Archive for March, 2008

We also Heart Tina (Fey)
Monday, March 31st, 2008

Tina Fey just joined Jonah Hill, Jennifer Garner, and Rob Lowe in the cast of Ricky Gervais’ upcoming directorial debut. Titled “This Side of Truth” The comedy is going to be amazing and since we already fell in love with her just after she left SNL and just before she began 30 Rock…..We are [...]

Miriam and Shoshana All Night (if you wanna)
Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Should Miriam and Shoshana get kicked out of school? In this video, they go to Bais Chana, in reality it is more likely that they go to Wurzweiler. Eitherway, hit us with your thoughts on this vid.

video link
check em out on myspace
 VIDEO BANNED!click here

If You Missed The Party ;(
Sunday, March 30th, 2008

IF YOU MISSED THE Y-LOVE NYC CD RELEASE PARTY…don’t worry, there are more all over the world.
HERE IS SOME OF WHAT YA MISSED!
CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS

VIDEOS:

“This is Babylon”

Y-Love with David on the Beat Box and handler on synths

SOME EXTRA VIDEO LINKS
Y-Love FreeHiphopnow.com Drop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NucQOAaIo
Y-Love “6000″ at the NYC Release Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r44mNdTmS9U
Y-Love “Bring it [...]

We Heart Sarah
Sunday, March 30th, 2008


The Big Show!
Friday, March 28th, 2008

The show definitely surpassed everyone expectations. The Fashion show was incredibly entertaining, the visuals were beautiful and the live music was unlike any other things we have ever seen. Here are some photos and videos to give you a feel.

Diwon and Miriam Zafri

Levi Okunov’s Fashion show with Diwon on decks:

Shem’s Bizarre 3
Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Kids Songs Sung By Rock Stars
If you get sick of listening to crappy songs for kids then you’ll love Kidz Rock, nursery rhymes sung by a wide variety of popular artists and rock stars.

Debster (Shemspeed’s 12 yr old Reporter says):
what the-???????????????????
okay is this for real?
if it is i wil never
ever EVER t hink of those [...]

the hangover in jerusalem
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

some pics from the huge party on day 3 of purim in jerusalem! 400 people partied at the Leila Bar in town from 11pm till 4:00am. it was hosted by holy funk and shemspeed production teams. we had some great costumes!! thanks for coming! and if you didn’t, well, next time!

Heeb Storytelling with Y-Love and Adam Mansbach
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Just got back from Heeb Storytelling. Just as most of these sorts of things go, there was some really good stuff and there there was some stuff that made me feel like Alvy Singer in Annie Hall, where he is holding that smile to the comedian thinking his face would freeze up if he [...]

Diwon Does!
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

as you probably now know dj handler has changed his artist name to Diwon.
Diwon has been busy making tons of solo music …yemenite hip hop style and the Jewish Museum on the Upper East side asked him to do a week long residency as, “That Yemenite Kid”. Here is some info.
SO, COME ON BY [...]

Nina Safar’s Slammin House Loft Purim throwdown!
Friday, March 21st, 2008

Nina Safar held it down in NYC hard with her Slammin House Loft Purim throwdown! Y-Love was in the ATL and Diwon was in FL, so check out what went down in NY (photo below..all photos below that.click over.)

click below to see the rest of dem Photos!

UF PurimPalooza Vol. 2 Features dj handler
Friday, March 21st, 2008

Last night the University of Florida’s Hillel in association with with the Jewish Student Union and The SHPiEL, hosted PruimPalooza Volume 2 at Club XS in Gainesville.
It was a wild party with performances by local break dancing crews, the band Velveteen Pink, and our very own dj handler. The spinning was awesome and the packed [...]

TONIGHT - SHEMSPEED PURIM PARTIES
Thursday, March 20th, 2008

SHEMSPEED PURIM PARTIES
We are throwing massive parties MARCH 20th in ATLANTA with Y-LOVE / SYRACUSE WITH DJ BALAGAN & FLORIDA WITH DIWON
(all info at shemspeed.com)
NYC PEOPLES, We are throwing a massive Purim Loft Party. INFO BELOW

Location:
255 McKibbin
Apt 108 in basement.
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Time: 10:00pm
$5 to get in and you get free goodies!
!! LIVE DJs!! !! BAR [...]

Hasid - past tense - In Hollywood
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Abe Karpman wouldn’t hold Natalie Portmans hand, but then again, for this Hasid holding his wifes hand in public is taboo as well. The father of three was set to star in “New York, I Love You” which is a film weaving together several short stories about finding love in the five boroughs. However [...]

Coen Brothers to Make Full Length Jewish Film
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Yep, the rumors are true. The Coen brothers, four-time Academy Award winning filmmakers whose list of achievements include “No Country for Old Men,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski,” are teaming up with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon to turn Chabon’s best-selling 2007 book, “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” into a full [...]

Shems S X S W photos and Videos!
Sunday, March 16th, 2008

SXSW has been amazing. Everyone has been mad nice. Shemspeed played shows with everyone from King Britt, Riz MC, Yo Majesty, Rosetta Stone, iFrank, Giant Step..list goes on. Check out some of the photos below….The highlight was when we realized that everyone in the music industry was here with us and that we [...]

Purim with Shemspeed Israel
Sunday, March 16th, 2008

It’s a three day festival this year for Jerusalemites and while there is lots going on Thurs night, there is really only one place to be Sat night in Jerusalem. That’s with us at the Layla Bar in town.
We aimed to celebrate in true j’m form and joined our brothers HolyFunk and Shmingles production teams [...]

SHEMSPEED GOES TO SXSW!!!
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

SHEMSPEED IS HEADED DOWN TO SXSW (Austin, TX)
(Y-Love, Kosha Dillz, C Rayz Walz and dj handler)
* See below for schedule and email djhandler@shemspeed.com for any updates!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- Wednesday Night @ Creekside 3/12
10-11
Rosetta Stoned, Kosha Dillz, Shunda K
- Thursday Night @ Cock Pit 3/13
Rosetta Stoned; Y-Love, Kosha Dillz, dj handler & Shunda K
- Thursday:SXSW C [...]

Arabs be rockin the Juez steez??
Monday, March 10th, 2008

Y-Love has been posting all over about Hasidic women wearing hijabs, “I saw one of the followers of veil advocate Rabbanit Bruria Keren decked out in hijab sal and abaya…in Boro Park, walking down 13th Avenue with her friend, chatting and schmoozing in frumspeak.” It’s interesting what has happened to the face of Jews in [...]

THIS IS BABYLON!!!!!!
Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Hello good peoples!!
The long awaited, much anticipated debut Y-Love album, “This is Babyon” is finally coming! You could buy it now on iTunes and in stores everywhere April 29th. (see below to get a pre-sale copy).
To celebrate we are kicking off a World Tour of CD Release Parties…giving out tons of free CDs, throwing a [...]

Rilo a Yid!!!
Friday, March 7th, 2008

“With Arms Outstretched” is like a biblical song to me, maybe more of a church type camp song than say USY. Jenny Lewis is the sweet sounding twangy front woman of both “Rilo Kiley” and “Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins“. The former released an album named, “The Execution Of All Things” and [...]

La U.S. Immigration Resistance
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

It seems that the Balkan Beat Box tour has come to a screeching halt. Ori Kaplan just posted the following yesterday on their myspace page:
Dearest Friends and Fans,
We were stopped by the USA immigration authorities yesturday while crossing from Vancouver . They won’t let our lead singer Tomer Yosef and our Bassist Benjamin Handler [...]

Miri’s on Fire!
Monday, March 3rd, 2008

This girl is too dope for words. Known as the “Hip Hop violinist”, Israeli born and raised Miri Ben-Ari just did a new Pepsi commercial produced by Kanye West. Check out the new Miri Ben-Ari ad ft. Nas on the mic.

- Andrea Rosen

Jewlicious pt. 2 4.0
Monday, March 3rd, 2008

We really do feel honored to have been a part of Jewlicious this year and especially today. Matisyahu was scheduled to speak on spirituality which was exciting since he doesn’t public speak much (at least not that we know of). As he took his seat next to Adam Weinberg, who was to accompany [...]

The YouTube Invasion!
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

So I don’t know if any of you have seen this YouTube video called “My New Haircut.” It exploded across the internet to soon become a college sensation. College girls everywhere revel in the fact that at some point they have indeed been hit on by a metro looking, Heineken loving, protein shake drinking toolbag. [...]

Jewlicious 4.0
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Jewlicious 4.0 has been amazing. Food has been top notch and there are hundreds of people here all wylin’ out. It’s cool to see Matisyahu in family mode with kids in hand 24/7 and checking out panels which include some important Jewish media personal has also been a treat. Saturday night was the [...]