B.U.S.H. Magazine

Succlent is my favorite word

Succulent Radio...juicy cuts and delicious beats for your listening grooves and orgasmic dancing pleasure

So i've started this radio station and I'm still working out the kinks to this sh*t. It allows me to pick music then it adds all this wack bullsh*t that I would never let my precious ears hear. So I'm constantly trying to deleting the wack tracks. Its a start. My dream is to have my own radio show. It will happen because I'm talking it into exsistance right now. Until then this will have to do. Listen and then tell me whatcha' tink... Peace and Listening...Bushy

To find my station take look at my profile or go to  www.pandora.com and look for Succulent Radio

PeaceOut Hip Hop Festival

Don't miss this years PeaceOut Hip Hop Festival.

Nothing but queer artist all night long. Most of the artist are Hip Hop artist that are incubating right here in the bay and on top of all that they manage to get people to fly in to perform from across the country.

EAST BAY PRIDE in association with Kitchen Sink Magazine.Mama Buzz Cafe
sugartruck recordings A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Records and Phat Family proudly
presents PeaceOUT The 4th Annual World HomoHop Festival October 22-24,
2004 at 21 GRAND.

What is PeaceOUT? PeaceOUT is an international gathering of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender hip-hop artists, activists, fans and supporters
to celebrate the LGBT presence in hip-hop music and culture, hosted by
East Bay Pride and produced by sugartruck recordings in conjunction with
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.Records. The festival will take place over the weekend of
October 22-24 in Oakland, California and will feature live music, DJs,
spoken word, dance/performance events.

PeaceOUT is the first and only hiphop performance event hosted by a pride
festival in a major U.S. city and will feature independent LGBT hip-hop
artists from throughout the U.S. and Europe.

The first PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival (Then known as Cypher) was held
in Oakland, California in August 2001 and has become an annual tradition,
Its popularity enabled the creation of the recent PeaceOUT East (NYC July
16-18) and PeaceOUTSouth (Atlanta Sept. 5)

A number of LGBT hip-hop performers are listed on the Phat Family Records
and Sugartruck Recordings homepages. Most of them have their own websites
with photos, MP3s and CDs available for sale.Many any of them have
appeared on one or more Phat Family Records CD compilations.please visit
http://www.phatfamily.org and http://www.sugartruckrecordings.com for more
info.

All news and updates will be announced on the Phat Family Announcements
mailing list and Kitchen Sink’s monthly e-newsletter. Updates and show
information will also be available at Mama Buzz Cafe (2318 Telegraph Ave,
Oakland.)

Artists and fans interested in the latest information on PeaceOUT and
other Sugartruck and Phat Family Records events are encouraged to sign up
by sending e-mail to phat-family-announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. If
you are in need of more specific info, email us at
info@peaceoutfestival.com or events@kitchensinkmag.com.

Kitchen Sink, the magazine for people who think too much, is a non-profit,
quarterly print magazine that explores thought, art, culture, identity and
politics. It is the premiere program of the Neighbor Lady Community Arts
Project, an Oakland-based arts organizationwas recently named 2004 Best
Cultural Happening by San Francisco Magazine, is the recipient of the 2003
Utne Independent Press Award for Best New Title, and the Best of the Bay
2003 awards from the SF Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, and East Bay Express.

Mama Buzz is a cafe, gallery and gathering place for artists, creators and
their communities. Mama Buzz was also named Best Hipster Hangout by The
East Bay Express, Best Coffee with the Kitchen Sink by the SF Bay
Guardian, and Best Indoor/Outdoor Cafe by San Francisco

Last year I played an important role in this festival behind the scenes this year I will cover the good the bad and the well....I cover what I see and let you be the judge. come back later for pictures and commentary on the show. If you don't wanna take my word for it just go see for your self.

Also this month is Butterfly Productions new club Revolution spinning reggae and house music yummy!Click the "Butta" link in the family section for more info.

My collage party and babyshower is soon to approach as well so check back for specific dates and locations.

SHAN-G THE SOUL SINGER

She came to me after a SistahSpit Spoken word show and assured me that she was good. As ya'll know I hear that all the time, so I set a date for a meeting to hear what she has to offer. I couldn't beleive it was her! She like this soft spoken almost tiny person who you has this loud and demanding vocal that speaks soul and passion. We started to listen to some random cuts while she started to search for a specific CD and I started to groove to what was playing.  When I asked who it was she said proudly "Thats me!" All I could do was sit there with my mouth wide open. She played cut after cut singing each song right there on the spot to the beats she created and mixed herself. So this singer, song writer and producer also ads retired welder to her long line of credits.  "I want to make music so I can pay to print the memoir I wrote that entails my life story."

What else can this woman do? What I do know about her is that she moved here in '97 from Virginia escaping a past from hell which included abandonment, homelessness and an attempt on her life.  While struggling through the storm she discovered that music would be her salvation and her future.

She has her own lable called Mo'Funk 4-U Records and Another Lonley Night is the current release featuring a compilation of songs that have been in the making for years.  Look for her at The White Party Butta's 2nd Anniversary Party. July 17th at 3:30pm.

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Peace in Progress

This month at the La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley, a debut will be made by one of the soon-to-be musical phenomenon’s associated with the Bay Area. Her name is Valerie Troutt (aka Ayana Bluhm) and what she has in store will amaze, bring to tears and inspire us to new heights as we watch her ascend from one of the bays best kept secrets to her rightful place as one of the music industries most lauded singer/songwriters. The Bay Area at large has historically been the birthplace for many critically acclaimed musical acts.

Tower of Power and Tony Toni Tone for instance, bear witness to the fact that the rest of the nation has long looked to the bay as an indicator to set the new trends and industry standards. Now with the overwhelming success of relative new comers such as Ledisi and Goapele, the bay is once again poised to offer up yet another native daughter to the illustrious roster of musical greats nurtured by the bays diverse audiences.

The East Bay native who left home in search of her own path has returned from her seven year stint in New York City a graduate of the jazz studies program at the New School University and emerged as a seasoned composer and song stylist full of tastefully daring lyricism, dynamic storytelling and a sultry yet precise way of delivering melodies that can either reveal your own fears to the point of tears or just as effortlessly return you to unyielding faith with the deceptive turn of a phrase and a wink. With guitar around neck, piano in reach and microphone practically born in hand this alarmingly stoic figure has deemed herself as one of the artists that can only be categorized in the growing genre known as “eclectic soul”.

The May 18th performance entitled "A Peace in Progress" is a collection of works bound together by hard times, love and the promise of peace. This Oakland girl along with HBO Def Poetry Jam performer ButtaFlySoul and dancer/choreographer Rashad Pridgen will bring to the stage not only daring and soulful vocals, but will also include movement and verse accompanied by bassist David Ewell, Guitarist Sean Lehe, and drummer Leo Costa . Valerie will sing original compositions in addition to some fantastically rearranged jazz standards. The show is FREE and open to the public. A $10 suggested donation. For more information visit www.valerietroutt.com,www.buttaflysoul.com

FEMALES CAME TO WORK IT OUT...

If you didn't make it to "Lip" the all female MC Battle you missed out. Beautiful women came out of the wood work for this one. It was a true testiment to what women in the bay can do when they work together. The crowd was warm, friendly and very diverse. They all came to see the Fiery Feline Medusa come to rip the stage apart. The Battle it self had many of us asking questions like why is the sound messin' up and why didn't they battle longer and who was responsible for the topics they picked. People kept asking me like had something to do with the show. Interesting...anyway everything worked its self out and the show went on. The show was hosted by the talented Sis-Nau-T. I loved how she handled the stage and kept things rollin. Her perfessionalism is something other host can learn from. All the women in the battle were great perfomers. I feel bad that some of them left early because I wasn't able to get names of some of the contenders but this sexy stud stood still long enough so that I could take her picture. The Winner of the Battle was Oaklands Sweetheart Yamz(Aima) of the Mamaz the female rap Duo. She went up against some heavy hittaz and shut them all down with the sweet sting of her lyrical tounge. She never said a curse word (some of the good MC's got disqualified for that) and she kept and maintained her composure for each woman she went up against. I'm so proud to call her one of my friends but I'm even more proud to say that she is a good representation of females in Hip Hop. She is not sellin' ass or a gangsta mentality. Overall the show wore me out because my drink was very strong (that's not a complaint, its a compliment) and my eyes hurt cuz there was so many beautiful women especially the one I came with ; ) . The highlight of the show was when Medusa went into a freestyle and she brought the Special One to the stage from The Conscious Daughters. She did her thang. Then Olga T got on the turntables with some dancehall. It took all the power in me to stay sittin down during that music. My boots meeter ran out and all I could do was sip my cocktail and watch but it was still cool to be hanging out. I spent a lot of time exchanging numbers and catching up with old friends. It was truly worth my $24 dollars ( I paid for me and my lady friend) eventhough my star stauts should've had me on the list. I won't pout or shout I just hope the same people remember to bring their wallets when my events drop this spring/summer. Look out the Best B.U.S.H. is gonna bring it ! "Succulent" and dance club for singles is coming... SistahSpit Spoken Word Series in April at Butta....Crookaletta(Queer Spoken Word Annual Event) in the Queer Arts Festival this summer and "A Piece in Progress"  at La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley May 18th Featuring Valarie Troutt(http://www.valerietroutt.com), ButtaflySoul(Def Poetry Jam) and Rashad Pridgen(Black Choreographers Festival).

FEMALES CAME AND TURNED IT OUT........

Bushmama Productions 2005

Check my photo Album for pictures and comments of the Lip Show.

Sexy Lesbians This Friday!!!

Yes this is Medusa in this photo (I stole it from Refa Ones Page) I don't care if I get in trouble this is the hot test pic ever...... Yours truly will be at this show the question is where will you be this friday Tuesday, March 22,  2005 9:49:00 AM
	Lip: An all Grrrl MC Battle-featuring MEDUSA this Friday March 25th in Oakland
	Sexy Rexs One Night Stand presents LIP! If you miss this event you are sleepin! An all grrrl MC battle plus a long awaited performance by hip hop mogul, soulstress, and funkstress Medusa! If you are female, an MC or spoken poet, and feel you've got what it takes to battle it out, you could win $100 and a write up in YOU - A Lesbian Newsletter! Reply to this post or hit the website for more details. Space is limited! Friday March 25th join us for a night of bad ass grrrlz struttin dey stuff. The Bays MCs slingin LIP to see whos da badist Medusa bringin it large (L.A.) With your master of ceremonies Sis Nau-T (Exodus Entertainment) DJs Olga T (Butta/The Joynt) and Jamin (Safe/Dubliminal.com) Droppin it hot... Hip Hop, R&B, Dancehall, and Oldskool before and after the show! 10pm - 2am (show at 11) $10 b4 11 $12 after 21+ w/ID At the brand new and beautiful Club Anton 428 3rd Sreet at Broadway, Downtown Oakland check out their flare bartenders!

Celebrate Female Artist

If you are a hippy chick like me or if you are a lover of women in the arts then this event is just for you. Don't miss it!

MYSTIC FAMILY CIRCUS presents: "HERSPIRIT", Thursday
March 24th.
Four days after the Spring Equinox, we honor the full
moon, women in their power, and the Goddess within
each of you. Yes, including you, brothas! We bring
together super-women of all types to create a magical,
political and funky fresh family gathering. you know
how we do it!

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111 Minna Street , cross-streets: 2nd and 3rd, San
Francisco, Ca. Minna Street runs in between and
parallel to Mission and Howard streets, down town SF.

8:30pm- 2am, don't miss out on the action! $10
before 10:30pm, $15 afterwards. Over 21 Event.

www.MYSTICFAMILYCIRCUS.com
"Be prepared to fall in love"

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COPPER WIMMIN
Legendary acapella trio of vocal amazons. beautiful
and deep... www.copperwimmin.com

DANCE BRIGADE
If you've ever seen these women, you know that there
is nothing out there like them- they are explosive!
They will be performing a FIRE CIRCLE TAIKO DRUM piece
from their repertoire. www.dancemission.com

SISTERZ OF THE UNDERGROUND
Hot all female break-dancing group.
www.sisterzunderground.com

GODDESS OF FUNK
Goddess of Funk is a 9 piece all-women's drum and
musical empowerment troupe, playing a unique
combination of traditional Brazilian and original
rhythms.

ARYEH SHELL
Aryeh Shell; social justice educator and organizer:
Direct Action to Stop the War, Art and Revolution,
Teatro Vision, The Herstories Project, and The Living
Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble. Aryeh recently
returned from Jordan as peace and humanitarian aid
delegation member of American military for Iraqi
families who came together to share testimonies and
deliver $600,000 of money and medical supplies for the
refugees of Fallujah.

She will weave the testimonies of the Iraqi and
American military families into a multi-media theater
performance entitled "Call to Prayer". Music by Matt
Heulitt, slides by Nicola Wagenberg, directed by Emily
Burkes-Nossiter. Aryeh invites you to open your
hearts and your souls to receive their stories.
www.herstoriesproject.org

THE MAMAZ
Sexy with Attitude hip-hop lyrical libations...

DJ TRINITY
Turntabalism with political and social commentary.

MARCA CASSITY
A bringer of folk blues SPIRIT songs.
www.marcacassity.com

CRYSTAL COBRA
"Return of the Solar Power" is a movement illustration
of the empowerment to be found in the cycles of light
and darkness. She utilizes the tools of voice, dance
and musical instruments to offer this _expression of
performance art ritual.

MADELEINA BOLDUC
Honoring our mothers and our ancesteral lines, calling
people into an interactive ritual, inspired by Afro
and Indigenous traditions.

AUDETTE SOPHIA
Song & Spoken word celebrating and giving voice to
venus. www.audettesophia.com

GAIA TEMPLE
Enter into the temple, a place to commune and share
inspirations.
Immerse your feet in a luxurious blend of flowers and
aromatic oils, infuse your aura with the power of rose
and lavender and experience the heart of GAIA through
our floral products and the women behind the vision of
GAIA Sacred Lifestyle Institute, an educational system
designed to empower the feminine creative genius.

GoddessUnite Visuals & LUMIN-Essent Altars by Sherry
(Huggi-Ma.)

Other special surprise artists... you'll have to wait
to find out!
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111 Minna Street , cross-streets: 2nd and 3rd, San
Francisco, Ca. Minna Street runs in between and
parallel to Mission and Howard streets, down town SF.

8:30pm- 2am, don't miss out on the action! $10
before 10pm, $15 afterwards. Over 21 Event.

As always Yell at the door that "Bushmama Sent Me!"

Get Cho' Groove On!

Support Female Producers

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...Riddims Couture is an event dedicated to
showcasing women in the hip hop and reggae
scene..from live performers to visual artists to
dancers.to whatever we think needs to be heard
and seen from these talented ladies out here..So if
you wanna be a part of our showcase..hit me up!!
and if ya like what we do..tell a friend and keep
coming the vibes are lovely and as always
appreciated..

FEATURED ARTISTS THIS WEEK:

BuBLrAP- Born in New York City and raised on
the California Coast, BubLRaps background is
diverse, as is her music. The daughter of a
Chinese-American mother and Russian-American
father, she continues to discover the intricacies of
being a mixed-race woman in our society, and
enjoys exploring these and other cultural issues
through her songwriting. She has been singing for
as long as she can remember and has continued
to develop her unique style throughout the years,
her professional experience beginning at the age
of 18. BubLRaps music touches upon hip hop,
soul, pop and folk, and she incorporates her
instrumental and DJing abilities into her self-
produced tracks.

VISUALS BY MARIA FATIMA:

ALWAYS LADY DJ'S- SHANIA D. LONGSIDE DJ
BELLA

Riddims Couture- every Wednesday

at Soluna Cafe& Lounge

272 McAllister St. @ Larkin (behind the asian arts
museum) San Francisco, CA
www.solunasf.com
21 plus and always FREE

When you get there yell "Bushmama Sent me!"

Rebirth/Osunlade

interview coming in exactly 24 hours. Stay tuned....

Sun is shinnin' weather is sweet!

I came across something delicious on cdbaby today and I just got to share it with yall. Its a group called Tourtured Soul. Check there site www.torturedsoulmusic.com. Now I have to say that I have reservations posting info on a group that has no colored folk in it. But the album is a soulful house mix. Go figure. It just made my day because I was just starting to feel like crap for being at work when its this so beautiful outside. I hope you like it too.

You can also go to cdbaby and look them up under soulful house.

If you buy  it tell'em some how that Bushmama sent you.

If you are not at work today please go to the beach for me and soak up the sun.

Welcome

Welcome to B.U.S.H. Magazine!

Here I will blab on an on about the artist I know and work with.

Beautifully,Strong,Urban,Heroines is a publication I've been working on for the past 9months and I have thought of a thousand ways to get information out to the public about queer artist of color. They exsist and they deserve the same recognition that all other artist take for granted. No,not all of the artist I book are queer. Yes, the focus will be on artist of color. Yes, I have the capacity to work with more artist. If you have more questions email me and I'd be glad to answer.

Look forward to me introducing yall to some of the most talented people in the world. I get the honor of calling them my friends, associates and co-workers. You will call them your inspiration, your muse, your feel good music and your spare time interest. Whatever the case you will recieve them as I have, to be talented and worthy of our readership, listeningship and patronage. We offer this token to them as appreciation for the talent  that they allow us to experience in this life.

Whew....now that I've said all the mushy shit lets get down and dirty.

The first artist I'd like to share with you is Valerie Troutt aka Ayanna Bloomh her voice is soothing like silk on soft skin, comforting like hot grits on a cold morning and sweet like a lovers kiss before bed. Now don't just take my word for it. Go to her site and see for yourself. Then come back here and I'll tell you all about a show she's having in the Bay area soon.

www.valerietroutt.com