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brian francis

bug me if you don't see a poem here by sunday night march 14th...

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Awesome.

this the story of how karl rove got beat up by a 9 year old girl. she saw a nixon sticker on his bicycle and gave him a black eye. gawker thinks we should make this young child a folk hero. money quote:

"The little girl knew not what she did, that her fists would launch a thousand campaigns and a war in Iraq. All she knew was that Karl Rove was a snot-nosed punk and she could take him down with one hand tied behind her pigtails."

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two animal abstractions

a mostly meh collection of cartoonish adobe illustrator drawings yields these two gems of abstraction involving animals...

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stay strong.

things are awesome.
i've got a new daughter, violet ember gyre.
two of my all-time favorite deejays are coming into town soon...
i 'm fixing up a 95 year old house on an acre of woods within pittsburgh city limits.
replaced nearly all the utilities, removed lead & asbestos hazards
can now cook, clean, wash & sleep there...
play with the children.

also dojo. carpe noctem. u know who u r.

i'm going to try to use the internet less so i can blog more,
so look for more action soon at the event blog & here...
i owe the back catalogue of that veiled gazelle retagging...
i have tons of mp3s to post, and the sister mix to d.d.d.
.pdfs, book reviews, recipes, photos of the house, theory....

in the meantime you can join me on facebook.
note: my facebook links feed in here up top...

MORE MUSIC! MORE ART! MORE LOVE!










stay strong.

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james gyre - "don't don't dance" a mix @ 130 b.p.m.

james gyre - "don't don't dance"

recorded live 11/11/09

turntables/traktor

1. wAgAwAgA - maytime daytime sun
2. Mochipet - Get Your Whistle Wet (DJ Sep & Jason Short Dub Mix Feat. Juakali)
3. Von Magnet - Mostar Angels
4. madera limpia - la lenta (schlachthofbronx remix)
5. Tony Allen - Awa Nare (Bonde Do Role remix)
6. Busy Signal - Da style deh (Douster Dagga remix)
7. Malente, Dex - Gipsy Kings feat. Analogik
8. Stereotyp Meets Al-Haca - Nu Styling (feat. DJ Collage)
9. Com.a - Ghetto Magic
10. Guns N' Bombs - Riddle Of Steel (Original Mix)
11. Workidz - Work It (Glitch remix)
12. DJ Sega - Paper Planes (Philly Club remix)
13. DJ DEEKLEIN - Dont Smoke Da Reefer (Twocker's Superskunk Re-Rub)
14. DJ Quest & Eskmo - Speakers Corner
15. DJ Blaqstarr - Shake It To The Ground (Claude von stroke remix)
16. Bounce Camp - Big Dancin
17. Zero DB - Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines
18. Toadally Krossed Out! - Toads Theme
19. Dorian Concept - Color Sexist
20. A-Trak - Say Whoa (Boys Noize remix)
21. Jack Beats - What (Foamo Edit)
22. Bok Bok - Nntf09
23. dj tameil - get silly
24. DJ tim dolla - We Are Ur Friends
25. Hot City - Head Work
26. Akufen - Deck the house (Herbert stops like this mix)
27. BRACKLES - Sutorîto Faitâ
28. Gucci Vump - Sha, Shtil!
29. Wiley - Eyes Of The Lord (Prod. By Nathan Retro)
30. Horsepower Productions - special 131
31. 2562 - Flashback
32. Faltydl - Bravery
33. Illyah & Ltd. Candy - Fight the Formation

it's a fun, summery mix for mid-winter. clean your house. dance out of your clothes. it's 130 b.p.m. but not without bass-weight. one oldie, but mostly instant hipster classics.

props to and inspiration from dj ripley's "to the party members" mix, dj rupture in general, mad decent and cutups and keeb$ of lazercrunk! thanks to masala and wizards are better.

also, thanks to the party liberation front podcast / rva magazine for requesting the mix in the first place... sorry it took so long, and it's only pt.1! pt.2 will take it up a notch (10!) to 140 b.p.m...

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flux

big deejay shows, and big changes:

new house (really soon)
new baby (soon)
other ish, 2.

updating eventually! in the meantime:

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hip hop and the occult...

so i listen to part 1 of an interview with mitch horowitz on the (occasionally goofy or dull) occult of personality podcast (which is also sometimes fascinating). a little while later, i notice mitch horowitz is guestblogging over at boingboing. he has an article up on the occult and hip hop there, which links to a piece on npr, which has an excerpt from his new book, "occult america". the piece on npr discusses the influence of 5-percenters/nation of gods and earths on hip hop artists, as well as how they differ notably from the nation of islam movement. i first delved into 5-percent material through the wu-tang manual, written by rza, but mos def, busta rhymes, rakim & big daddy kane are all affiliated with the 5-percenters. they utilize a system of "supreme mathematics", including the 8th degree, "building", which is definitely a word i hear most around emcees... "let's sit and build for a minute." insha'allah we will! this all makes me want to go back and listen to old mystik journeymen albums to see if i can decipher any occult truths!

but for real, most of the great musicians (or artists or thinkers) ply some sort of spiritual dimension to their music (or art or thought), even when they mock it in the same breath... so the article seemed kind of obvious to me... but notable still for the fact that these idea seem more mainstream, more present in pop consciousness...

saul williams, whose self-titled album is littered with occult reference

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recent playlists...

Played two great parties this week... my opening night at the brillo box (beautiful!) and the very fun down n derby roller disco at belvedeere's (fun!)... the first was a great night... there had been g20 clashes in the streets all day, so the music leaned a bit radical, while still international and dancey... the second was a great opportunity to play all the house, techno & more funky tunes i came up on. props to vince and crew for a great event with good vibes. i'll def. be back.

Sept 24th (the garden of ) Earthly Delights debut night @ brillobox

10pm - 11:11pm cocktail social zone

Burnt Freidman & the Nu Dub Players - pater noster
Burial - Gutted
Manitas de plata - Track 05
pandit shivkumar sharma & ustad zakir hussain - Raga Kamod, Gat In Jhaptaal
Unknown Japanese (Splendeur du koto) - Piste 6
Dembu - Dagusa Dirarey
Ompeh - Effutu Area in 12
Boxcutter - kab 27
Beem - Is This the Future? (feat. Daniel Dermes)
Hugh Mundell & Augustus Pablo - Run Revolution A Come
Kinski - Badunk Gadunk
Mos Def - Revelations
Illyah & Ltd. Candy - Fight The Formation
Wary - Sallama
TONY ALLEN - Asiko
tlen-huicani - Track 13
Unknown Indian (4000 years of musical heritage) - Track 23
Nouvelle Vague - Guns Of Brixton
Yo Majesty - BUY LOVE
Henry & Louis featuring Steve Harper - Rise Up (DJ Pinch Remix)
The Spit Brothers - Roll And Tumble (Bakir And Dubsworth's VIP Mix)
Danny Breaks & DJ Adlib - The Sound

11:11pm - 12am 1st dance set

Cypress Hill - When The Shit Goes Down
DJ Vadim - Your Revolution (feat. Sarah Jones)
Major Lazer - Hold The Line (DJ C Remix)
Monaster - Pour Toi
Julieta con los Nuñez - Viernes Cultural (Dick el Demasiado Sabado Cultural remix)
Los Daddys - Cumbia Negra
Tifa & Natalie Storm - Talk Of The Town
Nicolette - No Government
Watcha Clan - Balkan Qoulou
Balkan Beat Box - Habibi Min Zaman (Mr. Tune Remix)
Michel Cleis - La Mezcla (Original Mix)
Madera Limpia - La Lenta (Schlachtofbronx remix)
Erick Rincon - Magdalena (Exclusiva Gales)
Busy Signal - Da style deh (Douster Dagga remix)
M.I.A. - Bamboo Banga
Douster - TASSPé
dead prez - Warzone (with Pete Rock)
Mohommad Reza Mortazavi - Travel Fever
ROB - Make It Fast, Make It Slow
Fambo - Unknown (creepa riddim)
the coup - laugh/love/fuck and drink liquor
Afronaut - Hencho En Casa (feat Hector Calderon - Landslide vox mix)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo
Dr Meaker - Bad Boy Calling (Rob Smith's Festive Road Remix)
Ekstrak - Mass Dampers
Unknown Sufi - Müstear

12am - 1am - Pete Pandemic's set...

1am - 2am 2nd dance set

Mr. Marcus & The Hollow Sisters - unknown (prison jam)
Dead Prez & Outlawz - How U Like That
King - Dont Taze Me Bro (DTMB)
Filastine - Desordenador
Borgore - Foes (16bit Fuck Hoes Remix)
Clouds - Too Much
Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub
Iration Steppas & Dan Man - Too Much War
Jahdan Blakkamoore - jahdan_blakkamoore-the_general_(original_mix)
damian marley - We're Gonna Make it
Schlachthofbronx - Good to go
Krazy Baldhead - Revolution (Para One remix)
Buraka Som Sistema - New Africas pt. 2
dj tameil - get silly
Joker and Ginz - ReUp
Meat Katie & D. Ramirez feat Odissi - Stop The Revolution (dubfire mix)
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
Dorian Concept - Color Sexist
Matthew Dear - it's over now
Claude von Stroke - Who's Afraid of Detroit
ricardo villalobos - Ichso
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Metric
Beat Pharmacy feat. mutabaraka - wata
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final (Feat. Vengeance Tenfold)
Kromestar Vs Hatcha - fuel head
Emalkay - My Story
The Widdler - Positive_Vibes_(HD4000_Remix)
Untold - Discipline
Burnt Freidman & the Nu Dub Players - life is worth dying for

Sept. 26th Down n' Derby roller disco night @ belvedeere's

9pm - 11:30pm - my set

Soulphiction - B2.What's Your Name
Matthew Herbert - Gang Of Boys
Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Plastico (Bugz in the Attic Remix)
dJ food - Break
Boxcutter - Cosmic Parent
Boxcutter - Mp Post Funk
Trus'me - 12:12
Mike Monday - 11 11 (Original Mix)
FALSE - Love Letters
Isolee - Pillowtalk
Bloc Party - Where is Home? (Burial Remix)
Burial - Distant Lights
El-B Feat. Rolla - Serious (Locked On)
Artful Dodger - Movin' Too Fast (New Version)
Horsepower Productions - special 131
mj cole - Never Say Never (Duncan Powell mix)
akufen - radio shuffle
Moodymann - Freeki Mutha F cker
Troubleman - Strikehard
Richie Hawtin - shufflephunk
Patrick Dawes - crispy duck [Akwaaba Rmx]
Cooly G - Floating
Ark - E-Cone (Akufen Rmx)
THE EVASIONS & GARY'S GANG - Wikka Wrap
Chuck Love - Funkinwitdasystem - Original Mix
Aaron Roberts - Soul It As Funk - Scud Bloom's Velcro Bonus Mix
Angie Brown - Movin Up (Stupid Fresh Mix)
Kyle Watson - Setup - Original Mix
Solid Groove & Sinden - Red Hot
Solid Groove & Sinden - Gotta Get Up__Original Mix
Armand Van Helden - Illin N Fillin It (Lee Mortimer's Wearhouse Music Remix)
Chris Grant - The Jimmy Jam - The Sound Republic's Government Cheese Mix
Kenneth Bager - Fragment Seven (Les Fleurs) (Jesse Rose Remix)
luke vibert - Disco Bus
Luke Vibert - House Stabs
Junesex - Who Wants Freedom
Isolee - Enrico
Felix Da Housecat - What Does it Feel Like (Röyksop dmx)
DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Radioclit Remix)
DJ T - Funk on You (Original)
A Made Up Sound - Sunday
mouse on mars - Send Me Shivers
mr. oizo - Patrick 122
DJ Kue - Fuk It Up
DJ Mehdi - I am somebody (paris version)
Diplo - Veni Vidi Vici (Diplo Remix)

11:30pm - 3am - DJ Royale's set...

thanks to negrophonic, dutty artz, ghetto bassquake, masala, mashit, mad decent, palms out, heatwave & mr. jennings for tipping me to some of the tracks i played... keep up the ill curation, folks. props to torrentech for keeping the dubs coming. and of course respect due to all the artists... they make deejaying such a pleasure. If anyone has any trouble finding more information about any of these artist's i'd be happy to help pass along what i know...

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two dubstep mixes...

the first mix is called "dubstep a to z". it's a simple and quick concept mix... a challenge to my flexibility. each artists name starts with a, b, c, d, etc... in order. certain songs were picked for me because i only had 1 "x" artist and 1 "y" artist... other letters i had limited choices so i had to build the mix based on what worked for what was there. it's a pretty chill dubstep mix... not a lot of pummeling... i wouldn't exactly call it ambient, but it's percussive, textural and skankin'. i'll definitely do more of these if i could find some more "x" and "y" artists!

26 tracks. 55 minutes.

the track list is as follows:

Aardvarck - "untitled"

Boxcutter - "rusty break"

Coki - "all of a sudden"

Disrupt - "true creators"

Eleven8 - "static (promo mix)"

F - "phantom"

Giant - "rain mind"

Hurtdeer - "vasopressin"

Indigo - "cosmos"

Jack sparrow - "the chase"

Kromestar - "my sound"

L-wiz - "prayer room"

Martyn - "natural selection"

Nokea - "cassava"

Overcast radio - "vendetta"

Pangea - "bear witness"

Quest - "deep inside"

Ramadanman - "revenue"

Shackleton - "el din (pt. 2)"

Truth - "revelation"

Untold - "discipline"

Vibesquad - "clowncollege"

Wiley - "ground zero (devil's mix)"

XI - "distress signal"

Youthman - "bombs over baghdad"

Zomby - "strange fruit"

download "dubstep a to z" here!

the second mix is called "pummeled". this mix is short, dirty and VERY heavy. full contact bass-sauce mixed high and noisy... some of the blends are a little sloppy and or adventurous, but i think it fits the style... this mix was an outlet for my interest in more aggressive sounds that are absent from the a-z mix. i tried to capture the essence of a small but dedicated dancefloor of dubstep fiends... sweaty, raucous and LOUD. not for the faint-hearted... especially the end!

13 tracks. 21 minutes.

tracklist is as follows:

kromestar vs. hatcha - "twin towers"

the widdler - "froggy style"

ultrablack - "you need jesus"

guns n' bombs - "riddle of steel" (12th planet & teaLong remix)

max ulis - "soundkilla"

ganja white night - "strawberry cough"

borgore - "guided relaxation dub" (edit)

noah d & babylon system - "examination of time" (VIP mix)

distance vs. benga - "chokehold"

16 bit - "texaco"

bar 9 - "murda sound" (VIP mix)

reso - "beasts in the basement"

nero - "end of the world"

download "pummeled" here!

NOTE: none of these mixes contain any of the tracks on "tower of babel" which is my dubstep inspired opus mix... that mix wont progress until i work out some bugs with my ableton setup. but some day! in the meantime i hope you enjoy these mixes, and let me know what you think about them.... and come see me play records!

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http://styliferous.blogspot.com/

I've created a new blog specifically for my D.J. events. It's

http://styliferous.blogspot.com/

It features some of my past events, and

current heat like my new monthly @ the brillo box:

(Here's the crazy flyer I made: click to enlarge)

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