HAPPY NEW YEAR

If you're driving, DON'T DRINK,
and if you're drinking, DON'T DRIVE.

The gene pool has thinned out enough...
CALL A CAB.

The best of everything to you and yours in the New Year.
Play hard and play safe.

BERNIE WORRELL & JaGoFF

We just posted the photo gallery from our show with the master of the FUNK: BERNIE WORRELL of P-FUNK.

You can check 'em out here.


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Your ol' pals,
JaGoFF

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Bird is the word...

Researchers have discovered that Urban-based birds 'learn to rap'. (Hence the term: "FLY" we wonder?)

All puns aside, the best part of the article has got to be this: "There are an estimated 1.7 million great tit pairs in the UK" - nice.

JaGoFF Featured on C-Net !!

Editor's Review:

Impossibly deep funk bass lines, crazy-eyed crew sing-alongs and a gritty bent put the Chi-town squad in post-Parliament territory. But this isn't just the orthodox funk of George Clinton's famed outfit. Between its rich harmonies and lyrical edge, it is everything from gospel to rap.

(Funk yeah!)

James Brown has died at the age of 73

James Brown has died at the age of 73. There can be nothing more said than, James Brown was and always will be the funk - period, point blank. There is no one that has influenced modern music more than he had. We are grateful that we had the chance to catch him live and were simply blown away by his energy. No one worked it any harder and he worked it until the end. That is all any of us can hope for. Thanks for the music, the influence and God bless you, James.

On this Christmas, heaven just got alot funkier.

And it's all downhill from there...

The world's first radio broadcast (consisting of live music, readings and recordings) took place, 100 years ago today ... and it all goes downhill from there.

THIS JUST IN !!

...and just in time for the holidays!

All That We Know...

is that we don't know.

Robo-rights and other delights...

A new study warns that robots could sue for their rights if they were denied to them.

Hopefully all humans will get their rights first.

Nice & Naughty!!

We just posted the mega-jammy jam, Baby FaTT, the perfect soundtrack while you are making your holiday lists. Shake what your mama gave ya, until you brake what your mama gave ya. Yeah.

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Need a holiday gift idea? How about a JaGoFF CD, , for that rump shakin' friend, family member, or your own funky self? Beside the fact that you will be getting some of the funkiest thang out there (URB gave it a 4 Star review), you will be supporting diehard and fiercely independent artists, working hard to keep it really real. If you don't know already, JaGoFF is 100 percent DIY and have refused many a record deal, because a record deal is not a "deal" at all. We prefer to keep things, as they were meant to be, directly from us to you. No middleman. No BS. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

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Let Them Eat Cake

Breakfast: $18
Afternoon Snack: $27
Lunch in a ritzy hotel: $70
Turning away people at the government's legal aid program for the poor because of "insufficient funding": PRICELESS!

Sex Overdrive??

This one takes lawsuits to a whole new level!

The Sixth Cents ("we see poor people")

Maybe getting paid chump change ain't so bad after all!

The Global Orgasm for Peace (cumming soon!)

Two peace activists from San Francisco have organized The Global Orgasm for Peace , taking place anywhere you want it to, on the Winter Solstice: Friday, December 22nd. Yum.

More info here.

Hmmmmm...
Sounds like a special JaGoFF show may be in order, of course, you are welcome to cum as you are.

The Denial Industry

Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.

How much is too much?

...with all the subtlety of a brick to the face.

Them That Got...

"...is them that gets and I aint got nothing yet." - Ray Charles

Don't make us have to sell our reproductive organs, in order to buy Christmas gifts.

The Record Industry

So we hit the streets, in JaGoFF anti-focus group style, armed with nothing more than a microphone and a single question, which was posed to the average "man/woman in the street" (ie. non-musician). The question? "What do you think about the record industry?" To our suprise and astonishment, their reaction was immediate, there is not one person that did not have a strong, unfavorable opinion.

You can hear the results on our latest track, entitled "The Record Industry" (naturally). It is going to be on our upcoming album (due out in 2007) and is at the rough demo stage at this point, but overall, you get the idea. Ahhh, too much fun.

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson

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PS. Thanks Niki

Detroit Grand Pubahs & JaGoFF?? Hell yeah!!

As you are probably aware, we have been recording our brains out for the last 6 months ... including throwing down with Detroit Grand Pubahs for their upcoming album...

Needless to say it is THE FUNK!

LOCK Y'DOEZ & HIDE Y'HOEZ

Detroit Grand Pubahs & JaGoFF?? That is just ridiculous!

This is only the begining...

Time to go make sammiches.

Trustworthy, loyal, obedient and brainwashed

Long known for honesty, integrity , morality and deep family values, our friends in the entertainment industry are bankrolling a campaign with the Boy Scouts.

"Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn an activity patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music ... The patch shows a film reel, a music CD and the international copyright symbol, a "C" enclosed in a circle."

You've got be kidding!

After historically screwing artists, suing and infringing on the rights of everyday consumers, radio payola and stifling technolgies that enable both artist and fan....

now, the record industry wants a f-ing tax break. ha ha ha.

A record deal is anything but.
DIY or DIE.
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IN FUNK WE TRUST,
JaGoFF
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2006 Future of Music Policy Summit

If you are in any way involved in music or entertainment, this info is indispensable ... The Future of Music has posted FREE webcasts from the 2006 Future of Music Policy Summit. Topics range from "International Touring and Visas" to "Cashflow: Revenue in the Digital Age" and everything inbetween. Do yourself a huge favor and make some time to watch, listen and learn. It is an incredible resource. Now, get to work.

A special thanks to the good folks at TheRecordIndustry.com for making us aware of the post.

Panel & Discussion Topics include:
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Cashflow: Revenue in the Digital Age

Losing Music: Preservation and Storage

Record Companies: Who Needs Them?

Consonance/Dissonance: How Orchestras are Navigating Change

What's Wrong With Music?

Meet the Mini-Me-dia

Station to Station, Across the Nations: Radio Now and in the Future

International Touring and Visas

Format Wars: Digital Rights Management and Interoperability

The New Deciders: Metafilters, Blogs, Podcasts

Avatars with Guitars: Music for Games

Young Musicians Panel

Recommendation Engines and Music Discovery

La Boutique Québécoise: The Vibrant Francophone Music Industry

Publishers: The New Record Label?

DIY Online Distribution Models: Licensing and Selling your Music Online

In Perfect Harmony: International Copyright Issues Distribute.

Share. Compensate.

Could P2P Networks be Monetized?

State of Independents: The Changing Definition of Indie

EDP: Supergroup

String Recording Session

Visual Re-mix: Sampling in a New Dimension

Policymaking: How to Make an Impact

How The Money Moves

Doublespeak

"By corrupting the language, the people who wield power are able to fool the others about their activities and evade responsibility and accountability, Cato's Timothy Lynch argues in his polemic against doublespeak, an outgrowth of the doublethink and newspeak of George Orwell's 1984"