Toph Recovery Fundraiser Jam

in one week it goes down; if you can't attend you can always help this brother out here.

last Sunday night, January 7th Dj Toph One was struck in SF at Ocean and Geneva by a driver who fled the scene.

simply put, Toph is a solid dj who mad represents as an Aids Lifecycle activist, old-school-keeper-of-the-flame when it comes to wrecking shop with viny in all styles and genres.
he's a dope graf head who know's his hip hop history, sf party history, skate heritage:
you name it.
he's doper than you might know.

but 7 days later, my man is all hemmed up with a broken pelvis, but alive.
no doubt there's bills to pay, but life as pedal bound vinyl slinger has not a rich man made.

so if you can, get down with the get down, get your groove on next weekend and help out.
flyer above.

Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975.

incroyable.

mad respect to Badu, Kweli and ?estlove.
...and goshdangitt EVERY time Erykah speaks she straight drips ill verses of dopeness.
wow.

i like teaching in West Oakland where all the vintage footage is from;
straight outta Sweden.
oh, that and the brooklyn bookstore owner interview is claaaaaaasic.

but i can't even forget how Marcus Books folk have been holding it DOWN in the bay for years.

again. wow.

check it.

-bwlp


p.s. Netflix cookin' SPP's y'all!

Mindful Elan of Holiness and Respect.

"..but why the Air Jordan Retro 11 'Concord'?!"

i know, i know. i'll get to that in a minute...

...my waking thoughts on Christmas' eve was a shower of mental snapshots:
"Don't write 'xmas' Mr. D, 'cause that's crossing out the 'Christ' in Christmas!"
-a few of my 5th graders.

okie doke.


"..this economy got things bad! What the hell happened to Richmond, bruh?"
(I had just relayed that I saw my buddy's apartment he lived in during high school,[he's since lived in New York the past 20 years] in the newspaper, a shot of it burned-out, aligned with a story about squatters and foreclosures)
"Damn, man, I tell people all the time out here I'm from Richmond, and they always say 'What, Richmond Virginia?'

"...and I'm like, naw' Richmond CALIFORNIA! It ain't no joke. You better ASK somebody!"
-high school pal relocated to Brooklyn.

yes. at least to me, these hard times look slightly 'harder' in the Rich.


my daily spiritual routine involves 7 elements of mindfulness interconnected to:
vision. wisdom. purity. strength. peace. love. and victory.
there are many other fine ideas to attach to ones' ongoing awareness about in the world, i suppose...

but reflecting, as my closest loved ones are well beyond a 50 mile radius from me today, it is easiest to go about the business of each activity with elan, holiness and respect.

some would argue the Nike AJ Retro 11' Concord embodies that.
to others it's just another iconic bastion of what's wrong with consumption; what, with the lines, rushes to collect, cop, admire, stunt...what have you.

to me, this shoe, as enigma, is yet another focal point or flash point of regional urban experience; highlighting the disparate variance of human conditions.

remember Cazals?
remember Krylon?
remember the 'tennis bracelet'?
remember the 'perfect' one?
remember (that thing, person or ingredient of your own experience that would take you to that next level of 'fresh'?)

we at bwlp send you best wishes during amazingly turbulent times.
we're honored to be alive now.
we're grateful for our friendships and loves through music.
we're thankful for awareness and the capacity to considering opposing views.
we love that the urge to assist someone in need, need not go further than your neighbor.

we love the mindful elan of holiness and respect that comes from wholly tending to your art of living.

on the eve of Drum. Bass. (code name for the actual title....)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

p.s. honorable mentions to Shogun Audio.

Dig In. BWLP December 2011 Podcast.

Finally.
Come and Get Some.











Set List:

one 4 teen bahamadia jdilla remix,
love and space by shanti om,
over by naibu & key,
more than i can take by lensman,
work it out by q-tip,
two can play the game with morris chestnut and anthony anderson
jay z’s threat fel sweetenberg remix,
track no.4 by jdilla,
timewavezero by intermetric,
the upper room by afrikan sciences,
sabre remix of the touch by mortem,
raise your weapon by deadmaus,
ghetto heaven part 2 by dilladog,
the captian obvious jazzy remix of one love by nas,
the differences by sango,
mount kimbie remix of a town called absolete by andreya triana,
yemaya by xaphrykan,
her favorite color by oh4real?!,
soul clap remix of garden by teed,
time by chase and status featuring delilah.

fin.

(nice job, frank.)

THIS is your holiday part'tay soundtrack.

drinks on d'oiseaux recordings.

Happy Holidays.

-bwlp

Club World Cup Champs. Barca.

Plain & Simple...but never simple and plain.
Barca Rules.

Bear Witness to the Golden Age of Greatness.

if you get a chance, watch this team....before it all changes.
watching them play is beauty in action.

mad gorgeous football.

W.I.M. B?

What's in my bag?

magazines, of course.
between beats, cables, mics and jacks...
a fellah' needs to go way elsewhere with words and images.
especially since most of our inspiration comes from imagined soundtracks for rooms in
vintage fashion magazines.
(so imagine the photo clippings for 'drum. bass.' come Christmas...)

soon we'll be on a train to see loved ones in the central valley,but
not before so much audio construction goes down- and two gift purchases to go.
and then there's those niggling little birthday folks who happen to be born within days
of winter's holiday.

Hanukkah and Kwanzaa traditions, withstanding.

but to get right and direct with this posting, nothing satisfies like a great magazine
for the literate fashionistos y 'istas in your life.

get on over to your most excellently outfitted mag' retailer and scoop up these 3
top publications for stockings and respective holiday counterparts:

Fantastic Man
the gentlewoman
DAPPER DAN


don't forget the note:
Happy Holidays,
respectfully yours...


bwlp.

now, back to the mix.

Michael Ellis. Naturalist. Hands-On Healed.

This Makes Sense.



"Healing
Michael Ellis says sometimes only a mystery explains the unexplainable.

By Michael Ellis

About two years ago I began to suffer the greatest series of cluster headaches I have ever had. These are related to, but not exactly like, migraines and are also called suicide headaches. They can be extremely debilitating and people have been known to kill themselves from them. Fortunately I do not suffer to that extent -- but they are bad.

While I was leading trips in the Mojave, I went to see an eccentric artist friend of mine who lives on the edge of Death Valley. I mentioned my headaches to her. She said, "I am a hands-on healer and I can help you."

"Well I don't have time right now I have to go meet my other group."

"It only takes a moment."

Ok, I had nothing to lose. She uncrossed my legs, had me sit erect, closed my eyes and as I sat still on a worn out folding chair in the hot desert heat. She put her hands on my head, said some things I could not understand, brushed rapidly downward several times and that was it. Fifteen seconds, max.

Now I am a scientist-type, a skeptic. If it cannot be measured and data gathered under controlled circumstances then I don't usually believe it. The fact is, however, I have not had a headache in nearly two years. Now they are called cluster headaches for a reason so it could have just been a coincidence. Last April when I returned to the desert I stopped by for another hands-on healing from LeAnne, just in case it wasn't.

Right now we are immersed in this holiday season, and spirit abounds. At age 60 I am finally beginning to understand, or at least feel, that there are many things in our world that cannot be quantified or explained but do exist. What hubris we humans have to think that if our feeble minds cannot grasp it, then it must not exist or be real. There are things that are simply mysteries right now.

My friend LeAnne touched me and I was healed. How, I do not know. Maybe someday we will be able to measure the energy fields that emanate from some people that can actually rearrange neuronal pathways at a close distance but for now I must accept that LeAnne is simply a hands-on healer with a gift to give.

This is Michael Ellis, with a Christmas Perspective."

Catch the audio at KQED here.