July 17, 2024 • 31 mins
DJ Brownside, a pioneer in Austin's Latin hip-hop scene, discusses preserving culture and community connections. The Powerhouse Mix with Abe Cortez reveals upcoming events in the Austin area and the importance of staying true to roots. Dive into their vibrant conversations on culture, music, and the future of Austin's entertainment scene. Join them on a journey to revitalize the local music scene and celebrate diversity. Get ready for a mix of Latin hip-hop and Tejano sounds that will keep you grooving. Tune in to discover the heart and soul of Austin's music culture.
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Hey, what's up? What's up? My name is Abe Cortez. Born
and raised in Austin, Texas.Today I lived in the Seattle metro area.
I'm right here at the Disruptor's Studio, Baby, Disruptors of Normalcy,
The Disruptor Studio. What's up withBill? Here? We're in the mix
doing it live. I want tointroduce myself and introduce this show. You're
gonna hear Powerhouse Baby, Powerhouse Entertainment. This is a Latin urban, Latin
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hip hop, freestyle like they say, music show, and we're gonna also
profile local gardens from Texas, California. Yeah, all across the US,
Florida. You never know what you'regonna hear. We're gonna have music.
We're gonna have freestyle Latin hip hop, Latin rap for the Latino community and
surrounding area. So once again,welcome to the one and only power House
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Baby, Powerhouse Entertainment. What's yourhomeboy? From way back in the day
from Austin, Texas, but todayI'm in Seataleria, Abe Cord, don't
forget that, baby, It's allabout building unity in the community. Peace.
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Hey, what's up to this?Dave Cortez and full effect. We're
here to disrupt the studios, disrupturesof normalcy right here with the Powerhouse mix
and we're listening to We're gonna betalking to one of the Austin's pioneer,
the legends in the Latin hip hopscene and in the community. And I'm
talking about DJ Brownside. Hey,gormost Styles. Man, how you doing?
Hey? Well, pretty good man. I guess some one's in the
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hot weather as they call it overthere in Austin, Texas. How hot
is it over there right now?That'st time. My chack was about one
hundred and two degrees when I walkedinside. That No, man, Wow,
eat in Dix is probably even harder. Yep, this abus Mexicans get
out there and work all day.Oh yeah, man, that's Monday to
Sunday. Man. Now they saythey're not like us that one song the
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hip Hop's under They're not built likeus is what they should say. Oh
yeah, you only look out forthat remix. They're not built like us,
and I saw, so let's goahead and get started. Man,
you grew Let the people know aboutyourself. Where'd you grow up? How'd
you come up with? You know, the whole nine. I was born
and raised in East Austin Garden almostFiesta Garden Park, So I was yeah,
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and uh, when you weren't sceneback then, you're you are one
of the pillars, uh here inthe Austin, Texas area and the surrounding
areas in the sense of bringing inso much artists and bringing the community together
and everything and and and growing upas a as a as a youngster,
you know, I looked up tothat. I was always excited to see
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your flyers. I was always excitedto hear about the events. And I
just started getting more into music,more into music, and I was like,
oh, so I was scared.Man, I want to be a
DJ. And I started DJing withcassette tapes and went up to some twelve
techniques and uh after that, youknow, poodle CDs and now you know,
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it's all high tech now. Butyeah, just be want to rate
in the in the environment that wewere in, it was them but USA,
you know, uh, and that'swhat we're used to, you know,
put off from me. I thinkthat's over days have have kept me
grounded and humble over the years,but also iverget that at the changes that
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this world is is is uh coming, man, It's coming. It's going
too fast for us, you know. Uh so just uh in the music
scene, uh still after all theseyears and I have to have the privilege
uh to run into you and anduh and the connect and it's like,
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oh man, let's do this onemore time, man, and get ready
Austin, Texas, because you're gonnabe hearing about it one one DJ you
will be hearing about. You've heardof DJ Wiz, He's still going.
You're gonna be hearing about DJ brownSide, Mark my words, they're gonna
they're gonna hear you man, Yessir, yes, sir. And with
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the great help of of of ofof you being still in the in the
in the music scene. You knowa lot of people don't realize, but
you're the one who who made theAustin scene the way it is, uh
as far as the music and thecommunity gatherings and to increase the peace concerts
and you know. So so I'mI'm I'm I'm anxious man, I'm you
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know, grateful that that we wereable across across paths. Oh no,
the grace of God, man,because you've been helping me out ever since
that whole situation. And by theway, let me say this now,
if you're listening to this concert,if you're wandering abcause I actually just talked
with the owner of bucks backyard.He said, Hey, how's everything going.
Sorry you had to cancel you go. By the way, man,
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everybody knew about to stay. That'sstill on the vent, right, take
take it down. I said,okay, but something else is coming up,
sir, he goes, I understand, but just don't wipe us completely
out, he said. He said, I didn't realize what you did in
the past, but I kind ofchecked up on you, and I said,
we can collaborate, man. Imean, Tom will heal all wounds.
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And it's just man, I'm notone of these people DJ Brownside to
just go do on a vent excusethe expression, and just grab my knees
and get screwed by somebody, especiallysome local girl that looked like Miss Piggy
along with some Ovia. HETHO who'strying to tell me this is my event
man, And I'm doing this forthe free, for the fighters. Yeah,
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I respect the veterans and all that, bro, but uh, I
don't remember if putting the diamondo anythingso how are you going to have an
event calling yours And you didn't putfifty cents in the man, Yeah,
you had a good thing about Allthat is is it's just part of the
process and part of the experiences.You know, when there's a boat coming
in, everybody wants to jump onthe boat. It cuts off. No
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one doesn't want to paddle, man, No one doesn't want, you know,
pull to wait. That's why thistime around, you know, it's
gonna be great, you know,to show that we got coming up.
Yeah, I'm excited. You know, it's under wraps right now, you
know, and I think I havea strong feeling we're gonna go this one
out the water man and just think, man, if we do that one,
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but further thand of the year,we'll have another one coming. Man.
Oh man, just man, hey, that's not even nothing, you
know, and well you and Ijust because you know, we had under
wraps privacy. Oh yeah, youknow, way to the city season and
here's you know, we're all aboutaction around here. You know, we're
not all about Humble Jumbo or MickeyMouse games. You know, it's all
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business and and and and furthermore,you know, it's all about the USA.
Man, it's all about community.So speaking on that right now,
DJ brown Side, we're gonna gointo some Latin hip hop mix it with
a little bit to Hondo, alittle bit of Selena, Kumbia Kings,
maybe some j Patas, but we'regonna go into something Hono right now,
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right here on the power our housemix as you kick it live, so
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one man say, very very don'tmacap and sono so obvious as the men
passa passed you blas sands younger missend me the gear of that's what's my
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alban fo sending of the moment.As for Yummy down the Loamy said,
I mean not bara anything, don'tnothing. Who knows it's something that to
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me that it's not bad? Ristwas sansonium nothing dear, that's what's my
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other bo send me about them?Say so for yummy down the loamy,
look where the sain? I meana barada is Yummymy listening, I'm okayby
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that you yummy look is okay.We're gonna come back. Brown said,
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I'm gonna say, so, tellus a little bit about where you love
at and you can tell them aboutcat Boss and all that. Hey,
ladies and gentlemen, Welcome back,Welcome back to the Powerhouse Mix. I'm
here our special guest to one andonly, and you'll be hearing him a
lot on this podcast. I'm herewith DJ Brownside, Ak Louis almost nas
kiss almost I kiss almost. Solet me let me ask you. Let
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me ask you a quick question.Where do you live now? Man?
And what do you want to do? I know you met Frank cordethego with
lou Lac. He's like the regionalpresident for that area. But do you
have something like playing in the futureman for your own because you got a
large area man, Flugerville, RoundRock and Georgetown, that's like a mecca.
Man. Oh yes, sir,it's it's been. It's been transformation
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coming out from the big city ofAustin. As we see high rises and
we see you know, Californian stylebeing moved into this southern hospitality environment called
Austin. You know, it's nolonger that Austin field, that southern hospitality.
It's like someone just threw a grenadeand kicks all out on the outskirts.
So here we are on the outskirts, and well, I look,
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as you know, you met youmake the best of it. And uh
you observe and you see where thecities and these towns lack at uh as
far as events and as far asentertainment. And I feel that with the
envisionn of of of concerts and communityevents and everything, I think we'll be
able to stir a pot again.And and mixes up with some good old
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Minuto you saying oh yeah, yeah, And uh, I've been with with
in contact with Lou Lac and andso forth, and and uh, I'm
I'm going to announce that we'll beopening up a chapter here in Slugarville.
Good as far as lu lac andand and uh and a very big thank
you to you for for leading mein that direction and and connected me to
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the people. Uh Ah, youwelcome brother, so as you welcome louis
my pleasure. And he comes downto unity because I was the last time
I went to Austin Man. Iremember somebody in Man. Have you been
out to round Rock in Flugerville?Because I used to have a a show
that I was on called The LatinConnection with Tony T. Tony to Foy
DJ Tony T, who's a youngguys his dad on the station. He
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goes, I just want to doone thing. Hey, I got eleven
year old son, and I wanthim to be on the station with you.
I said, okay, man,no problem. I've never been around
somebody that young, because back thenat that point I was fifteen sixteen,
you know. But Tony T wasin. It was in Round Rock.
It was a k R G Tand Tony T. You're letting hip hop
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connection, and it was every Saturday. Man, I was shocked how many
people started listening. Yeah, andof course from there we went to KZ
and we were always on ACTV.Oh yeah, the dances at South Austin
Rack and then all the good olddays, man, and from Games Galaxy
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to UH Sports Park to Club Miamito all oh. Man, yeah,
you know if you know, youknow, oh yeah, it's it's crazy
you you talk about that because youknow, not too many people and I
cut on my hands that I canhold a conversation from back in the day,
and you hear, oh that wasback in the day. Oh that
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was decades ago. The fact ofthe matter is that everything got lost.
That's since that stuff got stopped,you know. And don't forget when they
say they're not they're not like us. They're not what it is is they're
not built like us. They're not. That's because we definitely come from a
different top fabric, you know.But that's that's that's just exciting to know
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that we're we're in the process ofmoving forward and UH and and producing these
these events uh here in the UHin the Austin and surrounding areas Floudville,
round Rock, Kyle Butt up.And while we're on the subject of Austin
and go through that, I gotto say this, Brown said, because
I keep seeing it every time Ivisit Austin. Young people, man,
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if you're out there, I betyou please try to hang on to the
Colthuda. I met a guy ata bar man he must have been twenty
two to twenty three. I thinkit was somebody's little brother or stepbrother,
and said, hey, what's upman? Comostops. He goes, oh,
excuse me, And this is aChicano guy, Mexican American born in
South Side or East Side. Hegoes, oh, excuse me, a
migo. I don't speak Spanish.I said, what's your name? Because
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they call me one Salazar. Isaid, wait a minute, bro,
you mean one Salasada. He goes, well, I don't. I don't
like I said, I don't speakSpanish. Man, you know, I
go out with this. I said, Okay, that's cool, brother,
but uh, I mean, youknow, to each his own brother,
but try to please try to tryto follow your colotuda as much as you
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can, because you got a richculture man, and you know, try
trying to, you know, badgeryour own God give a name. I
thought, I don't expect everybody tospeak Spanish, but Jesus like me going
around saying yeah, my name isAbe co texts. People would look at
me like, what the hell,knowing that that's not you know, come
on, bro, I'm just sayingevery time I've seen Austin work, I
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mean when you say that has Texas, that's rich culture. Man. Don't
get me wrong. Where I expectthat ship over here where I live in
Washington. I mean ship you runinto Chicane's here and you're like, well,
like Alma says, oh, I'msorry, I never learned Spanish.
I said, oh, kid,but I'm just telling you what's up man.
I don't really dig into that.I'm thinking, all right, man,
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you know, I just I'm sorry, Brown said, I had to
say that, man, Yeah,the game have changed. You know what
I observed these days, it's likeit's like, oh man, you know,
this young generation has a tough youknow, the next couple of years,
in the next decade or so,even beyond past our time. You
know, they're going to have atough and these people are going to realize
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that, you know it should haveheld on to that culture. That's all.
That's that's that's what it's all about. Man. You know, family,
immediate, yeah, no matter itwas, you know, your neighbor.
You know, you see at oskastruggling with a flat tire, pull
over and stop. You see someoneof the heap of the heath of pushing
a basket, pull over, stopsunking, you know anything. You know.
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Uh, And there's where the younggeneration lacks in the sense of,
you know, trying to keep itstrong and trying to keep it narrowing and
stay true to their roots instead ofyou know, the biggest weapon we have,
ene mean, we have is thesocial media. And everybody wants to
be a rapper, everybody wants tobe a YouTuber, everybody, you know,
they forget the fundamentals of sticking toyour roots and staying grounded and humble.
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Everybody is ready to make that quickcash and their soul and sell their
their culture for a culture that's noteven theirs, you know. Yeah,
And don't get me wrong, man, I got to be real when I
say this. But we were setup to do that thing on the twenty
seventh. Man, But I'm sorry. We try to have to stick with
our uncle Duda on familiar or onculture, uh, swimming and some fast
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lands and all that and wearing goldteeth. And then I try to say,
how to you go? Hold onmeg Colmost time, I'm like,
uh, bro, I said,And I had to tell him and be
like, hey, if I thought, can I can I be real with
you? I said, look,man, I don't know how to say
this to you. You might haveto beleeve this bill, no matter how
hard you try to act like somebodyelse to still look at you as a
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Mexican bro. Oh yeah, Andhe goes, I don't I don't relate
to that. I said, Bro, you were born you're darker than me.
If I thought you know you couldtell it bothered him. Man,
He goes, I don't like allthat, man, I said, do
me a favorite. Man, canyou say ideas? I said, Peche,
Come on, man, how'd yousay another another negative anthem? Like
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I told you earlier? You know, strengthen numbers. Man. You know,
if if we if we keep preaching, you know, uh, doing
these events, in these community gatheringsand stuff. You know, they're being
a sense of like, oh man, what's going on here? Hey?
By the way, but by theway, before we forgive, before I
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forget, man, I said,I want to say, what's up to
restore Santa Julia? The Catholic churcheswhere I grew up because as a kid,
they really helped me. Follow along. I'm sure you got Is there
a Catholic church over there in roundRocket Fluggerville? Oh yeah, yeah,
that really helped me. Man withMichael Thudo with the hymiaicas and events and
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I mean interview brown Side. Butlook while we're at it, because I
don't want people to turn. Butlet's go ahead and go into some more
musika. Right here, we gotour special guests, DJ brown Side ak
Louis. What are they can Irun away with? I want to get
lost love those pretty here, prettygirl, This one's for you, This
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one's for you. Check this out, something about you pick something about this
pretty something about your girl love mymom and about me about this pretty come
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on, come on you see Andthoughts came upon up inside and told the
love momentos all the good times wehad Needing you, you would die someone
NIC's making love is the lie,the only girl that didn't give it on
the first night. Compartably, I'ma love for life, make up,
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digasting with your ways and all thethings you do. A pretty girl,
I gotta make you work with you, tell the world, tell your girls
and your family, honest telling orthe prometto you everything, because nobody's ever
made me feel the way you do. I've just dropped you, walk already
to miss you. She got meetthat on least, I said, I
I want to be with you.I keep the boy. Let's make her
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pack and always be together with youby my side. Girl, I'm down
for whatever. Something about you pigs, something about this pretty lover, something
about you faby drive me crazy.I don't believe in on her first side,
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pretty love, I'm on the rooffrom across the wound. I had
to keep my attention on you.So about that pretty face, that pretty
smile you couldn't help the ticket thostin those pretty eyes. Yeah, this
girl she had all the type ofwoman that you take to mother saying,
look what I say, ain't apnishit someone to talk through these rough pimps,
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who ain't afraid of hand and andunderstands that my life is different and
accepts this is what I expectedly atyou futiful inside and nat something hard to
find in the world these days.Even on my birthday. She's got me
happy. I could anway getting upon this birthday. This little different nipples
based on fresh I'm letting you know. Come, I'm ready to ride out
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with something about you bid me crats. Something about this prettyer lose Min,
Something about you faby driving me crazy, something about this pretty girl lose Mi
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something, little shorty. Can wetalk for one minute. I've been having
dreams and you're being on a PENO. I know you don't know me.
I seen you around. You're thehottest looking on need that I've seen in
this town. Come on this conversation, take or walk it together. Just
want to know you a little bitbetter. Beauty young comparable, is istro
me crazy? She that I wantto have from a lady something about you.
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Don't know what it is. Iknow we just met, but can
I give you what? Kid grabbeda hand and she hugged me, acting
kind of shot dimples on your face, got your looking pretty fly baby,
this is real talk. I wantto be with you. Little did I
know you were digging me too?Now I'm down on my knees. Got
your singing? I do it soI had to write a song dedicated to
you, to you, something aboutyou bag Christas, something about this pretty
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girl blue mine, something about youbaby driving me crazy, something about this
pretty girl blue Welcome back to Powerhousemixus Ave court Is and Full Effect.
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We got our special guest, DJbrown Side and Full Effect and the future
is bright. Austin, Texas.I hope Austin, Texas. I hope
you're ready because we're about to turnthis up. Man, We're about to
do it like they said, especiallyI think on on Die. You know
that's right, that's that right.It's time to wake it up. There's
no need for Austin residence in thesurrounding residents to go to different cities Dallas,
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Houston, cal Antonio. You knowfor these events. There's nothing being
done here and we're about to breakthe ice on deck. You know,
we're definitely gonna break down now.We're starting off this year DJ brown Side
and then next year. Man,who knows, we might start off with
sink of the Mile and then justkeep building it and building and building.
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Man. Yes, sir, yes, sir, most definitely, yes,
sir, that's the goal. Soreal quick man. I've seen your website
man, and to me, it'sone of the best ones I've seen.
How do people get what's how dothey log onto your what's it called?
Oh? They can get into aby any means Texas dot com. Okay,
uh, and then you can justdo your selections. As far as
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our events, they will be comingup, they'll be posted on there as
well. You go to the communityreal quick man. Uh. I'm also
having if you want to check outlike Latin hip hop event. So I
am on ROKU. I'm syndicated onthe roll could system. If you buy
a TV at Walmart, they giveyou the Rocude. Uh. The streaming
system is r O k U andjust put in Suave TV. It's a
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yellow logo, says s u Av E t V. You could also
go to SUAVETV dot net. Andif you're a young lady out there twenty
one and other please not no younggirls and you want to model, there's
gonna be special events coming up,special music videos that we're gonna be needing,
you know, young young ladies.And if you're a little, if
you're thick, we also specialize inthat. If you two hundred plus pounds,
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not iguana. Come on, Imean, every lady needs an opportunity.
I'm not trying to solicit a bunchof men because you know, I
live in the Washington state area.But that doesn't mean I'm like Steve and
Steve. You know, a manliking another man. Don't get me wrong,
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man, Bro, Bro said,I know. I said joking,
Bro, but that's like not uncommonhere, man. Probably one out of
uh one out of twenty votos isin you know, Steve and Steve or
shit on the flip side of MarieMarie. But like I said, I
mean, excuse me, you're gonnaget mad listening. But God made Adam
and Eve, not Steven Steve.Let me just say that, so see
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he is not iguana. Hit upSUAVETV dot net. Shit. You can
call me directly if you look likethat two five three three eight nine two
two three four or email me atCortes Prad Shore for productions. How do
you spell it? Day? Okay, by the way, if you're not
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that bright, it's okay if yougot a pretty face and everything else with
it, and I want you JonettaMoody the hold nine. Hit me uh
c R T E Z p RO D at gmail dot com or call
me directly and just say hi areacode two five three three eight nine two
two three four. He manullausella gordasyou know. Please, if you're out
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there, never be shy. Ifyou're a woman from two hundred all the
way, you can be past twofifty. Never be shot because there's beauty
in everything you know, from headto toe. Baby, just please take
care of your feet. You don'twant no hammer time toes. Take care
of your patas dy that way youcan walk around around your man barefooted.
You know. Oh look, honey, look so we had our special guests
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up here. I appreciate y'all.Hopefully you guys think we're funny. Because
of not, you're gonna be complaining. You know where it hit us up?
You got the email address? Byhow do you say, by any
means by he means Texas dot Com, don't forget hit him up, hit
him up and check out his stuff, and you're gonna be shocked. But
we're gonna be doing some major events. We might end up pick a weekend
around this, he says, anddo two events in one weekend. That
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hasn't been done, but we mightbe the first one to do it.
Right So, right about now,Russa, Right about now, Russa,
that was DJ Brownside. We're aboutto go into some musika. And if
you don't know what I mean thatmeans music, you can't. And I
say, keV el and if you'reout there in Flugerville, round rock.
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I'll be coming to town soon.Let's do that video shoot go to just
get a hold of somebody, callme, call go to the by any
means Texas dot Com. Let's doit. Kevl please suste man, scare
me. One time, one timesystem in there ain't nothing wrong with something
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things in between two hundred and twofifty on up. I like you know,
I like to count dots. Idon't mind cellulight all that. Go
ahead and bring it on. Onetime. That's it Brownside Powerhouse entertaining that
says, I'll see you guys later. Keep listening right here to the Powerhouse
mix as we do it. What'sup to Bill? Disruptors of normalcy?
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Baby? Want to let it?I say, here we go man peace,
We're out of here. Hey,thank you for listening to the Powerhouse
podcast. Let me explain this.Powerhouse is the podcast listens and puts out
Latin urban sounds. So if you'rea group out there, if you're an
artist, get a hold of me. My email address is Powerhouse p ow
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h o U s e ab Eat gmail dot com. Okay, what's
that? I didn't get it?Powerhouse abe abe at gmail dot com,
or you can call me directly onmyself two five three three eight nine two
two three four. But I'm lookingfor artists all around the United States.
Whether you live in Texas, Florida, Washington, I don't care where you're
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at. And I'm looking for Latinartists Latino sounds. Every once in a
while we're gonna profile other people,some famous celebrities, different artists, but
I'm primarily doing this show for theChicano Latino Latin hip hop urban sounds Originally
from Austin, Texas. Now Ilive in the Pacific Northwest, technically Washington
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State, and we're building unity inthe community. And I want to say,
what's up to Chico director Caroline Sanchez, her husband joe Hernandez. So
it's really Caroline Hernandez. Now I'ma Joey Gonzalez who's been helping out lu
LAC, and I'm the current presidentof LULAC for the Seattle Tacoma chapter.
And once again, it's all aboutbuilding unity in the community. And if
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you don't know what LULAC is,I'll explain it. League of United Latin
American Citizens And it's a number oneorganization right now in all of the US.
It's been around ninety plus years.Okay, so don't forget though,
this is a powerhouse podcast. What'sup to build a disruptor studio and disruptors
enormoucy baby, all right, we'reover and out. Peace
Hey, what's up? What's up? My name is Abe Cortez. Born
and raised in Austin, Texas.Today I lived in the Seattle metro area.
I'm right here at the Disruptor's Studio, Baby, Disruptors of Normalcy,
The Disruptor Studio. What's up withBill? Here? We're in the mix
doing it live. I want tointroduce myself and introduce this show. You're
gonna hear Powerhouse Baby, Powerhouse Entertainment. This is a Latin urban, Latin
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hip hop, freestyle like they say, music show, and we're gonna also
profile local gardens from Texas, California. Yeah, all across the US,
Florida. You never know what you'regonna hear. We're gonna have music.
We're gonna have freestyle Latin hip hop, Latin rap for the Latino community and
surrounding area. So once again,welcome to the one and only power House
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Baby, Powerhouse Entertainment. What's yourhomeboy? From way back in the day
from Austin, Texas, but todayI'm in Seataleria, Abe Cord, don't
forget that, baby, It's allabout building unity in the community. Peace.
(01:55):
Hey, what's up to this?Dave Cortez and full effect. We're
here to disrupt the studios, disrupturesof normalcy right here with the Powerhouse mix
and we're listening to We're gonna betalking to one of the Austin's pioneer,
the legends in the Latin hip hopscene and in the community. And I'm
talking about DJ Brownside. Hey,gormost Styles. Man, how you doing?
Hey? Well, pretty good man. I guess some one's in the
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hot weather as they call it overthere in Austin, Texas. How hot
is it over there right now?That'st time. My chack was about one
hundred and two degrees when I walkedinside. That No, man, Wow,
eat in Dix is probably even harder. Yep, this abus Mexicans get
out there and work all day.Oh yeah, man, that's Monday to
Sunday. Man. Now they saythey're not like us that one song the
(02:43):
hip Hop's under They're not built likeus is what they should say. Oh
yeah, you only look out forthat remix. They're not built like us,
and I saw, so let's goahead and get started. Man,
you grew Let the people know aboutyourself. Where'd you grow up? How'd
you come up with? You know, the whole nine. I was born
and raised in East Austin Garden almostFiesta Garden Park, So I was yeah,
(03:10):
and uh, when you weren't sceneback then, you're you are one
of the pillars, uh here inthe Austin, Texas area and the surrounding
areas in the sense of bringing inso much artists and bringing the community together
and everything and and and growing upas a as a as a youngster,
you know, I looked up tothat. I was always excited to see
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your flyers. I was always excitedto hear about the events. And I
just started getting more into music,more into music, and I was like,
oh, so I was scared.Man, I want to be a
DJ. And I started DJing withcassette tapes and went up to some twelve
techniques and uh after that, youknow, poodle CDs and now you know,
(03:54):
it's all high tech now. Butyeah, just be want to rate
in the in the environment that wewere in, it was them but USA,
you know, uh, and that'swhat we're used to, you know,
put off from me. I thinkthat's over days have have kept me
grounded and humble over the years,but also iverget that at the changes that
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this world is is is uh coming, man, It's coming. It's going
too fast for us, you know. Uh so just uh in the music
scene, uh still after all theseyears and I have to have the privilege
uh to run into you and anduh and the connect and it's like,
(04:40):
oh man, let's do this onemore time, man, and get ready
Austin, Texas, because you're gonnabe hearing about it one one DJ you
will be hearing about. You've heardof DJ Wiz, He's still going.
You're gonna be hearing about DJ brownSide, Mark my words, they're gonna
they're gonna hear you man, Yessir, yes, sir. And with
(05:00):
the great help of of of ofof you being still in the in the
in the music scene. You knowa lot of people don't realize, but
you're the one who who made theAustin scene the way it is, uh
as far as the music and thecommunity gatherings and to increase the peace concerts
and you know. So so I'mI'm I'm I'm anxious man, I'm you
(05:27):
know, grateful that that we wereable across across paths. Oh no,
the grace of God, man,because you've been helping me out ever since
that whole situation. And by theway, let me say this now,
if you're listening to this concert,if you're wandering abcause I actually just talked
with the owner of bucks backyard.He said, Hey, how's everything going.
Sorry you had to cancel you go. By the way, man,
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everybody knew about to stay. That'sstill on the vent, right, take
take it down. I said,okay, but something else is coming up,
sir, he goes, I understand, but just don't wipe us completely
out, he said. He said, I didn't realize what you did in
the past, but I kind ofchecked up on you, and I said,
we can collaborate, man. Imean, Tom will heal all wounds.
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And it's just man, I'm notone of these people DJ Brownside to
just go do on a vent excusethe expression, and just grab my knees
and get screwed by somebody, especiallysome local girl that looked like Miss Piggy
along with some Ovia. HETHO who'strying to tell me this is my event
man, And I'm doing this forthe free, for the fighters. Yeah,
(06:29):
I respect the veterans and all that, bro, but uh, I
don't remember if putting the diamondo anythingso how are you going to have an
event calling yours And you didn't putfifty cents in the man, Yeah,
you had a good thing about Allthat is is it's just part of the
process and part of the experiences.You know, when there's a boat coming
in, everybody wants to jump onthe boat. It cuts off. No
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one doesn't want to paddle, man, No one doesn't want, you know,
pull to wait. That's why thistime around, you know, it's
gonna be great, you know,to show that we got coming up.
Yeah, I'm excited. You know, it's under wraps right now, you
know, and I think I havea strong feeling we're gonna go this one
out the water man and just think, man, if we do that one,
(07:15):
but further thand of the year,we'll have another one coming. Man.
Oh man, just man, hey, that's not even nothing, you
know, and well you and Ijust because you know, we had under
wraps privacy. Oh yeah, youknow, way to the city season and
here's you know, we're all aboutaction around here. You know, we're
not all about Humble Jumbo or MickeyMouse games. You know, it's all
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business and and and and furthermore,you know, it's all about the USA.
Man, it's all about community.So speaking on that right now,
DJ brown Side, we're gonna gointo some Latin hip hop mix it with
a little bit to Hondo, alittle bit of Selena, Kumbia Kings,
maybe some j Patas, but we'regonna go into something Hono right now,
(07:59):
right here on the power our housemix as you kick it live, so
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one man say, very very don'tmacap and sono so obvious as the men
passa passed you blas sands younger missend me the gear of that's what's my
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alban fo sending of the moment.As for Yummy down the Loamy said,
I mean not bara anything, don'tnothing. Who knows it's something that to
(09:13):
me that it's not bad? Ristwas sansonium nothing dear, that's what's my
(09:39):
other bo send me about them?Say so for yummy down the loamy,
look where the sain? I meana barada is Yummymy listening, I'm okayby
(10:22):
that you yummy look is okay.We're gonna come back. Brown said,
(10:45):
I'm gonna say, so, tellus a little bit about where you love
at and you can tell them aboutcat Boss and all that. Hey,
ladies and gentlemen, Welcome back,Welcome back to the Powerhouse Mix. I'm
here our special guest to one andonly, and you'll be hearing him a
lot on this podcast. I'm herewith DJ Brownside, Ak Louis almost nas
kiss almost I kiss almost. Solet me let me ask you. Let
(11:09):
me ask you a quick question.Where do you live now? Man?
And what do you want to do? I know you met Frank cordethego with
lou Lac. He's like the regionalpresident for that area. But do you
have something like playing in the futureman for your own because you got a
large area man, Flugerville, RoundRock and Georgetown, that's like a mecca.
Man. Oh yes, sir,it's it's been. It's been transformation
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coming out from the big city ofAustin. As we see high rises and
we see you know, Californian stylebeing moved into this southern hospitality environment called
Austin. You know, it's nolonger that Austin field, that southern hospitality.
It's like someone just threw a grenadeand kicks all out on the outskirts.
So here we are on the outskirts, and well, I look,
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as you know, you met youmake the best of it. And uh
you observe and you see where thecities and these towns lack at uh as
far as events and as far asentertainment. And I feel that with the
envisionn of of of concerts and communityevents and everything, I think we'll be
able to stir a pot again.And and mixes up with some good old
(12:20):
Minuto you saying oh yeah, yeah, And uh, I've been with with
in contact with Lou Lac and andso forth, and and uh, I'm
I'm going to announce that we'll beopening up a chapter here in Slugarville.
Good as far as lu lac andand and uh and a very big thank
you to you for for leading mein that direction and and connected me to
(12:43):
the people. Uh Ah, youwelcome brother, so as you welcome louis
my pleasure. And he comes downto unity because I was the last time
I went to Austin Man. Iremember somebody in Man. Have you been
out to round Rock in Flugerville?Because I used to have a a show
that I was on called The LatinConnection with Tony T. Tony to Foy
DJ Tony T, who's a youngguys his dad on the station. He
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goes, I just want to doone thing. Hey, I got eleven
year old son, and I wanthim to be on the station with you.
I said, okay, man,no problem. I've never been around
somebody that young, because back thenat that point I was fifteen sixteen,
you know. But Tony T wasin. It was in Round Rock.
It was a k R G Tand Tony T. You're letting hip hop
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connection, and it was every Saturday. Man, I was shocked how many
people started listening. Yeah, andof course from there we went to KZ
and we were always on ACTV.Oh yeah, the dances at South Austin
Rack and then all the good olddays, man, and from Games Galaxy
(13:48):
to UH Sports Park to Club Miamito all oh. Man, yeah,
you know if you know, youknow, oh yeah, it's it's crazy
you you talk about that because youknow, not too many people and I
cut on my hands that I canhold a conversation from back in the day,
and you hear, oh that wasback in the day. Oh that
(14:09):
was decades ago. The fact ofthe matter is that everything got lost.
That's since that stuff got stopped,you know. And don't forget when they
say they're not they're not like us. They're not what it is is they're
not built like us. They're not. That's because we definitely come from a
different top fabric, you know.But that's that's that's just exciting to know
(14:35):
that we're we're in the process ofmoving forward and UH and and producing these
these events uh here in the UHin the Austin and surrounding areas Floudville,
round Rock, Kyle Butt up.And while we're on the subject of Austin
and go through that, I gotto say this, Brown said, because
I keep seeing it every time Ivisit Austin. Young people, man,
(14:58):
if you're out there, I betyou please try to hang on to the
Colthuda. I met a guy ata bar man he must have been twenty
two to twenty three. I thinkit was somebody's little brother or stepbrother,
and said, hey, what's upman? Comostops. He goes, oh,
excuse me, And this is aChicano guy, Mexican American born in
South Side or East Side. Hegoes, oh, excuse me, a
migo. I don't speak Spanish.I said, what's your name? Because
(15:22):
they call me one Salazar. Isaid, wait a minute, bro,
you mean one Salasada. He goes, well, I don't. I don't
like I said, I don't speakSpanish. Man, you know, I
go out with this. I said, Okay, that's cool, brother,
but uh, I mean, youknow, to each his own brother,
but try to please try to tryto follow your colotuda as much as you
(15:43):
can, because you got a richculture man, and you know, try
trying to, you know, badgeryour own God give a name. I
thought, I don't expect everybody tospeak Spanish, but Jesus like me going
around saying yeah, my name isAbe co texts. People would look at
me like, what the hell,knowing that that's not you know, come
on, bro, I'm just sayingevery time I've seen Austin work, I
(16:06):
mean when you say that has Texas, that's rich culture. Man. Don't
get me wrong. Where I expectthat ship over here where I live in
Washington. I mean ship you runinto Chicane's here and you're like, well,
like Alma says, oh, I'msorry, I never learned Spanish.
I said, oh, kid,but I'm just telling you what's up man.
I don't really dig into that.I'm thinking, all right, man,
(16:26):
you know, I just I'm sorry, Brown said, I had to
say that, man, Yeah,the game have changed. You know what
I observed these days, it's likeit's like, oh man, you know,
this young generation has a tough youknow, the next couple of years,
in the next decade or so,even beyond past our time. You
know, they're going to have atough and these people are going to realize
(16:51):
that, you know it should haveheld on to that culture. That's all.
That's that's that's what it's all about. Man. You know, family,
immediate, yeah, no matter itwas, you know, your neighbor.
You know, you see at oskastruggling with a flat tire, pull
over and stop. You see someoneof the heap of the heath of pushing
a basket, pull over, stopsunking, you know anything. You know.
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Uh, And there's where the younggeneration lacks in the sense of,
you know, trying to keep itstrong and trying to keep it narrowing and
stay true to their roots instead ofyou know, the biggest weapon we have,
ene mean, we have is thesocial media. And everybody wants to
be a rapper, everybody wants tobe a YouTuber, everybody, you know,
they forget the fundamentals of sticking toyour roots and staying grounded and humble.
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Everybody is ready to make that quickcash and their soul and sell their
their culture for a culture that's noteven theirs, you know. Yeah,
And don't get me wrong, man, I got to be real when I
say this. But we were setup to do that thing on the twenty
seventh. Man, But I'm sorry. We try to have to stick with
our uncle Duda on familiar or onculture, uh, swimming and some fast
(18:03):
lands and all that and wearing goldteeth. And then I try to say,
how to you go? Hold onmeg Colmost time, I'm like,
uh, bro, I said,And I had to tell him and be
like, hey, if I thought, can I can I be real with
you? I said, look,man, I don't know how to say
this to you. You might haveto beleeve this bill, no matter how
hard you try to act like somebodyelse to still look at you as a
(18:26):
Mexican bro. Oh yeah, Andhe goes, I don't I don't relate
to that. I said, Bro, you were born you're darker than me.
If I thought you know you couldtell it bothered him. Man,
He goes, I don't like allthat, man, I said, do
me a favorite. Man, canyou say ideas? I said, Peche,
Come on, man, how'd yousay another another negative anthem? Like
(18:49):
I told you earlier? You know, strengthen numbers. Man. You know,
if if we if we keep preaching, you know, uh, doing
these events, in these community gatheringsand stuff. You know, they're being
a sense of like, oh man, what's going on here? Hey?
By the way, but by theway, before we forgive, before I
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forget, man, I said,I want to say, what's up to
restore Santa Julia? The Catholic churcheswhere I grew up because as a kid,
they really helped me. Follow along. I'm sure you got Is there
a Catholic church over there in roundRocket Fluggerville? Oh yeah, yeah,
that really helped me. Man withMichael Thudo with the hymiaicas and events and
(19:36):
I mean interview brown Side. Butlook while we're at it, because I
don't want people to turn. Butlet's go ahead and go into some more
musika. Right here, we gotour special guests, DJ brown Side ak
Louis. What are they can Irun away with? I want to get
lost love those pretty here, prettygirl, This one's for you, This
(20:03):
one's for you. Check this out, something about you pick something about this
pretty something about your girl love mymom and about me about this pretty come
(20:27):
on, come on you see Andthoughts came upon up inside and told the
love momentos all the good times wehad Needing you, you would die someone
NIC's making love is the lie,the only girl that didn't give it on
the first night. Compartably, I'ma love for life, make up,
(20:47):
digasting with your ways and all thethings you do. A pretty girl,
I gotta make you work with you, tell the world, tell your girls
and your family, honest telling orthe prometto you everything, because nobody's ever
made me feel the way you do. I've just dropped you, walk already
to miss you. She got meetthat on least, I said, I
I want to be with you.I keep the boy. Let's make her
(21:08):
pack and always be together with youby my side. Girl, I'm down
for whatever. Something about you pigs, something about this pretty lover, something
about you faby drive me crazy.I don't believe in on her first side,
(21:30):
pretty love, I'm on the rooffrom across the wound. I had
to keep my attention on you.So about that pretty face, that pretty
smile you couldn't help the ticket thostin those pretty eyes. Yeah, this
girl she had all the type ofwoman that you take to mother saying,
look what I say, ain't apnishit someone to talk through these rough pimps,
(21:56):
who ain't afraid of hand and andunderstands that my life is different and
accepts this is what I expectedly atyou futiful inside and nat something hard to
find in the world these days.Even on my birthday. She's got me
happy. I could anway getting upon this birthday. This little different nipples
based on fresh I'm letting you know. Come, I'm ready to ride out
(22:18):
with something about you bid me crats. Something about this prettyer lose Min,
Something about you faby driving me crazy, something about this pretty girl lose Mi
(22:41):
something, little shorty. Can wetalk for one minute. I've been having
dreams and you're being on a PENO. I know you don't know me.
I seen you around. You're thehottest looking on need that I've seen in
this town. Come on this conversation, take or walk it together. Just
want to know you a little bitbetter. Beauty young comparable, is istro
me crazy? She that I wantto have from a lady something about you.
(23:03):
Don't know what it is. Iknow we just met, but can
I give you what? Kid grabbeda hand and she hugged me, acting
kind of shot dimples on your face, got your looking pretty fly baby,
this is real talk. I wantto be with you. Little did I
know you were digging me too?Now I'm down on my knees. Got
your singing? I do it soI had to write a song dedicated to
you, to you, something aboutyou bag Christas, something about this pretty
(23:32):
girl blue mine, something about youbaby driving me crazy, something about this
pretty girl blue Welcome back to Powerhousemixus Ave court Is and Full Effect.
(24:03):
We got our special guest, DJbrown Side and Full Effect and the future
is bright. Austin, Texas.I hope Austin, Texas. I hope
you're ready because we're about to turnthis up. Man, We're about to
do it like they said, especiallyI think on on Die. You know
that's right, that's that right.It's time to wake it up. There's
no need for Austin residence in thesurrounding residents to go to different cities Dallas,
(24:27):
Houston, cal Antonio. You knowfor these events. There's nothing being
done here and we're about to breakthe ice on deck. You know,
we're definitely gonna break down now.We're starting off this year DJ brown Side
and then next year. Man,who knows, we might start off with
sink of the Mile and then justkeep building it and building and building.
(24:47):
Man. Yes, sir, yes, sir, most definitely, yes,
sir, that's the goal. Soreal quick man. I've seen your website
man, and to me, it'sone of the best ones I've seen.
How do people get what's how dothey log onto your what's it called?
Oh? They can get into aby any means Texas dot com. Okay,
uh, and then you can justdo your selections. As far as
(25:10):
our events, they will be comingup, they'll be posted on there as
well. You go to the communityreal quick man. Uh. I'm also
having if you want to check outlike Latin hip hop event. So I
am on ROKU. I'm syndicated onthe roll could system. If you buy
a TV at Walmart, they giveyou the Rocude. Uh. The streaming
system is r O k U andjust put in Suave TV. It's a
(25:36):
yellow logo, says s u Av E t V. You could also
go to SUAVETV dot net. Andif you're a young lady out there twenty
one and other please not no younggirls and you want to model, there's
gonna be special events coming up,special music videos that we're gonna be needing,
you know, young young ladies.And if you're a little, if
you're thick, we also specialize inthat. If you two hundred plus pounds,
(26:00):
not iguana. Come on, Imean, every lady needs an opportunity.
I'm not trying to solicit a bunchof men because you know, I
live in the Washington state area.But that doesn't mean I'm like Steve and
Steve. You know, a manliking another man. Don't get me wrong,
(26:21):
man, Bro, Bro said,I know. I said joking,
Bro, but that's like not uncommonhere, man. Probably one out of
uh one out of twenty votos isin you know, Steve and Steve or
shit on the flip side of MarieMarie. But like I said, I
mean, excuse me, you're gonnaget mad listening. But God made Adam
and Eve, not Steven Steve.Let me just say that, so see
(26:49):
he is not iguana. Hit upSUAVETV dot net. Shit. You can
call me directly if you look likethat two five three three eight nine two
two three four or email me atCortes Prad Shore for productions. How do
you spell it? Day? Okay, by the way, if you're not
(27:10):
that bright, it's okay if yougot a pretty face and everything else with
it, and I want you JonettaMoody the hold nine. Hit me uh
c R T E Z p RO D at gmail dot com or call
me directly and just say hi areacode two five three three eight nine two
two three four. He manullausella gordasyou know. Please, if you're out
(27:36):
there, never be shy. Ifyou're a woman from two hundred all the
way, you can be past twofifty. Never be shot because there's beauty
in everything you know, from headto toe. Baby, just please take
care of your feet. You don'twant no hammer time toes. Take care
of your patas dy that way youcan walk around around your man barefooted.
You know. Oh look, honey, look so we had our special guests
(28:06):
up here. I appreciate y'all.Hopefully you guys think we're funny. Because
of not, you're gonna be complaining. You know where it hit us up?
You got the email address? Byhow do you say, by any
means by he means Texas dot Com, don't forget hit him up, hit
him up and check out his stuff, and you're gonna be shocked. But
we're gonna be doing some major events. We might end up pick a weekend
around this, he says, anddo two events in one weekend. That
(28:30):
hasn't been done, but we mightbe the first one to do it.
Right So, right about now,Russa, Right about now, Russa,
that was DJ Brownside. We're aboutto go into some musika. And if
you don't know what I mean thatmeans music, you can't. And I
say, keV el and if you'reout there in Flugerville, round rock.
(28:52):
I'll be coming to town soon.Let's do that video shoot go to just
get a hold of somebody, callme, call go to the by any
means Texas dot Com. Let's doit. Kevl please suste man, scare
me. One time, one timesystem in there ain't nothing wrong with something
(29:17):
things in between two hundred and twofifty on up. I like you know,
I like to count dots. Idon't mind cellulight all that. Go
ahead and bring it on. Onetime. That's it Brownside Powerhouse entertaining that
says, I'll see you guys later. Keep listening right here to the Powerhouse
mix as we do it. What'sup to Bill? Disruptors of normalcy?
(29:41):
Baby? Want to let it?I say, here we go man peace,
We're out of here. Hey,thank you for listening to the Powerhouse
podcast. Let me explain this.Powerhouse is the podcast listens and puts out
Latin urban sounds. So if you'rea group out there, if you're an
artist, get a hold of me. My email address is Powerhouse p ow
(30:03):
h o U s e ab Eat gmail dot com. Okay, what's
that? I didn't get it?Powerhouse abe abe at gmail dot com,
or you can call me directly onmyself two five three three eight nine two
two three four. But I'm lookingfor artists all around the United States.
Whether you live in Texas, Florida, Washington, I don't care where you're
(30:26):
at. And I'm looking for Latinartists Latino sounds. Every once in a
while we're gonna profile other people,some famous celebrities, different artists, but
I'm primarily doing this show for theChicano Latino Latin hip hop urban sounds Originally
from Austin, Texas. Now Ilive in the Pacific Northwest, technically Washington
(30:47):
State, and we're building unity inthe community. And I want to say,
what's up to Chico director Caroline Sanchez, her husband joe Hernandez. So
it's really Caroline Hernandez. Now I'ma Joey Gonzalez who's been helping out lu
LAC, and I'm the current presidentof LULAC for the Seattle Tacoma chapter.
And once again, it's all aboutbuilding unity in the community. And if
(31:08):
you don't know what LULAC is,I'll explain it. League of United Latin
American Citizens And it's a number oneorganization right now in all of the US.
It's been around ninety plus years.Okay, so don't forget though,
this is a powerhouse podcast. What'sup to build a disruptor studio and disruptors
enormoucy baby, all right, we'reover and out. Peace
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