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The 808 Scene Zine

Showcasing Hawaii's music and art scene

About Me

www.The808SceneZine.com
Editor Katie Whitman on TV!! Thank you to the Andy Bumatai Show!!
Don't miss the next Release Party for the June issue of the Zine featuring MISTAH D.R.E.D. and a SNEAK PREVIEW of Slapp Symphony and Official Clothing's latest album, "Landz of Da Lost," before it's official release!! Get your hip hop on.
Mistah D.R.E.D.
Slapp Symphony
Download Issues of The 808 Scene Zine
DOWNLOAD THE CURRENT ISSUE #27, May 17, 2008 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue27_web.pdf
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #26, April 18, 2008 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue26_web.pdf
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #25, March 22, 2008 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue25_web.pdf
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #24, February 16, 2008 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue24_web.pdf
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #23, January 19, 2008 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue23_web.pdf
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #22, December 6, 2007 HERE:
http://the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue22_web.pdf (2.2MB)
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #21, November 1, 2007 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue21_web.pdf (2.7MB)
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #20, October 4, 2007 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue20_web.pdf (3.2MB)
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #19, September 6, 2007 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue19_web.pdf (3.1MB)
DOWNLOAD ISSUE #18, August 2007 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/site_pages/issue18/issue18_we b.pdf (2.8MB)

DOWNLOAD ISSUE #17, July 2007 HERE:
http://www.the808scenezine.com/zine_pdfs/issue_17_web.pdf.
How do you define 808 Scene Zine?
The 808 Scene Zine showcases Hawaii's local musicians and artists with a focus on the local music scene. This publication hopes to be an outlet for all those creative, intelligent, and talented individuals in Hawaii's underground to speak their minds or see their work published.
Write to [email protected] if you have stories, suggestions, artwork, cartoons, or pictures you think should be included in the zine!
Find it at:
First Thursdays
First Fridays
Goodguys Music and Sound
Diamond Head Video (Kalakaua, Cooke St, Pearlridge)
Cafe 2600
Sure Shot Cafe
Glaziers Cafe
Coffee Talk
Stylus
Toogruvz
In4mation (Ward)
T&C Surf (Ward)
Island Guitars (Ward)
The Liquor Collection (Ward)
Borders (Ward)
Blue Hawaii Surf (Ala Moana Mall)
Sera's Surf Shop (Ala Moana Mall)
Pipeline Surf Shop (Ala Moana Mall)
T&C Surf (Ala Moana Mall) Rockstarz Tattooz and Piercingz (Waikiki)
Easy Music Center (King St. and Aiea)
rRed Elephant
Bethel Street Gallery
39 Hotel
Jelly's (Aiea)
Hot Licks Guitar (Aiea)
Exclusive Music Studios (Aiea)
Prototype (Pearlridge Mall)
Coconut Grove Music (Kailua)
Hungry Ear Records (Kailua)
Morning Brew (Kailua)
808 Tattoo (Kaneohe)
Hawaii Music Supply (Wahiawa)
"The 808 Scene Zine Team"
You may see any of us out representing the zine in different ways.

Katie Whitman - Creator, Editor, Writer, & Photographer Shawn Davenport - Sound Engineer, Writer, MOAR Music Columnist & Promoter
Blane Nishizawa - Owner of 1507 Music Studios & Promoter Raul Soria - Graphic Designer/Layout
Marc and Daphne Holyoak - Promotions and Distribution George D'Range - Writer
LOFA - LOFA SAYS columnist Hanasaurusrex - Cover Design
Bands! Small Businesses! For all your website needs - get a professional website at great prices.

My Interests

Support Local Music!

Photography, videography

CD's, T-Shirts, Music-Related Clothing, Flyer Printing and More. Musicians, craftmakers, clothing designers, artists, etc - Do you have something to sell? Sell it on MusicMatchBox.net, sister site to The808SceneZine.com.

I'd like to meet:

Bands + DJS + B Boys and Girls + Artists + Club Owners + Photographers + Videographers + Producers + Record Companies + Promoters + Those y'all who love to go out and see a good show!

Music:

Show Listing Resources:

www.808shows.com
www.dosomethingtonight.com
www.honolulujazzscene.net
www.hawaiieventsonline.com
www.948buzz.com
www.dosomethingtonight.com
www.the808scenezine.com

LOCAL BANDS: The Hell Caminos, Harrison, Zoundbox, SUPERSONIC SPACE MONKEYS (thanks for supporting me all the time, you rock), The Crud, X-Factor (I love you!), Shoko Kono, Ooklah, Organix, Hot Rain, Explore, The Malcognitas, Missing Dave, Pimpbot, White Rose!!, Black Square, Analog, Temporary Lovers, The Full Steppers Band,Pacifica, that guy Mike I saw at Annas, Misty, Maria with the awesome Jazz voice, anything jazz a James is involved in, KTUH DJs, and soo sooooo many more...

Movies:

SLC Punk, PUnk Attitude, The Blues Brothers, This is Spinal Tap, Almost Famous

Television:

TRX TV

Books:

Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Spin
The Big Takeover
Rolling Stone
random other stuff I find on the street corners...

Heroes:

People who figure out how to make it on their own. And people who help those people along the way.%

My Blog

Our Release party next week - June 20th, 2008! HIP HOP

COME CELEBRATE THE JUNE ISSUE RELEASE!! Check out our June cover!What: RELEASE  The 808 Scene Zine's official release party for the June issueWho: Featuring hip hop artists Mistah D.R.E.D., Samoan Dy...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:04:00 PST

Ahh, the Craigslist drama....

Howdy... between June 1st and June 3rd, there were a bunch of Craigslist posts about the zine sparked off by me writing a post looking for financial support. I'm actually really glad this happened, 1...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:17:00 PST

Photo Blog of The Gym Show on May 24th, 2008

The Gym Show at the Waialua Community Gym is a show that is now happening regularly every six months, featuring rock, ska, and punk - especially punk - bands up on the North Shore. The show is all age...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Fri, 30 May 2008 03:41:00 PST

A concert to save DARFUR - May 17th Saturday

The organizer forwarded this to the Zine, so we've posted it here to help spread the word. Let people know! -Katie (Editor) ConcertSaturday, May 17 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m hosted by the AmnestyInternatio...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Wed, 07 May 2008 05:14:00 PST

April 2008 Featured Band: Upstanding Youth - Alternative Interview

Featured Band: Upstanding YouthCome out and see this month's Featured Band, Upstanding Youth, play at The 808 Scene Zine's birthday party on April 18th at Don Ho's Island Grill (Aloha Tower). Pick up ...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:08:00 PST

Katie (Editor) in the Northeast - Episode 1

Hello Hawaii. I (Katie, the Editor of The 808 Scene Zine) am currently in Connecticut in my hometown of Monroe. If you’re wondering what it’s like back here... well, think something kinda...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:57:00 PST

An 808 Scene Ziner at the Unity Crayons Accoustic Session Friday March 14, 2

The 808 Scene Zine's music critic, Shawn Davenport, of the column MOAR Music will be performing at the Unity Crayons acoustic show with a bunch of other great performers on March 14th!Hosted By: analo...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:54:00 PST

Cool family show for the homeless on Feb 16th.

Hawaiian Homeless Companion:Radio-Style Musical Variety Show Benefits Angel Network CharitiesIn the spirit of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, an all-original, radio-style live musical var...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:15:00 PST

Get your song on CD I’m sending to record labels...

Hi Everyone,I'm about to start a big campaign to get indie record labels interested in advertising in the zine (then we can hear about all the interesting independent music getting distributed out the...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:29:00 PST

Hardest Hearts (formerly Hellbound Hounds) Interview

HERE'S YOUR SNEAK PREVIEW TO AN INTERVIEW THAT WILL APPEAR IN THE JANUARY 2008 ZINE:The Soundtrack to All those Nights You'd Rather ForgetThe Hardest Hearts a.k.a The Hellbound HoundsInterview by Kati...
Posted by The 808 Scene Zine on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:43:00 PST