Friday, February 27, 2009

Warm welcome in Phoenix after jungles, wire fences

Hey guys check this article out it's about a 29 year old Thai who grew up in a Refugee camp and is now settling in Phoenix. Read about his story!

PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- "Always you have to run for your life," says Boo Htoo, who grew up in a refugee camp in Thailand just across the border from Myanmar.
Boo Htoo and his family lived at the Maela Refugee Camp before being resettled in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ethnic minorities still flee the repressive military regime in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Some 111,000 Myanmar refugees live in nine camps in Thailand, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Htoo, now 29, recalls making the long trek with his parents to cross the border when he was about 5.

"[It's] a very long way," he says. "We don't have a car, a plane. We don't have a bicycle to ride. My parents just take what they can carry, and then we started walking across the jungle, sleeping in the jungle."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/25/heroes.manning/index.html

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

BOLD WORDS LOUD TONGUE IV RECAP!

HEY EVERYONE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO BOLD WORDS LOUD TONGUE IV, WE WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU AT THE EVENT. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THIS YEAR'S BOLD WORDS, FEATURING PAUL DATEH, DJ NEEBOR, DJ JOHNNY JUICE AND VARIOUS OTHER BC ARTISTS. SEND US ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE EVENT OR ANY PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE!












Monday, February 9, 2009

BOLD WORDS TONIGHT!!!!!



Bold Words Tonight!!!
VANDY CABERET @ 8PM!!!!

Originally, Paul Dateh was only supposed to be a violinist. Beginning his violin studies at the age of four, it seemed that Dateh’s future in the classical industry was set in stone. But, on his first day at The University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, Dateh suddenly dropped his major in Violin Performance and enrolled in the Jazz Studies program instead. The move shocked his colleagues as it was hard to understand why anyone would walk away from fourteen years of classical training to begin learning an entirely new musical discipline. But, Dateh knew that he wanted to be more than just a classical musician; his goal was to become a musician, in every possible way.

Today, as a singer, an award-winning songwriter, and an instrumentalist, it would appear that Dateh is on track to achieving his goal. His work can be heard on releases by various artists within both mainstream and underground hip hop circles, and he can currently be seen performing throughout the United States with his band “The Live Movement”.