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I spent last week in New York with a bunch of friends (that’s why i haven’t posted in a minute). Present among the week were some of my favorite djs on the planet. Que Bajo guys, uproot andy and geko jones were there, dutty artz dj rupture, Argentinas zizek crew, Nacional records in [...]

Red Stripe presents a celebration of Jamaican music
Featuring Terry Lynn & John Hugo
Friday, June 26th
8 – 11PM
The Independent (501 I-35 at E. 5 & Brushy) Austin, TX
Additional DJ sets by Wildlife, Johan Hugo!
Plus songs from Terry Lynn’s critically acclaimed album “KingstonLogic 2.0”
Free Red Stripe Lager
This is a private, RSVP only event. You must be 21+ [...]

Ever wonder how people in other parts of the world communicate? Italian PR professional and former Microsoft Italy marketer Vincenzo Cosenza has posted an interesting visualization today. Using Alexa and Google Trends Cosenza did just that. There’s seems to be some doubt if you read the comments but it’s still pretty interesting.
Here’s [...]

This post is a bit premature. I was intending to post this once I finish my ’skate video’ but it’s taking me to damn long. So instead I’ll show you what I’m working with here. For those of you that don’t have an iphone, maybe this will persuade you. There’s an application [...]

The kind folks at www.soundwayrecords.com are back at it again with an awesome compilation, Panama 2. Their mission of ‘unveiling forgotten chapters’ is indeed true and a treat to say the least.
Beto has put together a short video about music in Panama…

Hopefully we’ll be getting a track or two for you enjoyment but in [...]

This is pretty pimp. It looks like it’d be an excellent tool for the studio and production. I’m not so sure about live performance. I found out about it on gigacrate.com/Blog, it’s from:
youtube.com/user/the1one1
myspace.com/blountharvey

To say the least I can not wait to make me a huge bowl of rice and beans with chorizo and a fried egg on top, with some plantains, oh and hot sauce. Lot’s of hot sauce. In my second installation of what looks to be a trilogy, I visit middle America, more [...]

Those of you who know me personally know it’s unlike me to a) talk shit about people and b) make stupid sentences like this one. But damn man I’m not sure what’s going on here with this Yo Majesty business but someone has their shit all wrong and I’m going to get to the [...]

Okay so my home girl hit me to this last night and I could not believe it. I’m still wavering on the idea anyways but apparently, maybe at their Manchester show on their US tour, Justice is seen in the photo performing, what seems to be well into a set, and you can see [...]

But not all is lost. Despite the obvious lack of education when it comes to alcohol in Amerca (proof being that the legal drinking age in Europe is 18 and there are way fewer car accidents related to drinking and driving), Attorney General Cuomo said:
“Drinks like Sparks encourage the polar opposite of responsible drinking habits. [...]

This is from abletons website…

DJs, remixers and producers on the forefront of technology, watch out. Serato and Ableton are happy to announce a partnership which will pave the way for the future of Digital DJing. With shared artist rosters from hip-hop (DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Nu-Mark, A-Trak) to electronica (Paul Van Dyk, DJ Sasha), both [...]