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MC Dem One Returns With a Love Letter to San Jose Hip-Hop
Astute rap fans are used to hearing places name-checked in songs—street corners, subway lines, housing projects—particularly East Coast imagery, where local detail serves as both cartography and pride. For San Joseans, those moments are rare. On MC Dem One’s latest, someday, but not today, his first release in over a decade, we’re flooded with local references that depict real-life experience, non-fiction from someone who lived their words.
Lung transplantation after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a study from the Transplant Complications Working Party of the EBMT
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Abstract Late-onset non-infectious pulmonary complications (LONIPCs) are severe late complications after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), associated with high morbidity and mortality. Lung transplantation (LT) may offer a survival benefit, but is infrequently performed due to concerns regarding outcomes. We conducted a retrospective multicenter study of adult patients who underwent LT for LONIPCs after HCT between 2000 and 2019. Thirty-one centers contributed clinical data.
By Juan Montoro, Saskia Bos, Christophe Peczynski, Manuela Badoglio, Robin Vos, Tobias Gedde-Dahl, Mahmoud Aljurf, Werner Rabitsch, David Ma, Jaime Sanz, Ana Bataller, Johannes Schetelig, Martin Kolditz, Anna Paola Iori, Christian Koenecke, Mar Bellido, Robert Zeiser, Montserrat Rovira, Rabah Redjoul, Frédéric Schlemmer, Ivan S. Moiseev, Zina Peric, Olaf Penack, Helene M. Schoemans, Pascale Ambron, Adrian Havryk, Harshita Rajasekariah, Jens Gotlieb, Angela Figuera
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MC Lars and Stanford Students Bring Poe to the Stage
This coming week, students from Indigo Middle School in San Jose will take the stage at The Knoll in Stanford—an intimate, historic room with a dome of speakers inside a Spanish Gothic house on campus—to premiere original written pieces drawn from Edgar Allan Poe’s dark supernatural poem, The Raven. This free public showcase, called Nevermore, Rewritten, marks the end of a week-long residency led by Stanford alumnus and nerdcore rapper MC Lars, whose real name is Andrew Nielsen.
E to the Ice
E-40 sits atop the Bay Area’s Mount Rushmore of rap. It can be argued no other regional rapper casts a longer shadow. While colleague and peer Too $hort comes close, 40’s work outside of the genre has made him more of a cultural figure, especially in recent years, through both his community-minded efforts and many entrepreneurial moves.
RAP’S BACK: Ice-T returns to the stage as a new generation rediscovers hip-hop’s roots
Rapper and actor Tracy Lauren Marrow, better known as Ice-T, is quick on his feet, a man of many pivots — from a dancer and DJ, to recording hard street narratives heard on his 1987 debut (Rhyme Pays), to being a detective on the long-running series Law & Order: SVU, he’s many things, but sheepish has not been one of them. The Newark, NJ, native moved to South Central Los Angeles in junior high after suddenly losing both his parents.
Alchemist Breaks Down His Classic Records
As of late, Alchemist has had the wind at his back. But like most artists, the road he took here was circuitous and occasionally unpaved. He still intermittently raps, which was the form that first drew him in to hip-hop; his earliest work dates to 1991 with the Whooliganz, where he rapped under the name Mudfoot alongside Scott Caan (then Mad Skillz).
Patti LaBelle Reflects on Six Decades of Soul Ahead of San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
Patti LaBelle has been an American fixture for more than 60 years. Born Patricia Louise Holte in 1944 in Philadelphia’s Eastwick area, she grew up singing in church and absorbing jazz records her brother played. At a spry 82 years old, she’s still hustling, still touring, still hitting high notes. Her musical career can be traced back to the 1960s when she led the Ordettes, a girl group with rotating members who eventually rebranded as Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles.
Thee Sinseers Bring the Souldies Revival to San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
Thee Sinseers have played the Bay Area regularly since pre-Covid with another much-anticipated, upcoming tour stop at this year’s San Jose Jazz Fest. The East L.A. troupe is led by singer-songwriter Joey Quiñones, with regular members who also populate, in part, another recent South Bay favorite, The Altons (who’ll also appear at this year’s festival). Their sound is a modern take on soul that draws from tenets of Lowrider oldies, a slower balladry style that has resurged in recent years.
Zapp and Tuxedo Celebrate the Legacy of Electro-Funk at San Jose Jazz
The Troutman brothers built Zapp, a futuristic electro-funk group who formed in the late ’70s and whose breakthrough hit, “More Bounce to the Ounce,” still defines the genre to this day. Their music, specifically their early ’80s singles, have been sampled by myriad producers, becoming one of the foundational sounds for rap, particularly west coast rap.
Los Yesterdays Bring Chicano Soul to San Jose’s Music in the Park
“The Song Tells You What It Wants To Be…” Victor “Bad Vic” Benavides spoke from the road with spotty cell service as Los Yesterdays’ tour van crossed through Arizona. He and Gabriel Roland launched their band around 2017 with songs rooted in Chicano soul, a sound that has soundtracked family gatherings for generations, specifically those of their fanbase with deep ties to Latine culture and lowrider history.
My Favorite Rappers Weren’t on Records: An Interview with Biz Markie
[Ed.- A version of this interview ran in Wax Poetics Japan in early 2015; this is the first time it’s been published in English.] In the classic 1986 Dutch documentary Big Fun in the Big Town, director Bram Van Splunteren captures New York City in a vibrant state, with hip-hop wedging its way forward between dilapidated buildings and sirens, somewhere between being misunderstood and exploited as a novelty.
San Jose Music Leader Thomas Ramon Aguilar Recovering After Heart Surgery
San Jose fixture Thomas Ramon Aguilar, also known as Chalé Brown, has helped shape the city’s musical landscape for over two decades as a DJ, organizer and curator. Aguilar just underwent bypass surgery after a heart attack and currently faces sobering health challenges and a recovery process. Out of East Side San Jose, Aguilar immersed himself in music early at Star Records, a South Bay landmark where he later worked.
The Altons Bring East L.A. Soul Revival to San Jose
The Altons, a band from East LA who’s getting flowers for their easy blend of latin soul, psych, bolero, and rock, will be performing in San Jose this weekend. The band named themselves after none other than Jamaican rocksteady legend Alton Ellis.
Multiple human transgenes prolong survival of triple-carbohydrate knockout porcine kidney xenografts in nonhuman primates
Abstract Genetically modified pigs are being developed to address the critical shortage of human organs for transplantation. Although porcine xenografts lacking the three major carbohydrate xenoantigens (3KO) have been considered ideal for human transplantation, the optimal combination of human transgenes (HTGs) to mitigate protein incompatibility remains undefined.
DJ Platurn Keeps Vinyl Culture Alive in the Digital Age
A lovable curmudgeon and archivist, DJ Platurn’s musical knowledge is almost encyclopedic, which factors into his veteran position as one of the Bay Area’s most respected DJs. Born Illugi Magnússon in the small Icelandic fishing village of Stykkishólmur, he arrived in California at age seven with his family and his father’s record collection. Acclimating to new places is never easy, but music helped with Platurn’s transition, he says. “Music was the safety net for a chaotic childhood.
California’s Longest-Running Blues Festival Keeps the Music Alive
The 43rd Annual Fountain Blues & Brews Festival stands as California’s longest-running blues event, with a history dating back more than four decades. In 1981, organizers from the Associated Students Program Board at SJSU launched the festival as a one-day campus event, but ended up drawing about a thousand people with legendary acts like Sugar Pie DeSanto. The response far exceeded expectations, leading to the immortal John Lee Hooker headlining the following year.
100 Greatest Drummers of All Time
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9 hours ago The first episode of Sugar season 2 is now streaming on Apple TV. Here’s what to expect from the show’s return. John Sugar is back on Apple TV More than two years after its first-season finale, Sugar returned to Apple TV tonight for season 2. Starring Colin Farrell (The Penguin) in the titular role of …
By Christopher R. Weingarten, Jon Dolan Verified, Matt Diehl Verified, Ken Micallef, David Ma, Gareth Smith, Oliver S. Wang, Jordan Runtagh Verified, Hank Shteamer, Steve Smith, Brittany Spanos, Kory Grow Verified, Keith Harris, Richard Gehr, Jon Wiederhorn, Maura Johnston Verified, Andy Greene Verified, Rob Kemp Verified
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Exploding Eggs and Andrew Dice Clay: The Making of EMF’s “Unbelievable”
February 1990 — Ian Dench and his bandmates from EMF are flying from London to L.A. to clear a sample for “Unbelievable,” the lead single off their debut, Shubert Dip. From the moment they recorded it, they knew the song had appeal and felt it’d be well received. What the British band didn’t know was that a slight by comedian Andrew Dice Clay, and a fleeting Rick Rubin meetup, would lead to one of the ‘90s’ most massive hits.
Thee Marloes Bring Indonesian Soul to San Jose with ‘Di Hotel Malibu’
The beginning of “Di Hotel Mallibu,” the title track of Thee Marloes’ latest project, begins with soft drums before sinking into the warmth of some guitar. The song hints at a vintage soul aesthetic, but as the drums pick up, we hear soft, breathy vocals sung in Bahasa (Indonesian). Their latest album, Di Hotel Malibu, is a harbinger of their sound—a worldly mix of vintage soul, funk, jazz and pop with Southeast Asian touches.
Menlo Park’s Guild Theatre celebrates a century on the Peninsula
The Guild Theatre, a Peninsula venue that opened in 1926, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. This astounding achievement will be marked with a special concert series featuring diverse artists and events that honor the theater’s storied past while looking toward its future.
Mike Hugenor Chronicles Asian Man Records and South Bay Punk
Elvis Is Dead, I’m Still Alive: The Story of Asian Man Records comes out this month. It’s a colorful rundown of local music history, lovingly written by Mike Hugenor after compiling hundreds of hours of interviews with artists, booking agents, former staff, volunteers and close ones who’ve orbited the celebrated label through the decades. Hugenor earnestly illustrates the importance of one of the area’s longest-running and beloved independent labels.
A roadmap for establishing institutional readiness for cellular therapies targeting solid tumours and autoimmune diseases
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Abstract Adoptive cellular therapies have revolutionised treatment of haematological malignancies and demonstrate potential in solid tumours and autoimmune disease. Real-world implementation remains limited by biological, logistical, and manufacturing barriers, restricting global uptake despite a rapidly expanding clinical trial portfolio. Effective implementation requires national and institutional readiness, multidisciplinary collaboration, scalable manufacturing, and robust infrastructure.
By Sarah Childs, David Ma, Elizabeth Houghton, Rasha Cosman, Jennifer Massey, Venessa T. Chin, Amanda L. McLaughlin, Simon Goodwin, Barbara Sheehan Withers, Callie Noakes, Annabel Horne, Jessica Boyd, Dion Forstner, Anthony J Rodrigues, Geeta Sandhu, Karim Ibrahim, Chloe Martin, Benjamin Kwan, Hergen Buscher, Philip J. Cunningham, Anthony M. Joshua, Laila Girgis, Ben Tran, Jayesh Desai, Simon Harrison, John Moore, Jia Liu, Valerie Valencia, Aaron O’Grady, Simone Kay Jensen, Helen Tao, Paul Preisz, Nicolas De Luca
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Discos Resaca Keeps Cumbia Evolving From East San Jose to the World
Discos Resaca approaches Cumbia as living art in constant evolution, deeply rooted in heritage. Founded in 2017 by accordionist and producer Ivan Flores, the collective has carved out its own space through live shows and limited vinyl runs, centered on hybrid Cumbia reflective of the region’s diverse Latine communities. Flores, born and raised in East San José, began his career in the arts as a teenager.
Junior Marvin Reflects on Bob Marley, The Wailers and a Lifetime in Reggae
“Bob turned around with that big smile and said, ‘Welcome to the Wailers,’” recalls Julian “Junior” Marvin, the guitarist behind some of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ most immortal songs. “I remember, I got goosebumps,” he said. Marvin has been the Wailers’ torchbearer ever since Marley died in 1981. He returns Saturday to the same park stage where he performed with The Legendary Wailers at Music in the Park in 2022.
San Jose’s Ton Freq Studios continues indie analog tradition
In the industrial pocket of San Jose’s Martha Street, Tone Freq Studios sits in a modest warehouse not unlike others in the area. Inside, however, two rooms capture pristine acoustics, alongside vocal booths, bamboo floors and a rumpled leather couch that’s hosted countless late-night sessions. Tone Freq is a continuation of local recording history—a tactile space favoring analog warmth and collective experiences over laptop convenience.
Durand Jones & The Indications Bring Flowers Tour to San Jose Civic
In a few weeks, Durand Jones & The Indications will take the stage at San Jose Civic, with country roots singer-songwriter Theo Lawrence opening. The date lands amid the band’s ongoing celebrated Flowers Tour, supporting their fourth album, Flowers, released last summer via Dead Oceans. The record weaves the group’s now signature soul output—gospel touches with the familiarity of lowrider oldies, slight disco pulses, lush strings—into widely accessible songs of courtship and quiet longing.
PowerHouse San Jose & Women’s History Month Event
In the corridors of San Jose’s arts district, PowerHouse has emerged as an unassuming sanctuary—a restored space that seeks to bolster the ambition of women reshaping their own narratives and reclaiming agency. Launched by filmmakers Tricia Creason-Valencia and Farran Tabrizi, this co-working hub and media production studio is a deliberate counterpoint to Silicon Valley’s relentless digital turnstile and tech dominance, prioritizing creative sustenance for women and gender-diverse entrepreneurs.
How Cumbia Took Root and Evolved in the Bay Area
Cumbia, a genre with folkloric roots, has taken hold of the Bay Area’s Latine musical landscape. Originally transported and sustained by working-class immigrant communities, its cool factor and reach skyrocketed when younger musicians made it their own, as experimental producers reworked it into club-centric music.
SJSU Breakdancing Club & Bay Area B-Boy Scene
If you’ve driven by San Jose State on a Sunday or Tuesday, you might’ve seen people doing headspins by the MLK Library’s front steps. Breakdancing, an energetic, acrobatic dance of precision, is experiencing a resurgence of interest in the area after decades of ebbs and flows in popularity. With breakdancing competitions still being held globally, as well as many underground events in the Bay, what initially developed in New York in the ‘70s has piqued the interest of a younger generation.
Kehlani Headlines Big Game Block Party in San Jose
After last year’s European tour and commercial success, Kehlani’s return to the Bay Area on Friday arrives at a moment of particular symmetry. The Oakland-born singer will headline the sold-out Big Game Block Party outside San Jose City Hall, an outdoor event timed to Super Bowl LX weekend.
South Bay College Radio Sees a Gen Z Revival
The South Bay area boasts long-standing college radio stations that defy the dominance of streaming and are currently in the midst of a quiet Gen Z revival. Amid declining FM listenership, these stations report a surge in student and volunteer interest, with applications for DJ slots overwhelming capacity. “We’re averaging about 120 students per semester in our classes.
Records, Tours and Farewells in 2025
As we bid farewell to 2025, let us not forget the South Bay’s resilient and diverse music scene, one of massive arena spectacles and festive local events, but not without bittersweet venue closures. 2025 was both a standout and transitional year for Silicon Valley’s musical landscape. Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara hosted several blockbusters, drawing massive concert crowds in addition to the weekly Niner Gang.
COMMENTARY: China poised to evolve from rule-taker to rule-shaper at ICAO Assembly
As the 42nd ICAO Assembly convenes in Montreal, China’s civil aviation sector is undergoing a dynamic and policy-driven green transition. Domestically, implementation is accelerating – from carbon peaking action plans and market instruments to regional pilots and industry-wide standards. This surge in regulatory momentum and technological innovation is positioning China not merely as a participant in global aviation climate governance, but as a proactive contributor and institutional designer.
COMMENTARY: Why China’s national carbon market is unlikely to include aviation in the near term
Despite growing momentum behind China’s national carbon market expansion, the aviation sector remains unlikely to be included in the near term. While recent policy developments signal a clear trajectory toward broader sectoral coverage, aviation faces persistent structural, technical and regulatory hurdles that limit its readiness for integration.
COMMENTARY: China’s SAF industry poised to be a transformative force in aviation’s low-carbon future
As the world’s second-largest aviation market, China is accelerating its research, production and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to meet its carbon peak and neutrality goals. While policy frameworks are steadily improving and SAF production capacity has reached 3.32 million tonnes per year, commercial deployment and refuelling remain nascent. Additionally, feedstock availability, certification systems and economic viability pose significant challenges to industry expansion.
The Word of God: An Interview With Rakim
Hip-hop in the 1970s and ’80s was under attack on multiple fronts. One cadre of aggressors was the political and religious leaders lobbing accusations of moral turpitude and seeking remedy through censorship—as if Black teenagers had smuggled violence, materialism, and misogyny into a heretofore unsullied America through this vile, nascent subculture.
The Word of God: An Interview With Rakim
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Comparison of black soldier fly, cricket, and superworm on growth performance, nutrient utilization and fatty acid profiles of rainbow trout
Abstract Inclusion of fishmeal and fish oil in feeds for farmed fish is not sustainable and alternatives need to be evaluated. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of diets including defatted black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens), adult cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus) and superworm (Zophobas morio) on the growth performance, apparent nutrient digestibility, nutrient retention, and fatty acid profiles of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Australian rheumatologists' perception of autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of systemic sclerosis: a cross‐sectional survey
Introduction Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is the most severe of the connective tissue diseases and is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
It’s so over - The Bowdoin Orient
Last month, after a short, two-week stint visiting my family in China, it came time to return to Bowdoin, just in time for Lobster Bake. What troubled my mind wasn’t the imminent 30-hour connecting flight—my personal equivalent to being run over by a concrete roller in terms of magnitude of suffering. What I actually dreaded were the questions of “How was your summer?” and “Where were you last semester?” that tend to plague late August to early September.
Essential Hip-Hop Releases From The 1970s: Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill Gang & More
Releases from the 1970s demonstrate the many ways that hip-hop would be much more than a fleeting fad. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, revisit five releases from a decade that created the culture's framework. |GRAMMYs/Jul 6, 2023 - 03:10 pm By the time Sugar Hill Gang’s "Rapper’s Delight" hit radio in 1979, early adopters of burgeoning hip-hop culture dismissed it as novelty — an easy cash grab capitalizing on organic artistry they lived and created.
Selective Bcl-2 inhibition promotes hematopoietic chimerism and allograft tolerance without myelosuppression in nonhuman primates
Abstract Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has many potential applications beyond current standard indications, including treatment of autoimmune disease, gene therapy, and transplant tolerance induction. However, severe myelosuppression and other toxicities after myeloablative conditioning regimens have hampered wider clinical use.
Automotive chip supply turns stable in 2023; Tesla SiC cut unlikely to hurt the market, says DIGITIMES Research
The shortages of automotive chips have been improving since the fourth quarter of 2022, while Tesla's plan to significantly cut its SiC consumption is unlikely to undermine the SiC product market's potential, according to DIGITIMES Research's findings.
Automotive chip supply turns stable in 2023; Tesla SiC cut unlikely to hurt the market, says DIGITIMES Research
The Research analysis you are trying to open requires subscription to any of the DIGITIMES Research services. Please sign in if you wish to continue. The shortages of automotive chips have been improving since the fourth quarter of 2022, while Tesla's plan to significantly cut its SiC consumption is unlikely to undermine the SiC product market's potential, according to DIGITIMES Research's findings.
Sportmarken Logos im Wandel der Zeit: Nike, Adidas & Co. früher und heute
Die Logos auf den Klamotten und Schuhen gehören zu den wichtigsten Marketing-Elementen einer Sportmarke. Wir zeigen Ihnen die Entwicklung einiger berühmter Sportmarken im Laufe der Zeit. Die mit einem Symbol oder grüner Unterstreichung gekennzeichneten Links sind Affiliate-Links. Kommt darüber ein Einkauf zustande, erhalten wir eine Provision - ohne Mehrkosten für Sie! Mehr Infos.
63.000 Euro für ein altes iPhone? So wertvoll kann alte Technik sein
Weiteres Kriterium: Seltenheit & Sondermodelle Rückwärtsentwicklung beim Speicherplatz: Normalerweise zahlt man für Speicherplatz extra. Nicht aber bei älteren Modellen, wo 8 GByte Speicher häufiger vorkommen als 4 GByte Speicher. Letztere Modelle werden für teilweise das Dreifache gehandelt. Es gibt eine weitere Ausnahme: , die nie im Handel erhältlich gewesen sind, sondern für die Überprüfung der iOS-Software in Kalifornien gedacht waren.
Dissecting APAC Markets during Volatile Times with Portfolio Analytics
Figure 1: S&P Global Market Intelligence Portfolio Analytics tool Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. For illustrative purposes only. We divided the APAC markets into two broad groups: APAC Developed Markets (APAC DM) which includes: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. APAC Emerging Markets (APAC EM) which includes: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.
Palutens Vermögen: So reich ist der Youtube-Star
Gaming-Youtuber sein und damit ein Vermögen verdienen - Paluten hat es geschafft, und zwar als einer der ersten in Deutschland. Die bürgerliche Person hinter Paluten heißt Patrick Mayer und verdient schon seit langem auch außerhalb von YouTube dazu. Die mit einem Symbol oder grüner Unterstreichung gekennzeichneten Links sind Affiliate-Links. Kommt darüber ein Einkauf zustande, erhalten wir eine Provision - ohne Mehrkosten für Sie! Mehr Infos.
Microelectronics, Advanced Packaging and U.S. Economy
Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging, and How They Relate to the Current U.S. Semiconductor Economy SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, January 4, 2023 / EINPresswire.com/ -- Over the past decade, the development of 5G has brought people closer than ever before. It enables remote working; corporate outsourcing and international trade have never been easier.
Von Ford Fiesta bis VW Buggy: Diese Autos werden ab 2023 nicht mehr gebaut
Supersportwägen, die das Rampenlicht 2023 verlassen werden Sportliche Fahrzeuge bedürfen immer wieder neuer Entwicklung. Insbesondere mit dem Aufstieg elektrischer Mobilität setzen viele Hersteller auf die Absetzung älterer Modelle, um mit neuen Konzepten ins E-Zeitalter einzusteigen. Luxus-Sportwägen lassen sich außerdem zu einem höheren Preis verkaufen, wenn die Anzahl limitiert wird. Audi wird zwei seiner sportlichen Modelle vom Bestellkatalog absetzen, nämlich den Audi R8 und Audi TT.
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