About this project
Class Photo (and CD Cover)
Juba Kalamka (lower left)
and Zulu Level (ages 6-7) classmates
at Shule Ya Watoto (School For Children) Chicago,Illinois
April 1977
photo by Mama Anita "Kofi" Douglas (RIP)
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Hey There,
If you don't know me, or aren't familiar with me already,
My name is a Juba Kalamka. I'm an interdisciplinary artist/activist based in Oakland,California, USA.
I'd like to complete of studio recording/mastering and manufacture of a 2500 piece multimedia project. The proposed budget would fund completion of
- final recording and mastering
- 1000 CDs,
- 1000 perfect-bound lyric chapbooks
- 500 7" vinyl 45rpm records of two songs from the CD
- postage, promotional materials and project related ephemera
If my Kickstarter project is successful, I'm projecting a public release date in early December,2010. This is as near as possible to the release of the Yale Anthology of Rap (Yale University Press, 2010). The anthology contains lyrics from the "Ooogabooga Under Fascism" album track "Yeoman Johnson" , academic essays by myself in a classroom version of the anthology as well as a song from my previous group project, Deep Dickollective (2000-2008).
I've spent the the bulk of my energies since 2000 on group projects and booking, curatorial and artist/activist ventures on behalf of a loose-knit international scene of out LGBT hip hop artists, with much of my personal work extending into intersectional advocacy (sex worker rights, disability rights activism and more). I've been attempting to coordinate completion of the CD since late 2006 (an EP version of early edits was released in February, 2006 as "The Ooogaboogabeats EP"). The scope of it grew to include a lyric chapbook after I completed a MFA degree in Poetics in Spring 2007.
I work full time as an HIV test counselor/client advocate for a large international not for profit. Though I'm very serious about my work as an artist and been very privileged to receive significant attentions I have for my art though traveling for performing/lecturing, my paraprofessional status as an independent performing artist hasn't provided adequate funding to complete a project in the manner I would have liked, even on a relative low-end production scale.
Having this project funded would provide me with a quality product and promotional items to encourage public support of my future projects as well as promotional materials for future performance and lecture events in support of other activist entities and concerns.
That said, the Reward set-up as is such that you can give a little as ONE DOLLAR and still get something in return in addition to my vociferous thank you-thank you's and virtual hugs. I know most of the people I know and the hundreds who I've met throughout my career as an artist/activist don't have tons of money...but I've met a LOT of people. I'm hoping that if I am someone you've met , or you've been at a show where I performed and dug what you saw that what I did was cool enough that you'd be willin' to throw a couple coins my way. :-).
All reward premiums not involving travel would be received by project contributors by February 15,2011.
If you are of the credit/debit card-less lot, no thing. That's real.
Email me at juba(at) jubakalamka(dot) com for details on how to contribute..
If you don't have anything to give but good wishes, that's OK too. I'd appreciate if you could pass the word on about my project to people who you think might be interested and able to, if you would.
Thanks so very much in advance for your continued encouragement and support.
best,
Juba Kalamka
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ABOUT ME:
Music, media and songs from the CD
http://www.myspace.com/jubakalamka
Extended bio info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juba_Kalamka
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INTERVIEWS (video and blog):
Vegas LadyBIz interview by Laurenn McCubbin (2010)
http://www.vegasladybiz.com/juba.html
Myx-TV LGBT Hip Hop Special (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Amoeba Records Pick Up the Mic DVD Release Interview (2009)
http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2009/07/jamoeblog/homohop-s-role-within-hip-hop-juba-kalamka-interview.html
Deep Dickollective's "For Colored Boys" (2007
produced and arranged by Juba Kalamka
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Tongues Untied Special Feature (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
San Francisco Chronicle Black History Month Feature (2006)
http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-02-07/entertainment/17283717_1_black-history-month-kara-walker-bay-area-african-american
Alex Hinton's "Pick Up The Mic" (2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
http://www.pickupthemic.com
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Reviews and Writings
by Juba Kalamka at Colorlines Magazine (2004-2010)
http://colorlines.com/archives/author/juba-kalamka/
JUBA-SPIDER series by printmaker/mixed media artist Jenny Zhang (2009)
http://jennyzhang.org/men_juba.html
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on October 2, 2010.
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-signed and numbered CD and lyric chapbook -donor name in book and CD liner notes -signed and numbered 7" single (songs to be determined) - Juba Kalamka "spaceman" t shirt -sticker collection - 5 CD Homohop CD assortment - The ENTIRE 5 CD (3 full length, 2 EP) Deep Dickollective catalog -"Pick Up the Mic" documentary DVD autographed by Juba Kalamka - two dozen homemade cookies baked by Juba Kalamka (vegan or non-vegan!:-)) AND AND -1 hour (60 Minute) performance, lecture, teach-in or workshop in your town (at college/university, community center, festival, not for profit, home salon show) in South America, The Carribbean, and U.S. Territories ( Air travel included; pending signature of standard working agreement)
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JUBA KALAMKA is most recognized as co-founder of “homohop” crew Deep Dickollective. He has been a speaker, panelist, and curator for numerous activist concerns, receiving a 2005 Creating Change Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Kalamka served as director of the PeaceOUT World HomoHop Festival, which marked its seventh and final year in 2007 and featured in the documentary Pick Up The Mic. He later appeared in Good Vibrations' G Marks the Spot (2003), Orgasm!: Faces of Ecstasy (2004) and toured with the 2006 Sex Workers Art Show. His second solo recording, Ooogabooga Under Fascism, will be released in Fall 2010 concurrent to his feature in the lyric compendium The Yale Anthology of Rap (Yale University Press). He lives in Oakland with his primary partner of seven years, their daughter, a neurotic standard poodle and a lovemongering lesbian cat. He practices polyamory both locally and globally.
music,media and more info at:
http://www.myspace.com/jubakalamka
illustration by Laurenn McCubbin
