{"id":205,"date":"2010-06-01T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=205"},"modified":"2011-02-12T14:34:20","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T19:34:20","slug":"bits-the-wu-is-coming-through-strummerville-by-letts-the-story-of-k-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/06\/01\/bits-the-wu-is-coming-through-strummerville-by-letts-the-story-of-k-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits: The Wu is coming through, Strummerville by Letts, the story of K Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><\/p>\n<li>There&#8217;s never a shortage of news from the Wu-Tang Clan, and our first four items are devoted to them.  Up first:  The Wu will be playing the <a href=\"http:\/\/rockthebells.net\/\" target=\"blank\">Rock the Bells<\/a> festival tour at the end of August, performing their masterpiece <i>Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers)<\/i> in its entirety.  This year&#8217;s bill also includes Rakim, KRS-ONE and Slick Rick, among others.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Raekwon has released a new mixtape, <i>Cocainism, Vol. 2<\/i>, and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/coast2coasthiphop.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/raekwon-cocainism-ii-mixtape.html\" target=\"blank\">download it here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><i>Pollen, The Swarm Part 3<\/i> is on its way, and you can download the first track, <a href=\"http:\/\/ht.ly\/1Sxu1\" target=\"blank\">&#8220;Roll with Killer Beez&#8221;, here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>It was inevitable: RZA is making a kung fu film.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2010\/05\/universal-forges-deal-for-rzas-kung-fu-extravaganza-the-man-with-iron-fists\/\" target=\"blank\"><i>The Man with Iron Fists<\/i><\/a> was co-written by RZA and Eli Roth and will be directed by and star RZA.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Filmmaker Don Letts has produced a documentary about the creation of Strummerville, the foundation that carries on Joe Strummer&#8217;s work of promoting music from beyond the fray, and the DVD of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strummerville.com\/landing-page\/strummerville-dvd-out-now.html\" target=\"blank\">the film is being sold exclusively through the Strummerville site<\/a> where you can also watch a trailer for the film.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Pitchfork&#8217;s One Week Only feature this week is <a href=\"ttp:\/\/pitchfork.com\/tv\/#\/episode\/2527-the-shield-around-the-k\/1\" target=\"blank\">The Shield Around the K<\/a>, the story of K Records, the independent label founded by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening in 1982 and still operating to this day.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p>And because you know I can&#8217;t let an opportunity to push the Black Keys pass, here&#8217;s a web exclusive of the guys performing the excellent &#8220;Ten Cent Pistol&#8221; during their appearance on <i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon<\/i> last week.  (And you can see their televised performance of the bangin&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com\/video\/wednesday-may-26-2010\/1231174\/?tin=2159&amp;tout=2411\" target=\"blank\">&#8220;Howlin&#8217; for You&#8221; here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/widget.nbc.com\/videos\/nbcshort_at.swf?CXNID=1000004.10045NXC&#038;widID=4727a250e66f9723&#038;clipID=1231142&#038;showID=243<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s never a shortage of news from the Wu-Tang Clan, and our first four items are devoted to them. Up first: The Wu will be playing the Rock the Bells festival tour at the end of August, performing their masterpiece Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) in its entirety. 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