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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Return is the theme for APEX Express as Host Miko Lee talks with artists from  APAture, Kearny Street Workshops annual celebration of emerging artists from the Bay Area. Miko also speaks with exiled Hong Kong activist Nathan Law about the new documentary film “Who's Afraid of Nathan Law.” Special Thanks to Jose Ng for insight into the Hong Kong movement for democracy. For more information about the subjects in tonight's show: APAture, KSW – October 13 to November 9th venues throughout the Bay Area Jalena Keane-Lee and her film: Standing Above the Clouds playing October 12 Mill Valley Film Festival October 22 Roxie Cinema – APAture Ian Santillano playing October 13, DNA Lounge – APAture Kim Requesto performing November 3, Joe Goode Anex – APAture Who's Afraid of Nathan Law playing on POV   Return Show Transcript Opening: [00:00:00] Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express.   Miko Lee: [00:00:38] Welcome to Apex Express. I'm your host Miko Lee and tonight our subject is return, which is the theme of the 25th annual APAture Kearny Street Workshop Annual Festival. It's running October 13th through November 9th, and there's going to be six showcases in venues across San Francisco. We're going to put a link in our show notes at kpfa.com backslash program apex. We're going to hear from three of the featured artists; filmmaker, Jalena Keane-Lee, dancer, Kim Requesto, and musician, Ian Santillano. Then we speak with someone who cannot return to his Homeland, exiled Hong Kong activist, Nathan Law. First off, we're going to check in with my usual co-host as PowerLeeGirls and my always daughter, filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee. Good evening and welcome to Apex Express. Tonight On Apex Express, we're talking with my daughter, Jalena Keane-Lee, and usual co host, but tonight we're going to be talking with Jalena as a filmmaker. Welcome, Jalena, to Apex Express as a guest.   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:01:48] Thank you so much for having me.   Miko Lee: [00:01:50] And I would like to talk with you about APAture, Kearny Street Workshop's annual festival. This year, you're one of several artists that are getting a showcase. The theme for this year is around Return. Can you tell us what return means to you and what you will be presenting at APAture?   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:02:11] Yes, so the theme for Kearny Street Workshop's APAture festival this year is Return and I am the featured artist for the film showcase, which is such an honor and I'm really excited about that. And I've screened previous work there in the past—short films, but it was really yeah, such an honor and privilege to be asked to be the featured artist this year. And I'll be playing my first feature documentary, which is called Standing Above the Clouds. And it follows native Hawai'ian mother-daughter activists that are standing to protect their sacred mountain called Mauna Kea from the building of a massive 30 meter telescope. And the film chronicles intergenerational healing and how to build and sustain a movement. And so I hope people come to see it and it will also be playing with a series of short films from other Asian American and Pacific Islander filmmakers. And the film showcase is October 22nd at 6 PM at the Roxy Theater in the Mission. To me, the theme of return, it's, it reminds me a lot of, I think last year's theme too, which I think was homecoming. And just thinking about, you know, returning to yourself, returning to your ancestors, returning to your sacred land. Standing Above the Clouds is all about the movement to protect Mauna Kea, which is one of the most sacred places in all of Oceania. And the highest peak in the world from the seafloor. And the summit of the mountain stands at 14,000 feet and it's also tied to Native Hawai'ian genealogy and seen as the ancestor of the people. And so the film is really all about that place that you want to return to, that place that represents, you know, home and spirituality and is an anchor and a training ground and a teacher and a leader and so many other things that, you know, our sacred places are and that they teach us. And really about, you know, protecting that space and making sure that that's a place that future generations will be able to return to. And also reflecting and processing all the ways and all the times that you have returned there and what that has taught you and brought into your life.   Miko Lee: [00:04:26] So this festival runs for multiple weeks. It actually is at the Roxy and at DNA Lounge and at the Joe Goode Annex and at Arc Gallery and Studios. We're also in the show featuring Kim Requesto, who is one of the performing artists that's featured, and then music by, the musical guest, which is Ian Santillano. And Jalena, tell me about, are you getting a chance to communicate with all the other artists and to be able to work with the other artists that are part of this festival?   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:04:58] It's the 25th year of the APAture Festival and there's a lot of really cool events for artists. I know they had a kind of orientation event and they had headshot opportunity to like get your headshot taken there. I unfortunately was out of town, so I was not able to make it and have that opportunity to mix and mingle with the other artists. But I'm excited to go to some of the events, as they happen. And there's a bunch of different showcases for, like, each different discipline. Mine is film, and then there's visual arts, music, performing arts, I believe.   Miko Lee: [00:05:33] Were you at Kearny Street Workshop last year as well? You were part of APAture last year as well.   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:05:38] Yes, I was.   Miko Lee: [00:05:40] How many years have you participated?   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:05:43] I think I've participated three years, but yeah, as I said before, this is my first time being a featured artist, so that's very special. And I know it's the 25th year of the APAture Arts Showcase, and that it's the oldest running Asian American arts showcase in the US.   Miko Lee: [00:06:03] And if folks aren't able to make this amazing APAture event, where else can they see your film Standing Above the Clouds?   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:06:10] My film will also be available through the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 12th, and it's going to play at the San Rafael Film Center at 3pm on the 12th, and then I'll also be leading a workshop on October 19th. It's a teen documentary filmmaking and activism workshop, which should be really fun. And that's with SF Film, and we'll be at their location, Filmhouse, on, yeah, October 19th. And we should be having more screenings coming up, so if you're interested in, you know, following along with the film, you can find us at Standing Above the Clouds on Instagram and Facebook, and standingabovetheclouds.com. And we'll post our screenings and different opportunities. You can also request a screening for your organization or group or school. And we'll be implementing our screening tour and impact plans in the next few years as well. And you can follow me at Jalena.KL on Instagram and other platforms as well and I post about it too. And you can also follow at Protect Mauna Kea, if you want to keep up to date with the movement to protect Mauna Kea. And there is a petition, a change.org petition to sign to push for the stopping of the telescope, which is currently still trying to be built, even though there has been over a decade of indigenous resistance and resistance that we see as successful because they have been able to stall the telescope up until this point. But yes, there's a change.org petition that you can sign that is @protectmaunakea and also @standingabovetheclouds in both of their linkinbios.   Miko Lee: [00:07:46] Thank you. And we'll put links to all of those in the show notes for Apex Express. So I know that you've been touring with the film to different cities and indeed different countries. And I'm wondering if you have felt a different reception based on the places you've been to from Toronto to Seattle to Los Angeles. What has been, what has stood out to you as you've toured this film to different locations?   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:08:06] Yeah, it's been such a blessing to be able to bring the film across the world. And I think we're really excited to we're bringing the film home to Hawai'i with the Hawai'i International Film Festival, and then also home to the Bay Area with APAture and Mill Valley. So it's really nice to have this, you know, homecoming and return, so to speak, to the places where, you know, the film is from. And touring it around, I think it's been really beautiful just seeing all the like resonance and the connections across other lines of difference with different activists, different local activists, whether it is in Toronto, or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, or Seattle, And one thing that has been a really beautiful reflection from audiences is that the film is a representation of hope and that, you know, it's a realistic portrait of organizing and movement building, which certainly is not, you know, always glamorous or easy, but one that shows the beauty of the struggle and the beauty of being in community and pushing towards something and how being in movement spaces, you know, can shape and heal and revive different parts of who you are.   Miko Lee: [00:09:16] Can you talk a little bit about what healing means to you in relationship with social justice work?   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:09:22] Standing Above the Clouds, it is about, you know, healing. And Havane, who's one of the main protagonists of the film, she has a really great line in the film, that is we don't just have to heal from this work, we heal through it too. And I think that speaks a lot to what it means to heal in movement spaces and part of the intergenerational healing that we show in the film is, you know, our, our parents generation, and this kind of older generation of women who really paved the way, and who didn't have the opportunity to really take breaks or care for themselves and their own bodies, oftentimes, and there just wasn't really any other option or it wasn't really a choice. And in the film we can see passing down to the next generation and wanting people to be able to have the opportunity to care for themselves and to, you know, have boundaries around their time and their energy and show up in these spaces when they feel completely ready and that being something that the kind of mother generation wants to pass down to the younger generation and also something that the younger generation is able to point out. In the older generation and see for themselves and I think that really plays into movement sustainability and healing is such an important part of creating movements that can be sustainable and that won't just burn people out and then kind of, you know, fizzle and fall away. So making sure that we have the space to heal and in all the different ways, like through tears, through laughter, through joy. I think is such an important part and also letting movements and work for social justice heal us and have, you know, a positive impact on us and teach us about ourselves.   Miko Lee: [00:11:19] Thank you for sharing that. I just finished reading the amazing Healing Justice Lineages book by Erica Woodard and Cara Page, and you and I just went to see Cara's exhibit about the impact of the medical industrial complex. And one of the things both Cara and Erica talk about in the book is ancestral technologies and the impact that ancestral technologies can have on healing us and the next generation. And I resonated with that so much being the mother age obviously of you, but also of the women in Standing Above the Clouds. And I'm wondering if you have thoughts on ancestral technologies that you grew up with, or that you felt like you learned from being involved with this filmmaking process for so long.   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:12:08] That's a really, ooh that's such an interesting point. I think in the film, the ancestral technology that comes to mind immediately is oli or chanting, and that is like, you know, an ancient Hawai'ian way of recording knowledge and passing down information and also praying. And, in the film, it's talked about in a few different places, how that is an ancient technology and how we only know the things that we know today, because someone passed it down orally as an oli or as a chant. And a really, a really beautiful thing about the process of making the film was being able to, to witness that and also to learn oli myself, and also to learn that Havane and Auntie Pua, who are two of the main protagonists in the film, they both write a lot of oli too. So it's an ancestral technology that's still very much alive and breathing in the present day. And I think that's so beautiful and that yeah, I hope with, you know, all of our different ancestral technologies that we access and learn about at different times that we also can see them as things that are like ever changing and kept current in the present.   Miko Lee: [00:13:29] And what would you like people to walk away with after seeing Standing Above the Clouds?   Jalena Keane-Lee: [00:13:34] I want people to walk away feeling and believing that collective liberation is possible. And that the worlds that we want to create that are centered on care, that don't discriminate based on, you know, any lines of difference, are possible. And it's our responsibility to enact those worlds and protect the things that are sacred to us and important to us. And I want people to walk away thinking about, you know, their own mom and thinking about the importance of sisterhood and community. And I want people to walk away wanting to call their best friend or their mom or reconnect with someone and talk about how it made them feel and what they want to do and what they want to stand for in their own communities. Yeah, I also want people to walk away, you know, fired up about protecting Mauna Kea and other sacred places and signing the petition to stop the 30 meter telescope, which we'll link in the show notes.   Miko Lee: [00:14:44] Thank you so much for joining us.   Next up, listen to APAture feature musician, Ian Santillano. Ian is a Filipino American singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist and producer from Hayward, California. So check out his song, “End of the Earf.”   MUSIC   That was APAture featured musician Ian Santillano with “End of the Earf.”  Now let's check in with dancer Kim Requesto. Kim, welcome to Apex Express.   Kim Requesto: [00:18:12] Hi Miko, thank you so much for having me.   Miko Lee: [00:18:20] I'm starting first with my question I love asking all people: Kim, tell me about who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?   Kim Requesto: [00:18:26] I was born in the Philippines and I immigrated to the US when I was three years old, but my entire life has been in the Bay Area. A lot of it has been informed by my family and what we've brought over from the Philippines, and that is a lot of dance and specifically Philippine folk dance, because both of my parents were actually dancers. I continue to share Philippine folkloric dance. And I've gotten deeper into that practice by doing research with different indigenous communities in the Philippines. My legacy, I feel, has expanded beyond just the stories of my family and the stories that I come from, but also, the dances and music and culture of the different indigenous communities that I've created connections and relationships with in the Philippines. And then of course, how I've been able to share that with the community here in the Bay Area, and also in the diaspora.   Miko Lee: [00:19:32] Thank you. Kim, you're a multidisciplinary artist. I know you do dance and photography and music and sharing this cultural traditions. Can you tell us a little bit about what you'll be sharing during APAture?   Kim Requesto: [00:19:45] Yes, of course. So what I hope to share during APAture is more of my performance work. Showcasing movement that I've learned while doing research in the Philippines and honing in on Philippine dance and the various traditional dance styles from the different communities in the Philippines. But also, a lot of my work is also involving my experience as someone who's grown up in the Bay area. The work that I'm presenting is really around my experience as a Filipinx American and sharing that through movement that is not just traditional, not necessarily contemporary, but a mixture and a fusion of both. I also do hope to share specifically traditional movement, just because to honor the people I've worked with in the Philippines they requested, you know, before people see this fusion part, it's important that they know what the traditional part looks like as well. I'm really excited to share dance and also some music and I'm part of the Performing Diaspora residency at CounterPulse so I'll be previewing a small work in progress that'll be showcased in December. But I'm really looking forward to just sharing movement with others, and also sharing the stage with the other artists who's part of the festival.   Miko Lee: [00:21:09] I love that. I used to study traditional Japanese noh and kyogen, and I remember one of the things that the elders used to talk about is you're not allowed to derivate from the form until you have the traditional forms down absolutely and understand what they are in your bones. And I feel like that's what your elders are saying, too. Showcase the traditional work so that the fusion work makes sense to other folks.   Kim Requesto: [00:21:34] Mhmm. And it's also, I think, just to honor the cultures back in the Philippines, just to honor them as well.  Because within, in my work, I do feel that it's important that there's a way for me to also uplift what they've taught me and then not just like what I've been doing. [Laughs] So yeah, I guess similar to, to what your elders said too, or I guess in this sense, both of our elders.   Miko Lee: [00:22:02] Yeah, I'm wondering how this fits with the theme of APAture this year, which is Return. Kearny Street Workshop says, from the Palestinian right to return, the call for the indigenous land back movement, the various migrant histories and struggles for justice in our Pacific Islander and Asian communities, and the returns we face in our personal lives. So what does return mean to you? And how is this going to showcase in the work that you're presenting?   Kim Requesto: [00:22:28] For myself, returning means finding our truth. At least to me in this present day and age [laughs] of my life, it's really finding that truth or finding our truth and being able to also share and connect with others. The theme of returning also is being able to connect and understand, not just the histories that we've experienced, but also the histories that our bodies have experienced. I guess the way we'll be seeing it in what I'm going to be sharing with everyone is really looking through the lens of movement and how I fuse my experiences as someone who is Filipino, but also who is positioned here in the Bay Area. And being able to also find my truth in that movement, because even though a lot of the movement I'll be showcasing is from the southern part of the Philippines, I'm sharing it here in the Bay Area. And also to fuse it with my experience as someone who has grown up in San Francisco. There's a different positionalities in that. My movement is also different. I think in that idea of fusion and in the idea of also learning traditional movement, but also understanding my positionality and my body and my identity and fusing that together. It's the idea of finding, going back to finding my truth and you know, for me, it's like finding that in movement.   Miko Lee: [00:24:01] Thank you so much. My last question is, what are you reading, watching, or listening to? Is there something that is sparking your imagination right now?   Kim Requesto: [00:24:11] What I'm listening to, it's a lot of like melodic, soft, instrumental music. I'm back at a period of wanting to listen to jazz or to even like classical music. And it's just been helping me breathe and I think breathing, being able to find rest, being able to find like calm. Especially since I think for my personal life, I'm getting busy. Being able to rest gives me a lot of like opportunity to be creative after I've rested. So yeah. I think listening to music that makes me happy has been really great for me finding calmness and happiness. If I had to name an artist, it would be Olivia Dean grooves. Yes.   Miko Lee: [00:25:01] Thank you. Is there anything else you'd like to add?   Kim Requesto: [00:25:04] I'm just really looking forward to APAture this year and seeing everything from all the different artists and disciplines. I think having a space in APAture with Kearny Street Workshop and just being able to continue to share art with, like, the community. The greater Bay Area community is such a privilege because it really does feel like a place where people can connect with other artists and also audience members, and I'm just really thankful to APAture and to KSW and also just thank you, Miko, for talking with me.   Miko Lee: [00:25:37] Thanks so much. I look forward to seeing your work at APAture this year. Thanks, Kim.   Kim Requesto: [00:25:42] Thanks, Miko.   Miko Lee: [00:25:43] You're listening to apex express on 94.1, KPFA Berkeley, 89.3, KPF B in Berkeley, 88.1 KFCF in Fresno and online@kpfa.org. Once again, we hear from APAture featured musician Ian Ian Santillano with “Movin' Nowhere.”   MUSIC   That was APAture featured musician Ian Santillano with “Movin' Nowhere.” Finally tonight, I speak with the person who is unable to return to his Homeland, Hong Kong activist, Nathan Law. And I also speak with filmmaker Joe Piscatella. Nathan Law was one of the student leaders during the 79 day Umbrella Movement in 2014. He is also the founder and former chair of Demosisto a new political party derived from the 2014 protests. And now he is an exile in London. I speak with both Nathan Law and documentary filmmaker, Joe Piscatella. Today we're speaking about the documentary film Who's Afraid of Nathan Law, and I'm so thrilled that we have with us both the filmmaker and Nathan Law himself. So Nathan, I want to start with you. First off, this is a question I ask many guests. Can you please tell me who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?   Nathan Law: [00:31:26] Yeah, thank you so much for the invitation, Miko. This movie is about the struggle of Hong Kong's democratic movement. As we all know, there's been decades of the Hong Kong democratic movement, in which we fight for the right to elect our leaders and universal suffrage. And this is deeply embedded into our culture because we often see Hong Kong as somewhere the East meets the West. The East is of course, the Chinese heritage, our culture, our languages. But, the Western part is that there's a big part of it that's about freedom, liberty, and the democratic way of life. So, the fight for democracy in Hong Kong has been deeply ingrained in our culture and becomes essential part of who we are. So this movie is about my story, but it's also a reflection of the way of life of Hong Kong people and what are the struggles and difficulties that they've been through and how the city of Hong Kong is being demolished by the authoritarian regime, Chinese Communist Party.   Miko Lee: [00:32:29] Nathan thanks so much. I love that you gave a little blip about what the film is about, which is powerful. I was lucky to have a chance to be able to see it, but Nathan, I'm wondering about you personally, who are your people and for you, what do you carry? Like, what's your earliest memory of social justice?   Nathan Law: [00:32:47] For me, I grew up in Hong Kong, but I was born in mainland China. So I moved to Hong Kong when I was six. I lived in the most blue collar neighborhood. I lived in public housing. My father was a construction worker and my mother was a cleaner. So when I grew up, I was not taught about social justice or democracy. My parents had the mentality that I call refugee mentality, which they only want their kids to get into a good school and get a good job and don't rock the boat. So I've not been encouraged to do anything that I'm currently doing. But, in my high school, I had a political enlightenment moment, which inspired me to get into the arena of activism in college. So when I was in high school, I learned about Liu Xiaobo the Chinese human rights activist who got the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, and the stories of Tiananmen Massacre, which was a tragedy in 1989 when there were so many workers and students, they fought for China's democracy, and then they were brutally massacred, and there were hundreds to thousands of people died because of the crackdown. So all these moments make me feel like, as a college student and as a half intellectual, I had responsibility to engage in social affairs and be involved in social activism. So that was the start of my story and the people, my people, certainly people of Hong Kong and those people who have the pursuit of freedom and democracy.   Miko Lee: [00:34:33] Thanks, Nathan. And filmmaker Joe Piscatella, can you tell us how you got the first inspiration to create this documentary around the Umbrella Movement and around Nathan?   Joe Piscatella: [00:34:44] Sure. So, in 2017 my team and I made a film prior to this called Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower and that film documents the rise of Joshua Wong in the national education movement and then through the Umbrella movement and that film won Sundance in 2017 and is still currently on Netflix. And when we were looking to do our next film we realized one, the story of Hong Kong was, was continuing. There was more story to tell as the 2019 anti extradition protests were happening, and we wanted to be able to tell that story until the next chapter. And we also were so impressed. When we were making the Joshua Wong film, we were so impressed with Nathan. We were moved by his story, we were moved by his passion, we were all inspired by what he was doing. And we realized, hey, Nathan has a phenomenal story to tell in his own right. Let's tell the story of Hong Kong through the lens of Nathan Law.   Miko Lee: [00:35:48] Thank you. And Nathan, what was the decision making factor that you decided to go along with being part of this documentary film?   Nathan Law: [00:35:58] First of all, Joe and I and the other film crew, we had a connection when the Joshua Wong documentary, uh, was being produced. So I had already had the opportunity to work with them. I think, for the team, they're not only just producing, like, a documentary, But they genuinely do care about human rights and the story of Hong Kong and the struggles. So I think that gave a huge confidence to me and my fellow Hong Kong activists that they're definitely going to tell a story that make more people to understand what we are struggling and the fight for democracy. So I think this is a great collaboration and I think this documentary encapsulates past 10 years of my life and pretty much, the struggles to democracy and I think that that has a lot of reflection on it, but also like a lot of Hong Kong people would echo what was being covered in the documentary, because my life is pretty much also the lives of many other Hong Kong people being through all these big times, democratic struggles and ending up needing to leave their hometown and to resettle in somewhere else.   Miko Lee: [00:37:14] Thank you. It's really enlightening, especially for someone like me who is fifth generation Chinese American, does not speak Chinese, and it's very hard to actually get any kind of, you know, quote unquote, accurate information about what's happening in Hong Kong and the activist movement. How would you suggest people get accurate news of what's happening in Hong Kong?   Nathan Law: [00:37:37] For now, it's extremely difficult because the press freedom in Hong Kong is being squashed. There have been a multiple actions taken by the government that they disbanded, the most free and crowd sourced and critical news outlets to the Chinese regime. And for now, most of the media in Hong Kong have to follow the orders of the government and only express certain point of view that do not upset Beijing. So we don't have much room, but still we have some very small independent media that they can still operate with a very limited resources, for example, Hong Kong Free Press. This is one channel that we can get more impartial news. But at the end of the day, there has been a vacuum of independent journalism, and that is in, like, intentionally made by the government because the government doesn't want information to be circulated. They want to control the narratives and the information that people know. And by controlling it, they can effectively push forward the propaganda. So that is a predicament of Hong Kong people. And we do want more genuine independent journalism, but the reality of Hong Kong doesn't allow.   Miko Lee: [00:39:04] And Joe, how is this film being released in Asia? What's the reception to this film in Asia?   Joe Piscatella: [00:39:12] The film has not been released yet in Asia. it is about to, it actually premieres tonight, on PBS, on, POV on PBS, and then it'll stream at pbs.org/POV for the foreseeable future. So I have not gotten what the reaction is yet in Asia to this film.   Miko Lee: [00:39:33] Okay, we'll have to wait and see. It is exciting that people can have easy access to be able to see the film on public broadcasting, at least in the United States, and we'll wait and see what happens in Asia. Nathan, you are now, with Political Asylum living in London, and I'm wondering how you practice activism there in Hong Kong when you are living in London.   Nathan Law: [00:39:56] When the political crackdown in Hong Kong took place. The activism in the diaspora community becomes much more important because we can say something that you cannot say in Hong Kong and we can raise awareness by interacting with foreign government officials and international NGOs. If you do it in Hong Kong under the restriction of the national security law now, by meeting, for example, a congressman in the US, you can easily be incarcerated and be sentenced to years of imprisonment in Hong Kong. That is how strict the political sentiment there. And also if you speak about critical things towards the government or express supportive statement to the 2019, protest, you will also be targeted, sentenced, and maybe ended up in months or years in the prison. So we've had all these court cases where people only do peaceful advocacy work without inciting violence or committing violence, but they are being thrown to jail because of speech. And it's common to have speech crime in Hong Kong. So the diaspora community shoulders certain responsibility to speak out all those demands and, and the push for Hong Kong and China's democracy. So for me, in London, there's been a growing population of Hong Kong people because of the fact that people voted with their feet, there has been a exodus of Hong Kong people for now that's already been more than 200,000 of them that have come to the UK because of the worsening liberty situation in Hong Kong. And with that many amounts of people we have a lot of community and cultural events. One of the biggest goal is to preserve the story and the history and the identity of Hong Kong people, which is being erased in Hong Kong actively by the government.   Miko Lee: [00:42:02] And what's going on with the Umbrella Movement now? Like I said, it's very hard for us outside of your film to get information about what is happening right now. Can you give us an update?   Nathan Law: [00:42:14] Yeah, the Umbrella Movement was the occupation movement 10 years ago in pursuit for democracy. It's been 10 years, but I think its legacy is still impacting Hong Kong. It's the very first civil disobedience movement in a massive scale in Hong Kong. There were hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people camping in the BCS runway in order to fight for a free and democratic society. Fast forward five years ago, there was a big, anti extradition law protest in Hong Kong in 2019 to 2020. It was the latest big uprising of Hong Kong people where you encounter much more ferocious and militant protests. And of course, it triggered a series of response from the government, which includes the implementation of the national security law, which in effect curtailed the city's freedom and civil society. So, it's been 10 years. We had more optimistic outlook of Hong Kong 10 years ago. But for now, the situation in Hong Kong is really bad, as I mentioned. Speech crime is in place, civil liberties and individual freedoms are being heavily restricted, civil society is disbanded. Some of the interviewees in the documentary, including my dearest friend, Joshua Wong, and Gwyneth Ho, they are now being in jail for more than three and a half years just because of joining a primary election, which is the thing that all democratic countries do, but in Hong Kong, it becomes a crime. And they are expecting to be sentenced, at the end of this year, to up to five to ten years of imprisonment just because they do, they do the exact same thing that other politicians in democratic countries do. So this is a really sad reality that we've put up so much effort, so much sacrifices to the democratic movement, but for now, as the Chinese regime is just so powerful. So it's difficult for us to get some progress in our democracy.   Miko Lee: [00:44:32] Is there anything that folks over here that believe and want to support the movement? Is there anything that we can do to help support the folks that are incarcerated or support the movement?   Nathan Law: [00:44:44] First of all, attention and support is really important. So by spreading words of the theme or the current situation of Hong Kong, it helps a lot. And of course we need more representative in the hill to push over Hong Kong agenda and there are a few bills about advancing Hong Kong's advocacy in the hill that's being discussed. Those are the things that we can write to our representative and ask them for support. But at the end of the day, it's also that the struggle of Hong Kong is a puzzle, a piece of puzzle in a broad picture of the struggles against authoritarianism and autocracy. We've been through a decade or two of democratic decline around the world and Hong Kong was part of it. So one thing to raise awareness of the issue of Hong Kong is also to protect your democracy. We are in an election year and you should do your homework, be educated, and be decided to come out to vote. This is an act of safeguarding our democracy.   Miko Lee: [00:45:52] And from your perspective as a Hong Kong person who's now living in London, do you have thoughts on the upcoming American presidential campaign?   Nathan Law: [00:46:03] Well, of course, this is a particularly important, election as the world has been, in like a chaotic situation as we've seen the warfare in Ukraine, in Gaza, and also all the political crackdowns in Hong Kong and around China, and also the threat to Taiwan. So for me, as a person who dedicated myself into the fight for human rights and democracy, definitely, I do hope that people can, American people can elect someone who upholds the values that we share and is very determined to, to support Taiwan and the struggle of Hong Kong. So that would be my parameter when it comes to the US election, but at the end of the day, I'm not a US citizen, so I don't really have a stake in this. campaign. But, yeah, I think we we need a leader that that can lead the free world and to do good things   Miko Lee: [00:47:06] And Nathan I know as an activist as a leader, you've gotten a lot of attention. And I know that there have been personal attacks against you for both yourself and people that are close to you, including your family members. How do you persevere through that?   Nathan Law: [00:47:26] It's difficult to cope with the harms that that's exerted, not only to you, but to your family, because they actually have nothing to do with everything I do. This collective punishment is evil, and it's intentionally used to hurt you. So it's difficult to persevere and navigate myself in these attacks, including personal attacks and also collective punishment to my family and my former colleagues. So, yeah, I think for me, it takes a lot of time to digest and to find a way to balance it. And it's not easy. One thing that I think is great to be portrayed in the film is that for us, we are activists, we are leaders, but we're not, we're not invincible. We're not without any pains and struggles. So as an activist, I think most of my time is actually being used to cope with anxiety, cope with fear, and how I can maintain as mentally healthy as possible in these political storms.   Miko Lee: [00:49:04] And how do you do that?   Nathan Law: [00:49:05] It's not easy, yeah.   Miko Lee: [00:49:06] How do you do that, Nathan? How do you cope with the anxiety and the fear? What's do you have a process that helps you?   Nathan Law: [00:49:16] I think first of all, you have to recognize that is it's normal to have these emotions. This these are definitely emotions that disturb your lives, your work, but they're normal because you are situated in an extraordinary situation and people from all corners, they want a piece of you or they want to attack you to achieve their purpose. And I think as long as you recognize it, as you, as, as long as you know that you are suffering from it, first of all, having a support group is really important for those people who understand who you are and who support you unconditionally, and also seeking professional help, no matter if it's a therapist or a psychiatrist, those who can listen to you and, and just try out. I don't think there is a one set of measures that fit for all, and that there is such a rich combination of how you can deal with anxiety and pressure. But I think the very first thing is you, you have to recognize that it's normal to have these emotion. You need to seek help and you need to try them out.  Otherwise, it's difficult for the others to help you, and those who love you would also be hurt, seeing you suffering from all these negative emotions.   Miko Lee: [00:50:47] Thank you for sharing. My last question for you, Nathan, is what was it like the first time you saw the finished documentary, seeing yourself up there on the big screen? What did that feel like for you?   Nathan Law: [00:50:58] It feels extremely weird. I still cannot get around the idea that, yeah, there's a big screen and there's my face and there's my voice. Even though I've been doing all these interviews and, and like video-taking for the past decades, it is still difficult to kind of get used to it. But also I'm, I'm glad that Joe and the team have produced a wonderful documentary. That's been a really good reception and people are understand more about Hong Kong through the lens of my story, and I'm grateful for that. So, yeah, as long as I can introduce that film to the others, go to Q&A and chat about it, I would love to do it, and I'm really proud of the result.   Miko Lee: [00:51:52] Thank you so much. And Joe, for you as the filmmaker, what is it that you want people to understand about this film?   Joe Piscatella: [00:52:01] What I want the audiences to take away is that, yes, this is the story of Hong Kong. Yes, this is the story of Nathan Law and other activists fighting for Hong Kong. But in so many ways, this is also a story for the rest of the world. Right now, we are at a point where, you know, democracy is in peril in many parts of the world. And what I want audiences to take away from this film is, if you don't participate in your democracy, if you do not do what you can to fight for and safeguard your freedoms. They can disappear very, very quickly.   Miko Lee: [00:52:37] Thank you very much, filmmaker Joe Piscatella and Nathan Law for talking with me about the new documentary film, Who's Afraid of Nathan Law?, which people can catch on POV PBS. We are so happy to see the film, to see that it's out there. I look forward to hearing more about the world's response to this powerful work. Thank you so much.   Nathan Law: [00:53:03] Yeah, thank you, Miko.   Joe Piscatella: [00:53:05] Thank you.   Ayame Keane-Lee: [00:53:07] Let's listen to one more song from APAture's 2024 featured musician Ian Santillano. This is “Overthinkings.”   MUSIC   You just listen to Ian Santillano and Āish's “Overthinkings.” You can check out Ian on Sunday, October 13th at the DNA Lounge for the APAture Music Showcase.   Miko Lee: [00:56:53] Please check out our website, kpfa.org to find out more about our show tonight. We think all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world because your voices are important. APEX Express is created by Miko Lee, Jalena Keane-Lee, Preeti Mangala Shekar, Anuj Vaidya, Swati Rayasam, Aisa Villarosa, Estella Owoimaha-Church, Gabriel Tangloao, Cheryl Truong and Ayame Keane-Lee.  Tonight's show was produced by Miko Lee and edited by Ayame Keane-Lee. Have a great night.   The post APEX Express – 10.10.24 – Return appeared first on KPFA.

Comenzamos nuestra sexta temporada analizando un disco de culto, "Come", imprescindible para una generación que vivió a tiempo real la "muerte" de Prince y su renacimiento como un símbolo. Un disco conceptual que supuso el final de una era. Contextualizamos el álbum junto a nuestra compañera Carmen Murillo y lo analizamos canción a canción. Saiber os retará en su sección habitual "Can I Play With U?" y Shockadelica inaugura una nueva sección, "Elephants and Flowers". Purple Music somos Shockadelica, StarrChild y Saiber. Puedes encontrarnos en: iVoox: https://bit.ly/31qkaqX Apple: https://apple.co/2SGQ3IN Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6tZKDtHU9wrSZAr6ADvU2V?si=50cb872160d34a60 Web: https://purplemusic.es Instagram: @purplemusicpodcast Facebook: @purplemusicpodcast y el grupo Purple Music: Un podcast sobre Prince Twitter: @PurpleMusicPod1 Correo electrónico: podcast AT purplemusic.es ¡Envíanos tus comentarios! Stay tuned, stay funky! Música de sintonía: Purple Music (Prince), remix by PMP. Intro creada por Shockadelica. Música de cierre: "Come", en DNA Lounge, San Francisco, 12 de abril de 1993. The Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson is not affiliated, associated, or connected with Purple Music Podcast nor has it endorsed or sponsored Purple Music Podcast. Further, the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson has not licensed any of its intellectual property to the producers of Purple Music Podcast. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. We just want to share our love for Prince music.

What a journey this set was. Closing out Friday night, we have legendary techno DJ: Amber! As it was the closing set, this is a definite journey with hints of many genres infused into the trip. This isn't your momma's chugging. You thought you didn't like techno and then you heard Amber's RIPEcast. More about Amber: Amber was drawn to hard techno thanks to musical influences from her family and exposure to the remarkable San Francisco rave scene. In the 2000s, she released four mix CDs on her own label, iamthedj Recordings. Her remixes were featured on numerous compilations. More recently, she has increasingly focused on digital releases and livestreams alongside live events.Amber co-founded NorCal DJ and Music Production Academy in San Francisco and was a resident DJ with the Sister SF collective. In the 2000s, she co-hosted :CODE, a nightlife and electronic music television show broadcast in the San Francisco Bay Area. The series was closely tied to her weekly event of the same name at DNA Lounge. Visit iamthedj.com for more music and media. More from Amber: Mixcloud: mixcloud.com/amberthedj Instagram: instagram.com/amberthedj Twitter: twitter.com/amberthedj Twitch: twitch.tv/amberthedjTwitch http://iamthedj.com

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Support KTRA on Patreon and get extra shows here: https://www.patreon.com/ktra Back in America, this weeks show is Kutski set live from San Francisco last weekend!! KTRA 2022 The Album is now available here: https://2022.keepingtheravealive.com Full tracklist: Tracklist Get KTRA Merchendise here: KTRA Merch Grab the KTRA 2021 album here: KTRA 2021 Support Kutski with a virtual beer here: Beer Commission Kutski for a custom DJ mix here: Commission Kutski Grab music from the KTRA store here: KTRA Digital Store Follow Kutski on Twitch for livestreams here: Kutski Twitch KTRA on Spotify: Spotify

Recently we had a four guest panel to have some Real Talk on Sex work with our special guests Jasmine, Auntie Vice (Rebecca Blanton), Cathy Reisenwitz, and Kathryn. Jasmine is a Psychotherapist, the owner and lead therapist of Blue Pearl Therapy. Jasmine co-owns, with partner King Noire, award-winning Royal Fetish Films and together have over 20 years of experience as adult entertainers, directors and producers.Their work on the Decolonization of Sex & Porn and Politics has been featured in Huffington Post, Rolling Stones, Paper Magazine, VICE, Playboy, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, BBC, Psychology Today and more. Auntie Vice is a kink educator and writer. They run the award-winning blog Love Letters to a Unicorn and have published 3 non-fiction works about BDSM. Their work uses an academic approach to understanding identity, intrapersonal power dynamics, gender, and sexuality. They also run the podcast Fat Chicks on Top. Cathy Reisenwitz is a writer with bylines in TechCrunch, The Week, VICE, Daily Beast, and other publications. Her newsletter is Sex and the State. Kathryn is a burlesque performer, sex educator, and a former pro-domme and sex worker of over 20 years. The conversation doesn't end there! You can find bonus content from this episode on our patreon, where you will also get exclusive access to group support, discounts to events, and so much more! Become a Patron and join our mission to create a world of healing, free from sexual shame! You can keep up with our guests and follow them: jetsettingjasmine.com / royalfetishxxx.com / @jetsetjasmine Cathy's Newsletter: Sex and the State: http://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com; Twitter: @cathyreisenwitz. AuntieVice.com; LoveLettersToAUnicorn.com; Fat Chicks on Top Podcast on all streaming services; @AuntieVice on Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, Facebook, and FetLife Kathryn can be found at juicydlight on all platforms. She emcees burlesque shows for Hubba Hubba Revue at the DNA Lounge in SF. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nika-cherrelle/support

This week we've got a banger for y'all with veteran Amber's techno set from the Unison Campout. Here's what Amber had to say about the mix: "This set was recorded at the Unison Campout at 1am as a light rain began to fall on the dancefloor. It was glorious and welcomed. If anyone out there plays techno and streams on Twitch, drop me a line as I'd love to consider having you on my Maximal Techno stream. Go to iamthedj.com to contact me." About Amber: San Francisco-based Amber is an ambassador for uncompromising hard techno. Active since the 90s, Amber was a resident DJ with the woman-centered collective Sister SF, co-founded NorCal DJ and Music Production Academy, and co-hosted :CODE, a nightlife and electronic music television show and weekly at DNA Lounge. She currently hosts Maximal Techno weekly on Twitch. More from Amber: Mixcloud: mixcloud.com/amberthedj Instagram: instagram.com/amberthedj Twitter: twitter.com/amberthedj Twitch: twitch.tv/amberthedjTwitch http://iamthedj.com

Back in 1999, the Primus website presented You Don't Know Cock, a parody trivia game about the band. Alas, they dropped the game from a website migration, and it was lost history. However, nothing digital truly dies.Watch the gameplay on Youtube: https://youtu.be/SxdOT6oekq8Music for today's episode is Primus with Adam Gates as Bob Cock and the Yellow Sock, performing at the DNA Lounge in 1992. https://www.instagram.com/primustrackshttps://twitter.com/PrimusTracks

Welcome to our tenth episode spectacular! Hosted by REID SHERMAN, DAVID GUINEA, and special guest YADA.

Cyber/Ethno: a set of Celt Islam (England), whose background brings multi-ethnic influences of Middle Eastern, Dub & Indian music underlined with high-energy western Cyberpunk. Mid Era: new Miktek (Greece), Altus (Canada) & Gert Blokzijl (Holland) PsyTrance: with a hard edge featuring new MNK (Russia) and a slice from a live performance by Hallucinogen (England)     TIME....ARTIST......................TRACK............................RELEASE    00:00  [Intro-Cyber/Ethno]    00:50 Celt Islam                    tariqa                             I Am Electonik           06:17 Celt Islam                    ignition                          Acid Anarchist    10:12 Celt Islam                    acid anarchist               Acid Anarchist    14:52 Celt Islam                    nabeela                          Esoteric    21:52 Celt Islam                    baghdad                        Baghdad          25:35 Celt Islam                    muqaddim                    Worlds We Know    29:36 Celt Islam                    vision                             Electro Dunya    33:23 Celt Islam                    primal man                            41:19 [break-Mid Era]           43:43 Johan Tronestam      the star appegiator        Planet X (2018)     50:32 Miktek                          omnubilate                     Hereafter    56:00 Altus                             foreign visitors                Hypoxia 1:04:45 Gert Blokzijl                part 1                               Diagnosis 1:16:50 Awen                            ko                                      Awakenings 2005 1:22:14 [break-PsyTrance] 1:24:28 Hallucinogen              live at DNA Lounge (excerpt)      1:31:30 Taho                             atlantess                            Blue Planet 1:38:24 Phono Input               translunar objects            Translunar Objects 1:47:15 Terra Nine                   incandescent                    Eternity 1:56:21 MNK                              slipped the moment        Spacechillers 4 2:03:24 [Outro]   Keywords: International electronic music internet electronic artists unsigned electronic artists Ambient Tribal Trance PsyTance Ethno/PsyTrance IDM Dub Step Mid Era Berlin School

ENJOY THE MUSIC AND BE CREATIVE -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- SUPPORT PSYBIENT.ORG : ORDER STICKERS => https://www.psybient.org/love/shop PATREON SUPPORT => http://bit.ly/support-psybient-sc PAYPAL SUPPORT => http://bit.ly/donate-psybient-sc -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- psybient.org podcast ep19 - Neon Jesus - Best of 2019-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- - dj mix & selection : Neon Jesus https://soundcloud.com/jason-taylor-149 https://www.facebook.com/neonJesusDJ/ - podcast idea : iurii "Gagarin Project" of Psybient.org https://www.gagarinproject.org/ https://soundcloud.com/gagarinproject https://www.psybient.org/ Mix Concept : This mix includes many of my favorite tracks from 2019, tracks that affected or inspired me. More than that, it is also a story, a journey of highs and lows, high energy and quiet contemplation, conflict and resolution, much like the journey we all take every trip around the sun. 2019 was an incredible year for music, with artists and producers creating some amazing tracks. I am incredibly thankful and honored to be able to bring you all this small sample of the amazing works from these highly talented people. Thank you very much for listening! -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Artist Bio: Jason (Neon Jesus) resides in San Jose California. He learned to mix spinning trance on vinyl in the 90's. In recent years, he has expanded his styles to include all things psychedelic: ambient, chill, dub, downtempo and trance. He has played on the Lotus Stage at the Shankra Festival in Switzerland, Transylvania Calling in Romania, as well as at the famed DNA Lounge in San Francisco, California. He is a resident DJ with Psyahgha, and hosts a monthly psychill and downtempo party in Sacramento, California. -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Tracklist: Time Artist Name 00:00 Driftsitters - Frozen (Unknown Reality Rmx) - Gaia [Nano Records] 03:27 Babilu - Exchange of Energy - Spirit Fragments [Mindspring Music] 07:45 Pangani - Rainbow Nosed Gorillas - Superdeep [self released] 13:08 Advanced Suite - Psybrations - Forever Blooming [self released] 16:14 Nanosphere - Dematerialize - Floating Realms [Shanti Planti] 21:01 Wolf Tech - Songbird - Weird World [Shanti Planti] 24:02 Kaminanda - Elven Forest - Elemental Garden [self released] 29:43 Spatialize - Beyond the Radar - Beyond The Radar [self released] 34:34 Mystic Crock - Interspace Trip - Seduced Senses [Nomad Records] 40:42 Zen Baboon - Lacuna Batata - Origiro [Baboon Clinic] 45:16 IshDub - Shanty Boy - BassLife [Dubmission Records] 48:43 Kaminanda - Waters Within - Elemental Garden [self released] 53:01 Lauge - Northbound (ft. Feeding Spring) - Dawn [Iboga Records] 58:33 I.M.D - Energia Infinta - Mensaje al Corazón [Altar Records] 1:04:14 Dreaming Cooper - Rising Up - Exploring The Universe [Altar Records] 1:10:08 Dreaming Cooper - Pilot - Exploring The Universe [Altar Records] 1:16:21 Astral Waves - Forest Wanderer (Original Mix) - Angelique [Altar Records] 1:22:07 Unknown Reality - Simple Things - Gaia [Nano Records] 1:24:26 Klaada - Celestial Temple - Antipodes Of The Self Conscious Mind [Mindspring Music] 1:32:26 Klaada - Encounters With Other Levels Of Reality - Antipodes Of The Self Conscious Mind [Mindspring Music] 1:36:53 Astronaut Ape - Iceberg - Deep [Microcosmos Records] 1:40:19 I.M.D - Mensaje al corazón - Mensaje al Corazón [Altar Records]

The Platform episode 205 features a mix by Erivera Reyes, a DJ and producer from Los Angeles, California. He's performed at some of the most iconic venues and music festivals in the nation such as Coachella, Avalon Hollywood, House Of Blues, DNA Lounge and many others. Lately he's been focusing on production for record labels as well as curating mix series with several pools like Club Killers, Moon Landing and more. Today he brings you a 40 minute mix filled with trap and high energy tracks. Follow him on socials by clicking the links below and enjoy Erivera Reyes latest mix, on The Platform. FB: facebook.com/eriverareyes IG: instagram.com/eriverareyes SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/eriverareyesofficial Twitter: twitter.com/eriverareyes Web: insomniac.com/erivera-reyes

We recorded Live during the 10th Anniversary of DAM SF @ DNA Lounge, a Dance, Fashion and Music Show. We talked to some fans of the show and also some performers. We also gave our opinions on each performance of the night, never holding back on the real tea according to us and us alone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whats-the-5678/support

If you like what we're doing at the Voice of Electronic Music Podcast, please consider supporting us by becoming a patron for mugs, shirts, early access to videos, additional content, and more.Scott Brio on Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/rxq6vza Chris Archey is a event planner, promoter, and talent buyer for DNA Lounge. His event company Olympus Events has partnered with Vial Events to create some of the biggest dubstep, electro, and electronic events in the Bay Area. Chris has recently taken on the talent-buyer position at DNA Lounge, a legendary music venue in San Francisco that was once Prince's favorite after hours spot, and at one point owned by John Schneider, brother of comedian/actor Rob Schneider. Chris Archey Social Media:Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/ra2p5qf Olympus Events:Website: https://tinyurl.com/rdyxpzqTwitter: https://tinyurl.com/smrvgb7 DNA Lounge: Website: https://www.dnalounge.com/Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/rq9mwxq Vital Events:Website: https://tinyurl.com/qupudxzFacebook: https://tinyurl.com/rts2ca2 If you'd like an easy way to listen to new episodes and be notified of new episodes, follow us here:VEM Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/y37ur338VEM iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/y2vr7lvqVEM Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yddjof58VEM Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/y2yfs7o4VEM Stitcher: http://tinyurl.com/yy6cbaubVEM Podbean: https://scottbrio.podbean.com/Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/ScottBrio/ Halcyon, San Francisco: http://www.halcyon-sf.com/main/ #VEM #VoiceOfElectronicMusic

Drinks on us podcast with J.Slai Check out the new album: https://linktr.ee/nahmeannamsayin Follow me @ FB and IG: @nahmeannamsayin Twitter: @nahmeannamsayin1 Mixed and Recorded at: Tmpl Studios Kelvin Wang. Behind the decks J. Slai is a genre bender. He takes pride in gathering all of his musical influences and mixing them seamlessly to provide listeners with an intricate journey with unexpected twists. In 2017, J. Slai’s unique style of mixing captivated the attention of Grammy Nominated Artist, Deorro, who awarded J. Slai an opening slot on his Existence Bus Tour. Depending on the lineup he is on, he knows how to cater to crowds of all ages, and musical tastes, while still maintaining his musical integrity. Most recently, J. Slai’s love for Psytrance, Rawstyle, Hip-Hop, and Latin music, has been showcased in his original production, resulting in hybrid sounds that are pushing the envelope, and are impressing the likes of Deorro, Ben Nicky, Gommi, DJ Bl3nd, and Tye Guys. Over the past 2 years, J. Slai has played at some the most prestigious venues in Northern California like, Temple SF, Pure Nightclub, The Warfield SF, DNA Lounge, Amplify SF, The Ritz SJ, Aura Nightclub, The Park Ultra Lounge, Oakland Metro Opera House, San Jose Convention Center, and San Jose Live. Along with these appearances, he has shared the stage with countless established artists such as, Deorro, 4B, Wiwek, Joyryde, Audiofreq, Gammer, Moksi, Keys N Crates, Cesqeaux, Botnek, and Pegboard Nerds. J.slai: soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jslai Twitter: https://twitter.com/jslai_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j.slai/ #hardstyle #200bpm #podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinksonus/support

BB Hayes is a DJ and music producer from the Bay Area. He DJ'd for over a decade in San Jose, California before transitioning into becoming a San Francisco DJ, taking over some of the cities biggest and best nightclubs like Ruby Skye, DNA Lounge, 1015 Folsom, and The EndUp. BB also got his start in the music industry by working on the radio doing DJ mix sets for St. John's House Nation and remixes for 106.9 KMEL and Wild 97.7 (eventually Wild 94.9).    BB Hayes Social: Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/yxcnzlyq Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/yxe4e2md Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/y3jrrczr Mixcloud: https://tinyurl.com/yyarpcz8 Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y4ndh9le Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/yxd8xtul If you'd like an easy way to listen to new episodes and be notified of new episodes, follow us here:VEM Instagram: @voice_of_electronic_musicVEM Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/y37ur338VEM iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/y2vr7lvqVEM Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yddjof58VEM Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/y2yfs7o4VEM Stitcher: http://tinyurl.com/yy6cbaubVEM Podbean: https://scottbrio.podbean.com/Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/ScottBrio/ Halcyon, San Francisco: http://www.halcyon-sf.com/main/

Prowling around Stockton, CA and into the studio today is cosmo coyote! This yote has been known for playing gigs in California for well over 5 years as well as hosting his own events in California for the same frame of time. His roots draw into turntablism and finding that funky fresh sounding UK garage house that draws inspiration from the roots of the genre and combining that with the loud dubstep/trap movement of California. He has played at places such as the DNA Lounge, City Nights, Temple and TFF2019. This coyote mixtape is going to be sure to get your booty shaking to the groovy beats. SUPPORT AND FOLLOW COSMO COYOTE: SoundCloud YouTube Facebook SUPPORT AND FOLLOW FURRY RAVE CREW: Twitter Telegram JOIN THE CREW BY APPLYING HERE Vinyl logo designed by D E / M O Podcast intro produced by Rob Sqrl Mastering by COSMO COYOTE Podcast feed hosted and maintained by @Veyote

  Danny Delorean has been a staple in the San Francisco music scene as a DJ and party host for well over a decade. With multiple musical aliases, he and Johnny 5 put on a weekly Dubstep party called Ritual at Temple nightclub, and now he's a crucial part of the Turbo Drive team, a recurring Synthwave party at DNA Lounge. The 11th Street strip in San Francisco has been ground-zero for music and nightlife for decades. In this episode we dive into some of the history of these legendary venues, Danny's upcoming Fyre Festival mock event called "Fyre'd", and what it takes to run a weekly music event at a major nightclub like Temple.  Danny Delorean social: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dannydeloreanmusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DannyDelorean?ref=br_rs FYRE'd: A Fyre Festival Mock Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1945246955572495/   If you'd like an easy way to listen to new episodes and be notified of new episodes, follow us here:VEM Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yddjof58VEM Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/scottbrio/sets/voice-of-electronic-musicVEM Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/scott-brio/voice-of-electronic-music-vemVEM Podbean: https://scottbrio.podbean.com/Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/ScottBrio/ Halcyon, San Francisco: http://www.halcyon-sf.com/main/

On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell recorded on Saturday, July 28, 2018:eyecandylab develops tech to bring AR experiences to TV programming. Co-Founder Robin Sho Moser joins via Skype to talk about their platform augment.tv and its US debut on Nickelodeon. Do you like robots? How about a well-crafted drink? Well, throw that in a Venn diagram and you end up with drinkbots. We show you a bit of DNA Lounge's fifth annual Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge here in SF, and we meet Dr. Bombay (Samuel Coniglio), Kiki Jewell, and Katherine Becvar, the makers of the TikiTron in-studio. Their drinkbot uses several Raspberry Pi 3s, 12 peristaltic pumps, Adafruit DC & Stepper Motor HATs, and requires a sacrifice. Megan Morrone gives her review of the Amazon Cloud Cam security camera that works with Alexa.  Jason reviews the first Chrome OS tablet, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 after spending several weeks with it.   Leo and Jason also talk about why New York is kicking Spectrum internet out of the state. Plus, the details behind the ACLU's test of Amazon's facial recognition system. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Howell Guests: Robin Sho Moser, Samuel Coniglio, Katherine Becvar, Kiki Jewell, and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers. Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: RocketMortgage.com/NSS

On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell recorded on Saturday, July 28, 2018:eyecandylab develops tech to bring AR experiences to TV programming. Co-Founder Robin Sho Moser joins via Skype to talk about their platform augment.tv and its US debut on Nickelodeon. Do you like robots? How about a well-crafted drink? Well, throw that in a Venn diagram and you end up with drinkbots. We show you a bit of DNA Lounge's fifth annual Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge here in SF, and we meet Dr. Bombay (Samuel Coniglio), Kiki Jewell, and Katherine Becvar, the makers of the TikiTron in-studio. Their drinkbot uses several Raspberry Pi 3s, 12 peristaltic pumps, Adafruit DC & Stepper Motor HATs, and requires a sacrifice. Megan Morrone gives her review of the Amazon Cloud Cam security camera that works with Alexa.  Jason reviews the first Chrome OS tablet, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 after spending several weeks with it.   Leo and Jason also talk about why New York is kicking Spectrum internet out of the state. Plus, the details behind the ACLU's test of Amazon's facial recognition system. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Howell Guests: Robin Sho Moser, Samuel Coniglio, Katherine Becvar, Kiki Jewell, and Megan Morrone The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers. Thanks to CacheFly for the bandwidth for this show. Sponsor: RocketMortgage.com/NSS

In today's installment, the Dads convene upstairs at The DNA Lounge in scenic San Francisco with one-man wrecking crew Paul Ryan (Origin) to discuss licks, riffs, shreds, dicks, and donuts. It's a veritable buffet of off-color topics, ending in a crescendo of shame and horror. Join us! Also open for debate: Your Dad's Dick, Shred Begley Jr., More Than a Feeling, Death Metal Dads (Now On Netflix), Dead On A Cruise Ship, How Sociopathetics Clip Your Toenails, BYOB Strip Clubs, Mostly Cum And Farts, The Entire Shipping Department At Camco Drum Pedals, An Automotive Diagnostic of Death Metal Music, Hot Takes About Obituary, Now With The Internet And Everything, The VP of Sweeps, Hitler Was A Vegan, Infernal Hailz/Come To Brasil, "Nature Is My Jam", Dez Cadena In A Dashiki, Topeka/Tapioca, Good Times At The Maritime Hall (RIP) and The Pound (RIP), A Lot Of Talk About Gorefest, Paul's Seaside Estate, George Lucas vs Lucas Mann, An Intimate Phone Encounter, Hatebreed Hatespeech, Fairly Biblical, The Car Crash Story, Exhumed And Their Halfway House Program, A "Covfefe" Reference, Bad Ideas For "Bonus Content", Thrash Metal Bangs, Our Stupid Ass Show, NASCAR's Mike Smith, Suffocation's Mike Smith, Strange Things Afoot In The Back Room At Guitar Center, Shelby's Racism... Exposed!, If At The Gates Were Younger And More Attractive, Steel Toe Abortions, Rubik's Cubes And Rotary Phones, The Benefits of A Plant-Based Diet, A Wizard In A Garage Making Amps and Pedals, Sixty Acres of Land In Marin, Mike And The Mechanics Chat, A Black Metal Band In Tennis Clothing, "The Bleeding", "The Hurting", "The Wizard of Oz", and "Dark Side of The Moon", Gangbanging For God, A Simply Red Cassette In A Nissan Pathfinder, The Fixie Bikes And The Ironic Moustaches, Four Kinds of Vegan Donuts, Phobiaphobic, Fatherly Advice, and of course, The DMD... Plug? Music: Origin, "Mithradatic" The Manson Family, "Scratching Peace Symbols In Your Tombstone"

Det stora jobbavsnittet! Vi pratar om att jobba frilans, hur kort tid man jobbar i amerikanska företag och hur svårt det är att koncentrera sig i öppna kontorslandskap. Samt förstås en del servrar, operativsystem, och en riktigt, riktigt dålig film. Många riktigt dåliga filmer, till och med. Dåliga uppföljare råkade visst bli ett tema. Vi skojar inte, det här är filmer man inte ska se. 01:27: PHP på CentOS 7 05:54: Uppföljning - Spotlight 08:03: Jocke saknar Mac på jobbet 13:08: Frilansa, driva eget med mera 34:18: Hindenburg: Fredrik gillar 40:33: Folk jobbar 1,8 år på amerikanska företag 47:41: Jocke börjar med … karate! 52:27: 99mac blir 99.se 1:07:42: Störningar på arbetsplatser 1:14:36: Historiens sämsta uppföljare? 1:24:07: DMZ retro #2 är i produktion! 1:25:48: Fler hemska uppföljare Länkar PHP Centos 223 - frilansaravsnittet av Kodsnack Johan - känd från En podd om teknik Free agents Make a living - avsnitt 9 handlade om drömjobbet Freddie Wadling Statliga inkomstgarantin för konstnärer Reklamfolk - en dokumentär från 1966 Hindenburg Audacity Izotope Folk jobbar 1,8 år på amerikanska företag New York-podden, avsnittet om jobb Jamie Zawinski DNA lounge 99mac blir 99.se, haveri eller bra idé? GDPR Why you can’t concentrate at work Maze runner  Maze runner: the scorch trials - vad i helvete? Datormagazin retro #2 Datastorm Alien vs predator Alien vs predator: requiem är riktigt, riktigt dålig Flykten från L.A. - nej, nej Batman & Robin - nej, nej och åter nej Fullständig avsnittsinformation finns här: https://www.bjoremanmelin.se/podcast/avsnitt-92-99-allt-mojligt.html.

There are few guarantees in life - death, taxes, Tom Brady's chin - but this week; we here at SK Morton's Lousy San Francisco Podcast offer this guarantee: Directionless ranting. Disheartened after a weak opening Petes's life changes when he meets SK who is "tremendously excited with life [and the prospect of Patreon income]", and he begins to long for the freedom of the road and income of driving for Uber. "Somewhere along the line I knew there would be elephant ears, Ed Lee's mustache, robotic cars; somewhere along the line the FLOTUS would be handed to me. Now the bug was on us again, and the bug's name was the Beatles. First we talk about Chapelle's monologue on SNL and SK's introduction to the black community. This soon degenerates into an argument over which comics are funny and which reinforce Pete's personal brand of nihilism. This segment ends with a chronographical, if not cohesive, note when SK announces his YouTube discovery of History Buffs. "What we accomplished by talking about Frisco I don't know". Having obtained divorce papers in Mexico, we end the show with discussions about the DNA Lounge, San Francisco's soon-to-be 2nd tallest building: Ocean Wide Center, and buskers getting the floppy-soled boot on Market street with a quick reminder of Pete's humble beginings. "He'll be alright", SK later reflects as he sits on the 47 under the San Francisco sky and states: "...I think of Pete, I even think of Old Pete the father we never found, I think of Pete."

We had the guys from King Shelter stop by the podcast when they were in San Francisco! Rather, we stopped by their show in San Francisco at DNA Lounge last Thursday! We chatted about a lot of different things, some music related, some not music related. This was a very fun one! www.facebook.com/KingShelter @KingShelter This has been another Shameless Promotion.

Recorded in March 2015 in San Francisco before her performance at the DNA Lounge, Valentina Martin caught me up on her life - a fusion of her talents and passions. I happened to be in town spending time with my husband (we eloped in January 2015!). I timed it just right so I could take Valentina’s Belly Fusion workshop that combines belly dancing and hooping. She’s an amazing teacher and I continue to say that I want to be her when I grow up.   Imitation is supposedly the sincerest form of flattery. I made a run at imitating Valentina when I went to the Rose City School of Burlesque and combined my hooping with a couple of acts. That lasted about 6 months basically because 1) I accomplished my goal and 2) it’s hard to come up with a new act and costume every couple of weeks! My hat - and bra! - off to this lady. She has created spectacular performances and shows with her hoop troupe, The Hoop Unit, her belly dancing and burlesque talents and now in Twisted Orbit, her partnership with her husband, Steve Bags. Fusion.   Lucky for me Valentina and Bags were teaching a Partner Possibilities workshop at Hoopcamp this fall. Now even I can juggle and partner hoop! Looking forward to teaching those new skills to my hoop friends and maybe even my husband. Enjoy the interview and please explore the many, many links to her work. Happy Hooping!   Video Goodness Unity YouTube Channel Twisted Orbit YouTube Channel Circling the Infinite - Twisted Orbit Twisted Orbit Manipulation Theater June 2015 Unity Hoops Website Unity Hoops Facebook Page Twisted Orbit Facebook Page Performers Without Borders https://vimeo.com/135901309 https://pwbblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/sombra-2/ Hoopcamp Retreats DNA Lounge Music by the dawn machine https://soundcloud.com/thedawnmachine/sets

CLUBcast is your home for the latest & greatest Electronic Dance Music.   Episode 170 features a live set by MP from Plur Alliance's "Electric Touch" event at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, Ca on October 2nd.   Track List: 1. Axwell & Ingrosso - On My Way (Dave Winnel Remix) 2. Sander Van Doorn - Gold Skies (MP Mashup) 3. DVBBS - Never Leave 4. Afrojack Ft. Miss Palmer - No Beef (Reez Remix) 5. Aftershock - Octopus 6. Cheddah The Connect Ft. TWayne - Flicka Da Wrist (Sam F Remix) 7. Ellie Goulding - Lights (Convex X Fransis Remix) 8. Henry Fong & SCNDL - Ass Up 9. Firebeatz - Go 10. Goja - Gradient 11. Twoloud - The Biz 12. Lazy Rich & Hot Mouth Vs. DJ Snake & Junior Senior - Move Your Bonk (Funked Mashup) 13. Naten - NYE 2099 14. Twoloud & Qulinez - Perfection 15. Bali Bandits - Need Someone 16. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (White Panda Remix) 17. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (MP Mashup) 18. Futuristic Polar Bears - Night Vision   MP: https://www.twitter.com/CLUBcastMP https://www.facebook.com/CLUBcastMP   CLUBcast: https://www.Twitter.com/CLUBcastpodcast https://www.Facebook.com/CLUBcastpodcast  

CLUBcast is your home for the latest & greatest Electronic Dance Music. Hosted & Mixed by Envisional Avicii – For A Better Day (KSHMR Remix) Matisse & Sadko – Memories (Cosmo & Skoro Remix) Tom Fall & JES – Come Back Shaun Frank & KSHMR Feat. Delaney Jane – Heaven Ansolo Feat. Too Man Zooz – To Life Disco Fries Feat. Fatman Scoop – Volume Armin Van Buuren & Hardwell – Off The Hook JETFIRE & Mr. Black Feat. Sonny Wilson – Boombox Firebeatz – Go Watermat & MOGUAI – Portland (Mark Rowan Remix) Loopers – Tell Me Dannic vs. Tom & Jame – Clap Goja – Gradient Henry Fong & Joel Fletcher Feat. Savage – Bad Bitches Sander Van Doorn & Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano – ABC Tiesto & Don Diablo Feat. Thomas Troelsen – Chemicals Loopers – Higher Tom & Jame – Find You EVENTS: Oct. 2nd: MP at Electric Touch. DNA Lounge. San Francisco, CA. http://bit.ly/1LIFux3 ENVISIONAL: Twitter      https://www.twitter.com/iamenvisional Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ CLUBcast: Twitter      https://www.twitter.com/CLUBcastpodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CLUBcastpodcast

CLUBcast is your home for the Latest & Greatest Electronic Dance Music.   Mixed by Wand England. Hosted by MP   Track List:   1. Cirez D,Jewelz & Sparks vs. Macklemore - Can't On Off Us (Tong Apollo Hand up Edit) 2. Merk & Kremont, Toby Green, Lenny Kravitz vs Thomas Newson, MAKJ - Are You Gonna Go My Way Black (Korja Edit) 3. Firebeatz & Tiesto, Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Sky High Is Your Love (E-VELIN & Wand England Edit) 4. Tujamo & Wolfpack - Drop The Sax (Day Kingsley & Wand England Mashup) 5. Lost Frequencies, Dash Berlin, Tiesto & DallasK - Lost Show Me (ANDY & Wand England Mashup) 6. Alvaro & Mercer, Lil Jon vs Chardy, Timmy Trumpet - Welcome To The Melbournia (Baran Ozhan Bootleg) 7. Haddaway Vs Tujamo - What Is Booty Bounce (Sacha DMB & Andy D Mashup) 8. Fox Stevenson & Curbi, Steve Angello feat. Mako - Children Of The Hoohah (Ronium & Wand England Mashup) [Exclusive] 9. Dannic & Merk & Kremont vs Jewelz & Scott Sparks - Dope Anubi (DJ Machh & Wand England Mashup) 10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Vs Matt Watkins - Heads Will Africa (ANDY Edit) 11. Jay Hardway & Mike Hawkins, Afrojack & Martin Garrix - Freedom Speakers (Ronium & Wand England ''Fuck Her Right In The Pussy'' VIP Edit) 12. R3hab & Calvin Harris vs. Avicii - Burnin' Nights (Wand England & FLAAR Mashup) 13. Mike Hawkins vs New World Sound - Soldiers Muzz (LeCube MashUp) 14, Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation (Slice N Dice Edit Bootleg) 15. 3LAU feat. Luciana vs. Henry Fong & J-Trick - Bang Scream (Ronium & Wand England Mashup) 16. Bruno Mars Vs Alesso, Djs From Mars - Just Tear The Years For What (Wand England Mashup) 17. Martin Garrix vs. Matisse & Sadko, Rihanna - You Da One Dragon (Ronium & Wand England Mashup) 18. Alesso vs DVBBS & Dropgun vs Joeyyy - Heroes (Yair Raviv Pyramids Edit) 19. JAGGS & Dada Life - BleepDiFreak Have More Fun (Ronium & Wand England Mashup) 20. Ronium & Wand England - ID [Exclusive] 21. TJR vs Nirvana - Bounce Hypnotized (Tony Rockwell Mashup) 22. Lazy Rich & Hot Mouth, DJ Snake, Junior Senior - Bonk Your Feet (ID Mashup) 23. Dubvision & Mako - Shadow Of The Heart (Day Kingsley & Wand England Mashup)   EVENTS: Friday Oct 2nd - MP (10-11/11:30) @ DNA Lounge in San Francisco, CA https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2015/10-02.html   CLUBcast Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/CLUBcastpodcast?fref=ts https://twitter.com/clubcastpodcast   Wand England Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/WandEngland?fref=ts https://twitter.com/wandengland  

Whatever else one says about "Point Break Live!," you have to agree there aren’t many other live entertainments where the audience is doused with water, beaned by flying sandwiches, robbed at gunpoint by guys wearing Richard Nixon masks, and . . . um . . . spattered with blood. Fake blood, but yeah, blood. Welcome to "Point Break LIVE!" an astonishingly weird, loose-limbed spoof of the iconic, 1991 cult-hit B-movie starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey. "Point Break Live!" - or PBL to its fans - was conceived written by Jaime Keeling in 2003. Today, twelve years after its initial debut, this giddy over-the-top “extreme theater” extravaganza of coarseness and crudity is still going strong. On the first Friday of every month, the cast of the long running L.A. production brings the show up to San Francisco, unleashing PBL at the South-of-Market DNA Lounge. The show’s story is more-or-less that same as the movie. A young FBI agent, and former college quarterback named Johnny Utah infiltrates a ring of beach-dwelling daredevils who rob banks by day and surf waves by night. Known as “the ex-presidents,” they commit their crimes wearing rubber masks of Nixon, Reagan, Ford and Carter. The ring is led by the guru-like Bohdi (Swayze, in the film, Sam Snowden on stage). Bohdi lives by the principle, “If you want to experience the ultimate, you have to pay the ultimate price.” The movie was full of car chases, surfing scenes, skydiving heroics, and number of epic explosions and barrages of gunfire, all recreated in Point Break LIVE! in deliciously low-tech ways that frequently spill over into the audience. During the surfing scenes, for example, the actors douse the crowd with super soakers and sun block. During the wildly funny gunfights, fake blood cascades into the air in all directions, including up, so watch out if you’re in the balcony. During the famous meatball sandwich scene, in which Johnny Utah’s partner Pappas (James Cotner) delivers the crowd-pleasing line, “I’m so hungry I could eat the ass-end of rhino!” actual meatball sandwiches are hurled into the seats. Experienced PBL visitors come prepared with ponchos and rain slickers, and believe me, you'll need one. It’s not exactly classy, but it’s fun, it’s high energy, it’s inventive and it’s endlessly clever. Though the cast-members are all trained actors, the Keanu Reeves character is a member of the audience, chosen by the audience. Once selected, the Keanu-of-the-night delivers his lines from cue cards wielded by his perky handler and part-time stunt double, played with sassy charm by Christi Waldon. The actors are quite good. Some of them rappel onto the stage from the balcony or dangle from cables during the skydiving scenes. In some ways, the cast is like an expert clown troupe in a three-ring circus, juggling a whole lot of balls at once while delivering lines with audacious glee and loose-but-effective comic timing. While at times it all seems more like a Saturday Night Live sketch on steroids, uppers, and a bottle of Jack Daniels than it resembles a more traditional piece of theatrical craftsmanship, that barely matters. The unrestrained joy and pure ballsy outrageousness of the thing, ultimately turns Point Break Live! into something unique, and truly memorable. To paraphrase Bodhi, “If you want to experience the ultimate night of theater, you have to pay the ultimate price!” In this case, that price includes getting spattered with blood. Trust me. It’s worth it. "Point Break Live!" runs the first Friday of the month at DNA Lounge. in San Francisco at 7:30pm and 11:00pm. Dnalounge.com I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB.

This week in The Armory we welcome ILLEXXANDRA of the Vitamin B crew in Brooklyn to the 1s and 2s. For her Armory mix, ILLEXXANDRA brings together the world of classic ghetto breaks with the homegrown NYC-area sounds of Jersey club tracks and ballroom vogue, New Orleans bounce, and UK underground club music. Press play. Get down. Brooklyn-based DJ/producer ILLEXXANDRA brings a consistently fun party vibe, drawing from the worlds of funk, UK future sound, global bass, electro swing, and classic club culture. Her sets draw you in with innocent joy, smack you around with raw ferocity, and then set you down gently with deep musical knowledge. She'll kill it with an hour of bangers, or take you on a five-hour journey into sound. ILLEXXANDRA has played all over the world, from the East Coast's best underground parties (Thunder Gumbo, House of Yes, Gemini & Scorpio, BangOn, Winkel & Balktick, Bangarang, No Man's Land, the JunXion), to major international venues (including The Room in Tokyo; Sound Channel and Union in Osaka; the Button Factory in Dublin; Club Love, the McKittrick Hotel, Pacha, and APT in NYC; the Rock & Roll Hotel and Tropicalia in DC; the Parish in Austin; 1015 Folsom, DNA Lounge, the Elbo Room, and Public Works in San Francisco; King King, The Echo, and El Cid in LA; the Freakeasy in Chicago; Club Popozuda afterparty for Notting Hill Carnival in London among many others), and festivals (SXSW, Gathering of the Vibes, Long Beach Funk Festival, and the ISA World Surfing Games in Costa Rica). She has released tracks and remixes for Rot10 Muzik, Peligrosa, Boogie Boutique, Cast-A-Blast Records/Mishkin, MC Zulu, Feral aka MC Kinky, Jon Kwest, Kuenta i Tambu, Gato Preto, DJ Tack & DJ Tamalero, and Jaymay, and numerous cult-classic bootlegs. Her tracks were named best track of 2011 by TropicalBass.com, one of 2011′s Most Underrated Music by Marcus Dowling, and featured on BBC Radio 1. She has released mixtapes with Afropop Worldwide, Brooklyn Radio, Space Cowboys RIPEcast, the Armory Podcast, Brousse FM, and RVA Magazine. She has played all over the Burning Man festival, including the coliseum at Root Society, Funky Town, Dustfish, Basshenge, PEX, Kostume Kult, Disorient, Nexus, Burners Without Borders, BMIR, Dirty Beetles/Black 22s, Black Rock Boutique, Tsunami Bass Experience, Pedal Bump, and Brulee, as well as the arts cars the Janky Barge, Icarus, the Bump Bed, A Cavallo, the Dodo, and the Nautilus. She has played prominent sets at regional Burning Man-related events Transformus, PEX Summer Festival, Playa del Fuego, Frostburn, Freeform Festival, Decompression in NYC and Chicago, and Figment NYC and DC. ILLEXXANDRA is a resident DJ at Vitamin B, New York's longest running monthly breakbeat party, and at Tropic of Bass in Washington, DC. She is also a resident of the infamous and long-running Rubulad party, a core DJ of the Mischief DC crew, and member of the Plug 4 camp at Burning Man. Upcoming gigs include: Oct 24 - London Decompression Oct 25 - Guachafita (Toulouse, France) Nov 1 - Hot Cakes Halloween (London) Nov 8 - Vitamin B 6th Anniversary with guest Tony Quattro (NYC) Dec 6 - Naughty Snowball (Washington, DC) For more information on ILLEXXANDRA visit http://illexxandra.com Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com

Interview conducted at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco CA on 10/6/2013. We talk about the album “Sacrifice“, the Kemper Profiling Amp, Andy Sneap etc etc. Hung out with Doug The post Biff Byford and Doug Scarratt of Saxon – Metal Moment Podcast 081 appeared first on Metal Moment.

After a wildly successful debut episode, BSD Now is BACK to talk with Glen Barber from the FreeBSD Release team, show you how to build your own binary package repository and discuss the latest BSD news! Headlines 64bit time in OpenBSD (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20130813072244) Many operating systems face an upcoming challenge, similar to (but more complicated than) Y2K: Y2038. All of the BSDs and most other operating systems track time by counting the seconds since Jan 1st, 1970. In 2038 this value will reach the maximum value of a signed 32 bit integer. Simply changing to a 64 bit counter may not be the best solution, because there may still be 32 bit systems in use for embedded applications Theo will be giving the keynote at EuroBSDCon on the subject, explaining how OpenBSD has implemented the solution ABI incompatibility. Updating to this kernel requires extra work or you won't be able to login: install a snapshot instead. Upgrading by source is for the insane only. (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html#20130813) AESNI pipelining gets a speed boost (http://freshbsd.org/commit/freebsd/r255187) AES-NI is a new processor instruction available on modern Intel and AMD chips that provides hardware acceleration for AES encryption and decryption. This feature is especially useful for encrypted disks, because it removes most of the performance penalty traditionally associated with encryption The new commit has the instructions pipelined, so there is no latency between the instructions Uses SSE2 instructions for calculating XTS tweak factor for further increased performance GELI based disk encryption performance increased by 3x on capable CPUs Should affect PEFS and other AES backed encryption schemes as well Full disk encryption should be more or less transparent now *** OpenBSD 5.4 Preorders (http://openbsd.org/orders.html) Every 6 months there is a new OpenBSD version They include a fun song and nicely-packaged CD set The proceeds from sale of these products is the primary funding of the OpenBSD project The official ISOs will be uploaded on November 1st *** GCC no longer built by default on FreeBSD -CURRENT (https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=255321) On platforms where clang is the default compiler, don't build gcc or libstdc++ GCC is still enabled on PC98, because the PC98 bootloader requires GCC to build While the base FreeBSD system has been built by clang for a long time, this change also covers the ports tree *** Patch to update Xorg and MESA on FreeBSD (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2013-September/013599.html) Updates xorg drivers Expected to be committed in about 2 weeks Adds option to use devd instead of HAL for X configuration Updates the MESA stack (9.1.6), libGL, DRI, etc Enables KMS for AMD/ATI cards Mesa 9.2 is available with xorg-dev, OpenBSD has also recently upgraded to Mesa 9.2 for their stable version of Xorg *** Interview - Glen Barber - gjb@freebsd.org (mailto:gjb@freebsd.org) / @evilgjb (https://twitter.com/evilgjb) FreeBSD Release Engineering Tutorial Making your own binary repository (http://www.bsdnow.tv/tutorials/poudriere) The Place to B...SD iXsystems hosts FreeBSD Anniversary party (http://www.ixsystems.com/resources/ix/news/ixsystems-to-once-again-host-freebsd-anniversary-celebration.html) Celebrating FreeBSD's 20th anniversary Saturday, November 2nd at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco Notable FreeBSD figures will contribute words of wisdom on the past, present, and future of FreeBSD *** News Roundup NetBSD gets basic support for the cubieboard 1 & 2 (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2013/09/04/msg047155.html) Very preliminary support for cubieboard 1 & 2 based on the Allwinner A10 & A20 SoCs Many drivers are "stubs with autoconf glue" Contributed by Matt Thomas *** Rayservers ditches Linux for BSD (http://rayservers.com/blog/the-freebsd-daemon-is-off-to-do-battle-in-the-name-of-christ) Used them all, Windows, Mac, OpenBSD, Linux Needed PF, ZFS, disk encryption, lots of networking features, better security In Linux, "The new cgroups based memory management ran out of memory - on a 256 GB RAM system whilst it was not using more than 40." BSD now protects the privacy of their email users *** HPN for OpenSSH 6.2 (https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2013-August/031614.html) High Performance Networking (http://www.psc.edu/index.php/hpn-ssh) is an SSH patchset to improve transfer speeds by removing the fixed window size and take better advantage of TCP Maintained as a patchset separate from OpenSSH First integrated into FreeBSD base as of 9.0 Updated to support 6.2 (available in the ports tree as security/openssh-portable) The HPN patch set also includes threaded AES-CTR support to increase performance and take advantage of multiple CPU cores for encryption. In this latest patch, threaded AES-CTR now works in all situations (it failed in some specific situations previously). Expected performance increase is ~50% NONE cipher is now separate from the main patch set. The NONE cipher allows tools like scp and sftp to switch off the encryption for file transfers (when specifically told to do so) to keep encryption from bottlenecking performance and wasting CPU time *** Call for testing: OpenSSH-6.3 (https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2013-July/031550.html) Mostly a bugfix release SFTP now supports resuming partially-downloaded or uploaded transfers More logging features Six weeks after the initial email, still no release. des@ is not pleased. *** pkgsrc gets signing support (http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2013/08/30/msg018511.html) pkgsrc is used on NetBSD, DragonflyBSD and other OSes Comes from an EdgeBSD developer Uses GPG for signing package files Currently just a patch on github and in its infancy Provides a short howto *** FreeBSD vs. Linux: 10 points of superiority (https://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=41750) New FreeBSD user, ex-Linux user writes about his experience Mentions consistency, documentation, security, filesystems, updates, jails, community Really long post, definitely worth a read *** Feedback/Questions hoopla writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s21SpCcisW) Juergen writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s20vHY9qAK) Sam writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s23uf4vzfQ) Frank writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2Y0qiXJan) ***

Halloween is widely known as the most whoreable of holidays, and to help you celebrate Space Cowboys' whoreable DJ 8Ball (aka H8ball) has brewed up a nightmarish new mix.  Filled with thrills, chills, ghouls, and gore, this haunting treat is guaranteed to go BUMP! BUMP! BUMP! in the night. For those souls sailing away with us on Ghost Ship: The Afterlife this weekend, 8Ball's mix is the official soundtrack for your Halloweeny preparations and transformations. Don't be caught dead without it! Happy Halloween B*tches! A little more background on our beloved DJ Ball.... One of The Space Cowboys' founding members, the Whoreable DJ 8Ball's (aka 'H8Ball', 'RaveBall') accomplishments are too numerous to list here, aside from which, we don't want to reveal anything that could be later used in court. Suffice to say that 8Ball started spinning in the mid-90s, playing jungle (B'OH!) and, later, breaks at the sort of all night dance parties where ravers in kick pants blew whistles, swirled glowsticks, and eventually collapsed into clenched-jawed human puddles until dawn. These days 8Ball plays all sorts of genres, from breaks to disco, from old school hip hop to new school funk, rock to electro, and all sorts of stuff in-between. He's played many venues around SF, including the old standbys like Mighty, Shine, 1015, Temple, Wish, DNA Lounge, and The End-up. He was 1/2 responsible for a debaucherous monthly called Bikini Wax at the venue formerly known as Sublouge. He's played in stores while you've shopped, in restaurants while you dined, and at wineries while you've sipped chardonay. He's played in homes, on rooftops and radios, in far-away castles and warehouses, under freeways and underground. 8Ball is also the official voice of Space Cowboys, and responsible for such rants as "Hipster Fixie Vamps", "How to Survive New Year's", "Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time", and others. Ghost Ship artwork by www.jempanufnik.com

I recorded this podcast for the PLAY T-Dance event I spun at DNA Lounge in SF in Nov. 2010. 1. SK8 - Into The Light (Stonebridge Club Mix) 2. Fierce Collective - You Know How To Love Me (Paul Goodyear Re-edit) 3. 3rd Nation - I Believe (Nice & Stoned Mix) 4. Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Buzz Junkies Club Mix) 5. John LePage feat. Debby Holiday & LFB - Heaven (Electric Allstars Club Mix) 6. Kylie Minogue - Get Outta My Way (7th Heaven Club Mix) 7. Selena Gomez - Round & Round (7th Heaven Club Mix) 8. Oxford Hustlers - Love You More (Club Mix) 9. Kesha - Your Love Is My Drug (Dave Aude Club Mix) 10. Carmen Reece - Raindrop (Dave Aude Club Mix) 11. Kaci Battaglia - Body Shots (Dave Aude Club Mix) 12. Katy Perry - Peacock (Hector Fonseca 12” Mix) 13. Horny United - Everybody Scream (Wayne G Club Mix) 14. Tony Moran feat. Ultra Nate - Destination (Tony Moran & Dave Saronson New Era Mix) 15. Ne-Yo - Beautiful Monster (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Club Mix) 16. Erick Morillo feat. Fiora Cutler - Alive (Dennis The Menace Club Mix)

Special Guest: Ismael Rodriguez (1015 / San Francisco).In the midst of his 'Rush Hour' compilation series tour of North America, Christopher brings you this hard hitting episode for August featuring new tracks from Mallorca Lee, Corona, Poaris and Journey and Talla 2XLC.Christopher also presents a special guest mix from San Francisco hard trance favorite Ismael Rodriguez, whom Christopher Lawrence describes as "One of the Best DJs Out There". A Bay Area favorite, Ismael pushes his unique selection of quality trance, techno and house throughout the cities thriving trance scene at some of the cities top clubs including 1015 Folsom, Ruby Skye, DNA Lounge, Space 550, Sound Factory, Temple. Visit the podcast episode page to find out more information, with links to artists featured in this podcast.

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