tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435248087595308652024-03-05T01:21:57.405-08:00Woke With A PlanTell your parents, siblings, friends and friends of friends...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-9614754944911615482014-09-01T21:13:00.001-07:002014-09-01T21:13:16.719-07:00The Best Way Out<br />
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We are proud to announce the release of our new album The Best Way Out which is available through our bandcamp site <a href="https://wokewithaplan.bandcamp.com/"><b><i><u>here</u></i></b></a>.
This album has been a long time coming and has everything from an
earnest love song to a fictional tale of a couple ingesting
hallucinogenic mushrooms and taking a bus to the carnival. Or maybe that WAS the love song...check it out and spread the word!<br />
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-David Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-61469657598827637602012-08-19T20:55:00.002-07:002012-08-19T20:55:40.555-07:00The People Aquarium <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What happens to a dream deferred? Sometimes it sits for years because it
is incomplete and other dreams are more important. Eventually bubbling
up from the underground making its presence felt whether finished or
not. That is the case with The People Aquarium.
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I have always had a vision of making an album where each song was a
story about a different persons life as if we were all living in a giant
aquarium together. Like all albums, my idea was grandiose and over time
I formulated the characters and some lyrics that would serve as the
foundation for this project. My most trusted producers were aboard with
Mr Dark Keys, DJ Plutoe aka Random Ran and DJ Capsize all contributing
beats. Slowly but surely the album came into perspective with a
neighborhood lost dog, sibling conversations, work place frustration,
the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster and other occurrences all serving
as motivation for album material. It was looking promising.
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For whatever reason this album was put to the side as projects often
are. Other songs were labeled more pressing, the plan was too scattered,
the dedication lacking. People move, relationships blossom and either
crumble, maintain or flourish. Old habits return, days turn into weeks,
jobs change, ideas reconfigure themselves. Once time has passed the
album became a wish although still spoken of confidently "Soon I'm going
to release The People Aquarium" or "I'm going to re-mix those tracks
and do those songs the justice they deserve" even "I have to put that
album out, those characters are ALIVE! aren't they?"
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Months turned into years and I had even stopped listening to these songs
on my computer. They had acquired a coat of digital dust as if encased
in a technological tomb. It makes sense for this album.
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When I wrote most of these songs I was taking the bus, skateboarding or
walking, working two jobs and was generally a defiant, rebellious and
angry twenty something that was finally accepting the long held
realization that my greater purpose might mean having to be a nicer
person. It was quite the dilemma for me at the time.
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So the folks I wrote into this album all have some aspect of me in them I
guess. The slacker prodigal song regretful over his status, the laid
off father of two looking for work, the sister greeting the apocalypse
with a smile, the evolving or devolving kleptomaniac, the panic stricken
family desperately hunting the lost family dog, the depression over
learning truths and knowing you are just one of the sheep following
dishonest shepherds.
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Recently I just decided that fuck it. I am going to put out ALL of my
unreleased material because it does me or you no good whatsoever just
sitting, molding away in my computer. I guess its the fact that I am
really excited about my kick ass group Woke With A Plan that has me
wanting put release this old stuff out into the universe. At this point
it doesn't really matter does it?
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I really hope you enjoy this album. Thank you for reading this. And
remember this album is not mastered, is unmixed, has not been edited
whatsoever and many of these songs are "rough draft" scratch takes that
ended up being the only versions ever recorded. Oh well, at least this
gives the characters a long awaited taste of freedom.
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Thank you to Randy Ziady Huling for doing the artwork and making 3 beats
for this project. If you click on each individual song there is a
different picture for each person. Also thanks to Josh Caplan and
ChrisTopher M. Lewis aka Capsize and Dark Keys. Peace!<br />
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http://daviddowneyjr.bandcamp.com/<br />
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-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-59845045906521875352012-02-21T21:17:00.001-08:002012-02-23T20:52:17.097-08:00Hello!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdEdNpVS045J4PSUQPbiIi0r7Ac6Y0NWjGUNqGLuXJOOeDtHZu6KmsFj7hp1V8Sxz1ICIeZPp6lCE0Mi1FkfnUG1NDyUwxHtzGmCyII6uhiZGRTgO8QqADg6INlZtTnYnTlxWyTZjS43b/s1600/DSCN5446.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdEdNpVS045J4PSUQPbiIi0r7Ac6Y0NWjGUNqGLuXJOOeDtHZu6KmsFj7hp1V8Sxz1ICIeZPp6lCE0Mi1FkfnUG1NDyUwxHtzGmCyII6uhiZGRTgO8QqADg6INlZtTnYnTlxWyTZjS43b/s200/DSCN5446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711852807092274130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUiiAQBMxT0n01PllSKcKDtKcChwpI9ivo5c5nzqYfAno76QcCJvgAbBrlZLAw5a3JXyvaK1KzfVQw0-ZAMDnixtpC9MKonU3zNCPeBW2g8JnBRpwgnUlelOLbIxN8PVJHL8yDi5C9lgd/s1600/Photo+79.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUiiAQBMxT0n01PllSKcKDtKcChwpI9ivo5c5nzqYfAno76QcCJvgAbBrlZLAw5a3JXyvaK1KzfVQw0-ZAMDnixtpC9MKonU3zNCPeBW2g8JnBRpwgnUlelOLbIxN8PVJHL8yDi5C9lgd/s200/Photo+79.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711852774879788194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs88WkpcO9mgxJ5L71iD22z9bpjyv1X7aT5P8OfLNGWJR3HAyzcn-1S-UO-GSDM-nlw4yGzHtdpp8cZqhIb8MaoDGp5a3Y5PBt2Dve4Bfi2esQn33zpIzji5UWQ8j0YT0it13YEWhXbZT/s1600/DSCN5234.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs88WkpcO9mgxJ5L71iD22z9bpjyv1X7aT5P8OfLNGWJR3HAyzcn-1S-UO-GSDM-nlw4yGzHtdpp8cZqhIb8MaoDGp5a3Y5PBt2Dve4Bfi2esQn33zpIzji5UWQ8j0YT0it13YEWhXbZT/s200/DSCN5234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711844010058106082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskz4A2fZ6G3mAbk8QJLXEdJfj0MwqLEucL5DBKZflOEgiYq09P777WuBMpGQUqYmuKMSPCkeSHBuuauUPMfGGg4y39ijoA_umrPmcjGhCJ73CT277315u5-a7I-u070k0FBSUXDlJMtGJ/s1600/DSCN5586.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskz4A2fZ6G3mAbk8QJLXEdJfj0MwqLEucL5DBKZflOEgiYq09P777WuBMpGQUqYmuKMSPCkeSHBuuauUPMfGGg4y39ijoA_umrPmcjGhCJ73CT277315u5-a7I-u070k0FBSUXDlJMtGJ/s200/DSCN5586.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711844015765767746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Its been a very long time since I blogged on here. A lot of things have changed. I moved from Oakland to Mount Shasta. I got married and am eagerly awaiting the birth of my baby boy in March. We adopted a dog from the pound when we moved up here and with the four cats the house is near capacity. The house itself is amazing and sits on five acres of land where we are visited by geese, rabbits, deer, frogs, bears, scorpions...you name it. Up here I chop wood, shovel snow and hustle in a way that I never really had to in the city. I am learning a ton about myself and preparing for fatherhood. We are totally thrilled and life is sweet right now.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">All of this positivity has really changed the way I write lyrics. My ability to channel the darkness has waned or maybe its just my desire to dwell in those cellars when there are always clouds awaiting. Its funny because with all of my beliefs about creating your own realities I spent an awful lot of time walking around angry, but I was growing. The move to get us up here was literally a giant work of ritual chaos magic over a long period of time and changed me greatly.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Musically, I feel better than ever. Woke With A Plan's live show has evolved to the point of where it is now a "Garage Show Rap Sale" consisting of us auctioning off our random collected trash/treasures, original art pieces and of course--cds. It is bad ass. We are currently finalizing the song listing for our new album and its going to be a full length with anywhere from 13 to 17 full tracks. Recently Topher and Randy made the trip up to Shasta so we could work on the album and I am telling you that this effort is going be something that we can be proud of. In the end that is all we really need.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Also, my collaborations with Twin Lizard from England resulted in an upbeat, catchy conspiracy track called Nemesis that now has a music video to accompany it. I am very appreciative for this. If you know me then you know I love to see myself on video.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Our friends over at Burning Token have helped us out as well with videos and general support and Derailed Freight Train has really evolved as an artist through constant gigging and recording. Its always uplifting to see friends succeed.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Dark Key aka Topher M. Lewis aka Chris now lives in the city (SF) and was just calling me back a minute ago and I missed his call to write this blog. Randy is up in the suburbs of RP and has been cleared of all charges in the international arms scandal reported by the associated press. It was evidently a case of mistaken identity.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well, I am getting tired now and I am just going to put this blog up without providing any links or anything. If you want to find some Woke With A Plan shit then look...its out there!<br /><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-20640371121081650762011-03-13T11:11:00.000-07:002011-03-14T09:44:03.086-07:00Family Crests<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjye2-T39aXbhDDGgx1i6Hu2vkeKHs9AuMUB36angkd598PY4E_Dfh6ZSG_H2Zj3lIzFBz-DOqKFpWKM8dayi7EwbGFQ-82HEDAf8t7s6eqDaC5-LCAqlj8tg4nVaJ6a6BLRjwwZtnMp-F2/s1600/190487_1944651060937_1382331888_4134411_7092283_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjye2-T39aXbhDDGgx1i6Hu2vkeKHs9AuMUB36angkd598PY4E_Dfh6ZSG_H2Zj3lIzFBz-DOqKFpWKM8dayi7EwbGFQ-82HEDAf8t7s6eqDaC5-LCAqlj8tg4nVaJ6a6BLRjwwZtnMp-F2/s200/190487_1944651060937_1382331888_4134411_7092283_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583977298366554130" /></a><br /><div>Happy St. Patricks Day from Woke With A Plan! </div><div><br /></div><div>This is a song that I recorded on my cellphone in the driveway of my parents house at about 2 am the last time I visited home. My next store neighbor Jimmy Coleman is on guitar and its too bad I didn't keep recording because after this song my Dad came out in his bathrobe and told us to knock it off (for the third time). Jimmy went home and the next morning the neighbors told me how great we sounded. Maybe they had been drinking too...</div><div><br /></div><div>The quality of the recording is what you'd expect from a cellphone and a long day of drinking in Boston. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm going to keep this one short. I wish you all a safe and happy St. Patricks Day. Enjoy and please share. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11883406&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=057a05"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11883406&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=057a05" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/daviddowneyjr/family-crests-live-at-chandler">Family Crests (Live at Chandler Rd)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/daviddowneyjr">DavidDowneyJr</a></span></div><div><div> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-3098130159533474962011-03-10T11:22:00.000-08:002011-03-10T13:02:46.984-08:00Wishfulness<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#999900;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6AQdDQJqu9Y" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;">Check out the new video for Wishfulness (available on itunes and at every major retailer in the USA) produced by WWAP's own Randy Ziady-Huling or as we like to call him <a href="http://www.myspace.com/randomran"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;">Random Ran</span></b></a>. Ran recently graduated from the <a href="http://www.artinstitutes.edu/san-francisco/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#99FF99;">Art Institute of California in San Francisco</span></b></a> with a degree in Media Arts and Animation so if you or anyone you know is in need of some graphics I recommend contacting him through his website which is</span> </span><a href="http://www.randomran.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;">www.randomran.com</span></span></b></a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;">R</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;">andy </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;">has been painting (legally and illegally) for about 20 years and has always impressed me with his talent to create characters. Its been a common scene at our rehearsals for Randy to sketch something in 5 minutes and throw it in the trash only to have me take it out of the garbage and frame it when i get home.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHe4Y_sBYssSPwSYEUSy3Ovxy_LBOXqFpjPTwsykJ1sbrNCyvjftyvWrLvNiAr_NyiARDI0Hst_oq1dEoMH3nkS5irAlsM1Yv6xg0XVj52hfG7cKL0W8c_kh6veiF1scgfusme1QDahg58/s1600/Crown+Violet+orig.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHe4Y_sBYssSPwSYEUSy3Ovxy_LBOXqFpjPTwsykJ1sbrNCyvjftyvWrLvNiAr_NyiARDI0Hst_oq1dEoMH3nkS5irAlsM1Yv6xg0XVj52hfG7cKL0W8c_kh6veiF1scgfusme1QDahg58/s320/Crown+Violet+orig.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582550671094414530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 189px; " /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm8P-pfremEMvaokX6snam6qVj578GLHpj_Tc79VTXSSIos6dABgDsoX4FmRveG6cM404EiDXhlUiEjO4oFU__IMVxuUxlA8lvUBj-aHnUqNhCA_f9-vLtI3pGY-LtzA5EdKhtGGdwCsL/s1600/Photo+205.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLm8P-pfremEMvaokX6snam6qVj578GLHpj_Tc79VTXSSIos6dABgDsoX4FmRveG6cM404EiDXhlUiEjO4oFU__IMVxuUxlA8lvUBj-aHnUqNhCA_f9-vLtI3pGY-LtzA5EdKhtGGdwCsL/s320/Photo+205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582552911741718354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"> As our stage show has progressed we have integrated some </span><a href="http://mroakland.blogspot.com/2010/08/barber-spa-off-nites-and-our-lovely.html"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF00;">live painting</span></span></i></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"> into our set starting with me drawing a big boobied stick figure and the outline of a house. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;">It looks extremely juvenile</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;">. Like Mighty Mouse sans cape Ran hops in to save the day and turns the stick figure into a magical angel and the shack into a castle. Mind you, he does this while maintaining his regular DJ responsibilites. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"><br /></span></div><div><u><br /></u></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTn0N04UUBwzLskRou8Oa4OJaOYSNfb9s57aDo5bztdC0vi7ltkJO8xKw9wt8tF4c3ts7r2tgh7MURrnGlHYgXqcO6nJZtfPN43X6Qxmji38uzCuYtXjjPn6zwzO-2n32Pn0yyBeQUThY/s1600/DSCN0830.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTn0N04UUBwzLskRou8Oa4OJaOYSNfb9s57aDo5bztdC0vi7ltkJO8xKw9wt8tF4c3ts7r2tgh7MURrnGlHYgXqcO6nJZtfPN43X6Qxmji38uzCuYtXjjPn6zwzO-2n32Pn0yyBeQUThY/s200/DSCN0830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582558213036272930" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0IQ9JTaf8-344K0cydvVE4IrINDLITGjKwHT9oj09KQeT3258IsCHRiZ1jpraYhhmxWRqUrQ7BNburJLrm0ieYzFEwR2vwufX8u4NmZMS4PQ6vZH4YbuOqgd8IYeTOeSx4m_sYp1ymT1/s200/DSCN0841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582554189641713874" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur08DepxOgS2mDkbA1zODiNh8fwhUXsovvk1IK2tzi_JHhmEimE0N7dRn29sFikSYEpK1LrtQzHL1bgwmIHH_QDxedUN4oSSrW2KALmlggK_Pota60Se8EYu8ZT3LUWIco4leoFNxlelQ/s1600/DSCN0843.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgur08DepxOgS2mDkbA1zODiNh8fwhUXsovvk1IK2tzi_JHhmEimE0N7dRn29sFikSYEpK1LrtQzHL1bgwmIHH_QDxedUN4oSSrW2KALmlggK_Pota60Se8EYu8ZT3LUWIco4leoFNxlelQ/s200/DSCN0843.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582559153578366594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0); ">On a side note I have to add that Randy and I have been performing for over 10 years together (dive bars) and he is the first person to ever actually hear me rap (I was very shaky). We studied acting together at the illustrious Santa Rosa Junior College and earned a reputation as tardy yet talented (in our own minds) performers. Randy starred in the epic hip hop play Stand Up Tragedy with the homies from High Intent and delivered a stellar performance in the lead role. He also did the artwork for my cd <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/downeydjcapsize"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FF99;">Capsule Effects</span></b></a> and his cover has always gotten plenty of compliments. I tell you this so you can see how multi faceted our DJ is and because Topher and I try to hog all the attention...ok well I guess its actually me that does that so...yah...there ya go.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6k1B6VmFzn5oc1mG6_bY1n-nY9FbNG7jwuA36CTVNMXiChCgtOr4r-yTl0lKNImLxnSmNfFMYQ72zq_ENO90Fo5YC-ITlFuMn8BNmrKiEeGl6-vJljexm9cK1v5tL7L8bVbpfPEU_JV2/s1600/37626_412934303365_638838365_4691425_3408559_n.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6k1B6VmFzn5oc1mG6_bY1n-nY9FbNG7jwuA36CTVNMXiChCgtOr4r-yTl0lKNImLxnSmNfFMYQ72zq_ENO90Fo5YC-ITlFuMn8BNmrKiEeGl6-vJljexm9cK1v5tL7L8bVbpfPEU_JV2/s320/37626_412934303365_638838365_4691425_3408559_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582556027188402962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0); ">Oh and by the way...always remember what Wishfulness tells us..."often the best episodes are not sitcoms or cancelled shows but passed on pilots that corrode on dusty shelves of dreamers bold".</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999900;">-David Downey, Jr.<br /></span><div><div><br /></div><div> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-12802324996139415092011-02-28T09:13:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:39:44.597-08:00Shutting Eyes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-Xunah2eJDQ8HfaO9JxerNr2qdgxJY7Xxcyp3muoIw14uMvI-Sz_bdn_ohClfrxtg8zwAwNQfZ8D4xyil0ruwwOuAcEGIYIdXd_TX8Cpu4KyQdwxU8w5QG0ftMTLtl-3VyIoPaqQiis/s1600/The+Universe+is+watching.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-Xunah2eJDQ8HfaO9JxerNr2qdgxJY7Xxcyp3muoIw14uMvI-Sz_bdn_ohClfrxtg8zwAwNQfZ8D4xyil0ruwwOuAcEGIYIdXd_TX8Cpu4KyQdwxU8w5QG0ftMTLtl-3VyIoPaqQiis/s400/The+Universe+is+watching.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578882930524951906" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I have wanted to write this piece for a long time but for some reason today was the day. The sun hit me in the face this morning and...what can I say. I have wanted to give all you beautiful people a free download of Shutting Eyes (also available on itunes and <a href="https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/WokeWithAPlan">CdBaby</a>) and dedicate it to all the forward thinkers out there with a big shout out to Pinchbeck and Knowles. So here you go...<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ooyhdde936qi65r"><b>(SHUTTING EYES FREE DOWNLOAD)</b></a> Enjoy!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><b>My favorite subjects can usually be found in the New Age/Metaphysics section of any book store. Over the years I have <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Journey-East-Hermann-Hesse/dp/0374500363">read</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aufuwMiKmE">watched</a> some pretty awesome things. I have also encountered some totally outrageous perspectives. Two of my favorite authors that are currently offering their information are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Knowles_(comics)">Christopher Knowles</a> and <a href="http://www.realitysandwich.com/blog/daniel_pinchbeck">Daniel Pinchbeck</a>. Each has dedicated themself to their respective subject matters and made a huge difference in my life. I also truly appreciate the sacrifices that many other researchers all over the world are making in attempts to both figure out our universe and help us in it.</b></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">When I wrote the song Shutting Eyes, I had been reading Pinchbeck's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.evolver.net/">Evolver</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"> and Knowle's blog </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://secretsun.blogspot.com/">The Secret Sun</a>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"> drawing inspiration from both.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div><div>As we approach 2012 we are being bombarded with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWWIDT910I">conspiracy theories</a>, <a href="http://www.crystalinks.com/quetzalcoatl.html">ancient predictions</a> and <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html">fringe science</a>. It seems as if every day there is a <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/rocky_planet.html">new discovery of a planet</a>, sighting of a UFO or <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i8q2JVlmPaCK7bKZcBbUQhmwwieg">birds mysteriously falling out of the sky</a>. Here in Oakland we experienced a record <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localsfo/20110207/ts_yblog_localsfo/inshare0-reprintprint-email-font-resize-warm-temps-shatter-obliterate-records-across-the-bay-area">high temperature</a> recently and then this weekend had a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/26/us-weather-sanfrancisco-idUSTRE71P1NH20110226">record low</a>. All over the world the weather seems to be acting strangely. Is it the response of a too long neglected Earth? The coming of Nibiru? A pole shift?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It could be that maybe Earth <b><i>HAS</i></b> reached its tolerable limit and <a href="http://www.sitchin.com/">The Annunaki</a> </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ARE</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> hurtling towards us on <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=planet+x&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8">Planet-X</a> bent on <a href="http://www.davidicke.com/">enslaving humanity</a> (with the help of the Bushes, Windsors and Freemasons), and maybe the Earth's crust </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">IS</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> about to shift turning north to south, sending us all into a primal panic as buildings, mountains and societies collapse. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Some believe that we shall experience a shift on the vibrational level. This shift could potentially result in a greater understanding of our planet, universe, ourselves and each other. After all, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">they are all the same thing</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">. </span></span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>I am a fan of that particular thought process and what I have come to learn is that every single thing we do matters. Every thank you, every fuck you, every love you and every hate you. Somewhere on the vibrational level--<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><b>EVERY SINGLE THING MATTERS!!!</b></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b>What does this mean?</b></span> <i>It means that our thoughts and actions should be positive and aimed at helping ourselves, others, the planet and the universe. By doing this the world that we create through our vibrations becomes not only easier to live in but potentially a perfect manifestation of our own fantastic haven. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>The way I think of it is that the coming shifts are like a boat. The boat is leaving the dock and that is a definite. All people are welcome on the boat. The thing is though, you have to be open minded. Those that cling to the past will be left on the shores. We are all going to get soaked so its just a matter of riding the wave or rebuilding sand houses. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Not every self-conversing, filthy homeless guy is a woebegone time traveler lost and stuck in the wrong universe. But some are!</span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div>Here are the lyrics to Shutting Eyes. I am putting them on here because I am egotistical I guess. <i>Why else do people publish lyrics</i>? Maybe you can print em and make a cd booklet to go with your free download of the song. I'd be impressed if you did. Honored too. Well thanks for reading and see ya when we're all levitating.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Shutting Eyes, The Friday Morning EP</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Catapult me to another continent with no</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">parachute or jet pack to spirit me on home</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">just leave the instructions from the birds</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">those sacred words </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">that were handed through the ages and that some had thought absurd</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">the codes are making sense and </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">to comprehend the dense plans</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">leaves you with the power to take flight but with your own hands</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">no wings are necessary </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">no engine filled with oil slick</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">no laws of physics could explain the magic or the trick</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">send me into deep space out into the clouds so </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">I could fly so high its only where the highest birds go</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">aviation secrets that the elders were protecting</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">every human able to transform into a zeppelin</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">satellites and planets in our grasp like climbing trees</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">and to grab the stars perhaps would be like touching falling leaves</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">unleash me to the forest in a trail thats overgrown</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">and is yearning to be tread again to take travelers home.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Tumbling down the rabbit hole</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">facing your true naked soul</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">feelings that we can't control</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">turning our warm bodies cold</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Shutting Eyes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Shutting Eyes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">One day this universe will become obsolete</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">sweet technicolor sights make the present tense complete</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">weightless from responsiblity and gravity</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">stars and shooting stars inside visions vividly</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">filling up the files of the mind across the seas</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">of the concsious and unconcious now replaced by galaxies</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">letting go, reaching out, shutting eyes, shutting eyes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">in the know, for the show, Shutting Eyes, Shutting Eyes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">in the flow, so we go Shutting Eyes, Shutting Eyes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Aim to leave the atmosphere</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">head towards a new hemisphere</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">criss cross the equator lines just to throw off any tracks</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">once your gone no coming back</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">floating out to some nowhere</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">aspire to be aware</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">follow the natural signs</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">mind is mind and fact is fact</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Shutting Eyes exhale relax</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Visualize the options here</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">everything is now so clear</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">reaching that enlightened mind</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">constantly in constellations</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">synchronizing situations</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">living on a different time</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">losing every sense of fear</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">seeing things as they appear</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">yet knowing their true equation</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCFFFF;">Shutting Eyes feel elation</span></div><div><br /></div><div>-David Downey Jr.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-53020612564550264862011-02-15T09:36:00.001-08:002011-02-18T08:33:08.870-08:00Time Flies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBb7VaYC1iac6xGoa1bXAeUbibN6JEbXXjr2EKd0XWBD8ELphtGwolFnWoSLoBpZuAa0a0JpnGeZWDAZ34Rru0YD9qOHzc9MEEqb_hb5eP0bQfQQ7SgbaOCxLsGgGRohkmWu7GQT2FFTF/s1600/wwap+red.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBb7VaYC1iac6xGoa1bXAeUbibN6JEbXXjr2EKd0XWBD8ELphtGwolFnWoSLoBpZuAa0a0JpnGeZWDAZ34Rru0YD9qOHzc9MEEqb_hb5eP0bQfQQ7SgbaOCxLsGgGRohkmWu7GQT2FFTF/s320/wwap+red.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575066725115841346" /></a><br /><b>DAMN!</b>, 2011 is already a month and a half done and I'm just getting to my first post of what all expect to be an illustrious year. <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The new year is a like a week</span></i></b>. Sunday is January and you have all these hopes and plans for a successful time period. Monday is February where you realize that the year is already one month deep and your plans have gone untouched. Tuesday is April and its too nice out to be bothered with difficult personal goals. Wednesday is June and its all half over with. Not much progress. Thursday is August and <b>SHIT!, </b>the airs getting hot in here with all this pressure of dreams deferred. Friday is October, the beginning of the last quarter so <b>FUCK IT!,</b> put your mask on and party. Saturday is December and its all over. Looking back it was fun. Some thoughts got published while others were left unedited.<div><br /></div><div>There is always next year. Or...maybe...just maybe the mantra <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"time doesn't exist"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">will be on perpetual repeat allowing all desired visions to manifest into reality. </span></span></span></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33FF33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></b></i></div><div>The thing is no matter how we try to quantify it. Days, Weeks, Months. Time Flies but<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><i> it does not exist. </i></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>-David Downey, Jr. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-12421259192249323652010-12-16T20:58:00.000-08:002010-12-16T21:26:28.497-08:00Hands Up (DeadKidSyntax Remix) Music Video<div>Here is the brand new video for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpruDokRBMg">Hands Up (Dead Kid Syntax Remix)</a>. This was directed by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/phineaslarynx">Phineas Larynx</a> and stars David Downey, Jr. as numerous deranged characters none stranger than himself. See poorly maintained teeth spit slick verses and witness horrible haircuts reinvent themselves with quick flicks of electric razors as electronic beats pervade and persuade your suede, cotton, leather, plastic, organs and souls. </div><div><br /></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">If it ain't the type of art, thats a freshly removed heart, still connected to the chest, through the veins and plate of breast, bleeding beating for the judgement, there's no way that I could love it. It has to be exposed; My poems are prose without the clothes. </span></span></span></b></i></div><div><br /></div><div>That's what we decided to go for when Phineas and I discussed this project. Props to Judson De La Wickham for remixing the song and to Topher M. Lewis and Randy Ziady-Huling for creating the original with me. </div><div><br /></div><div>(I couldn't get the proper version to play on this blog so go to youtube and watch it to see it in all its glory.)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><object width="440" height="272"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpruDokRBMg?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XpruDokRBMg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="440" height="272"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-90010115645910032902010-12-09T13:26:00.000-08:002010-12-09T16:35:08.597-08:00Shanti Knapp<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGW34fvZL2ciXPvPNQIeE5X3noD2gaRdJaPBtbctC_njUlYIVWYxurWLQC3uqH5Tu0KyUNDLTDAYr2Yhtpu2ahADL9Mb8RLqTwfTvCQ3465Afh17JRP8yq1Xe6rtmpbqk8bJ8XkfWT1le9/s200/Broken+TV+BW.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548837906104638690" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyoJGJ91PJFYRo8J10K4Me8CBynprBd6Z8QMFCXEsaAPfGU6woPGp0OYYPPZFLHnmGqzcRLTGlYmpqRcAcnsFRXofkW2vwyZ0aHlLfQLhgPvdEtwZh0zzMi_J0Y6XsJS2nXojdWEQO5Rj/s1600/3861275458_3948240b2e.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyoJGJ91PJFYRo8J10K4Me8CBynprBd6Z8QMFCXEsaAPfGU6woPGp0OYYPPZFLHnmGqzcRLTGlYmpqRcAcnsFRXofkW2vwyZ0aHlLfQLhgPvdEtwZh0zzMi_J0Y6XsJS2nXojdWEQO5Rj/s320/3861275458_3948240b2e.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548841972540578786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwx4u4usFA0KMCXCF7-83HjoqKoakP-wKdBDt2IKNkhltKxyos5jviqAP_t5Vwy95qrovSVAf2WRzLdzSa7ar7Faj2Z54IzHLD-iguQyYXcRR5keGBCnOQtq34mAvt7PBYiJZmvywWqMX8/s1600/3860487585_ce4a27512d.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwx4u4usFA0KMCXCF7-83HjoqKoakP-wKdBDt2IKNkhltKxyos5jviqAP_t5Vwy95qrovSVAf2WRzLdzSa7ar7Faj2Z54IzHLD-iguQyYXcRR5keGBCnOQtq34mAvt7PBYiJZmvywWqMX8/s400/3860487585_ce4a27512d.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548841791023418114" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">One needs a team of people to make a creative project successful; it helps when those helping are creative themselves.</span></span></i></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-A. Wiseman</span></span></i></b></span></div><div><br /></div></span></span></i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><a href="http://www.shantiknapp.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Shanti Knapp</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is someone I have gotten to know through the years and over the past couple, witnessed him transform from a photographer in the beginner stages to a bad ass visionary mastermind. Shanti is someone who expresses the innermost reachings of his soul through his photography so we collectively decided that his captures would best represent our first album <a href="http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000049649">The Friday Morning EP</a>. (as far as I'm concerned, baring your soul is what its all about if you are a true artist!) We are lucky to have Shanti as part of the WWAP family and look forward to future creations, collaborations and frankensteins. </span></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Shanti has also taken photos at various shows of <a href="http://www.wokewithaplan.com/">Woke With A Plan</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/daviddowneyjr">David Downey and The Drugs </a>and many other local and big name acts. We have long been planning a WWAP photo shoot that should soon come to fruition and we recently completed a quick promotional shoot for David Downey Jr.'s <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/phineaslarynx">Phineas Larynx</a></span> project. </span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Shanti recently participated in an exhibit at </span></span><a href="http://www.sonomaarts.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Sonoma Arts Council</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> in Santa Rosa. As part of our ongoing work he asked me to write his biography for the show. It was an honor to do so and of course we had to go for something non-traditional. Here it is in its entirety so now you MUST CLICK YOUR MOUSE and travel over to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="http://www.shantiknapp.com/">Shanti's website</a>. S</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">ee the visuals that inspired the words...and oh yah...hire the dude. </span></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><i>For Shanti Knapp at The Sonoma Arts Council 2010</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">It's right there in front of us only we don't see it unless we look or if we really need it--it appears. Bees on flowers, eyes yearning, forgotten graffiti, music, faces, friends, performers, inspired by mom, hearts and guitars, hands grasping, worlds calling, feet follow, lost in thoughts, what are you thinking?, not much, passage of time, crumbled metropolis, hope through hopelessness, heard once that desert peoples can see for miles, no cities to obstruct the vision, eyes adjust, ready, aim, focus...</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">a slight wrinkle at the edge of spectacles</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">entangled in tentacles</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">of auras and vibrance</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">it's tough to deny this</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">right outside your eyelids</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">so mundane '9 to '5's become less inspired</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><i>good times shooting pool shooting the breeze riding the breeze seeing where it goes and capturing it along the way.</i></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><i></i><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; ">i swear i am telling you right now that THIS is what i have to give you</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; ">no more </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; ">and no less </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; ">so </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; ">take it </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; min-height: 18px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">Hi, My name is _____ and I AM AN ARTIST!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial; ">-David Downey, Jr. </p><div><br /></div></span></i></b></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-17456435862974856862010-11-22T11:15:00.000-08:002010-11-22T11:54:31.488-08:00President Kennedy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuQs84Feeci5r1ky6EjDFobSAKM7KPlhp8XmtAbakoRJ26yoRSr8Z4H3q7FHbNgYcq0TeF29PBfhQJXFvARX1cwacX4w9hYIZYuD75wuuAujMXZNhsJu2z0_72RrqiYnUa-HvQqrv-uuu/s1600/jfk1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuQs84Feeci5r1ky6EjDFobSAKM7KPlhp8XmtAbakoRJ26yoRSr8Z4H3q7FHbNgYcq0TeF29PBfhQJXFvARX1cwacX4w9hYIZYuD75wuuAujMXZNhsJu2z0_72RrqiYnUa-HvQqrv-uuu/s320/jfk1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542464875253826098" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Today is the 47th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy</span></b></span>. When I first got into this rap/music game JFK was the name I decided to use for myself. The reason I did this is because I was always upset about the circumstances and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories">conspiracies surrounding the assassination</a>. While I no longer use the JFK alias I still have strong feelings about what happened. <div><br /></div><div>My feeling was and still is that the public world really lost much of our mental freedom on that day. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">There is no way that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>I remember how my Grandmother would talk of The Kennedys as if there was some magical air of perfection surrounding them. She had seen John and Jackie at different gatherings in the Boston area and had a clear admiration for how they carried themselves. American Royalty. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I worked as a bank teller I had the pleasure of having <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harrison-Edward-Livingstone/e/B001KCEGCA">Harrison Livingstone</a> as one of my customers. I learned through conversation that he was the author of some of the most popular JFK assassination conspiracy novels out there. He was a bit of an eccentric so we hit it off. He gave me copies of his books and autographed them for me. He told me that young people don't usually care about JFK and he felt that I could help him maintain the search for truth. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now that current generations have our own JFK assassination in 9/11, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>it seems as if the truth about what happened will forever be buried in a pile of bullshit on the grassy knoll. </b></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>If you are ever in Massachusetts, I highly suggest that you check out the <a href="http://www.jfklibrary.org/">JFK museum</a> and learn more about what type of man he was. I am not going to spend time talking about his accomplishments--look it up. </div><div><br /></div><div>What I will do is share with you this song I made years ago. WWAP member Random Ran made the beat and its actually one of our earliest collaborations. In honor of the real JFK here is a free download of <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?loi28v4tz70jjb5">JFK (come on)</a>. This is off my first solo cd Live From Camelot...Enjoy and send a good thought out into the universe today for our fallen president. At the very least you will see how much our skills have improved since the early days...and oh yeah, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Screw</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b> you Illuminati!</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>-David Downey, Jr</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-24895920186900885662010-09-21T08:51:00.000-07:002010-09-21T09:42:46.464-07:00Hands Up Remix<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWryS7PvpBXQSppOds36qHlzidglzQjHnhsWiPidhVsjyvgaJSvcwOXXcPJkD3CdNkoYs35lObToZwvEApeAS-gZaWYQfcrH1m4gNHdfLzdJTE3vXv39gyKfqiPpMBFzrHAnZwaBCgPiB/s1600/6a00d8341cbe4c53ef00e54f44a3b58834-640wi.jpg"><br /></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SWsQhBGp_wQGg1tAdBUGWkbKOL2TBBZ339Ne_mEkp3JW2WrVO53icGqnN-2KUDNoLjB6_WPFw6ozvnNJeVzvSW0ODXCJV27eQhWLHVM-BT1cV3fyy5oW3HzCIO2bHmxGiqIBKhjFZ32y/s200/selfexam_hands+up.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519400978027619154" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccW1vmLp_ieham4rKursDMUfx7ip8AOgw1FundlHCG1RATOP_TzJOoGXBKxDBKAUVAlFAfh4spIzM48GQIO1GaXQKTwJg6v683MkgZ92PT_-GxSiAAgHuuSj7w8toqXQ5nLMonFRV66Wz/s1600/DLG002.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We are pleased to share this disgustingly sick remix of Hands Up from our friend <a href="http://www.myspace.com/judsonwickham">Judson De La Wickham</a> aka <a href="http://soundcloud.com/electrokill-1">Canyon Rivers</a> aka <a href="http://soundcloud.com/electrokill-1">Deadkidsyntax</a> (like I said previously, you are not a real indie artist unless you have multiple aliases and projects going simultaneously). This song is an excellent remix, one because its slamming and two because it puts a totally new spin on the lyrics. Jud is an accomplished madman of a producer based out of LA and also a longtime friend of WWAP DJ/Live Painter-<a href="http://www.myspace.com/randomran">Random Ran</a>. Do yourself a favor and click on the links so your ears can feel what your eyes are reading.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Jud for doing this song and we look forward to more collaborations in the future as <a href="http://www.myspace.com/daviddowneyjr">David Downey, Jr.</a> is an absolute beat fiend. Until then you can download <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0xxzpag31bz5pic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hands Up (Deadkidsyntax Remix)</span></span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">for FREE!!!</span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div>and remember...<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;">EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU SHOULD PUNCH YOUR BOSS AND MURDER YOUR JOB TOO!</span></span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-David Downey, Jr. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-22329893769068742642010-08-30T09:54:00.000-07:002010-08-31T16:57:10.110-07:00Mr Dark Keys spotted in Sausalito!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoehor9Yjgl-4DGeqGRhbfSu4wndj4rxj6__tQU5lkTKRWJ5qedP7shVmu1HxP2IXftKjq_AuMhY9P68wcAf9rJ-koe2uT6AjCE6HgtzINBvwhBjFS2DM5OMiCCR-uyKj5FXyBRAtzFl-/s1600/asr10new.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoehor9Yjgl-4DGeqGRhbfSu4wndj4rxj6__tQU5lkTKRWJ5qedP7shVmu1HxP2IXftKjq_AuMhY9P68wcAf9rJ-koe2uT6AjCE6HgtzINBvwhBjFS2DM5OMiCCR-uyKj5FXyBRAtzFl-/s200/asr10new.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511726381032005506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8KhqGnPqI80kXNbaxZdSiIl_JBmrp9WIb-UW1VRa0NXajDuNM58uI1xxMGY7fDfVCcdsgB1L2jhuAjO74_N6tWYQAmgGQJVDycVhU0hF02NhSU4JnDs4jYwBk4agUWI2GkWAVUjvZcwM/s1600/28491_390678863674_367523778674_3829039_1159900_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8KhqGnPqI80kXNbaxZdSiIl_JBmrp9WIb-UW1VRa0NXajDuNM58uI1xxMGY7fDfVCcdsgB1L2jhuAjO74_N6tWYQAmgGQJVDycVhU0hF02NhSU4JnDs4jYwBk4agUWI2GkWAVUjvZcwM/s200/28491_390678863674_367523778674_3829039_1159900_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511724441793850674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHFcO373NU2JR_mewH0rlC5bfhQXgnS_BqzAIqGtVJJJwpheRFo2tqBacSD_HChAe6CQ3pXgRObYLR61BaQZtht9AdFRMQAIKSUhwqGtNFtDQaViNuWygBD_uxfWJ48oWojO58aDPbbKQ/s1600/lrg_26ee0e297f7f4e0d9fa9542f6d189d2e.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHFcO373NU2JR_mewH0rlC5bfhQXgnS_BqzAIqGtVJJJwpheRFo2tqBacSD_HChAe6CQ3pXgRObYLR61BaQZtht9AdFRMQAIKSUhwqGtNFtDQaViNuWygBD_uxfWJ48oWojO58aDPbbKQ/s320/lrg_26ee0e297f7f4e0d9fa9542f6d189d2e.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511724326146843922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0KOLfVHiki0cAVzUnHjnO4K3G014zWXCUzPj-1i21z9r9pTLpAmTR5TMSN5L61p3DrQ3nnYmwKCoYqXzL2W2lrIIvygmSXNRpaDJrZkzawV15WJEG8-y7OBxH41T_EaFMChrOUEeYsMR/s1600/n13599832403_556911_5368.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 189px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0KOLfVHiki0cAVzUnHjnO4K3G014zWXCUzPj-1i21z9r9pTLpAmTR5TMSN5L61p3DrQ3nnYmwKCoYqXzL2W2lrIIvygmSXNRpaDJrZkzawV15WJEG8-y7OBxH41T_EaFMChrOUEeYsMR/s200/n13599832403_556911_5368.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511724091647345618" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Woke With A Plan beatmaker, producer and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq_ASR-10">ASR-10</a> aficionado Topher M. Lewis recently had one of his compositions used as the opening music for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esoF9-vC98">The Sausalito Film Festival</a>. The song Cognitive Miser was originally released in 2002 on the album <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mrdarkkeys/music/albums/inarticulate-idiot-7447285">Broken Record</a>. Now we all know that you are not a "real" indie musician unless you have multiple aliases, groups and projects going <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse">simultaneously</a>. Staying true to that meme, Lewis has used the moniker Mr Dark Keys for years and has a treasure trove of soon to be released instrumentals guaranteed to leave you spellbound. Be sure to follow Mr Dark Keys on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mrdarkkeys">myspace</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MR-DARK-KEYS/13599832403">facebook</a> and of course remember to follow his alter ego Topher M. Lewis in Woke With A Plan. I promise, your ears (<a href="http://gigdoggy.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/headphones.jpg?w=400&h=281">and breasts</a>) will thank you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-24852057436042511072010-08-27T14:45:00.000-07:002010-08-27T15:39:22.741-07:00The Rap Money is Gas Money Tour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_hf_BJ2xmuaIDyyLICflaAa4jPekJPtZdhJ4aD8_8uAx_8lIw5rXlaT05R6q2FJRPFTVVH6npfQhePAn5FPDL2pGnR1stgygaVJvv36afH8AJI3D5VJmz5yAYbr9y6wJ_R_dSuba-TfD/s1600/Rock-ItRoom9-14FlyerFull.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_hf_BJ2xmuaIDyyLICflaAa4jPekJPtZdhJ4aD8_8uAx_8lIw5rXlaT05R6q2FJRPFTVVH6npfQhePAn5FPDL2pGnR1stgygaVJvv36afH8AJI3D5VJmz5yAYbr9y6wJ_R_dSuba-TfD/s400/Rock-ItRoom9-14FlyerFull.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510211451667101698" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><b>The Rap Money is Gas Money Tour is rolling through San Francisco and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/wokewithaplan">Woke With A Plan</a> is happy to announce our participation in support of </b></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/abadawn"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>Abadawn</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>, </b></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarxmusic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>Sarx</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b> and </b></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nametheuncanny"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>Name The Uncanny</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>. We recently performed on the same bill as Abadawn at Club Six and let me just say that it is not often you get to witness a skilled rapper rock his set then go into a cover of "Closer" by NIN. Pretty sick, you don't want to miss it so come on out and support this tour. These guys are driving down from the Seattle/Portland area and on their way to LA so lets pack the house. Gas </b></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">is</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b> expensive!</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b>Local Chip-Hop masterminds </b></span><a href="http://blog.planetskill.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b>A_Rival</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b> will also be rocking the room so prepare for the house to be brought down. If you haven't heard of these guys you need check out their 8-bit remake of </b></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLErHsuhNoY&feature=player_embedded"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b>Nuthin' But A G-Thang</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b> and see how talented this crew is. Internationally acclaimed B-Boy </b></span><a href="http://www.jimmyhits.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b>Jimmy Hits</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b> is the DJ for A_Rival so look for him to flex his skills on both the tables and the floor. </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>We will be doing "our usual unusual" with a few new wrinkles to the set and the song arrangement. One of our newer pieces is live painting where David Downey, Jr. scribbles some doodles and Randy Ziady Huling spends the rest of the set turning it into a thing of beauty while all along Topher Lewis orchestrates the symphony like a brain surgeon lobotomizing and re-animating unknowing patients. Mannequin heads, TV's tuned to strangeness, illumination and other theatrics are guaranteed! On a side note, WWAP frontman David Downey, Jr. is planning a temporary move to Boston so this may be your last chance to see us for a bit. Come on out, have a beer, reminisce, be entertained and let loose. We will actually be removing our beating hearts and leaving them on stage during the show so this will be monumental!<br /></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Live DJ sets by Jimmy Hits, Prefix and WWAP's own Random Ran!<br /><br />Tuesday 9/14/2010 406 Clement St San Francisco 9PM $8 21+</b></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>-David Downey, Jr.</b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-14256738006162009572010-07-21T13:02:00.000-07:002010-07-24T03:01:55.229-07:00The Dark Room at Club Six<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkRXDcX4gUfyDxz8NbyL9npj7hFUvBopI9pSG2jqiz1AM6q4uSk6s1F7Rkk7I2_DhXmvU85CwqPKlDqWTvFZ0KTHpVXEVfjlszpSDDRQCG36oMVLq0Q8eb5K3aAfYEjJC_wUv69R91q7Z/s1600/l_f6cc8ff8ba434255b7b241623029f442.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkRXDcX4gUfyDxz8NbyL9npj7hFUvBopI9pSG2jqiz1AM6q4uSk6s1F7Rkk7I2_DhXmvU85CwqPKlDqWTvFZ0KTHpVXEVfjlszpSDDRQCG36oMVLq0Q8eb5K3aAfYEjJC_wUv69R91q7Z/s400/l_f6cc8ff8ba434255b7b241623029f442.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496468797509994178" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wokewithaplan">Woke With A Plan</a> will be performing this Friday July 23rd inside of <a href="http://www.clubsix1.com/">The Dark Room at Club Six</a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mennop">Menno-P</a> will be starting things off and if you haven't heard of this San Fran MC then you have to check out his fresh video with the crazy looking monkeys from the 50's on bikes. Its like a warped sci-fi version of the Dennis The Menace show with some ill hip hop behind it. You can check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUhG2sIenfc">"Eyewitness"</a> right here.<br /><br />After Woke With A Plan manipulates time and creates an alternate universe through TV, antique clocks and possessed heads, we will return you to the present tense for local bay area legend--Dublin.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dublin">Dublin</a> has been rocking mics and representing SF for years earning the respect of every person that has had a chance to see him live. Dublin just returned from an East Coast tour with the illustrious <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyRP0_IiZeM">Brass, Bows and Beats</a> symphony so now is your time to see this cat locally before he blows up internationally and you have to pay double the ticket price to scalpers. You might have also heard of him from the <a href="http://www.jazzmafia.com/">Jazz Mafia</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/theshotgunweddingquintet">Shotgun Wedding Quintet </a>or his newest release <a href="http://jazzmafia.bandcamp.com/track/dublin-ease-the-pain">Ease The Pain</a>. <br /><br />Next up we have <a href="http://www.myspace.com/abadawn">Abadawn</a> from <a href="http://camobeardigital.com/">Camobear Records</a>. Abadawn is on tour from Portland OR and has a reputation for putting on an energetic and LIVE live show. I hadn't heard of Abadawn before this gig was booked but checking out his myspace and hearing the song Greasy Burr made me an instant fan. I think I played that song like 20 times so when its played live I'll be that dude in the front row bugging out and repeating the lyrics. <br /><br />We also want to thank Dave Blank aka Dark Alley Ethics and Level for putting on this show and giving us all an opportunity to gig. This is one of the best lineups I have ever had the pleasure of being associated with so please show your support for Woke With A Plan and these other acts. We promise to leave blood, guts, brains, hearts and other organs on the stage steaming from their fresh removal...but no tears. (rappers don't cry) <br /><br /><br />Hope to see you this Friday July 23rd at Club Six. 60 6th St. SF 9PM <br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-12562352425238883332010-06-02T17:05:00.000-07:002010-06-03T21:53:06.310-07:00Gallons of Fuel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckyXneeHqUBtoh6NaSqxDKcxVidjP3CHx4vtMvYqznBWKKV5S2F9s_owtNRC69LGZo86wuWnaz5lIwV1I1gdeqCVGI3QmGjXpbAMu5JkLd7dEzGHIJdqEyX5onynbrLTOExe5Y2-PfTXp/s1600/alg_oil-spill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckyXneeHqUBtoh6NaSqxDKcxVidjP3CHx4vtMvYqznBWKKV5S2F9s_owtNRC69LGZo86wuWnaz5lIwV1I1gdeqCVGI3QmGjXpbAMu5JkLd7dEzGHIJdqEyX5onynbrLTOExe5Y2-PfTXp/s400/alg_oil-spill.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478337000265421970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'courier new', serif;">What is going on right now with the oil spill in the gulf is sickening and totally fucked up. A few years ago I recorded this song called Gallons of Fuel for one of my upcoming solo cds entitled The People Aquarium. WWAP's own DJ Plutoe (Random Ran) made this beat and the song has been sitting in my itunes catalog with only about 5 different people ever hearing it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This version is unfinished, unmixed and may never see the light of day other than this blog and through this free download. It just seems like a proper time to share a song when we are going through such a serious environmental crisis. Hope you enjoy it (the song not the crisis), thanks for reading this blog and for following our music! Here is </span></b></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?m3l2zj2zyoj">Gallons of Fuel</a>.</span></span></b></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, serif;"><b><i>-David Downey Jr.</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'courier new', serif;"> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-58989519802079626482010-05-25T11:18:00.000-07:002010-07-13T13:25:47.144-07:00We are...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcu5gVk_Teg2j25xLR4jS6Kyx_BhpaoxW-GQAue_1FwZB4DeI0GYfF-RG4VCgZ3nKOiSjB3p8ohHKvAjruGngbeJD1prY1Et5DDPAsuGFQTI_D4EscCr7uVidREFlKjGfP3BEC2zGdLll/s1600/large-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcu5gVk_Teg2j25xLR4jS6Kyx_BhpaoxW-GQAue_1FwZB4DeI0GYfF-RG4VCgZ3nKOiSjB3p8ohHKvAjruGngbeJD1prY1Et5DDPAsuGFQTI_D4EscCr7uVidREFlKjGfP3BEC2zGdLll/s400/large-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475274910058508674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 3px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 3px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">decrepit statues, broken relationships, dreams of flying, alien visions, psychotic multiple personalities, bird communication, rusty playgrounds with steep metal slides, words of vitriol, misguided energy, dreams deferred, marijuana, dolphins rescuing humans, insight of spiders, job disillusionment, untranslatable instructions, forced hypnotism, insane neighbors, passive aggressiveness, aggressive aggressiveness, complicated interactions, not holding back, absolute power without corruption, rock proof glass houses, early bird worm hoarders, silent objections, mental assassinations, undiscovered planets, squeaky swingsets, dusty nooks, painstaking detail, franklin mint manufactured plates of unknown heroes, bounced checks, climbing trees and hiding, hearts torn out, roadkill reanimated, the secret sauce, workplace sabotage, calling in sick, going in sick, driving recklessly, walking carefully, shooting your mouth off, excess, ambience, creation, transference of energy, ancient thought patterns, the superconsciousness, the ability to fly, your first forgotten dream, your first remembered nightmare, what you wanted to be as a kid, who you are as an adult. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px;font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-74724419453407500492010-05-18T21:59:00.000-07:002010-07-13T13:25:26.925-07:00David Downey and The Drugs Live at The Rocks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qd39BaX0TMFWyuKehL5HaU1_671s6tBHwjOcuZtmALh6xr7YPErkX_YhUmToiJ36nvIID-xq5jaNHbqpbxQRUdBgYTlttjy5h61dwbsCRu0fsYQV09LFLlgFoeR8oDTPWnw7GoI10AsG/s1600/n340344807826_4953.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qd39BaX0TMFWyuKehL5HaU1_671s6tBHwjOcuZtmALh6xr7YPErkX_YhUmToiJ36nvIID-xq5jaNHbqpbxQRUdBgYTlttjy5h61dwbsCRu0fsYQV09LFLlgFoeR8oDTPWnw7GoI10AsG/s400/n340344807826_4953.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472848120465586098" /></a><br />This Thursday May 2oth, Woke With A Plan frontman <b><i><a href="http://www.myspace.com/daviddowneyjr">David Downey Jr</a></i></b> will be performing with his posse of lunatics The Drugs. Playing in support of longtime North Bay mainstays <b><i><a href="http://www.myspace.com/highintentband">High Intent</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">,</span></i></b> this gig promises to be an action packed roller coaster ride of bangin beats and conscious lyrics. <div><br /></div><div>For this potentially dangerous prescription of The Drugs, Downey will be joined by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/derailedfreighttrain"><b><i>Derailed Freight Train</i></b></a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/randomran"><i><b>DJ Plutoe</b></i></a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/iamreallyrosie"><b><i>Rose Logue</i></b></a> and possibly <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ehnertia"><i><b>Ehnertia</b></i></a>. This regimen will likely cause extreme heart palpitations, spontaneous dancing, binge drinking, hallucinatory visions, increased sex drive, heightened sense of ninja skills and <a href="http://lisawallerrogers.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/beatlemania.jpg"><b>Beatle-mania like hysteria</b></a>. We are currently awaiting approval from FEMA and the CIA before we can release our product for mass consumption but are currently allowed to dose you in small venues. </div><div><br /></div><div>We hope to see you there. Feel free to bring children with fake ids, grand-parents and aliens. We will rock their respective world! </div><div><br /></div><div>High Intent and David Downey and The Drugs @ <a href="http://www.therocks146.com/"><b>The Rocks</b></a>. 146 Kentucky St. Petaluma</div><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-77323846668362766902010-04-07T15:57:00.000-07:002010-07-13T13:24:47.085-07:00All Over A Girl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyBxFE7MWOF5QFJmQ3p4855QjlO_YOg-EdXhwxm92G0JeUg203gH0zTWVZ_8LOGyhtXtsR-YSpDDSfPrF5eAkxLPI9HFYRefThzWtZ2CzWZRT_rtGbHYxeYMtMGS33NxmT3RrdunVbyim/s1600/DSCN3141.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyBxFE7MWOF5QFJmQ3p4855QjlO_YOg-EdXhwxm92G0JeUg203gH0zTWVZ_8LOGyhtXtsR-YSpDDSfPrF5eAkxLPI9HFYRefThzWtZ2CzWZRT_rtGbHYxeYMtMGS33NxmT3RrdunVbyim/s200/DSCN3141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457552558729991202" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcvTrp3_sTS44sO0SuL8aR6Vp06aoOmTfxijrUkPuiMrrYHZuATN629NQCj8X0U97GQecYoZTgRLEE60xorev4xQHfAFcOTs6tOfz01xUWrf5nd9cKUTUTke29PtPqtgQnKDqfF0ykyiq/s200/DSCN3143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457552572791083746" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjhIitPXo2ygVWOmMiQ1X-v9XaxFEFtsJEktaRK6h4sY5AM5AA_l4QCcsNXJwIm6kMHuEIJM8-dw6xxQe42nhderKJsrCdM5FRgY7mYNEIOMa7pXwXsqNHKcVphtz-xoLDAqS7Wb0LciA/s200/DSCN3183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457552554123685426" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEH8IYO5jaKMuDll2IMgOJe7cupA0U4JelcSHHnKWkByYJt_qBTStwOUid19JjX4EoNdO-TudZCoMd-TZZqNUwgxToA0fEPeyXsf5qb6ZcMQhAn7ua1q69csZjSrhwME6ogbinyWRIzZ8/s200/DSCN3150.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457555989459078178" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Woke With A Plan recently performed at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mamabuzzcafe">Mama Buzz Cafe</a> in Oakland which is a dope spot if you have not checked it out. Its a coffee shop that has good beer on tap, an outdoor patio in the back where you can smoke and the staff is cool as shit. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/martinsolemusic">Martin Sole</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alicehejnamusic">Alice Hejna</a> started up the night up with soulful sets of folk rock before WWAP dimmed the lights only to illuminate briefcases and alien heads while some 70's sci-fi movie with Charlton Heston lived on in our TV set. We will never tell what the movie was or if the aliens head was returned to its body and planet... <div><br /></div><div>You will just have to come on out to the next show and see what is in store. </div><div><br /></div><div>Until then here is a free download of the song <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yrummijzjzw"><b><i>All Over A Girl(Live @ Mama Buzz)</i></b></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-68664937074104591202010-03-29T08:28:00.000-07:002010-07-13T13:24:24.251-07:00Woke With A Plan Live at Mama Buzz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBf4GA4t_L25fHo7jcTlI3E8R1JtrhAmAaKx5jJGpMWs_uxD7RHOxWDe1rh1DpTnkdmAAP_0ZGL3v3q84Rg7WFXiP-xNjnOVBjf4WzDvpmfTTiluEf7TY4Z2UiOzxNFNIjqjkUmlMMgh3/s1600/m_a8c223e754b90443234de88045759eec.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBf4GA4t_L25fHo7jcTlI3E8R1JtrhAmAaKx5jJGpMWs_uxD7RHOxWDe1rh1DpTnkdmAAP_0ZGL3v3q84Rg7WFXiP-xNjnOVBjf4WzDvpmfTTiluEf7TY4Z2UiOzxNFNIjqjkUmlMMgh3/s400/m_a8c223e754b90443234de88045759eec.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454084446396495154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CvODS8Kq8ILxKqRQLQTq-DI9hQD1QEiqTBulDdcGXL4NPobpxgEiGsGAosrG7O5uQprqRukaCfd3UkU7iN3nfUDxVKVXBVli6t2WFcVa3XvSqh2h88z-xMpATjEPbSymL9TN1-Qlhs6D/s1600/m_6519015c9b2e40438daf01d70cca41a1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CvODS8Kq8ILxKqRQLQTq-DI9hQD1QEiqTBulDdcGXL4NPobpxgEiGsGAosrG7O5uQprqRukaCfd3UkU7iN3nfUDxVKVXBVli6t2WFcVa3XvSqh2h88z-xMpATjEPbSymL9TN1-Qlhs6D/s400/m_6519015c9b2e40438daf01d70cca41a1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454084350906544210" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wokewithaplan">Woke With A Plan</a> will be performing this Wednesday, March 31st at <a href="http://www.mamabuzzcafe.com/index.php">Mama Buzz Cafe</a> in Oakland. Also on the bill is folk/rock singer <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alicehejnamusic">Alice Hejna</a> who has been touring the west coast from Paris, France and local SF folk/soul singer <a href="http://www.myspace.com/martinsolemusic">Martin Sole</a>. This is an early gig, starting at 6 and ending at 9 so you can check us out for a cheap $5 bucks and still be able to get a good nights sleep in preparation for April's Fool's jokes. <div><br /></div><div>On a side note, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/daviddowneyjr">David Downey Jr and The Drugs</a> rocked the House of Shields in SF on the 26th. Costume changes, glowing mannequin heads and pure unfiltered energy made the set incredibly unique and it will only get crazier as this was the groups debut. Derailed Freight Train injected ambient flavor with his electric guitar and Random Ran owned the tables while David Downey, Jr. jumped around like a madman covered in ants ranting lyrical poetry. Pictures will be available soon. </div><div><br /></div><div>We hope to see you this Wednesday at Mama Buzz!!! Be there...</div><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-61440990680108443792010-03-22T09:01:00.000-07:002011-05-02T15:29:41.456-07:00David Downey Jr and The Drugs<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5M3ha-Sxhyphenhyphen9ilYVmK8YbUkvX8c_LIwH2UwFumXdOptx7m3rZZzz0Y8yz33HChZsT9feRjNQD0njqMxJ7igeBnLY1ebCC3AHaYrZsSu85DyzfTJByWZ1c2WAElVvGRVVuaAe2Pig8Soqg/s200/BeardedLady.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451524231517223314" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqrSYVCo9l8xv1mOvmq4fHAj-aJ3GJolkUAVreV2gxaHnnVbnRKnsT0i6b17Npjknhe4IOIcVGkojMtG-9y4Hk_PzSFc5m-q30GOiSX1i4t5pQwAq5u_QJuLCCM6dxqdkOth0c-G0IXUy/s200/l_23e995848769442eaad6cceca7ef4285.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451521854910624818" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxoFTW6sIWcTxcdv8dydrynMbdhtPo541HyOvXGqj4QDMFM0MAzjtSQZvi1Twa-vthz82all2SMrTk5kQrW-OuDkjDkAIjfjFt8ee-HPK4v2TKjWwoMgzR0d2D5vEvcvtF-GLaQSorvEVC/s200/escape_artist_1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451526057724947490" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaO6NpUwa7MbmgKfhFApfC5pm55pdvidd2QjI9Y-MSSiQGgBhczk3asqyW-AfY1tN4FEUP5DuSbX8zuwq7YgDSiUEoxN_cFA72QlT4Hwqs3Xwgek2ZhUyvmAEvbyzt_jXSyZvD_TRT9g-o/s200/m_013d1330f9cd497b8088ad71f43ff22d.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451522246017084978" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARcgMDUzZGY2lQtW6r9LyRvv12FSt7nz2MhsBv6uhFembAjLXrNQUosAsVfXEN4nBDUgMAlzbTTF21zsi0Zgj45sCHTP3qAqXfhPBTINfSVw-0ZUbAcMc1XZSUgEZkTkA3ydUof0aQ405/s200/gray+alien.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451524700169515778" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjV4DW7Wnd_BxPnbDoMdiR9K7bU6n4oUQgjM7DwzwWr-uRy0kyHX6DM0WAty1-TscBnr71kIgAzxMSnk0kM52QDzdtocPEpxTjKnySWfK2kac52iAxTBmN4-TBdxGX1AxytDSISAdvfkYI/s200/l_197a0b074f024e28b95f768c5bf5a6d2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451522100121547842" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wokewithaplan"><br /></a></span></span></div><a href="http://www.myspace.com/wokewithaplan">Woke With A Plan</a> frontman <a href="http://www.myspace.com/daviddowneyjr">David Downey Jr</a> has recently undertaken an additional project--David Downey Jr and The Drugs.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>David Downey Jr and The Drugs is pretty much going to be a live circus with Downey as the rapping ringleader. Long inspired by his talented circle of musician friends while contemplating more ways to put on a great live show, Downey decided to combine the two. The Drugs will be a revolving cast of instrumentalists, fire breathers, singers, escape artists, rappers, bearded ladies and extra terrestrials. For the first show it will be Downey performing songs with the eternally dependable (WWAP member Randy Ziady-Huling) <a href="http://www.myspace.com/randomran">Random Ran</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ehnertia">Ehnertia</a> (Sunset Leagues) and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/derailedfreighttrain">Derailed Freight Train</a> (Burning Token Records) . The idea is for Downey to lead the show while still allowing opportunities for the various members of The Drugs to take center stage. </div><div><br /></div><div>The first chance the world has to see David Downey Jr and The Drugs live is THIS FRIDAY THE 26th at<a href="http://www.houseofshields.com/"> The House of Shields</a> in SF. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/alicehejnamusic">Alice Hejna</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/blairsounds">Blair</a> are also playing.</div></div></div><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-26903197658640325472010-02-11T17:29:00.000-08:002010-02-12T09:13:10.651-08:00Woke With A Plan & Derailed Freight Train<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRajm1xUSMlg3vrUxDNL-O2zsvRoz2au0HNSmWo2ry2YHlNxMQo2C4JhQ6fuNlwu6-Ihe3WMT078qFDBk98X9U2Qu9D8pLPWGVw96726BlOtfsidLPa_Eb0pTFSIbW0GBJwpk0FRwOJ8Bt/s1600-h/m_8202e6a3e6ed4f5d1c21d7ef8822f94b.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRajm1xUSMlg3vrUxDNL-O2zsvRoz2au0HNSmWo2ry2YHlNxMQo2C4JhQ6fuNlwu6-Ihe3WMT078qFDBk98X9U2Qu9D8pLPWGVw96726BlOtfsidLPa_Eb0pTFSIbW0GBJwpk0FRwOJ8Bt/s400/m_8202e6a3e6ed4f5d1c21d7ef8822f94b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437403485183915138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJLpHcDx4wLt8zCA_jANwA0ZbjfX_AofRC_mwu6ZgdVTPKM7qyeOk_MW7iFtfIEt0p3ImxkaFiwmaBZIgJSMkaJx9I7WvhDGltY2pdbwpsUOa_fOfHI3VaARg_bw8XVEsGGacSYf8sa-O/s1600-h/m_230aae4a91a04240afc018ed7c4b68cc.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJLpHcDx4wLt8zCA_jANwA0ZbjfX_AofRC_mwu6ZgdVTPKM7qyeOk_MW7iFtfIEt0p3ImxkaFiwmaBZIgJSMkaJx9I7WvhDGltY2pdbwpsUOa_fOfHI3VaARg_bw8XVEsGGacSYf8sa-O/s400/m_230aae4a91a04240afc018ed7c4b68cc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437403407108832242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvPPPWPXDrwPZsMSWst8kOWJ4h4JV_Km2r3BG7V0B1Cbm_2bQXjy6FzEFEx2Qc9QN8fo5VUuV2MVfMGi0Nwp42FcFE4pbuJ9RabdARmKVtASOr6dQkIZutkGli2X2x9ckKqWDSu9f86Bt/s1600-h/m_6624c3ab4618418db464e7a23438e18d.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvPPPWPXDrwPZsMSWst8kOWJ4h4JV_Km2r3BG7V0B1Cbm_2bQXjy6FzEFEx2Qc9QN8fo5VUuV2MVfMGi0Nwp42FcFE4pbuJ9RabdARmKVtASOr6dQkIZutkGli2X2x9ckKqWDSu9f86Bt/s400/m_6624c3ab4618418db464e7a23438e18d.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437403295406617282" /></a><br /><br />Woke With A Plan is pleased to announce and share with you our recent collaboration with Derailed Freight Train aka Damian C. Cohn for his upcoming EP "Back Seat Driver"(produced by WWAP's own Topher Lewis). This song was recorded in one session using a 20 year old Yamaha Portasound Voice Bank PSS-270 (the one you got for your 10th birthday) for the main beat. <div><br /></div><div>Here is <b><i><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?fmtwqnjnwjz">Voodoo Doll</a></i></b> for your listening pleasure.<div><br /></div><div>Multi-instrumentalist <a href="http://www.myspace.com/derailedfreighttrain">Derailed Freight Train</a> has been a longtime contributor to the Northern California music scene through his various innovative undertakings including the euphonic <a href="http://www.myspace.com/scattershottheory">Scattershot-Theory</a>, sample smorgasbord <a href="http://www.myspace.com/overturnedbigrig">Overturned Big-Rig</a>, The Brozone on KBRO and The Petaluma Radiophonic Workshop.</div><div><br /></div><div>Great things often gain mystique once they are gone, growing more legendary with each fond remembrance. Such is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/prworkshop">The Petaluma Radiophonic Workshop</a>. Set in a dilapidated old farmhouse on a secluded road in Petaluma CA, The Workshop served as a mecca for local artists and musicians to gather and create. Wall to wall cables and strategically placed microphones left The Workshop completely wired for recording and eclectic instruments abound encouraged all-nighter parties/jam sessions. You just can't describe the feeling of taking a piss then looking up to find a microphone and realizing that your bathroom experience has been recorded or trying to keep tune on a vintage organ while some of The Bay Area's most respected musicians are rocking out beside you. Encounters with an unrelenting, invading possum (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYWbWNKSWng">immortalized here</a>) and a half-feral cat named Tagger proved to visitors that the workshop was just as much a magnet for wild animals as it was for eccentric musicians. </div><div><br /></div><div>On Sunday nights Cohn would open the doors (they were never locked anyway) to host <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebrozone">The Brozone on KBRO FM</a>, a weekly radio show focusing on a variety of revolving topics and including an ever-changing lineup of musicians, personalities and friends. No topic was too absurd and no sound too ridiculous for the circus The Brozone would often become. Cohn presided over this harmonic carnival like a mad scientist watching his experiment animate, mutate and turn to ash all in the course of a night. Seasoned maestros and inexperienced beginners mingled together to absorb the magic and bask in the creative glow. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly, The Workshop no longer exists in its original form but Cohn has continued to produce The Brozone from temporary locations vowing to return the The Workshop to its former glory once a suitable space has been discovered. </div><div><br /></div><div>Be on the lookout for Back Seat Driver and future collaborations between Woke With A Plan and Derailed Freight Train!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>-David Downey, Jr.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-38715294210866021682010-01-18T12:24:00.000-08:002010-07-13T13:23:19.649-07:00Woke With A Plan at Jasper O'FarrellsWoke With A Plan will be performing songs from The Friday Morning EP on Saturday January 30th at Jasper O'Farrells in Sebastopol. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNtjG_naakTz7IM6wqjTzZn_PedKB9W03psdxgLduQX3Arw5Lpg2BZB4PkcdQd5TVhehsbPUPl3ZeJ6PrRVUu73CWoel86MJbRIxRqlPlzN5m6LSef2jwixWTLgdS4QHk4VFfK8j2F-ac/s1600-h/GoodHipHop12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNtjG_naakTz7IM6wqjTzZn_PedKB9W03psdxgLduQX3Arw5Lpg2BZB4PkcdQd5TVhehsbPUPl3ZeJ6PrRVUu73CWoel86MJbRIxRqlPlzN5m6LSef2jwixWTLgdS4QHk4VFfK8j2F-ac/s400/GoodHipHop12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429607141548184242" /></a><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-1981445065688711342010-01-04T09:08:00.000-08:002010-07-13T13:22:52.121-07:00The Violent KindHappy New Years from Woke With A Plan! It was a busy December for WWAP as we focused on recording two new songs for the upcoming indie film The Violent Kind, which is scheduled to premier at The Sundance Film Festival. We hope you enjoy this free download of the first song <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gymguj2zzmj"><b><i>Heads Up</i></b></a><br /><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-81231077676663878712009-11-24T08:00:00.000-08:002010-07-13T13:22:17.594-07:00Don't Walk video by Woke With A Plan members...Woke With A Plan is proud to share this video for the song Don't Walk by David Downey, Jr. This song was the closing track off of Downey's 2005 release Legend of the Son, recorded under the psuedonym "JFK" with Ziady-Huling producing the beat and animating the video. This video started as a school project, ended up falling by the wayside for a couple of years and after much deliberation and consideration we decided to bring it to you in its rawest form.<br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XDWjtThHGlc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XDWjtThHGlc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843524808759530865.post-57996026942007286592009-11-10T15:09:00.000-08:002010-07-13T13:21:46.677-07:00Who is Woke With A Plan?Woke With A Plan was formed in 2008 by David Downey Jr (vocals), Topher Lewis (keyboards, laptop) and Randy Ziady-Huling (The DJ) with the idea of creating music that was as unique and experimental as it was listenable and honest. A hip-hop influenced sound that leans more towards an indie rock vibe was the result of weekly day long recording sessions between Downey and Lewis usually on Fridays leading to the title of their upcoming debut "The Friday Morning EP". <br /><br /><br />-David Downey, Jr.<br /><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0