Monthly Archives: March 2009

Slaughterhouse at Paid Dues Festival 2009

(Photo by John Valenzuela). To the left is Joe Budden, in the straight jacket, and to the right is Royce da 5’9″ with the crazy mask on. This was before Slaughterhouse performed at the Paid Dues Festival. Besides Budden and … Continue reading

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Brother Ali at Paid Dues Festival 2009

(Photo by John Valenzuela) Brother Ali, as usual, brought the crowd to their feet with all of his material. Songs like “Forest Whitiker,” ”Uncle Sam Goddamn” and ”Truth Is” were all crowd pleasers. Brother Ali is probably one of the most charismatic, and honest, emcees today … Continue reading

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Murs at 2009 Paid Dues Festival

(Photo by John Valenzuela) Murs, co-organizer and founder of the Paid Dues Festival, had to have been the busiest man of the night.  Besides taking care of all the business (behind the scenes with the artists and in front of … Continue reading

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Paid Dues Festival 2009 and Slug Part 2

(Photo by John Valenzuela) Another photo of Slug from Atmosphere. When he and Murs performed their Felt material at the Paid Dues Festival, they kept joking back and forth. Murs actually took off his shirt at one point and threw … Continue reading

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Slug of Atmosphere at Paid Dues Festival 2009

 (Photo by John Valenzuela) Slug, of Atmosphere, started off his set with “God Loves Ugly” which caused some of the women next to me to loudly rhyme along word for word, overshadowing the men. Just before Slug and producer/DJ Ant got on stage, a … Continue reading

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2mex at Paid Dues Festival 2009

(Photo by John Valenzuela) 2mex, of the Visionaries, was the host of the March 28 2009 Paid Dues Festival in San Bernardino. He would freestyle, talk or shout out artists from the stage during set breaks. When newcomers Blu and Exile failed to show … Continue reading

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Paid Dues Festival set times

Here’s the set times for the indepent hip-hop Paid Dues Festival scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Saturday at the NOS center in San Bernardino. Go to http://www.myspace.com/paidduesfestival or http://guerillaunion.com/ for more information. I wish the sets were longer (especially for newcomers … Continue reading

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First Fox Theater concerts announced

Pomona’s 1931-era Fox Theater reopens in late April after a $10 million makeover to restore much of its lustre and prep the space for a variety of uses, including concerts. The model is places like the Wiltern, El Rey and … Continue reading

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Welcome to Music Now

This is a new music-themed blog about the 909, to which multiple Daily Bulletin newsroom staffers will contribute. Who’s playing where and when, especially at our major venues like Ontario’s Citizens Business Bank Arena and Pomona’s Glass House and Fox … Continue reading

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