Happy 75th Birthday to the Golden Gate Bridge

One of the most amazing and beautiful parts of living in San Francisco is being so close to the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. Since living in San Francisco since 1999, I’ve driven on the bridge numerous times but only experienced walking & biking over it once. It was only then when I realized the magnificence of its creation. Did you know that the bridge has an influence in directing the fog as it pushes up and pours the fog around the bridge. Check out some interesting facts about Golden Gate Bridge that will put into perspective how great this bridge really is. What’s your most favorable memory you have of the Golden Gate Bridge

The venerable landmark, known for its orange color and stunning views, turns 75 years old on May 27.

Find out about the official celebration here.

More pics available courtesy of Mercury News

Happy Mother’s Day: Special Dedication

We want to give a special Happy Mother’s Day shout out to all the moms out there and those who act like moms who continue to be the guiding force in so many of our lives. We are so grateful to have all of you and we hope you have not only today but many beautiful days.  To our newest moms in our family, Val & Katrin, your babies don’t know it yet but we know you ladies are already doing a fantastic job.

From all of MY PEOPLES to all our MOMs >>> HAPPY MOTHER”S DAY

Below is a video Mike D. Made for his Mom who lives in Hawaii. It’s a cover of “Song for Mama” by Boys II Men written by Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface). Enjoy and feel free to share it with your moms.

My Peoples Been Having Babies

If you’re wondering why we haven’t done as many shows as we’d like to in the past 5-6 months it’s because My Peoples family has literally grown. Welcome the newest additions to the My Peoples family courtesy of our Sax player, Josh, and our Keyboard player, Gary.  Congratulations to you both and well done on having beautiful babies. It’s going to be so fun watching these two grow up. Who do you think will be next?

Gary’s Wesley

Josh’s Soleil

Stop by Somar Bar, Oakland May 8th to Catch My Peoples Perform Acoustic

Catch us perform acoustic tonight at our favorite spot in the East Bay, Somar Bar. No cover. 21+ 7-10pm. This is the perfect place to see us perform in a very intimate setting and to just have a drink and shots with us. Staff is like family to us so if you do come and hang out say what’s up and let’s talk story.

Below is a video taken from May 2011 from youtube user: . Thanks for the vid!!!

RIP: Adam “MCA” Yauch from Beastie Boys

Can you remember the first time you heard the Beastie Boys? You will be missed by all of My Peoples.

Adam Yauch, one third of the white hip-hop group Beastie Boys, which helped bring rap music to the suburbs, has died. He was 47.

The trio had a hit with “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” from their first album in 1986, which peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot 100, and later won over critics with sampled music, drum beats and biting lyrics on records such as “Paul’s Boutique,” their second release, in 1989. The New York-based group traded on an image of beer-drinking punks and enjoyed their greatest success with Adam “Ad-rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond.

“The Beastie Boys combined hardcore and hip-hop in a fresh-sounding musical mashup that was danceable, infectious and wickedly funny,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says on its website. “By attracting a sizable following of white fans — hardcore-loving teens and party-minded frat kids — with their bratty wit and cunning collages of beats and samples, they broadened the audience for hip-hop, bringing it into the mainstream.”

The Beastie Boys were inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cleveland last month. Yauch didn’t attend the ceremony. They were the third hip-hop group to be inducted, joining Run-D.M.C. and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Yauch was born on Aug. 5, 1964, in Brooklyn, to Frances and Noel Yauch, according to the website of the group’s publicist. He taught himself to play bass in high school and formed a band for his 17th birthday party. That group would later become the Beastie Boys.

Doctors found cancer in Yauch’s parotid, or salivary, gland and in a lymph node in his neck, he said in a 2009 video he made for the group’s website.

Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen, daughter Tenzin Losel and his parents, according to his publicist.

To contact the writer on the story: Mark Beech in London at mbeech@bloomberg.net; http://twitter.com/Mark_Beech.

UPCOMING SHOW: My Peoples Acoustic at Park Chalet

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Park Chalet. Enjoy some food & drinks while chillin’ on the lawn under the sun with My Peoples. We play mostly original music from reggae, rock, & hip-hop. And we do some covers we think you’ll enjoy. See more details at MyPeoplesRock.com

No Cover & All Ages Show
Dogs can also come and hang out on the lawn.

SF Gate Bar Bites: Park Chalet Review

While its sister restaurant, the Beach Chalet, has the ocean views, the adjoining Park Chalet fully embraces the great outdoors. This spot on the Great Highway opens onto Golden Gate Park, taking full advantage of its green location. Adirondack chairs dot the lawn during the day, and, on warm afternoons and evenings, the staff retracts the glass doors, creating a seamless indoor-outdoor space. On the weekends, they fire up the outdoor barbecue and grill up burgers (there’s a portobello version for the veggies) to live music. And when the avenues’ infamous fog rolls in, the doors close and the fireplace goes on, creating a cozy environment in which to sip one of the house-brewed beers or a cocktail.

The vibe: Casual and relaxed, with a barbecue-in-a-friend’s-backyard feel.

The crowd: On a recent visit, we saw friends celebrating a child’s birthday, girlfriends sipping cocktails, couples sharing pizza and pints, and a few folks lounging outside with their dogs.

Best seat: On a warm afternoon, snag one of the chairs on the lawn, or if there’s a chill in the air, park yourself by the fireplace. Bigger groups will find plenty of room in the main dining area. In a rush? Sitting at the bar gets you the fastest service.

Killer apps: The menu is composed of small plates made for snacking and sharing. Maine lobster fritters with red bell pepper sauce ($12.95) and the hanger Kobe-style steak skewers with tomato and bread salad ($12.95) are fine choices; the pizzas (like the spicy fennel sausage, grilled balsamic radicchio and arugula-walnut pesto variation) also are popular ($12.95-$14.95).

Signature drink: The Beach Chalet’s beers, like the Presidio IPA and Bavarian Hefeweizen, are the backbone of the bar ($4.75-$6.50, pitchers are available), but that’s not to say the cocktails play second fiddle. Try the refreshing sage press (Junipero gin, sage leaves, raw sugar, lime and ginger ale and soda, $8.50) or the straightforward Maker’s Manhattan ($9).

Also on tap: Full bar and 16 wines are available by the glass and bottle.

Bonus: My Peoples performing Saturday, May 5 from 1-4 pm.

Make Your Name Into A Jingle With Music Box Business Cards

The business card has already seen its heyday–and that heyday was likely linked to a bunch of CEOs scraping girthy, celebratory lines of cocaine off a boardroom table following a stock tip on some exciting new company called Enron.

Color printing couldn’t save it. Vertical orientation couldn’t save it. And, maybe worst of all, bumping two iPhones together couldn’t save it (also, you owe me a new phone). But as business cards filter through culture from ubiquitous to creepy-cult-leader status, we may experience some of their best ideas, like a comedian so contented to career failure that he starts saying all those hilarious, offensive things that he really thinks.

These music box business cards, designed by Katharina Hölzl and composed by Ritornell’s Richard Eigner, are the kind of wide-eyed idea that business cards are ripe to exploit. Each card is punctured with various shapes. And when fed through a tiny cranked music box, the card plays its own unique tune.

“The punched triangles and circles will play back melodies and chords in a C major pentatonic scale,” Eigner explains. “The tricky part was to get the laser milling and spacing just right and to find the best possible paper. It was quite a long process to design it.”

It’s like a custom ringtone that’s charming, the perfect kind of Easter egg to make business cards the sort of thing you were obsessed with collecting (and a lot more fun than tiresome, it’s-really-just-a-URL, QR codes).

So you grab the bone paper; I’ll gut some of my sister’s old jewelry boxes. Let’s make some music.

by: Mark Wilson