...raising the funds...

BAMBU, DJ PHATRICK, and IMIX BOOKS present:

OFF THE BOOKS

Open Mic @ IMIX Bookstore
with monthly feature artists

8pm-10pm, Doors 7pm
$5-$10 donation.
YOUTH FREE!

IMIX BOOKS
5052 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041

OPEN MIC SIGN-UP:
imixopenmic@gmail. com

NEXT OPEN MIC:
Thursday, July 9, 2009!

FPAC 2009
(FESTIVAL OF PHILIPPINE ARTS & CULTURE)
FUNDRAISER!!

We need all of Socal's Pilipino musicians, poets, emcees, comedians, singers, etc. to come out and sign up for the open mic in support of the West Coast's biggest and longest running Pilipino arts & culture festival!

WITH A FEATURE PERFORMANCE FROM:
BAMBU



RSVP ON FACEBOOK!

...stupid busy -- sorry...

so, because of all the great stuff happening over here, it's been hard to update. i'm going to switch it up a bit and relaunch in july. i'm going to do weekly updates from now -- maybe every sunday. i appreciate y'alls patience. in the meantime, here's the newest video (hella late):

Bambu - "Quit" Produced by iLLMind

...you better quit while you're a...

...that windbreaker goes...

...i just realized something...

i give a whole lot of love to kid heroes and xylophone films for the very successful (by independent musician standards) music video "crooks and rooks" -- and rightfully so -- but, the one guy i always leave out (mainly because i consider him part of the kid heroes/xylophone family) is the cinematographer of the music video. the look of the video is amazing. what this guy did with the resources we had is everything short of miraculous! anthony ignacio is the best cinematographer i've had the pleasure of working with -- and i've worked on indiana jones! but, let's say the video's mtv success was secondary to the fan votes... okay. well, when we needed that 2% boost in the poll, this guy stayed up voting until that 2% pushed us in for the win (with or without clothes... we'll never really know).



tony, you're the truth, brother! stay gold.

...khallin isaiah barbera...

meet me godson, khallin! he was born on june 10th at 3:04am... he's doing great and is loving the rest he's getting with mom and dad! welcome to the earth, godson.

...can't believe this slipped my mind...

we're on mtv's rotation! the xylophone/kid heroes music video for "crooks and rooks" is now on mtv's on-air rotation... and it is all due to my fam -- you! thanks for all the support. i promised a party, and a party y'all shall have!

...big apple love...

because of the two pictured above, i was able to make my way out to new york city this past week. we had a few events, radio shows, interviews, 2 music videos and too many meetings to count! still waiting on photos from lyrics for literacy 2 event... but, in the meantime, here's some pictures from pnoy apparel's shirt the kids charity showcase!!! shout outs at the end...


los angeles in new york city (brian catacutan)


pnoy apparel's shirt the kids charity showcase (brian catacutan)


ashley robles opened it up for the night (chris huang)


kiwi doing what he does best -- murder (chris huang)


deep foundation (chris huang)


phatty and kj butta [nyc's finest host -- cerritos!] (chris huang)


ruby hosted the night's events (chris huang)


doing it. (chris huang)


deep foundation and yours truly at the afterparty (illpoe)


grace and i doing the "great success" celebration (jenn vela)


pnoy apparel show (jenn vela)


live and direct (kat amidar)


yes... it was inevitable -- native guns. (kat amidar)

shouts to zar, grace, kj, freddy, roger, df, ruby, pablo, chace, edz, stunt squad, manny, chris, rise up radio, mugs, kiwi, ruby, ashley, pops, pnoy apparel, lauren, jamie, fat fingaz, arlene, ugnayan/damayan, ephniko and of course, mi familya: phat and kat...

...help a brother out...

help me get into regular rotation over there at mtv/mtvu by clicking the link below! this is a pretty big deal for me, because we're doing all this completely independent!



big up to my homeboy and publicist, carl gillespie at freshmlk for making this happen -- freshmlk is the truth!

...a bay area battle not to miss...

my homeboy kronic plague has killed every verse i've heard him on -- i'm sure you thought the same when you heard him on native guns', "kombat" and the song, "riches to rags" off ...i scream bars for the children... he killed it every time he popped up on the wake up show and now he's going to take grind time by storm. bay area, please come out and support my homeboy, kronic plague!