INhonolulu Magazine Issue #16 - April 2014 | Page 26

From page 25
cut-and-scratched
occasionally, but the show was less about
raw turntable skill. They did,
however, come out from behind
their decks to show off some interesting, portable DJ hardware.
Cut had a large, sort-of-guitarshaped device with a vinyl record
spinning slowly where the sound
box should be, while Nu-Mark
had some sort of portable MIDI
controller strapped to his chest.
“Let us entertain you” was the
explicit message of the night, and
J5 delivered it in spades, making
for one of the best concerts of early 2014. Favorites were trotted out,
like “Concrete Schoolyard,” “Concrete and Clay,” “Gotta Understand,” the politically motivated
“Freedom,” “Thin Line” and, one
for the ladies, the good-humored
“Baby Please.”
The Republik’s floor literally
shook at times when the crowd
jumped at the behest of the group,
like it did during the party shouter “Without a Doubt.” There was
even a clever bit of choreography,
with all the guys in a line laying
down some funky moves. And, of
course, there was an encore featuring “Jurass Finish First” and
the legendary hip-hop anthem
“What’s Golden.”
After the show, the group stuck
around to meet their elated fans
and gathered for signings and selfies while Eric B. & Rakim’s powerful “Follow the Leader” played
over the sound system in the background. That brilliant piece of East
Coast braggadocio is a particularly
apt description of what Jurassic 5
has done West Coast-style in the
“earthquake state.” The show, just
like the group, was all killer, no
filler—and done with a smile. ■
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Profile / Anne Akiko Meyers

Taking on Prokofiev
Stephen Fox
Photos by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

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iolin virtuoso Anne Akiko Meyers takes on Sergei
Prokofiev's epic Concerto #2 in G minor this weekend at
the Blaisdell. The Hawaii Symphony will tag-team with Meyers
for backup, but Prokofiev really
brings his A-game with this intricate piece of 20th-century music.
“It’s a very coloristic work that’s,
um, fi [