Monday, February 28, 2011
i'm sorry baby, you were the sun and moon to me.
i'll never get over you, you'll never get over me.
Can't believe I missed A&B at Fluxx in San Diego, and in Vegas!!! I pray to God A&B will play sometime when I come back. This track is simply amazing.
life is funny.
Life always seems to throw some unexpected curve balls at you. When you least expect something, or when something good finally comes your way it never seems to matter because the timing is always wrong.
I guess if something is meant to be, it'll work out in the end right? Let's hope it's the stars for me.
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Some thoughts on China:
Shanghai so far is fun! It's an interesting city composed of contrast of modernity and tradition. This is seen most in their architecture and buildings. On the same street you can have modern, sophisticated buildings, as well as traditional Chinese buildings. Street food is good, but I definitely love Taiwanese street food more. People don't use soap to wash their hands. All the plazas for shopping look the same and confuse me so I can't tell which is which. Clubs have no cover, and they have live entertainment featuring men dancing in thongs or cross-dressing. I got a fever already, one week into the program.
People here love Starbucks, KFC, and Coldstones. Go America.
This is going to be an interesting semester.
Enjoy: All pics of Shanghai + One pic of my lovers from home. Miss you guys! :(
I guess if something is meant to be, it'll work out in the end right? Let's hope it's the stars for me.
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Some thoughts on China:
Shanghai so far is fun! It's an interesting city composed of contrast of modernity and tradition. This is seen most in their architecture and buildings. On the same street you can have modern, sophisticated buildings, as well as traditional Chinese buildings. Street food is good, but I definitely love Taiwanese street food more. People don't use soap to wash their hands. All the plazas for shopping look the same and confuse me so I can't tell which is which. Clubs have no cover, and they have live entertainment featuring men dancing in thongs or cross-dressing. I got a fever already, one week into the program.
People here love Starbucks, KFC, and Coldstones. Go America.
This is going to be an interesting semester.
Enjoy: All pics of Shanghai + One pic of my lovers from home. Miss you guys! :(
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
sweet talk
Excellent track from Kito.
Hip, Australian, and Edgy. Loveeee her.
Female Djs!!! They give me hope. What a dope gig.
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Another noteworthy female: Sofi.
Saw this girl perform live at Voyeur in San Diego. I would have pictorial evidence had I not stupidly lost my Blackberry Curve. RIP Curve. Tough chick, super cute voice. Don't mess. Really good live performance, and great energy.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
save me
Amazing track from Chinese-Taiwanese DJ Shogun. I was really impressed to find out that he is Asian-American and successfully signed with Armada music. Shogun definitely makes an impression on me. Although his style does remind me a bit of Dash Berlin, you can't deny his clean beats and smooth transitions.
Watch out now.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
i have never felt this way
still obsessed with this song.
I find shelter, in this way
Under cover, hide away
Can you hear, when I say?
I have never felt this way
Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on
Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on
Could I be, was I there?
It felt so crystal in the air
I still want to drown, whenever you leave
Please teach me gently, how to breathe
And I'll cross oceans, like never before
So you can feel the way I feel it too
And I'll mirror images back at you
So you can see the way I feel it too
I find shelter, in this way
Under cover, hide away
Can you hear, when I say?
I have never felt this way
Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on
Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on
Could I be, was I there?
It felt so crystal in the air
I still want to drown, whenever you leave
Please teach me gently, how to breathe
And I'll cross oceans, like never before
So you can feel the way I feel it too
And I'll mirror images back at you
So you can see the way I feel it too
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
on being honest.
me: LOL
youre an asshole
ahhaha
alan: I am, aren't I?
LoL
why are you my friend again? 
me: cuz
i'm an asshole too
possibly a bigger one than u
HAHAH
alan: HAHAHA
glad you admitted to it
before I had to say it
myself LawL
honesty is the best policy.
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New Boyz produced by my lovers, The Cataracs:
Can I be your backseat driver?
youre an asshole
ahhaha
alan: I am, aren't I?
LoL
why are you my friend again? 
me: cuz
i'm an asshole too
possibly a bigger one than u
HAHAH
alan: HAHAHA
glad you admitted to it
before I had to say it
myself LawL
honesty is the best policy.
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New Boyz produced by my lovers, The Cataracs:
Can I be your backseat driver?
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
truth
Here's an essay by music analyst Bob Lefsetz that I read via thehundreds.com. Thanks to Jonathan for sending this to me.
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“Rolling Stone” is afraid to put Deadmau5 on its cover. That space is reserved for Elton John. After all, they’ve got to sell magazines.
I love Elton. Although reading the story he comes off like an old queen who may be sober but is still spreading too much love, like an inebriated college student.
I was in college when Elton broke. I just downloaded his ’74 Christmas show today. You’ve got no idea how good he was. And maybe if we took away all his money and his toys he could be that good again. But I’m not sure, because even if Elton wrote another “Your Song” it wouldn’t be a hit, not without beats underneath and Jay-Z toasting in the middle and Alicia Keys adding background reflections.
You see you play to the mainstream, you buy insurance. There’s too much money involved.
But if you’re young and dumb, if you’re in high school or college, you’re not interested in insurance, you believe you’re going to live forever, you want to surf the zeitgeist. And it’s this tastemaker population that is truly into music, driving the culture forward, not radio, certainly not record labels, certainly not the big promoters figuring out their platinum packages and Ticketmaster kickbacks.
The biggest story in music last year was the Electric Daisy Carnival.
This did not come out of nowhere. Pasquale had been promoting for years. In a territory too dangerous and too marginal for the big boys to care about. But it was Electric Daisy that sold 185,000 tickets at L.A.’s Coliseum. Let me inform you, U2 no longer sells every ticket. But people are clamoring to go hear DJs.
Let’s not talk about the music. Sure, Elton was about melodies and lyrics, but the shows were always about a good time. Getting high with your buddies, watching the parade of people, becoming energized by what came out of the speakers.
Those days are back.
We’re living through a revolution in music. It’s akin to what happened in Tunisia and now Egypt. The public has had enough and the old powers are shocked and won’t let go.
First it was overpriced CDs. The Net gutted that paradigm, allowing you to steal or buy the one track you needed.
Then the Top Forty crumbled. That format might be dominant, but that’s like saying Chi Chi Rodriguez is number one on the Seniors circuit, but he’s not, the leaderboard is peopled by never was duffers and club pros looking for some satisfaction. Tell me why we should care again?
And Electric Daisy triumphed when everybody else was stiffing.
And “Rolling Stone” won’t risk putting Deadmau5 on its cover.
In the days of yore, MOST PEOPLE had no idea who was on “Rolling Stone”‘s cover. When the magazine was making its name. But now it’s complacent and the youngsters don’t care about it.
The Deadmau5 story is almost unreadable. Instead of putting an expert on it, they assigned a no name. If there are facts there, you miss them, because the article’s so poorly written. Remember when the articles cut like butter?
We are living in unbelievably exciting times. Everything’s up for grabs. If you’re making an album for money, give up, almost no one buys one. Even the vaunted Dr. Dre’s release will probably stiff, be this year’s “Chinese Democracy”.
Because you can no longer shoot for the stars. You’ve got to be grass roots baby. You’ve got to care about your audience. You’ve got to focus on music. You’ve got to love the lifestyle more than the money.
essay by Bob Lefsetz
by bobbyhundreds
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Damn Lefsetz, spreading musical fervor to the masses! I love this article and Lefsetz' writing style. It's very simple and clean, but with a strong voice that is just so sincere, and exudes the passion that he feels about music, and the EDM revolution.
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“Rolling Stone” is afraid to put Deadmau5 on its cover. That space is reserved for Elton John. After all, they’ve got to sell magazines.
I love Elton. Although reading the story he comes off like an old queen who may be sober but is still spreading too much love, like an inebriated college student.
I was in college when Elton broke. I just downloaded his ’74 Christmas show today. You’ve got no idea how good he was. And maybe if we took away all his money and his toys he could be that good again. But I’m not sure, because even if Elton wrote another “Your Song” it wouldn’t be a hit, not without beats underneath and Jay-Z toasting in the middle and Alicia Keys adding background reflections.
You see you play to the mainstream, you buy insurance. There’s too much money involved.
But if you’re young and dumb, if you’re in high school or college, you’re not interested in insurance, you believe you’re going to live forever, you want to surf the zeitgeist. And it’s this tastemaker population that is truly into music, driving the culture forward, not radio, certainly not record labels, certainly not the big promoters figuring out their platinum packages and Ticketmaster kickbacks.
The biggest story in music last year was the Electric Daisy Carnival.
This did not come out of nowhere. Pasquale had been promoting for years. In a territory too dangerous and too marginal for the big boys to care about. But it was Electric Daisy that sold 185,000 tickets at L.A.’s Coliseum. Let me inform you, U2 no longer sells every ticket. But people are clamoring to go hear DJs.
Let’s not talk about the music. Sure, Elton was about melodies and lyrics, but the shows were always about a good time. Getting high with your buddies, watching the parade of people, becoming energized by what came out of the speakers.
Those days are back.
We’re living through a revolution in music. It’s akin to what happened in Tunisia and now Egypt. The public has had enough and the old powers are shocked and won’t let go.
First it was overpriced CDs. The Net gutted that paradigm, allowing you to steal or buy the one track you needed.
Then the Top Forty crumbled. That format might be dominant, but that’s like saying Chi Chi Rodriguez is number one on the Seniors circuit, but he’s not, the leaderboard is peopled by never was duffers and club pros looking for some satisfaction. Tell me why we should care again?
And Electric Daisy triumphed when everybody else was stiffing.
And “Rolling Stone” won’t risk putting Deadmau5 on its cover.
In the days of yore, MOST PEOPLE had no idea who was on “Rolling Stone”‘s cover. When the magazine was making its name. But now it’s complacent and the youngsters don’t care about it.
The Deadmau5 story is almost unreadable. Instead of putting an expert on it, they assigned a no name. If there are facts there, you miss them, because the article’s so poorly written. Remember when the articles cut like butter?
We are living in unbelievably exciting times. Everything’s up for grabs. If you’re making an album for money, give up, almost no one buys one. Even the vaunted Dr. Dre’s release will probably stiff, be this year’s “Chinese Democracy”.
Because you can no longer shoot for the stars. You’ve got to be grass roots baby. You’ve got to care about your audience. You’ve got to focus on music. You’ve got to love the lifestyle more than the money.
essay by Bob Lefsetz
by bobbyhundreds
-----
Damn Lefsetz, spreading musical fervor to the masses! I love this article and Lefsetz' writing style. It's very simple and clean, but with a strong voice that is just so sincere, and exudes the passion that he feels about music, and the EDM revolution.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
lol
me: if i could relive any day of my life
me: it would be tatw
nehal: TATW350
nehal: ME TOO
nehal: LOL
wowowow
me: it would be tatw
nehal: TATW350
nehal: ME TOO
nehal: LOL
wowowow
Friday, February 4, 2011
thoughts.
I need some substance in my life. This scene is getting old. Same old people, same old things, same games.
What am I doing?
Shanghai, I hope you have something better in store for me.
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some trance for thought.
What am I doing?
Shanghai, I hope you have something better in store for me.
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some trance for thought.
you show the lights
I had a way then losing it all on my own
I had a heart then but the queen has been overthrown
And I'm not sleeping now the dark is too hard to beat
And I'm not keeping now the strength I need to push me
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine It when I'm alone
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
And dreaming when they're gone
'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home
Calling, calling, calling home
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine It when I'm alone
Home
Noises, I play within my head
Touch my own skin and hope that I'm still breathing
And I think back to when my brother and my sister slept
In an unlocked place the only time I feel safe
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine it when I'm alone
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
And dreaming when they're gone
'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home
Calling, calling, calling home
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone
You shine it when I'm alone
Thursday, February 3, 2011
i am yours now, so now i don't ever have to leave
I don't have to leave anymore
What I have is right here
Spend my nights and days before
Searching the world for what's right here
Underneath and unexplored
Islands and cities I have looked
Here I saw
Something I couldn't over look
I am yours now
So now I don't ever have to leave
I've been found out
So now I'll never explore
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
nothing but blue skies.
I used to hate on dubstep, but this kind is actually tolerable. I like it
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the name says it all
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