Mon Sarte (center, with brown guitar), original member of Signal 3, passed last week. rest in peace.

this is a short clip of signal 3's 'power and glory,' with original members jeff, mon, rod, with rupert and jesse at last year's pinoisepop 9.

Ok, so maybe I haven't been the greatest Black Eyed Peas fan in the world. I mean, I knew them back in the day when we used to do Foundation Funkollective and they showed up week after week. And maybe we did edit out the Black Eyed Peas interview when we made Beats, Rhymes and Resistance: Pilipinos and Hip Hop in LA back in 1997 (who knew they'd ( Read more... )

the video for the black eyed peas' bebot was set in 1938 in the Rizal Social Club in Stockton's Little Manila Historic Site. They consulted with us for historical accuracy, and based their production design on our historic photographs. they filmed in LA, but exteriors were filmed in the Little Manila Historic Site back home. The Rizal Social Club ( Read more... )

you know, i want to give to red cross. and i sincerely hope you can all find some way to help the folks devastated by hurricane katrina, whether it's with donations or prayers or thoughts or whatever ( Read more... )

I am glued to my TV and to my New York Times and my laptop, reading and watching what I can about this hurricane. I am depressed, I am angry, I am devastated, I am heartbroken. The people trapped and dying and starving are the poorest people in the South, and the majority of them are people of color.Our bro Terry's family has evacuated to ( Read more... )

See you there, and please forward on ( Read more... )

Almost New Sandisk Compact Flash Cards: 512mb and 128mb! - $45 ( Read more... )

dream last night ( Read more... )

this is so late for an update, but i've been lovin vacation so much that i haven't had a moment to spare to write this. the couch, internet, and cable keep me all hectic ( Read more... )

we saw ep III last night. and if you haven't seen it yet, you better scroll on cause i'm about to SPOIL IT BAD ( Read more... )