...spread love...

my best bud and dj, phatty boom boom aka dj ping pong, aka burt slap-a-track, aka sugarland's finest, aka dj nay-say, has done a collab with ill-literacy's drizz to create the pretty buoyant society -- this is the first single to drop from the project and it features one of my faves,golda supernova! click the cover to hear the song and/or download it.



also, my homeboys, u-n-i out of inglewood have finally dropped their full-length album, "a love supreme," -- for free. enjoy.

...crews pop...

deciding on colorways now.

white with purple sun
black with yellow sun
red with blue sun
blue with white sun (dodgers, baby)
gold (yellow) with purple sun (lakers, baby)

what do you think?

the back of the sweater will have the lyrics to "misused" from the album, ...exact change...

...ain't no future...

i put this up earlier, but, this time we got a little promo cover for it. i'm sure dj phatrick is going to want to remix it, so a new version may pop up in the future... until then, click on the cover...

...we need anne coulter to...

...nice vans...

...the market boys...

...this weekend's events...

...word...

...saturday n' night...

we're going to try something new here! this'll be recorded for a music video that'll be released internationally, so try and make it out to this!!!

...filipino on pilipino crime...

...hulk smash!

bay area!!! please try and make it out to this on the 28th (this saturday)! it won't disappoint.


Kularts presents...

THE PASSION OF EL HULK HOGANCITO

Jason Magabo Perez, in a poignantly humorous
performance reading of his novel-in-progress, pays
homage to childhood heroes and illuminates the
1970s criminal conviction of 2 Filipina nurses (one
being his mother) as deeply traumatic and always
political.

March 28 at 8:00PM, March 29 at 6:00PM
April 4 at 8:00PM, April 5 at 6:00PM

BAYANIHAN COMMUNITY CENTER
1010 Mission Street (at 6th)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Tickets: $13 in advance; $15-$20 sliding scale at the door
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/56330
www.kularts.org

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jason Magabo Perez, writer and performer, received
his MFA in Writing & Consciousness from the New College
of California. His short fiction has been selected as a Finalist
for Narrative Magazine’s 30 Below Story Contest and Fiction
Contest, and is forthcoming in Witness: Issue XXIII. A VONA
Voices Summer Writing Workshop alumnus and a featured
artist for the New Americans Museum and the AjA Project, he
also has been invited to perform at the La Jolla Playhouse.
Currently, he is writing a novel and teaches for the
Ethnic Studies Program at the University of San Diego.

In June of 1976, two recently-immigrated Filipina nurses, Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez (the author’s mother), were accused of murdering ten patients at the Ann Arbor Veteran's Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After an extensive trial guided by racist accusations, and manipulated by the FBI, the two nurses, referred to as slant-eyed bitches during the process, were convicted on three counts of poisoning. Eventually, at the appeal of the defense and based on the FBI’s gross misconduct, the decision was overturned and the nurses were freed. U.S. v. Narciso-Perez serves as a critical point in the history of America, demonstrating that post-1965 immigrants, professionals full of hope and wonder for the land of milk & honey, continue to dream in the face of American racism.

...myx'ing it up...

Thanks Melanie!!!


click on picture and watch

...all good...

it's official... bambu's done after the next full-length album, "...tried people." knowing that these brothers are in the game makes it easier - i'm leaving y'all in good hands! deep foundation is one of the next! i said it.

...for the rest of the week...

...i'll be here. that means no blog posts until i get home -- but trust me, they'll be good! yadadayee! los angeles is here...



...i miss my family though. *insert sad face

...ain't no future...

...in your fronting, that is. dj phatrick and i knocked this banger out from conception to production, recording to bouncing in about 2 1/2 hours. not bad. this is the exclusive cut we laced the newest ballerstatus.com mixtape, "digital dynasty 5" with... get the whole joint now by clicking on the cover (below) or, if you're lazy, just download the song by itself... let me know what y'all think! rest in peace mc breed!

BAMBU - "AIN'T NO FUTURE IN YO' FRONTIN' 2009" produced by DJ PHATRICK

...keelay & zaire are riders...

what's up, folks?! please go out there and cop the new joint from the production duo, keelay & zaire out that bay area! you won't be disappointed.



...and since we're talking about these two, guess what's in the works as i write?

...lil beast...

check out the little homie going off to some guns shit!

...myx love...

...this tuesday in berkeley...

DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW! TRUST ME!!

...francis m...

rest in power, rest in peace and know that your work has always and will always be respected, loved and carried on through me and every pilipino/pilipina who grabs a mic!


1964-2009

...hella nipple...

so, this is the vimby.com spot i've been excited about. shout out to the homie, eric for putting it together. hella nipple shots -- and oddly, i like it...

VIMBY - Bambu

leave a comment on the site!

...whutdaheyo?!

i don't know how i missed this, but peep my brother, nam out that 2-0-6! my brother!!! g'head, man! *finger pistol

...vimby preview...

here's a trailer for the vimby.com segment that they're doing on me.

...tough guy...

this is dr. ted gambordella! tough guy. should i get one?

...how you doing? how you doing?

...another installment over here...

...and this one promises to be big!!!



for this one, if you want to get on the open mic, i strongly suggest you sign up online: imixopenmic@gmail.com -- trust me!

...chairman mao in little tokyo...

yeah, i said it.






here are some pictures from the afterparty!

...how do you plead?

"not guilty."

that's how this pig plead in seattle when charged with the assault of this TEENAGE girl... and you wonder why i still yell, "fuck the police," at my shows...

...another weekend with one too many stories to blog about...

friday, hosted son of ran, rob grimes and reign major at the terrace: great show! one too many beers over here.

saturday, uci kababayan conference: thank you to all who came to our (krish and i) workshop. we had fun!
saturday night, jaccc for "a song for ourselves" film premiere! congrats tadillac! great film, great show! blue scholars killed it!
saturday night night, oiwaki's bar for the afterparty! hella fun. phatrick, as always, kept the party live. again, one too many beers over here. "passionate" conversations with zar and geo to end the night!

sunday, brunch to celebrate steph's birthday! happy birthday, sis!!! we love you!

overall, great times... shout out to everyone who came out to the show, and a special "yao, yao..." to: zar, bee, grace, jeff, kandi, rob, ran, geo, saba, kiwi, tad, phat, steph and of course, kat carrido, my ace!!!

krish and i are finally winding down with kahlil and enjoying our family... here's a picture to help sum up a wonderful weekend:


yuri kochiyama... 'nuff said!

taken from learntoquestion.com

Who is Yuri Kochiyama?
Yuri Kochiyama (1921- ) is a grassroots civil rights activist who has involved herself in a wide range of issues from international political prisoner rights, nuclear disarmament, and Japanese redress for World War II internment. In the 1940s Yuri Kochiyama and her family were one of the many Japanese Americans to be sent to internment camps following the bombing at Pearl Harbor. Several years later she saw many similarities between how the Japanese had been treated in the camps and how many minority groups, especially blacks, were treated in the U.S. at the time. For more than sixty years afterwards Yuri Kochiyama has been an enthusiastic activist and a key supporter of many civil rights groups: in the 1960s she was a member of the Harlem Parents Committee organizing protests for more street lights in her neighborhood, and in 1977 she and 29 others from the Puerto Rican group the Young Lords stormed the Statue of Liberty to bring attention to the issue of Puerto Rican independence. Perhaps most famously, Yuri Kochiyama was a close friend and associate of Malcolm X, and was by his side at his assassination in 1965.