A journal of a Hip-Hop DJ. That's a dangerous man who speaks with his hands.

The Switch

Hey you guys, you can now read my blogs n stuff at my official site, designed by my Ernie(the best man, EVER)

www.djmikebiggz.com

Rather Good

This is a fucking riot! rather good is a site that makes flash movies using kittens and puppies. You may have seen some of their work on VH1 inbetween commercials. Check it out some truly funny shit. For starters peep these 3...
Fell in love with Girl - White Stripes
Outtatheway - The Vines
Gay Bar - Electric 6(crazy shit, hella funny)

You gotta watch the whole thing though, stuff keeps happening.

Movin' on up, to the eastside

Hey you wacky folks who have been reading me for a minute, I have an announcement! I will be switching over my blog to my offical website! Details coming in the next week or so.

stay tuned!

Saw Scary Movie 3 last night. Pretty funny & stupid. It does have it's moments but it got slow in some parts. But the moments it did have were funny as shit! I can reccomend it to anyone who likes slap stick, or is a fan of the series.

I heard the Strokes album in mtv.com's the leak. I'm in there like swimwear! Great record, great sound, fantastic!

The new Basement Jaxx is dope too. Very different then their previous work. They had to really re-invent themselves to make this album. Great guest appearences and styles all around. Cop it!

My old school hip-hop mix will be online soon. "Tempo 116.7" is a mix of classic hip-hop joints over 115 beats per minutes(bpm). Monie Love(monie in the middle), UMC's(one to grow on), Chubb Rock(treat em' right), all uptempo jams from the fun dance era of hip-hop before shit got all serious. The title comes from a Paris line in the Devil made me do it, which is also on the mix CD. copies will be available.

Out!

THIS IS DEEP!

9th Wonder of the Hip-Hop group Little Brother & also a OKAYplayer regular post writer(North Carolina)recently got the chance of a life time, working with Jay-Z. Him being on the underground circut, cought some major shit for working with the oohper popular rapper. Here is his words form his latest OKAYplayer post telling his story. This shit is deep & very much so hushes the crowd.

9th Wonder
Wow......I've sat back and watch everyone either bash or praise Jay-Z in some form or fashion, as far as his new song, direction for the album, etc. etc......
Well, I thought I'd wait until everyone got out their "opinions" about the song and their take on his career direction before I start sheddin' some "truth" to the matter.....

Hopefully, and I stress hopefully this would help change some minds about the perception of who exactly Jay-Z is as an artist and most importantly, an emcee.....

So, before I begin let me preface this spill by saying, if you are a closeminded, new wave, I just learned about hip-hop last week cat, this post is not for you. There are a million and a half posts that you can reply to on OKP other than this one that will suit your needs......

Here goes....

I first heard about Jay-Z back in the summer of 1996. The first joint I heard was "Dead Presidents". I heard that joint, Wu-Wear, Fakin Jax, and Semi-Automatic in the same damn day(what a day). Luckily, I was blessed to witness hip-hop BEFORE the overground, underground split/big bang of 1996, when rap was rap, no matter if you talked about money, drugs, hoes, mics, trees, sidewalks, shoelaces, WHATEVER. As long as you beats was dope, and you could ride a beat, you made it, which even this day, CATS STILL CANNOT DO IT. Backpackers was called backpackers because they wore backpacks like Black Moon. Most of the time, you didn't wanna find out what was in cat's backpacks........(weed, guns, crack, whatever....anybody that can remember, can I get a witness???)

Anyways, Jay dropped Reasonable Doubt, and niggas went CRAZY. It was a dope album amongst the Ironman's, Atliens, Stakes is High's, BRandLife's, Illadelph'sand whatever else came out in the fall of 1996. That's when dope shit dropped every week. The record stores KEPT cats BROKE, buying 3 to 4 CD's at a time. Then, the underground/overground bullshit started, and through EVERYBODY for a loop.

Even me. I got caught up in the bullshit. First it was called Shiny suits vs. Real hip-hop or some other bullshit. Then it changed from Commercial vs. Underground.

Commercial vs. Underground.

Wow.

That is some of the biggest BULLSHIT ever invented. I don't know who started this shit, but it killed hip-hop. Nevertheless, I fell into the shit like everybody else. I took sides, like everybody else. I took the "underground" side. I became a post 1996 backpacker....not a cat who wore a backpack with illegal substances in it.....shit, I didn't wear a backpack at all, unless it was for class.

Needless to say, between 1996 and 2003 Jay-Z dropped 7 more joints, from In My Lifetime, to BP2. I began to feed into the "underground" way of life even more. If you talked about money, girls, sex, clubs, jewelry, I HATED YOU, no matter what.
No matter if your beat was dope, you rhymed ON BEAT, the song made you dance(hell, that's 85% of rap music BEFORE '96).....na, FUCK ALL THAT, you were commercial, and I hated you.

If you anything opposite of that, you were "REAL" or "UNDERGROUND", and I followed you to the end of the earth, like the Soundbombing's and all those joints they sold on hiphopsite.com and sandboxautomatic.com. Every night, me and fellow OKP bang97xxx would be on line looking for the new "underground" shit.....

Until....

The release of FANTASTIC VOL. 2....

FUCKED ME UP.

THEN I WOKE UP.

All of the things that I hated soooooo much about subject matter in lyrics, good ol' Jay Dee, Baatin, and T3 talked about in EVERY SONG. They called women bitches and hoes, they talked about the going to the club, and might I add, they talked about women being bitches and hoes.....

Over dope beats....

WAS I THE ONLY ONE TO CATCH THAT?

A couple of people did, but there were soooooo many cats that didn't for some strange reason. In the midst of this under/over bullshit, here's a group that did both. They had hooks, they rode beats, they weren't preachy, they just HAD FUN on the songs and that's it.

It made you feel good.

Everybody else was either in the club ALL Night, or freedom fighting for Mumia...

Then came Neo-Soul.

JESUS CHRIST.

That's a WHOLE 'NOTHER POST right there.

Talk about some industry made up shit. Some of the rappers that okp cats praise for doing that quote en quote type of hip-hop HATE THAT TERM....I MEAN....SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE EMCEES......

Oh yeah CONSCIOUS RAP???? These SAME EMCEES HATE THAT TERM TOO...

I know what you mean....its shocking like a muthphucka. We feed into the under/over split that the industry created just like the 12 year old's feed into 106 and park. When I first heard one of my FAVORITE artist say "fuck that neo-soul conscious rap shit", I was floored. I was like, "but aren't you neo-soul and conscious, AND underground might I add???"

Nope, sure wasn't....

Anyway, so then ?uest puts up a post called, The smartest backpacker(see OKP archives), and that made me curious on how divided the music world was....was it some made up shit, or was it actually true???

Made up like a muthafucker.

I fell for it like a dummy. Growing up in 1982-1996 age of hip-hop, I should of known better.

Shortly after, the Listening was born.

One cat on here said that it was same underground/neo-soul/conscious/mainstream shit he hears all the time....

I told Tay, okay.....we are on to something....

STOP TRYIN TO CATEGORIZE RAP MUSIC.......THERE SHOULD BE ONLY 2 CATEGORIES.....WACK AS FUCK and DOPE AS FUCK.

No matter WHAT you talk about. Cats say that Jay-Z talks about the same thing every record. Okay, what the fuck does TRIBE talk about differently from record to record???? What about Gangstarr??? What about Black Moon???? WHAT ABOUT THE ROOTS???

If you are FREEING MUMIA on your first record, then chances are you will be doing it on EVERY RECORD YOU PUT OUT.

Redman makes a reference to WEED ON EVERY RECORD.....

So what changes???

The beats of the record changes the complexity of the album, YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT.

You mind a TOPIC here and there to elaborate on, BUT THIS IS RAP MUSIC...

PUBLIC ENEMY TALKED ABOUT OVERTHROWING THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN SOME SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION, ON EVERY RECORD.

Jay grew up in Marcy. That man knows about street life. He has expanded on certain topics here and there, but DAMN, I DON'T WANNA HEAR JAY TALK ABOUT ANY OF THAT SHIT POST '96 BACKPACKERS DEEM TO BE REAL.

Sorry.

Just like I don't wanna hear THE ROOTS TALK ABOUT CARS, although I know they own some fat whips......but I guess some OKP's think that they don't 'cause they are REAL HIP-HOPPERS.

Anyways, let's fast forward to a couple of weeks ago.....

So I'm find myself sitting in Baseline Studios, NYC, in front of the "devil"....let OKP tell it, playing beats.....

I played 29 beats.....he listened to every one.

HE DID.

Not an A&R, not an assistant, not his manager....

Jay-Z DID.

Every beat.

I went to several quote en quote "underground, keepin it real labels" and the A&R's was like, "yeah man, I'm gonna go through these and pick out some for(fill in your favorite "real emcee")

Not Jay....

Probably Rap's richest, most power figure to date took the time out to listened to a new producer who got a couple of shots in mags hear and there.

An hour.
29 beats.
At least 2 minutes to every beat.

After which, he asked me, "damn man, what's your story?"

I gave him a quick run down of where I was from and so forth and who my group was. Young Guru already had the Listening, had it the first day it came out, but never let Jay hear it. So did Kanye.

A couple of days later, we recorded. ONE SONG.

He took 4 takes on what some so called "skilled" cats take 4 days to do......

WITH NO PAPER.....IT IS NOT A MYTH......

HE ATTACKS THE MICROPHONE LIKE HE IS PERFORMING....

I have been in some studios with cats that cannot do that WITH PAPER.

That is some hard shit to do, to come up with a rhyme in your head, and spit it like you knew it for years......

DAMMIT PEOPLE LISTEN!!!!!!!

Will the songs make it, who knows.....

All I know is the game, t.v., and the industry has fucked up the minds of this new generation of hip-hop fans.

There are dope cats that OKP's bash on the regular just because they get radio play, and praise the ones that don't....

WHAT THE FUCK IS EVERYBODY GONNA DO WHEN THE MUSIC OKP PRAISE BECOMES MAINSTREAM.....if the industry sees that a Little Brother, or a Five Dees, or a J-Rawls, or a Aesop Rock can sell millions, that WILL be Mainstream hip-hop. Then, EVERY MAJOR LABEL WILL TRY THEIR DAMNNEST TO FIND A COPY CAT.

So, before you label somebody the rap antichrist, or say somebody is not doing it for the culture, check yourself....

Jay gave me shot...

some of your favorite rappers didn't

on the real....

WAKE THE FUCK UP OKAYPLAYER....ON SOME LAWRENCE FISHBURNE SCHOOL DAZE SHIT...........

Oh yeah, I rocked the fuck out of my Okayplayer shirt at baseline. Jay said...."damn, I was just on there this morning".

Aight, everybody take turns bashing me across the head....

LOL!!!!!
PEACE!!!!

Jin da MC

Hey foolios, peep the first single from Ruff Ryder Jin Da MC. It's tight, featuring the same James Brown sample that Das Efx used for "They want Efx". Jin's joint is "Learn Chinese". (go to the audio section if it don't link right up) The song explains itself. I can't wait for the album. Kid can rhyme his ass off. If you catch me in the club this week I'll be playing it. Plus he's fucking cute as hell....grrrrrrr. Me a fetish for Asians, hell no...right Ernie?

Alicia Keys - You don't know my name

Holy crap this is the joint, hot, fire & produced by the future of Hip-Hop Kanye West!
Listen now before it disapears...
Ya'll aint ready!Alicia Keys - You don't know my name

5 shades of ewww!

So I saw this on The today show yesturday morning and I'm still disturbed. This could be your Daddy! I just hope funds are the only thing raised...ewwwwwwwwwww!

Wiggle your big toe

So this last Saturday I saw Kill Bill with my boys Gooch, Navin and Raymond. Daaam! this was a great movie. Tarentino was in top form, with a pretty simple script. Revenge being the theme, is a dish that was served with cold steele. Uma is great and her being belivable as a feared assassin makes Tarentino all the more great. When I first saw the trailer I was a little iffy, but the moive itself changed all that. This movie is mad stylish too, jumping from black and white back to color to a very bloody anime sequence to a beautiful silhouette fight scene. You have your typical nice Tarentino shots like Uma peeling out of a garage in a truck with "Pussy Wagon" on back of it(wait till you see how she gets the truck).

The scene with Uma & Vivica A. Fox is great, as they trade verbal jabs and break stuff while fighting with knives all that gets put on hold when Vivica's Daughter comes home. The scene with them has an unexpected climax that might come back to haunt the end of Volume 2...I hope. Darryl Hannah and Michael Madson are barely in the movie, but will no doubt play a big role in Vol 2. The story telling is great too. Uma gives you a break down on Lucy Liu's character and her whole posse. As for Lucy Liu's posse "the crazy 88" they take on Uma in the finale battle of the film at a night club where th owners wait on Lucy Liu's crew hand and foot. The fight scenes are awesome and especially with "GO-GO" Lucy Liu's personal body guard played by CHIAKI KURIYAMI who was hired after Tarentino saw her in the controversial "Battle Royal" Go-Go's fight scene is the best. Alot of the sets were hella pretty roo, the backyard of the club where Uma & Lucy fight, the plane flying over Toyoko, Uma driving on her motorcycle chasing after Liu's posse. I can't wait for part two. Any one who doesn't like this are not true movie buffs, that or they just don't get it, which is sad. I went to Rotten tomatoes dot com to read the reviews and 81% were in favor. Critics who I respect like Roger Ebert loved it(fuck Roper, even though he dug it too), as where jerk offs like the Chronicle's Mick LaSalle pissed on it. This Bastard only knows how to write bad reviews and bad meaning the fucker can't write to save his life(not saying I'm hella fresh, I'm just saying) & espacially becuase he wouldn't know a great movie if it came up and bit him in the ass. He's the reason why I canceled my subscription to the Chronicle. I'm debating if I want to send hate mail or not. Oh well See Kill Bill, and be prepared, blood flys everywhere, but none the less is a classic.

Backpacker Hip-Hop

So about a week ago I was trying to explain to Ernie what Backpacker hip-hop is, and for those else not knowin' let me break it down.

Backpacker hip-hop is a sub-genre of Underground hip-hop(anything you don't hear on Commercial radio). As where commercial hip-hop talks mostly about guns, drugs, bitches, street life and all things club related, backpacker hip-hop tackles all the other issues in hip-hop such as "my lyrics are fresher than yours", so-called "consciousness" & politcs, silly fun stuff, outer space, and breaking up with a girlfriend and being heartbroken.

Backpackers also tend to be white(not all but most) cats from non-ghetto areas,(middle class neighborhoods and many mid-western cities) suberbanites if you will, who can't relate to the real life ghetto struggles that most "gangsta" and some commercial rappers speak about. Therefore since they can't relate to it, they don't want to hear it. So don't wonder why they also say that "gangsta rap" & commercialism has ruined hip-hop and often complain how they should be on the radio and not 50 cent and Lil Jon. That's cause they don't fit in with the 50 or Lil Jon crowds. Now remember where hip-hop came from...come on say it with me, the ghettos. Get me? This is where the shit hits the fan with what is considered "Real or True Hip-Hop". Then with that argument a gap divides the hip-hop community fucking shit up.

Of course not all backpacker/Underground hip-hop is wack either. Rappers like J-Live, Non Phixion, Unspoken Heard, Edan, Little Brother, Akrobatik & Talib just to name a few are dope and can really rap. Some underground emcees are from the ghetto but choose not to rap about ghetto life on every song.

Alot of Underground hip-hop usually has a "throwback" sound that is reminiscent of the early 90's, i.e. A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Pharcyde, early Heiro you get the picture. No???? Basically Samples, breaks & ill lyrics.

Now not all commercial or mainstream rap is weak either. Nas is a prime example. Anyone who says otherwise should not be listening to hip-hop at all. The man is ill, and gets huge props for bringing consciousness back to the mainstream with "I can" and still bringing street bangers like "Made You Look".

Other emcees in the spotlight who can really rhyme are Ludacris, Jay-Z, E-40, Common, Outkast & Bubba Sparkxxx. Now as for Eminem I can't deny his talent becuase the man can rhyme like no one's business, problem he has nothing to say. Therefore skills plus lack of content = wack on the surface, cause Em has potential to be greater than he is. I think everyone knows this.

Alot of people who are true hip-hop heads can bump both commercial hip-hop and underground and not hate on it's progression. Backpackers on the other hand stay in their hole & whine about how commercial hip-hop is destroying the music & art. What they don't know is that backpacker hip-hop is doing the same thing by giving underground hip-hop a bad name. Now when you say underground hip-hop you get a mental image of a scruffy white cat sporting Army Fatigue, a back pack and on some occasions with dreds thinking they're hella spritual & righteous. Rappers like Anti-Pop Consortium, Anti-con, Living Legends Crew, Atmosphere, El-P & just about everyone on Definite Jux, just to name a few should be noted as leaders in this wack ass movement call "Backpacker Hip-Hop".

The neverending story and how creepy it is years later

So I cought a cold this weekend from my co-worker cari and it hit me yesturday and especially this morning. Last night was not too bad though, just by 8pm or so I was developing a fever. It didn't stop a great saturday. This last saturday marks 10 months with me and Ernie...that's a long time, especially in gay years. We went shopping I bought some shirts and he bought me this dope jacket by Roc-a-wear. It's my first roc-a-wear and I digs it(thanks babe!). After shopping we met up with Jhames, Matt, Jason and his roommate nick(I think) for dinner, followed up by a midnight showing of the 80's classic "The neverending story". I never knew that that movie had such a huge following. Now that i watch it I can't believe how twisted the movie is. The big white flying thingy, falkor(the luck dragon) is a freakin' pedophile. The way he winks at Atreyu and having him scratch him in places. And then there's the old creepy bookstore owner Mr. Koreander and the main kid Bastian who steals the book and leaves a note promising to return the book(Hey this movie promotes stealing!) And who could forget the big breasted northern and southern oracle. No wonder on one ever passes through alive, they get cought up in the massive boobs of these statues. Maybe it was just the sick minds of the fellow audience that made it seem like that. I still love the movie though and that damn song! The neverending storrrryyeee, ahhhh ahhhh ahhhh! Where are they now: Limahl(Kajagoogoo). Props to Giorgio Moroder.

I wish I could see Flight of the Navigator in the theatre again. That movie rocked!

As for my cold I feel much better now.

my conversation with Lil' Jon

So if you don't know Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz are the self procalimed "Kings of Crunk"(also title of latest cd). I sat down with Lil' Jon recently to ask him about being Krunk and what the hell he keeps in that damn gold pimp cup he always carries?

Me: So Lil' Jon for those that don't know, what exactly is "Krunk"?

Lil' Jon: Being drunk and high all at the same time, like
oh shit I just drank some crown and smoked some dro... I'm krunk as jesus.

Me:...oh, that's what I thought.
Lil Jon: OOOOOKKKAYYYEEEEE!!!!!!

Me: What was that about?

Lil Jon: Sorry, when you from the Dirty Dirty(south) you jus gotta let loose like that sometimes ya heard?

Me: So you always carry around this cup with you a gold septer if you will, what's inside of it, beer, water, uhhhh blood?

Lil Jon: It depends on my mood, dirty, like rit now i got some Mountain Dew in it. And this morning I went to starbucks and had a triple carmel Macchiato with wip cream.

Me: Wow, they don't mind putting it into your gold cup there?

Lil Jon: Nope and niether does Jamba Juice.

Me: Damn...okay, so
Lil Jon: BIA BIA!!!!!!

Me: Dirty south again?

Lil Jon: yup!

So I guess that's it for now, thanks for your time and hopefully we can sit down again and talk soon.

Lil' Jon: Hey! Before I go I just want to plug my new re-ality show I got coming out, the Krunk Bachelor.

Me: Krunk Bachelor???
Lil Jon: Yeah, 13 hoes all lined up to be my BIA BIA!.

Me: Thanks corny, well thanks Lil Jon.

Lil Jon: It's all good dirty.

Me: Stop calling me that.

Of corse it's not real so don't trip, dirty!

Photos

Lil Jon

week in review

Well this has been a good week. Got to visit Ernie at the job/campus known as Yahoo! I wish my job gave me free mochas when ever I needed one. I also got to record shop and came up on the "Ghetto Jam" 12" by Domino among other cool things.
Got 4 songs produced with my friend who's gonna be on the next Dan the Automator concept album.
I went to a kickin' 2-step(uk garage) club on Friday.
I got to watch the uncomfortable Big Brother 4 finale and see that evil bitch Allison get dicked out of half a mil. Ha!
Things are looking up.
Other than that not a whole lotta is going on. I passed on the Folsom st fair, if you seen one leather daddy beating his boy slave you seen em all right?

House of the Dead, The Movie

I'm sure you video gamers have heard that a movie was made based on the video game "House of the Dead". The Movie is coming out this October and even though the plot looks a little lame, it might be a fun movie. I think it's an indie film too which is a trip. The cast are mostly b-list & un-knowns(to my knowledge) and Clint Howard. Rocker Bif Naked(does she really spin?) plays a DJ at the rave where the horror takes place. The horror being Zombies at a rave.

I wish these were quotes:
"Must eat brains, candy raver brains are sweeeeet!"
*munch munch*
"don't take the green triangle, it makes you undead!"

The website looks a little cheesy, but any fans of the game could probably care less, unless they're web developers or something.

The trailer is online too. I saw an add for it last night on MTV and it looked cool until the last screen shot(you have to see).

You know what's creepier is that if you type in house of the dead on Yahoo the moive comes up first, the third is House of the dead dot org, a site dedicated to fighting against kiddy Porn...and probably Osama R. Kelly.

What's next, movies for Alone in the Dark which is by the same director of H.O.T.D. Except this one has Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff and Tara Ried...but that doesn't make it that much better.

Photos

H.O.T.D. Zombie pic, aww how disturbingly cute.

House Party

So last night I dj'd a house party in Oakland and it was off the fuckin' chain! I was in this, kind of small room, the kind you could cram in around 30 people in if you were a professional, and it was that packed. Folks loved my set which was Hip-Hop. R&B and Reggae/dancehall. The wack thing was I was using a power outtage that shorted out like 4 times, but the crowd was understanding. Damn bad wired homes. At one point someone kicked out the speaker wire and killed the vibe. Besides all that it rocked!

Words to the wise:
If you ever book a DJ don't go the whole night with out asking if he/she wants a drink. As a host you always hook the DJ up with drinks and ask at least one every hour or so. It's a rule, set in stone. I had a beer and water given to me by this nice skinny gay boy, good looking out. Must have known I was family. That or he wanted some...eww!
He was the only one who asked.

Some guy left his cell phone on the mantel and got it taken, and then was pissed because "some one would do that kind of thing at a party". Dude was not from here and does not realize in the Town, you don't leave you personal shit lying around, especially at a party. Plus, I don't think the party hosts knew everyone there so you take a chance.

At the end of the night I passed out some buisness cards which will hopfully turn into more gigs.

The funny and stressfull shit is loading and unloading all of the equipment. 2 big 15" speakers, the amp and bag of wires, 2 turntables(and a microphone, where it's at!, sorry couldn't resist), my mixer, 3 crates of records and my bag of stuff(needles, headphones) all into my little 4 door toyota carolla.
It's like that scene in House Party where Martin Lawrence is loading all his shit into his tiny ass car and hella shit is sticking out of every window. The car looks like it's ready to explode.
Got through it in one piece, got paid.

One of the best and funniest "Quotes of the Year"

"Osama bin Laden is the only one who knows exactly what I'm going through."

-R. Kelly

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Saturday in a word...Agh!

Today was another hot day, easily high 80's early 90's and usually that kind of weather can set me off, because I don't like super hot weather. I for the most part was not in the best of moods and I think It showed. Alot of things put me in this mood.

The day started out ok, had to wake up and do the KPFA show and didn't have to be there til 10am. KPFA had a simlcast of a townhall meeting so I just had to babysit the board. I figured I'd get out of KPFA on time, get my cut, go home right quick and freshen up before going to the city.

My plans to get my hair cut were delayed since the freakin' board operator who is supposed to relieve me showed up 40 something odd minutes late. So I jam the fuck out to get the hair cut and of course when I get there, a few cats are in front of me, so I have to wait a while before I can get my hair cut. A little frustrated, I'm soon humored by reading Blender's 50 worst bands of all time list. Insane Clown Posse was #1, hehehe...

So later today I'm at my first blogger meet up which was at the lovely yet humid cafe flora. Had 2 iced chai's a carrot cake and met some new and intresting people. Ernie, Jason and Philo were also there. So what else can happen? Ernie's ex shows up...great. He must have known who I was because with my attempt to make eye contact he didn't bother to introduce himself to me, or anyone at the table. Like I care. At least the nightmare of Ernie's ex showing up with my ex, hand in hand didn't happen.

So later on in the evening me Ernie and Jason grab dinner and my mild crabby mood is gone for the most part. Then we attempt to go to a house warming party in the cuts of the city. I swear people who live in the city should never host partys in areas where parking is about as rare as finding a dollar on the ground. I saw hella cars looking for parking, obviously going to the same party. I after about 20 minutes find a spot. Parking Karma rock on! On the bad side Ernie and Jason are out of hope in finding a sopt and ready to call it quits. By this time I notice that I have to be at work in about an hour and can't go into this party alone since I don't really know the hosts. So I just give up my spot to Ernie and Jason and just jet to where I am now, at work. So much for the party. I don't think I was meant to go. Hope they had fun. Now I'm here till 8am. God I hope Sunday turns out better. Conan is having his 10 year anniversary which I'll watch. I probably won't rise out of the coffin till 3 or so, so my day itself will be cut short. It'll be a day to chill sort out my thoughts and soul search. If I don't get much sleep, maybe I'll go to the Solano Stroll.

Agh! Just Agh!

As music gets better, the industry sucks more!

I'm still in love with the White Stripes latest effort and after last night seeing them on a Conan O'Brian re-run I love em more. Jack White is such an amazing musician and Meg, I just love her effortless style, so awesome. But For new music coming out, I am sprung off of this band, The Rapture. Seriously drops one of the years best albums with "Echoes". The sound, punk/funk/house. Check their video for "House of the Jealous Lovers" and see for yourself. It's directed by Shynola, who recently directed Junior Senior's "Move your feet". Also I just heard Erykah Badu's new CD "Worldwide Underground" and I fucking love it. Outkast's new shit is around the corner too.

Then we have the ever so evil RIAA(record industry assholes association) who is still on the rampage attacking everyone they can. I read the other day a 12 girl in NY is one of the 261 new law suits they've issued this past week. This girl was downloading Christina, Mariah, TV themes and nursery rhymes, now really how the fuck does that affect the industry. Is the guy who wrote the theme for Family Matters sitting in his house screaming "justice will be mine!!!!" Please. I said it before, charging $150,000 per song, I doubt the record labels who rip off artists much harder than people who download off the internet anyway, will even see any money from these suits. I wish some hackers would just go and fuck thier(riaa)shit up. What's even funnier is that the Apple computers that offer downloads of songs for a dollar is a much bigger blow to the industry and the RIAA doesn't really seem to care. For those who don't know when you sell records, everything is broken down into 100 points and artists usually see about 5-7 (percent)of those points, unless your Celine Dion. If 100 points is equil to a dollar then Artists see 5 to 7. That's 5-7 cents per record sold on the net, which is chump change and with that small percent the artists still have to pay a bunch of other people before they can see any loot. It's a fucked up game yall!.

The ill thing about the girl who got sued is that her Mom paid Kazaa 29.95 to access downloading. So who if anyone should really take the fall.

On chill mode after Junior Senior, Pizza & Porn!

Well after a weekend filled with pizza, porn and meeting Junior Senior, I'm pooped. Today I went to my friend's baby's first birthday, which was great. Hung out with the boys, and talked with folks I have not seen in a bit, ate ate & ate.

Saturday was funny as hell at MJ's pizza and porn event. So me and Ernie get there and there are maybe ten people, about four half eaten pizzas and this shitty "porn with a story" on. So things begin to crank, as someone pops on sex(xxx) trek. Yes a parody of star trek and a great one. The worst acting, yet really funny, even with bad delivery of the lines.

Here's the scene, 3 of the characters (the guy playing Kirk, Bones and the guy in red who always dies) go exploring on this planet. They meet a space ho who we find out later is out to steal men's sperm and kill them. So naturally the guy in red gets some, then dies(what a way to go).

The best part is the questions people asked.
Ernie: Why does he slap his dick on her boobs? What does that do for her?
Random person: Why do they keep spitting on each other?
Mj's roommate Jon: Lubrication
Random person: Well why don't they just use some KY jelly???
Another random person: Well there in space shouldn't they have "Astro glide"???
Everyone: Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Later we watched then quickly turned off some gay porn. By this time mostly everyone was there who was invited. Now Gay porn is not an issue with this crowd, but gay porn with all fisting...no. Even all of us gay folk had to step out of the room.
So before putting on the second star trek porn that was there, we slapped on some anime porn. I don't understand why rape is always in Anime porn. And if the girls getting raped was not enough, there was girls getting raped by monsters with 20 cocks. It's anime porn, I guess that's how they get off in Japan? Actually one more, we watched "rave porn". Basically about 30 people at a rave naked and all fucking to house music, and most part, on beat. I think it was German too.
I look forward to part 3 of this event, just please no fisting videos, please!

Junoir Senior interview, a done deal.

So the interview went well, I'll post up a link to the audio once it's produced. I didn't see the show though, had a dj gig. The gig was wack, wish I went. I did get dinner at Chow with Don aka D-D-D-DON stop the beat and Ernie. Their Fusilli pasta dish is the fucking biz-omb! The waitress was hella cool too, getting my food asap since I had to book right after to the club. Gig was wack, but got paid. Shame, such a beautiful venue, lame promotion. I'll take care of that. Give it time, this spot on Fridays will be the joint. Tonight is Pizza and porn night part 2 at MJ's, should be lots of fun and giggles.

Dear Mike, fuck off and keep hip-hop alive.

Well first up if you want some great music in your life cop Verve Remixed 2 out now. It's the shit.

So I'm assuming everyone knows about friendster now, right? If not go check it out and get hooked on the crack everyone is addicted to. So, I had to drop my first friend on friendster this week.

A funny story it is, becuase I used to date this person. Long story short, we didn't last. We tried but couldn't remian friends and that was my bad cause he got disturbed by something I did and stopped returning my calls/emails.

I am impatient and hate being ignored and emailed a few times, WTF? Told each other off via email, contact stopped, and time passed. I later down the line make contact and we become firends again. I enjoyed this persons company especially since we have similar tastes in music and can hold a conversation and hang out without killing each other. We have had some great covo's about life, love, boys and hella other shit. Needless to say we got along. Yet we do have our differences, but who doesn't, that's what makes us indivduals and makes intresting coversation.

Now after 3/4 months of kickin' it and becoming way better friends than we were before, me and this cast lose touch. Keep in mind, by this time I offically had a boyfriend and like in any relationship the person your involved with takes up alot of your time, that's what happens. He had a weblog that stopped a month or two back, right around the time he changed his name. Here's when he went from cool guy to super fucking weird. He didn't only change his name, but his whole personality. It was obvious on his last weblog entries before he stopped blogging.
So I emailed him a few times in the last month and half, asking what's up on the name change(just out of curiousity) how he's been, when can we kick it, blah blah blah. 3 emails later with no responce I think, did this cat change his email address or does he not want to hear from me anymore. So being one of my firends on my friendster account I send him a message via friendster asking what's the deal?

He's all once again we've come to the situation that you don't get when your not wanted.(this is not word for word, but hella close with my added imput on how I took it)Mike, he tells me, we are two different people, different views on life goals, politics, blah blah blah blah blah.(No shit were different, but we have fun kicking it right?)
I don't want to kick it or talk to you anymore becuase I think your a great person and I find myself acting like an asshole to you when we kick it.(Yeah sometimes you do, but I DON'T take it seriously, cause I'm bigger than that)
So in closing maybe one day later on in life we might be able to try to be freinds again. Good luck with your boyfriend, life and KEEP HIP-HOP ALIVE!

...WHUUUUU?

So your telling me in kinder words to fuck off and keep hip-hop alive...that's just great.

Well I guess the name change only showed his true colors...is phony sack of shit a color???? There is now.

I'm interviewing Junior Senior

Pimp shit I just found out I'm interviewing Junior Senior this Friday before Sound Check. What the hell should I ask them?

Q: Why are you guys so damn gay?
A: uhh, were from Denmark!

I need questions!!! Anyone?

Planet Big...goes hollywood???

Damn I must be bored.
So for those unfamillar with the gay community, there are many little sub groups. One of those sub groups, are obviously not the small ones of the groups. The Bears and Chubs. I being a pretty big guy fall under that category. I would not be considered a bear because I lack chest and back hair(thank god)so I fall under the chub part. Anywhoo there are certain clubs out here that cator to these groups. Planet big which is also known as the pudgy prom or my pick, "Dance Dance rictor scale" and the bar down the street that you go to not to dance but drink and look at other big guys, the lonestar. These clubs are cool for folks like us and the men who admire us...cheesy but true. These clubs are the reason why you don't see alot of big, big guys at the cafe or other twink spots(twinks are skinny, hairless and at times mean and go to circut parties...well not all, but alot do.)

So I was glad but suprised to hear L.A. has been doing the same thing as Planet Big, but called "Club Chub". I've been to a couple of bear bars in L.A., but this one feels like home. What's a trip about these kind of events is that if I go to one of them, I go from being the biggest in my crowd to being one of the smaller guys. These guys are HUGE! Alot of em' are hella cute, but the only difference would be additude. L.A. is notorious for having such a different additude than the Bay, a more shallower additude. Credit that to Hollywood, because I know some L.A. folks and they're hella cool. But the hollywood thing is around. Weird, I really want to see how different it actually is. May have to plan a roadtrip.

But why is it on their first night I see a friend of mine and Ernie's, Chaz in the pics. The man is everywhere! I miss the guy, super fun to kick it with. Oh well, thought I'd mention it.

Mail.com sucks ass

Man I've had it with my mail.com account. I'm getting all my contacts and moving all to my hotmail account. Here's why.
About 2-3 weeks ago they(mail.com) started blocking my entry to checking my mail with these full page pop up adds that you can't delete like your average regular pop up adds. No, you first have to press either "remove these adds" or "no thanks". If you press "no thanks", nothing happens or it takes forever to skip. But, if you press(your only option) "Remove these adds" they send you to a page where you can have all of these, and just these pop up adds blocked for the price of $14.99 a year. Keep in mind that every 3 out of five clicks of the mouse, these adds come up and I have to go through the same routine, "remove these adds", go to other page and click on "no thanks I don't want to get your stupid wack ass butt fucking pop up add blocker".

You go from reading an email to clicking on next and the fucking pop up blocks you. So rather than give in to this scam, I think I'll just boycott mail.com. Fuck it call me a cheap bastard. Now if all free email accounts like mail or hotmail start doing this just to make an extra buck and in the process also annoying the fuck out of us, what can we do? If it was a pop up ad blocker that blocked every single pop up add then maybe, but like I said it's for some seperate mail.com pop ups.

On a good note I'm happy my boyfriend is back from L.A. cause I missed him.

Wesley Willis R.I.P.

Damn now I'm upset. For those who don't know who Wesley Willis is, he is, was a schizophrenic street singer who built up a small cult following with his bizarre, three-chord rants about trivial everyday items, music, and people he knows. Willis was discovered singing on the streets of Chicago in the early '90s. For the first part of the decade, several independently released tapes of his songs appeared, eventually followed by indie recordings of his albums. By 1995, he had gained the attention of several well-known musicians, including Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam. Shortly before signing a major label contract with American Records in 1996, Willis was profiled on MTV, which resulted in increased recognition in certain alternative rock circles.

I discoverd WW through a friend and loved his silly wacky tunes ever since. When in a bad mood, I'd turn on one of his songs to make me laugh, and most of the time it worked. His stuff is hella funny, and it's not intended to be, sorta like "Freddy Vs. Jason" which I saw this weekend. Bad acting, bad writing, good and plenty of killing scenes and a great battle at the end. Kelly Rowland(playing Kia) of Destiny's Child is just stupid in this one, playing the token black chick who is the only one using words like "Stank" and "Hey Girlfriend". Her best line was when she confronts Freddy near the end and trys, fails, but trys to make freddy go away. the quote is "What kind of Faggot wears a christmas sweater" Freddy of course minutes before said after looking at Kelly, "How sweet, dark meat!"
The best, well worst acting and delivering of lines had to be int he begining of the movie after Jason raids the old elm street house and gets his kill on. A friend of one of the kids killed is sitting on his porch. His dad comes up and asks, "Are you alright son?" Son replys "Look I just lost my best friend, NOW GIVE ME SOME SPACE!!!"
(me shaking my head)
Funny how Freddy is like a WEHO or even Castro gay man when he uses the word Bitch. "To die is one thing. But to be forgotten... That's a real bitch!" - Freddy Krueger

Just sum ish!

Hey if anyone who read this blog and lives in the Bay Area come out to Broadway Studios in San Francisco this Friday where me and another DJ will be rockin' it from 10pm-2am. Cover is $5 so don't be a cheap ass. Come Have fun, and say Hi!

REAL TALK TIME!
Does anyone care about this dumb ass election anymore? I mean really, what kind of world do we live in where because of a recall our canidates for our state are some actors, porn freaks and nobodys...hmmm, well that's not too unusual I guess. Davis is a freak and a great actor too. He fooled Californians into voting for him, twice. Then again we didn't have much of a choice.

I'm glad Davis is getting the boot, but can we really be taken serious as a state with "the terminator" as our leader? Yeah if terriorists or Aliens come to wreck shop on us than we nothing to worry about right? Or if Gary Coleman is governor how high will they have to make the booster seat for him for his speeches? Plus where's Webster? Would we elect a man who's career already fell short, no pun no pun...well maybe half a pun intended. Then there's Larry Flint who would probably have all his big meetings at Hooters if elected.

None of these fuckers don't have any real experience in politics, just a name. Is that all we care about, a name? I know our state is going to shit, but damn, is all hope lost? It's wouldn't be so bad if they tried to run for mayor of a town first and then later, years down the line go for the big picture. At least I'd take em' a little more serious. Can't vote no because Davis goes back in. I think I can only vote for Bustamonte. Yeah he was Davis's right hand man, but he might be the only reall choice. None of these other canidates have come out hardcore with and messages of change. I'ts really sad and to top it off the more important election next year is looking pretty foul too.

I'm for the "Anyone but Bush" slogan but if we really want to get that bitch out of office we all need to get together and vote for ONE canidate. I just hope if the green party runs next year they won't help fuck up the election like last time. If everyone who voted green party would have voted for gore then Florida may have not even been such a big of deal. Who cares it's all in the past now. We have to concentrate on the future, our future. Bush is gonna kill us in the next four years, with words and actions that might even get our asses bombed, again. Don't doubt it, it's happened two years ago. If we get Bush out of the office then at least people like me don't have to live in fear of getting all of our(gay) rights stripped. Feel me?

DJ Z-Trip kicked ass

Last night me and Ernie went to see DJ Z-Trip at the DNA lounge in SF. I've never been to DNA but I gotta say it's a nice lil' venue. I love the 2nd floor terrace that surrounds the dance floor. The opening DJ's were Goldenchyld(Finger Bangers crew) & Doc Fu. Both did well. Goldenchyld killed me when he had to vocally punk the crowd to merging on the main dance floor. I hate when people are afraid to dance at clubs or make the first move to the dance floor.

As Z-Trip finally got on he played a pretty lengthy set, rockin' some ill blends like Outkast's Bombs over Bagdad over Tool, or the Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz song over a DJ Shadow beat, plus Tears for fear's Shout Accapella over not one but two beats. The second had everyone trippin', using Can't stop won't stop by "Young Gunz" Ill! He played hella rock which is a Z-Trip trademark. I was happy to hear him play his rock classics on 45 set which he did at the premier of the scratch movie concert tour. The man is ill.

I was hoping to hear more wacky blends, but I think I know why he refrained from doing so. People I'm sure probably think that's what's he's all about and has nothing else to show. Not true, just on a level of creativity he prooved to everyone he's much more than just some ill blend DJ. Dope shit!

The only wack shit about the show was these drunk mofo's in the crowd that just happened to be close to us. These two losers we're getting down(jiggy) both holding two beers each hand, bouncing around and acting like total retards. I was almost waiting for one of them to bump into me hella hard so I could crack my empty beer bottle over their mellon fucking heads. Not sure if they were gay or st8, they could have just been some fruity lookin' stupid drunkies. The there was the one guy who is always at every show, you know him, always super high and bouncing all over the place and knocking into everyone. He hella bumped into Ernie which I didn't see. Thank god I didn't see it, I would have clocked his dumb ass. He kept knocking into this couple and this big pissed off lady pushed him back hella hard and was ready to lay the smack down. I wish she did, would have made me smile. I think it killed ernie's buzz, he didn't smile too much afer that incident, just stood there arms folded with a look of "can we go now". But maybe it was also due to the fact our feet and legs we're hella tired to a point of feeling pain. But we had a blast. We left around 1:30ish and from what I heard he rocked it past 2am by doing a set with the opening DJ's. Cool. I would have stayed if I didn't have to work today. But for a Sunday, it sold out. That's Z-Trip for ya!

Today at work is sooo nice. The evil super anal bitch that annoys me every chance she gets is on vacation, so this week I can work stress free. Woohoo!

Nothing real to write about, so, time for the ACRONYM game! Yay!

At a time when you have nothing to write about what do you do in the blogging world? Go for simple "got up, ate, went to work and farted in the elevator" or just use your blog for good old fashion stupid fun.
Choice two works for me. acronyms, or abbreviations if you will are great when you want to shorten shit, but sometimes when you hear some of them you gotta wonder, what the hell do those letters stand for? Here is a few I've taken guesses on, mainly in the world of Hip-Hop and r & b.

M.O.P. a dope hardcore rap group, but what does it stand for? Before I found out here's what I thought it stood for...
Mustard Over Pastrami?
Mothers On Parole?
Musty Ol' Pants?
Mandorain Orange Peas? Hip-Hop cousin's to Black Eyed Peas? No!
Mashed Out Potatoes?
It's actually Mashed out Posse. I was close

Next 3LW which stands for 3 little women.
3 lethargic Whales?
3 liters of Whisky?
3 loose...Weasels?(use your imagination)
3 long weiners?
3 loud whiners?
3 lazy wives?

TLC the best girl group of the 90's
They love Coochies? (no.)
Tres Leches Cake? (yum!)
These Lousy Cramps!@!????
Three Lines of Cocaine?
No disrespect, but with the Eye gone(rip) are they now just TC(Truly Cold)

SWV (Sisters With Voices) the other girl group of the 90's
Super Working Viagra
Smelly Wet...I won't say it..:(
Soy White Vegans
Secret White Vans(huh?)
Single White Virgins (awww yeah...no.)

And finally NWA the super rap group of all time.
North West Airlines
Nobody Wants Arnold(for governor, biiatch!)
Nasty Wanker Ass
Need Wild Anal (sounds like a m4m personal)

As a request if anyone has any Acronyms they want me to break down I'll give it my best shot.
I was gonna do LYD, the boyfriend's site but he might break up with me if I did that. So you won't hear me say Lost Your Dildo or Lassie & Yeller's Dead! Neva that baby!
Love You Dizzle!

Where's my damn food?!!

I'm sitting at work, chillin' waiting for my damn extreme pizza and bread sticks(the bomb!) to show up. Just got my hands on this CD from the radio station I dj at and review music for. Josh Rouse's 1972. Fucking briliant! It's a retro record that attempts to capture the feeling of 1972. I think he pulls it off. I guess this cat is a country artist, but this album has no trace of country, just rock, soul that reminds me of Steely Dan & Carol King. The best song on the disc is "Comeback (Light Theroy)". The music, chord changes and sounds are so warm with lyrics that are very pop friendly but well written. "Under your Charms" is a soothing, sweet song about...well, gettin' yo freak on! Sorry couldn't help it. The whole album is beautiful, a true work of art. Plus dude has a shared weblog.

I also got the 7 heads comp(J-live, Unspoken Heard, Wordsworth)No edge ups in South Africa. Hella tight. The remix to J-Live's Braggin' Writes" captures the feeling of 1994-5 Hip-Hop, from the drums to the piano loop. Actually all the J-live cuts are dope and the joint with Asheru and Talib is the shit!

Don't know why but I made a strange mix tape this week. It's all 80's love songs. The Cars "I'm not the one", Billy Idol's "Eyes with out a face", Art of Noise's "Moments in Love", Patti Austin's "Baby come to me" and hella more, plus it's mixed...for the most part. Soon as the audio is up I want feedback from ya'll!

Had a great weekend with my man Ern-dizzle. Last night was great but then creepy. My weird ass roommate left me a message on my cell saying his fishing buddy was gonna spend the night because they were heading out at 4am to go fishing. So Ernie spends the night at my place and as we get in the door, dude is layed out on my couch, stankin' with his shirt off, ewww! Dude was creeeeepy looking. My roomie has some strange friends outside of my crew. Keep in my my roommate is 23 and dude on the couch is easily in his 40's.
Also on Friday when I got home, my boys were kickin' it at my spot and I guess my roomie got mad because no one was paying attention to him. So, he gets up, goes to his room, shuts the door and cranks up his cheap ass boombox to the sounds of the new Uncle Kracker! WTF!??! Then he puts Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" on repeat, fucking blasting it. His door was shut but we could all hear every lyric sung, yes it was that loud! Didn't sleep to well that night. :(

Got myself a new gig. Broadway studios in SF, Fridays, spinning, hip-hop, r & b, old school and house. Come through and get your groove on. This coming Friday is not going down, due to a show happening there, but the 22nd and 29th is on and poppin'!

Things are looking up for me. Good Times!

Gayest Hip-Hop lines

Got this from hiphopsite.com. It's an old list from the end of last year but still pretty funny when you think about it.

"I get in that ass like preparation H"
Cassidy "the general" remix

"I think we both know what we here for"
Benzino "Die another Day"

"I'm the big apple, ain't nobody riper man"
Erick Sermon "S.O.D

"Try to get them to take thier clothes off, then me and my mans take our clothes off"
Jay-Dee with Frank n' Dank "Take dem clothes off"

I'm rollin' with a swollen bowling bag, you need to be a fag to tear a new hole in my ass"
Eminem "Love Me" 8 mile

"And I'll touch ya boys like a catholic priest"
Sheek from the Lox (freestyle)

"And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face"
N.E.R.D. "Lapdance"

"I guess you ain't heard that we swollow guys"
N.E.R.D. "Rock Star"

"Now tell me what it feel like, with a banana in your tail pipe"
Redman "Gorillaz on my mind"

"From rap to R&B I'm breakin' niggas off proper"
Jermaine Dupree "Dissin"

Surely these cats never thought before they wrote or hiphopsite just, as usual took it wayyyyy out of context. Still pretty funny to me. Go to their site and read the intro to the 'gayest list'. Click on the best and worst lists. Cool site for buying shit on line too.

Any other suspect lines, drop em' here.

Fuck the RIAA

Really Insane Assholes Anonymous.
I just read this report on MTV.com (news article) about a senator is questioning their 'shotgun' methods in this attempt to sue innocent people who have downloaded music on the net. They have gone after people like this grandparent who just was downloading his oldies. 45 Million in damages? For an old man? Seriously folks, if the RIAA sues you for "money lost" dues to piracy, who is that loot going to. Surley not the artist, seeing how they only get extremely small percentages for the records they put out. Most Hip-Hop artists pull in, if they're lucky, 10% of the money made on a Platnum record, break down the math and that aint shit.

I wish people with money and power would try to create a campaign to put a stop to these blood sucking bastards. You can't sue a college student who has no money for a 1/4 million. What are they gonna breakdown the payments to 20 easy installments like a bank loan? So if someone is forced to pay the RIAA and doesn't have it are they off to jail and/or taken for whatever they have? That's leaving you homeless and left for dead in my opinion. The industry is not that bad. Ask 50 cent, and if you wonder why Madonna is barely touching gold on her american life album it's not because of piracy, it's because that album is her worst to date. Blame that on listening stations who let people hear what their buying before they buy it. American Life was wack, compaired to 'Music' and all of her past cd's.

SBC is filing suit but I don't think thier case will stop much of this madness. Some thing has to be done. Fuck the RIAA!

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Boycott the Bastards!!!