GO KRIS! GOODBYE DANNY!

I was really disappointed that Danny Gokey didn't make it to the Finale. But out of Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, I really dig Kris Allen's music more. A lot of people say that Adam will be this year's idol. I guess we'll have to see next week on the 2 hour finale. Watch Kris Allen's amazing acoustic take on Kanye West's "Heartless" and Danny Gokey singing "You Are So Beautiful" below.

TAKING THE STAGE: Season Finale

If you miss the Season Finale of Taking the stage, check it out by clicking HERE. This show has been pure drama and entertainment for me. With Malik & Tyler's audition with the Bloc Hip-Hop Agency, Jasmine's audition with the Alley Ballet School and Mia possibly being signed with Jive Records; Find out what happens in this week's episode.

ELLIOT YAMIN: Fight For Love

Elliot Yamin was just one of my favorite singer from Season 5 of American Idol along with Mandisa, Chris Daughtry & Katharine Mcphee. He brought us "Wait For You" from his first self-titled album. And now he's back with more soulful songs filled with r&b ballads, funky pop, inspirational songs from his album entitled "Fight For Love" with his first single with the same title. Check out and watch his video below. To hear more songs from his new album click HERE.

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" tells the story of Wolverine's epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe.

I've been waiting for this movie to come out for a while and now it's finally come. Check out the movie trailer above or visit the web page HERE.

THE SOLOIST

In 2005 LA Times writer Steve Lopez met Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless musician living on skid row. This movie is of that encounter, their lives and their friendship.
I saw this last night and was really moved by the amazing story of their friendship.
Click HERE to visit the official web page.

C28 WAREHOUSE SALE

It's that time again from C28. Sweet deals going on but only this Saturday, May 2nd.

ACTIVE 2FER DEALS

Until this Sunday only, Go check out the sweet deals going on at any Active Ride Shops or go online by clicking HERE.

THE FLOW

I Designed this Wallpaper for Calvary Chapel Pomona Valley's Sunday Night Study called, "THE FLOW." from John 7:38. For more info. on the study click HERE

LIL' ROOK-EE'S 1ST B-DAY INVITATION

I was honored to Design my favorite niece, Isabella Milagros Horne's 1st Birthday Party Invitation. The theme of her party was Colors so i thought why not replicate the box of the famous Crayola Crayons. Picture above is my cute Little Rook-ee!

I'M BACK ON FACEBOOK

For all ya'll who miss me this last week on FACEBOOK, miss me no more! After being disabled by the Facebook Team due to what supposed to be a violation of their terms; I was found Innocent by the Facebook Team and they gave me my page back. I was so stoked I felt like a child getting my favorite gift on Christmas Day. So I just wanna thank Facebook for giving me another chance. To be my friend on Facebook click HERE and sign-up.

PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY PARTY

Would've been sweet to attend this event but too bad it's all the way in Nashville, Tennessee. Braille, Redcloud, Kaboose, Soul P. and DJ Promote...It doesn't get better than that. Good thing I can still catch DJ Promote at this year's the MOVEMENT event in OC.

BEACHSIDE SUMMER FEST

JUNE 6TH 2009
Beachside Summer Fest is a FREE Musical event featuring music from Phil Wickham, Shachah, Dominic Balli, M.O.D. & Moi. The Event is located at the Huntington Beach Pier Plaza and will go from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
For More Information On This Event Click Here.

MOVEMENT: A Generation Finds It's Voice

MAY 29 & 30 2009

Every generation has a responsibility to reach its own generation. And every generation must find its own voice in its worship of God and its declaration of truth. Our desire is to see a new generation of young people passionate about their faith and active in reaching their world for Christ. With this goal in mind the Refuge High School Ministry (of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa) and Calvary Chapel High School in conjunction with Movement Ministries are excited to announce that they will be hosting a missional event called “Movement.”

This is the second year of Movement. Last year Movement drew over seven thousand young people from all over Orange County, and witnessed over two hundred young people make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. Movement will again be a two-day event with two goals in mind. The first goal of Movement is designed to inspire Christian youth to get moving, to get engaged, and to get passionate about their faith and reaching their generation for Christ. The second goal is to reach out to the un-churched and non-Christian youth of Orange County and the surrounding areas with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through a relevant and cutting edge event.

The first night, Friday May 29, is going to be a special night of worship with music by Phil Wickham and the Rock Harbor worship team, and a message by Mike Erre, pastor of Rock Harbor church. The goal of Friday night is to inspire and exhort the youth of Orange County and the surrounding areas to get passionate about their faith and challenging them to bring their friends out the following day.

The next day, Saturday, May 30th will start off with free workshops from 3-5PM at the Movement Conference. The goal of the conference is to provide practical workshops on issues regarding reaching and serving this next generation.

Then that evening from 5-10 PM we will have the main event, the Movement Outreach. Saturday night is designed as an outreach out to the un-churched and non-Christian youth of Orange County. This is not a Christian hangout night but rather a relevant, cutting edge event that young believers can invite their unsaved friends to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The outreach will include:

• Pro BMX Demo
• Skateboard demo with Untitled Skate Team, King of Kings Skate Team, Boarders For Christ, and pro skaters Josh Harmony and Christian Hosoi
• $1000 best skateboard trick contest
• Premiere of the new Christian snowboard film “One Year” on a 40 foot outdoor screen with special guest pro snowboarders Andy Finch and Dave Downing
• Free Snowboard giveaways
• Live DJ set with DJ Promote
• Live mural painting by Lance Mountain with all proceeds going to charity
• Hip Hop concert with LA Symphony and Ambassador from Cross Movement
• Art show
• Festival area with food vendors and cutting edge ministry presenters
• Live Music by Hawk Nelson and Phil Wickham
• Film Festival featuring independent Christian films including: “Beyond the Dream: The Joey Buran Story” and “The Rescue” by Invisible Childen

Visit The Movement Wesite By Clicking Here

HAKUGAIJIN IN CHRISTIAN STYLE MAG

My close friend's band in Okinawa, Japan, "HAKUGAIJIN," was featured on this months Christian Style Magazine. I'm so stoked for these guys & gals as they will be touring this summer in the island of Japan. Congrats and much love to the fellas. Keep representing Christ to the fullest with your sick sound!

THE VERONICAS ON SMASH

The Veronicas does a sweet cover on The Jonas Brothers' "Burnin' Up" song. The girls really smashed it on the studio and I love the singer/songwriter feel of this version.

THE WASHINGTON PROJECTS

Under the context of The Washington Projects, brother/sister duo Jekob & Rachael Washington merge insightful hip-hop, scintillating soul, rippling R&B, old school funk and pure bred pop. It’s an astonishingly inventive merger that’s given them instant accessibility steeped in street credibility, while breaking down boundaries more than any other eclectic troupe in recent memory. And while this fitting moniker may appear to be a new force on the horizon, the pair previously comprised two thirds of the Word/Warner Brothers recording group SoulJahz, who took the industry by storm in the early 2000s with a jaw dropping spread of radio singles, press acclaim and prominent appearances.

For starters, the troupe performed alongside the lauded (and diverse) likes of No Doubt, Nelly, Counting Crows, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Garbage, Boyz II Men and Erykah Badu (to name a few) on a cross country tour in support of its major label debut The Fault Is History. That project also set a streak of precedents, making SoulJahz the first new hip-hop/funk/soul act in history to write, produce, executive produce and co-engineer a major label album, not to mention group member Rachael becoming the youngest composer/producer/songwriter in the history of Warner Brothers Records (she was 17, beating out Prince at 19). Extensive features followed on CNN Headline News, E!, Billboard, The WB, plus a slot on Sessions@AOL beside Christina Aguilera, 50 Cent, Shania Twain, Faith Hill and Red Hot Chili Peppers. But even with the tremendous amount of buzz and overwhelming fanfare, record label red tape soon wrapped itself around the burgeoning band, putting an extreme delay on what would’ve been its sophomore CD.

“Basically we were about to begin our new record after being gone on tour for at least a year and a half on that first record, but the entire staff of our label flipped upside down,” Jekob recalls of the incredibly trying time. “When it came time to talk with the new cats, they had a different thought process on where our sound needed to go and there ended up being a lot of problems. We basically had our second record shelved entirely and spent the next several years trying to get out of our contract.”

Despite the lack of a new CD, the band took trips to Iraq in 2005 and 2006 to entertain troops, though back home in America, their lawyers and a constantly switching staff of label executives were waging war of their own. Eventually the group was allowed to exit its deal, but at the expense of leaving the SoulJahz moniker in the label’s hands.

“As all of this went down, we literally retreated to Hawaii for a time because we have family out there, which were the bonds that helped keep us going,” Jekob contends. “But it actually all turned out to be a very good thing because we recharged our batteries and the break helped give us a fresh perspective and new start. SoulJahz has a certain amount of recognition as a brand, but The Washington Projects is a name that’s even closer to our hearts because no one can ever take that one away from us!”

With the battle flames dying down, The Washington Projects hit the studio for its debut in this format Commanders of the Resistance, an enthralling soundtrack of hope covering just as many relevant themes as it does sonic spectrums. The album had rave reviews not to mention both singles they filmed videos for took the 1 spots for 2 straight weeks on GMC, one of the biggest inspirational video channels in the world.

After touring extensively both in the states and abroad, with groups ranging from The Nappy Roots & Relient K, to Third Day & Toby Mac , they head back to the studio to lay down what they say will be one of the best inspirational records EVER! The sky is the limit for this duo, and if anyone can do it .... they can. Check Out The New Single "Light Up The Dark" By Clicking Here.

DISNEY NATURE EARTH

TODAY IS EARTH DAY AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO CELEBRATE IT BY WATCHING DISNEY NATURE'S NEW FILM CALLED, "EARTH." THERE'S A SWEET CATCH FOR ALL YOU FREE TO BE GREEN! PEOPLE; IF YOU BUY A TICKET AND SEE THE FILM ON OPENING WEEK, DISNEY WILL PLANT A TREE IN YOUR HONOR.
FOR MORE ON THE FILM CLICK HERE.

THE PHONE

A SWEET NEW SHOW BY MTV, IT'S LIKE AN EAGLE EYE-ESQUE GAME SHOW. "THE PHONE" IS A HIGH-INTENSITY GAME SHOW WHERE THEY TAKE FOUR REAL LIFE PEOPLE, NOT ACTORS AND THRUST THEM INTO PHYSICAL AND MENTAL NIGHTMARE. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, THE SHOW'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SAID, "AND YOU GET TO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. THERE'S A CHANCE EVERY SHOW TO WIN 50 GRAND."

THE SHOW FEATURES PEOPLE ANSWERING A PHONE CALL AND THEN HAVING TO GO THROUGH INTENSE MISSIONS TO WIN THE GAME AND THE MONEY. THEY PLOT EACH SHOW AROUND A MOVIE PLOT AND THEY BECOME THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THIS MOVIE, TIMBERLAKE ADDED. FOR MORE ON THE SHOW CLICK HERE.

JOHN WELLS-THE TONIC [THE DASH]

I LOVE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT FROM CMR [CROSS MOVEMENT] RECORDS. RECENTLY I PICKED UP THE NEW JOHN WELLS - THE TONIC RECORD CALLED "THE DASH." THE FEATURED SONG IS JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITE JAM FROM THE ALBUM CALLED "DELIVER US," FEATURING MY GOOD FRIENDS, SHACHAH. THE ALBUM FEATURES OTHER ARTISTS SUCH AS IZ-REAL, R-SWIFT, EARTHQUAKE, CRUZ CORDERO, ENOCK, RON JACOB, MAC THE DOULOS, T.R.U.-L.I.F.E., LA'TIA JOHNSON AND KERAN. TO HEAR MORE FROM THE DASH ALBUM CLICK HERE.

SOL-ANGEL AND THE HADLEY ST. DREAMS

FOR SOME SWEET REASON I HAVE BEEN DIGGING THE MOTOWN SOUNDS OF ARTISTS OF TODAY LIKE MELINDA DOOLITTLE, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, MARY MARY AND MOST OF ALL SOLANGE. SOL-ANGEL AND THE HADLEY ST. DREAMS IS A IMPRESSIVE ALBUM FILLED WITH HITS LIKE "I DECIDED - PT. 1" AND "SANDCASTLE DISCO." IT'S A NEW TWIST TO AN OLD SOUND!