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FM ADVENTURE: DANCE OFF
Headed to the Hollywood Palladium around 3 in the afternoon to set up and soundcheck and the venue was a sight to see…


Inside the venue was HUGE…
FM SHOWS: FM AT BOSTON COLLEGE TONIGHT

FM ADVENTURE: FILIPINO HOME COOKIN.
Before our first rehearsal for the Animal Release party, we headed to Virman’s house for some good ol’ Filipino home cookin that we love so much.
Whenever we come over, Mama Coquia always makes up a few specialties for us… and its all an automatic 3 FINGERS UP.

Lets get down to biznaaaasssss……
FM FAMILY: FIRES HIT CLOSE TO HOME
For those that have seen the news on the wild fires out here around LA, its definitely hitting close to home. They’re saying the air quality has been the worst ever, bad enought to make you cough and hurt your eyes.
Our guitarist and bassist in our band, Dean and Sug Parra, have a house/recording studio called Hilltop Studios up in Anahiem Hills which is in the heart of the fires. We were watching the news when we heard… “theres and intense fire off the Weir Canyon exit off the 91 freeway.. homes are burning in Laureltree ave”… i was thinking “THATS DEAN AND SUGS EXIT AND STREET!”

I called Dean to make sure he was all good but no answer the whole night.

On the news they said over 800 homes had been burned with the whole area evacuated. They also reported that the fires were so large they could be seen from space. I finally got a hold of Dean who said him and his family evacuated. They all had to evacuate and he had a crazy story to share…..
FM ADVENTURE: CALM BEFORE THE STORM
This month has been pretty crazy preparing for the Animal Album release and the FM TV Release Party show on November 25th. Getting the album mixed, some final guest appearances and last minute track additions.. along with getting this release party set up has all been a ton of work and we can’t wait.
We decided to take a night and breathe… talk about the plans for Animal and whats in store for the begining of 2009.. and talk about stuffed pig intestines and spicy chicken gizzards? ANIMAL STYLE.

DETAILS FOR THE FM ANIMAL ONLINE RELEASE PARTY ARE INSIDE…..
FM FAMILY: Mohawk King
Our homie Wally, AKA the Mohawk King from Orisue Clothing, has been responisble lacing us up and giving FM the fresh looks we be needing!

Its finally his birthday and we are going to get him smashed…
FM NEWS: CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT OBAMA!
HISTORY IS MADE.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA and First Lady Michelle Obama.
DAYM IT FEELS GOOD.
FM EVENT: OPERA THIS FRIDAY
On Nov 7, 2008 (THIS FRIDAY)
We’ll be hosting the GRAND OPENING of FLASH FRIDAYS at OPERA in hollywood with VIRMAN back on the tables fresh off the America’s Best Dance Crew tour! We will NOT be performing but we will be on mic, having a good time…so come by…it should be fun!
ive also got some free tickets that i can hook yall up with if u hit me up on time…so email me at: prohgress@gmail.com ASAP with the word “HOOK UP” as the heading and i’ll give yall the info!
heres the address:
1650 N Schrader
Hollywood, CA
its a 21+ event…hope to see yall there!
FM ADVENTURE: ALEX MELAMID - HOLY HIP HOP ART
last weekend i got a call from a friend who wanted to have a meeting with us about some new stuff she was doing….she told us she was working with this artist and she thought we’d really appreciate the work so we went to check it out…
so we rolled out to the FORUM ART GALLERY in crescent heights…

the artist’s name was alex melamid…he does classic style oil paintings…which is cool in itself but his subject matter for this exhibit was CRAZY…
RANDOM: DAILY ENERGY
Growing up Asian American, every culture has those drinks with all the vitamins and bottled energy you need in a day that your parents think is good for you.

Here’s the Korean remedy….
RANDOM: TRICK OR TREAT
Even Halloween can’t get away from the Presidential elections…


Trick………………. or……………………. Treat?
FM ADVENTURE: KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE
While chillin with Jimmy Tsai of Ping Pong Playa and Geologic of one of the illest crews, the Blue Scholars, we stumbled upon an interesting topic in the car…
Where did the fortune cookie originate from?

FM RANDOM: RANDOM ANIMAL DROPPINGS…
so just felt like updating yall on things that are going on these days…
1. our boy PIC VICIOUS is doing a music video release party this THURSDAY…come out and support if u can! the song LA DREAMER is really dope and our friend HOSANNA (he directed our video EYES NEVER LIE) definitely did his thing on it…heres the info:

and heres the trailer…
FM ADVENTURE: ROCK THE VOTE
Thanks to all the family that spread the word and represented FM at the Rock The Vote show at the Viper Room.

The skilled photo-ninjas at Shinobi Studios blessed us with some sick pics from the show.

Brand new set just for this night….since it was our first time ever performing at the world famous Viper Room…
ISA 2009: KEEPING IT COOL
at our latest International Secret Agents 2009 planning meeting, i noticed Wes from Wong Fu Productions had this interesting contraption on his laptop…

FM SHOWS: FM ROCK THE VOTE
FAMILY… we will be performing at the Viper Room in Hollywood on Wednesday Oct 22nd for a Rock The Vote Showcase!
We need yall to come out this Wednesday and show that our community can ROCK THE VOTE!!
Line Up:
FAR EAST MOVEMENT
MATEO
PACIFIC DIVISION
NEW KINGDOM
Location:
Viper Room
8852 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, 90069
8:30pm Doors Open, 21 and up show.
PLEASE COME OUT TO REP OUR COMMUNITY! THANK FAMILY.
RANDOM: Ebony History
When i was walking thru the Oakland Airport i saw this exhibit and wanted to share it with you all…

FM ADVENTURE: FM DOGFIGHT VIDEO
so a little while back we got hooked up with “something to do” tv (thanks mama d!)… its a show about the different cool things to do in orange county…and they had us try out some flight simulators at FLIGHT DECK…we had a BLAST….well, kev a little more than i did considering i shot him down 3 times…haha
we did a little photo blog of it that u can check out here… but the video just came out and we wanted to share it with yall…

so its been two days since the OJ decision…and to be honest im so jaded with this guy that i didnt pay too much attention…but while i was watching some tv, one commentator’s take on the situation i thought was interesting…
he compared OJ’s life to a “classic greek tragedy”…
1. at first he was a great warrior who was beloved by his people at the height of his glory: he was one of the greatest all time running backs in football…then parlayed this into a successful career in tv and film…at one point he was pitching hertz commercials…and he still cracks me up in “naked gun”
2. next he was…