Musical legend, David Bustamante. We really had his band, dakila, on our show, a group big in the 70s but dramatically disbanded but has now reformed under the guidance of bustamante. It is a compelling story about life in a Popular Group and in the world of the bigtime music industry. All that on our show today. Robert well, there is a lot to japanese american history. It is rich in stories that say a lot about the immigrant and american experience. But as weve seen so many ways those can slowly fade away unless they are preserved and often restored. That is what internet archive does. As i mentioned earlier, it is a Nonprofit Library making all forms of books and media about japanese americans available, and now internet archive is working with the group densho to digitize 500 of the most important books from japanese american history. And leading the way is someone well qualified to do it. Wendy hanamura is an awardwinning journalist, a colleague ive worked with in various ways, who has helped guide the Strategic Direction of the internet archive since 2014 as the director of partnerships. And i can say wendy never does anything without passion, compassion, and determination. Robert welcome to the show. Wendy hanamura thanks, robert. Its so good to see you again. Robert well, first of all, give us a little idea of the inspiration behind getting involved in this. Wendy well, the internet archive is an enormous Digital Library dedicated to one mission to providing everyone around the world with access to knowledge. But within that, my passion project has been to tell the story of our families, of japanese americans, and make sure that as that window is closing where folks like your parents and my parents who were in these internment camps, incarceratedtheyre in their 80s, theyre in their 90s. They wont be with us in just a flash of timethat there will be places where people like my son, my two sons, to go so that when they wanna read the books, when they wanna hear the oral histories, when they wanna see the home movies of what happened during the japanese american incarceration, itll be right there at their fingertips. Robert in fact, connecting with people like your son, generations like your son, is very crucial for this, isnt it . Wendy it is because i dunno about the young people you know but my kids, if its not online, its almost as if it doesnt exist. They dont go down to the local library or even the college library. They go online and they search. We need to put the best materials at the fingertips of all of the digital learners in the world. Robert and how do they access it . Wendy well, okay, if you go to archive. Org which is the gateway to all of our materials, you can find films about japanese americans. You can find now 500 new books but, actually, thousands and thousands of books and texts about the experiences of all people, all Cultural Heritage materials; 400 billion web pages; and a book that means a lot to me, executive order 9066. Im sure youve seen that. I found that book in the Glenview Public Library when i was about in 6th grade and that book changed my life. Robert and you wouldnt find it at the library now, would you . Wendy you might find a physical copy but maybe not. But if you go online and wanna find it, you wanna flip through the pages immediately, the only place to find it is at the internet archive. Robert and it is so crucial because, i mean, it isnt a matter of whether people will forget about the history or the historical aspects of it, but if youre not reading stories about that train ride to camp, what it was like in camp, being in camp away from the world you once knew, and then coming back out of it, if you dont have those stories, you cant really tell the experience, can you . Wendy right. I wanna tell you a little story about the film that people are watching right now. Our film curator saw on ebay, japanese american internment film and so he bought it. It was up for sale. And he stuck it in an archival vault and lastjust last year, i think, he digitized it. And what it turned out to be, or the film that everyone is seeing, is something that had not been seen for 70 years. We believe that one of the administrators in the jerome, arkansas, incarceration camp took this film, put it probably in his attic, and the people who lived there, who lived through this experience, had never seen it before. Robert yeah, and youre working with densho, a big group that handles all of this stuff already and just the combination of that, those resources, we dshis cuttingedge Cultural Heritage at its best. Is really impressive. I think we all understand that although, you know, physical museums and cultural societies are wonderful, when you put something online millions upon millions of people can access it. So the internet archive is working with densho to bring all of those oral history videos online, books, films. Robert were gonna give people a chance to see it for themselves and talk to you guys about it because there are a 2, aer of dthe San Jose Japanese American Museum they will combine with densho for a series of forums. Thats the first one at the San Jose Japanese American Museum at 535 north fourth street. And then monday, septemr 23, at 11 30 a. M. In the Buena Vista United Methodist Church at 2311 buena vista avenue in alameda. And ending on tuesday, september 24, at 6 p. M. At internet archive on 300 funston avenue in san francisco. Robert well, coming up, problem gambling and how young people are getting involved in helping with a program called boof, betting on our future. So stay with us. Robert i once did a series of stories on problem gambling in the Asian AmericanCommunity Many years ago when casinos started opening up in san jose. I did those reports primarily through aaci, Asian Americans for community involvement. Aaci is still tackling the problem and now, with a Youthled Program called boof, betting on our future. Joining me now is howard lui, the longterm boof coordinator, and kelly siu, a senior at yerba buena high school, who has already been with the program for three years. Welcome to the show. Howard lui thanks for having us. Robert give us an overview in terms of what the program, how it got started and where it is now. Howard right, so boof, betting on our future, is a youthled, statewide Media Campaign raising awareness about problem gambling. Were actually 1 in 30 sites throughout the state of california and were kind of going into our tenth year and so, over the years, weve definitely seen, you know, the youth, just how they kind of, you know, think deeper about their messaging and their storytelling around the issue. Robert something we talked about before which is that when you say youthled, does that mean that they are just trying to help you tackle the problem or are they also involved in the problem, having the problem . Howard yeah, so its a combination. So we have youth where, you know, by youthled, theyre the ones doing the work, theyre thinking up the ideas, coming up with the stories, the messaging, doing the projects, and putting it out there in the community. But weve definitely had youth who, you know, come through the program who have personally been affected by the issue and theyre just trying to learn more and finding ways to help. Robert okay, and kelly, its important to say that you dont have a gambling problem but youre just a senior in high school and yet youve been with the program for three years. Why did you get started so early . Kelly siu so, initially, i joined a different youthled group and they introduced me to this group and since this caught my eye because this affected me through my family members. And yeah, thats robert in what way, without talking specifically about people but just how did it impact you that made you decide to do this . Kelly i saw how that affected them as a person which affected me because i didnt want anyone else to ever go through that, yeah. Robert and what have you found maybe the best way to try to address it . I know you gomedia projects. Kelly mmhmm, i definitely feel like our psas are very effective because it shows its many steps. Robert yeah, we have a psa, Public Service announcement, that we can play so lets see that and then well continue talking about this. Female this is why i love what i do. You get to capture the genuine smiles of others, the frozen moments of laughters, the priceless memories that are irreplaceable. I wish that everyone felt the same way, especially when a friendship is on the table. You cant put a price on moments like these. I cant ever imagine gambling them away for anything else. Female hey, wanna play . Female no thanks, im good. Robert it really does kind of try to address both the problem and the impact it has on others, huh . When did you decide that this would be a way to do this and was it maybe the best way to get youth engaged in this . Howard i mean, for me, i kind of first got into it mainly because of the media aspect of things. I always just found it really interesting how, again, its youthled so its really just, you know, developing them as leaders. Yeah, its really just amazing to see just what theyre able to do. Robert kelly, whats the impact on young people when they watch this . I mean, i know generally speaking, they can be kind of cynical about things. What is kind of maybe the effective part about doing it this way . Kelly i think thisby doing it this way, they kind of relatewe relate to them, in a sense, because if it came out from a adult, its just kind of like, okay, but since its coming from us and we viewour perspective, i feel like thats more effective. Robert and do you feel like youth take it seriously . Kelly yes, definitely. Robert maybe because theyve had experiences with it . Kelly yeah. Robert so, howard, what is maybe the underlyingwhats the actual approach in terms of, like, how do you measure how well youre doing . Howard so one of the big things so after they make their media projects, we actually do gather the community to have, like, a community screening. Its actually a good way for the youth to kind of educate the community on what they learn but also to, you know, make sure theyre aware of the resources. So a lot of times from there, we kind of get, you know, the direct feedback from people on kind of just, you know, how it helped them or even finding out these resources so they can give to other people that they know about. Robert kelly, what would you like to see . What direction would you like to see it go into now . Kelly i would definitely want to make it larger and meaning programs at school maybe that address this problem, just because i feel like schools and these places dont address that problem. Its neglected. Robert yeah, yeah. Is that gonna be possible, howard . Howard i think so, absolutely. Robert theres a lot of demand, but a lot of pressure on trying to keep a program thats going, huh . Howard yeah. Robert all right, well, congratulations though. Its a very interesting unique approach, all right. Well, next, David Bustamante will join us. He is a familiar name and face for bay area music fans who was a member of the original band, dakila. It broke up and has now reformed. The story and a song coming up. Has all the looks for way less. Check this out thats yes for less. Get the brands you love and save 20 to 60 off Department Store prices. At the ross fall fashion event. On now. And you get first dibs on that brand. At that price . Thats yes for less. Seriously, get the fall brands and styles you love and save 20 to 60 off Department Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. And save 20 to 60 off Department Store prices. Music group, dakila, on when we were talking about an upcoming filipino festival. But the history of the band is so interesting i asked the man behind it all, David Bustamante, to come back and talk about it and perform. And he agreed. So joining me now is David Bustamante who not only reformed dakila but is also the founder and codirector of a polynesian Performance Group called the island way. Welcome back. Its good to see you again. David bustamante thank you, robert. Thanks for having me. Robert yeah, now again, as we were talking before, cause i think people dont realize dakila had made a pretty big splash, signed a big record deal, and then only two years later the band broke up. Were heard various stories about it but, generally speaking, what was the reason why and what was maybe the impact on you . David the impact with me is, well, it was different times then. And it was an experimental type of group, you know. The Record Companies were looking for acts out of the mission that were similar to santana, you know, after they made it big, they were coming out to the city looking for bands like that. And we were kind of hot in what we were doing and because we didnt want to emulate santana too much, we wanted to form our own identity and so hence the name dakila which gave us more a filipino sort of side, more of a cultural, more of a, you know, not so latinotype from the mission which is typical at that time. And so we were experimenting, you know, and, tell you the truth, i think we were kind of ahead of our time, you know, so. Robert yeah, i mean, there are certainly elements of, like, that sound. You can certainly hear it and its great but you do so much more and you cant really keep doing that if the Record Company wants something, right . David thats correct, thats correct. So being that we really wanted to stick with what our ideals were, what our ideas were, we just kept it, okay . We continued as we were. We continued to write the music, songs that sort of describe what the band is, you know . Filipino descent, some of the lyrics of the songs had sort of that essence of it. Yes, were from the mission but if you know the mission, theres a big mixture of people from the mission, not just latinos. Robert yeah, i mean it was big for latinos to break through at that time and it wasnt the diversity kind of culture that we have now. David exactly, exactly. Robert was it tough for you as a musician . Did you feel as though that opportunity to get, like, a recording contract like that one was gonna come around again or did you know that this was gonna be a window that might close . David i think when we got that contract it was hard to believe, honestly, and i just couldnt believe it. And so, you know, were young. No one was really mentoring us or coaching us, you know, and this is exciting. So we just went with whatever we were told to do. We didnt really know any better and so i, just thinking back, i think it was a blessing. It was new to us, really no guidance, but looking back, it was, geez, it was sort of a stroke of luck, type of thing, you know . Robert and also a learning experience and stuff. Has it been fun reforming the group . David reforming the group is fun, especially at my age now. Im not gonna tell you my age but it robert twentynine. David ha, ha, ha. David it allowed me to bring back to life all the songs that i had written over the last 40 years on and off, whether it was latin, jazz, pop or even a little polynesian, it allowed me to express that. With the group of musicians i have now, now i can do that, yeah. Robert all right, and youve got some upcoming performances in october so lets talk about those because youre gonna perform for us a little later on in the show which im really happy about that. Okay, so we are going to see dakila performing, coming up, at a couple of our favorite venues saturday, october 26, at the historic 7 mile house which we featured on our program before. Dakila will play at 8 p. M. At 7 mile which is at 2800 bayshore boulevard in brisbane. And then dakila hits the stage at the filipino cultural dance and music concert on sunday, october 27, at the california theatre at 351 railroad avenue in pittsburg. Check them out. It is a great show. And when we come back, David Bustamante will be performing solo here in our studio so dont miss it. The leader of the band dakila, performing solo this time. What are we gonna hear . David a song called flower for my love, which i wrote back in high school and is dedicated to my wife and its a little jazzy ballad, the other side of dakila. Robert okay, David Bustamante is gonna play but we wanna remind everybody that his band dakila will be performing in a couple of different concerts in the bay area so be sure and watch out for those. And now, David Bustamante. When i smell this flower, its you im thinking of. Every time you go away, my love, im dreaming of. Theres no other flower that makes me feel the way i do. A white gardenia flower for my love. I cant help this feeling when i know that things gone wrong. I sit here in my lonely room, i sing this simple song cause theres no other woman that makes me feel the way i do. A white gardenia flower for my love. When you are far, i am sad. Please come to me. When nights are long, im all alone. Come to me. The flower dies, i realize youre telling me dont let go cause i love you so. Cant you see . When i smell this flower, its you im thinking of. Every time you go away, my love, im dreaming of. cause theres no other woman that makes me feel the way i do. A white gardenia flower for my love. When you are far, i am sad. Please come to me. When nights are long, im all alone. Come to me. When a flower dies, i realize youre telling me dont let go cause i love you so. Cant you see . I cant help this feeling when i know that things gone wrong. I sit here in my lonely room, i sing this simple song cause theres no other woman that makes me feel the way i do. A white gardenia flower for my love, for you. A white gardenia flower for my love. Ooh, flower for my love. Ooh, for my love. [audience applauding] robert very nice, very nice. Wrote that in high school, huh . David high school. Long time ago. Robert very nice, okay. David keep playing, share it with everybody, yes. Robert youre gonna play one more song as we go out . Whats that song gonna be . David this song is called benicia days. One of our favorite towns to visit. Robert all right, and you can find out more about david and his band, dakila, and all of our guests and their projects by going to our website, nbcbayarea. Com, and were also on social media, facebook and twitter, and you can follow me on twitter rhandanbc. And thats it for our show today. We wanna thank all of our guests and you for joining us. Asian Pacific America will be back next sunday so we will see you then. Thanks for watching and now more from David Bustamante. Saturday mornings we like to cruise up and down first street, waving to the people who walk their dogs on leash. At midday, we like to go for a stroll, sipping coffee, a view of the bay. Its just another one of those benicia days. Benicia, benicia. Benicia, benicia. Your winds are calling me, your citys history. There i wanna be to get away. Theres a tavern up midtown that always catches our eyes. Its a glass of wine and tapas for you and me, my friend. And the band plays the very best songs, just groovin under the lights. Its just another. You promise you will never forget. Live from new york, it is saturday night live. Good morning, welcome to sunday today on this september 15th, i am willie geist. There is no tension between the United States and iran after an attack on saudi arabias oil supply