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dj collectives

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About Me

usually hungry + slightly bearded.also, i play records and love nothing more than to see a bunch of grown ass adults dancing like they just won the lotto and my name is dustin, i put the 'hug' in 'thug'.and, check out RESPIRATION every FIRST THURSDAY at MACS BAR.also, im about to be an ART TEACHER !!!

My Interests

sittin sidewayz. free financial aid. yoga! mixtapes. rap music. hip hop. my headphones. racquetball. DIY. my sewing machine. dancing. eating + cooking thrifty vegan food. bicycles. public transit. vegetables + fruit. 9 grain cereal. tea + grapefruit every morning. playing records for folks to dance to. bicycle gangs. summer!

I'd like to meet:

radical teachers. rappers. producers. thinkers. old & young people. quiet types. bicyclers. folks with free records! AND, people who want to pay me to play records for them to dance to. I have all sorts of oldschool/true school & upbeat hip hop. soul & funk gems...and a solid selection of cheesy 80s dance records.

Music:

right now, MI hip hop. finale. invincible. elzhi. aml. one.be.lo. binary star. slum village. 5ela. br gunna, phat kat, guilty simpson, starving artists crew...jay dee [r i p forever], madlib, premiere, pete rock. krs one, gangstarr, common, dead prez, boot camp click, big l, big daddy kane, ice cube, poor righterous teachers. amir sulaiman, liza garza, black ice. gil scott heron, marvin, curtis, minnie riperton, earth wind and fire, isley brothers, roy ayers, lee fields, sharon jones, fela kuti, antibalas...prince, mike jackson, new order...and other stuff.

Movies:

the agronomist. the sandlot. bus174. city of god. run lola run. amelie. amandla!. stylewars. darkdays. donnie darko. life and debt. lost in translation. the safety of objects. happiness. edward scissorhands. back to the future. pump up the volume. jesus' son. juice. fresh. raising victor vargas. the corporation.

Television:

no thanks

Books:

being peace. ego trips book of rap lists. zami: a new spelling of my name. bell hooks. paulo freire. lakota woman. prison writings: my life is my sundance. cant stop wont stop: a history of the hiphop generation.

Heroes:

my mom and my niece. my brother. my dad. my stepdad. my grandparents. patrick keveney. jean dominique. fred hampton. plus, anyone caught up in the struggle and, folks willling to resist the forces of oppression. also, passionate, intelligent, dynamic educators. rob namaste

My Blog

Future Classroom

I see myself working in an urban public high school but not in a heroic here-comes-a-white-guy-to-save-the-day type of way, but a more honest and selfless fashion. I feel as though the structure of ur...
Posted by dj collectives on Sun, 20 May 2007 03:46:00 PST

efff art...

...being confined to and made for museums. seriously. im becoming more and more frustrated as an art student as i see structuring structures [museums, educational institutions...] determining who VIEW...
Posted by dj collectives on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:50:00 PST

mixtape exchange yo!

so...ive compiled an assortment of mostly old soul songs with a few other folk songs and some other treats onto a cd [i know i know...nothing compares to the 'mixtape']. i think its the process of cha...
Posted by dj collectives on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:05:00 PST

ahhh snap! still...

living like a gangsterrr. my life is still splendid as FUCK! for a while i thought it might be a fluke, now im beginning to reconsider. -i still work at a deli in a health food store where im beginn...
Posted by dj collectives on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:43:00 PST

my life...

consists of working in a health food deli and drinking way too many fruit smoothys, collecting the most precious encounters with old folks, discussing lentil recipes and gardens with other men, hostin...
Posted by dj collectives on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST