http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/tonight_in_music_106 Gabriel Teodros and Khingz, Bambu, Sleep of Old Dominion, Orbitron, DJs B-Girl, Phatrick, Tecumseh (Neumo's) The first big local hiphop show for 2008 features Mass Line's Gabriel Teodros, Seattle's most progressive rapper and one-half of Abyssinian Creole. The other... Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:15:37 -0800 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:08:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 'powerful discharge'

]]> lar http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/tonight_in_music_106#c895794 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/tonight_in_music_106#c895794 Tonight Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:20:52 -0800 Sorry to be negative, but I feel it has to be said that whatever positive qualities Abyssinian Creole has (notable skills, etc.) will forever be eclipsed by the fact that they're called "Abyssinian Creole." The current breed of Seattle hip-hop could do with a healthy dose of not taking itself so fragging seriously. On some level, a hip-hop group naming itself Abyssinian Creole is not unlike a Christian rock group calling itself Creed or Covenant. All things considered it's kind of an obvious move and it's boring.

]]> Xebeche http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/tonight_in_music_106#c896351 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/tonight_in_music_106#c896351 Tonight Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:08:15 -0800