Get Better man

Guru from GangStarr is in a coma after suffering from a cardiac arrest.

thoughts and prayers are with you and your family while you are recovering

well wishes man!


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new Thom Yorke

Finally more new Thom Yorke tracks from his combridge solo gig.

Enjoy because i love you.


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BIG TROUBLE with special guest........

Im excited to announce that we will be having the East Oakland Dance Crew TURF FEINZ performing in our BIG TROUBLE Chronos Project Fundraiser.

We got the opportunity to see them perform last week at the MOADs "black masculinity" event where we were also did an installation......It was soooo refreshing to see new movement coming out of the bay with dancers that have made up they're own technique. The dancers are all individually gifted movers adding in they're own flavor to whatever they do. Alex and i were tripping about how they were doing damn near pointe work in they're sneakers. Not too mention the sick dance videos that had my ass fiendishly watching the clips because they were all so wonderfully shot, edited and executed. YAK Films represent! The kids from the TURF FEINZE im sure are about to blow the fuck up within the new future. They have already won competitions in Germany, Paris, New York and LA. I would not be too surprised to see them end up on Americas Best Dance Crew.

come support local artist on the rise to help put the SF Bay Area Art scene back on the map where it belongs!!

info here

hola.

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Terf Fiends

me at the MOAD

hey there.

Sorry about the lack of post as of late. Ive been very busy with projects and......you know how that goes. This Thursday im part of an evening at the MOAD Museum here in SF exploring black masculinity along with some other very talented Bay Area Artist. My exploration goes into a shared experience with us all develving into skin complexions and we are all affected by it at some point in time . I will be opening up the program with the world premiere of the BR-OO series (dance films) followed by a performance/installation titled Think in Tones that explores the said mentioned theme. I will be accompanied by a couple other dancers in my portion. Once the other artist are done with they're presentations we will be opening the floor up to Q&A which i kinda suck at so im sure it will be entertaining to here me ramble on whether i decide to answer your questions or not.

more info below!

DANCEfirst!
The Performance/Black Masculinity
see. think. dance. @ MoAD

Thursday, February 18, 2010 ::: 6pm doors. 6:30 performance.
MoAD ::: 685 Mission @ 3rd, SF
$10 adults, $5 students/seniors

On Thursday, February 18, 4 artists take over the Salon @ MoAD to play with the implicit/explicit expressions of ethnicity + masculinity.

REWIND:
1955. NEW YORK: Arthur Mitchell made his debut as the first African-American to perform with the New York City Ballet. Performing in all the major ballets of the repertoire + partnered solely with white dancers, Mitchell could not perform these works on commercial television until 1965 + remained the only African-American in the company until 1970.

FAST FORWARD:
2010. SAN FRANCISCO: Black male artists are few in number but large in presence, as companies, choreographers, + spaces jostle to collaborate with those particular artists who embody Blackness + masculinity while offering the air of accessibility.

WHO are these men?
4 voices stand out: Brian Gibbs, Dazié Rustin Grego, YAK films, + Folawole.
On Thursday, February 18, EXPLORE the overlap of race, gender, + performance.
ASK questions of the artists and of yourself.
DON’T SLEEP.

DANCEfirst! is a collaboration between see. think. dance. + MoAD to present a series of artist salons that engages DANCE as the primary medium.
Accentuating raw performance, local dancer/choreographers present experimental new work in the intimate setting of the MoAD Salon.
Each evening in the series ends with a discussion/reception to facilitate direct artist/audience exchange.

SEE Brian...	THINK with Folawole...	DANCE with us...
THINK (b/c of) Dazié	DANCE with YAK...	SEE MoAD...

on the radio this sat

hey folks.

My new Ovation and Sundance award winning producer David Molina was interviewed for a local bay area radio station last week where he played the new track that we made for the Lorraine Hansbury Theatres annual gala. I was commissioned to make a solo based on the most famous monolouge from A raisin in the Sun. David and I were linked together to make the music that i had heard in my head. While we were creating the solo the results where more than i could have asked for. I felt like i was in a band or something, talking to david about the time signatures, textures and sounds that i wanted to have and he delivered like a G.

The broadcast will air this Saturday at 6:30pm pst time on KPFA 94.1 or www.kpfa.org

tune in bitches!


yes! Thats me doing the backing vocals in the background.



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