another camp out on the way

yesterday we had our public launch @ work. and now i am frantically running around trying to get out of town to a camp out. great beats under the stars is the *only* way to fly. camp outs are some of my favourite places to play.

as a bonus, some of us are going up thursday night late to hike half-dome friday! w00t.

i'm going at a blistering pace and am looking forward to sitting on my butt soaking up sun next to a pool and waterfalls on saturday.

wow!

thanks for the overwelming positive feedback re: my latest CD. i apologize for the long download times. My hosting service had to cap my downloads as to keep me from ruining service for his other clients.

but thx! luv 'ya.

CD Release: You're a Star [7/7/07]

Heya Peeps!

I have just finished another CD. Yup. Number 7. Lucky number 7 on 7.7.07.

I'm really excited about this one. I have been playing with some amazing DJs who have inspired me. This CD is the by-product. Enjoy!

I have attached a high-fidelity version and a lo-fi version. The standard disclaimer with my website applies. There's very little bandwidth here. Read a 900 page novel while it's downloading and come back. It should be done by then (PS -- my hosting guy warned me that his setup didn't have a lot of bandwidth, so don't blame him). It's not streamed so you need to save this to your hard drive and wait for it to finish (this could be over an hour).

Hi-Fi: You're a Star - 320 mbps

Lo-Fi: You're a Star - 128 mpbs

a quick hello

i am just inundated right now but i feel pretty content. i'm working extremely hard.

i am actually about ready to head into the office for a solid four hours of work. but i'm not bummed about it. i want to complete the database aspect of this project i'm working on before monday. it's going to be pretty awesome when completed and it will relieve some stress on our team.

on top of that i need to take my new CD and put a fade out in to replace the chop off i had to do to put it on CD. i wanted it on CD quickly so i could hear the new CD on a bunch of other stereos. i like to do that before releasing it to make sure the levels aren't jacked. i'm really excited about this CD.

the plan is to have a bunch of copies ready tomorrow before I go to the word of mouth party followed up by a brunch in the east bay with some pretty awesome peeps. i'd post a link for the party but i can't seem to find it and don't have the time to hunt for it. sorry.

just want to say thanks to everyone for making my life a wonderful place to be.

luv 'ya! mwah.

game face

when i'm trying to hear a track i go into the focus zone. i used to play here all the time. what's the problem you ask?

well, your friends waving their hands in front of your face for five minutes... all the while you not noticing... it's extremely rude when someone shows up to a party to hear you play and you don't even notice they are there. i am a lot better about this now.

but i was at a friend's house here so no harm no foul. (see other post about i love my friends)

i love my friends!

Say it with me kids... awwwww shucks.

How Weird Festival, 6 May 2007

So here's a pic from How Weird Festival 2007:

hot friday night leads to hot saturday day

what's my idea of a hot saturday night? i'm sooooo glad you asked! a bunch o' new records and me, myself, and my turntables.

which is a great segue for saturday. i just recorded a cD with said new records. and i'm rearing to go for our beats & bbq in the park.

it's a little cloudy but the weather man says that will clear up by some in the afternoon.

translation: there will be plenty o' sun by the time i'm playing.

so come on out. i'll see you there.

This Saturday [7/7] in Golden Gate Park!!!!

What: Beats in Golden Gate Park
Speedway Meadows Golden Gate Park
approx. 30th & Fulton

DJs: Trev (Boom Boom Woods)
DJ Zenith(Zenomena,Boom Boom Woods)
Kool Karlo
Mo Po
Big Dolla Bill
Victor Vega

When: Sat. 7 July 2007
Noon - ?
Set time is after 3 PM

From LM: DJ Tenda of our Boom Boom Crew

LM - 2007 take 1

we had a wonderful campout. The spot was a spiritual haven. and it couldn't have been with a better group of people. i only was able to take a few pics and shoot a video before filling up my card. sowwy, folks. the fact that i didn't do more means i had a good time.

Here's one of me Saturday night (thanks to H.R.)





It got pretty cold. Thanks a million to the thoughtful friends who brought the fire pits. There were two.








here's RJ (Lo Rise) doing his thang:






and here's a video that will take forever to download. It's not streamed. again, my apologies. Check out T's tricked sh*rt (when asked where he got it, he said... "sorry man, i got the last one")

T. getting it on!

summer is for bad azzz campouts

this coming weekend i will be going with some of my favourite DJs... some of the best in the bay area IMHO and one bad sound system to a schweet camping site near tahoe! i can't wait to go, i can't wait to play, i can't wait to commune with nature. we'll be @ 6500+ feet near a lake.

i love my friends. they got it going on....

morning daze

i'm sitting here this AM procrastinating my morning run by blogging. but i forgive myself for ultimately being later than i want to because i haven't been blogging at all.

i have been getting up btwn 5:30 - 6:30 AM every morning for the last two weeks. even this AM. i had to move my car... san francisco street cleaners keep me working to avoid parking tickets.

i figured i would give myself 1 month of an extra-intense workout regimen to see what i could do to my again body. i can tell that i'm getting stronger but i am also tired *all* the time.

i haven't had the time to get enough sleep and my body seems to be quite sensitive to that these days.

it seems as if i'm more tired from being good than i ever was from being bad.

stay tuned! and please be sure to compliment me when you see me... even if you don't mean it.

woo-h00!

I had a great time last night with Chris, Paul, Stella & company. I wish every Thursday could be like that! It was so much fun. Special thanks to the boys @ El Otro Mundo, Deep Mix FM.com and to Stella. It's not every day that you get wet doggy gooses in your arm pit to help you pick records!

Links for you:

Check out the EOM Sessions

Deep Mix FM.com Deep Mix FM.com

Paul Leath on my space

El Otro Mundo on my space

Stevian on my space


Here's Stella for the curious:

Thurs. [6/14] DJ Zenith on http://deepmixfm.com

I have the honour Thursday of playing on El Otro Mundo's Radio show (the EOM Sessions) on http://deepmixfm.com! I'm honoured. If you haven't heard Christopher and Paul Leath or DJ Stevian, you are missing out! The show goes from 6-10 PM and I start around 8ish.

What: DJ Zenith on EOM Sessions: http://deepmixfm.com

Time: Show: 6-10 PM (Pacific), 9 PM - 1 AM (Eastern)
3 AM - 7 AM (Paris, Netherlands, London, Rome & Remini, IT)

Set Time: 8-10 PM (Pacific), 11 PM - 1 AM (Eastern)
5 AM - 7 AM (Paris, Netherlands, London, Rome & Remini, IT)

Who: DJ Zenith & El Otro Mundo

-xoxo

DJ Z.

according to Chris Rock

guys don't have girl *friends*. they have girls they have slept with and girls they haven't slept with *yet*. i don't buy that but experience tells me that it's probably true in the majority of the cases.

i have a couple of guy friends that i hang out with that keep the fact that we hang out in my apartment discussing life, philosophy, and the freaking weather or whatever from their girlfriends. i feel kinda sad about that.

if the shoe were on the other foot, i wouldn't want that kinda thing being kept from me. if you're dating someone you have to trust them. a relationship with me isn't the same as being hooked up with the po-po you know.

i think by the time a guy has reached his latter 20s... experience has taught him to keep this kind of thing to himself rather than be open and be hassled by his girlfriend.

IMHO, that's a sad testimony to our society.

i would never be the other woman. it's bad karma. and i wouldn't appreciate someone being the "other woman" in my relationship. i try to operate by the old "do unto others as you would have done unto you" addage.

in fact, when my guy friends stray, i tell them to leave me out of it. i never want to be in the position where their partner asks me a question and i'm supposed to lie. i won't do that and i make it clear. it's true.

Dan, I love ya

Don't know which dan this is... i think i must know him (But i'm not sure which dan of the dan's i know this is). so, big love you to all dans that i know!

Dan's play list

righteous beats

saturday night i went to a house party four blocks from my apartment. i heard the best beats i have heard in at least two years. it readjusted my gauge on house music? who did me this favour???!!!

henry r (who also sold me my tables years ago.... tankey henry), lil' kris, trevor, and tony. they threw righteous sets. some others played but i didn't get a chance to hear them. i was stoked to have an opportunity to throw some records with these folks!

the cooky part is the people throwing the party (J. & L.) know a large portion of another friend circle of mine. they remember my ex from christmas eve, his best friend, their girlfriend, coworkers, etc, etc, etc. they were somewhere christmas eve an hour before i was there.

i guess we were going to meet eventually.

my friend circles seem to love to eat themselves.

Tonight! Friday, [3/25] DJ Zenith @ Swig Bar

Tonight, come get your Memorial Day Weekend started with some tasty libations, good beats, and a bad azz sound system. There's no cover. That's right! FREE. FREE.

What: DJ Zenith @ Swig Bar with DJs Toma & N!k

Where: Swig Bar

When: [3/25] 5:30 - 9
7:45ish - 9 (set time)

pre-release stuff

I'm going to master this last CD. I've already started. I'll have the artwork done. Stay tune. I've added a fade at the end (no more brief cut-off endings) and will make the bass more round... among other things. stay tuned.

[3/25] DJ Zenith @ Swig Bar

What: DJ Zenith @ Swig Bar with DJs Toma & N!k

Where: Swig Bar

When: [3/25] 5:30 - 9
7:45ish - 9 (set time)

DJ Zenith @ Swig Bar, Friday 25 May

I'll be joining Toma Ramirez & friends at the Swig Bar this Friday for a happy hour set. Swig Bar is 561 Geary @ Jones. Stay tuned for further dets.

Heading the right direction

People tell me there's no right path or wrong path. OK. We can discuss that another time. I *know* that I'm heading in the right direction, though. One of the symptoms is that my friend groups have all converged upon themselves one more time (this is addressed in another post).

when you're heading the right direction... it's OK when things don't work out... because they weren't meant to. it doesn't phase me.

i'm eating extremely well, exercising like crazy, doing computer work, and am quite happy. Speaking of happy, I'm heading down to Montara for a run in this beautiful 70-80 degree weather. This run boasts beautiful views of the Pacific coast line and serious hill action.

friends, friends, and bad-azz friends

Yesterday my friend circles converged upon themselves one more time.

See if you can follow this. So. Yesterday was the 2007 How Weird Festival. My oldest friend group in San Francisco started with me meeting K.C. at 111 Minna almost 4.5 years ago at Qool (111 Minna's Wednesday night thing). I haven't been to that in about 4 years... FYI.

K.C. has recommended me for many gigs. He's pretty harsh sometimes but always real. He's from New York and I respect real. I can handle it.

So follow this. I met my curly-headed foo foo (a good friend of mine) through this guy I dated last July. One of my good friends, knigget, was hitting on him kinda mercilessly (he's pretty hot people). July guy works in a gay bar so it was not out of line to for my best friend to hope he was gay at least. July guy ended up telling knigget that he was hoping to go out with me instead. Awww. I met curly-headed foo-foo one time when I was hanging out with Mr. July. Curly-headed foo foo and I have been buddies ever 'since.

So a lady-friend I met through curly-headed foo foo is now dating a guy affiliated with my oldest friend group and K.C. She showed up at K.C.'s fat-arse pad yesterday and hung out with us all day. Yay. Additionally, someone I worked with two years ago was also at the party. I spent a good deal of time at her camp at BM 2005.

Yesterday was *so* much fun. I feasted on strawberries, home-made whipped cream, and decent croissant [pretty good for stuff you get here in the states]. The weather couldn't have been better and the mix of people was quite good.

Saturday two weeks ago I had a similar friend-convergence experience. My buddy, R.R. had told me I should meet his buddies cuz they are also DJs and quite good. I show up to the party he invited me to and guess what??? Not only do I know these DJs... I've played with one of them. I had an awesome time.

I feel pretty privileged to be a part of this circle of people. They make this planet a pretty fun place to be.

Delirious

I went with a friend of mine Saturday night to the Kabuki Sundance San Francisco International Film Festival screening of Delirious from director Tom DiCillo. Steve Buscemi was the lead character.

NOTE: I typed Kabuki Sundance because I noticed Kabuki Sundance logos all over the movie posters. I am curious to Kabuki's affiliation with Sundance and thought someone might enlighten me on this one.

It was pretty good. Michael Pitt is this amazingly sweet, good-looking kid who trips and falls into an acting position through association with Steve Buscemi's paparazzi character (Les Galantine). But Les isn't a paparazzi! He's a "licensed, certified professional" [dammit].

Michael is a homeless guy who ends up staying with Steve. He has this knack for fixing stuff. It's notably funny that he fixes showers, bicycles, you name it... everywhere he goes. It's funny because of the reactions he gets from various New Yorkers... (you can imagine). And the music was so purposefully cheezily awful throughout... as fits inline with the theme of the movie... you can't help but laugh heartily.

Alison Lohman's character, Kharma, is to blame for the cheezy music. Elvis Costello has a teensy role. Go Elvis!!

I liked it. You should see it.

NOTE: This showing was sold out at the Kabuki but I went an 1.5 hours beforehand with a good book. The rush line opens up 1 hour before screening. We had tickets easily an hour before the show. Lesson? You can still get into sold-out performances with planning.

picasso exhibit at SF MOMA

yesterday i ventured out on free musuem today to SF MOMA. They have a Picasso exhibit through May 28. The main exhibit displays Picasso's influence on North American art. I love art passionately. However, I didn't get to study it at university at all. So I'm woefully ignorant of what is probably common knowledge to many others.

This exhibition was amazing. What did I learn? Max Weber was the one who purchased a Picasso painting, Still Life (i believe), and brought it to North America. Max had Picasso's first exhibition at his gallery in NYC in 1911.

I learned that I *love* the earlier Jackson Pollock work that was so heavily influenced by Picasso. I believe it was 1946 that Jackson started to get his drip style on. You can see this in his painting Galaxy which is heavily Picasso-influenced.

Picasso influenced Max Weber (we covered that), Arshile Gorky (Armenian born American), ? Graham, Willem De Kooning, Stuart Davis, David Smith, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Jones to name a few. Jasper was the only out of these artists who was established in style and returned to study Picasso in later life.

There was a mini-exhibit on the second floor called, The Hidden Picasso. It featured examinations of a few paintings that had been painted over by another painting. Artists have reused canvases for many reasons over the years.

What did I learn? Well, I learned that Picasso likes his can-can dancers. Werd. If you don't believe me, you are welcome to go see for your bad self. Hee hee.

back to running

i haven't run over a mile in about 1.5 years. in fact, i haven't run longer than five minutes since then. this is ironic considering i spent 17 years running decent distances prior to that. *at least*

i have wondered if walking 15-20 miles/week really did that much for my muscles. i figured my cardiovascular endurance most definitely must be weaker. well, i have my answer now. as a frame of reference... i used to run that much as low-level maintenance running.

yesterday AM i woke up feeling lazy and as if i should just go run four miles. well, i did. just like that. i wasn't breaking land speed records or anything like that. in fact, i saw turtles flying by. *but*. it seemed as if the run was over quickly and i felt strong.

i think i'm going back to my trail racing... probably just 10 km races.

one of the joys of living in northern cali is the amazing trails we have. i love running from rodeo beach up the bobcat trail to the top of the headlands. you turn around to a gorgeous view of the golden gate bridge and north san francisco.

giddy up. i'm getting into shape now.

Today [4/30] DJ Zenith on Throwdown Sound

Today I will be returning to Throwdown Sound for a special set.

What: DJ Zenith on Throwdown Sound

Where: Duh! throwdownsound.com

When: 2-4 PM Pacific Time
             4-6 PM Central Time
             5-7 PM Eastern Time
             11-1 AM Paris, Rome, and Amsterdam

7 books to read and many more...

at a minimum. as i wait for the right job to materialize, i have four (yes four) technical books i'm either reading or finishing. i am focused (as i keep blogging).

i am glad the pressure is temporarily off so i can finish this one book i want to finish. it's only a mere 400 pages of technical sheet.

then there's three books i am in the middle of now: DaVinci Code Decoded by Martin Lunn, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (i'm not ashamed of this at all... i wanna be a wizard), and Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project).

Books I'm meaning to get back to or start in some cases: The Bible, The Qu'uran, Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson, Head Crash (a spoof on Snow Crash which is good even if you haven't read Snow Crash), a Jack Kerouac Biography: On the Road, Fast Food Nation, a reread of the Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and many more....

cycle o' life

workout-eat-study-study-music-read-sleep-rinse-repeat

I am so singularly focused right now

My head hasn't been this clear since at least 1999. You think I'm exaggerating? I'm not.

I went from being pretty upset last week and not wanting to interview to looking forward to the opportunity. I wake up every day feeling happy and cool as a cucumber.

My day(s) consist of the following:

• 1 - 1.5 hours exercise


• 1 - 2 hours of hanging with friends over a coffee or ginger ale. All my friends know I'm a walker freak so sometimes they call me to go for a walk. I call that a two-for-1... Hanging with peeps and getting additional exercise.


• 2 - 3 hours of business


• 5 hours with two specific technologies I'm looking at

And the crazy thing is... I'm really enjoying it! I studied last night until 11:30 and got up at 5:30 to get the ball rolling again.

I had my interest in software architecture renewed this/last week by some awesome friends. One of the top five minds in the business started it... We met three years ago. We had dinner last week.

And it's my friends (as in plural) unrelenting support and belief in me that has made all the difference.

Yes! Of *course* I'm still a DJ. Software is my bread & butter though. I'll be back behind the decks in public soon. Of *course* I play at home all the time. But first thing is first people.

So in conclusion, Ms./Mr. Interviewer... bring it on! I can take it & then some.

Easter post: two out of two

We lived all over. Michigan. The Phillipines. Korea. Southeastern Virginia. Washington, DC. Just to name a few. We always invited the orphans. There was a minimum usually of 10 guests and usually closer to 20.

My parents still have get-togethers. Their chili-con queso at super bowl is well-known. The mushroom swirls at Christmas are epic. And if you decide to eat my dad's chili.. you are on your own brother.

When I used to bring dates to the house... I warned them. Don't do the putt-putt golf contest with the bottle of hennessey. I don't *care* that you're twice daddy's size. He looks so harmless and friendly. He's got the boisterous laugh and the disarming smile. He's irish you fool.

Just as an aside: No, I'm not. He's a step dad. But. Still.

Not one date ever listened. And so. They have a guest bedroom and so it goes.

What's my point again? I never understood why some people say I only want *family* at my holidays. I had an ex who's spoiled little sister took this attitude. Sure I was invited but it was the attitude that was troublesome.

But I've noticed lately that people are frightened over the war and bonding together. I think that is absolutely awesome. Not the part about the war. Of course not.

I think it's awesome that people are realizing what's important. These days I'm giving all my friends a kiss on the cheek hello & good-bye. A well-timed kiss on the cheek goes a long way.

So. Pucker up people.

1 Easter post out of two.

so happy Easter folkses. i am reminded of growing up in the espicopalian (anglican) church. as i was growing up as the daughter of a military officer, i was instilled with these ideas of strict patriotism and loyalty. and there's the golden rule and one of the ten commandments: do unto others as you would have done unto you (sorry if i didn't get it quite right... you get the idea).

and as a loyal and patriotic six year-old... i wanted to carry the amercian flag in church. the american flag went up the aisle on the left and the american flag was always to the right.

well, as you can imagine... my family was the most rambunctious group of three in the church. my brother was always harassing me... he was one year older and always off the height charts and i had to get really creative to get him to stop. then we were running up and down the outside of the pews exploring the wonderful wall-to-ceiling stained glass windows that decorated our church. who could get there fastest? why, the one that ran over the other first. and you had to be cleva.

then we have my six year-older sister discussing how we were both: "sooooooooo immature".

so. when i went and asked the acolyte director to be an acolyte at age six.... he didn't know how to respond. my parents had done their best to discourage me. i didn't know anything about reading between the lines. if my parents had told me straight up not to do it... i *might* not have.

but. the acolyte director thought it would be very unchurchly to say no. he quickly found out (as he has told me since then), that the best thing to do with rowdy youngsters was to put them up front in the acolyte pews and teach them they had to behave. teach them the bible. all of the sudden, the minimum age for acolytes at our church became six.

by the time we returned from our overseas duty, our church had become the center for the acolyte order of Francis & Claire. They rushed me to the ceremony by the bishop. For whaterver reason, you have to become a canterbury by the time you are 18. It's a distinction for life. I kept putting it off. I asked, "why"? The director said because.

I don't regret this decision. It's just that that period in my life was so confusing to me. I was getting pulled in five hundred directions. I was in engineering school in my second year. Anywhosit.

What does a canterbury acolyte do? He/she has fulfilled all the posts. She/he has served the priest directly in communion. Yup, she's carried the flags and the torches. Her job is to preside over the service and fill in at a moment's notice.

I remember one time that I looked over at one of the youngsters. He had started to cry. Under my breath I tried to discern why. His mommy had disappeared from the pew in the middle of service. I had to rush him off to the bathroom so he could see she was OK.

While we were out there, we asked him if he had to go. We took him into the restroom. We made sure he washed his hands. Then it twas back into the service. All very quietly of course. I gave him a big hug for good measure.

What's my point you ask? It's that family is family. Not blood. Family. I live 3000 miles away from my family in the proper since so I've had to create family here. Home is where the heart is. Happy Easter.

Liskov Substitution Principle

I'm reading about it. If you're a software architect, then you need to know and love: http://objectmentor.com .

terry gross and fresh air and george clooney

today i am listening to an interview with george clooney. i couldn't agree more about his idea of the word *liberal*. why is that a bad word??? two words: "karl rove". but seriously. why?

geek out

so. i had a great interview last night. over dinner. i have no expectation to get this job. this man is one of the best and only true architects i have ever met.

he was able to explain inversion of control, how you can use RMI without beans, and many other things. it was fun for me. he would be a tremendous architectural mentor for me. that's what it's about.

the whole interview i could see the gears of his brain turning about how to make the language better... or write another language, or this other language that takes care of threads... why should your engineers worry about threads anyway???

if you don't know what i'm talking about... that's fine.

i feel blessed to have had the privilege. my gutt tells me that i'm heading in the right direction. and that's enough.

Saturday night

i had one of the best saturday nights in a long time. i went on a walk and ran into a friend of mine. we sipped wine and watched movies. i've gotten over the whole bar scene for sure.

life can be weird

i ran in to my ex-s roomie yesterday. then someone mentioned him to me. they said, hey. was glad to finally meet him a month ago. haven't seen him since then. i didn't have the nerve to mention that we broke up so i made up something nice to say about him. then yet another person asked me how he was doing.

life works in strange ways.

another buddy told me how three different people in a 24-hour period mentioned some old cult flick he had to see.

things that make you go hmmmm.

i spent a childhood trying to be in the olympics as an equestrian

so here's some pics i scanned in just for fun.

we got her when she was 17 months old. it's not typical for mares to be utilized in competition but Dom Rossio's Gilda was obviously amazingly talented... Even at 17 months old when we purchased her. I broke/trained her.



Here's a newspaper clipping with Gilda:



Prior to this, I lived in Taegu, Korea and rode a horskie named 007:



And one of the buggers that started it all for me when I was nine was named GT:

Booker T. Jones: Booker T. and the MGs

I listened to an interview on NPR with Booker T. Jones. He was part of the staff band on Stacks Records out of Memphis. He was present at the discoveries of both Otis Redding and Bill Withers. He also worked with Rita Coolidge. I found this picture of when I spent a day hanging out with Rita Coolidge as a kiddie. Enjoy. It's hard work to be this cool. No really. Her drummer is to my left.

By the way, not to short booker t. he's just astoundingly talented. there's so many great tracks that came from him. not to mention he played maybe a zillion instruments.

Gonzales

yo' azzzzz is grazzzz. good riddance.

the rest of us are held responsible for our sins. bush-whack. you be next.

latest and greatest

i have three days or so to decide if i'm sticking with my apt. i have had to have no less than 15 land lord visits in over a year. i am considering moving out to the beach. recently, i was reminded of a previous life in which i wanted to get a masters in physical oceanography. i even had support for the program.

it was with my alma matter... which happens to be in the top 2-3 in the US for this sort of pursuit. however, i couldn't stomach the idea of even 1 more month in southeastern va. i remember to this day driving with my car packed to NOVA cackling with happy laughter the whole way in the midst of a snow storm.

i am in discussions with a company in london as well. they are willing to pay top notch as well as relocation expenses. a london in-person interview wouldn't be too bad either. and it would be great for my DJ career. i would be locked down for two years.

i haven't done any of the blogging from big sur. *yet*. but i will. i have been hiding out from life recently spending most of my days with friends who i adore. their love and support has gotten me through.

look for me to be out gigging again. i have a few irons getting rather toasty in the fire.

Big Sur

I just returned from a remarkable camping and hiking trip to Big Sur. I'll be blogging and putting my pictures up for that soon. I am running a bunch of errands this week, not to mention job interviewing so I am a little swamped at present.

DJing Sat. March 17th

Okay kiddies. Once again it's on!


What: Medb
The Celebration of a Celtic Goddess

When: 17 Mar 07
6 PM - 6 AM
Odd Fellows Hall
195 North Main Street
Sebastopol, CA


DJs: DJ Zenith (Zenomena)
Eric Sharp (Rock It Science)
Malarkey (Optimistic Music)
Chango B (Optimistic Music)
Ninika (Bass Nymph)
Ornette (myhouseyourhouse.net)
JSwift (Humpday Swing)
Miss Julie
Doc Brown
Spanky V.
Jasonian

just a quick note

i wanted everyone to know that i *finally* have my health back. as soon as i got better i started exercising like an insane person... my arms are already cut better than they were. my regimen includes making sure that i eat healthy meals regularly as well as: cycling, yoga, walking tons, and lots of muscle work including both my abs and upper body in all sorts.

look out.

look for me at the goddess party coming up. i will be updating my website either this weekend or monday with the dets...

he didn't believe me

it's funny. i happen to be really good buds with an ex of mine. he said he can't believe what a nice and pretty person i am. he says he wished that more people had my world view. well thanks, hon. i wish more people felt the way you did.

the biggest DJs in the world

when i get an e-mail telling me the biggest dj in the world is coming to town.... i know a) no they're not, b) the person sending the e-mail is an idiot, and c) the show is going to s*ck.

what is the answer exactly?

the reason i named my CD the answer is??? the answer is love. why is their a broken heart on the cover? two reasons: 1) it's two little z logos... i put at least one on every cd. and 2) well, my heart is kinda braccha (in italian)... that's life in the fast lane for ya.

when i get some scratch together and release it officially, it will be much more obvious.

good stuffs

i'm listening to peg right now. yes. the steely dan song. i'm in the local art gallery trying to unfreeze myself. it's funny. i was listening to steely dan when i was 14. some things are just good and pleasant and timeless. i'm sure that i've officially dated myself as an old foagie but that's all right by me.

people just don't get it

love is unselfish. it's not about you. it's about the person you love. and for them it has to be about you, too.

these people are so farked up. if you loved me, you'd buy me that house and the white picket fence. if you loved me, you'd do _____ . that's such shite. any sentence that begins with if you loved me... is generally going to be a tad screwed up to begin with. that's conditional love. people say there's no such thing as unconditional love... they are wrong. in my world there is.

if you love someone.... you set them free. and if they come back to you then it was meant to be. i just did that recently. it ripped my heart out. but i did it. i still love him. hopefully it's all going to work out. that's all i can say right now.

congratulations

as one might expect.... of course on my way to a job interview muni trains screwed and backed up to four in number and i practically had to throw myself in front of a taxi to get there on time. the ride back was as fun. the only train that came in 25 minutes of standing at the embarcadero was one that went by the castro. i could see on the tv screens that nothing else was coming.

so i decided that i hadn't seen a friend in a while and got out at his place of employment. he got promoted. it's well-deserved. i'm happy for him. congrats! and thank you so much for the kind words of support and encouragement! you rock.

then by coincidence i ran into another close friend. he just got a great job. i am so happy for both of them. so i wanted to put a special shout out. they both deserve it.

a personal note

i wanted to say if you and i used to date and we hung out on saturday.... i know i've been hard on you but i still think you're pretty awesome. all of our mutual friends are pretty awesome, too. good luck with your new job. see you soon.

i learn a ton of new things every day

yesterday i completely screwed a phone screen. well, not completely. but there is one question i didn't answer but it was so completely simple. my gutt said they weren't a place for me to work anyway so i am not sweating it too much.

i'm happy for the experience. i spent this AM developing some test software to prove a concept i had in mind and it was good to get my hands dirty.

its the people stuff that constantly schools me. i met a girl last night from montana. i told her what other people told me when i came to town. i have been here over four years. it takes one year for people to even take you seriously. that's because this town is so completely transient.

i'm still learning the game. everyone is super friendly but don't take that to mean anything deep.
and finally. you have to pick and choose your battles. it takes a lot to get me to stand up and fight. but when i do, look out. i'm serious. i'll take it to the mat at all costs.

who's my target you ask? my slum lord. i am using every legal recourse at my disposal to get my slum lords. enough is enough. i have taken more than my fair share of law classes. the tenant's board is there to protect me. i suspect that i will be getting out of next month's rent.

document. document. document.

[3/17] DJing a goddess party

I will be DJing a goddess party complete with party bus on the 17th of March. Stay tuned. Let me know if you want in. It's going to be awesome. A small fee gets you a ride on the bus as well as free entry to the party. The line up will be good.

boyz and their phones

i have dated several men who are horrible with their phones. they either don't have a mobile or don't answer it in a timely fashion. it always ends up the same. eventually something happens and i don't call them to tell them about it.

then it comes out, "why didn't you call me???!!!"

because *you* don't answer your freaking phone. that's why. i don't play that game.

duh.

britney spears is about as dumb as you get

she goes to get a Kaballah tattoo only cuz it's the new hip thing. but she doesn't do her homework... so whoopsie. that's not a Kaballah tattoo at all. whoopsie.

then she starts wearing the white trash t-shirts like... milf in training. classy act, that one.

now she thinks... what can i do that's cool to get attention. oh, i'm gonna pull a sinead. and now the press thinks its a cry for help. ok. i know about the rehab. but still.

it's not. it's a demonstration of extraordinary stupidity.

stop acting surprised. the girl is dumb or as we say in the south, she's dumb as a box of rocks. this shouldn't come as a shock at this point.

and one other thing. who cares if she has a shaved head anyway? seriously. hair grows back. it's kinda amazing like that. i shaved my head when i was 20 and it grew right back. i made money on that bet, too.

i did it/movies

my gay friends are incredibly offended that i haven't watched All About Eve but I have watched Sunset Boulevard. Ok, kidz. I ordered it in Netflix.

Recently I watched Wim Wender's Far Away, So Close. It was really good. It took me a while to watch it but it was really good. I'm told the prequel is even better.

thank goodness

my health is returning! i couldn't figure out what it was... i was drinking bad beer from this one bar. i was sitting talking to my friend B. and he described the symptoms of what sour beer will do and that was exactly what i had.

i had broken out in a rash and several mornings i was waking up and vomiting. i couldn't figure it out. i have great skin, usually. my grandfather's swedish and i'm blessed with some pretty awesome genes.

it was bad beer and a process an establishment was using to clean the tap lines.

that's why my skin would clear up and lo' and behold... a couple of days later it would go bad again. bad beer. as soon as i stopped drinking beer there my rash cleared up and i'm not sick to my stomach regularly anymore.

top 5 ways to get yourself dumped as my recruiter

5) Interrupt me. Your job is to find me a job I want. If you're not listening, you can't possibly do that.

4) Leave a voice mail and mark it urgent. If your client plans so poorly that they will drop over if I don't call you in an hour... then I most definitely don't want to work there. My life would become h*ll.

3) Say my name is Stephen. Your brain is blown by the fact that a woman could actually be in IT so my name must be Stephen. I excuse the French for this faux pas though... Yes, I have heard from Paris. Why? You remove an i from my name and it is Stephen in a french spelling.

2) Call me five times in a day, sometimes once per hour. It's bad phone etiquette. I don't reward harassment.

1) I used to write resumes professionally. I have a very good resume. You are getting a cut off of every hour *I* work (while you are sitting on your lazy butt). The only thing you are actually doing is a) reading my resume and b) passing it off to your client. If you tell me it would be easier that you didn't have to read my resume as in you are that freaking lazy and I should tell you what's in it. *NO* Your contribution is so little already.

The amazing thing is all this is standard common sense and better than that... it's common courtesy. My family came up from the south. You had better never forget your common courtesy. Not if you want to work with me.

special thanks to those i spent valentine's day with

ok. fellow watchers of channel haight. youz guyz are always fun. thanks to C. for complimenting the way i looked although it really *was* a product of a laundry situation double code red. all compliments are cheerfully accepted.

tankey to my one of my best friends from university who texted me a happy valentine's day message first thing to let me know he was thinking about me. tankey! tankey!

that movie was weird & bizarre. we watched a japanese movie. i don't remember the exact name but will look it up. the set design was incredible and my friend's set designer at graduate school was the very same woman who did the set design for the movie. nuff said.

twas fun. twas fun.

my apartment take 2

so, we have my refrigerator having issues. property manager argued with me about whether or not it was working. i clearly demonstrated it wasn't working. he looks kinda bad. i had to redemonstrate the window problem. the shower now finally is back to its semi-original state.

my neighbour still has a problem with the buggies. and it impacts me. i keep my apt pretty clean. i scrub the bathroom every week and sometimes more when i feel compelled. i pick a patch of hardwood floor every week and scrub it down. eventually i make my way through the whole floor.

the only thing i'm guilty of is having four or five stacks of books laying about. i am actually reading all of them. i think by reading them simultaneously, i do better. as i have to get back to the point where i was which includes reviewing pages i have already read. so by the time i actually do finish a book.... i feel as if i understand it. at least on some level.

back to my original post. down with buggies from neighbours, broken refrigerators, broken windows, and slumlords.

sooooo one of those days

the plumbers were supposed to come at 10 AM. this is the second day in a row they were supposed to come at 10. yet the latest installment in my bathroom saga. nothing has *ever* worked in my apartment basically. and in the building for that matter.

the stink hole gets to my apartment finally at 2 PM. and. and. and. when i finally get to get to work, hotmail's server is too dang busy. goody gum drops. seriously. just another day in the life.

new night

well, all my time as a resident fag hag has paid off.

to put it in the phraseology that margaret cho uses:

fag hag: n. two words that are completely offensive separately but mean something beautiful when used together.

i will more than likely be starting a night at the bar of my curly-headed foo foo. that's what i call a two for one. i love the owners. i love the people there. everyone loves my music there and keeps asking... yo yo yo... when you playing out????!!!!

well i'm going to make it easy for you folks and bring the music straight to your earz, and then to your rearz.

guess what? they own three other bars, too. mwahahahhahha

see the evil grin. i see a plot hatching.

i've felt for a long time that there should be more cross-over between DJs dee-jaying in the straight and gay scene.

i did something incredibly dumb

like wait too long to job hunt. but. something incredibly smart i did investment-wise when i lived in DC is saving my stupid butt. nuff said. i'm OK ppl. and not worried. i will be fine again soon and have an important job interview friday.

i also wanted to say happy b-day to teen-bean. TJ. welcome to the sexy women of 33 club. you've earned it.

Recruiters

I just received a form letter from a recruiter telling me I had been scheduled for an interview. We've never met. They told me I had to go to some website to find out what city is when... etc, so forth.

Why would I work with someone who works in such an unprofessional manner? I'm not an animal that needs to be herded. Last time I checked I'm a human being.

leonardo da vinci

all i did yesterday was sit and read and write. i was reading about leonardo da vinci. apparently, he allegedly talked to a pope. presumably pope leo X. he told him he had a dragon in a box. he got the pope good and scared. then he opened the box. out jumps a lizard painted silver with wings taped on it.

ok. not pleasant for said lizard. but. extremely funny you must admit. i love a man with a sense of humour.

throwdownsound.com

yes we had a show yesterday. i didn't get a chance to e-mail. i had a job interview thursday and put all my energy into it. technical interviews can be a challenge. especially when you get 10 years in your career. they can ask you anything. and do....

toshiba lap tops

if you get an offer for a really good deal on a n-used toshiba lap top a30-a35 series. don't. i mean really. don't. i have mine with beefed up RAM and it still stinks. granted, it's 3 years old. but still.

i nuked the entire operating system recently and redid everything and it still stinks. i have no databii installed at present and it *still* sinks.

mad props to DJ Tim B

i met him at the local watering hole the other day. he graciously offered to help me solve a computer problem and did so within 24 hours! w00t.

you can check out his music here: Flywash.com

i've earned some good karma

three weeks ago i had what could quite possibly be one of the most difficult of my existence. several of my friends suffered what i term as seriously egregious tragedies. i don't call that many people to be in my close friend circle... but when you get there, i will bend over backwards to help. and i absolutely refuse to turn a back on a friend in need. ever.

i can't really put up what we went through on the internet. even in general terms... i have too much respect for my friend's privacy.

so yesterday i was talking to a recruiter. he asked me why i want to do contracts. i told him about new orleans and how i want to have the flexibility to go back. how i like to have the time to visit my parents on the east coast every so often. how they aren't getting any younger.

we had this long talk about a blind society. one free of discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender, color, religion, you name it. two great things happened: 1: he's proactively submitting me to a GLBT magazine, and 2) they offered to put me on their health care plan and PTO package as a contractor. that's so rare!

why is 1) great? most of my friends are either gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender. why you ask? so many people are so hung up on sexuality. we're taught it's bad. well i don't believe that. it's healthy. most of my GLBT friends aren't. i can have real dialogues with them about things like sex and it's not taboo. i find them to be way more in touch with themselves. at least my friends are.

so to be able to work at a place where i can do something to help promote GLBT rights and/or awareness is exciting.

i also have another interview this afternoon.

wish me luck.

finally

i was kinda dumb-founded during the presidential address that more people didn't jump on the health care tax thing. i was happy to hear a scathing address from jim hightower this morning regarding the idiotic idea.

ok. tax the middle class who have "gold-plated" policies. what a great idea. no wait, you said you wouldn't raise taxes. whoopsie. but i thought you were an honest guy. *NOT*

and then let's have the poor people who typically have more health problems *buy* a policy. whoopsie.

guess what. in 2003 i had an annual check up on a surgery i had had over 1 year prior. My cobra ran out. I was paying $396/month for said cobra.

kaiser said because i had been to the doctor in the six months prior, that i was uninsurable. come back in a month. i guess bush-whack hasn't had to deal with any real world medical scenarios.

now i'm paying $166.10/month for catastrophic insurance. which means if you have anything up to $2500 it's on you. they negotiate what they like to call discounts for me. well. one time they saved me a whole $25. too bad the rest of the tab was $227.12.

he wants to knock out the middle class. that's his main objective. it's getting more to a dictatorship every minute. he thinks he's getting line item veto. what i think he deserves is closer to the impeachment area.

Clam Win

A friend of mine insists it's the best antivirus software out there. and it's free. my main beef with it is that it takes four hours longer than norton. i have to leave my lap top on for six hours for it to complete. which isn't practical.

especially since my first power cord for this lap top caught on fire. yes, fire. thank god i was home. i started to smell something and looked down and caught the fire before it burned my carpet, my home, and most importantly... my dj equipment.

but the price is right.

rejection

when i see a guy is going to ask me out and i'm not interested... i do everything in my power to try to discourage. tactics include ranting about my ex and what he means to be non-stop.

trust me. if i am romantically interested in you... ex-schmex. seriously.

or looking in other directions. or ignoring you.

i guess it's cuz this stuff normally happens in bars... booze clouts the guys judgement.

why? why do i do this? two reasons:

1) a lot of guys mistake my *interest* in talking as a romantic interest. i like talking. i freely admit it.

i'm interested in what makes people tick i'm interested in other individual's experiences and learning from them. it's too bad that a lot of men (not all) don't see anything valuable in a woman outside of dating.

that having been typed.... i have a lot of really wonderful (and yes straight) male friends who don't behave in this way.

2) grudges. seriously. there's a guy that asked me out four years ago and is now living with her. he still makes nasty remarks to me every time i see him. yes, he's a jack arse. and i wish he was an exception to the rule.

just as a heads up... if a girl likes you... you don't have to try to pin her down to kiss her. you don't have to lie. you can just be yourself and it works out just fine.

people. i don't date a lot. i just don't. i don't take people home from parties that i don't know. it's not safe and the idea doesn't appeal to me. i don't pick up boyz in bars. i'm not frigid. just picky.

i don't hook up with boyz i just met on the first night.

sorry. don't take it personally.

yes i have mellowed

but i'm more resolute than ever.

one of my two best friends from university called me friday night to tell me how much he & his wife were living vicariously through me. to say they admired my gutsy choices. it was badly needed support at an opportune moment.

just so everyone knows where i've disappeared off to... i *have* to finish these articles. *have to*.

i'm making a regular rotation of my friends. a wonderful friend of mine suffered a serious tragedy and i want to be there for her. it's the right thing to do. and a lot of people i know are suffering in serious ways. i have the best friends in the universe so naturally i'd do anything for them.

and i'm exercising a boat load while i can and have the time to. i'm about ready to go back to work again and i want to cherish the opportunities i have while i have them.

give me a call! you have my digits.

technical difficulties...erp

for those of you who don't know, we had technical difficulties again last week. the only consolation prize for me is that i drove. i weigh 120 pounds. records weigh about 50. you do the math. it's freaking heavy. even with wheelie-ma-bobbers... getting the records up and down stairs and such without bludgeoning myself is an art form in and of itself.

[2/2] on http://throwdownsound.com

Thanks so much for your well wishes. I battled a stomach flu/cold off & on for two weeks. I was a tad on the skinny side there. Fortunately I just have cold remnants now. I have stocked my fridge with good food and am eating healthy once again.

I'm ready to play again. I will be playing with some new sound styles today and breaking out some seriously old skool sheet. Like, stuff from when I was born... 16 years ago ;-).

So....


What: DJ Zenith on http://throwdownsound.com

Where: I repeat: http://throwdownsound.com

When: 12 January, 3 - 5 PM PT --> West Coast
6 - 8 PM ET --> East Coast
12 AM - 2 AM Paris, Amsterdam, Remini

PS -- Just so you know. There's usually no one there before me. So if you get on before 3 and I'm not there, it's cuz we haven't started, yet. In this case, the player will shut down on you. Typically, I've been on before three but not always.

back to work darnit

if you wonder where i am, this week i have put my computer dork hat on again. i'm busily reading up on technology updates that came about while in new orleans and deepening my knowledge of technologies i have been using for years.

nuff said.

back to dee grind.

no show today

i always feel so foot loose and fancy free when i put on my track shoes and shorts when it's sunny. i've been known to leap small buildings in a single bound. no really.

so it's no surprise that as i stepped out the door yesterday for a six-mile walk, lunch with friends, hair appt, etc & so forth that i felt just gorgeous.

however. on the way back up the hill on haight street an ugly cold snap and yucky wind stepped in.

i woke up with an nasty cold/sneeze combo.

a phone screen for a job also popped up.

i'm going to hold up here in the hood with a big sweater and some cough medicine.

i have plans tonight so maybe i will feel better in time.

see you next week.

bush, get with the program

if you want to be entertained... kind of mystery science theatre 3000 - style.... watch the presidential state of the union address in a gay bar. i couldn't believe the people turned to that game rather than watching the fifteen-minute rebuttal by jim webb. i rushed home in a cab to the local watering hole and requested my handsome resident bar keep to turn one of the 20 TVs to the rebuttal.

i offered to work the remote control. his response??? ummm, no. boyz and remote controls. what can you do??!!!

Zodiac Death Valley

will be playing Cafe Du Nord on 30 January featuring my curly-headed foo foo. He's been an awesome friend to me and darn fun to hang out with. Here they are on my space: http://www.myspace.com/zodiacdeathvalley

Get it while it's hot.

what a heck of a game

afc championship???!!! anyone? anyone?

wow. now that's what i'm talking about it.

i watched it with some of the coolest peeps in the universe. haight crew... luv' ya. mwah.

ucky stomach bug

i had an ugly bout with a stomach bug. but i'm incapable of sleeping all day. it hit me mid-set friday when i got to go back & forth to the bathroom. ugh.

i had to pull the plug on myself mid-set.

sorry bout that.

[1/19] on http://throwdownsound.com

sorry for the technical difficulties last week but sheet happens. now we're back. i've been assured. i called ahead. i had my people call their people.

What: DJ Zenith on http://throwdownsound.com

Where: I repeat: http://throwdownsound.com

When: 12 January, 3 - 5 PM PT --> West Coast
6 - 8 PM ET --> East Coast
12 AM - 2 AM Paris, Amsterdam, Remini

Just so you know. There's usually no one there before me. So if you get on before 3 and I'm not there, it's cuz we haven't started, yet. In this
case, the player will shut down on you. Typically, I've been on before
three but not always.

drug violence in the middle haight

yesterday @ somewhere between 4 and 5 PM three cowards walked up to another man. this was haight street at masonic. the other man wasn't very tall. the tallest said get him and the two men started beating the crap out of the other guy. the bicycle cops came so quickly. i don't know where they came from.

i'm walking back to meet my friend and some jack arse is saying "f* the pigs."

i was so angry. i was happy they were there. police are doing a job. and it's not an easy one. it's not fair to say all police are bad. somebody has to watch out for us.

i turned to him and said, "dude. not cool. they just saved this guy's life over there."

a couple of people stopped to listen in. then this guy starts telling some story which i could tell was going to end up in violence.

i said, "i don't like violence."

one of the on lookers said, "i don't like violence either."

guy keeps going on with his story. i said, "seriously, i don't like violence. i don't like stories of violence."

he kept going with his story.

he stopped the story and walked on.

my friends and i had this discussion. why is the violence escalating? san francisco is now in double digits for murders. why?

republicans eliminate the middle class. they are taking money away from people. people are desperate.

i was listening to howard zen yesterday. he is truly inspirational. he talks of how our founding fathers were 55 rich white guys who didn't have our better interests at heart. yes, they made things more democratic. but precious few got to vote. translation: white boyz got to vote. african americans were disenfranchised with poll tests. and to heck with women.

these men in power don't have our better interests at heart. we don't even have two parties.

apathy is killing us.

as howard explains it (i'm paraphrasing so forgive me howard): the US is a train going on a direction. you are on the train if you live here. to be apathetic is to trust someone else to drive your train. do you trust these people?

this is me, not howard speaking... i don't trust those yo-yos. "h*llz no."

someone should be able to work 40 hours a week and feed themselves and pay rent. period. the fact that a lot of people *do* work 40 hours a week and can't pay rent is despicable. what does that say?

it's a world economy. poverty escalates violence. if you think iraq won't affect you or poverty won't affect you, you would be mistaken.

san francisco isn't safe anymore. i'm bummed about that. i don't feel safe here anymore.

has anyone noticed???

it's unbelieveable how bad microsoft word 2000 is at just simple things like doing an article with text. seriously. i've been trying to finish these articles for over a week and the main obstacle is word. granted. i could upgrade. why would i though when this version is so unbelievably bad?

oh. let's not forget the part where hte operating system starts defragging itself in idle mode. and then takes over your puter and doesn't give it back? that's a charming functionality. god forbid i get up and use the toilet or something insane like that.

down with word. miscrosoft, i seriously hate your product. and i mean that. down to the man. power to the people.

lowest common denominator

the realm of acceptable ways to treat your fellow man is really sinking.

back in the day... someone's house burned down, we'd all gather together and take a day and rebuild it. period. it didn't matter if was the crazy family down the street or the guy you liked.

you would just do it.

if every human did one random act of generosity per day, we'd be so set. think about it.

[1/12] on http://throwdownsound.com

I've been given the show. Every Friday. Last Friday was awesome. There was even webcam action.

Just so you know. There's usually no one there before me. So if you get on
before 3 and I'm not there, it's cuz we haven't started, yet. In this
case, the player will shut down on you. Typically, I've been on before
three but not always.

What: DJ Zenith on http://throwdownsound.com

Where: I repeat: http://throwdownsound.com

When: 12 January, 3 - 5 PM PT --> West Coast
6 - 8 PM ET --> East Coast
12 AM - 2 AM Paris, Amsterdam, Remini

what have i been up to?

i'm writing new orleans articles to submit to the new orleans time picayune. i've been offered an inside contact. it took me over an hour to get photoshop installed on this lap top. i don't know if it was on crack or what. most annoying. i'm glad i finally got it installed. adding photos to the pdf is a big part of it.

holey flash back batman

today on my space a friend from university who i gave a back stage pass to for willie nelson (don't blinking ask. i'm *still* bummed i didn't get to meet him.

how cool

crippled servers

thx for downloading the CD and waiting patiently! five thousand people were trying to get it simultaneously so it took some people 14 hours to download it. sowwy.

i will be moving my website this month to a higher bandwidth provider. the provider i currently have isn't set up to do this kind of bandwidth and has advised me as much on several occasions.

so thx. it should be getting easier to download progressively.

you tube man.

dude. once again jason gives us a ringer.

Spiders on Drugs

CD Release [1/1/07] The Answer Is

At last! My new CD is ready: The Answer Is

It's every incantation of the word love: longing, yearning, spurning, breaking up, and getting back together.

thx!

thx so much to everyone who came out on my b-day! i want to give a special thanks to Nate, Chris, and Celso for making it memorable.

thx to everyone at stompy/sunset. i'm posting the new cd today.

NYE @ Sugar, Happy B-day to Me!!

Happy B-day to Me! Come start your evening off with me spinning at Sugar from 9 Pm - 2 AM. My b-day starts at midnight, kidz. Only two shopping days left.

What: DJ Zenith @ Sugar

Where: Sugar, 377 Hayes @ Gough

When: 9 PM - 2 AM, 31 December 2006

Cost: Free!!!

[12/29] Throwdown Sound, Friday

What: DJ Zenith on throwdownsound.com

Where: I repeat: http://throwdownsound.com

When: 29 December, 3 - 5 PM PT --> West Coast
6 - 8 PM ET --> East Coast
12 AM - 2 AM Paris, Amsterdam, Remini

tankey delfose!!!

one of the awesome things about DJing is the cute & talented boyz i get to DJ with.

oh. speaking of which: mad props to Leonard @ In House and Delfose aka Justin Cucciare

holy earthquake batman

last night i was minding my own bizness when this earthquake shook my apartment like a see-saw. seriously. i ran into my studio. my monitors are on crapp-o stands. anyway. they didn't even move. i didn't hear them move. i think my apt. must be on a good space.

Throwdownsound.com and 2 New CDs

Greetings Earthlings

So! I'm back from NOLA in 1 piece no less. I'm stoked about the holiday season. I tried to bah-humbug it but these friendly San Franciscans have beaten me into co-ercion. By the way, you have 8 I repeat 8 shopping days until my b-day on
1 January. You are cordially invited to join me at the Green Gorilla Lounge underground on New Year's Eve and also the annual trip to Stompy at Cafe Cocomo on New Year's Day. If you don't join me, at least do a drinkey poo in my general direction.

Today I will be jamming it hard on Throwdownsound.com. I will be kept company by the very awesome Leonard at In House Records and more records than a girl could wish for. Ever. Hint: Records make great birthday gifts people. Hint Hint: I repeat, records make great b-day gifts people. Ahem.

PS: All the boys at In House, Zen City, & Tweekin Records know my tastes if you don't. Call me if you need the addresses.

What: DJ Zenith on throwdownsound.com

Where: I repeat: http://throwdownsound.com

When: 3 - 5 PM.

2 NEW CDS

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The local watering hole has been playing my latest CD like 8 times on a Saturday. Sheet. I don't even like it that much. They requested I record a new one. I'm resurrecting my last project: The Answer Is.... The new project is: Please Talk Sh*t

I won't be able to get to my new sound card until tomorrow. And tomorrow is super-holiday party time. So. Early next week. I'll let you know.

the decent proposal

today i'm working on a proposal to run the music at the local watering hole. yes, i am. the irony is now that i actually am trying to get work done... i have the same cough that everyone else in the hood seems to have.

tanky 20 degree plummet in weather. at least it's sunny. that's a positive.

say it with me people, show me the money.

where the h*ck have i been???

i'm overwhelmed with new orleans. i feel a large obligation to report responsibly. i've continued interviewing people here. the information is overwhelming.

i don't want to hurt anyone. i do, however, want to tell the truth.

i'll be getting it together soon. i just started working on the photographs. i nuked my computer and had to reload a bunch of software including the photoshop stuff.

so, it's on it's way. stay tuned.