date | events | location |
8-10-01 | arkestra clandestina | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
08-05-01 | weapon of choicekhaley nguewel, aziz faye from senegal |
the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
07-29-01 | cameo | key club – hollywood, ca |
07-25-01 | spirit level | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
07-20-01 | sade india arie |
verizon wireless amphitheatreirvine, ca |
07-15-01 | venice beach drum circle | venice beach, ca |
07-12-01 | six flags magic moutain |
valencia, ca |
07-05-01 | pete escovedo orchestra | twilight dance series 2001santa monica pier |
07-02-01 | the greyhounds, gringo floyd | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
07-02-01 | venice beach boardwalk | venice beach, ca |
06-30-01 | six flags magic moutain | valencia, ca |
06-28-01 | museum of contemporary art | los angeles, ca |
06-28-01 | californa science center | los angeles, ca |
06-26-01 | made in california: now | los angeles county museum of art |
06-24-01 | liquid sunshine, los angelitos | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
06-24-01 | aviation expo 2001 |
van nuys regional airport |
06-22-01 | movie: pearl harbor | century 8 – north hollywood, ca |
06-18-01 | lakers championship parade |
downtown los angeles |
06-17-01 | nomadik canibals, optic nerve, | knitting factory – hollywood, ca |
06-15-01 | weapon of choice
kofy brown cee cee michaela |
the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
06-09-01 | the lobster bar at tarzan’s | golden nugget – laughlin, nv |
06-08-01 | tarzan’s nightclub | golden nugget – laughlin, nv |
06-07-01 | -legitimate theater; projects:
cameron jamie, chloe piene, katy rannan -late expressionism; from the robert gore rifkind center for german expressionist studies -rocco to neoclassicism; recent acquisitions of 18th century french art -a century of fashion; 1900 to 2000 |
los angeles county museum of art |
06-06-01 | -d’ette nogle; “how deep is your love?”
-leslie wilkes; “smoother” |
los angeles contemporary exhibitions
hollywood, ca |
06-04-01 | lecture: dr. kenneth nealson | american astronomical society meeting
pasadena conference center |
06-03-01 | trulio disgracias | the temple bar – santa monica, ca |
06-01-01 | marcus miller | house of blues – hollywood, ca |
05-31-01 | vibrate | angels gate cultural center
san pedro, ca |
05-29-01 | 3hree | ahmanson theatre- los angeles, ca |
05-25-01 | lindsey’s 9th birthday celebration | claim jumpers – monrovia, ca |
05-25-01 | norton simon museum | pasadena, ca |
05-22-01 | the toledo show | the derby – hollywood, ca |
05-22-01 | good thing | the actors’ gang – hollywood, ca |
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good thing may 22, 2001 actors gangnow this was intense. i dont know nothing about theatre or plays, but this was one of those small, quaint, gritty places where everything is painted black or is hand decorated with authentic knick-knacks and spare curtains. the ahmanson this aint. the theatre where the play was held had stadium type seating with tightly aligned folding chairs. i sat on the next to the last row from the top of this maybe two-story 10 tier seating and after intermission i sat right on one of the tiers legs strectched out leaning on a chair, very comfy. the stage was also two stories high with a set on either side of the 2nd story set which was liz’ bedroom.this play was intense. i saw a light hearted play in pasadena late last year in a small gritty place but this was something much more better. the actors just seemed “better.” the story is about drug abuse, adultery, life, etc. it didnt “baby” the audience either, you had to figure out what was going on and who was who from very clever dialogue. the plot was never predictable, and i mean never. part of the beauty of this was the gripping ending and the “final solution” to the conflict. thats why im not gonna talk about what happened or the plot cause if you do see it you want to experience it for yourself. it was tough and emotional. the actors were really crying. there was even a tiny, tiny bit of nudity (male & female). everybody was extremely believable within their stereotypical roles but each had a very interesting quirk that enhanced their character. ofcourse there was a cute girl in the play but the one i liked was the older married wife. blonde, skinny, a tall stereo typically plain white female. her plain simpleness i found rather attractive. she wore a nightgown in a scene and she had no curves or bumps at all and this worked for me. (i like them all!), long thin white feet…anywayz, her character was good and like all the others she had an “explosive” moment that was really intense. one coool thing about the plot, the characters made some bad decisions as far as there life. i mean, not like dumb-drug addict decisions but choices that were thought out but “wrong.” its hard to explain but in regular tv or movies you can almost see where the character’s decision is leading, in this play the plot twists in alot of directions until a very climatic ending. |
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3hree may 29, 2001 ahmanson theatre this musical is actually 3 musicals; mice, the lavendar girl and the flight of the lawnchair man. all 3 ended in death. i also noticed that these sets were totally cacausion, they allowed no influences from other music or cultures. no rap, no pop, no latin, nothing. all white broadway musical. but it was good. all three dealt frolicky with death and despair. “the mice” was really cool cause it started off with an exterminator ridding a house of mice. then after the houses owner left a lady appeared. very very slickly it was made known that the exterminator would sneak his girlfriend in the houses and they would have sex and stuff. they were both in marriages that they were not happy in and this set was a celebration of there hidden, secret love. the other two sets also frolickly dealt with love and death. 3hree was cool but it was kinda dry. |
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trulio disgracias june 3, 2001 templebar midnight came sometime during this late night set and when it did so did my birthday. the story im gonna tell is midnight struck during the bands cover of red hot momma– one of my favorite concert funkadelic songs. trulio is funky, there is no doubt. they do have enough guitars to resemble funkadelic and ive heard them play funk, but never funkadelic. so when norwood said “lets play red hot momma” i shot straight to the front while pulling out the “its my birthday” “we funk” sign that i made at home earlier in the day. i went to see trulio expecting them to take me funkily into my birthday but i had absolutely no idea that they would or ever did play delic. this was a very very big surprise and it got better. they did more funkadelic and i sang word for word with norwood waving my homemade we funk sign. then i look up and i see overvision.com, the man who drew my favorite p-funk album cover, which is tattooed on lamarmiles.com‘s arm who was also in attendance this fine evening. in fact, i kinda got the idea for my funky sign from the ones overvision does at p-funk shows…by this time ive wrapped my shirt around my head and im drippin in sweat. then it got better. the drummer started the distinct drum opening of my favorite song performed live. shortly after my “whoa!” roar, he hesitated and stopped. by this time im at the front of the stage playfully barking at the drummer “are you gonna play it?” “play it!” they did and it was good. i waved my birthday sign we funk. during this song overton gestured for me to join him at the mic. this is something that i have literally dreamed of doing (today even). singing cosmic slob live on my birthday. (gasp) he gestured more than once too and i gestured “noooooo, go ahead im cool.” and i was. i wasnt scared i dont think. i really believe i knew i would enjoy it more on the floor as part of the crowd, i could be more expressive or whatever. but wow, turned down singing cosmic slop live on my birthday…and i dont regret it. i enjoyed doing my thang on the floor. hard, funky, driving dance. tight rhythmic pound on that solid bass line played by lonnie of weapon of choice who is another funky funky.i got birthday props from the stage and i turned to the crowd, waved my sign and smiled. not sure if it was lonnie, overton or norwood who said “PFUNK1” but whoever it was it made me feel good. i wasnt wearing any PFUNK1 propaganda clothing so it was nice…what more could heaven possibly be?afterwards hung out, lights on. chatted with overton, shook hands, even got a birthday hug from trulio’s sexy female lead singer. a sista who could really shake it… it is still just hitting me how deep of a fantasy / dream of mine singing this is what i mean when i say my passions seek me… |
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searching for life in the universe: june 4, 2001 one of the first thing i noticed was dr nealson had more charisma than your usual jpl-astronomer type. and as he spoke, it became more obvious he has different ideas about the way things should be done as opposed to others at jpl. his style and tone were much more modern feeling. he would say there are things that he didnt know and appeared upfront about the limitations and short- comings of the program he is in charge of; the center for life detection. he seemed to believe in a more practical science that included extensive testing and pure truth (not information manipulated for the public’s consumption). his logic and line of thinking is a modern one and i could tell by the few quips in his talk that the jpl old boy network and an older way of doing things still exists and that he clashes with it alot. he says he is a biologist working with astronomers and he is aware of the social skills of both…through a powerpoint presentation he described the foundation which he plans to base the center for life detection. he described what life is and what a non-earth centric life might be. he pointed out that we must be open to all the possibilities, not just possibilities that arise from earth based thought. not only must our understanding be expanded, but the tools and instruments needed to find life must be non-earthcentric. he described the signiture imprint life leaves, the changes in the chemical and element make-up of a place where life exists. he talked very scientifically and very bluntly. good points i got; -all life moves, non-random movement. maybe to get away from its own waste. -life converts one form of energy to another -nanobacteria -he showed that graphs of the chemicals, energy and elements on earth show that every energy source on earth is consumed by some type of life form. by comparing the make-up of earth with the natural decay of elements and energies, you can see changes that only life can make. to put it simply, if you were a lifeform coming to earth, no matter what energy you needed there is competition for that food/energy source by another organism. -you dont need to make your own chemicals if you eat them. by consuming other living organisms, you can gain there chemicals/energies and dont need to produce them yourself. -universal signiture of life: sped up energy changes. life is a catalyst.-opened my eyes to what life is as a process. like chemical processing. i looked at life as one machine, not many individual machines. how energy, chemicals, etc are a part of the life process. PUBLIC INVITED TO FREE LECTURE ON THE SEARCH FOR LIFE Are we alone in the universe? That tantalizing The lecture, “Searching for Life in the Universe: At best, the search for life beyond our own In addition, the discovery of dozens of planets Nealson will explain the challenges of looking for life More information on the American Astronomical |
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tarzans nightclub june 8, 2001 laughlin, nv i wasn’t in the place 10 minutes before i was freaking two freakies who were freakin each other. this crowd was highly spirited, drunk and ready to get their party in. laughlin use to be the country western hee-haw step cousin of vegas but that wasn’t the dempgraphic in the club this night. 20 & 30 sum’n year old mostly white cute cuties who were out to have fun. dj mike was funky, discoey, rockey and everything in between. he even played atomic dog. soon as i hit the place get a drink and sit down, i peep this one girl trying to freak and kiss and grind this other girl who playfully resisted. next thing i know the freakee is gesturing me to join in. i stood up and busted a little rhythm towards her and she danced towards me with the other girl still freakin her from behind. next thing you know its a sandwich. while im playin with these naturally darker white girls (itallian, mexican or sumn) a sexy sexy white girl asks me to dance with them, it was her friends bachelorette party. i had only been in the place 15 minutes and im freakin white girls in every direction dancin to slightly diluted hip-hop. i was chillin.after dancin awhile and being asked to dance again, a crew of a couple of sistas, bruthas, white girls & boys who looked like locals show up. the club is just about in full swing and one of the sistas started to do her thing. she was kinda tall and thick in all the places that a sista is thick in. she had a tight dress on and her ass was a thing of beauty. she did all the shakes, bounces, booty rolls and butterflys like only a sista from the hood can do. it had been a long time since i seen a booty bounce like that (4 feet right smack in front of me) and it was good. later i saw one of the many drinking white girls go up to her and appear to ask how she does it. homegirl hiked up her long dress a little and went to work. homegirl even got down and pumped the floor while makin that booty bounce. man i love black female. this was a very fun and spirited place where folx came to drink, party and let whatever happens happen. the cover was $5 but they gave you a $5 chip to gamble with. on saturday night as i walked by it was too too crowded and the line was long with a younger more “stylish” folx. |
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lobster bar at tarzan’s june 9, 2001 laughlin, nv mommy’s slot playin has accumulated her about $800 worth of food comps in this place. since my sister came we got two adjoining rooms over looking the river which were comped too. we ate about $200 worth of crab legs and lobster. the service was good and the food also. budget rental car gave us a canary yellow mustang but after we picked mommy up we found it was too small, so we took it back. |
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knitting factory june 17, 2001 what was very very special about this evening was that my kids attended this show with me. it was their first club or concert or anything like that. how cool is it to be 15 & 13 years old hanging out in a club on hollywood blvd till 2am? the knitting factory is an all ages club. they not only got to see a few good bands, they also got to see how to enjoy yourself when you go to a club. (watching me). once between sets the dj played the live version of parliament-funkadelic’s undisco kid. i sang with all with all my heart and thoroughly enjoyed it. my daughter asked me if i did clubs like this alot, i said yeah and asked her why she asked. she said cause i was so “open.” leaving the place a couple of the other clubs were letting out and still bumpin and they got to see how funky the hollywood scene is. i feel it is important that they see first hand how much more of life is out there available to them. and that they are exposed to it at an early age. weapon of choice was the main reason i attended with kids but they canceled. optice nerve has members of weapon and the lead singer of liquid sunshine is a back-up singer for weapon. freakjuice sang a cree summer song, crush the fire red, and a memebr of the group heard me singing it after the show and started a conversation in which he said they are playing the templebar the next day. i told him i was just at the templebar on friday seeing weapon and i also told that to optic nerve’s leader who remember me. i love live music, its like i cant get enough of it… |
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lacma june 26, 2001 took kids to check out made in california: now a “kids” installation. most of it was for really young kids, but there was a room with stuff that you could make a lot of noise; one full of pillows and boxing punching bags that i was ready to let out a little parental tension but the kids didnt wanna play; a huge field with about 30 rubber kick balls where we played a form of dodge ball and then a soccer game of me against jeffery with kimberly as impartial goalie. there also was a podium with a bunch of news microphones on a stage with a big video screen. i lost my favorite bracelet, the black one i got from florence italy that i modified and bascially re-created. i also took the kids to see the strange contemprory movie shorts in legitimate theater, they thought it really strange. they had a strong reaction to the nude photography in this installation. |
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ca science center june 28, 2001 the first thing i heard after paying $5 and parking the car to go to this donation suggested museum was the sound of what sounded like thousands of children. it was a sustain buzz from hundreds of individual kids. which turned out to be only a few dozen, which all turned out to be leaving…me & kids hit the joint and i realized today it takes them a while to warm up to a place. at frst it seems they cling to me and “this place is booty” (means bad) until they relax and experience some stuff and eventually (maybe 20 minutes) they even go off individually and explore. this has happened more than one place so i noticed the pattern. my daughter did the coooolest thing, she rode the high wire bicycle thats on a tightrope 3 stories off the ground. i didn’t think she would do it cause she is kinda a sissy when it comes to stuff, but she did and i was very impressed. she pedaled back 3/4 of the way, relaxed and then started to look around. thats when she saw where and how high she was. thats also when she noticed everybody watching and me screaming “go kimberly!! go kimberly!! and taking pictures. thats when she got nervous and unsure of her balance. she stuck he leg out as a reaction cause the bike is balanced so it wont tip over. then she pedaled back in. she was spose to get 2 back and forths and no matter how much i cheered and encouraged her i saw on her face she was done with this. i was very very impressed with my daughter for doing this.another cool thing was the spirit and energy of this girl that was there. she was young, late teens early 20’s, with a pretty brown no make-up needed complexion and cute. she was there with a very young baby that seemed to be hers. she was working a display that consisted of a tv screen and cameras that was connected to a similar setup inside LAX. she could move the camera, zoom in on people and she was actually talking to someone sitting there waiting for a plane or sum’n. i was impressed just by the coolness and tech gadgetry but her spirit, energy and enthusiasm was so refreshing it touched me. the outgoingness, curiosity with spirited fun, the vibe, her laugh- that something she had was extremely attractive to me. i think this vibe or whatever is a black thing. there is an attraction and confidence i have to black girls that i get with no other female. maybe its the spirited aggressiveness of my people, but i kinda feel i can’t get that from any other race of female. its kinda like the natural way we do it, the style that black people have. it touched me and inspired me. it inspired me by showing me that there is something in other people there that can deeply attract me. something that can generate a passion inside me to experience another person intimately. i enjoy the quality of my own company so much that being with another person sometimes feels like im wasting my time. because of that i just wont settle for any relationship. i would rather be alone than have to deal with the insecurities and shortcomings of human beings and their relationship hang-ups. it had been a long time since i have been deeply moved by the spirit energy of another human being like this. and its good to know that it still can happen. |
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geffen contemporary june 28, 2001 free on thursdays from 5-8 and ya can take the shuttle to the other moca site. i took the kids and they wasn’t up for nothing this deep and conceptual. well, maybe kimberly was but as a team they tuned out and tuned into their private play world. there weren’t many kids there but the cooolest thing was that they have free live jazz outside the museum. lots of good looking my age folx getting there drink on and groovin to a live african jazz band. not westside pretty-pretty people, but more ordinary good looking folx of all flavors, and older my age too. it was very very coool and i hope to go back with out the chirrens…speaking of childrens, i noticed that i am very sensitive to what my kids are doing. the rules and perception i have for them is inherently different than for anybody else on this planet. they could do the same stuff that i would do, or any other kid would do, but their play, laughter and “obnoxiousnous” really effects me and i want them to stop. most of the time i try to understand and analyze the feelings before i react (tell them to stop). maybe its cause im so focused on them that their actions are magnified. half the time they are just being me as i am in public, but since its them it feels very different. i know it must be a natural parent-kids relationship thing cause ive seen other parents also “over-react” to their kids behavior… |
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magic moutainpictures june 30, 2001 the beauty of this day was that my kids were old enough to go off on their own. they had $20 each and enough of my trust that they took off around 3pm and i didnt expect to see them again till around 10pm. so i got to kick back and observe from the outside the interaction of parents, adults & kids. the park was crowded and hot on a holiday weekend. lots and lots and lots of people. after the kids dispersed and things settled, me and jessie first rode revolution, and it took us 10 minutes to get on that ride- that impressed me. revolution was one of the first loop rollercoasters and a 4 on a scale of 1-10. then we strolled over and rode viper. this is a good coaster and gets a 7. after that we hit the mighty goliath. a 255 ft, 85 mph first drop that takes your breathe away. this may be the best coaster in the park. the line took about an hour and getting there we ran into jesse’s grandaughter, 10 year old diamond and her cousins so for that hour in line jesse had kid responsibilities and i got to watch them while and appreciating my kids and the thang we got. goliath was good (at least a 9) so we wanted more. we headed over to batman. batman’s line was long, had to be a 90 minute wait. we waited and got the first row. batman is cool cause your feet hang down and i was able to take my sandals off and ride barefoot. in the front row of this coaster its like your flying thru lots of loops and upside down twists. very cool, worth the wait and an 8. after that it was time to meet up with everybody and thats when the adults, parents & kids communication frenzy began. folx were hot and tired (except me) and trying to find each other and kids were running around, etc. i hadnt seen my kids in 5 hours and they were last spotted going to ride batman. our designated meeting spot was in kiddie land so i was chillin and watching parents of all nationalities deal with excited children. there is a common look & tone parents have. there is a “struggle” that is consistent between kids & parents across the board. so around 10ish my kids show up and i was happy to see them. they had eaten and felt good about the number of rides they rode. after 15 minutes the “daddy can i’s” started and now i too was in parent mode. if ya cant beat them, join em. thats when i got my energy and i became a kid too. i lead the parade of kids to ride viper. singing, dancing, loud, “obnoxious,” partying, playing. the line for viper was almost non-existent so we rode it twice singing nelly’s “uh-ooooooooo” “whats bumpin tonight?.” we had it goin on so tough that the ride announcer and other people were even sining it. the second time on viper i rode the front and jeffery and kimberly the back and we sang together from opposite ends of the coaster loading deck. through the crowd noise i could hear my kids say “ondelee ondelee eee-i” and i would go “uh-oooooooooh” then they would say “whats bumpin tonight.” i am most proud that i show my kids how to have aggresive spirited fun in public. there are other things they will learn from me, but i am the only one i know who can show them how to to be almost completely free spirited and express happiness publicly in a healthy “coool” way. that it is not only healthy but cool to be able to express large amounts of positive energy publicly and that people around you will respond positively back. jeffery even was shouting “pfunk1.com” and that made me very proud. i also noticed that when kimberly gets tired and sleepy she thinks everybody is against her and that i always take jeffery’s side. very interesting also was the interaction between kimberly and diamond- 13 & 10 year old girls. i thought they were fighting & arguing but they both seemed to enjoy it. an older white lady that we were sitting by asked brenda if i was an actor or something. i said “yeah, tv and screen” |
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greyhounds, gringo floyd july 2, 2001 templebar gringo floyd was more jazzy, little funky, not so spiritual. they are a large band, relatively speaking, with horns and a very cute white girl celloist. she had the cutest thick legs and i love to see white girls vibin the music. the greyhounds were the reason i came (actually it was to get away from the kids) cause i love organ-keyboards. i had seen them funk out before and even though the lead singer was very silly the music got serious and vibey during a deep blues cover of storny monday. i stood practically alone and vibed out with them eyes closed and it was good. as i left i gave a passing whattup to the drummer and he remembered me from the funkyard music festival. that kinda stuff makes me feel soooooooo gooooooood…. |
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spirit level, john black, keaton simons july 25, 2001 templebar keaton simons is a lead gutiar player who sits in with weapon of choice. it was funny but cool to see him sing in a bob dylan folky style. john black played with just him on lead and a bass. was expecting more of a band but the acoustic no-drummer type thang was cool. spirit level was a full band with percussion, keyboard and everythang. lead guitar was just like blackbyrd’s and i told him that and he knew it. after the bands, i danced till 2am till the lights came to the last beat to dj mason, who was very funky (played trouble funk). i told him i wondered who turns him and dj haul on to all this funky music, he laughed and said “how does a white boy know…” i danced alone but with a very spirited group of about 13 girls and 2 dudes. non directly inter- mixing and interacting through dance. feeling each other’s movements with very little eye contact or direct acknowledgement. the band spirit level felt our energy and it carried over to dancing with the dj. i so love the templebar. felt like i hadnt been here in a long time. it feels good to go out and be “successfull” and acknowledged for my positive spirit. when people shake my hand with a smile just cause they can feel my energy. to be acknowledged by the band, the dj and the people who work at the templebar by them letting me know they enjoy and appreciate my spirit. and its also really cool to stop and recognize that you are an alpha male on the dancefloor alone with 10-12 very cute spirited dancing females… |
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weapon of choice aug 5, 2001 templebar we went off this night, definitley took it to another level. it ends right before we went completely off- this was a very special night |
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giant people aug 10, 2001 templebar a night of firsts first time i ever saw a band leave the stage and then return for another set first time i ever saw one of the Artisan girls in the place (my house) frst time i ever saw any band asked to leave the stage (by the next performer) first time i ever left while a band was stil playing i love the templebar, and yes i would marry it |
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