Friday, July 31, 2009
East Coast West Coast Graf Tribute
Stan is the man key speakin' on a tribute piece last month for NY writer IZ.
Damn, I love the Bay.
-b.p.p.
p.s. and all I was doing was putting together a syllabus for my teen summer reading group on a history of bay area graffiti..and i came across this. it certainly was cool catching some shots of the legends in this one. true that graf is still moving.
p.s.s. big ups to crayone for posting this to spread the knowledge. DO it too and check out his site in the Got To Be There Section for the upcoming Zulu BBQ in the Park in SF this August!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
For You Could Know...
how it really does go down in the Bay...
The Supa Sic Wid It dance crew founded out of Hunters Point's SF Ground Movement. They've been doing their thing since at least 2006....
get your gigs on.
-bpp
The Supa Sic Wid It dance crew founded out of Hunters Point's SF Ground Movement. They've been doing their thing since at least 2006....
get your gigs on.
-bpp
Monday, July 27, 2009
BWLP August 2009 Podacast
The August, 2009 edition of Birds Who Like Pomegranate Mixed Media Music Magazine hones in on love.
As in: take off your shoes when you come in the house knowing the last supper is hanging in the front room colored by the comforting scent of adobo translating the vibe.
As in: the familiarity of the 3 foot tall rice dispenser in the kitchen, love.
As in: the joy of feeling at the top of ones game, hands clasped around your instrument- backstage, only to go on later live. Feeling like you were born to do it.
Bone up on your Tagalog for a few tracks. Oakland, San Leandro, San Diego, Las Vegas, Pilipino, and Mogadishu (and Berkeley, of course) is in the house.
We can't forget to mention our new favorite artist, the stratospheric Gwendolyn Bunn.
On Friday, July 31st, catch us on the web via a few portals:
birdswholikepomegranate.blogspot.com
doiseauxrecordings.podomatic.com, or on
www.myspace.com/hiphopmakenice.
Go somewhere with your hip hop.
Learn something new.
I’m b.phlecksi parmella, one half of BWLP, for Birds Who Like Pomegranate Mixed Media Music Magazine.
And with regards to dj frank niao, “bob your head to what he’s doing.”
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Fo' REAL.
Her name is Gwendolyn Bunn
I wish I could be the first to say she's gonna be
slaying the airwaves sometime
soon
good music
some really fu%$ng good music
peep her tunes in the Got To Be There Section:
Gwendolyn Bunn
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
More...And More
First off, peace to Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys for a safe and full recovery from his recent cancer discovery.
This just highlights the necessity for regular check ups & stuff.
(we know, try kickin' that to all the uninsured in a failing economy)
Sooooooo. We'll give you some more music.
No Emjay; we're not ready just yet.
Just a little something to chill to. BPP grabbed some records and saddled in behind the one and two's.
Isleys, Mary J, Kraftwerk, Brick, Brass Construction, Biz, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Blue Six, MF Doom, Heatwave, Michael Franks...awwwww sheeeeeeeeeit.
check out the podcast; gift mix July 22nd edition.
Go and do what you do to some chilled, layed back grooviness.
Cheers.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Who Is This Man...(with the bat)
Hint: like myself, grew up in Richmond, CA.
Hint #2: like myself, went to El Cerrito High, El Cerrito, CA.
Hint #3: UNLIKE myself, he was the first African American to play for the Boston Red Sox- the last team in the majors to racially integrate.
catch the scoop by Scott Ostler, here:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/21/SPFP18RJNG.DTL
or at the Pumpsie link in our GOT TO BE THERE section
Sunday, July 19, 2009
What We're Gonna Do Right Here Is Go Back....
Peep what we used to sound like (and still will at a show...) back in the day.
We've posted up some d'oiseaux classics at the myspace page
http://myspace.com/hiphopmakenice
Saturday, July 18, 2009
And You Don't Stop..Drivin'
From my homie film maker supremo Mike Hamm:
Race To The Bottom - will be screening in the city (SF) this Sunday at 4pm with the SF Living Wage Coalition, it should be good, come check it out if you can, see you all!
Race To the Bottom (20 m) US 2008
By Jonathan King, Michael Hamm
This story is about the 2,000 independent truck drivers working at the Port of Oakland. The film gives us a look into the lives of the drivers and their struggles to earn a living wage, support their families, and stay healthy as they do their jobs, transporting goods in and out of the port. It also shows their efforts to build a community coalition to protect their jobs and their health and make their voices heard.
CELEBRATING LABOR FEST 2009
SAN FRANCISCO LIVING WAGE COALITION presents…
Your browser may not support display of this image. Living Wage Video Festival
Sunday, July 19
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
522 Valencia Street @ 16th St.
Videos*********Food*******Prizes *****Fun
Meet the Videographers
4 p.m. Race To The Bottom
a film by Jonathan King, Michael Hamm, and Daniela Rusnokova
5 p.m. Reception with Videographers
6 p.m. SF Living Wage Coalition Community Outreach Documentary
A half-hour documentary featuring the SF Living Wage Coalition’s campaign to raise wages for workers at city-funded non-profit agencies, highlighting interviews with Living Wage Coalition outreach volunteers and staff at SF non- profit agencies that provide a glimpse into the problems that non-profits are facing as funding is being drastically cut.
More info at: (415) 863-1225; sflivingwage@riseup.net
www.sflivingwage-sf.org
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Got To Be There...
Check out the links to some Good Things
to the right at our
Got To Be There selections section
speaking of which...check out the vans lifestyle brandin' carry on baggage tip jimmmy jammies and the adidas bus..
fresh from dropping off a few reps at FTC for the 7x7 Contest After Party tickets and new SLAP PALS kicks.
Go check em at FTC on Haight.
Ladies Prefer Those Who Sk8 Their Own Ability Edition
welcome to BWLP's realm.
frank niao simply has no competition when it comes to the art of sound selections and this month's aforementioned edition stays reppin' that.
we got inspired by a recently new purchase for a few good times: a new Mark Gonzales deck from Huf. Peace to Jon up on Sutter for good lookin' out.
also for the good folks at DLX for the assembly while i was chillin with my boy.
peace one time to FTC and Shoe Biz II Adidas boutique for the baby blue Kangol for my lil' buddy.
o as the title suggest, bomb hills at your own pace.
& get there with us on blast.
enjoy.
http://doiseauxrecordings.podomatic.com
...or just click for the latest episode to the right.
this time around featuring:
they go by bwlp, aurora australis by busy bradford johnson, elevator music by geology, resolution by jose james, dumb gir from allen road by dobie of brownswood recordings, hold box flat by the bpm, jw beat clip by floating points, untitled by fatima, inertia by jega, neonravergenome by bartek, a message from inside 06 by mono/poly, silicon surfboard by busy bradford johnson,
fin.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Represent.
Tim, congrats on your second year of selection and representing the Bay in the MLB All Star Game 2009!
Monday, July 13, 2009
(some of the...) Magnificent Peach Trees for Download!
get by
http://www.myspace.com/hiphopmakenice
for a little bit of the Magnificent Peach Trees EP
not all but some of it, more to come by the end of the week
http://www.myspace.com/hiphopmakenice
for a little bit of the Magnificent Peach Trees EP
not all but some of it, more to come by the end of the week
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Em Jay
We are in denial about Michael Jackson's passing, which is why up to this point we haven't posted one single thing about it. It's just a little too huge to quantify- although many continue to do so.
It seems trendy or trite to do something whimsical like change an icon to one of his many images, or say something completely inadequate to express how important he was to us, the things we did in our lives with-because-about- his music, his value for others and the world.
As musicians, we feel our best expression of gratitude to Michale Jackson can best be represented in our work.
So we are working on a form of 'good-bye' for him. For you. We'll drop it when it's finished. But until then, we simply let the information about MJ and the world's reflection about him run its course.
At this time, we express that He Rest In Peace.
More times than I can recall; looking at this album, liner notes, playing it on turntable after turntable.
-djfn
It seems trendy or trite to do something whimsical like change an icon to one of his many images, or say something completely inadequate to express how important he was to us, the things we did in our lives with-because-about- his music, his value for others and the world.
As musicians, we feel our best expression of gratitude to Michale Jackson can best be represented in our work.
So we are working on a form of 'good-bye' for him. For you. We'll drop it when it's finished. But until then, we simply let the information about MJ and the world's reflection about him run its course.
At this time, we express that He Rest In Peace.
More times than I can recall; looking at this album, liner notes, playing it on turntable after turntable.
-djfn
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Rehash...
I was listening to our November 08 edition and someone posted a vid for this...
lyrics like these in combo with de'angelo, well hell; this is as tight as it gets.
good job mickey...and de'
lyrics like these in combo with de'angelo, well hell; this is as tight as it gets.
good job mickey...and de'
Sunday, July 5, 2009
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