August 25th, 2010

• Chelas con sabor… incredible!!!!
• All these crazy gringos are talking english to me
• Good plumbing is nice
• TSA smashed up the remains of my dog and were nice enough to leave a note in my bag
• Copia Doble Systema Loco BOOM!
  • check out the Frikstailers mix at the 25 min mark
• Frikstailers mix tape just dropped HAWT
• El Timbe

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August 19th, 2010

This song is about how he wants a drink that will never end.

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August 18th, 2010

So I have a girlfriend!!! Her name is Mariana and she’s totally cool. I haven’t had a girlfriend since like sept of 2006 or something. So we’ll see how it works out, I’m prolly a little rusty on my BF skills. But the funny thing is that we both have the same birthday just different years. So zodiacally we are almost the same, which who knows how that can turn out. You know how i am about birthday parties, so hopefully she doesn’t mind huge parties where we do whatever i want to do.

I bought that bike I posted about last week. In the ends of the handle bars it has these lights that light up with it senses movement. Thinking about getting it painted or i could wrap it in reflective vinyl.

I am still not comfortable having a cleaning lady. Don’t get me wrong i totally love it. But the night before i must clean my room. Part of that is if i don’t put my stuff where i want it, then she hides it from me. But every week i have to fight the urge to to the dishes the night before. But the girls i live with have no problem letting stuff pile up for her. I used to think girls were cleaner to live with…maybe some. As some of you know, if someone else is cleaning, i like to jump in also, so i also have to resist that also. But i buy her mochas and pastries.

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August 16th, 2010

Awesome Colombian song about smacking asses

I guess i am officially old because i like world music. I remember as a kid, when my parents started listening to African music, i thought they were so lame and old. Now i actually like music that isn’t Electronic or Rock…. please send Viagra for Xmas.

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August 13th, 2010

Dog Happiness

Dog Sadness

I almost bought this Matt Furie painting last night…still might…

Awesome bike wheel design and idea, +1 for more technology in our bikes

Check out the last song of the video, Popcorn andino!!!!

And check out all the top art at this years burn

Nue Music Time

This Skream Experimental mix is fucking radical

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August 10th, 2010

Check out my buddy TJ, as he says in his song Get Up, if i got a blog i better link to his tracks

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December 31st, 2009

From Burning man 09

In AN order, not sure what it is

• Fever Ray – Ray
• Buraka Som Sistema – Black Diamond
• Major Lazer – Guns don’t kill people LAZERZ do
• Jahdan Blackkamoore – Bazooka Mixtape
• El Remonlon – B-sides
• Villa Diamante – Empacho Digital
• Hudson Mohawke – Butter
• Jahdan Blackkamoore – Buzzrock Warrior
• Kid Cudi – man on the moon
• Steed Lord – Truth Serum (techincally came out dec 08)
• Nosaj Thing – Drift
• Calle 13 – Feats Del Pecado
• Schlachthofbronx – Schlachthofbronx
• Miike Snow – Miike Snow
• Telepathe – Dance Mother
• R Kelly – Untitled
• The XX – The XX

I prolly forgot the 3 to make it a top 20, but I guess if they were forgettable then they shouldn’t be on this list.

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December 15th, 2009

So Awesome!!!

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November 13th, 2009

Cool Article on CC about Nueve Cumbia, or as they refer to it Cumbia Digitale

I posted last week that Bomba Estereo was playing in town. Oh man what a great show. Those of you who didn’t go (surprise, that was all of you) totally missed out. Before they started the Doug Fir was fairly empty, just people sitting around the outside. But as soon as they got done with their intro song, the whole dance floor filled up. There must have been Colombians crawling out from between the log cabin walls, because everybody was having a great time and most people were speaking Spanish. But the rhythms were super danceable, the signer was adorable and full or energy and the band had a great modern electro rock sound on top of their cumbia roots. I’m gald the default portland crowd didn’t show up, cus they would have made it suck with bad outfits, head bobbing/bad dancing and mean mugging.

Now for the life update part (the ul/li version):

• I met a girl
  • lives in mexico
• I’m pseudo moving until april ‘10
  • Taking the dog
  • Keeping the apt
    • anybody wanna sublet?
• Move date pushed back to Dec 12th
• Going away party Nov 25 at Holocene
• Possibly moving to:
  • Mexico City
  • San Miguel de Allende
  • Buenos Aires

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November 5th, 2009

Upcoming shows

• Ghostland Observatory Nov 8th at Crystal
• Bomba Estereo Nov 9th at Doug Fir
• MSTRKRFT Nov 12th at Dantes (yuk)
• Thunderheist Nov 17th at Rotture
• Joker and MC Nomad Nov 25th at Holocene
• Amanda Blank and Peaches Nov 26th at Wonder Ballroom
• Rusko Dec 12th at Rotture

Regular Weeklies

• Max Power and Hecca Wednesdays at Local Lounge on MLkrazie and Fremont

Notable Mention

Bassnectar is touring right past PDX for his Cozza Frenzy release… bummer. I emailed their booking to see whats up and got “Keep checking the website for some early 2010 tour dates. Wink wink.”

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August 18th, 2009

Nathan Mckee hadn’t played live since he moved to NYC. He played with the Stellar Bros at Home Sweet Home in Manhattan on July 31. Download a live track from the show, How Did We Get Here?. Originally posted here

Speaking of friends in NYC, Cale Parks just had a new track posted on RCDLDB. Its a really nice floaty rhythmic example of his style.

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July 1st, 2009

Zizek Urban Beats Club from Whats Up Buenos Aires on Vimeo.

While I was in South America I found out about Cumbia, the dominate style of music in most Latin countries. There are a lot of different styles of cumbia. Before I even went to Buenos Aires I had been listening to El Remolon, but I didn’t even know that he was making Nueva Cumbia. I was stoked when i got to see him in in BsAs and have been hunting down lots of other artists and producers like him. A lot of the scene in Buenos Aires seams to centered around ZZK records. Which is ran by Villa Diamante, read an interview with him over here on Generation Bass. Villa just released Empacho Digital, a crazy 3 disc Nueva Cumbia mashup disc, with what he says is “a consequence of all the music that has ever come out of my speakers”. But for the cumbia n00b start out buy getting ZZK Sound Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

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January 29th, 2008

Poet/writer, actor and musician Saul Williams has just announced tour dates for his most recent project Niggy Tardust. Williams followed the Radiohead business model with Niggy Tardust, making it available for free download. Two lucky community colleges in Phoenix will get to see him do spoken word, but miss out on his musical performance.

• 12 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 13 SXSW, Austin, TX
• 17 Plaza Club, Vancouver BC
• 18 Aladdin, Portland, OR
• 19 Neumo’s, Seattle WA
• 21 Slims, San Francisco, CA
• 22 Club Mercy, Santa Barbara, CA
• 24 Casbah, San Diego, CA
• 25 Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA
• 26 Clubhouse, Tempe AZ
• 27 Chandler Gilbert Community College, Phoenix AZ [spoken word]
• 28 Estrella Mountain Community College Phoenix AZ [spoken word]
• 29 Launchpad, Albuquerque, NM
• 31 The Loft, Dallas TX

• 01 Warehouse Live Studio, Houston TX
• 03 The Parish, New Orleans LA
• 04 The Loft, Atlanta GA
• 06 Ramshead, Annapolis MD
• 07 930 Club, Washington DC
• 08 Paradise, Boston MA
• 09 Irving Plaza, NY NY
• 11 Trocadero, Philadelphia PA
• 12 Iron Horse, Northampton, MA
• 13 La Tulipe, Montreal QC
• 14 Mod Club, Toronto ONT
• 16 Blind Pig, Ann Arbor MI
• 17 Grog Shop, Cleveland OH
• 18 Martyrs, Chicago IL
• 19 Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis MN
• 21 Fox Theatre, Boulder CO
• 22 Belly Up, Aspen CO
• 23 Kilby Court, Salt Lake City UT

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