Ana Mandara in North Beach

so some of you may have heard of ana mandara over in North Beach... A new French, Vietnamese restaurant. Here's some pictures I snapped from my new phone there the other night.

One picture is of the bar and the other is the buddha on the wall.
The whole establishment is gorgeous with a wonderful courtyard off of the bar. The menu is both fabulous and pricey. But in my opinion wholly worth it.

Blausthaus featuring Steve Bug of Poker Flat Recordings

Here's a pic of Steve Bug of Poker Flat Recordings DJing during the wee hours of this AM for those of you who missed it.

Steve did a 3-hour set (yes... 3... i danced for three hours straight... don't believe me? ask him yo'self).

I tried to take mostly pictures sans flash as I didn't want to blind him... It's a courtesy thing. Enjoy!

Space Cadet Slightly Less Spaced... Only Slightly

So I'm going through my record collection trying to decide what to move where...

I live in an apt with what is actually a decently generously-sized kitchen.... Until my technics, studio computer, mixing board, etc, etc, etc moved in. Did I mention my record collection and camping supplies???

Anywho, I'm going through my collection and trying to figure out what goes where... What gets moved to the other room...

And that's when I noticed something. I have a sh*T load of schtuffs from: a) Poker Flat Recordings, b) Steve Bug, and c) Dan Berkson and James What. It's no wonder I had a fabulous time last weekend. And I bet I have a fabulous time tonight, too!

And right now I'm ordering a whole bunch more from all of those artists off of Juno.

Sweet and lovely Musik! You gotta love it. Dark, sexy, deep tech house delicious.

Save the DATE!!!! 27 September 2008

we are throwing a PAR-TAY!!!!!

Yo' azz will be a-groovin' all night long. it's time to step up your work-out regimen.

-xoxoxo

Listen Up Kidz!!!

So Steve Bug of Poker Flat Recordings (yes... THAT Poker Flat) is in town for tonight @ Mighty! For those of you who aren't familiar with the rad freaky deepy Tech House delicioso tracks of Poker Flat... it's time you were.

Poker Flat Recordings is just one of the best labels out there. For real.

For those of you who missed the phenomenal set of other Poker Flat artists, Dan Berkson and James What... here's your chance @ redemption!

See you there!!!

I can't resist

So I'm finally going through my scuba pictures from the end of April... Last night and this AM and I guess until it's done... So I'm NOT going to give you the rad pictures just yet...

not til I'm done categorizing them but ....

but i can't resist giving you this one little itty, bitty sneak preview... this pic is sehr cool in it's clarity

Reasons why San Francisco is rad???!!!

Well, DUH! Like 5 zillion. Not the least of which is sunset parties. Especially one where Dan Berkson and James What from Poker Flat Recordings are playing at live. Free outdoor parties @ Stafford Lake.

See for yourself:

Dan OH MY GOD Berkson and James W-h-a-t WHAT!!!???

to all you suckas who didn't reply to my invite to go the Sunset Party this past Sunday Afternoon... well all I have to say is you LOSE SUCKAS!

It was the best set I've seen all year... Just about. Maybe completely! Well, this year's not over yet so we'll see.... Up there in the top 2 at LEAST. YOWSA folks. I had no room left on my media card but here's some 33 seconds of Dan in an ethereal lovely key riff... Enjoy.

For those not privy to the 4-1-1... These gentlemen are in da' hiz-zouse on one of my favourite freaky-deakey deep tech house labels... Poker Flat Recordings.

I just dug in my bag and I have four pieces of vinyl in my bag from Poker Flat... My bag is my active play list. I said 4!

W-e-r-d. POKER FLAT PPL. Most rad. 'Nuff said.

CD Release: Enter the Borg

Enter the Borg was recorded in my studio @ Zenomena Recordings in
San Francisco. This set is an exploration of a very specific
sub-genres of Deep Tech House with an emphasis on the
"Tech" in Tech House. I hope you enjoy it! 

This set is available in several formats. This set is
available as a zip archive to promote downloading all the tracks in one
click at both 320kbps and 128kbps fidelity as well as in one track
in both 320 kbps and 128kbps fidelity.

High fidelity [approx. 155.1 megs]: Enter the Borg

Low fidelity [approx. 72.5 megs]: Enter the Borg

Single Track mp3 320kbps [approx. 183.6]: Enter the Borg

Single Track mp3 128kbps [approx. 73.5 megs]: Enter the Borg

Announcing: Enter the Borg

Right now I'm in the midst of tracking the newly-recorded CD: Enter the Borg... spawned from the off-handed remark by one of my DJ partners... Trev who said...

"You know I really like it when you just really grind the Tech House".

That got me wondering in my mind... "Hey... What *would* happen if I just grinded the sh*T out of the Tech House??? If I just took all my most out-there/interesting/raddest tracks and made them together into a 20-layer sandwich??? HMMMM????!!!"

So now we have a new CD. Enter the Borg! I'm so excited about this one... more than any other... I love it!

Announcing: Enter the Borg

My new CD. I think the title is quite self-explanatory...

A Sad Good Bye to Bernie Mac

One of the first things I heard on the news this AM (i listen to it daily first thing as I'm waking up every morning) is that Bernie Mac died. He's only 50!!!! Apparently it was from complications caused by pneumonia.

I don't even have a TV but I have seen the Bernie Mac show and I loved it... He was wicked talented... I remember him from Ocean's Eleven... I haven't seen Ocean's Twelve yet... I'm way behind on movies...

What a bummer... We'll miss you Bernie! So sad!

A Little Slice of Heavan

One of the Best parts of staying up all night dancing with yo' friends is seeing the sunrise...

Here's a shot of the Saturday AM sunrise in Boom Boom Woods. Enjoy:

A Note to You Denim Manufacturers

I was talking to an Italian (from Italy... NOT an Italian-American) last night... He has several tattoos, a mohawk... and is roughly my height... more or less. He let me in on how difficult it is to shop here in the US...

A paraphrase from my friend G... You know... It's impossible to find a good pair of jeans here in the US! They are all baggy... What are you supposed to do when you have a good azz and you need to show it off???

I'm shopping in the girl's section now!

DUDE!!!

Please denim manufacturers...

WILL YOU HELP A POOR BROTHER OUT??!!!!

hee hee hee hee hee hee

Happy Friday people.

-xoxooooxxxxx

Some Still Movie Exports from Boom Boom Woods Part Deux

I'm still processing the videos and pictures but for now I present these... (drum roll puh-leez...)

Look Ma! I'm On You Tube Continues....

Situation Busy as HECK

If you're wondering where I am right now it's cuz I'm working seriously hard. The only reason I have time to blog is because sh*t's taking FOREVER to download via my company's VPN and I'm too tired from running this evening and then NOT eating dinner to actually get up from my bed to fill this stinkin' drink glass. Yes, I've resorted to working in bed now.

I actually don't *have* to be working quite this way... But I think my life will get a lot easier after I finish building out this prototype and I would rather have the end of the week be more relaxing. So I'm front-loading my week.

Coming up this weekend is Boom Boom Woods - Part Deux (pronounced DUH). When I go up to the woods I want to feel good turning my brain to the completely off position and relaxing the HECK out of myself.

Here's a tip. If you're reading this blog wondering what the heck has happened to me cuz you haven't seen me in forever... You should call. Because if we don't hang out before German class starts up later in August... You can forget about it. I won't be coming up for air until 4 December when class is over.

'Nough Said.

Sunday in the City: Frida Kahlo Exhibit @ SF MOMA

Yesterday I went on a longer fabulous trail run in the Marin Headlands and it was fabulous! I experienced several minutes of runner nirvana whilst barrelling down the Miwok Trail through the clouds/wind/mist/fog almost completely unable to stop.

Then I headed over to meet a buddy @ SF MOMA to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit. It was fabulous! We both did love the MOMA-website-featured Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (Autorretrato con collar de espinas y colibrí), 1940 but other things seriously caught my eye...

The look of fear/vulnerability in the picture she called Ugly Self-Portrait.... The racey/extraordinary/wonderful nature of the 1933 tone of the My Nurse and I, the way she potrayed her mother as the proud matriach... even down to the sleeves on her costume as she leered out from the painting @ you.

What kills me is the way she saw herself. She was strikingly beautiful... yet in all of her self potraits what we see is an ever-present hint of a moustache that almost didn't even exist in real laugh and super-exaggerated eye brows. And then we see her partner... Diego Rivera.

Diego who she most surely probably thought was quite attractive. I don't find him attractive in the slightest. But she most certainly must have thought he was. This man's extraordinary artistic talent transformed his physical appearance in her eyes... And her lack of respect for herself also transformed her version of her own physical appearance in the opposite manner.

Now *that's* deep.

I'll stop there in order to allow you to reflect on that. It's a brain full.

Boom Boom Woods: It's Alive... Mwahhahaha

What happens when you take a tremendous community of friends, a six-foot disc ball, a rad sound system, and a beautiful campsite out in the woods???!!! Why Boom Boom Woods, of course!!! Well, DUH PEOPLE!

And I finally got around to building out the photos/vids gallery @ Boom Boom Woods .org. You can enter the gallery here: Photos/Video Gallery

Puh-leez :-)

My buddy is first generation italian born in America and he has this bottle of hot sauce in his house.... I'll let you be the judge: