When they say Life in Asia is fast... they mean it. Our trip to Beijing went extremely well with the show completely blowing everyone out of the waters. Nothing the club has ever seen nor experiences... so of course, Bacardi wants more!!! So looks like the "Bacardi Boyz" will be hitting the clubs of China soon enough... in the meantime, I'm glad I'm going home tomorrow. =)One thing I love about Beijing... Giant Posters!



Sound checking at Club Vic's... haha across the street from Club Mix... of course, Creativity is KEY!


My second favorite thing I like in Beijing is the Hot Pots!!!


Beijing got a dayam good crowd. For one reason or another, something about Beijing and the vibe of the people is very liberating. Its like they're experiencing freedom so there are many people with super open mindedness. You could see diversity in the club like no tomorrow and people party much harder than anywhere else... I think beyond that, I love the space in Beijing!!! The night was a jammed night... even TomNgo was Rockin Out!!!


Examples of Drunkin Females


Fruit anyone???


Random Kickin it night before HangZhou with Mr Van Ness himself!


Then it was quickly off to HangZhou... the Barcardi Boyz representin in the Elevator!!!


Jin in HangZhou, rockin it like he always does. =)


I Love my Cigars...


and Late Night food in HangZhou is NOT For me...


Touring Class Picture


Then off to Hong Kong we went!!! haha since it was a separate trip than the tour, only Jin and I rolled through and represented! Of course, there is always something about Hong Kong that I'll always be attached to. Its almost like because I was born there... setting my feet on the floor automatically make me feel like a new man. The Food, the Air, the Deserts, the People... I Love it all and look forward to the next time I'm back.


Of course we had to hang out with Mr Sam Lee and our Chi-Gong master Brian Woo!!!


Somehow, Someway, we ended up backstage at the My Chemical Romance Concert????


After the long ass concert, went to meet up at the after party with the KICKS/HI guys... dude, they're good dudes and got a full on education on the Street Wear culture today!!!!


Then it was lunch time with Grandpa Tony (Jin reunited with his lost Grandpa of 15 years on the last trip) and the AliveNotDead crew


Meet Thumb Tack before we hit the nightlife!!!


Daniel invited us to his spot RACKS in HK along with Conroy and the boyz from 24 Herbs.


Then off to Model's night at Volar!!! oh and did you know Jackie Chan had a son???


Gotta chill with Big Bro Brian!!!


Can Orisue drink???


and Finally back to China... WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MOVIE WORLD BOOTLEG CITY?!?!?!



AND What do you know about EVEN BETTER THAN MOVIE WORLD?!?!? (across the street!)


YUP, so I'm Coming Home Mama!!!

You know I've actually never watched the show before but hear so many great things about it. Its amazing how many good dramas there are these days as I came across Mad Men via On Demand last night and it was so dayam addicting! For those of you who haven't seen it, its about Advertising Executives in the 50's and they really play out the environment to the fullest from everyone puffing away at cigarettes to inequality between sexes to the extreme! haha its amazing, ya'll should check it out.

I heard 24 takes place over the course of 24 hours where so much happens within the hour that makes it the exciting show it is. Well, sometimes I don't think my life is too far for that. OF course, I have learned to slow down recently to balance life a bit, but I recall the days when EVERYDAY was   ACTION PACKED like 24...

7/28/2007
06:04
Tired, after a 2 hour nap... it was time to get up and I slept 5 minutes into my alarm. Eyes are foggy and I'm thirty... I need OJ! Flying jump dive into the shower... *Thinking to Self* "Gotta leave by 6:30!!!"

06:26
*Texting James* Me:"Yo where ya'll at?" James: "Jae is on the way"

06:32
*Calling Jae* Me: "Ring Ring...Ring Ring" Jae: "Yo" Me: "Where you at?" Jae: "About to leave the pad now" Me: (Staring at the clock) "Koo"

06:46
*Texting James* Me: "Let me know when yall are here, I'll go downstairs"  James: "Ya man, Kev is lagging" Me: "Who's waiting for him?" James: "We all are" Me: (Staring at the clock) "Koo"

06:58
*James Texting* James: "Come down" 07:15Kirby: "Wanna eat?" Jae: "Taco's?" All: "Hell Ya!"

07:18Arriving at Taco shop... All: "FUCK! ITS CLOSED!!!"

07:25
On the freeway... Kirby: "You guys wanna eat?"

07:31
Kirby: "I'm Starving dude..."

07:45
We pull up to Carl's Jr and pick up our sausage Sunrises... YUM! =) Then we're on the road again...

08:32
Things are getting blurry... everyone is passed out... my eyes are closing............ *zzz*

10:42
Jae: "Yo Catch! Does the 5 turn into the 805?" Me: "Nah man, it splits... we should still be on the 5 to downtown" Jae: "Shit"

11:36
"We're Here!!! Whoohoooo!" we were delighted to find that our hotel was connected to the convention center. Sweet! After setting up our little booth, we went onto explore the floors and pass out fliers like none other. (got a warning later from the convention) From what I can remember, the San Diego Comic Con has changed quite a bit. When I used to go during the mid 90's, it was just a nerd-fest of comic book collectors (like myself) that went to reel and deal on all the hottest books out at the time while people like me also dug crates for the silver to golden age stories we've wanted to read about all our lives. (Yes Yes, I was quite into it). But Now, with the rise of the Comic Book Films and incorporation of sexiness into many story lines, the San Diego Comic Book world as we know it has evolved into a legitimate epic center for entertainment content. The show was packed and split into the Old school side and the New Age Mainstream entertainment riddened side. Of course, with the rise of Manga, TokyoPop was one of the biggest booths there! The floors were packed as we navigated the floors looking for future fans out of the 80,000 people that was there! haha


13:42
The boys kept saying how there were so many nerds there... but dude, I can't help but recognized SO MANY Things that I was in love with at one point or another... Dude.. I mean from a Full Size Jubba the Hut to Batman Lego Statue... Warcraft and the Ironman Movie??!?! Dude, I was seriously in dream land... DON'T HATE PEOPLE!!! =P



14:32
Left the convention floor and headed for the hotel to change. It was WEDDING TIME! Our boy Weishine and Nancy have been childhood friends and now getting married. Dayam, Homeboy is only 27 and it definitely makes me feel old. So as I prepare for the drive up to Irvine... I realized it was going to be quite the journey at this hour going back to the OC but hey, anything for a Friend's Big Day!16:50I feel a bit old and lonely. But gotta be happy for the couple man! =) In fact, I've never seen Wei-shine show so much teeth his whole life! haha of course we got Janie snapping away all day long! haha


18:16
On the way back to San Diego wasn't too bad. Felt like a daze but I was back in no time! Got to the hotel room and dude, we had such a good view. Well, not really, but we got to see right over the convention center! haha


20:07
Got to the club and found Giancarlo right where he's most comfortable... the GOGO STAGE! haha puffing on cigars as usual as we waited for the club to fill up.


21:47
The Birthday boy Mr. Stu Levy of TokyoPop himself said his farewells as he made his way to the industry event at the Hilton. And for the rest of the night, it was pretty much watching DJ VIRMAN on the 1's and 2's!!! Holla!!!


7/29/07

00:42
Kev: "Yo Catch so do we have to stay tonight?" Me: "Nah man, not really... probably not going to hit the show tomorrow but I'm thinking of staying a night so if ya'll wanna roll out, I'll just catch a ride with Ben and Gian." Kev: "Koo"

01:36
Ben: "Dude you wanna go eat? I'm starving!" Me: "Hell Ya! STARVING!" Ben: "Ok lets go grab Pizza"

02:38
*James Calling*: "Yo where you at?" Me: "On my way back!" James: "Ok we're outside"

02:42
We stood in a circle outside the club... everyone seemed to be plastered. Me: "So ya'll still wanna go back tonight?" Everyone: "Ya" Me: "So who could drive?" Everyone: silence....

03:05
Me Thinking: "Lets see what this Armada can do!" (Flooring Gas Pedal)

04:41
Approaching Downtown... James: "Dayam Catch..."

RECORD TIME BABY!!!

Comes out in about two weeks but took the CMG squad out to see an advance screening as an outing. Unfortunately, it was quite the disappointment... Sad.

*POST BY FM*

Hey Fam!

THE FLAVORED ANIMAL DROPPINGS MIXTAPE IS OUT!!!! We were gonna do a cool full-scale promotional push for this…but we got too excited…we just wanted to share the new music with yall as soon as possible…so expect a lot more cool stuff coming from us over the next few weeeeeeeks…..



So the story behind this project is that while we were promoting "Folk Music" and working tirelessly on our new album "ANIMAL"… we came across so many new musical inspirations that we couldn't fit them all on ANIMAL…so this mixtape includes the little ANIMAL DROPPINGS along the way…haha

For this project, we thought we'd have a little fun and put something together REALLY QUICK for the folks and fam…restricting ourselves with the bare minimum in recording equipment and time to put it together…the resulting sound is something we like to call STEREOFUZZ…

Heres the tracklist:
1. FM ANIMAL ALBUM PREVIEW mixed by DJ VIRMAN
PART 1- Electroc Fuzz
2. FM vs. Daft Punk- Round Round Remix
3. FM vs. Daft Punk- Work Remix
4. FM vs. Benny Benassi- Satisfaction Remix
5. FM vs. Round Table Knights- FM Clock Rock
6. FM vs. Daft Punk- Sunset Cemetery
7. FM- Let it Wild Out
8. FM vs. Guns N Roses- LA Stunners
PART 2- Swap Meet Burners
9. Prohgress- Dance Like Michael Jackson Intro
10. FM ft. Izreal vs. Silent John – Windows Down
11. FM vs. Stereotypes- Fetish
12. FM ft. Bias- Get Back Up
13. FM ft. Knowa Lazarus- El Taurino (The Bullfighter)
14. FM- Sapphire Blue (No Sleep)

Cop it at http://www.DOPEUSA.com or catch a few of the songs on our myspace page (www.myspace.com/fareastmovement) Hope u have as much fun listening to it as we did making it!

Now it's time for some regular FM updates...wanted to share some cool stuff we got going on with yall....

For our ANIME/ MANGA heads, we were blessed to work with the good people at
TOKYOPOP...and they used some of our songs and voices on a new manga series called
"Riding Shotgun"...its a story set in the future where assasinations are LEGAL...but its really funny and a quick read...u can check it out online at:
http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoptv
They've got new episodes every TUESDAY so watch this week if u get a chance!

Next, one of our songs off our upcoming album ANIMAL was chosen to be on the debut episode for a series by TMOBILE...the song is called "SHES ON THE MOVE" and its played pretty much in its entirety on the FIRST epsisode of the series "Connected"....u can watch it at:
http://www.ifilm.com/tmobile/

Of course, we gotta keep yall updated on the SHOWS!!!!!

This SATURDAY (7.28) we'll be in SAN DIEGO for COMIC CON/ ANIME EXPO...we've got a booth so come say hi if ur in the area...we'll also be performing at the afterparty...which is also the TENTH ANNIVERSARY for TOKYOPOP....its at DECO'S in the Gas Lamp District...

Heres the address:
731 Fifth Avenue @ G Street
San Diego, California

On August 3, FRIDAY, we'll be performing at HIGHLANDS with Visionshock...we'll have more info on that one as it comes..

Finally, on August 18, we'll be performing at Projekt NewSpeak @ the Nate Holden
Performing Art Center...its 15 bucks but its with a lot of great artists...email
info@projektnewspeak.com for more information....


oh yea, if you wana tickle ur funnybone this TUESDAY...check out our boys danny, pk,
jason, walter, and andy rock out at the icehouse in pasadena...its from 8 to 10 pm...if u wanna get on the guestlist for FREE ADMISSION email:
dannychocomedy@gmail.com by 4 pm tuesday...

heres the facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2413188836

If you get a second, check out our friend M's new clothing line...he just launched his new website...
http://www.mthemovement.com/

and that's about it folks...now go grab that mixtape!!!!!!!

Appreciate your time fam...

Its Amazing how  a Hit Song can carry on for decades... even in a Prison!!!