SoCiAl JuStIcE. Youth Empowerment. Learning. Growing. Consicousness raising. dancing. Early 90's hip hop, tan lines, photography, witty comments, and other G-rated activities.
Music
I like Tom Jones. no, i'm not kidding.
I like...my dusty old 45's from a flea market on E.11th and Avenue A in the lower east side...
On rotation these days: Kool and the Gang *** Atmosphere *** Antibalas *** FELA KUTI *** Marvin Gaye *** Erykah Badu *** De La Soul *** Ahmad Jamal *** Miles Davis *** Bananarama *** Valerie Simpson *** Sly and the Family Stone *** the Dells *** Stevie Wonder *** Earth Wind and Fire *** Roy Ayres *** Michael Jackson *** Bush Babies *** Poor Righteous Teachers *** Black Moon *** Common LIKE wha... *** Minnie Riperton *** Aretha Franklin *** Raphael Saadiq *** ...and Father MC. shit, why not?
DJ Deedot & Company...
Nate Krooks * Public Radio * Melina Jones * Mind Complex *
Movies
Little Miss Sunshine ... Control Room ... Thank you for Smoking ... Me, You, and Everyone we know ... Murderball ... Y Tu Mama Tambien ... Rivers and Tides ... Yellow Brotherhood ... City of God ... Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind ... In the Mood for Love ... Raising Victor Vargas ... Mean Girls ... Royal Tennenbaums ... The Shinning ... Happiness ... Cinema Paradisio ... Donnie Darko ... Spirited Away ... Meet the Feebles ... and David Bowie in Basquiat.
Television
I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't watch T.V. All of this challenges to my ability to engage in small talk with other poeple.
Books
Art books >>> Haunani Kay Trask writings >>> Catch-22 >>> House on Mango St. >>> Cat's Cradle >>> Como agua para chocolate >>> Bomb the Suburbs >>> Savage Inequalities >>> Assata >>> Persepolis >>> ...the list goes on and on...
Heroes
The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution. -- Huey P. Newton
My family. Michael Keaton (hah). Yuri, Chris Rock, the Zapatistas and others who fight for indigenous people's self-determination, Malcolm X, blah blah blah...
And Artists.
"I hate flowers. I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move." - Georgia O'Keeffe
come out to this! its FREE! and it won't dissapoint. this is personally
my response to 'there ain't sh*t to do in Vallejo' well now there is!
in hopes of bringing out of towners to our city and helping the
creative have a place to express themselves. come to participate OR
speculate! :)
check my site for more info if you are interested: www.dynoisthename.com
i helped put this together and i'll be painting and selling shirts at this as well.
yeah. headed back down this morning so I could run wild around LA on a free Sunday. :) missed ya. :( but your coming to LA this week :) and u better be at LA REINA!! ;)
as usual ur crib was my home away from home. next time be around so we can catch up.
Norman McCall.
in the mood for rockets.
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