seriously? it's 2008. and there are people who really think they are too good to deal with "homeless people on the way to bikram"? so much in fact, that they need a website to help them navigate around undesirables?

WTF?????

and why are cannabis clubs on there... what kind of bougie yuppy stoner are you, that you want to know where a cannabis club is, but need a gentrification website to tell you where your precious beamer wont get scratched.

seriously people i'm appalled. say what you will about bringing in money to help the city and all that. but if you think you are better than the less-fortunate then you need to keep your happy ass to whatever gated and far removed community you came from.




and in case you didnt get the memo: djbrigidope.blogspot.com

so awesome.

so i never do these things. but i suppose if one were trying to get to know me, this might answer key questions because my vain and self absorbed stream of thought is pretty tangent.... yes steve i jacked this from you.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: bj, brigido, dj brigidope, beeeeee jaaaaayyyyyyy if you're nasty.
Birthday: 8.19.80
Birthplace: VA. really.
Current Location: oakland killa kali.
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: black
Height: 5.7.
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: human? filipino?
The Shoes You Wore Today: adi shell tops. i need to clean em.
Your Weakness: im just one huge weakness.
Your Fears: i pretty much don't care.
Your Perfect Pizza: zach's combo. act like you know.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: can i get a hug?
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: it happens.
Thoughts First Waking Up: what the fuck did i drink last night.
Your Best Physical Feature: my huge veiny swollen.... brain. i take that back.... my ego.
Your Bedtime: hopefully before the sunrises.
Your Most Missed Memory: my sanity.
Pepsi or Coke: hennesy.
MacDonalds or Burger King: between the two? macdizzles.
Single or Group Dates: CAN I JUST GET ONE?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: tea? green. my choice? coffee.
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate.
Cappuccino or Coffee: coffee
Do you Smoke: only when im awake.
Do you Swear: even when im asleep.
Do you Sing: if you are cute enough.
Do you Shower Daily: no... but arent we in a drought anyways?
Have you Been in Love: unfortunately. yes.
Do you want to go to College: been there. my ego got in the way.
Do you want to get Married: only for the right reasons. seen way too many get fucked up.
Do you belive in yourself: when im drunk.
Do you get Motion Sickness: when im drunk.
Do you think you are Attractive: only when im standing in a room of ugly people.
Are you a Health Freak: i used to be. then reality set in.
Do you get along with your Parents: sure. i guess. im still figuring them out.
Do you like Thunderstorms: only if you hold me while we listen to them.
Do you play an Instrument: i can play the radio.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: emotion is a drug. and religion is the opiate of the masses.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: uh. i suppose.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no actually. i dont really like em anymore.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no
In the past month have you been on Stage: actually yes.
In the past month have you been Dumped: no... that would require going on dates previous to being dumped right? however i would be the person to be dumped b someone they arent going out with...
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: in the shower.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: your soul.
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: i can't even talk to girls let alone tease them.
Ever been Beaten up: its not fun.
Ever Shoplifted: yes
How do you want to Die: i have to die?
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: sober.
What country would you most like to Visit: japan


In a Girl:
Favourite Eye Color: as long as they have eyes its good.
Favourite Hair Color: i can pick a girl with hair?
Short or Long Hair: depends on the girl
Height: whatevs
Weight: im not too particular. just as long it isnt in any extreme.
Best Clothing Style: mellow. laid back. preferably in airmaxes.


More Me
Number of Drugs I have taken: is my mom reading this? 2. asprin and sudafed.
Number of CDs I own: almost more than my vinyl collection.
Number of Piercings: none.
Number of Tattoos: none.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: you have to have morals to be able to regret.

people keep asking about the hair thing. yes i know i should probably cut it... quite honestly i only started growing it because i just didnt feel like cutting it anymore... but a friend of mine participated so ive decided to do the same. http://www.locksoflove.org/

Natalie and I went to see Lauryn Hill last night. Shit was dope. I was mad surprised to see D Sharp Djing with the band for her. I need to be like him when i grow up.

I was planning to do a recap anyways. but when i was taking a shower this morning, i heard hella people on the radio saying it was wack. Before i get all hyped and hiffy about dumb folks who just wanted to hear "Killing Me Softly" performed as it is exactly on the CD... let me try to be a little more articulate about this.

The opening group, Jupiter Rising was ehh. I think they had cool music. A cd might be a cool listening experience... but the lead singer had these jeans that went up to her breasts. Serious height on them. It was just kinda weird, im going to leave my fashion commentary out of this, but i just can't imagine pants that give you a deer hoof wedgie are all that comfortable... and the support vocals/beatboxer... he did so much beatbox scratching that he shoulda just been a dj. Overall Jupiter Rising had an energetic performance, but it's hard to really engage a crowd when being eclipsed by Lauryn Hill's shadow. Especially if the audience doesnt know your music.


An extended intermission of almost an hour definitely had an adverse affect on the crowd. (i suppose they had technical issues but neglected to let us know)

Of course the band came out first... warmed up, and started jamming. Lauryn Hill comes out over the speakers first from backstage and then enters from the left. Her opening song is one im supposing is from her new album/body of works how ever she releases it. Heavy reggae feel to it but it's uptempo and fun. This song lasts maybe 7 mins. and it's at this point i think people get kinda antsy to hear something they know, kinda understandable after such an extended intermission.

music cuts at the song end and L tries to get comfortable and asks the house to turn up her voice and cut the feedback she is hearing. i can appreciate this... she just wants us to have a good show.

then she goes into ex factor. i love this song. i think people however, didnt recognize it because the band did an interpretation of the instrumental and L Boogs sang it different. but eff it, this is Lauryn Hill! she is an artist and singing the song how she sees fit.

honestly i dont remember her full set list but it was a mingling of new stuff and interpretations of stuff she put out.

loosley the night sounded like:

new song
ex-factor
to zion
lose your self
how many mics
fugee la
ready or not
lost ones
final hour
killing me softly


and while the set list may look familiar, people may have had a hard time recognizing the songs. Lauryn had a full band composed of 3 backup singers, a dj, upright bassist, guitar, 3 drummers, 2 keyboardists, trumpet, and sax. All the members of the band seemed to be more than competent and full music professionals, so i figure that when you have that much talent onstage, things are going to sound different from a cd produced mostly on drum machines and keyboards.

It was disheartening to hear Oakland boo and some lady in my row screaming she wanted a refund.

to them, i say (and this is where i get a little less than polite):
Miseducation came out 9 years ago. NINE YEARS AGO. get the fuck over it. It's a dope album that is as relevant today as when it came out. But do you really expect an artist of L Boogie's calibre to stay the same? honestly
do you even really listen to music? the band was on point, and l boogie, while a little hoarse, was not off key... and really she has always had a bit of a raspy voice. to the people complaining about L's coarse and at times indecipherable lyrics... how can you say that it was all on her? did you not notice that every time she passed a speaker the microphone squelched and squealed? L has a full voice and it seemed like every time she wanted to utilize her range, the microphone would feedback. it just seemed that lauryn had to limit and adjust how she sang her music to an uncooperative microphone. pulling her punches so to speak.

to the people booing and asking for a refund, it's not your fault. after being inundated with pretty ricky and "ay baby bay" 24/7 on the radio, you just weren't ready for it. but to that, you need to get out and listen to some different shit. or at least, try and be open to different stuff. artists are artists because they produce art. if you arent interested in creativity, dont go to shows of people who care about pushing the limits of their craft. stay home and listen to the cd. [sarcasm]only buy music from people after it's been cosigned by MTV, BET, Maxim Blender, Vibe, The Source, XXL, and Rolling Stone [/sarcasm]

honestly, if you even really care about the opinions of those magazines/stations... i can't even talk to you.

if you really feel like lauryn fell off, figure this. why would she pull out such an extensive band when she could have had a monkey press fast forward on a cd player of instrumentals... fuck that she coulda had a cd of instrumentals just play, and sang over it, both satisfying people who just dont get it aaaaand taking home all that money and not having to split it.
you know, i woulda played the fake dj role and just ran her CD for FREE if i were asked. but Lauryn cared about her music enough to bring a full band and sing her songs as she saw fit.


Don't get it twisted and think im someone who doesnt get "mainstream" music either... as a dj i listen to everything, and hoodstars and lil wayne gets solid rotation next to biggie and of course L Boogie... it is in my humble opinion that people should just listen to everything and be open to.. or rather demand, higher music standards from mainstream music outlets so the next time you see L Boogie, you wont be so shocked is she wants to do a dubbed out(lee perry dub not clear channel censor) rendition of To Zion.



I'd like to tell everyone complaining booing and being rude to go play in traffic after running with scissors. But im too polite for that.

*post edit. Maybe I had the advantage of being in row E. it's a possibility that people in the back and on the balcony had a completely different experience from me. In that case, blame the sound engineer. I heard that while I felt I could hear most of her vocals, a lot of other people couldn't.

"id rather have a celibate relationship than fuck around for one night."

those scantily clad girl-next-door-type chics in the match.com ads on myspace are freaking annoying. if those girls had souls, i'd steal em. take that shit down.

whats up with all these myspace beezies trying to add people? and im not trying to be disrespectful, but they aren't even real people. usually it's a profile of some scantily clad girl who wants to add you... and when you click on her profile, she either wants you to click some link so you can see her "fun" (read: nude) pictures or she has a friend who took these pills and now his penis is bigger than his arm.

so ive posted here before. tried to post to the bside myspace blog. ive got lj. and now.....

bsideblogger.blogspot.com

for not so accurate commentary on bsidings. im just sayin alcohol really messes with your memory.

1. My ex is: uhm... this is a difficult question. im emo.

2. I am listening to: Amel Larrieux and Clark Terry- Sophisticated Lady. shit is dope. im dope. im brigidope. get familiar.

3. Maybe I should: go through records

4. I love: scotch. i love scotch. scotchy scotch scotch. i also love pizza with ice cream on it, records- no serato, and her (no backpack)

5. My best friends: play banjos and smoke banana peels... not really, but im a complex guy with simple tastes, if you can get that then we are gellin.

6. I don't understand: people who think they know but dont know, why people from LA always rep "cali" but people from the bay are just "the bay", girls, "her" and how "really real" people can be really fake.

7. I lost: my mind.

8. People say: i ramble too much. fuck what people say

9. The meaning of my screen name is: which screen name? i have many. too many infact. aim, myspace, friendster, lj, blogger, work, dj, govt, pet names... let's just all not say our name and hug. naked.

10. Love is: not for me evidently. (cue postal service song from the movie wicker park. and yes i saw wicker park. no im not ashamed. and yes i would watch it again."

11. Somewhere, someone is: in need of toilet paper

12. I will always: be creepy when im drunk...

13. Forever seems: like never.

14. I never ever want to: if i said "i never want to have a broken heart" some one would probably punch me in the head. some one else would call me a sissy. and some one else would post a troll in my comments section. but didnt i previously say "fuck what other people say?"

15. My cell phone is: steady getting crappier.

16. When I woke up this morning: i had to pee. took a shower, went to work, and had to pee again.

17. I get annoyed: with people who think they know but dont know, by requests for Mac Dre from Becky, people who think they are trill but aint.

18. Birthday Parties are: ehhh. i just drink the whole week away

19. My pet is: swimming outside

20. Kisses are the best when: "they're an end in themselves, not a step to something else"- matt r. (i like that so i took it, yoink.)

21. Today I found out: that i have SARS. and the bird flu.



22. Tomorrow I will: pee. and maybe i will call someone.

23. I really want: "her" (no backpack)