevolin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03751110687298873810</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/ScfBD-rkVBI/AAAAAAAAAA0/_XAQzuSsjrw/S220/Igotthis.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4MQk34_J9OM/S8dSJwXWO4I/AAAAAAAAACI/iHeWoVuHeRw/s72-c/Joe_Cuba-32wtmk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-5646472496083962616</id><published>2009-11-12T14:10:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T14:31:43.896-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chico Mann's Kickstarter Project</title><content type='html'>Check out the &lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chicomann/the-next-chico-mann-album-trickster-for-kids"&gt;Kickstarter Project!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chicomann/the-next-chico-mann-album-trickster-for-kids"&gt;http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chicomann/the-next-chico-mann-album-trickster-for-kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-11630c7fae3326d5" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D11630c7fae3326d5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329857692%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D30462C44D149B7A52EFCED4F1B295F5E2D411A3A.8217A985CB9B04A1939DB4B7AEF6A3BA8891081F%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D11630c7fae3326d5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D9k814vT5dLf2Hg_ZMALExT2gHUU&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D11630c7fae3326d5%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329857692%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D30462C44D149B7A52EFCED4F1B295F5E2D411A3A.8217A985CB9B04A1939DB4B7AEF6A3BA8891081F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D11630c7fae3326d5%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D9k814vT5dLf2Hg_ZMALExT2gHUU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-5646472496083962616?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/5646472496083962616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/5646472496083962616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2009/11/chico-manns-kickstarter-project.html' title='Chico Mann&apos;s Kickstarter Project'/><author><name>Chico Mann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02417301923835970540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/SvBfn2NyXJI/AAAAAAAAABM/JKYL9kgQJ60/S220/8BIT+CHICO+FINAL.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-4670807917279876985</id><published>2009-11-12T13:42:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T14:54:05.529-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ayyy, Chico!  You're busy...</title><content type='html'>Friends -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's an update on things Chico related:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting ready for our &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=1508890821&amp;amp;share_id=347631890376&amp;amp;comments=1#/event.php?eid=164593548121&amp;amp;ref=share"&gt;show&lt;/a&gt; this Saturday at &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=1508890821&amp;amp;share_id=347631890376&amp;amp;comments=1#/event.php?eid=164593548121&amp;amp;ref=share"&gt;Public Assembly&lt;/a&gt; in Brooklyn.  Its shaping up to be an epic night!  We'll be performing some new material, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Been working on videos with friends!  All the links are below.  The video for Dilo Como Yo was something I really had nothing to do with and was made without my consent, but its cool and well-done!  The latest one is for Ya Yo Sé.  It was made with found-footage transfered from VHS tapes purchased at yard sales! Produced by LeArsenalAV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recorded a promotional track and shot a commercial for Rockstar Games' Beaterator, a new music software game.  The track and video will be released soon, so I don't want to steal their thunder.  Its very funky and it features me sampling from myself...go figure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for Trickster for Kids...been talking to a friend about how to effectively fund it through Kickstarter.  She's advising me to make it more personal and let people know that I am really an independent artist.  I'm not funded by any label or organization.  I make music in my own home studio, fueled by love and a never-ending obsession with harmony and syncopation.  I'm my own manager, booking agent, label, PR/Marketing person and so on and so forth.  I'm very excited to see that interest in what I do is growing.  Its a blessing to be able to make music for others to enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much love,&lt;br /&gt;Marcos aka Chico&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CHICO MANN VIDEOS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elpiDB9SoJg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ya Yo Sé Video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elpiDB9SoJg"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elpiDB9SoJg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0C8kZ9MeaY"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Say What Video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0C8kZ9MeaY"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0C8kZ9MeaY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEWaTVnaI_0"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Who You Runnin' From Video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEWaTVnaI_0"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEWaTVnaI_0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjKaG_rcwM"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dilo Como Yo Video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjKaG_rcwM"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjKaG_rcwM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CHICO MANN FREE DOWNLOAD TRAXX:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Selector (For Now)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/the-selector-for-now"&gt;http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/the-selector-for-now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Same Color Wolf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/same-color-wolf"&gt;http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/same-color-wolf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ya Yo Sé&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/ya-yo-s"&gt;http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/ya-yo-s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ease on Out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/ease-on-out"&gt;http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/ease-on-out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dilo Como Yo (Te Están Llamando)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/dilo-como-yo-te-est-n-llamando"&gt;http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/track/dilo-como-yo-te-est-n-llamando&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}"&gt;&lt;span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;}"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.turntablelab.com/search/index.html?s=1&amp;amp;type=more&amp;amp;action=search&amp;amp;search_field=chico+mann&amp;amp;section="&gt;&lt;span class="UIStory_Message"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="UIStory_Message"&gt;&lt;a&gt;Chico Limited CD's and Import Vinyl...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.turntablelab.com/search/index.html?s=1&amp;amp;type=more&amp;amp;action=search&amp;amp;search_field=chico+mann&amp;amp;section="&gt;&lt;span class="UIStory_Message"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.turntablelab.com/search/index.html?s=1&amp;amp;type=more&amp;amp;action=search&amp;amp;search_field=chico+mann&amp;amp;section=" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span&gt;http://www.turntablelab.com/search/index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;span class="word_break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.html?s=1&amp;amp;type=more&amp;amp;action=search&amp;amp;search&lt;/span&gt;&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;span class="word_break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;_field=chico+mann&amp;amp;section=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-4670807917279876985?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/4670807917279876985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/4670807917279876985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2009/11/ayyy-chico-youre-busy.html' title='Ayyy, Chico!  You&apos;re busy...'/><author><name>Chico Mann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02417301923835970540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/SvBfn2NyXJI/AAAAAAAAABM/JKYL9kgQJ60/S220/8BIT+CHICO+FINAL.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-5201239097646826589</id><published>2009-11-03T01:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T12:12:31.229-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cookin' with Chico...Smells Funky!</title><content type='html'>Amigos y Amigas -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just got home from touring with Ocote Soul Sounds opening for Thievery Corporation.  Feeling good and ready to boogie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm very excited share what's been cookin' over here.  Smells funky!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please sample and pass it on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the following links:&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0C8kZ9MeaY"&gt;SAY WHAT VIDEO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  It gives me great pleasure to share this with you!&lt;br /&gt;Produced by HJ Films&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0C8kZ9MeaY" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?&lt;wbr&gt;v=X0C8kZ9MeaY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/715247296/the-next-chico-mann-album-trickster-for-kids" target="_blank"&gt;KICKSTARTER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: the DIY approach to funding the next Chico album&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G65yLz2fjGc"&gt;Watch the pitch video!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/715247296/the-next-chico-mann-album-trickster-for-kids" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.kickstarter.com/&lt;wbr&gt;projects/715247296/the-next-&lt;wbr&gt;chico-mann-album-trickster-&lt;wbr&gt;for-kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;BANDCAMP&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  listen, download, and buy Chico traxx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;including&lt;/i&gt;  "Analog Drift : Muy...Esniqui"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;chicomann.bandcamp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164593548121&amp;amp;ref=mf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;BOOTY CRISIS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;:  &lt;font style="font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman;" face="arial narrow,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: times new roman; font-style: italic;"&gt;November 14, 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;featuring&lt;/i&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHICO MANN&lt;/b&gt;, Planet Rump, Tayisha Busay, Hiro tha Jap, DJ A-ko,&lt;br /&gt;with the National Beakin' League&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=164593548121&amp;amp;ref=mf" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook Event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii305/chicomann_photos/?action=view&amp;amp;current=bootycrisis4.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;Flyer Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="12px"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, November 14th&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10pm-4am&lt;br /&gt;$10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Public Assembly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Front Room&lt;br /&gt;70 N. 6th St. (btwn Kent and Wythe)&lt;br /&gt;  Williamsburg, Brooklyn&lt;br /&gt;(718) 384-4586&lt;br /&gt;L to Bedford&lt;font size="12px"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://publicassemblynyc.com/events/view/1195" target="_blank"&gt;http://publicassemblynyc.com/&lt;wbr&gt;events/view/1195&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;font size="12px"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="12px"&gt;   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Planet Rump presents:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font&gt;BOOTY&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;CRISIS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the monthly dance party devoted to showcasing funky-fresh electro acts that will make you shake your ass HARD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;this month:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chico Mann&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/chicomann" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/&lt;wbr&gt;chicomann&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;the king of instant-vintage electro-freestyle-Latin-&lt;wbr&gt;Afrobeat&lt;font size="2"&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tayisha Busay&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/tayishabusay" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/&lt;wbr&gt;tayishabusay&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; glitter-garnished fly-girls armed with synths,  drum machines, and live percussion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hiro Tha Jap&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/hirothajap" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/&lt;wbr&gt;hirothajap&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; fashion icon spinning booty-shaking club music all night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Planet Rump&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/planetrump" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/&lt;wbr&gt;planetrump&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; will perform their infectious brand of live electrofunkrap&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DJ A-ko&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/akoisyourfriend" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.myspace.com/&lt;wbr&gt;akoisyourfriend&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; will get the party started on the ones and twos. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;National Breakin' League&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/nblinfo" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/home.&lt;wbr&gt;php#/nblinfo)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;special dance showcase&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;It's a futuristic party from the past, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;every month at Public Assembly.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="12px"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="12px"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font dir="ltr"&gt;In partnership with:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sound Liberation Front&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;a href="http://soundliberation.org/" target="_blank"&gt;http://soundliberation.org/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Afro-Marc Productions&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;a href="http://afrobeatblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://afrobeatblog.blogspot.&lt;wbr&gt;com/&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Videos:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Chico Mann  &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEWaTVnaI_0" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?&lt;wbr&gt;v=XEWaTVnaI_0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"&gt; Planet Rump  &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0NNXLmVrk8&amp;amp;feature=related" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?&lt;wbr&gt;v=Y0NNXLmVrk8&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tayisha Busay  &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzPImWVQbS4" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?&lt;wbr&gt;v=RzPImWVQbS4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiro the Jap   &lt;a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&amp;amp;contributorid=12209217" target="_blank"&gt;http://vids.myspace.com/index.&lt;wbr&gt;cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&amp;amp;&lt;wbr&gt;contributorid=12209217&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       National Breakin' League &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj74mxnUrn4" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?&lt;wbr&gt;v=oLNbnCeb2No&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COLLABORATIONS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned for Chico collaborations with:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mexicans with Guns&lt;/b&gt; (Texas)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blundetto&lt;/b&gt; (France)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Professor Wouassa&lt;/b&gt; (Switzerland)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beaterator&lt;/b&gt; (Wax Poetics/Rockstar Games)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;much love,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHICO MANN&lt;br /&gt;チ　コ　マ　ン&lt;br /&gt;email:  &lt;a href="mailto:chicomann@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;chicomann@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;  ||  info: &lt;a href="http://chicomann.com/" target="_blank"&gt;chicomann.com&lt;/a&gt;  ||&lt;br /&gt;downloads: &lt;a href="http://chicomann.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;chicomann.bandcamp.com&lt;/a&gt;  ||&lt;br /&gt;networking:  &lt;a href="http://facebook.com/chico.mann" target="_blank"&gt;facebook.com/chico.mann&lt;/a&gt;  ||  &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/chicomann" target="_blank"&gt;twitter.com/chicomann&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-5201239097646826589?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/5201239097646826589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/5201239097646826589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2009/11/cookin-with-chicosmells-funky_03.html' title='Cookin&apos; with Chico...Smells Funky!'/><author><name>Chico Mann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02417301923835970540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/SvBfn2NyXJI/AAAAAAAAABM/JKYL9kgQJ60/S220/8BIT+CHICO+FINAL.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172929220671479571.post-6626344722285343680</id><published>2009-03-09T13:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T13:46:47.726-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Chico Mann Interview</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;Check it out: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.greenowl.com/news&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3172929220671479571-6626344722285343680?l=chicomann.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6626344722285343680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3172929220671479571/posts/default/6626344722285343680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicomann.blogspot.com/2009/03/chico-mann-interview.html' title='Chico Mann Interview'/><author><name>Chico Mann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02417301923835970540</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDSmMY0Klsw/SvBfn2NyXJI/AAAAAAAAABM/JKYL9kgQJ60/S220/8BIT+CHICO+FINAL.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
