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Brandon F aka The Conductor

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About Me

enjoy life, good company, new places, pretty beaches, deep breaths, a good sweat...work hard, play even harder.my current life is: family, friends, evolution, tangsoodo fighting, semi-vegetarian cooking, art, music, expressions of cosmic law, ain soph aur, mer-ka-ba, 13:20, 2012, 4D, time is art, In'LakechONE OF THE REALEST EVER WHO KEPT HIS FAITH AND SPIRIT FIRST. WE WILL MISS YOU CHAD BUTLER. YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM HELPED ME GROW TO A MAN AMIDST SO MUCH BULLSHIT OUT HERE - YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN...
"I LIVE MY LIFE FOR MY SON SO HE CAN HAVE SOMETHIN, BLESSED JUST TO SEE A NEW DAY, SO IM TRYIN TO GRAB SOMETHIN, I'VE BEEN ON TOP OF THE WORLD, AND AT THE BOTTOM TOO- WHEN YOU UP YOU GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS AND WHEN YOU DOWN ITS FEW.. I SEEN G-RAY LAST YEAR AND IT JUST AINT THE SAME, CAUSE AT THE TIME OF HIS LIFE HE WAS TRYIN TO CHANGE- HE TOLD ME PIMP I NEED HELP, I WANT UP OUT THE GAME, I MADE A PROMISE AND LIED CAUSE THE NEXT NIGHT HE DIED... I GUESS OUR CHILDHOOD IS OVER CAUSE MAN AINT NOTHIN FUNNY, CAUSE EVERYTHING THAT I LOVE REVOLVE AROUND SEX AND MONEY... I WANNA HAVE SOME MORE KIDS BUT IN THE 90S THATS CRAZY, THE WOMB IS POLLUTED & IT AINT SAFE TO HAVE BABIES AND ITS A SHAME THAT UNCLE SAM AINT GOT A JOB TO PAY ME BUT PAY THEM MINUS 40GS FOR EVERY YEAR THEY ENSLAVE ME ITS CRAZY..." [GHETTO LIFE]
"WE BLOW BIG EVERY DAY, BUT THAT DON'T STOP OUR PAIN, OR BRING BACK OUR HOMEBOYS THAT WE DONE LOST OFF IN THIS DIRTY GAME... GOT NIGGAS DOIN 40 3 25S THATS LIFE, I GUESS WHEN YOUR CAREER IS SELLIN DOPE SOMEBODY GOT TO PAY THE PRICE. THESE BITCH ASS NIGGAS SHIST NIGGAS MIGHT SNITCH OUT THEY M0MMA, THATS WHY ME AND LEROY WATCH STAY STRAPPED AND READY FOR ALL DRAMA... CAUSE WE AINT PROMISED TOMORROW, BUT NIGGA YOU PROMISED TO DIE, NIGGA CANT YOU SEE YOU GET TOO HIGH TRIPPIN OFF THAT BOAT & FRY? AT NIGHT I TALK TO GOD, AND TRY AND UNDERSTAND, HOW PEOPLE CAN WORSHIP FALSE PROPHETS AND SAY PRAYERS TO A MAN- I GUESS THEY ALREADY GONE, AINT NOTHIN GONNA BRING THEM BACK- SO I JUST SAY THANKS TO WHAT I GOT AND BLOW ON INDO SACKS.. I STILL LOVE MY PIECE O CHANGE, WOOD GRAIN AND BIG HEAD ONES, BUT I HAD TO REALIZE IN LIFE- EVERYTHING AINT ALWAYS FUN, I GUESS THATS TRUE FOR SOME, BUT THEM HOES WILL NEVER WIN- OUT HERE JUST HUSTLIN AND GRINDIN TRYIN TO CHANGE FROM NIGGAS TO MEN..." [2REAL]
ONE DAY YOU'RE HERE - AND THEN YOU'RE GONE.

My Interests

VITALIZE:
www.solsource.org
www.fusicology.com www.canasistarockamic.com www.afisoul.com www.myspace.com/slengtenglounge The perpetual fight for our souls. Sign up for the solSource (occasional) mailer! .. BE THERE: LACED VIDEO MIX PARTY + Wii @ CUE BAR 1115 U STREET NW WDC ..
photos courtesy of solSource, Siobahn Philemon Photography and Love Byrd

LACED 2.21.08 LEGALIZED DOPE
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EVENT: LACED: THE DC DEBUT 11.15.07
Photos courtesy of solsource & big Ben Claassen iii

EVENT: DJ AMIR "?UESTLOVE" THOMPSON 9.28.07


EVENT: D.C.'S (3RD) ANNUAL CAN A SISTA ROCK A MIC? (CASRAM) 8.08.07-8.12.07

WITH MC LYTE, BAHAMADIA, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, SY SMITH, YAHZARAH, CAROL RIDDICK, AFI [ah-FEE], CHOKLATE, STEPHANIE McKAY, MOSADI MUSIC, SALAKIDA, ALISON CARNEY, GREEN TEA, WENDY MCINTYRE AND MORE: Photos courtesy of Shortcut/solsource.org, Stevie, Jati/myspace.com/jatiphotos, Cheriss/lovewhoiam.com

the solSource group: Vitalize.


Photos courtesy of Chris/ProjectLumens.RosettaStoned, Wale/AriztostheMagazine, Shortcut/thesolSourcegroup

Reminisce: [event]: NEW ERA ATTACK: Tanya Morgan

(with Emoni Fela, Mello-D, Che Grand, K-Beta & more)
[LET THE PAGE LOAD, THEN TURN OFF THE MUSIC PLAYER UP TOP FIRST:]
Tanya Morgan in DC

Reminisce: [event]: Yoruba Acoustic Soul: Sparlha Swa

(with Siji, Kuku and Sparlha)

Reminisce: [event]: Sleng Teng Lounge

(with DJ Spyda, Jah Prince & Destiny Sound)

I'd like to meet:

I AM THAT I AM : AHAU SUN-GOD : DRAGON : ARIES WARRIOR : 9 : _________ evolutionary...

TOO DIVERSE FOR YOU TO CATEGORIZE DON..T JUDGE , ASSUME, STEREOTYPE OR ANYTHING IN BETWEENARIES TO THE FULLEST | FIERCE LIKE UGK | LOVE LIKE COLTRANE | TIMELESS LIKE GOLDIE | PASSIONATE LIKE MICHELLE NDEGE OCHELLO | SENSITIVE LIKE PHYLLIS HYMAN | TAO LIKE 2PAC | RESPECT FREEDOM LIKE BOB MARLEY | ZONE OUT LIKE HENDRIX | CLASSIC LIKE MAZE | SOPHISTICATED LIKE JON LUCIEN | RYTHMIC LIKE BERES HAMMOND | LOW-KEY LIKE SADE | CONSISTENT LIKE RARE ESSENCE | LAID BACK LIKE SCREW | PARTY LIKE JAYZ |LOVE LIFE, LOVE GOD, LOVE YOURSELF, SO I CAN LOVE YOU"THAT MAN is a success who loves life and lives it to the fullest. Who has discovered and shared the strengths and talents that are uniquely his own. Who puts his best into each task and leaves each situation better than he found it, who seeks and finds that which is beautiful in all people and all things, whose heart is full of love and warm with compassion, who has found joy in living and peace within himself..." -unknown TAKE THESE WORDS AND SHOVE EM INTO YOUR HEART:"FOR ALL Y..ALL LIVIN IN A RUSH, - SLOW IT DOWN JUST A NOTCH BABY, ITS GON BE ARIGHT, ITS GONNA BE ARIGHT..." OUTLAWZ/2PACPLEASE HOLD ON TO YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR AND TRY A LIL INNOCENSE... BE THE INDIVIDUAL YOU WERE BORN TO BE; KEEP IT SIMPLE. THERE ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW A PATH, AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR OWN PATH...Knowing other people is intelligence Knowing yourself is wisdom Overcoming others is strength Overcoming yourself takes greatness"Love says: ..I am everything... Wisdom says: ..I am nothing... Between the two my life flows..."XOXOXO BESOS"Spirit of Marcus Garvey, Farad Mohammed, Medgar Evers and Bob Marley, I..m GodBodi. The Scripture says Allah..s inside me- Show love, I was hugged by the arms of Ghandi-gave me my strength. You can tell somebody raised me with sense, we all need somethin to help us with our daily events- bear with me..." - AZ, "I..m Back"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. you name them - work, family, health, friends and spirit and you're keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life."
-(unknown) People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness may make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind. Think big anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People really need help but may attack if you help them. Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.

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"DONT FOR GET YOUR BOY - YOU BETTA GET THAT DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDERS"

Music:

(in no particular order): jazz, hip hop, afrobeat, electronica, soul, samba, pagode, bossa nova, dance, 80s rock, rock, metal, house, classical, DNB, dub/roots, dancehall (used to select for Godfather Int'l in my dub slingin heyday, we ran the Peacock in ATL), mariachi, salsa, some calypso, soukous/zouk, go-go ...who? kruder n dorf, fela, femi, jorge aragão, joão gilberto, luciano, sizzla, bob, 4 hero, omar, goldie, bjork, roni size, anything touched by pharrell/NERDS, jazzanova, nicolay, soulquarians, esthero, reflux, metallica, transformers the movie soundtrack WHAT, king tubby's, Afi, sade, jil scott, kindred, goapele, erykah B, bilal, d'angelo, julie dexter, crossrhodes, w. el FELTON, angela johnson, conya doss, old mary j, jon lucien, john and alice coltrane, kanye, jamiroquai, pharoah sanders, giles peterson, hugh masekela, gil scot heron, normon connors, terry callier, phyllis hyman, fiona apple, george michael, massive attack, morcheeba, portishead, mad professor remixes, jewel (her new shit is dope im sorry), nas, seal, michelle ndegeocello, Devin, facemob, 'Face, Pac, Jay, Outkast, UGK, AZ, T.I.p, sos band, atlantic starr, gap band, cameo, whispers, beres hammond, sanchez, i wayne, gregory isaacs, nitty gritty, beethoven, mark farina, dj spinna, sublime, baby cham, Jas Funk era RE, Whiteboy/Donnell 90-96 RE (esp /w Footz), 92-94 NE Groovers, 92-97 Bugs era Junk, 93-97 BYB (i know they still crank but I'm almost 30 slim), etc etc u get the picture... CLASSICS...

Movies:

plenty ... i can't even remember half the good ones I like... but i do like Ang Lee's original stuff (Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility), anything with Ben kingsley (Ghandi, Sexy Beast, HouseofSandnFog,etc), DeNiro, Pacino (Scent of a Woman is just as classic as Carlito's Way) and Denzel Washington, the heist/gangster classics like Casino, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Scarface, Heat, LS2SmokingBarrels, Heist, Payback, Ronin, Tarrantino joints, indies like Amorres Perros, Amelie, Butterfly Effect (man that shit is tight), Boiler Room, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Mean Creek, Sideways, Momento, Black and White, Freeway (yeah reese), pusher classics like New Jack City, Paid in Full, Blow, Traffic, Deep Cover, King of New York, can't forget sleepers like O, King Fu Hustle, 21 Grams (depressing), Kenneth Brannagh's shakespeare flics (I sat through Hamlet in the theater and loved all 4 hours of it), ooold old school joints like Pillow Talk (you don't know about that old school Rock Hudson pimp shit), Comic book joints, Asian "horror" and dreamy flics (the eye) horror and Real Sci fi (original 3 star wars, the fly, unholy, prince of darkness, freejack, back to the future, bill n ted's), Mideival/fantasy/euro period flics (the messenger, elizabeth, willow, ladyhawke, excalibur), Hughes brother flics (Menace, Dead Presidents, from Hell), Rockers (YARD CLASSIC), The Mack, OFFICE F'IN SPACE, HALF F'IN BAKED, John Hughes classics, 80s classic dramas & comedies, biographies, DOCUMENTARIES (anybody see The Revolution Will Not Be Televised about Hugo Chavez' failed coup in Venezuela? wow) :-: QUALITY shit... One thing I can't do is sit quietly through a bad flic while writhing in pain... I hate BAD OVERMARKETEDTOACCOMODATEFORLACKOFSUBSTANCE flics... don't try and dumb me down fucker!

Television:

Who has time to watch TV? Actually I do during football season... and occasionally I catch shit like Entourage and of course the stable of Vh1/MTV/2/BET videos and shows when i want my brain pattern at 0...also like documentaries, biographies, PBS stuff and Worldlink aint bad either if you have directv...oh and Stroker and Hoop is a guilty pleasure... can't forget about Boondocks, American Dad and Family Guy when I can...

Books:

I read a lot of different stuff, non-fiction (I mean it's quicker to watch a movie then to read a fiction book, i reallly dont have time for that..) but some of my biggest recommendations and golden books in my library are "God I Am" by Peter Erbe, "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" by Joseph Murphy, "Dynamic Laws of Prosperity" by Katherine Ponder, "You Can Have It All" by Arnold Patten plenty more, but those... i'm tellin you... .::those are some serious jewels right there::.

Heroes:

READ A MUFUKIN BOOK

Our D.C.:Petey Greene

HIP-HOP needs to rep like this...

For us trill OGs who partied our way in '93-'97: Eastside days

More OG Shit for us who are FROM HERE-'96 Ibex days

(damn these joints bring back some good ol wild ass memories...Essence & Back days...tuesdays Ibex, (BYB), wednesdays Eastside (RE), Sundays Sugar Kane Palace(BYB), occasional sundays at ibex with junk or Northeast groovers somewhere...and those other spots here & there... we knew how to party solSource is always on some next shit...like this

My Blog

25 Things that Are Killing Urban Music (soulbounce.com)

25 Things That Killed (and are Still Killing) Urban Music By nOvaMatic on April 22, 2008 3:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (12) ...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:55:00 PST

Facts about McCain you should know...(and be able to repeat)

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t):1) John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Now he says his position has ...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:35:00 PST

Dont drink the water! (Unless you want medical treatment)

By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press A vast array of pharmaceuticals  including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones  have been found in ...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:46:00 PST

Interview with Cynthia McKinney | Baracks advisor history

Interview With Cynthia McKinney [Note: The following interview with former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is reprinted from issue No. 268 of the ILC International Newsletter (Jan. 8, 2008), pu...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:30:00 PST

Bob Johnson is such sucka...

Why Bob Johnson is an Asshole & a Hypocriteby Davey DFormer BET President and founder Bob Johnson is an asshole and hypocrite. Lemme not pull punches, be politically correct, beat around the bushe...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:43:00 PST

Davey D’s end of the year Hip-Hop Album awards...

Davey D has been the man since I been subscribin to his e-newsletters back in 99... anywhere, here's his take so you may want to check out a few of these albums you've never heard of: ...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:33:00 PST

Jay-Z flashes the Euro instead of the Dollar.. (uh oh.. the gap widens as the economy sinks..)

When rapper Jay-Z talks about euros, people listenBy Davey Dfor the Mercury NewsSeveral years ago, Jay-Z bragged that, if he were to start rapping about drinking water, rather than Cristal champagne o...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:36:00 PST

Is Russ the real [yoga] deal? His NPR tantrum..

RUSSELL SIMMONS GETS TESTY DURING NPR VISIT: [i]Mogul nearly walks out on interview with Farai Chideya.http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur34195.cfmRussell Simmons grew irritated during a recent NPR interv...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:49:00 PST

NO MORE IMF & WORLD BANK says Hugo Boss Chavez

Venezuela Pulling Out of IMF, World Bank By Jorge Rueda CARACAS, Venezuela  President Hugo Chavez announced Monday he would pull Venezuela out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund,...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:41:00 PST

Big Radio Settles Payola Charges (slap on the wrist for real)

Big Radio Settles Payola Charges4 Chains Are Fined, Agree to Air Music By Smaller Labels By Charles BabingtonWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, March 6, 2007; D01 Radio listeners sick of hearing th...
Posted by Brandon F aka The Conductor on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:40:00 PST