Ghosts in the machine By Erika Iris...

Images of entertainment icons made of used cassette tapes and 8mm film Created by Erika Iris.

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DTLA Art Walk 8/09....

I had a great time, way too much to see. The DTLA Artwalk happens every 2nd Thursday of the month. Plus they give out free wine!!! http://www.downtownartwalk.com/

T&C Surf Designs...

This past Sunday I went to my local swap meet to browse around for crap I might like and stumbled across an old T&C Surf Wood & water rage video game cartridge for the Nintendo entertainment system. When I was a kid growing up in the mid to late 80's T&C t-shirts were all the rage. I clearly remember begging my mom to buy me these t-shirts when we would go to Millers Outpost. Although T&C still exists today they have yet to reissue these for reasons unknown to me. I do know that "Da Boys" Thrillia Gorillia, Joe Cool, Tiki man and Kool Kats were created by an aritist by the name of Steve Nazar who is still around. I found his website www.stevenazar.com and low and behold he has some of his original sketches of "Da Boys" for sale. So if anybody who knows me well, knows I have a thing for 80's nostalgia crap. So you know this will be on my things to look out for list.

Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So Maybe No...

Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No from Stones Throw on Vimeo.

Mayer Hawthorne is one of the latest additions to the Stone Throw line up of amazing talent. This guy comes from Ann Arbor Michigan where he was known as DJ Haircut and caught the ear of Stones Throw label owner \ Producer Peanut Butter Wolf with his throw back Motown sound. This is the video (which features LA's very own Do-Over Sundays and Venice Beach) of his second single from his upcoming album Strange Arrangements due out September. Don't sleep on this one, as he's been making his way through the underground music community.

www.myspace.com/mayerhawthorne www.stonesthrow.com/mayerhawthorne

Today was a good day with P-Rod

Check out the cameo appearances of Kobe Bryant and Ice Cube ...

X-Games 2009...

I had the opportunity to finally take my family to see the X-Games live this past weekend and I have to admit I had a blast. I have always wanted to attend since they been held in LA for a while now. After making our way into the press only section while the street skating event was going on, we were able to watch Nyjah Huston and Gold medal winner P-Rod tear it up. Another definite highlight of the event was watching Jaime Bestwick take the gold on the BMX vert event. I was thoroughly impressed by the way the event was handled, it was super organized and the staffers were friendly. I will defintiely return to see th 2010 games if they are in LA again.


My son with Tony Alva...


Stones Throw Dj Dam-Funk funking up the Dell Lounge...


Street course finals...



Freestlye Moto-X Finals...

Here is a tune to go along with the event...

Quantic...

Yet again Will Quantic has flexed his musical genius muscles. This gifted producer has once again shown that he can lay some sick Latin flavored tracks. He indeed is a music heavy Weight in my books...

Tradition in Transition: A Postcard from Cali (TRAILER) from Quantic on Vimeo.

Vintage Stores....

Although I love the Bar-kays, I just could not imagine dropping 50 bucks on this shirt. You gotta love these stores for their rare little gems like this, but you gotta hate the prices. Call me cheap, but that's just my opinion...

Treasure Fingers

Man this guy is something else, when I first heard his "Across The Dance Floor" a while back I was an instant fan. Going through my MP3's on my work PC I found a mix from last winter that I totally slept on. Although some may say I'm a little late, this is one you need to hear.

Treasure Finger Winter 08 Mix

^^^Click to download^^^

TRON Legacy...

I've been waitng for a while for this since I caught wind of it last year and it looks great. Rumors have it that Daft Punk will be composing the musical score to the film. On July 21, 2009, several movie-related websites posted they had received via mail a pair of "Flynn's Arcade" golden coins along with a flash drive. Its content was an animated gif image that showed css code lines. Four of them were put together and part of the code was cracked, revealing the urls to Flynnlives.com and homeoftron.com. This looks promising...

Be-With-Me...

I came across this beautiful animated short "Beneath the rubber tree" by Hanna Abi-Hanna layed over a super dope beat by Vinroc a while back. This one really hits my heart on a soft spot especially after the loss of my Grandmother and even more recently my Tio Jose.

Re-Edits...

Lately I've been on the hunt for good Re-Edits of old songs. I've came across many butchered classics that made me sick to my stomach but there are a few that I came across that were worthy of posting. So here is one to start. Its an excellent re-edit of the Rolling Stones "Under My Thumb". ***The Youtube videos are the original song and the click here link is the download to the re-edit***



Click here for the re-edit

R.I.P. Tio Jose (3/2/1934 - 7/14/09)

Tio,
Thank you for all the great memories and good times. You were the closest thing to a grandfather that I ever had. I will never forget you....

Tu sobrino... "Ese Chavo"

The Swingers in their 30's

Time flys when your having fun...

Fourth Of July 2009

So this fourth Of July We had A little bit of....

Ribs...


Beer...


Fireworks...




Dancing...

My Tio Jose at it again...

He's a pot smoking champ!!!

D'Nell- This Thing

I really like this one...

My Tio Jose is 75 years old...

So what can I say???? He's been smoking since he was 13 and I dont think he's ever going to stop.

Electric Daisy Carnival

The weekend of June 26-27 marks the 13th annual Electric Daisy Carnival. Having giving up on raves or in this case "Massives" long over ten years ago, I regained interest during the summer of 2008. Curious about all the hoopla about "Massives" from the younger kids, we went late on Saturday night to the Coliseum where the annual Electric Daisy Carnival was being held. With a group of 10 or so we managed force our way in with out having to pay the hefty entrance fee of $75 (how we did that is an entirely other story). I was immediately in awe at the sheer amount of people who were in attendance. They estimated there were well over 70,000 in attendance which I found believable by looking at the sea of people on the coliseum field.

However I felt bit bit sad and worried for all these drugged up kids all over the place. I mean I'm all for experimenting and having a good time but these kids just don't get it. Its like they just over indulge in everything. In any case we still ended up having a great time and all that led to was what I call the "Free summer of 08". So I'm looking forward to what kind of adventure this years installment will bring. I hope the house ciphers will be in full effect and a variety of dancers will be present.

The RZA on Final Scratch...

This is a old clip I came across where the RZA (Wu-Tang) claims he got the ball rolling on the technology behind Serrato and Final Scratch. I kind of find it pretty believable and made me think of the impact this technology has had on the DJ community these last few years.

House is a feeling...

As the Electric Daisy Carnival approaches I get a little excited at the thought of the house ciphers and the dancers....

My Bike..

So after a year and a half and $300, I have finally finished my reproduction 2005 Schwinn Stingray. I pretty much bought all parts special to make itthe way I envisioned it. I tell you it felt pretty good to ride it for the first time knowing that it was built by me. So next on the agenda is my '85 GT Mach One and a Beach Cruiser of some sort.

Demo of DJ Hero the video game...

I swear being a kid now a days certainly has it's advantages. First Guitar Hero & Rock Band and now DJ Hero. Apparently it interfaces with Guitar Hero so you can get a collaboration mix going which I think is simply amazing. I'm definitely going to pick this one up for my boy.

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Random Disco Track...

A truly overlooked gem from the 80's side of disco...

The Fresh Band - Comeback Lover



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