Karizma is one of the most talented and prolific producers out there.

If you ever come see me play--you know this man is heavily in my collection. This gem here is an oldie but a goodie. The material is a little kitsch (being that this piece of music is one of the most overused in filmscores and such) (especially student films). But he pulls it off in a way that feels really mature.

Throwing down....Again

DJing really does make me happy. I love playing the game of what song would sound perfect after this one. I'm really excited about Thursday's party as it is:

• Jordan's bday party
• JOGYO is performing
• We are having a dance-off for a free T-Qualizer shirt (Shirt that lights up to the beat of the music) (Thank You LightUpDecal.com)
• And US! (Residents Krunk Pony, E¢K$, and Robbie Loggia.

Misery Loves Company

New Zealand Man gives HIV to his wife so she will resume having sex with him.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/06/2763270.htm

This Organizational Chart should End All Confusion on the Gay Marriage Debate

Amazing infographic touching on all the key points being thrown around in the debate.

Tiger Woods CG reenactment!

Chinese news station does computer generated reenactment of the Tiger Woods Scenario.

Ok so everybody is talking about this mixtape. Pretty cool on the hip hop tip. Defintitely worth a download/listen...

By the way I also Looooove the Cleveland show.

Download: Mick Boogie & Terry Urban Present Chip Tha Ripper - The Cleveland Show.zip

The Tip :: Dec 3rd 2009 :: Episode IV

Tappin' with Calvin Booker: I love percussion. And I love dance. Mix the two and you got tap. Dancing since the age of four, Calvin (from the SugarHill Artist Jams) is an original member of the 'Young Hoofers', two-time award winner at Showtime at the Appollo and performed in the off-broadway production of Fela. Catch an intimate performance with him at midnight. Watch performance here: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=127580787754&subj=46301476

Get in my Cadillac Photoshoot: Take a pic in our installation.

And as always, residents Krunk Pony, Robbie Loggia, and E¢k$ bring you a sexy funksploitation of jams that are made for dancing.

10 – 11 two-for-one drinks. $3 PBR all night.

RSVP HERE!!!

Hit Me on My Twitter

At my job Porter Novelli (I also designed the website) we recently had Biz Stone come in and have a personal Q&A with us. I got to brush up on my drawing chops and I designed this poster for this event. He was really personable and did not take himself too seriously. After everything though--I still don't see how the business model of Twitter works.

Twitter has invaded pop culture and it wasn't going to be long before someone made a song about it--or perhaps several people would make a song about it.

Here are a few that stood out to me.

Jooce - Hit me on My Twitter:
I saw the video shoot for this one at mug lounge NYC. I was DJing next and they went Waaay over their time slot. There was all underage girls and they were taking crumpled up one dollar bills and making it rain in the shot. It was funny to see them keep picking it up and reusing it

C Teezy - Hit Me on My Twitter:
I think this one actually ripped one U-terns track directly. They just slowed it down and put a new snare over it. Classy Rip bro. This is the original track. See Disco Sizzurp on his playlist. He is also one of my favorite producers and he owns Beat Street Records.

Mistah F.A.B. - Hit Me on Twitter
Possibly the best sounding one. Even though he sounds almost exactly like T-Pain. In fact it almost sounds like Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain - Blame It. This song is a guilty pleasure for me when I'm getting ready in my room.

J-Eye - Follow Me (Twitter Song)
Not bad. Good harmonies

I'm barely on Twitter. I don't really use it much.

Designing your Fitness

I've always struggled with finding ways to get fit that also work with my hectic lifestyle. I used to have an $80 per month gym membership a the New York Sports Club and that didn't work out for me because:

• I hated spending that $80 per month.
• I'm a bit shy about working out.
• Every time I got in the zone I was interrupted by one of the personal trainers who wanted to sell me one of their overpriced one-on-one packages under the guise of wanting to help me out with my workout.
• Although the showers appeared clean I was still icked out.
• The whole process of packing a gym bag and going to the gym seemed to take up so much time.

I've also tried other ways to stay fit but each had their share of woes.

• I could never seem to make it to my intramural volley ball games.
• Running made my shins hurt.
• I'm too much of a hedonist to diet.

Recently I've found a new tool to help me out that I love love love. I'm doing these downloaded audio podcasts from yogadownload.com. There are a lot to choose from with a wide range of difficulty and durations. They are also the right price at $1 - $5. Way better than what I was spending at the gym. They also have a nicely designed website which counts alot for me.

I like em blasting off my computer speakers but you could also put them on your ipod. Some of the poses are a bit confusing for me but the classes also come with pdfs of the poses in order. This helps but i think it would have been even better to integrate these into the class and have it like a movie. They should try editing some together with the pose guide.

Try their free trial class 20 Minutes of Power.

My favorite classes from them:

• 8 Minute Abs I don't have time to mess around I need to hit the goods fast.
• Dawnelles Hip Opening Flow #2 Shes got a super sexy voice and it focuses on spreading your legs wider. Not too bad for the love life.

Speaking of working out. I recently designed some flyers with tear offs for a personal trainer in Park Slope. I did this under the creative Direction of TankIndustries who also had previously designed their nice logo. See pics below. Click to view larger.






This was fun to do. The bottom part tears off and become like a business card style thing. The client was awesome and even allowed for a little 'white space'. They are super happy and these rack cards represent their fun energetic outlook and even fit in a regular envelope so they can mail them to prospective or defunct clients.

Soul Finger Sam

Fortunately I was invited to play with SoulFinger Sam next week at an art inspired party called family affair in Clinton Hill.