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Catalyst

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About Me

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My Interests

Supporting the cause, MCing and Djing, collaborating, creating, observing and listening, learning and growing, receiving and offering constructive criticism, working hard with plans to raise a family

I'd like to meet:

All kinds of people; I dont discriminate, however, dont come acting a fool. You probably will though. ..

Music:

Crown City Rockers, Organic, Element, Scratch Pickles, Now Time Sound, DJ Astonish, The Roots, 2Pac, Gypsy Kings, BIG, GURU, Tribe Called Quest, Aceyalone, Adam Clark, Al Green, Amorist, Antedote, A.O.T.A. Crew, Neila, Atmosphere, Beatnuts, Ben Harper, Billie Holiday, Bob James, Bob Marley, Brad B, Bionic Jive, Buena Vista Social Club, J. Cash, Common, Curtis Mayfield, Dead Prez, Del, Dilated, DumpOne, Dirty Naps, Ether One, Dj Krush, Shadow, Z-trip, MC Emerg McVay, Ako, Phrase, Element, Gentile, Hyder, Ill Al the Anglo Saxon, Kris Hill, Luke Sick, Tricky T, Mike Cause, Mosha One, Pickster One, Casper, Foundation, Drunken Immortals, Morse Code, Mosha One, Rakim, Executioners, Feeblez, Fugees, Funkdoobiest, Ghetto Boys, Gil Scott Heron, Goodie Mob, Grand Puba, Grateful Dead, Jawa, James Brown, Joni Mitchell, John Coltrane, KRS One, Kurtis Blow, Lyrics Born, Miles Davis, The Mills Brothers, Mos def, Ohio Players, Ozomatli, Ruski, Sacred Hoop, Stylistics, Suns of Man, Swindel, Trife aka OHMIGOSH, Tusk, Wu tang, Young Mc...y mucho mucho mas
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Movies:

American Pop (Ralph Bakshi), The Weather Underground, Ghost Dog, Scratch, The Freshest Kids, Style Wars, The Grinch, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Napoleon Dynamite, Hero, Blade Runner, Star Wars, Hoop Dreams, Fahrenheit 911, Super Size Me, Blazing Saddles, Goonies, Apocalypse Now, Mosquito Coast, Street Car Named Desire, Hoosiers, Wizard of Oz (w/ Dark Side), Alice In Wonderland (w/ Dark Side), Festival Express, Golipoli, Night of the Hunter, Down By Law, Coffee and Cigarettes, Winged Migration, Rebel Without a Cause, True Romance, Snatch, Eat the Peach, One Flew Over the Coo-Koo's Nest, The Last Starfighter, Sweet and Low Down, Rockers, The Harder They Come

Television:

Playoffs and finals, Monday Night Football, Sports Center, Discovery Channel, IFC.

Books:

Bomb the Suburbs/No More Prisons (Upski), The electric Kool Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe), The Beach-Alex Garland, anything by Langston Hughes especially the Simple (Jess B Semple;) stories, Up from Slavery (Booker T Washington), The Souls of Black Folk (W.E. B. Dubois), Where the Side Walk Ends/Light in the Attic (Silverstien), The Little Prince, Anancie the Spider-Reading Rainbow reccomendation, The Wind in the Willows, Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday-classic Steinbeck, The Alchemist-Paulo Koelho

Heroes:

My family-both natural and not blood-related. David Ord, Pat Tillman, Jackie Robinson, MLK, Satchel Paige, JFK, RFK, Jack Johnson, Muhammed Ali, the founding fathers of hip-hop and everyone involved in continuing its progress, movement, and evolution. Pioneers of Jazz, Reggae, Rock, Funk, and Classical music. Everyone that has ever been, or, is currently being opressed, neglected, heartbroken, overworked, underpaid, self conscious. folks hungry, Folks struggling. Folks surviving. Folks with physical, mental, and/or health-related dis-abilites or illnesses. Individuals. Never give up.

My Blog

Paid Dos

PAID DO'sLead a fool to school can't make him thinkLead a horse to water can't make her drinkFirst times a mistake second times a trend3rd times a charm no problem my friendCheap seats speak free disc...
Posted by Catalyst on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:48:00 PST

my mind is made up

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Posted by Catalyst on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:17:00 PST

Blunt Club Poetry

Poetry is my forte. Dumper Foo saw me crash a slam in 2002; ready when Dumps called on my participation in the undertaking of Blunt Club. Open mic has been on hiatus at Blunt for a number of years and...
Posted by Catalyst on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:47:00 PST

Online Release

Arizona State University's, State Press newspaper released this segment as the second half to their hard copy printed article. Thanks to everyone who put time and energy into both. check it out:http...
Posted by Catalyst on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:08:00 PST

Healing Process....

The pain fades yet never completely goes awayNow thats a blessing for sure like conception & birth Theres a lesson to learn when second guessing our worthI Broke my holla-bone so IWallow hollar and mo...
Posted by Catalyst on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:00:00 PST

Palo Alto Weekly-Bay Area Blunt Club

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Palo Alto weekly - Blunt ClubHip-hop worldBlunt Club event explores facets of hip-hop culture, including graffiti art, break-dancing and rhymingby Ben LincolnOne quiet day at ...
Posted by Catalyst on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:42:00 PST

Free Your Mind: Big up Island Girl

Open Mic Poetry in Menlo ParkFriday, August 26th2005 Markstyle Production Society Presents FREE YOUR MIND.... Come check out this amazing display of spoken word and performance poetry ..followed by an...
Posted by Catalyst on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:18:00 PST

PHX New Times -Joe Watson Nov 25th, 2004

Maybe we've lost too many of our own brain cells along the way, but we were under the impression that spliffs and phatties were followed by the munchies. On Thursday, November 25, the before-and-after...
Posted by Catalyst on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:17:00 PST

Act like you know

Healing artSarah Gianettoazcentral.comNov. 18, 2004 12:00 AMIt wasn't a wing, but a broken heart: The sadness at the end of my seventh-grade romance, compared to a falling bird, could only be conveyed...
Posted by Catalyst on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:13:00 PST

My house & the corner!?

VenturaADVERTISEMENTA friendly, diverse, well-located placeby Cyrus HedayatiRebecca Sanders and Scott Van Duyne moved to Ventura in 2001 because it seemed like a friendly neighborhood. The affordable ...
Posted by Catalyst on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:26:00 PST