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"A DAY IN SAN JOSE" random little edit i jsut made for fun.. gots the analog memory homies up in it.. isiah and chris. and the homie big pato... enjoy it. made it hella quick. it is what it is.. peace! -spencer"A DAY TO REMEMBER" polariod fotos by lovebryan.com... bryan travelled from nyc to film and fotograph this event. for all who dont know. it was one of the most relevant days in skateboard history in san francsico. check the emerica site for more details. cbs was filmin. im not proud of my country and what we do so i had to rocc the american flag upside down for the foto and during the skate from embaradero to 3rd and army with cops mean muggin. im in the group shot as well. just look for a green real logo. and im under it.. tried to ollie over 6 decks but couldnt quite make it.. fuel tv filming. and then all of a sudden ther was a moment after the newpapers snapped the fotos and then all you hear is "lets go!!!" and at that moment hundreds of skatbaorders just took over the streets.. to the little asian child i knocked down. sorry homie. your hella tough. when i reached down to pick you up you almost got swamrmed by a mob of skateboards to your dome. but you survived. and to the kids i was skatin with on the street. you guys held it down.. back of the line with cops right behind us..i dropped a promo of my dvd on the skate. unintenionally at first but maybe it was meant to happen. someone somewhere is watchin that ish. hopefully. anyways...back to knocking this asian child over accidentally.. i grabbed em and got his board but when i looked up to see where my board was... it was literally knocked a block down the street from the mob on embaradero. the energy at this event was amazing.. ive never experienced anything that matched it. i was high off it for like 3 days afterwards. still am actually.... theres a lot more to talk about in regard to this day and the postivity i recieved from random people. but ill keep it as short as possible seeing how most of your attention spans are pretty short as well.. but lastly i just want to give props to lovebryan.com all the skate homies i met that day.. & to ray and the homies that gave me props on the promo that day.. you fuuel my creative drive.. thanks for the feedback...and to everyone else that as a part of that day thanks.. and yo! much respect to the barbeque homies at 3rd hooked it up.. with water and food. when i was dehydrated and starving... much love and peace to the skate community..!foto courtesy of skateboarding.com PROPS TO THE CATS THAT PUT THIS UP. im all up in this edit. knoccin hella decks over.. couldnt get that extra inch over the 6 decks.. kept trying to redeem myself with no luck.. enjoy:BIG PAULY's VERSION of the day: mad props PAULY THIS SHIT TURNED OUT SIIIC! go to this show. i made this flyer the other day hecca fast.new foto collage ov the analog memory crew: "analog memory is the identity.. we hope yall digitally remember we.." we make music, films, graphics, fotos, and heLLOV other forms of ART. dont sleep on us. we commin uptho. fsho. (or at least that was my intention.. feel free to drift around as well if you please) analog memory is the identity. am recs 2007!" / a music video my homie dainlo made that i act in.. we rented rats for the shoot. they were pretty good actors. danilo's got mad visionary muse-sicc video skills yo.remixed once again... "OFFICIAL" this time.. dont sleep. come out and support... this is goin to be an non violent event so dont come if your there to flaunt arroagunce and testosterone. dont make your ego on myspace a reality in the "real " world. if i even know what that means...this show is a collective group of people coming together to do something postive for the skateboarding culutre as a whole.. you gotta give something back to thie culture kids. dont jsut stand there with your hand out.. lead by example and dont let the jelous people bring you down. be prolific with your art and try not to focus on the negative all the time.. keep your head up and keep creating. never stop. outtie outtie. -spencer keeton cunningham "tuesday june 19th 10:59 a.m. (in the year of two thousand and siete...)below is a recent ink print i did for the homie yamabiko in osaka japan that i collaborate on muse-sicc with. yamabiko and i collectively represent the group "connected memory" be on the look out for that ish people. our group ish will be released on analog memory records....for realers dude. don't sleep...just put this together today. let me know what ya think..its a trailer from a feature length film im making called "PERPETUAL MOTION".peace!danilo's new film... "LAUNDRY" starring dani and jazmin. i shot the photos for this project. danilo directed me.. it turned out super dope.. both dani and jazmin are hella photogenic so it made my job pretty easy.. COME OUT AND SUPPORT!!!!!!!! DON"T SLEEP ON THIS SHOW PEOPLE....heres an it doesnt matter commerical i just made when i woke up this morning... monday, may 14th 2007. more idm commericals commin soon to be viewed on various online tv stations.. holler! itdoesntmattervideo.com goin up soon..shot this the other day with the homie, jason. jus edited it tonight and uploaded it.. lemme know what ya think.. my homie blit produced the tracc. i added some mini moog keys and melodica on it...i kno i spelled presents worng. but fucc it.. its jus for youtube.. below is an old film i made a littel while bacc with dan-E-2-the-low. its entitled "Subconscious Audible Thought" the MUSE-SICC was composed by DANILO PARRA...this film was shot in the parra bros garage/film studio... i shot this with one light source and hand processsed it in a paint bucket with glass inside of it.. hence the scratches.. this film is about audible dreams and sounds that come into your dreams while your sleeping. its a concept film (i guess) but i feeel like that term is over used and abused... i dont get too caught up in makin catagories for art all the time. i mean i think its important to recognize different genres and styles of film and when someone is influenced by a certain film or art movment... but art is art. theres good art.. theres bad art (failed art)... but its all open to interpretation....thats the beauty of life. .enjoyit... and let me know what ya think..'yo heres a littl mini atrsy skate film i just shot shot, transfered, edited, and uploaded this week...let mek now what you think people.peace! -spencerthe video above this text is the one of the newest "it doesnt matter" video trailers... i just put up... 2 weeks ago now.. DONT sleep on this video and DONT misinterpet the name.. (this is just ONE of many new promotional trailers going up soon so keep ya eyes open kids) enjoy.... the video above this text....is one of a bunch new promotional trailers i just made for the it doesnt matter vid. holler at me people and let me know what you think..jus made this when i woke up this mornin.. this film above is playing at red ink studios right now on loop along with a bunch of other films. support...BRANDOHDOH!! old idm promo remixed.. yo to everyone whos thoroughly confused and is writing me anoying emails about the it doesnt matter video. i just want to tell you one thing: "no none of the footage in these old promos is going to be in the official release when i drops..." and none of the footage in the old dvd promo is going in the offical video either.. those were promos. hope that clears things up for yall. have fun skate. be original and creative.. do your own thing and dont hate on progression. it will get you nowhere. CLOCKWERK LIVE IN SF... (IAME (sand peeps/oldominion) AND GOLD ov sandpeople) iame is a dope emcee out of thorburg (portland, OR) and hes a good homie ov mine since way way bacc in the dayz ov old. hes a part of the legendary northwest hip hop crew OLDOMINION and the portland based crew SANDPEOPLE. dont sleep on his muse-sicc. go to myspace.com/IAME for a sample or type IAME into the cd baby search engine to find more music from em.. IAME is also a memeber of the group CLOCKWERK (CLOCKWERKMUSIC.COM) GOING UP SOOOON PEOPLE! (im serious about this.) support people! holler at me and let e know what you think.. peaCE! this is from a short interview i did with asop in BEND, OREGON after the very first livinig legends crew shows there.. ive been listenin to asop since about 96-97. his music is dope.. you should listen to his catalogue... go to llcrew.com (they havea new domain name for the crew but i think if you type that in it will link to their new site) anways.. asop if your readin this. keep makin that good muse-sicc man.. for realers.. heres asops myspace muse-sicc link: myspace.com/aesopfables...himself is a dope artist out of LA. he is a part of the netherworlds.. this is an interview idid of him after a show in sf with anacron, n8 the gr8, and asop... to listen to himselfs muse-sicc go to: myspace.com/himselfBRAIN ARCHULETA AKA HEAVY MELLO PERFORMING "HICK RAP/GO DANCING" @ the red vic cafe.. hiaght street san francisco caliFONE-ya.LIVE FOOTAGE FROM MAY 15TH SHOW... toast. "my first time" el rincon freestyle sesh may 15th 2007 with brian, pato, akire loca, rye bread, spencer, keren, and danilo beind the lens...checc out the crazy glitch heat sensor.. its like predator vision.....this ish was filmed by dani-2-the-low!--------this film below this text is made by my homies... a couple of the analog memory cats.... mad talented and super dope cool people..i play a deranged punk in this flim.. please watch isiah and danilo's new film. soon to be screened at film festivals worldwide... .. width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" ..isiah flores (drum pad), me (melodica) pat parra (vocals) and chris balualua (xylaphone and keyboard) performing live @ the depot october 19th. thanks to everyone who came out and supportedthe bag and the bike by danilo parra .. width="425" height="350" ..melodication part one..(only practicing..hellov mistakes..recorded 1/24/07)melodication part 2..just practice... melodica and melody played and created by spencer cunningham 2007 (recorded jan 25th. 2007... for analog memory records.. (recorded and edited and posted on jan 29th 2007)i made four of these "melodications" 1 a day for 4 days straight...... just freestyle melodica playin and freestyle footy editing.. nothin special. jus somethin i did for fun.. peace....heres a new melodication for the few of you people checkin em.. this is part 5.. but also part one in a new set of 3 melodications i recorded all on valentines day....i will upload the others to youtube soon... .. this particular one is dedicated to the homie yamabiko in oksaka japan.. peep his music.. myspace.com/shotarodub... part 6 (yamaiko+cream cunbell) shunkan melodica mixmaking skate videos.....dont sleep, "it doesn't matter" full length video coming out soon!basically i just eat,sleep,skate,and create. i enjoy diggin through dusty crates of used records and making music. i dont watch tv, don't listen to the radio, dont own a cell phone (but you can page me, i know im still in the 90's but whatever) and dont buy into the bullshit that America is force fed everyday. I consume organic food and good music on the daily. im an analog head. i miss the days before cds. i make beats and other musical compositions. i have been making music for the past 7 years. i also paint, design websites, do some graphic design, and make films. i try to speak with my music though...everyone has a cd of some sort but good music is still hard to find. peace to all my friends in sf that inspire my music: Isiah Flores aka "fenakistiscope" (myspace.com/fenkakistoscope) "handicaped" (myspace.com/handicaped) "read write speak type" (myspace.com/readwritespeaktype), "the analog memory collective" (myspace.com/analogmemorycollective) Harald Boyesen aka "Funcshen" (myspace.com/mellowtoninbeats) Danilo Parra (danilop.com, myspace.com/daniloparracom, myspace.com/danilopbeats), Pat Parra, the Parra Bros, and Chris Balualua aka i hate chris balualua (myspace.com/ihatechrisbalualua)......*peace to all the thornberg (portland) cats making dope music: Iame (myspace.com/iame), Goldini Bagwell (myspace.com/goldinibagwell), Sandpeople, Spek, all the dj's, producers, and graff writers that I know in p-town and san francisco. peace to Blit aka Cristobal Korenblit (santiago, Chile) and Benito aka Obmar aka Brian Mcnally (Eugene, OR) (for making dope music) illinbobillin in full effect. Everyone else i forgot that i know that is making good music. keep doing that shit...and last but not least peace to all the (humble) skateboarders i have met on the streets of san francisco. the rest of you need to check yourself. arrogaunt skate nerds get on my nerves for sure... (back to the bio)....currently i am a full time student at the san francisco art institute. i pursue screenprinting, film, photography, sculpture, sound design, graphic design along with many other forms of artistic expression. i am also currently putting out a film about skateboarding called "it doesnt matter" (consisting of skateboarders from portland and san francisco (order an "advance teaser copy" today from http://myspace.com/itdoesntmattervideo please alow 1 to 2 weeks for processing and shipping, you don't need to have a paypal account to use the shopping cart. just leave the paypal info blank)..support broke artists...when im not working on film or taking photos i spend my time painting, experimenting with music, designing graphics, skateboarding, and "trying" to create something everyday...http://adapt-one.com. im also a member of the ananlog memory collective...listen to our music.....we do local shows and have musik for sale at them... analogmemory.com will be up and running soon as well..heres some more links: [email protected] (http://myspace.com/itdoesntmattervideo) itdoesntmattervideo.com (will be up and running soon...) myspace.com/analogmemories (am recs 2007!)support local artists. if your a show promoter..hit me up and lets do some bussiness. peace*UPDATES: ****BLIT AND I ARE WORKING ON A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT (RELEASE DATE TBA)**** I AM ALSO WORKING ON SOME MUSIK WITH YAMABIKO OF OSAKA JAPAN (myspace.com/shotarodub).... ****AND PLEASE PEEP MY NEW SONG WITH MOKA ONLY.. ITS ON MY PLAYER..ITS CALLED "take ya tyme" LEMME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK PEOPLE.. GET @ ME.. PEACE...

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Member Since: 1/30/2005
Band Website: adapt-one.com
Band Members:
Influences: augustus pablo, akire loca, plantlife, don carlos, al green, fela kuti, william devaughn, cymande, david axelrod, antibalas, homelife, king tubby, nobody, kelpe, jukka poika ja jenkkarekka, spencer kingman, simian, black uhuru, bobbi humphrey, donald byrd, ahmad jamal, jimmy cliff, thelonious monk, herbie hancock, john lennon, curtis mayfield, grover washington, miles davis, jon brion, the congos, burning spear, twinkle brothers, the chinatown bakeries, bobby birdman, caribou, le logan rockers, mingus, elo, madlib, alias, broadcast, hendrix, the abyssinians, welton irie, lee perry, ray barbee, anticon, iame, goldini bagwell, spek, blood dracula, koushik, hosni, rockers international, studio one, studio red, blood fire, mark mothersbaugh, viking moses, ninja tune, bob dylan, the microphones, mount eerie, phil elvrum, wailing souls, ras michael, freestyle fellowship, himself, the faces, nina simone, marvin gaye, paul mccartney, groundation, aswad, leadbelly, jet black crayon, chicharones, sandpeople, mice parade, busriver, bobby womack, viceroys, boards of canada, the band, beatles, nico, pedro, kirby dominant, moka only, bored stiff, josh martinez, iame, rainstick orchestra, dose one, mutato musika orchestra, david bowie, the cure, israel vibrartion, lightman, leonard cohen, emmit rhodes, nick drake, sylford walker, a new order, valerie simpson, isosceles, ishkan, gruf the druid, epic, soso, orko, ira lee, def 3, kay the aquanaut, third world, monk higgins, winston jarret, a grape dope, blit, danilo parra, pat parra, the parra bros, isiah flores, redwritespeaktype, handicaped, fenakistoscope, harald, boyesen, funchshen, chris bulualua, benitio, illinbobillin, yacht, tommy guerrero, the smiths, fraciose hardy, the analog memory collective, analog memory records, analog memories and anlog memory and about way too many more musicians than i have time to sit here and write down.
Record Label: ANALOG MEMORY RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

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to the people who jumped me and stole my money and my musical instrument last night

ive nver wrote a blog before. but i realized i wanted to for one reason. stop the cycle of perpetual hate and violence now. im so tired of it. i was minding my own bussiness. skateboarding. having a g...
Posted by tHe aUdible & visuaL ART of sPeNceR KeetOn C. on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:47:00 PST