Spotted in downtown Glendale (Jewel City).  Photo taken by Aryo (RKPEAS)

Its been a long minute since we last hit up six flags…Kind of different now. 2hr lines are now 10 mins. Chollosas giving their hynas hickies are now the mid aged Americans taking their own teenagers on these rides, hot shiny skinned hood-rats now sneaker kids, spinning is a much faster and nauseating spin… but that theme park bond from when I was 15 and the look on your coaster homies face on the first drop… same.

We don’t but apparently this guys does…

Follow me once again as i take u on a trip to LA’s Beat Swap Meet and to the home studio of the Funky President!
Shouts out to Woool, Dj Expo, Andy, The ALchemist, DJ Able, C-Los, Marv-Ski, AC the PD, The Listen Recovery Crew, Dj Slow-Poke, The Beat Swap Meet, & J.Rocc

-Babu

We caught up with Dax from the YUPNOWZ to get in-depth look into the Southern California band with a universal groove.

Where does the name YUPNOWZ come from?

The name YUPNOWZ comes from the book “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle it is a realization that nothing in your life exist outside of the present moment and emotions such as guilt, depression, resentment come from dwelling on your past experiences and that fear, worry, anxiety and stress come from putting too much attention on the future. Now is the only moment that exist the future only comes as another now and the past is just a memory stored in your mind by focusing on the present moment and allowing it to be you actually are connecting yourself with what the universe has aligned for you; this will instantly give you a better quality of life.

Who is in your band and what do they play?

The band has 5 members. Kenny Aguilar – drums/percussion, Jonathan Cuervo- guitar/vocals, Zach Slater on electric and upright bass, Dax Mafesi- guitar/tres vocals, Jacob Shemesh- latin percussion/ acoustic guitar.

Who are your musical influences?

The YUPNOWZ draws influence from alot of different styles. Being that we have a multicultural band we draw influences from funk, rock, pop, latin, reggae and even jazz.

Who or what inspires you guys?

Our biggest inspiration is life itself, the realization that we are all here in this great universe and that we all are connected in some way or another.

If you had the chance to play anywhere in the world, where would it be?

This questions tough cuz, YUPNOWZ has members who are from everywhere north america, south america, europe, caribbean and the middle east, and im sure we’d all love to play in all our home towns hahahahaha, we wana tour the world!

Analog or digital?

Digital.

Catch the YUPNOWS at the Okie Doke 4 “Blood, Sweat & Tears” show tomorrow evening at The Mountain. Click here for more info.

YUPNOWZ

Photo: Ray Yzguerra

Join us this Saturn day for night of bloody, sweaty and teary fun. Photo exhibition, spoken word, live performances, Deejays and more.  RSVP w/ Facebook here.

Photo exhibition:
Brendan Klein
Ray Yzguerra
Marie Posa
Allan Castro
Jason Alegre
Rene Castro
Aryo

Film (12pm):
“Natural Disaster” by Dan Haney

Spoken word:
Maria Krissy Sugatan

Live performances:
Tygerstrype
YUPNOWZ

DJays:
Manboy
Vidal 143
Mr. Hamburger
Skullo
The Cuberican

21+
NO COVER

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“Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will pledge with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government.”
- Henry Kissinger in an address to the Bilderberger meeting at Evian, France, May 21, 1992.

(in an address to the Bilderberger organization meeting at Evian, France, on May 21, 1991. As transcribed from a tape recording made by one of the Swiss delegates. )

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