Beat Puppets .:Feb 25 09:.
So I had this idea to start B-boying again to lose weight, so Romali and I went to 24 hr. fitness the other day. I lasted about 20 minutes. I better pick it up though, cause I weighed in at like 195 lbs! OMG! At least I can still do some windmills.
Jo_iLL
More Flicks .:Feb 24 09:.
I don't want to be boring so I am gonna give a one line about each of these movies I recently watched:
Sukiyaki Western Django
If
Sergio Leone and Akira Kurosawa had a violent/emo thought child that
Quentin Tarantino reluctantly would babysit on occasion; think Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars being combined into one final showdown and the participants are the spawn of six-shooting samurai.
Sukiyaki Western Django
Bustin' Down the Door
If you are interested in documentaries on cultural movements and like the ocean.
Bustin' Down The Door
Slumdog Millionaire
If
you could have your life story told through questions leading to a
million dollars; its time that Indian Cinema was known outside of the
biggest continent.
2009 Academy Award Winner Best Picture
Miracle at St. Anna
I try to watch any Spike Lee flick; a tragic WWII flick with Italian Realism homage.
Miracle at St. Anna
I am anxious to see this flick:
EX76
What is the Scratch B?tch? Bojo likes to call it the infamous third turntable. .:Feb 22 09:.
I started giggin with DJ Bojo in San Diego I believe around 1994 or
1995. We used to roll with this cat named Big Mike from Encinitas.
The guy had a real good golden age record collection. Big Mike
actually from what I understand is a doctor now. I think he has way
more important things to do than play with records i.e. like saving
lives. Long story short, we all loved to scratch, but we also did
gigs. I believe around that time Chris Soto started rolling with us
too. I don't know who came up with the idea but we started always
bringing a third table with us whenever we had a gig. The supposed
purpose was to have a guy scratch over instrumentals or breaks so our
mixes wouldn't be boring. I must admit, at times people didn't follow
the rule even myself. I mean at times it would be absurd, constant
scratching over words, lyrics, vocals. Eventually it just got out of
hand. I mean, we SERIOUSLY brought the third table to every single gig
we did, weddings, house parties, bars, family gigs. Before each gig it
would always come up whether we were bringing the third turntable this
time just because many times it became a distraction and 100% chance
that some dude who couldn't even scratch would ask to scratch and we
would have to hear some sucky scratching (that's what we called
scratching we couldn't stand). I really think the third table played
an important role in the creation what was then Turntable Lounge.
Through Turntable Lounge, I have to say we've had some pretty dope djs
play the Scratch B role and I have to say, I think Bojo would agree
that we are all honored to have met the people we did because of that
third turntable. One guy in particular who used to go wild was
Jo_iLL. I mean throughout the years we had guys like Smally Bigs (aka
Small Wonder), DJ Slyed, Bille Knight, Happee, Dinoh, R-Type, Tanner,
Bob One, Willow, Deehoz, Hektik, Jecs, Mane One, II Smooth and many
many more that I can't even remember. I know Bojo and Jo_iLL can add
more to that list that I can't remember and more to the list after I
stopped coming out. We had joked about putting out a free tribute
shirt of every DJ that scratched with us. I mean if I remember right
the list would have been pretty deep. The dope thing about it was that
it wasn't a competition, ego or anything, it really was guys who loved
to scratch to music and make it sound good, again, there were many
instances of Scratch B abuse, maybe a better way to describe it is that
heads just got carried away.
In any event, I bring this up
because I think it's a lost art these days. I went to the Souls of
Mischief show to see Gaveegav play between acts and while he was up
there, I thought to myself that it would be dope if he had a scratch
B. Especially at a live show it would've been dope to hear some
tasteful, appropriate scratches between transitions. I brought it up
to Gav at the show but I don't think he knew what I was talking about.
When I told him he needed a scratch B he looked confused and looked all
butt hurt as if I was dissing his scratch skills. I might put his
scratching in the "sucky scratching" (j/k or am i???) category but I
wasn't trying to diss, so I figured I blog about it. Maybe someone
can bring it back and do it right this time. Here are some old pics I
found of some of us playing the Scratch B role for Joel and a couple of
randoms.
Hektik and Happee
Hektik and Psi Kick
- DJ Argonaut
Rope A Dope .:Feb 17 09:.
It was my first time entering a Battle. Kleenhouse clothing threw a bboy/graf battle at Alliance MMA gym in Chula Vista last year. The battle had different catagories, so i entered the character category.
The
characters are based on my Dad and my Nephew. My Pops used to box a
lot in the Phillipines and also while in the Navy. He is constantly
messin' around with my nephew, pretending to play fight with him, so I
wanted to show my respect for both of them. Also I thought that since
we were painting at an MMA gym, that it'd be fitting to paint something
relating to boxing or fighting.
The quote is from the intro
song on Common's "Be" album, one of my favorite lines from the album.
I believe its a line that dads should teach their kids, too! My
interpretation of that line is
that we shouldn't run with fear from our enemies and/or problems. Although, we should walk away from unnecessary battles with strength and
our heads held up high.
Photo Credit: Mike Herana (LaFotoNostra, Armory)
- Romali
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! .:Feb 12 09:.
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