Yes sir, we’re giving away free tickets to both Lucinda Williams shows at the Fillmore (November 16 & 17). We’ve also got tickets for local favorites the Dodos (at Bimbo’s 365 Club on November 6) and for the red hot TV On The Radio (at The Warfield on November 9). The only catch is that you’ve got to help keep a spiffy little radio station called KALX on the air for another year. I  DJ there every other Wednesday from 6 to 9 PM as my otherness Cuppa Joe. This week I’ll be taking hat in hand humbly trying to separate listeners from their hard earned cash and in order to sweeten the deal we’ll be throwing in the above mentioned tickets free as add-ons to any $50 packages. So tune in this Wednesday at 90.7 FM between 6 and 9 PM if you’re interested in getting any of those tickets as well as the warm fuzzy feeling that comes with doing the right thing. If you’re in some exotic locale you can tune in online by clicking right here.  Feel free to peruse the current crop of schwag we’re offering for your kind donation right here (BTW: the double vinyl 45 featuring Talking Heads live in Sproul Plaza in 1978 is in extremely limited supply).

The ECC’s TradeMark G. will be working his magic on the mighty 90.7 FM tomorrow at 7:30 PM. Hard to believe that the masters of copyright infringement are making their Berkeley radio debut after 20+ years of pushing the envelope of sample legality and found sound. Serious kudos to my fellow KALX-er Tumble Weed for hosting this historic event. Here are some mp3′s for the uninitiated:

Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream Mix)

This classic blending of Chuck D’s rappin’ and the jaunty grooves of Herb Alpert is often cited as the first ever mash-up. It originally appeared on The ECC’s self released Gunderphonics cassette in 1994 but made a much bigger impact when it was released as a 7″ single on San Francisco’s Eerie Materials two years later.

Rocked By Rape

ECC’s crowning achievement, this track garnered cease & desist orders from CBS lawyers. After a groundswell of support spurred by a fabulous article in WIRED magazine CBS backed off their threats of legal action. I don’t know what could have gotten them so upset. Maybe it was the 350 separate edits of news anchor Dan Rather over a bed of spliced AC/DC riffage.

You can find it and other fabulous ear twisters on Plagiarhythm Nation v2.0, released in 2003 on Seeland Records (Negativland‘s label) and available at illegal art.

Anyway, be sure to tune in to Tumble Weed’s show tomorrow night at 7:30 PST for plenty of mind altering sound collage. You can catch it online here.