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About Me



What gets me through the day?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/15/2005
Band Members: Alfredo (Producer, Engineer, Promotions)
Advance (DJ)
Influences: Roots Music, in all it's forms:Bob Marley (& ALL of the Wailers), Marvin Gaye, The Police, The (English) Beat, Wilfrido Vargas, King Britt, Thelonious Monk, The MC5, Vikter Duplaix, Mr. Mixx, King Tubby, Afrika Bambaataa, Sly Stone (mohawk & all), Oscar D'Leon, Bad Brains, DJ Premier, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, mixtapes, Led Zeppelin, Jorge Ben, Jawbreaker, Barrington Levy, Jazzy Jeff, Teddy Pendergrass, Eddie Kendricks, The Crusaders, Grover Washington, Jr., Amit, Tito Puente, Sugar Minot, Charlie Parker, Shy Fx, RZA, Larry Graham, David Axelrod, A Guy Called Gerald, Gilberto Gil, Marley Marl, Quincy Jones, Edwin Starr, Sergio Mendes, Allen Toussaint, Bill Laswell, Talvin Singh, KayGee, Arturo Sandoval, Malcolm McLaren, James Jameson...
Sounds Like: Whatever it is that makes you want to move...
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

And THIS is why I live in Oakland...

'Cause y'alls mascot cain't FUCK with ours, ya smell me?!UUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Posted by on Mon, 01 May 2006 14:45:00 GMT

And this is why I don't own a car out here...

So a friend let me borrow their car for the month while they're out of town. I sort of have mixed feelings: I'm stoked that I don't have to wait at bus stops for the month, drowning in these torr...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:11:00 GMT

Food high?

So last night I go to Everett & Jones, THE soul-food spot of downtown Oakland; had me some beef sausage links smothered in their famous barbeque sauce, yams, and baked beans. And, just like every ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:54:00 GMT

Big Win For Independent Media...

I'm hoping I'm not the only one who's excited about this. It's been too long that one media conglomerate had control of just about every major paper in the country. The news last week of Knight-Ridder...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:16:00 GMT

Gordon Parks (director of "Shaft") passed yesterday...

Gordon Parks: November 30, 1912 => March 7, 2006He probably was mostly known for directing the ever-popular "Shaft", but he was also an amazing photographer, novelist, composer...a true renaissance ma...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:31:00 GMT