hello? anybody there?

heh. just wanted to let peoples know that i will be djing this friday (yeah i know im supposed to be on a break)... but its with the homies who always bring it. new spot. new vibe. yii.



serial though, i got some ish im working on. so stay tuned. yadida.

really though. sorry this blog is so neglected

yeah, i been a flake, but yer boy found a jobby job and i need the cash to fund some of my other endeavors. please to stay tuned though, i got a couple mixes in the works for you guys and working on some much needed re direction for el bloggo.

speaking of el bloggo, peep penelope trunk's post about social media, how and how not to use it. she points out some interesting facts about how large companies use social media... and if you know how they use it, then you can engage them on the same level for hopefully your benefit.

one thing though, she mentions that twitter is for conversations... but in my experience... if you have too many "@replies" your twitter feed will not be interesting to anyone who doesn't know you personally... additionally your twitter feed will eventually dissolve into 2nd hand intertron gossip reading. so unless that's your intention... try be original, have some substance... and use aim/text/skype/carrier pigeon to talk to people directly.

BTSA.

so before i get to the mix, i gotta let you know about two events you can come check me out at. friday, i will be rocking a super early 8pm but all vinyl set at otis. this will be the last of The Clearing parties so it's starting the freshness extra early with me, dj mighty, and dj oza spinning an illy all 45 disco/soul set from 8-10. then from 10-2 we have be brown, bluz, and frank(e) all the way from LA holding down the party bizness.
otis 25 maiden lane SF

and saturday i get to hold down the ez lounge all night for the homey neo geo and the rest of the electric relaxation djs. i love playing in oakland, and getting to hold down a whole night really is going to be a fun one. trust im going to work around all my crates for that one.
ez lounge 3255 Lakeshore Ave (between Lake Park Ave & Trestle Glen Rd) oakland



if you need any more info about either event hollerifyouhearmeunhhhhhgh.


onward to tha show yall:


click the pic for the dl link and you can save the image for album art on your mp3 player/ipod/spank tank

a few weeks back my homie p. picked me and cal up to roll around the 'town in his 87 grand nash(that thing is a beast). it was a pretty warm day and the ttops were off. the ride kinda made me want to make a summer bumps mix. random shit that had some knock to it. and as im going though songs, it kinda reminded me of back in the day when i used to make tapes. start stop style. just recording random shit...

for some reason, when i could afford em, i was always using these headphones:





but i always fell asleep with em on and they'd break. after rocking taped up headphones for a week, those little red and blue earbuds that came with your gameboy was the safe hold-me-down till i could save up another 20 bucks for new headphones. the broken joints i'd completely break up so the little speakers would lie under my pillow till they got totally broken. (broke kids are resourceful fuckers) this was like junior high till pretty much end of highschool. yeah, i had a portable cd player... but tapes were my first entry to bootlegging (riaa *wooooooooo). honestly, being into music is fucking expensive. back in the day just saying "expensive" was painful. in anycase, tapes allowed me to record shit from other people and the radio. yeah, i used to wait and try to catch songs off the radio... and then rewind/ffwd the fuck outta that one spot till the tape snapped. (hey you guys remember freezing batteries to make em last longer OR just ride them batteries till listening to tapes draggin hella slow just got unbearable? ((usually the kids at bart with sour ass lookin faces were pissed cause their batteries were draggin))) ... oh and tapes dont skip. i had digi shock on the cd player and it really couldn't
hang skipless when running to catch a bart train.

SIDETRACKED. sorry.

but the reason me and a bunch other cohorts rocked those headphones so hard, was because of the fact that they produced bass pretty well. so we could fuck off our eardrums in bassheavy bliss.

while recording mixes and shit from other people, i'd try to reserve certain tapes to make bass tapes. basically they were tapes with just bass heavy songs i'd have in rotation while i could afford those headphones.

so i decided to do what i hope will be a series of bass tapes. and to start off the series i decided to included a bunch of stuff that was on the tapes of my youth.
i put some stuff that is more recent, but i thought it went aight and kept it kinda movin.


so inspired by sun in the 'town, grand nationals, bay area adolescence and sony headphones... it's BTSA. if this were 93 it'd would stand for Bass Tape Side A. but this is 09 and everything is a frikin acronym. so yeah. its just btsa.

shout out to do dat i used his song paper chase on this mix.

soundslike:
outkast- rturn of the g
dre dog- fillmoe
do dat- paperchase
drake- november 18th
big boi- ghettomusik
celly cel- its goin down
do or die- playa like me and you
bone thugs n harmony- moe cheese
cee lo- basshead jazz
funk mobb n***as- time to mobb
marvaless- n***as and hoes
marvaless- ghetto blues
eazy e- real muthaphukkin gs
young bleed- how you do dat
scarface- homies n thugs
scarface- fuck faces
devin tha dude- she used to be
luniz- pimps playz n hustlas
richie rich- real pimp
2pac- ambitionz az a ridah
snoop- gz and hustlas
rbl-bounce to this
too short- im a player
messy marv and san quinn- golden state ft 4-tay and sky skers

rest in power michael jackson.

cupcakes and bodyrolls.

i guess this is another gig post. but it's a little different. cuz i dont think this is yer normal type gig.

ever been to a party, and at the end or towards the end of the night, a slow jam comes on and it just hella puts that vibe out... like you and this girl you been gigging with all night are hitting bacon wrapped hot dogs outside of Levende cuz you need to be sorta a little bit sober for a few more hours together... all because the dj threw on R Kelly-Sex Me...

or you stepped out to the club with your S.O. and you knew when you were getting freaky to bobby brown - i wanna rock witcha that you was finna rock with someone when you got home...

or even if you just wanna sit up with yer special somebody and feel each other up while the dj is spinning some sade...

this is the night for you. the whole night of it...

you might have seen me, dj wh0?, or the world famous cutso on an award tour waving gucci rags in the air turning our swag on the flipside, grindin money in the ghetto... (musicnerdramble)
... but this night we are taking you back to late nights like 4am listening to slow jamz on the radio with yer boy/girlfriend for 5 hours not sayin shit except "are you tired yet" while you weave in and out of consciousness, eyes heavy but you dont wanna get off the phone yet... or when your mom came home, and you were blasting keith sweat and she accused your room of smelling like budissy... smelling like sin... or some of that music that your parents were playing while their bedroom door lock was "broken"... sorry for that last one. but you catch my drift.

cupcake up in a booth or body roll on the dance floor... or in some dark corner of the club i dont care...

Saturday June 13th
CUPCAKES AND BODYROLLS
@ the monkey club
2730 21st st SF

i hate to these types of posts... but yer boy got gigs.

first up... every thursday... at otis (one of my favorite spots) you can see me, shawndubbs and dj tactics hold down your thursday kickinit spot. what do we play? ONLY HEAT.



then this saturday, im at azul with them dudes, boogie brown and dj sake uno. them dudes are the duders von duderests so make your next move your best move... plus WE SHOWIN THE PAQCUIAO FIGHT FO FREE BEFORE. get there early before someone's tito boy drinks up all the beer at the bar.



and may 15th see me at ROE in the 'sco. im rockin with the homey dsharp upstairs and i think im holding down your downstairs ALL NIGHT. you know how i do.

posting from venice.

so ill be back soon. but i wanted to put the word out about the next clearing. we got kissey asplund coming out. at 2 euro every 15 min of internet access i cant give you the bullies wit fullies on it right now. but peep the essentials: BUY A PRESALE. OR YOUR NEIGHBOR WILL STEAL ALL YOUR TOILET PAPER FOR BEING AN HERB ASS ELSEV.


Limited Pre-Sale tickets are now available for "The Clearing" featuring Kissey Asplund and Hen Boogie this coming Friday.


You can purchase them by visiting our website ( http://theclearing.aidogroup.com - scroll down click the "Buy Now" button).
It is HIGHLY recommended that you act fast as space is limited and we will sell out!

Fri, April 17th, '09

"The Clearing" feat.
Kissey Asplund
hosted by: nake & realism*

brigidope : amazing zoo crew
bluz : the clearing
be brown: the people
that girl : groove suite
hen boogie : low self discipline/nobody beats the boog

$8 pre-sale tix
$10 Cover // 21 and up
doors open at 9pm

Citizen Space
425 2nd Street, #100
(Between Bryant & Howard)
San Francisco, CA

http://theclearing.aidogroup.com

"the clearing" april press release

The fine ladies and gents of The Clearing, implore you to erase all thoughts of what you think an event should be and embrace a new standard of excellence and exclusivity.
The Clearing is bringing together an international cast of characters to present a new type of event, as it officially presents the first of its “Perfect Limited" nights…

Friday, April 17th, join us as we present the historical first ever meeting between two comrades in music: Hen Boogie & Kissey Asplund.


The musical backbone of the night will be provided by the stalwart cast and crew of musical conductors that The Clearing has been known for: That Girl (Groove Suite), Be Brown (The People), Bluz (The Clearing), and Brigidope (The Amazing Zoo Crew).


Members of the Limited Standard Mixologist Crew will be on hand, live and direct from New York and Parts Unknown to bring together a libations menu unseen in the Bay Area. Led by nightly host, nakeISM, the LSMC will be providing a special set of cocktails through the night: including the mimosa red (a perfect mimosa served over chilled blood orange infused simple syrup) and the dark and stormy night (dark moonshine rum served in ratio over bundaburg ginger beer and a dash of secret essence).


A variety of never mixed in cocktails will be unveiled in celebration of this special night. Expect dope music, dope vibes, and dope people.


This is a limited engagement.
Reserve your space and a chance at charging up you groove and liquid palate by securing presale tickets at: http://theclearing.aidogroup.com