New York Ho!

So I'm going to be on a plane for The City in about 8 hours. I'm stoked. Like a flame. Check out this tilt-shift of NYC:

I'm sure the whole week will be filled with much mayhem and much exploration of a place that I've been but never fully seen. After I finish with this post I'm going to write all of the non-MICEFA people that are there just cause some of them I haven't seen in a really long time and would like to. Like Soph, for example.

But now my mind is cluttered. And so is this poor writing. I don't know what I even want to write. Oh! I sent a check for my apartment in Vail today. Hopefully they get it before someone else signs on to the place. I think it's the best place. They have possible covered parking and I would be able to walk to work if I wanted to. If not, the bus comes Right there. It's a pretty sick place. And my old man has agreed to pay for the rent until I can find someone I like to fill the second room. Which is awesome cause I can pick the person I would like to live with for a year so I don't end up with a weirdo or dirtbag or something. Hopefully it works out.

I can't find the full song of this song:

Track 15 - DJ Ghetto's Ageday mix I got at Global.

I've searched everything I feel and nothing has come up. I Shazamed it on my phone, googled it, youtubed it with all the different keywords and everything. No results. And it's driving me mad cause it's so pop-y and electro...and I like it. Plus...this chick is singing to me. So if you can come up with anything Please tell me. Thanks in advance.


Until I figure it out, I have a few jams that are completely stuck in my domepiece:

First it's Santi. I mean it doesn't take alot from her anyway but Benny Blanco has simply massacred this beat. It will send shivers. Trust me. It's just SOOOO short. Which sucks. But it's still very much worth your download.

I'm A Lady (Benny Blanco Remix) - Santogold


Second it's a track Marc sent me a while back that, after careful consideration, is a near perfect song. It's absolutely incredible. Again, I can't say enough about RCRDLBL. They really do find some gems. Her voice matches the building drums that creep on you and hold on tight. Another chill-sender. Get it.

Cosmic Love (Short Club Remix) - Florence and the Machines


Third, we have good ol' Imogen in all her Heap of weird named glory. (Get it??) It's a pretty awesome tune as well. Kinda fits the beautiful uneasiness that the other two have as well. "You know you're better than this..."

Headlock (FiSK Remix) - Imogen Heap

(Edit - I just watched the video for Headlock and much more of the original cae through in the remix than I thought. Chicka kills it on the production of her stuff. FiSK didn't have far to go to make it excellent.)


So those should hold you for a week. Well, they probably won't but there's nothing I can do about it.



BONUS
Something more upbeat. I think I like this remix the best...
Steppin' Up (Nacey Remix) - M.I.A.
or maybe you'd prefer dis dubsteppin' riddim...
Steppin' Up (Jiza Remix) - M.I.A.

Come to Life

Alcohol does strange things to people. As I even better know from this past 5-day marathon.

I'm not even sure what to say, honestly. I've learned alot of things about people that I never expected to know...or for that matter, never expected to hear. Some of it's been great, some of the other stuff has been good. I don't feel like learning about people in any way is ever not positive. But when you get drunken friendliness which turns into drunken openness, it can also open doors that lead to drunken ambition (which, admittedly, can be good and bad). That is enjoyable but most of the time not healthy. I've found that out.

As I've said, the weekend was fun. Don't get me wrong. But those types of poison lead to certain sentiments that can startle, mystify, confuse, nauseate, and possibly even crush whatever that thing is in your stomach that senses what you're feeling is. Can is not necessarily does. Sometimes you can find somebody that shows you a part of yourself that you didn't know. Sometimes you show somebody something they didn't know either. It's a good thing to have happen in either circumstance, because like I said, learning is the key to life. At least that's how I see it.

For example, one night of my 5-day marathon, I was told some of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Not all true, but still, kinda cool to know that someone thinks that, even if it may have been for a purpose.
Then last night, at the stadium oddly enough, I met someone who needed to hear that she was beautiful, cool, kind, and whatever else I said after I had more than I had planned on having (thanks to everyone who tried to kill me with the free shots). She had written herself off because she was 31. She felt that she had lost something with "growing old." I wasn't going to let her end it with that thought so I told her exactly what I thought. Which, I like to think, was spot on. I feel like when you're working at a place like that, you get hit on but never get to hear anything that is said for being honest's sake. Maybe it was just her mood last night, but some people need a hand to get out of a hole that their mind has created for themselves. Regardless, as I told a good friend tonight, standing there talking to her was the best I felt all weekend. When you happen to see someone's eyes change from a protective glaze to a grace-touched gaze, you've seen a very small part of the best of them.
I like that last line.
Regardless, I want to see what our interaction is the next time I go to quench my thirst.


Now for the music:


This one is dedicated to Ms. Chacon. It has a level of emotion in it that, though not rivaling yours, is quite splendid.

Waves Of Change (Kaskade Extended Remix) - Samantha James



This next one is one that I've had for a long time, but haven't listened to since I first got it. It was never a favorite so when all my ratings got deleted in iTunes, I didn't re-find it again for a while. I like it's energy. I like it's complexity. Hope you will too.

Gil (MAVS Bicycle Chase Remix) - Fitout



Last one is a deeper track. It's downtempo, moody, and easily understood. I like it. You will too.

Change of Heart (Robyn's Rakamonie Remix) - El Perro Del Mar





Come and Feel the Sun

Birthday Party

Get this and play it tonight. I will. I only wanted to do one take, so I did. Accept it's terrible inadequacies in a few places. But also enjoy. It hits pretty hard in some spots. Your mind might melt with the bass from Motherf#ck@ by Greg Nice. It is HEAVY. So without further ado:


Birthday Mix 22



I can email you the tracklist if you want. But I don't want to give away any of my secrets on here.

btw, it's a huge file since it's an hour long.

Jus Turrible

I thought I was going to do better at keeping this consistent. Guess that didn't pan out like I had hoped.

This describes what my bike makes me feel:


I hadn't really been paying attention to the Rcrdlbl stuff that I always have been recieving, but there is some great stuff to be found on there. It's 2 songs a day so I will guarantee that you'll find at least one real gem a week: here.

You'll have to forgive the oldness of the music. I've been sitting on these for minimum 2 weeks. So you might already have them if you've been perusing other sites.



The first one of this post goes out to Rabah down in LA. Hope you're living well gurl...

Falling In Love With Brazil (Kaskade Mashup) - Haley vs. Deadmau5

This is a well constructed mash of two good things. And you will like it if you like either original tune.



The next one is hip-hopopotomous! It's a good I don't care what you think party song. For those nights when you don't cur what them folks be talkin. The original is bunk so don't worry about getting it. This beat is way way hotter.

Fuck You Money (Feat. Chip Tha Ripper_Emynd Remix) - Stranger Day



For something completely different you should check this one out. It's got my mom's stamp of approval. She is currently diggin Gaga so she liked this one. I do too, no doubt. It's a faster, darker (in some spots), and masterly cut and pasted track. Rusko is SO crisp on the production. Shout out to all my rusko fans. ;)

Alejandro (Rusko's Papuseria Remix) - Lady Gaga


I've been thinking alot about how stuff has turned out for me in my life recently. I wonder what I would be like if I didn't have a strangle-hold on my parents' cash. At 22 I feel real guilty about that.
I've also been thinking about all the potential somethings that haven't worked out. Whether they be completely out of my control or mostly up to me, I don't know if, looking back, I woulda done anything much differenty. Financially not making anything happen has been a great decision. My soul is always bugging me about it, but it's nothing some solid realism can't fix. I think it'll be really interesting what I make of that in the future. I don't see myself having any room for it, but you never know. People have always told me you'll find time for something great.

I think I'll hold off on a bonus tonight. Make yall wait.
Oh but before I forget, here's the youtube song:

Like A G6 - Fareast Movement

Stressful

...would describe my thursday evening. R.I.P. to Todd's beautiful forehead. Bienvenue to Todd looking like an ogre. Just playin', but seriously...

A song Kaskade didn't play last night unfortunately:


I don't even know how to describe global. It was a mind melt. Complete sensory overload. I've never seen so many beautiful girls in one place. The music was fantastic. I'd like to go back right now despite my arm fatigue. Paul Van Dyk really was the cause of that. He was dropping the heaviest beats that you could only really fist-pump to. His set was fairly mediocre in my opinion. This is rambled garbage. Sorry. I just really don't know how to describe how much that was worth 73 bux. Let's do a more storyline-based approach:

So we got to the parking lot at about 6. This was after I had spent an hour-long chunk of the afternoon sketchedly trying to find some mali for kyle's friends....which was stressful...cause i don't know how to ask/talk about drugs...and i don't know what the correct price is or anything. I didn't end up finding any.
Okay, so we get to the parking lot and crack open a few beers. And by a few I mean a large few. Kyle had probably 8, I had 5 cause I needed to be sure I would be straight to drive by 1:30 (I was sober by 11), Tom and John had probably 4 each cause they were going to get molecular, and Jason had 4 really strong jack and gingers (He was plastered). So we get inside at 8:30 after figuring out how to re-cap waterbottles full of vodka rather than water. Shout out to the guys in the car next to us who hooked it up with one of those caps. We didn't know who was playing on the main-stage and so we headed up to the top part because Morgan Page was going to play at 9. We got bouncing around and then Morgan Page came on and blew minds. He played the beltek remix of Fight For You, and I was completely satisfied. He did the Deadmau5 remix of Longest Road as we were looking for Kyle who had left with 3 really good looking girls. We bounced out of there and headed down to see Kaskade...who played Don't Stop Dancing as we were walking down....awesome. He then proceeded to slay the crowd with beautiful sounds. He played the dirtiest remixes of Steppin' Out, Fire In Your New Shoes, some song that sounded like Karina Chavez (who sang Show Me Love for Mobin Master) was singing, and the Adam K & Soha remix of 4am. There were others that I didn't record on my phone. Pretty sure he played a remix I hadn't heard of I Remember too. Anyway, Epic. I think I'll put 4am on the fbook. The sound is kinda splatty but not as bad as some of the other ones I recorded. Paul Van Dyk came on after that and was pretty good. But most of his tracks were really deep. He did play that John O'Callahan track Find Yourself. That was the best one in his set. So after the concert we just drove back home and had a few more beers and listened to our favorites on Kyle's bangin stereo. I got back to my house and just wanted to stay up listening and listening. Strange how intoxicating fabricated sounds can be...

If you didn't get the memo, all of those songs listed are links. So get those if you don't have them.

I have one more song to add on here before I go. I got a kinda dubstep remix of the Swedish Pop song Something I Can Dance To by Alpha Beat called DJ (DYM Dubstep Remix). Then two days later Tucker was playing a remix of the same song. But more poppy. Here it is:

Something I Can Dance To - The Knocks


Talk to youz guyz later.


BONUS
Since I have it as the first song, here's Waves of Change

Disenchanted.

Before I apologize, go down to the bottom and click play on the youtube video. Big ups to Joe. Didn't even know about this track. But it's catchy and the video is absurd. Absurd. Now to apologize.


Sorry Sorry Sorry.

This has been the longest time I haven't put anything up. I'll try to be more consistent. I was finishing school up, back in Dallas, moving, continuing my last class, and having a better excuse than any of that....sike. My bad.

Let's just call it a hiatus.

I actually haven't even been keeping up with new jams since the end of the snowboarding season (the end of my weekly party bus trips up to Breck with G-money, K-blizzy, R-steezy, myself, and a few others. I just got disenchanted...à la titre.

But! I have some jams regardless. Some of them are old for the blogosphere, uh, sphere... but you'll like them regardless. Trust me on that.


First off...hum. Lets start out with a song that Todd has been playing non-stop for the last month. It's a J. Cole jam. I'll be honest, I know nothing about this dude with the exception that he is somewhat affiliated with Drake. I don't care to do any research anyway. I'll just wait until he blows up and somebody plays it at a party and I hear it and look it up. So without further ado:

Higher - J. Cole



Next up... alright lets go a mix of some electronic production and a famous wayne beat. JJ is a swedish duo (and everyone loves the swedes, right) who doesn't have a myspace or any other type of website. A very few know what these chicks look like. Sick. I feel like that's a pretty romantic way of putting your art out. So check this one out. It's as mysterious as the band themselves.

My Way - JJ



And for the third-time's-the-charm song... This is the easiest thing to post since Don't Stop Dancing by Kaskade (who consequently I am seeing Saturday at Global). I was singing this outloud last night walking back from the light rail I took home from the Thrice concert. Funny enough I was jamming out when 'someone I told I would give the song to' got dropped off at her apartment. Wow I just got butterflies. We'll say it was due to the end of My Way. Still a funny coinkeedink. I don't like some of his stuff, but this is super poppy and it's a great jam (despite it's lyrics that kill it on an unrequited love tip). Kinda wish I was going Friday night to see him and the mouse. But alas, 83 more fig neutons and a bunch of friends that will be hopped up on all kinds of retarded shit doesn't sound like a good use of my money and time. If nobody was going, I mighta bought that ticket anyway. Jeeze, I'm rambling. Here's the song.

Hold On ft. Amber Coffman (of the Dirty Projectors) - Rusko

You should also check out the video he made for it here. Cool tour documentation.



Here's the youtube video I was talking about. Watch it. Oh, damn I can't embed it. Then watch it here.
Here's Rusko's video instead:


The thrice concert melted my mind. I put a photo of their set list on facebook. Check it out. I lost my voice on Silhouette. And closing on To Awake and Avenge the Dead??? I sounded like I had smoked 5 packs by the time I got home. That was the first Thrice song I had ever heard. The break down is absurd.

I'm so looking forward to global this weekend. I mean... the line-up is ridiculous. I just haven't decided who i'll see since most of the shows overlap. This'll be a tough one and a group decision. Kyle and Jason will have to put their input in.
But so far it looks like I'll be seeing BT from 6-7, Morgan Page from 9-10, Kaskade from 10-11:30, and Paul Van Dyk from 11:30-close. I would like to see Jes and LA Riots though so it might go one of those directions as well. Regardless, my mind will be in complete overload for the whole time. I'm excited. I'll probably roll there like I did at Skylab... No-Doz homies. "No drugs or alcohol so I can get the signal clear." I know y'all know that line.

So enjoy that music. I'll be back again soon. If not before Sunday, at least by then.

Peace

Done With School...Kinda

Unlike the rest of you, with the exception of Todd and Tucker, I'm not done with school until August. But really, it's better that way. I don't want to walk across the stage twice with crutches. No way no how.

Regardless, I've finished my French Nouvelle and I'm really happy. I think I did okay on the other tests. But I really don't care that much. I'm meeting with a guy tomorrow after my doctor's appointment to talk about my summer job. I'm excited about that. Hopefully he won't low-ball me on the payment. We'll see.

MUSIC!

Shad kills it. Don't Sleep!!

Here's the best summer song ever. Since it's actually the summer now, you should be listening to summer jams. So without further ado:

Wild - Shad



Next is a tune that I hold close to my heart. Oh wait, I've only had this for a week and a half. It feels like a classic jam that dust off every summer for my summer feel good parties. Regardless, it will make you feel good and will probably become one of your iPod's hot tracks. Just a prediction.

Garden Friends (Kissy Sellout Remix) - The Aston Shuffle



Give this one 45 seconds before you decide you don't like it. It really reminded me of Mariah's Emotions. But just if that had come out in 97 instead of 91. Kid Sis puts it down. I could probably rollerskate to this one. Great for the summer:

Carte Blanche ft. Kid Sister: Do! Do! Do! - A-Trak
You can get the whole mixtape on his myspace.




This is another good one. It feels like Shwayze coulda made an original track like this. It just sounds good. And I loved Say Ahh when it came out...who am I kidding. I still love it. I sing to this literally everytime I hear it. Everytime.

Trey-dio Departmentz (Trey Songz vs The Radio Dept.) - The Hood Internet
THI will be in Denver on friday at the Larimer Lounge. Unfortunately, I won't be there because I can't stand that long without passing out. Thanks ankle.


I guess that's a good way to end it.
Later Gators!

Oh. for a bonus... I'll send you to something I already posted. Worse It Gets (RAC Remix) I love this for happy sunny days.


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Update. I just hobbled back over a half mile from this party i was at. All my friends were there. It sucked because I wouda had a fantastic time if it were 3 weeks ago or 3 weeks from now. I couldn't have fun sitting down or on crutches. So over it.

Also....here's where I rant.... I've recently been looking for a lady. No surprise right? Well kinda. I'm still not sure if I'd be good for a relationship, but i'm willing to give it a go. You only live once, right?
Anyway, why does there seem like there is nobody around that fits all of these descriptions:
a) doesn't do drugs frequently (I don't know what it is, but i'm FUCKing sketched out by blow. just how it is. And i'd like somebody who was preferably not about that.)
b) hasn't recently been fucked up by their ex boyfriend or isn't still dealing with something that happened a long time ago by seeing a therapist. (It's not that I'm insensitive, it's that i can't relate to that shit at all. I've never been through something like that. And with the stuff that I do deal with, I deal with it.)
c) isn't a fucking flake. Don't hot and cold me. That's lame. I hope never to do that to somebody else. I don't give hints where hints are not due....so don't do it to me.

All that being said, yes, I will probably die alone at 65 being exactly the same person I am now, but at least I'm honest with myself.

This song is incredible. Listen to it. Teenage Crime (JLNB edit) - Adrian Lux

Sorry about the drought.

It's not that I dont have music to share. It's not that at all. I have alot of it that I feel everyone who likes aural pleasures should get to enjoy. I have just been really uninterested in posting stuff...and i've been quite busy.

Lets start with this:
I found this this morning and was jamming it almost all day in my head. I want the album.

If you've been following recent events, you know that I recently sprained my ankle so hard that Rajon Rondo himself would be proud. (He's been breaking ankles frequently in the post season.) The pain was really intoxicating the first 4 days but it's settled down now. Unfortunately, I had a glass of whiskey yesterday and it made my leg start throbbing. So i'm going to assume that alcohol is bad for the intense bruising that has colored my foot yellow, green, red, and purple. That being said, I will not be participating in many celebratory measures this weekend. I guess that's for the best though. Exams are calling my name.


Hum... what to start with?
How about the fun GlassCandy type vibes of Rainbow Arabia. This song is fun. It will make you smile. I guarantee it.

Holiday In Congo - Rainbow Arabia


Next, lets go with something real rad and kinda less fun but at least as good. I really like this song even though I admit to not knowing about it until I saw the Hype Skateboards am promo I recently threw on facebook. This is really alternative music at its best if you ask me...and you did ask me. Because the lyrics are rather incomprehensible at first, second, or third listen, you can find them here.

Hit The Wall - Brendan Canning (of the Broken Social Scene)


I would like to now take a break to say how dissapointed I was with the May Days concert this evening. If anyone reading this goes to DU, I'm telling you that you're going to be hardpressed to get a better show than the RJD2 hour and 45 minute marathon two years ago. That was incredible. And now, DUPB has decided that they will get a headliner that isn't even the one they advertised and call it good when that headliner starts a few minutes late and ends 20 minutes early. I have heard that Shiny Toy Guns puts on a good show. But I certainly wouldn't know it based on their DJ side-project HybriDigital. In fact, I'm not even going to post a link. Thats how dissapointed I am of their slacker-ass performance. Way to kill the vibe you greedy ass-clowns. And DUPB, next time advertise that it's not actually going to be the band but their side-project that won't play any recognizable tunes. Thanks for ruining my last May Days.


Moving on, I would like to post something that will blow your mind. It is ridiculously crunk. And it is by the one, the only, Tum Tum and the rest of the crew of DSR. I got this mixtape and it was hard for me to not re-injure myself getting retardedly crunk. Enjoi.

Out Wreck Us - Tum Tum


For the last one, I would like to point you in the direction of my blogger friend White Folks Get Crunk. The hood internet mash-up of Trey Songz' "Say Ahh" with some rock band that I haven't heard of is rad. Almost as rad as the Rad Anthem. I want to party with Jack from Jack in the Box. Real Talk. So go Here and download that ho.

I guess that about raps that up.

Wait a sec, I'll post this one too. It's been a favorite song for background noise while writing papers as of late. It's kinda a deep cut, but I really like it's easy-going trancy chill vibe. Do work to this, or not. Your call. It's a keeper.

No More, Anymore! (Toes In The Sand Digital) Elusive Remix - Matthew Adams

LATER!


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Morning Edit.

I've been awake now longer than the total time I've slept in the past two days. And it's 7:32 am. What's up with this sleeping pattern? I'm tired but not that tired. I feel like i should be dead at this point but i'm just really in a deep thinking mood. Unfortunately, since i'm mentally fatigued, my deep thinking isn't leading anywhere. I've been listening to Thursday all morning though. I've gone through all of Full Collapse, War All The Time, & most of A City By The Light Divided at this point. I remember why I liked Thursday so much. They write stuff that makes you think. Thanks boys for being with me before most of the city is awake.
Asleep In The Chapel & Telegraph Avenue Kiss - Thursday