Back at UCSD, the FOBBDeep trio [1] would hold Hip-Hop workshops for various high school conferences: KP, SIORC, APSA, BSU, etc.  In those days, we would brainstormed on how fresh and how live it would be to expand beyond an hour workshop and to hold a full high school conference focused strictly on Hip-Hop.

Fast forward 5 years later, while yours truly is living in the Bay Area, when lo and behold, there I find out that there is a Hip-Hop conference geared towards middle and high school students: Rock the School Bells at Skyline College!!!

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Bay Area, come through this Saturday evening.

Some guy named Ninoy Brown is doing an introduction to weblogging workshop, NEXT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 at Liwanag Kultural Center in Daly City, CA.  7:00pm-9:30pm.

Check the flyer for more info or check Kalayaan School for Equity:

It will be interactive, so please bring your laptop, or even your desk top if you’re so inclined.

*Thanks to Sergio for the flyer.

Btw, I always get asked about the banner for the blog, the cat in the middle is not me.  Refer to Mark’s post.

-Ninoy Brown

Several Asian Americans were a part of the Black Panther Party during the late 1960’s, but Richard Aoki was the only one to have an official leadership position: Field Marshall.  Aoki passed away earlier this year due to complications from dialysis, but of course his legacy will continue to live on for generations after.  He kept it real and helped flip the idea that Asians were simply model minorities by playing an integral role in the Asian American movement.

The documentary, which captures Aoki’s life and legacy, premieres in Oakland next week.

Fliers for the premiere after the jump…

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PeliKULa! Pin@y Film Series
First Sundays of the Month
Dim the lights, silence your cell phones, butter your popcorn, sit back and relax as Kularts presents its first Pin@y Film series featuring works by today’s leaders in cutting-edge Pin@y cinema.

Bayanihan Community Center 1010 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103
5pm, Sun OCT 4
Art for Social Change (Documentaries)
Admission: $7
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/79743

*Add $3 to your admission at the door, and we will donate that $3 directly to relief efforts in the Philippines*

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With none other than Geologic aka Prometheus Brown as the host.

Daly City, come thru!  Space is extremely limited, but check the KSE site for more info.

Daly City’s KALAYAAN SCHOOL FOR EQUITY proudly welcomes Seattle, WA hip-hop icon and cultural critic, Geologic aka Prometheus Brown, as he shares his overview of Philippine Cinema. Special emphasis is placed on films and filmmakers who have used the artistic medium as a tool to address the socio-political conditions of the country. Geologic will share many examples of Philippine cinema as sites of resistance and lead participants in discussions regarding the history and present state of Filipinos in the film industry.

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Jason Magabo Perez, known to me as Jay, and known to some as the guy who would c-walk all over Oceanside when not racing his yellow Integra, is also known as an emerging literary genius who would never think of c-walking on a treadmill. It’s a privilege to know him, and it’s a pleasure for me to ask the readers in the Bay to check out his reading. -Ninoy Brown

THE PASSION OF EL HULK HOGANCITO
a multimedia performance reading of a novel-in-progress

by Jason Magabo Perez

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YOU ARE INVITED:
March 28 - 29, April 4 - 5
Bayanihan Community Center
San Francisco, CA

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/56330

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Over 400 Bay Area residents will rally January 7 to show solidarity with the family of Oscar Grant, and demand BART Police be held accountable!

The 22-year-old father was killed by a BART police officer early New Year’s Day when he was shot in the back as he lay face-down on the train platform, his hands behind him. He was cooperating; lifting his hands in surrender before being placed on the floor! The morning of January 7 he will be laid to rest. That afternoon we will rally in his name!

Speakers will share a list of demands including:
1) All officers involved be taken off duty without pay, and fully prosecuted;
2) Justice Department investigate the incident as a violation of civil rights;
3) That BART establish an independent citizens’ review board for its officers;
4) That the BART police officers be disarmed!

WHAT: Rally for Oscar Grant!
WHEN: Wednesday January 7, 2009
TIME: From 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
WHERE: FRUITVALE BART STATION
LOCATION: 3401 East 12th Street / Oakland CA

*** Community Justice Network for Youth (CJNY) is organizing and providing assistance. For more info call Krea Gomez at (415) 321-4100 X102.

-Ninoy Brown

Always fun times.  Save the dates: Septempter 6-7

And yep… That’s Subway Joe on the flyer.

For more info: FilAmARTS.org

-Ninoy Brown

No promo, but uh… I hear the FOBBDeep fam got y’all crackin’ this Thursday and Friday night:

I don’t usually like to promote nightlife events here because all too often these events are hyper-elitist and involve way too many too-cools-for-school sword fights or just flat out play the same weekly mix of Lil’ Jon’s and The Neptunes’ greatest hits (don’t get it twisted–I love Lil’ Jon and The Neptunes). Moreover, I’m not into the striped-collared-shirt uniform some clubs force men to wear. I’m more of a fishnet tanktop and leather chaps kinda guy.

However, these events are kinda close to my heart if you know what I mean. Good times, people, and music keep me moving.

FOBBDeep readers get the player-pass guest list hook by e-mailing mark@fobbdeep dot com.

-Mark