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EP 22 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

Months ago, I discovered an interview from Karrie Coughlin with Wilbur Sato. This interview was marked as Public Domain so I decided to experiment with sound design and modified the interview in small creative snippets of audio. I called this project, Bui Doi Journals.

Wilbur Sato spent his early childhood in San Pedro and Terminal Island. When ordered to leave Terminal Island, his family went to Boyle Heights before being sent to Manzanar. Just after arriving at Manzanar, Sato, a stamp collector who'd had to leave his albums behind, had a birthday. To celebrate, he recalled that: "œWell, my mother surprised me with a couple of stamps. I didn't know what to do with them. In the past, I would save stamps and I would admire them for their color and design and dream about the places where they came from all over the world. And you'd study places on the map and learn all the capitals and all that, but, gee, after that experience I just, I just couldn't do it anymore. Just because of that connection somehow." The family left Manzanar for Des Moines, Iowa. The transition was difficult; Sato recalled a fellow student punched him in the stomach. Shortly after that, the other students rallied around him. Sato and his family eventually returned to California. Of his Manzanar experiences, Sato said: "œThis alienation that you go through, that stays with you for the rest of your life. Even now you wonder, "Gee, am I a part of this? Are these really my friends?' You just wonder whether or not you're a part. But you just have to put that aside and assume that you are, and just participate."

You can find the interview here: https://archive.org/details/cainmnh_000032

Music by Tung Nguyen.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 21 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

I share a very cool DIY record label from California that has released records from notable bands such as Alkaline Trio, Joyce Manor, and The Lawrence Arms.

More about Asian Man Records and Mike Park:

http://asianmanrecords.com/about/

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 20 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

I share Nguyen Do's poem, Headache.

More about Nguyen Do:

http://www.cerisepress.com/01/02/why-my-poems-are-not-sad-nguyen-do-and-his-vietnam/view-all

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 19 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

My little sister says she's the greatest!

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 18 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

drive thru testing.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 17 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

Moving sucks and I am relying on some sources:

https://bbalife.com/too-much-stuff/

https://www.fastcompany.com/3045771/the-psychology-behind-all-that-clutter-you-cant-get-rid-of

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 16 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

I'm working on my episode with Phuc Tran.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 15 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

I read a short passage from Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education by Ken Robinson, Ph.D.

You can find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Schools-Grassroots-Revolution-Transforming/dp/0143108069

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 14 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

Packing and preparing for the big move.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."

EP 13 of the daily podcast, GET THE ROOM NOISE.

Last year, I wrote a song about my fears of working the corporate 9-5 and falling into a cyclical and mundane lifestyle of money and becoming too comfortable. The bridge of the song is sang in an apathetic tone and recites the words that my therapist told me before starting my new job in Denver.

My friend, Dyllan Harrington, helped me record, mix, and master this record and am I very pleased with the final product considering the time and energy that we put into the project in a cabin tucked away in the mountains. This was a new experience for me as I wrote the composition for each instrument and performed on the guitar, bass, vocals, and drums.

This record is inspired by the work of Matt Berninger, Black Francis, Alex Edkins, Steve Albini, Kurt Ballou, and the late Grant Simanton.

We released this EP under the Band name, Haunting Hands.

Visit our Bandcamp to listen to our complete EP: https://hauntinghands.bandcamp.com/releases

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BLACK LIVES MATTER

Support from the comfort of your own home: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/

From their website: "The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems."