Wow, can’t believe another celeb gone inna matter of days. Now the king of the infomercial is gone, Billy Mays at age 50. You will always be remembered for your enthusiastic vocal delivery in your commercials..RIP
Jun
28
I saw this movie back when it came out a few years ago and I just watched it again a few hours ago. I really identify with the Terrence Howard character (minus the being a pimp part) in the fact that he is an underdog just trying to get his voice heard and it’s tuff to get a break in the world. But by any means necessary, you gotta keep trying to make it happen. Hey, we even share the same name- “D-Jay”. So, biggups to my man D-Jay, cos u inspired me this morning. And that is just what I needed right now, some inspiration. And what were your closing lines in the movie? “Everybody gotta have a dream”
BLESS
Jun
27
Wow, I can’t really believe he’s gone. Simply the BEST entertainer of all time. I am a longtime MJ fan and remember dancing to his 45’s when I was a child, dancing to Billie Jean for a high school performance and I also remember watching that Motown 25 show when he debuts the moonwalk. That performance was so moving, it seemed to rise above anything that was humanly possible. I even had one of those red “Beat It” jackets with the zip off sleeves. And I remember watching Thriller over and over when it first came out. I was very happy to hear about his upcoming sold out shows in London and wanted to see him bring it back. Maybe a bit selfish, but I wanted to see & hear another hit album from him and to come back and reclaim the throne one more time. Sadly, this wasn’t meant to be. What we gonna do now w/o our king of pop?? I know there are another million blogs and postings like mine, but if you come across this one, please drop a comment and share your favorite MJ moment….RIP Michael Jackson, we will always love you and there could NEVER be another….
Jun
15
Since we’re on the subject of rediscovered music & artists, I figured I could throw one my own in. This track with Dubtribe was my first time hearing my voice on vinyl! I remember how excited I was when I first heard SF DJ- Jeno play it at his apartment! During the early 90’s when I first arrived to the west coast, I performed extensively with this breakbeat duo Dubtribe (Sunshine & Moonbeam) and eventually made this recording. It was released on Organico records in 93′ and was a big underground club hit at it’s time. It also laid the foundation for my ragga/fusion collaborations which I still do to this very day. Another bit of trivia regarding this record was that the first original 500 pressings were all warped. LOL! So everyone, take a listen and enjoy some of my works from the past…One Love
Jun
15
Ah yes- another episode of the awesome show UNSUNG highlighted the career of Melba Moore last nite. I have been very familiar with Melba’s name for a long time but didn’t know much of her music outside of the 80’s R&B hit: “Love’s Coming at Ya”. After watching the special, I can understand why that was. Her career had many starts and stops and not really a consistent flow. This was not because of her talent, (she’s got an amazing voice) but more due to being misled, ripped off and poor management. But she has stayed strong and is still out there making yet another comeback. And I found a link where you can download her 1982 album- “The other side of the Rainbow” which contains my favorite hit by her- “Love’s Coming at Ya”. Just click on her picture above and it’ll take you there. Enjoy and remember next week’s UNSUNG features one of my all time favorite bands- Shalamar!!! Better check it….Peace
Jun
08
Ever since I caught TVONE’s series on underated artists called UNSUNG a few months back, I was hoping that they would continue the series. They had highlighted artists DeBarge, The Clark Sisters, Donnie Hathaway & Phyllis Hyman (who I previously blogged about) giving background information on them that was not all previously known. At least not to me. So imagine my joy when I heard a few weeks ago that the show was coming back on with a new crop of underappreciated artists to shed some new light on. Well, it came back on last night with a great special on the very talented Minnie Riperton. I hadn’t known much about her outside of her amazing passionate voice and my favorite songs by her, “Loving You” and “Back Down Memory Lane”. However, I do remember when she passed away from cancer in 1979, cos all the R&B radio stations in Chicago were playing her song and many of the adults I knew were all upset like they had lost a close personal friend. Well- after seeing the Unsung program, I can understand why. Not only did she have the voice of an angel, she had the spirit of one too. She found a man that she fell in love with, had beautiful children (her daughter Maya Rudolph was a regular on SNL for many seasons) and continued her love & passion for her music until she was too ill to carry on. So make sure you all out there check out this program cos it is simply AMAZING. To TVONE- I love this series and hope you continue it. I will be watching the next few weeks for sure….Bless
Jun
05
Over the past couple days, we lost 2 longtime veterans in the entertainment world. One was Chicago Blues singer Koko Taylor who was 80yrs old, and the next David Carradine, star of 70’s tv show Kung Fung and more recently- “Kill Bill” who was found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok. I remember in about 1998, my uncle took me to the Monterey Blues Festival and I heard Koko Taylor perform and was blow away by her amazing raw energy. And altho I wasn’t a huge fan of the slow motion fight scenes they used in the tv show Kung Fu, I still was a fan and loved him in the Kill Bill movies. RIP to these 2 entertainment legends….
Jun
01
…and get info on upcoming shows and random goodness about other music and stuff I’m into. You’ll also get links to free mp3’s of rare and unreleased music I’ve worked on over the years. Tons of demo tracks remastered from cassette soon coming up, so come join in on tha fun…don’t sleep anymore!! Click on tha big mon’s picture above and it’ll take you right there. Hope to see ya….One Love- C
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May
15
Gonna be a family affair w/guests DJ Sep (Dub Mission) & Kush Arora (Dread Bass Chronicles) alongside NSB collective & Dohlrythms! Yunno tha spot..Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell Street, SF See yu there! (click image for more info)
May
09
I know, I know. People have heard me talk about this Marathon Man project for some time now, and I’m the first to admit that it’s about 6 months late! Sorry bout that but times are tuff and I am a unsigned, non-rich, indie artist utilizing the internet to get my music to reach audiences. But the project will be coming at ya soon, I promise! And here is an online sampler of 4 tracks from the release. Some of them you have heard already, like the punjabi flavored Bombay Rokk which struck a chord in the world music underground since last fall by recieving top user reviews on the online music site Garageband and even made World Fusion track of the week on the site. There is also a new crunchy, crunk-y remix of the track Big Mon Now. The original recieved top reviews on Garageband as well. I still can’t get the Soundcloud player to embed in my blog here, so you gotta check tha link. You can click on my image above and it’ll take you there. And do remember, the Marathon Man still cometh!!! Soon come…
