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Quito

These and many other badass photos from in and around Austin from El Subcomandante Quito!!
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Gitano Gadjo Mix

A little quick mix highlighting the sounds and styles of Romanii. Enjoy.

Gitano Gadjo Mix Tape - Dj Orion

Gitano Gadjo Mix Tape - Dj Orion

Tracklisting
Chanson Pour L’auvergnat -Rodolphe Raffalli
Les Yeux Noir – Bireli Lagrene
Le Poinconneur Des Lilas – Les Doigts De L’homme
Hans Che’s Swing – Am Ketenes
Les Yeux Noirs – Titi Demeter
Stompin’s At Decca – Hot Club USA
Fleur De Lavande – Fapy Lafertin Quintet
Milko – Moreno
Joseph’s Tiger – Stochelo Rosenberg
Chambermaid Swing – Parov Stelar

DOWNLOAD (25.1)

I also uploaded a bunch of forgotten mixes to my website.

And if you’re in Austin come out to play tonight with King Louie and Orion @ Creekside Lounge.

Really?

I get notes all the time when i dj. Most of them are lame, a lot of them are silly and the others just confuse me. Like this one I got while djing with Prince Klassen at the MJ versus Prince party we did here in Austin Texas:
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I wish i could remember what the girl looked like that handed me this. I mean what exactly is a ‘9 bar spit’. If she were referring to rhyming, isn’t it in multiples of 4? Maybe she means 32. Probably. Anyways keep em coming!

Get Your Crack On

Here are a few of my most used/favorite iphone apps:

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Camp Lo – Another Heist

Here’s a sneak peak of the upcoming Camp Lo album!

Camp Lo - Another Heist

Check out the portfolio at sinceeighty6.com to check out more classic designs.

I Married A Woman

High quality movie scans of famous screen stars, mostly from the 1940’s and earlier.

www.doctormacro1.info
Diana Dors (I Married a Woman)
Janet Gaynor

Bored To Death

HBO Presents an Exclusive Screening of Bored To Death
Friday, September 11th 8:00pm – 11:00pm

Featuring DJ Prince Klassen
(Catch up on Klassen in THIS recent interview!)
Please RSVP for Complimentary Food and Beverages

Location: Action Figure – East Side Stages
3000 East Cesar Chavez

ID is Required – Must be 18 or Older to Attend – Admission Based on Capacity
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Why the long beta?

I wonder how many websites there are out there? All these new technologies are mashing and melding to form a more perfect union. Between the social networking sites, the forums, the fancy animation sites and all the boring plain jane html sites out there, i rustled up a list of sites that a) i think will be used by many in the near future, b) offer compelling new technology and/or c) just look good. Enjoy.

This first site www.jingproject.com is so ingenious. Three very simple steps to get going, and it’s a downloadable application. Simply:
* Snap a picture of your screen.
* Record video of onscreen action.
* Share instantly over the web, IM, email.
As the site says it’s free software that adds visuals to your online conversations. This comes in handy when you want to show your homie how to quantize something using FX Pansion Guru or introduce your friends to your process of making a flyer (hint hint). You can record your video and upload it to your flickr account, upload using an ftp server, save it, or copy it to your clipboard to share some where else.
Here’s a screen shot of the program running on my mac:
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That’s right is sits quiet in the top corner of your screen. Very unintrusive, indeed simple is beautiful!

The company that makes this www.techsmith.com also makes other screen capturing tools like SnagIt and Camtasia which offer, for a fee, more editing options for those folks that make a ‘living’ off of posting video tutuorials, thank you so much by the way for that.

This next site i found looking through the hundreds of informative posts on www.readwriteweb.com which itself is very handy and should be added to you RSS feeds. The site is still in Beta meaning you have to be invited to use, so I actually haven’t been able to try it out yet although I’m pretty excited about it. The site: www.rockdex.com. I really can’t explain it better than the actual site does so in quotes:
What is RockDex Pro?

RockDex Pro is a revolutionary web application that tracks 1000’s of music websites and collects data on any artist, such as blog posts, tweets, plays, and much more.

RockDex analyzes and presents the information to you in one convenient dashboard that gives you a high level view of what is happening online with the artists that are important to you.

Drill down into your data to discover trends, gauge the effectiveness of your marketing, and find out what your fans are saying–and where they are saying it. RockDex Pro helps you capitalize on a valuable and too often overlooked asset: Your Data. Plug in and sign up now!

Although when you go to sign up it informs you of the very sad fact that it’s in Beta. It does offer a glimpse of hope however, saying it will send you an invite code! This looks like a useful tool for Artists, Labels, Managers, Booking Agents, A&R Reps and Publicists. The folks that made this also made www.musicarsenal.com.
Here are screenshots from the video on their site:
myspace info
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And you can upload a song to their soundcloud account and they’ll let you know if you rock!

Lastly, for today, CargoCollective.com. This is from their site:
Cargo is a web publishing (CMS) and community-building platform currently in development. It powers a variety of creative communities in the fields of Education, Design, Research, and Conceptual Art. To apply for an account contact us here.
Cargo evolved out of the system that runs the SpaceCollective community. We found it remarkably successful and efficient in creating visual content on the web, placing a strong emphasis on design, layout, image quality and typography. Our goal is to dramatically increase the accessibility and exposure of creative individuals on the Internet, while aspiring to build a networked context that will contribute to the culture as a whole.


Like the previous site it is in Beta or as they call it ‘pre-release’ which looks like it means, if we think you’re good enough we might hook you up with an account. I like their taste though so good job.
Let me just hit you with some images then you go scroll the illness!
One of the artists found on cargocollective.com



Hardcuore

Some fun stop animation from Brasil.

DOBEM – SUCO DE LARANJA
Creation Direction: Hardcuore
Art direction, design and animation: Breno Pineschi and Rafael Cazes
Photography: Breno Pineschi
Sound effects and MPC tropical soundsystem: João Brasil
Thanks to: Marcos Leta and Joana Angert
Date: May 2009
Duration: 1’00”

do bem – Suco de Laranja 100% fruta (MPC de torradas) from Hardcuore on Vimeo.

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Fun Fun Fun Fest 2009

The 4th annual Fun Fun Fun Fest artist line up released today

TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 2PM CST

August 25th, 2009 (Austin, TX) – Transmission Entertainment is pleased to announce the lineup for the 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest, taking place on November 7th and 8th at Waterloo Park in Austin. Fun Fun Fun Fest made its first appearance on a cold Friday evening in 2006, offering a unique approach to festival booking, filling stages with talent bubbling from the underground: what sounded great, and what was making an impact, regardless of what mainstream media said was cool. What started out as a show for a few touring acts and local favorites has become a movement — a festival that fans and bands alike realize needs to be experienced year after year.

Now in its fourth year, Fun Fun Fun Fest has made a significant impact on the country’s winter calendar, successfully combining the vast worlds of indie, punk, rap, electronica and comedy while showcasing some of the city’s most unique local businesses. It is the most relaxed, laid back and (yet) progressive festival in the market place today, a true urban event in the middle of downtown Austin. Most importantly it’s a fest we in the music community want to go to, without all of the filler that shows up at corporate music carnivals around the world. Fun Fun Fun Fest: the fest before the fest … where you go to see what’s about to happen as opposed to what’s already been done.

Each year, fans have been treated to sets by reunited legends as well as prominent acts from across the globe at the festival. And this edition is no different – music aficionados will be eagerly awaiting performances by DEATH, The Jesus Lizard, Shonen Knife, Mission of Burma, and Danzig. Of Montreal, King Khan & BBQ Show, GZA, No Age, Young Widows, Ratatat, Yeasayer, and The Cool Kids ensure that a wide variety of relevant artists will again be on display, and as always, Austin is well represented, this year by the likes of Shearwater, Foot Patrol, Black and White Years, The Laughing, Harlem, and Strange Boys.

In true Fun Fun Fun Fest fashion, fans can now learn about new music, research the line up, listen to MP3s, interact, enter contests, buy merchandise and more; simply by joining the new Fun Fun Fun Fest (http://www.funfunfunfest.com) community online.

2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest Line-up:

RATATAT – OF MONTREAL – CRYSTAL CASTLES – LES SAVY FAV – YEASAYER – MISSION OF BURMA – LUCERO – WHY? – BROADCAST – ATLAS SOUND – DEATH (DETROIT) – NO AGE – RED SPAROWES – SHONEN KNIFE – FUCK BUTTONS – TIMES NEW VIKING – THIS WILL DESTROY YOU – CRYSTAL ANTLERS – GROWING – BLACK AND WHITE YEARS – ROYAL BANGS – THE LAUGHING – JESUS LIZARD – DANZIG – GORILLA BISCUITS – FACE TO FACE – FUCKED UP – 7 SECONDS – D.R.I. TORCHE – MELT BANANA – FLIPPER – COALESCE RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS – STREET DOGS – RUSSIAN CIRCLES NIGHT MARCHERS – METALLAGHER – YOUTH BRIGADE – MIKA MIKO ALL LEATHER – YOUNG WIDOWS – COLISEUM – UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND – OFF WITH THEIR HEADS – REIGN SUPREME – RAT KING – PACK OF WOLVES – ROLLER – THE COOL KIDS – PHARCYDE – GZA/GENIUS (PERFORMING LIQUID SWORDS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS) – KID SISTER BARUKA SOM SISTEMA – DJ NUMARK (JURASSIC 5) – HEALTH NEON INDIAN – MC CHRIS – SSION – ALASKA IN WINTER – VEGA – FOOT PATROL – ASTRONAUTALIS – CAR STEREO (WARS) – THE DJ MELEE – SUGAR & GOLD LAX – PELIGROSA DJS – BETA PLAYER – DESTROYER – WHITEST KIDS YOU KNOW SKETCH COMEDY TROUPE – BRIAN POSEHN – KING KHAN BBQ – SHEARWATER – TODD BARRY – DEAD CONFEDERATE – NICK THUNE – HARLEM – JOSH FADEM – STRANGE BOYS – HANNIBAL BURRESS – JAMES HUSBAND (OF MONTREAL) – BRENDAN WALSH – CEDRIC BURNSIDE & LIGHTNING MALCOLM – CHELSEA PERETTI – BANKRUPT AND THE BORROWERS – ALTERCATION COMEDY HOUR – MOONLIGHT TOWERS – LOW LINE CALLER – NEW MOVEMENT COMEDY GROUP – AND MORE TO COME

Tickets go on sale today at the brand new Fun Fun Fun Fest website (http://www.funfunfunfest.com/).

EARLY BIRD TICKETS (LIMITED FOR 2 WEEKS)
$67.50 / WEEKEND PASS
EARLY BIRD PIP TICKETS (LIMITED FOR 2 WEEKS)
$135 / PIP WEEKEND PASS


No Recent Posts. WTF!

Yeah yeah. So I haven’t posted anything in a minute. That’s cause i’m stupid busy playing out and tweeting my little finger tips off. This week alone i have 8 gigs. That’s way to many i know, it keeps me active though. Testing my skills on different crowds and doing my best to break new music in a world where the Black Eyed Peas hold the number one spot on Billboard at a record 28 weeks. My next post with host a slew of titillating fresh ear juice for you to peep. In the meantime……
K Salaam and Beatnick
Download these mamajamas!
http://ksalaamandbeatnick.bandcamp.com/album/beatnick-k-salaam-where-the-streets-have-no-name