My Vintage

I came across this photo mag published the very month I was born. Very cool. My mom even had the same hairdo.

Let's not crunch the numbers just yet though.

good cop...no donut...huh?

As I pulled into the Spring Lake parking lot at 7:15 this morning, the big black and white Santa Rosa Police bus loomed large. What would await me on my morning mountain bike ride? What would warrant such a police presence here in mother nature’s playground? Foul play perhaps? Would I see some body bags being hauled out of Annadel? My mind raced.

No sooner had I rounded the first bend approaching the canal bridge, than I was confronted with a wall of 20 or so police…not in uniform, but in full on exercise mode. Several of these young commandos were prone on the bridge, busting out push ups and blocking my path.


“Just run ‘em over”, quipped one of their ranks.

“Hey, who brought the donuts?” I decided it best to keep my wise ass inner monologue to myself as I politely rode by.

I was actually very impressed with this chily, early morning fitness training mission. Not even a bear claw in sight. Hopefully they weren’t missing out on any a.m. crime sprees back in town.

Zen Men

photo credit: music-is-a-drug



A head of a Brazilian shanty town, a Buddhist monk and a Polish gangster……what could these diverse personas share in common? It’s their dedication to the worldwide spread of Zen spirit as collaborators in the French electro hip hop label, Chinese Man Records.

From a mysterious Chinese district in the south of France (Marseilles), Chinese Man Records integrates 5 producers and beatmakers, 3 DJs and multiple video artists to conjure up their own inspired blend of hip hop, nu-break, dub, Afrobeat, Asian and traditional influences.

A 2007 Mercedes ad afforded visibility to their label in showcasing the track, “I’ve Got That Tune”. As this prolific crew has since revealed, they’ve actually got lots of tunes.

Just released on April 11, Racing With the Sun - Chinese Man takes their musical Zen to yet a higher level of audio enlightenment! Wutznot2lyke got off on Racing With The Sun, MissChang and TaBom.

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