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August 29, 2009
August 24, 2009
...we want our money back...
i have my very strong criticisms of michael moore. often times i feel his white-privilege goes overlooked in his own work. his statements about mumia abu jamal's guilt in the book, "dude, where's my country" really put this into perspective for me. during an amy goodman sit down interview, he did backtrack a little and say this it was satirical and that he doesn't think mumia got a fair trial... but, that shit ain't funny. if i were on death row, i wouldn't want anybody using my trial as a jump off to be funny. anyway, in the bigger picture, i appreciate his fat-ass presence in mainstream media, because this very non-threatening caucasian is asking his people to try and check their shit at the door. i thought the awful truth was genius at times. i really do like all of his work, but I'm also very critical of it at the same time. the LEFT ain't got all the answers either y'all... don't believe the hype. anyway, here's the preview of his latest work, "capitalism: a love story." i'll be watching.
August 20, 2009
...these ain't the dancing prisoners...
ran into this cool photo blog on filipino prison gang tattoos.
click picture to go the blog
...watts up...
gotdamn. the homie, jay rock did it with this one! glasses malone hurt this muthuhfuckuh too: "...next time i yell, 'shoot,' bullets fly in your direction..." ouch. watts up.
August 18, 2009
August 13, 2009
...legendary...
finishing up some guest feature spots for the homies, mike dash e, sha king allah, codeen and umali. i think the sabzi x bambu project is all ready to be recorded in the big studio, so i have to plan for a seattle trip very soon!
in the meantime, the majority of my days are spent finalizing the programming for the 18th annual festival of philippine arts & culture happening on september 12th and 13th! on the headliner bill we got rex navarrete (who wasn't there last year because he had a baby - congrats, brother), prometheus brown, aj rafael and supreme soul. also blessing the mainstage we got kiwi, camile velasco, melissa polinar, deep foundation, ashley robles, mike isberto, kaba modern, pac modern, justin rivera and sheroes!!!
come out to the event, it promises to be fun. also, on the 27th of this month (august), come out for this:
in the meantime, the majority of my days are spent finalizing the programming for the 18th annual festival of philippine arts & culture happening on september 12th and 13th! on the headliner bill we got rex navarrete (who wasn't there last year because he had a baby - congrats, brother), prometheus brown, aj rafael and supreme soul. also blessing the mainstage we got kiwi, camile velasco, melissa polinar, deep foundation, ashley robles, mike isberto, kaba modern, pac modern, justin rivera and sheroes!!!
come out to the event, it promises to be fun. also, on the 27th of this month (august), come out for this:
August 10, 2009
...808, 808, 808 (update)...
it's official, i'll be joining my northwest familia, blue scholars on their hawaii tour this september -- so tell your cousins on the island to be ready! i recently took a trip up north early in july to visit seattle with the family and during the trip i got to catch up with my brother, pro-brown who was kind enough to let me load a copy of the new scholars ep, "oof!" into my ipod. it hasn't stopped playing since. i promise that on release day, august 24th, if you cop this, you'll be more than happy with what comes out of your speakers... or headphones. my personal favorite? "new people!" i remember eavesdropping on sabzi and geo rehearsing backstage for a show we did in l.a. -- geo did the verse for "new people" while sabzi played the beat on his iphone. i was instantly drawn to the verse! geo went in! so, be on the lookout for the new ep, the new video and geoloic's performance at this year's festival of philippine arts and culture!
August 9, 2009
...penn state...
i woke up in high spirits after the great fights put on last night at ufc 101. i got invited by the homie, jay to come out and watch the fight with the legends gym guys at big wangs. i got there just in time! let's cut right to it -- silva was something ferocious! i like forrest griffin. i think he's had a good career in the cage and he's remained humble through it all. but, last night silva made him look amateur at best. after a couple of aggressive attempts to rush anderson, forrest got caught with what looked like a tap on the chin. as silva was skipping backwards out of range, he threw, no, he placed a punch right on forrest's chin. dropped his ass! done. as soon as he regained composure, forrest ran out of the ring before the announcers had a chance to raise silva's hand in victory.
but forget all that! i came to see baby jay do his thing! i felt the fight was lackluster from an "audience" perspective. primarily because ken-flo's strategy was to remain out of range, throw a few kicks and make very weak attempts at taking bj down. this repeated for 3 rounds. it was obvious that florian did not possess the strength to knock penn out. in the 4th round, bj finally decided, at the advice of his brother, to take kenny to the ground. from half guard, to full mount, to taking florian's back -- from there, rear naked choke. done.
congratulations to my favorite fighter in the game, bj penn! baby jay for governor!
but forget all that! i came to see baby jay do his thing! i felt the fight was lackluster from an "audience" perspective. primarily because ken-flo's strategy was to remain out of range, throw a few kicks and make very weak attempts at taking bj down. this repeated for 3 rounds. it was obvious that florian did not possess the strength to knock penn out. in the 4th round, bj finally decided, at the advice of his brother, to take kenny to the ground. from half guard, to full mount, to taking florian's back -- from there, rear naked choke. done.
congratulations to my favorite fighter in the game, bj penn! baby jay for governor!
August 8, 2009
...back to square one...
so, that new format i tried to make work? didn't work. my schedule is way too hectic to be trying to update my joint that regularly. let's just pretend it never happened... cool?
what's new, what's new... hmmm... let's start with the london trip. i went out to london with pnoy apparel during the weekend of july 17th for 2 shows. the first set was a short set for a festival attended by about 20,000 people, the barrio fiesta. this is europe's biggest annual festival of philippine culture and the event didn't disappoint. deep foundation went up first to set the pace, and set the pace they did. with only a short amount of time, they managed to bring out a singer and throw in a posse cut of their hit single, "children of the sun." this is when i jumped on stage to make the transition. i wasn't sure how i would be received in london. wasn't sure how my politics (or the way i delivered my politics) were going to translate in the uk, but my motto has always been, "fuck it, when you get a chance to have your voice heard, speak truth." i started slow. talked about america's war on islam, imperialist interest, blah, blah... then i moved toward the philippine government's violations on human rights under the reign of gloria macapagal arroyo. guess what? the filipino community in london know what's up! from my perspective on stage, the crowd was with me. i was elated. the rest of the festival was spent hustling gear at the pnoy apparel booth and getting to know the community. our hosts, london baby and her pops, uncle rusty took care of us during our stay and i honestly don't think the trip would have been a complete success without them. after breaking down for the first day of the festival, we rushed to hopefully catch a shower before the next gig, shirt the kids!
now, because the crew was primarily from the states, we didn't understand the dj's selection -- we found out that funky house is the business in london, so we weren't that thrilled about the tunes being played as the crowd gathered into the club. after a brief delay, the show got started. london locals kyd, aziatik, ningning and d-rexx pulled the trigger with a great set. london baby killed it with a few of her joints right afterward and then mc zani, the 2008 uk beatbox champion, showed us why he holds that belt. zani tore it down! how do you follow up someone who had the crowd up in arms? with another local spitter, clencha! this dude had the floor shaking with his fusion of london rude boy and straight emcee skill. now the americans. deep foundation hit the floor with one of the best performances i've seen from them (even minus one of their hard hitters, ro - if ro was there, i might not have had a chance to get on)! last -- me. typical bam set.
the night ended with me celebrating my birthday in london with my birthday comrade, jenn! birthday cake, shots, etc. everyone who made the trip's success possible is familia now. zar and i hopped the plane home tallying up a total of 7 hours of sleep in 4 days. easy.
after a very short recovery with the boy and his moms, it was back to the grind. as the program director for this year's festival of philippine arts and culture, my plate is so full its starting to crack in half. that's a whole 3 page blog, so we'll leave it at that.
daluyong! the daluyong consultation was another amazing 3 day event with kasamas, family and the park's finest bbq. the conference touched on issues ranging from forced migration, systemic racism and strengthening solidarity among youth and students here in the states and back home in the philippines. rewarding 3 days. amazing job by the organizers! thank you to all the organizations that came out to make this possible: kabataang maka-bayan pro-people youth, ugnayan nj/ny, bagwis collective, damayan, gabriella network, jfav, committee on pilipino issues and all the youth and students who found the time and energy to take part in it.
what's new, what's new... hmmm... let's start with the london trip. i went out to london with pnoy apparel during the weekend of july 17th for 2 shows. the first set was a short set for a festival attended by about 20,000 people, the barrio fiesta. this is europe's biggest annual festival of philippine culture and the event didn't disappoint. deep foundation went up first to set the pace, and set the pace they did. with only a short amount of time, they managed to bring out a singer and throw in a posse cut of their hit single, "children of the sun." this is when i jumped on stage to make the transition. i wasn't sure how i would be received in london. wasn't sure how my politics (or the way i delivered my politics) were going to translate in the uk, but my motto has always been, "fuck it, when you get a chance to have your voice heard, speak truth." i started slow. talked about america's war on islam, imperialist interest, blah, blah... then i moved toward the philippine government's violations on human rights under the reign of gloria macapagal arroyo. guess what? the filipino community in london know what's up! from my perspective on stage, the crowd was with me. i was elated. the rest of the festival was spent hustling gear at the pnoy apparel booth and getting to know the community. our hosts, london baby and her pops, uncle rusty took care of us during our stay and i honestly don't think the trip would have been a complete success without them. after breaking down for the first day of the festival, we rushed to hopefully catch a shower before the next gig, shirt the kids!
now, because the crew was primarily from the states, we didn't understand the dj's selection -- we found out that funky house is the business in london, so we weren't that thrilled about the tunes being played as the crowd gathered into the club. after a brief delay, the show got started. london locals kyd, aziatik, ningning and d-rexx pulled the trigger with a great set. london baby killed it with a few of her joints right afterward and then mc zani, the 2008 uk beatbox champion, showed us why he holds that belt. zani tore it down! how do you follow up someone who had the crowd up in arms? with another local spitter, clencha! this dude had the floor shaking with his fusion of london rude boy and straight emcee skill. now the americans. deep foundation hit the floor with one of the best performances i've seen from them (even minus one of their hard hitters, ro - if ro was there, i might not have had a chance to get on)! last -- me. typical bam set.
the night ended with me celebrating my birthday in london with my birthday comrade, jenn! birthday cake, shots, etc. everyone who made the trip's success possible is familia now. zar and i hopped the plane home tallying up a total of 7 hours of sleep in 4 days. easy.
after a very short recovery with the boy and his moms, it was back to the grind. as the program director for this year's festival of philippine arts and culture, my plate is so full its starting to crack in half. that's a whole 3 page blog, so we'll leave it at that.
daluyong! the daluyong consultation was another amazing 3 day event with kasamas, family and the park's finest bbq. the conference touched on issues ranging from forced migration, systemic racism and strengthening solidarity among youth and students here in the states and back home in the philippines. rewarding 3 days. amazing job by the organizers! thank you to all the organizations that came out to make this possible: kabataang maka-bayan pro-people youth, ugnayan nj/ny, bagwis collective, damayan, gabriella network, jfav, committee on pilipino issues and all the youth and students who found the time and energy to take part in it.
August 1, 2009
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