#SaturdayMorningTunes vol. 13

The contradiction is: I do fight for artists, but in that fight I somehow was disrespectful to artists. I didn't know how to say the right thing, the perfect thing. I just... I sat at the Grammys and saw Justin Timberlake and Cee-Lo lose. Gnarls Barkley and the Future Sex album... Justin, I ain't trying to put you on blast but I saw that man in tears, bro. And I was thinking like, he deserves to win album of the year. And this small box that we are in as the entertainers of the evening. How could you explain that? Sometimes I feel like, you know, all this bullshit that they run about beef and all that, sometimes I feel like I died for the artist's opinion. For the artists to be able to have an opinion after they were successful. I'm not no politician, bro. And look at that. You know how many times MTV ran that footage again? 'cause it got them more ratings. You know how many times they announced that Taylor was gonna give me the award? 'cause it got them more ratings. Listen to the kids, bro. - Kanye West (VMA's 2015)

 Happy Tuesday!

I know, this is a #SaturdayMorningTunes playlist and it's Tuesday, but I've been too busy fighting for artists out here with Ye, but no seriously, I've been trying to master this new DJ software and it's HARD! (?uest let me be your padawan?!)

I've missed you all and I hope that you've missed the playlists. The wait is over.

Thanks for tuning in!

xxo

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Secret Picnic Party NYC - Memorial's Weekend Edition

Tell your friends to get with my friends. And we can be friends. Shii, we ca do this every weekend. Is that alright with you? - Diddy

Memorial Weekend has come and gone, but the memories will always remain. As thousands of people chose to leave NYC for Vegas, Venice, Miami, DC, Maryland, Atlanta and Dubai -- many of us stayed in the city and had a bomb time at the outdoor events that were curated by our favorite DJs and new soirée organizers. One new soirée that I had the chance to check out was the password protected Secret Picnic Party NYC (#sppnyc) organized by an anonymous group of anti-hennypalooza  people who wanted to have a good time.

The super hush hush Secret Picnic Party NYC was known by word of email and I'm not sure if people were turned off by how far uptown the picnic was, but the crowd was definitely filled with more Manhattanites than Brooklynites. Overall, the word by email and passcode protected Eventbrite worked perfectly by telling potential guests to "bring your friends and your friend's friends who know how to act and bring you own EVERYTHING," and we did.

Fish and Chips? Check

Sangria and Mamajuana (deadman's drink concoction)? Check check

Blankets, games, speakers, playlist and camera? Check x5

Mixed Crew? Check

24 hours before the event, rsvp'd guests were sent location details and directions to Fort Tyron Park for a good time. Natural ladies swapped hair routines. Short haired vixens shared stylists and salons. Photographers talked cameras and lenses. We lounged on blankets, we dranked, threw frisbees, played unlimited rounds of Uno, Spades and ConnectFour, and danced to tunes of multiple boom boxes. Oh, and because the dating ratio was perfect, a couple of people paired off and got chummy.

In my opinion, the secret picnic party was a success and it was definitely a good time. Here are a couple of photos captured by @LifeRoundHere's shooting assassin Stephen (@_drstrangeluv_) and some of the hashtag users.

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#weekendRecap

The Summer is wrapping up and New York has been really good to me and in true gamine fashion I was on the run. I had a chance to check out AfroPunk Fest for both days and  I also had a chance to swing over to catch the last Makossa Brooklyn Cookout of the Summer. To sum it up good vibes, good music, good food, good people and hella fun.

I'd like to give a special shout out to Stephen Ewings (@_drstrangeluv_) and Jessica Bell (@teacherbell) for capturing me in true gamine style over the weekend. Thank you Pookies!

There's nothing like a New York Summer and if you've never had a chance to check out either of these events first hand you are truly missing out. I'll do my best to keep you posted for these events next summer.

Until next year,

xxo,

A.Gamine

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