G O O S E B U M P S.

The BWLP July 2011 Assassins Edition, Volume 2 episode is

h a u n t i n g.

We got goosebumps all over the hour listening to it.
There's something really special about this month's broadcast podcast.

Be safe out there on your 4th of July Weekend; live to see Tuesday.
...arms all chilly n stuff. Wow.

Kicking A$$ And Taking Names.

...coming June 29th for you could bump it on your Independence Day weekend.

Mexican Cinema's Golden Age: Enter Cubanos

Yves Billon.
It's time to get your Salsa history on brothers and sisters!!
Fight the contemporary woes of fear and tragedy by looking back and remembering the foundation of a movement,... a heartbeat that still exists.

Siempre!!!!!

yup. it's a heritage summer, y'all. we gotta come together because hard times are predicted.
you'll need fuel for your soul youngsters to cull the many aspects of what has come before you, sustained recent ancestors with elements of old.
older still.
stay strong.
get your education. refuel. love. live.

-bwlp

Summer Begins with Lavoe & Colon!

On June 29th, it will mark the 18th year passing of one salsa supremo:
Hector Lavoe.

This is a brilliant clip of Lavoe with Willie Colon.

THIS is the music of my June, July, and Augusts.

B B Que, home made tortillas with eggs (hold the Chorizo!)
cafe con leche,
Puerto Rico memories greeting tiny octopuses in tide pools each morning
Cuban imaginings of a grandfather long since passed...

Welcome to Summertime folks.

Savor.

Chi Cha Rito!!!!!!

I'm having eerie reverse flashbacks of Messi's World Cup blanking..
(it turns out Pep is a helluva coach, and as much as I appreciate the legend of Maradona..)
No matter what happened to England in their world-classed thumping from Barca...
Chicharito's superstar currency is on bubble!!

(even my kids in West Oakland were singing
Cheeeee
Chaaaaaa
Rito

Chi
Cha
Rito!! this year...)

Because Kweens Stay Down With Their Crew...

Peace to Meme, Miss Reds, Hops, Mags, and all the ladies who threw down for the gift in West Oakland last week. The proper story behind that with dope flix soon to come!
Miss Reds, I remember what you said...so here's a little Indie in honor...

West Oakland is Burning!!!!

If this is any indication what Summer 2011 will be like in the town...
it's about to be ON.

new bwlp...

2011 Summer EP, "..no, the have's." feature cut,
ingenue (original edit)

any y'all remember when Plato was up? and OC was everywhere?!
(just for the old heads.)