Omino Day World Music Festival: June 5, 2010

The 4th Annual OminoDay in the Park Music Festival
Saturday June 5th 10am-6pm
Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in John McClaren Park SF

Featuring:
DANZA
* LASER 1
MESTIZA
* SANTERO
FUNKY C
* SEAN G
THE KID RATED “R”
* WALT DIGGZ
LOCO BLOCO
* B. BRAVO
YUNG MARS PROJECT
* KLEAN KUT
BRWN BFLO
* EPIC
FOGO NA ROUPA
* JAH WARRIOR SHELTER
NATIVE ELEMENTS
THE HOMIE NICK NOLTE & RYAN NICOLE PETERS


Hosted By:
NICK NOLTE & RYAN NICOLE PETERS

Dresses for the Ball

Continuing from the previous post, here are some more ideas to inspire looks for
MAY FLY BALL house party #3 ...when the Prohibition went to Harlem

From the movie Idlewild:

Won't it be awesome to come dressed in this? You can drop $350 for a close look-alike by Sue Wong, shop vintage stores in your area or Forever21. Alternatively, you can mix & match a DIY feather skirt with a bustier top to recreate this look. The hairstyles are a great source of inspirations as well... chignons and buns accented with hair ornaments

From the movie Dreamgirls:

You can find Flapper dresses at Forever21. The look will not be complete without a short bob and a feather to the side to recreate the signature flapper look.

From Amerie's Essence Magazine Photo-shoot Nov '09

Cruisin' & Coastin' ...a dance party Saturday May 8th @ Bollyhood

Ah.. spring time in the Bay Area, birds are cherping , bees are buzzing and people are ....dancing! As you will be at Crusin and Coastin, an all out dance party in the Mission.

Live music from some of the Bay Area's best Hip Hop:
"The GetBack" featuring Daveed Diggs, from " The Wash" video, soon to drop his first highly anticipated solo album.

Also in the house, Do D.A.T., performing new songs from his upcoming album "Oakland In Blue"

Dj: Deeandroid, Dion Decibles, and Playcookie
Spinning: Hip - Hop, Salsa, Reggae, Afro Funk, and much more.
Hosted by: MAMA Kong

*** yummy Food***
**amazing raffle prizes**

$ 5- 25 buck (sliding scale) before 11, and $ 10 after

21 and up

All door, food, and raffle proceeds will be going to help Jazz Vassar raise $ 3,000 for local charity S.F Aids Foundation, as she Participants in Aids Life Cycle, riding her bike 545 miles from S.F to L.A early this June. Please show you support and help her get it in gear!

21+ Plus

Spring from the Ashes: Thursday May 17th @ Roccapulco, SF

 Loco Bloco presents

SPRING FROM THE ASHES

...a Pre-Carnval Bash

Kick of the Carnaval season with the Loco Bloco Contingent fusing Dance & Music from Brazil, Nigeria, Ivory Coast 

Samba Reggae | Coupe Decale | Salsa | Nigerian Highlife |Son | Dancehall | Samba

Featuring

John Calloway

Loco Bloco Ensemble  

with Guest Artists 

Claudinho Smile

DJ Alfie1Bateria

DJ Cassanova

Thursday May 13th from 8pm-2am

Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 Mission Street

San Francisco

21 & Over

$10 Presale $15 at the Door

For tickets & info visit www.locobloco.org or call 415-864-LOCO

What to wear to the Ball

We are hosting a themed party in a few weeks... the May Fly Ball

the MAY FLY BALL house party #3
...when the Prohibition went to Harlem

Dress as though inspired by Idlewild, the Harlem Renaissance... the 1920s to the 1940s era... when prohibition was in effect and black artists were blooming.

dance party + speakeasy lounge + cinema+ Djs Cassanova, Dom Swinn, K lo K, Playcookie spinning Afro-urban, Dancehall, Hip hop, Funk, Salsa, Naija, Brazilian, Afrobeat & More

In anticipation of the party, with the help of my friend Tee, we will be doing a series of posts - similar to the visual inspiration posts done in the past to give ideas on outfits you can put together from the 1920s - 1940s era. Luckily fashion always comes back full circle so it should not be hard to put pieces together for an outfit after a trip or two to a few vintage stores and the likes of Forever21.  Here are ideas for accessories to inspire you:

From the movie Malcolm X, check out the hat and her pearl necklace.

From Amerie's photoshoot in Essence Magazine Nov. 09, check out her gloves, brooch, tights and her shoes.

This hat from Forever21 or this hat can be decorated using real or fake flower clips you can get from hair or beauty supply stores. Also there are many headbands out now that feature the feather and rhinestone accents reminiscent of the Prohibition era that will work. The idea is excess... gaudy.... flamboyant. For example if you wear pearls don't just do the single strand, long layers or tied knots would be fitting for the time.

Textured tights or thigh highs paired with a nice sheath dress in deep rich colors, or soft pinks and creams colors would create the look of the jazzy 1920's. To finish off you can't go wrong with peep-toe pumps or mary-janes.

Visual Inspiration: All I Need To Get By

I watch way too much HGTV so my head is usually in home & decor clouds. This article in NYT caught my eye about a lady in Seattle who converted her garage into her home after renting out the main house. Sometimes we think we need so much square footage to fit all our stuff but who says you can't live in a small space beautifully?

Happy May Day!

Reading List

Almost every summer I unintentionally have a themed reading list. Last year, I was on a mission to read at least one book by authors from different geographical regions - Middle East; South Asia; Eastern Europe; Caribbean Islands and Latin America. It turned out to be something like this:
* Brother I'm Dying by Edwige Danticat (Haiti)
* Unaccustomed Earth by Juhmpa Lahiri (India)
* The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Dominican Republic)
* A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleed Hosseini (Afghanistan)

In 2008, it was mainly authors of African descent and turned out to be something like this:
* Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie (Nigeria)
* Song for Night by Chris Abani (Nigeria)
* God Has Daughters Too by Abidemi Sanusi (Nigeria)
* From Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel by Alek Wek (Sudan)
* Songs in the Key of My Life by Ferentz LaFargue (Haiti)
* Playing in the Light by Zoe Wicomb (South Africa)

Summer's almost here and I'm not sure what this year's theme will be...

*image via apartmenttherapy

Then & Now

I can't believe this was Iman back in the day! She seems so stately and angelic now. What a difference 20 odd years makes.

Sunday Best

Okay so I don't really care about competition/reality shows that are not about dancing. But BET's Sunday Best took it to the 'motherland' lol aka Lagos, Nigeria...and of course I had to watch it. I'm dying laughing yo!


First of from Kirk Franklin saying LEY-GOWS (Lagos), to the first scene of Lagos they showed being a dirty ass stadium shot. Sure they explained why it was that, but I can't help being like "damn it's like that?" Now I'm watching the contestants...generally when they do the outtakes on American Idol showing all the 'off' people...I don't find it exciting or funny 'cos I know most of it is fake! But now watching Nigerians... it's a whole different ball game. I guess 'cos it's one of those things where I'm like "I know someone JUST like that!"

(p.s. a preview of TREME comes on before that/and the BET show is based in New Orleans...omg I don't have cable but can't wait to watch TREME somewhere... like I have an incestuous love soul-deep infatuation with brass bands and second lines, and I can't believe there's a show that is made just for me. I don't know if i'd be able to deal with the drama of the show...maybe someone can make me an edited version that is just of shots of music/dance. )

p.p.s I have to say Globalization is a beeeetch. Everybody got yankee or britico accents.

and that Muyiwa guy is just doing WAAAAY too much. why he gotta talk about stuff not even related to singing...dissing people's shoes and what not! He's annoying me.

okay back to Sunday Best watch it!

-Nkizzzo

Visual Inspiration II

via Oheme Ohene; SheBreathes