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  • Expect an honest and dependable get-down of deep funk and future soul, party hip-hop and good-time reggae, nu Latin breaks and Afrobeat courtesy of main room residents Astroboy, 6 Music's Simon Hodge, Johnny Cashback and WeeG, while Decoy Roy plays a reggae mix in the gallery.

    Clubs picks of the week 2011

  • Twenty-five years ago, East LA homeboy Danny Santiago wrote his own story, a novel called Famous All Over Town, about his get-down life running with the wild boys.

    Patt Morrison: Lies, Damned Lies and Memoirs 2008

  • My daughter says that people see you all now as something special, but you were really just some get-down brothers in the right place at the right time and you did the right thing.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2007 2007

  • MESERVE: And Webb says he hopes something else will end, too, the kind of get-down, dirty politics that have been played here in Virginia.

    CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2006 2006

  • This was an attention grabber, ending with a clash of cymbals and a get-down from the lead singer, warbling up and down two octaves in a search for the ending.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2005

  • HOUSTON: I ` m ready to get down with the get-down.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2005 2005

  • “This could be the first get-down rock ‘n’ roll, cool Christian brand,” he said.

    ALT-WORSHIP: Christian Cool and the New Generation Gap 2004

  • She was greeted by crackling warmth, the aromas of cinnamon and yeast, and Aretha Franklin at her old, get-down funkiest.

    Kate Armstrong, Patricia 1995

  • During this show, along with the traditional "get-down hardwood floor stompin '" type of gospel, there is an hour-long old school segment which features classic gospel tunes from the "Golden Age of Black Gospel music" (1945-late'60's).

    Event Calendar 2010

  • "That's the kind of common sense, get-down approach needed."

    Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles 2010

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