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The North Star Roller Girls traveled to Sioux City Iowa
Bouting in the first ever Rolling along the River Tournament.
5 Roller teams from the midwest spent the day
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Battling for the Championship title.
Teams included–
Sioux City Roller Dames
Omaha RollerGirls
No Coast Derby Girls
Minnesota RollerGirls
North Star Roller Girls
Be sure to catch all the action– northstarrollergirls.com
What is Shoot the Messenger?
Dear thoughtful human disgusted by: the media, politicians, corporate scumbags, and anyone else who uses their powers for evil: Join us over at Shoot The Messenger for an evening of catharsis and hilarity at the expense of the aforementioned.
Shoot The Messenger is a comedy troupe performing a satirical wrap-up of the week’s news from the brain of Daily Show Co-creator Lizz Winstead. A live sketch comedy show incorporating multi-media elements, it gives us the world as seen through the filters of the fictional producers and on-air talent at “Wake Up World,” the worst morning news show in America. It is an indictment - both hilarious and scathing - not only of the newsmakers, but of the news media that molds them. Shoot The Messenger will give the audience a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes decision-making at a news show, and the process that brings those decisions to the air. And of course the on-air results of the aforementioned horrific brainstorming.
But that’s just half of it.
Not everyone in the media gets a flogging; those who are doing great work will be celebrated. Each week Lizz interviews a media figure who digs deep and gets it right. They’ll give us the lowdown on the big stories that were buried (or ignored) by our pals over at the corporate media mill. Past guests have included Rachel Maddow, Mark Crispin Miller, Roseanne, Marie Wilson, Ted Rall, Paul Reikoff, Michael Signorile, Chuck D, David Rees, Rachel Sklar, Philip Dray, John Bowe, Todd Hanson, and more.
The members of the Shoot the Messenger ensemble come from The Daily Show, Air America Radio, National Lampoon, Upright Citizen Brigade, Second City, Huffington Post, and represent some of the best political comics, writers, actors, filmmakers, and producers working today. Each week this extraordinary team scours the media and collectively create a fresh new approach to political and social satire.
Our website (http://www.shootthemessengernyc.com) has bios of the actors and characters, a webcast of the weekly show, and other web-only features - so if you don’t live in NYC, you can see this awesome show live on the intercom.
The North Star Roller Girls Live from The minneapolis Convention Center October 25th, 2008 See all the Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Action you missed And can Expect!! November 15th, 2008 — 7:00
northstarrollergirls.com
La Rumeur
French Hip Hop Crew La Rumeur performs live at the Triple Rock. Minneapolis MN. 2008
Ekoué: mc Hamé: mc Mourad: mc Philippe: mc Gerald: turntables
La Rumeur, one of the leading French underground rap groups, emerged in 1997 from Elancourt, a suburb south of Paris. Before issuing their first full-length debut record, MCs Ekoué, Hamé, Mourad, and Philippe (all graduates of French universities) distributed independent solo singles at their shows: “Le Poison d’Avril” (1997), “Le Franc Tireur” (1998), and “Le Bavar” and “Le Paria” (1999). Following these singles, their fan base grew quickly and then came their first group album, “L’ombre sur la mesure” (EMI, 2002). The record was an homage to the immigrant experiences of their parents’ generation, focusing on the Paris massacre of Algerians in 1961, and on the high rate of police abuse of immigrants. One group member, Hamé, was taken to court by the Interior Minister in 2002 for a magazine article accompanying the release of that first album, with its mention of police crimes. The next album, “Regain de Tension,” was released in 2004 after the Interior Ministry had failed to silence the group. That brave Interior Minister who took on Hamé was one Nicolas Sarkozy, now President of France. La Rumeur’s next record, “Du Coeur à l’outrage,” was released in 2007 on their own label, La Rumeur records. Despite Sarkozy’s lawsuit, historians and artists have defended La Rumeur (considered by some to be the most controversial rap group in France), describing their lyrics not as “inciting to violence” but as prophetic measures to avoid violence by giving voice to feelings in the tense suburbs. La Rumeur has a strong sense of history; they identify themselves clearly as sons and daughters of an immigrant generation who helped build contemporary France under inhuman conditions. But they have no pretension to be the voice of the people. They say “singing a song for 500 people is writing 500 songs.” The name of group (the rumor) speaks for itself.
Art.h Productions – art.h_prod@hotmail.com http://www.myspace.com/alexmarouze
Mister FatCat — videofatcat@gmail.com videofatcat.com
La Rumeur — http://www.la-rumeur.com management@la-rumeur.com
