Wed. Feb.  28

 Generally speaking, we don't take a press release and slap it into JSInk. After all, there's hyperbole to deflate, opinions to counter, prose to be styled. But in the case of Brother Cleve - a musician, dj and writer himself (for eons.com) - he sent us this and we could only smile. And so, we give you, Brother Cleve (who's played with the Del Fuegos, Combustible Edison and is currently with Dragonfly): "In the 1970's, decaying urban movie theaters in the US screened hundreds of action films, mostly of the blaxploitation and chop socky variety, to an audience of weed smoking inner city youths, digging not only the kung fu fighting but the hard funking soundtracks as well. DJ Brother Cleve was a regular denizen of these old Boston grindhouses, theaters like the Astor, Saxon, Gary, Center, Publix and Symphony Cinemas. Little did he know then that halfway around the globe, audiences in decaying movie palaces in Bombay, Delhi, and Calcutta were digging the same type of film, but Bollywood style --  "brownsploitation" flix filled with gamblers, diamond smugglers, dope pushers, thieves, martial artists, terrorists and saree-clad go-go dancers, all set to masala spiced funky beats. After years of vinyl archeology in the bazaars of India, Br.
Cleve has morphed into his alter-ego DJ Sharaabi Kapoor at Redline.  On Feb. 7 (and on subsequent Wednesdays) Cleve/Kapoor will be presenting the dopest, deepest sitar beat tracks from some of the wildest movies ever made.For a sneak preview, check out the opening sequence/credits to the greatest brownsploitation flick ever produced  - the 1977 Bollywood epic "Don" and hear the fantastic Kalyanji Anandji theme song under the "Movies" header at www.myspace.com/brcleve. Wednesday is the official launch for DJ Deano Sounds "Mood Mosaic" party, to be held each and every Wednesday night at Redline. Come weekly for your dose of Northern Soul, rare groove, deep funk, jazz dancing, acid jazz, dub, reggae, brasilica, soundtracks, and much more.  (Music starts at 9, no cover.) ...
59 JFK St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge. 617-491-9851 redlinecambridge.com