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At a time long before Breakin, Poppin, Lockin, House groovin, there were the Jazz/Hoofers/Freestyle movement. America's first street dance.
Me: Hoofer (lifestyle), History, Street Art, Dance, Fashion, Philosophy, Out of the Box Thinker, Different Not Better, Free Speech, Free Being, Like to think for myself, Not be held down by any one thing, Not Trendy.
Me: part dance, part gobbledygook, and the rest is locked away.
My Tunes: Jazzy Instrumental Hip Hop Breaks, Jungle, DnB, Broken Beat, Banda, Cumbias (Peru n Colombia), Samba, Old Skool: {Freestyle, Electro Funk, Dirty Detroit Tekno}, Jazz (Big Band, Afro-Cuban, Tribal, Latin, Smooth), Trance (Hard, Dark, Epic), Hard Dark as fuck Progg, House (gotta be jazzy as fuck chi-town jack), Real Deep House (played between 118-124bpm by people who know the sound of the culture and not that simple minded top 40 play list bullshit.
My Flicks: Tap, The Cotton Club, Bo Jangles, The Freshest Kids, Respond to Sound (part one n two), Das Boat, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Scarface, The Blood of My Brother, Full Metal Jacket, Shanghai Triad, Farewell My Concubine, Raise The Red Lantern.
Favorite Foods: Sushi/Chinese/Thai/Korean, Fresh vegetable/fruit juices 4life, Peanut butter right out of the jar, Raw garlic, Tamales, Soy milk, Mexican food forever baby, Crazy for pasta, Very little red meat, Goat cheese n cottage cheese, Almonds, Lentils both green n red, Bean soup, Seafood (Red cod, Shark, Salmon, Crab n Lobster), egg soy wheatgrass peanut butter protein shakes.
And for those who need music with their Broken Beat. Well worth the drive out to the west side!