Here's a 7 minute video of the mad fun we had on Halloween, parading through our neighborhood, the Mission District. In case you can't tell, I'm Inspector Gadget. Somehow, I didn't realize that someone was standing behind me with the camera.
Songs (for more info about the songs and the band in general, see brassliberation.org )
1) Dog Eat Dog (Fela Kuti)
2) Moliendo Cafe (Hugo Blanco) (with my silly solo)
3) Roma-Rama (an original by Axel Herrera)
3) Ska-Bond (arranged by Fiati Sprecati) (solo by Darren "Captain Canada")
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In alphabetical, not preference order: Astor Piazzola, Beatles, Brass Liberation Orchestra, Boban Markovich, Brecht/Weill, Charlie Parker, Debo, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Fela Kuti, Francis Poulenc, Fugazi, Funkadelic, Hans Eisler, Hendrix, Hungry March Band, Manu Chao, Meters, Miles Davis, Motown, M. Lamar, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Paul Robeson, Radiohead, Ramon and Jessica, Stick and Rag Village Orchestra, Tom Ze or almost anything Brazilian, Wailers, What Cheer? Brigade, Zappa, etc...
CHILDREN OF MEN!!!!! Anything by Almodovar; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (but can't watch again because of sad relationship memories); The Battle of Algiers, Spinal Tap, The Revolution will not be Televized, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Terrorist, Spellbound, Boom--the Sound of Eviction, Zoolander
Dave Chapelle, Six Feet Under, Ali G, Wonder Showzen (that shit is messed up...) Simpsons (of course)
Tariq Ali: Clash of Fundamentalisms; anything by Barbara Kingsolver, Salman Rushdie, or bell hooks; Charles Payne: I've Got the Light of Freedom; Robin Kelly: Yo Mama's Dysfunktional; Edward Said-Orientalism; Arundhati Roy-God of Small Things; Eduardo Galeano-Century of the Wind, Jhumpa Lahiri-Interpreter of Maladies