WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
True Skool presents
Best Kept Secret (Wednesdays)
A new weekly underground event for music lovers featuring the Bay's top selectah's spinning classic hip hop, reggae, soul, funk and much more!

Special Guest:
Shortkut (Triple Threat DJs)

with Resident DJ
Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist (True Skool)

Coming Soon:
3/25 - Fuze (Digital Underground)
4/1 - Sake One (Local 1200 / PST)
4/8 - Ivan (Pirate DJs)
4/15 - Pam the Funkstress (The Coup)
4/22 - Apollo (Triple Threat DJs)
4/29 - Jah Yzer (Jah Warrior Shelter)
5/6 - TBA
5/13 - D-Sharp (Quannum)

@ Icon Ultra Lounge, 1192 Folsom St. (@ 8th St.), San Francisco
$5 Cham Cham (Chambord/Champagne)
$5 Patron Shots / $100 Bottle Service
$3 cover. 21+ w/ ID. 10pm-2am.
FREE ALL NIGHT W/ RSVP: http://www.going.com/bestsecret
Official Site: http://www.trueskool.com


Shortkut
Since 1987, Jonathan Cruz, known internationally as Shortkut, has thrilled all DJ, turntablist and hip-hop audiences worldwide. Known for his unbelievable beat juggling and percussion techniques and routines, Shortkut has expanded these skills to directions that cannot be defined. As an explosive member of the Beat Junkies, he continue to stir the imaginations of audiences, and leaves them captivated with his phenomenal music. His classic compositions provide an experience that is incomparable to any other music adventures. Shortkut began his DJ career is 1987 with Just 2 Hype!, a DJ crew based out of Daly City, California. In 1994, Shortkut, together with QBert and MixMaster Mike, formed the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, a legendary turntable band that heralded a new era in the DJ/turntablist world, and helped raise this musical art to its new form. Later that same year, J.Rocc, the "Funky President" of the Beat Junkies, invited Shortkut to join their internationally acclaimed collective, based out of Los Angeles. Shortkut's addition to this musical group has diversified the Beat Junkie audience to new realms. DJ QBert, Mix Master Mike & Shortkut Heavily influenced by legends of yesterday and today, he has studied the compositions and music styles of jazz icon Miles Davis, electric guitarist Jimi Hendrix, Rob Swift of the X-ecutioners, and DJ QBert. Shortkut incorporated the styles of these pioneers into his musical creations and began composing his own music, which became internationally respected and celebrated. Shortkut claimed numerous titles including the 1994 and 1998 West Coast Disco Mixing Club (DMC) Champion, and the 1996 Zulu Nation International Champion. He was also featured in prized national and international publications including Rolling Stone, Details, Spin, and VIBE. His talent has taken him to almost every continent, and has allowed him to visit exciting countries including Australia, Denmark, Japan, Italy, Sweden, France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. The Beat Junkies demonstrate that they possess the imagination to create musical masterpieces. Throughout the world, their signature mark identified as the "Beat Junkie Style", is synonymous with success. These musicians have mastered the ability to combine precision, along with the DJ techniques of the blend and the scratch to create compositions that cannot be imitated. >> Read More

DJ Shortkut - Guitar Center Tour (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miAghLth5dA