Filed under: Events | Tags: apature, asian american, hip hop, kearny street, pacific islander
Reminder! I’ll be in the Bay this weekend starting TONIGHT! Here’s a quick overview of where I’m djing:
Thursday 9.25: Devil’s Pie – Namu Bar, SF
Friday 9.26: LIBRE – Poleng Lounge, SF
Saturday 9.27 (day): APAture: API Hip Hop Workshop – Space 180, SF [JUST ADDED!]
Saturday 9.27 (night): Basic – EZ5, SF
Sunday 9.28: Soul-Full – Luka’s Taproom & Lounge, Oakland
As you can see above, I, along with Drizzle, am now doing a workshop at the annual APAture, a festival highlighting emerging API artists. The workshop is titled: Asian American Hip Hop for Dummies: Race, Popular Music, & Authenticity, and is basically a discussion focusing on analyzing and critiquing notions of what “real” hip hop is and how Asian Pacific-Islander Americans fit into the whole scheme of things. Also, we’ll be exposing folks to all the API hip hop out there that we’ve come across doing our Apex Express API Hip Hop radio show on KPFA.
For more information, click on the flyer:
Filed under: The Isms, Video | Tags: against the grain, alberto fujimori, Alfredo Márquez, ann kaneko, Claudio Jiménez Quispe, Eduardo Tokeshi, el chino, Natalia Iguíñiz, peru, revolutionary art
Against the Grain – An Artist’s Survival Guide in Peru Dir. by Ann Kaneko, 2008
Summary from the documentary’s website:
Spanning two decades of corrupt governments and inept leaders, this film tells the story of four inspiring artists: Claudio Jiménez Quispe flees his home in Ayacucho because of insurgency with the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group. He chronicles this violence in his retablos, traditional wooden display boxes. Alfredo Márquez, active in the 1980s underground punk scene, produces bold, political images despite four years of unjust imprisonment. With the downfall of former president Alberto Fujimori, critics targeted Japanese Peruvians like Eduardo Tokeshi, yet he reaffirms his identity through a series of red and white Peruvian flags. Natalia Iguíñiz provokes the Catholic Church and the socially conservative middle class with controversial images that challenge gender and class. Each artist teaches us what it means to persevere and make art in a country like Perú.
I watched this last night and was floored by how comprehensive Ann Kaneko, a Japanese-American filmmaker, analyzed the relationship between art, protest, corrupt politics, privilege, and race in Peru. Personal to me, I was captivated by the story of Eduardo Tokeshi, a second generation Japanese Peruvian who’s issues with identity and displacement command his art. Peru is interesting because it’s the first country on the continent to have an East Asian as president, Alberto Fujimori. Kaneko covers how Fujimori’s near facscist rule affected public perception towards the general Japanese community in Peru. Basically, dude gets elected after near economic collapse in 1990 due to his “slanty eyes” which convey the model minority stereotypes of honesty, hard work, and kindness; earning him the term of endearment “El Chino,” which is equivalent in the U.S. of people calling all Asians “Chinaman.” But after 10 years of human rights violations and authoritarian rule, those same “slanty eyes” flipped to stand for “thievery, greed, and imperialism” (watch the trailer). Crazy.
Filed under: Music | Tags: don't mess with mr. "t", marvin gaye, mr. t, trouble man
DOWNLOAD: Marvin Gaye – “Don’t Mess with Mr. ‘T’”
From the Trouble Man Soundtrack (Tamla, 1972)
This might be the first Fuck Song that I’ve posted that isn’t originally a love/sex song. But, it’s Marvin. And we know Marvin can make a Fuck Song out of any situation or topic. Even one that warns us NOT to “mess” with this guy:
could get a little…abrasive.
Filed under: Events | Tags: aebl dee, basic, deedot, Devil's Pie, do d.a.t., ez5, jay slim, kiwi, libre, listening party, luka's taproom & lounge, namu bar, poleng lounge, soul-full, the skinny, wonway
Oh Bay Area, but Oakland specifically, how I miss thee! Don’t tell LA this, but she’s a little uptight. I haven’t found a place yet where you can play the range of music you find at Bay Area parties, have a beautiful, mostly POC (Persons of Color) crowd, and have it crack ALL night. I guess that’s my mission while I’m down here…
BUT this weekend, starting Thursday, I’ll be back in SF and Oakland for back to back gigs, please come out and give me a reason to move back!
THURSDAY 9.25.08
DEVIL’S PIE: DO D.A.T. “THE SKINNY” EP LISTENING PARTY – NAMU BAR, SF
That’s right folks, I’ll be guest spinning at my former party! But first, before the party, from 10pm-11pm, we are having a private (private meaning all y’all invited) listening party for Do D.A.T.’s first solo venture: The Skinny EP, which actually features a track produced by yours truly.
DEVIL’S PIE INVITES YOU TO A PRIVATE EVENT
“The Skinny” – Album Listening Party
Artist – Do D.A.T (myspace.com/datamen)
Album – The Skinny
Listen to the single “The Band Played On” via imeem
When - Thursday, 9/25/08
Where – Namu Bar, 439 Balboa St. @ 6th Ave., SF (www.namubar.com)
Time – 10-11pm
RSVP HERE for your exclusive “THE SKINNY” DJ/Producer Promo package
FOLLOWED BY:
DEVIL’S PIE: SOUL BY THE SLICE
with new resident: DJ Wonway Posibul
HOSTED BY – DO D.A.T
GUEST DJ PHATRICK
NO COVER // FREE PIE
www.myspace.com/thinkbeat
www.myspace.com/datamen
www.djphatrick.com
Namu Bar
439 Balboa St. SF
www.namubar.com
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FRIDAY 9.26.08
LIBRE – POLENG LOUNGE, SF
Truly Brown Productions brings you
LIBRE
San Francisco’s End-of-the-Month Getdown
featuring the finest in Soul, Hip Hop, and Dancehall Classics
Music selection by:
PHATRICK
DEEDOT
MUZZY
PSANI
along with your host
KIWI!!!!
@ Poleng Lounge
1751 Fulton Street near Masonic
San Francisco
$5 | 10pm-2am | 21+
Click here to RSVP (FREE ALL NIGHT)!!!
or visit Poleng Lounge’s website at www.polenglounge.com
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SATURDAY 9.27.08
BASIC – EZ5, SF
Join residents Jay Slim and Deedot along with special guest DJ Phatrick as we…uh…get back to the basics…
BASIC
Every 4th Saturday
“Whatever the Fuck We Feel Like Playing”
EZ5
685 Commercial St.
San Francisco
FREE!
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SUNDAY 9.30.08
SOUL-FULL – LUKA’S TAPROOM & LOUNGE, OAKLAND
Maaan, my Oakland fam better be at this one! Belgian fries on me!
Soul-Full
with Resident Aebl Dee and Special Guest DJ Phatrick
Luka’s Taproom & Lounge
2221 Broadway @ Grand Ave.
Oakland
8pm – 12am
FREE!
Filed under: Photos, The Isms | Tags: american war, boat people, cam huong, Clarita Leelin Go, colonialism, goldilocks, hoa, Milagros Leelin Yee, vietnam, vietnam war, vietnamese sandwich
Goldilocks makes bottled water now?!
Interesting fact: Goldilocks, which is probably the largest Filipino Restaurant and Bakery chain the world, was started by two Chinese women: Milagros Leelin Yee and Clarita Leelin Go. Ok, they’re Chinese-Filipino, BUT, judging from their last names, they married two Chinese men! So, let me get this straight: two Chinese Filipino women come together to form what becomes the most recognizable brand in Filipino dining, and then use a PALE BLOND WHITE GIRL as the logo?!
Talk about some complex colonial* shit right there…
P.S. – Their tofu porridge is delicious, btw…it comes with pork. ZING!
* – The Chinese have a historical pattern of economic colonialism in many developing countries in Asia and the Pacific Islands. You’ll find that they occupy a bourgeois-business class in many of these countries. After the French/American War in Vietnam (what imperialists call the Vietnam War), the Viet Hoa, or Chinese Vietnamese, were hit hardest with the new Communist economic reforms. This resulted in a mass exodus, which history calls the flight of the “boat people.” That’s why when you go to get your pork combo Vietnamese sandwich at Cam Huong in downtown Oakland, you’ll hear those amazing 5 ladies behind the counter taking orders in Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
5 yard penalty for my people and our capitalistically colonialistic tendacies…
Filed under: Music, Video | Tags: amy winehouse, cj hilton, duffie, mark ronson, never give you up, raphael saadiq, stevie wonder, the way i see it, tony toni tone
DOWNLOAD: Raphael Saadiq – “Never Give You Up (ft. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton)”
From his newest album, The Way I See It.
WOW, I strongly echo what Adriel wrote here. Every song on this album is FIRE.
Although doing what was popularized recently by white musicians Mark Ronson, Amy Whitehouse, and more recently, Duffie – that is, revisiting the sound and recording technique of soul music from the 60’s – The Way I See It doesn’t come off as a “recreation” or “tribute.” It just is. Effortless, transparent, and beautiful.
Need further validation? Stevie Wonder blesses this track with a guest appearance in the form of a harmonica solo. A STEVIE WONDER HARMONICA SOLO, DUNNY!
Check out this video of him performing the track “Oh Girl” from the album, followed by the Tony! Toni! Toné! classic, “Lay Your Head on My Pillow.” Watch how even his stage movement changes from one style, one era, to the next:
12:30am, September 9, 2008…
Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco…
The Exact Change Tour opening show…
Halfway through Bam’s set.
thanks to Angelien for the footage!
DOWNLOAD: Om’mas Keith – “City Got Me Watchin’”
Om’mas Keith is 1/3 of the Sa-Ra Creative Partners, ‘nuf said.
More info via Red Bull Music Academy:
On the surface, Om’Mas Keith might seem like a new kid on the block. After all, SA-RA Creative Partners (his production squad / artist collective), made giant hype waves a couple years ago, when Kanye West signed them to his GOOD Music label.
But like his band mates, Om’Mas is a seasoned vet; the Hollis, Queens native started as an RCA Records intern at the tender age of 15. He was a staff producer for the late Jam Master Jay of Run DMC, and has done studio work in some capacity with Lauryn Hill, Mobb Deep, Foxy Brown, Ice Cube, Onyx and 50 Cent (pre-superstardom). His depth of experience is just one of the things which made SA-RA worthy of a pre-signing “soft-core bidding war” between West, Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z – another, of course, being the undeniable freshness of their futuristic soul productions. By now, Om’Mas knows the art and business of music better than the back of his hand.
Filed under: Events | Tags: cut titty boom, grand star, jayskione, marquest, mothership, rani d, sound science entertainment
LA! This Saturday, tomorrow actually, I’ll djing at The Grand Star Jazz Club in CHINATOWN (aka home) for Mothership, the 3rd Saturdays the homie/roomie Rani D helps manifest.
MOTHERSHIP
featuring special guest djs:
JAYSKIONE (DP Sounds)
PHATRICK (that’s me stupid)
and live band
CUP, TITTY, BOOM!
with residents
GRAINSHIFTER | MARQUEST | RANI D
THE GRAND STAR JAZZ CLUB
943 Sun Mun Way
Los Angeles, 90012
$5 all night, 21+
For more info: www.soundscienceentertainment.com
During my first few days in LA at the new crib, this cd, which Claudia had picked up in her travels and had put into our cd player, was on constant repeat. It’s become my LA-settling lullaby.
Tonolec is an Argentinian duo comprised of singer Charo Bogarín and musician Diego Pérez, that combines electronic with Toba music. The Toba is an indigenous culture from the Northern Argentina area. More info can be found on the wiki.
DOWNLOAD: Tonolec – “Canción de Cuna”
For more info on Tonolec and how they started working with Toba peoples, go here.
