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The most outrageous intro on the #ndbetter stage. #ndbSF. (at Soma Streat Food Park)

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#oliverwang on stage while #og mobile djs grace the #ndbSF decks. #ndbetter (at Soma Streat Food Park)

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Shooting for @nextdaybetter's experimental video pilot - The 15 Hour Work Day. Shot by @helladela featuring @cheftimluym. #ndbetter #ndbSF. Chef Tim will be at tomorrow's nextdaybetter + SF food panel at soma streat eats. Food tasting tickets are about to be sold out! #filipinofoodmovement #ndbetter #15hourworkday tickets available here: bit.ly/NDBSF (at Soma Streat Food Park)

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Scoping out the venue for #ndbSF. With @livinpro0f @helladela. (at Soma Streat Food Park)

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First time on this coastal #amtrak train. 10 hours w/out Internet from la to sjc...but it sure is perdy. #ndbsf #californialove s/o to @kitamaaan (at Cuesta Pass)

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Meet Music Writer and Record Junkie Oliver Wang at NextDayBetter + SF

Oliver Wang aka also known as “O-Dub” is a music writer, scholar, and DJ based in Los Angeles, California. Since 1994, he has written on popular music, culture, race, and America for media outlets such as NPR, Vibe, Wax Poetics, Scratch, The Village Voice, SF Bay Guardian, and LA Weekly among many others.

Currently, Oliver is a professor in sociology at Long Beach State, and hosts the renowned audioblog soul-sides.com. He’s the author of a new book, “Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile DJ Crews in the San Francisco / Bay Area” which is creating quite the buzz among music lovers and scholars and has received positive press coverage from KQED, Vice, LA Weekly, and more. The book discusses how the Filipino community was influential in the Bay Area hip-hop scene, specifically with mobile DJ crews that emerged from the area. Wang chronicles this crucial era between the 1970s-90s that influenced a whole generation of young Filipino DJs, and spawned world champions such as: DJ QBert, Apollo, Mix Master Mike, DJ Shortkut, and so many more.

Listen: The California Report talks about the Filipino American mobile DJ scene

Read: Interview with Noisey (Vice.com)

Watch: RomeDigs Interview

Listen: Music Review by Oliver Wang: Ghostface Killah’s 36 Seasons on NPR’s All Things Considered 

Listen: Music Review by Oliver Wang: ‘You’re Dead!’ By Flying Lotus on NPR’s All Things Considered

We’re thrilled to have Oliver Wang share his acclaimed research with us at NextDayBetter + San Francisco!

Meet Oliver Wang at NextDayBetter + San Francisco Saturday, June 20th, 2015. Buy tickets: http://bit.ly/NDBSF Share on FB ‪#‎ndbetter‬ ‪#‎ndbSF‬

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