R.I.P. DJ AM

This is really a sad year for music as another great musician passes away. Not much to say with words. We must remember what he gave to the world and celebrate his life. Amazing turntablist and party rocker, he inspires a generation.

Haven’t had the pleasure of hearing him play? Here’s one of his flawless, thoughtful, and maddeningly creative live mixes:
DJ AM live set from Banana Split 07 LA

His mixtape with Travis Barker
download.

Sad sad sad……

Diggers with Gratitude……

I just designed the flyer for my homey DJ Kon’s fundraiser(and i’m also playing it)

In case you didn’t know already, every Boston DJ’s favorite DJ has been in and out of the hospital and unable to play his gigs for the last few weeks. Since Kon DJs for a living NO GIGS = NO INCOME!! A few of us have already donated money from gigs to
Kon, but now it’s time for everyone to step up for a great DJ and an even better friend…

$10 SUGGESTED DONATION

EVERY PENNY GOES TO KON + you get to hear Kon
inspired music from Amir, Supreme One, 7L, Ms Thang, Gucci Vuiton & Soul Clap!!!

If you cannot attend or want to donate more money you can send via paypal to djmsthang@gmail.com

Some Masterful Kon mixes here.

Just added :::: Amir from Waxpoetics/ Kon& Amir/ King of digging
Event info here

Our homies Flavorheard just released a fresh mix – download here - filled with afro-latin funk. They also did a 12″ release of some tracks available here:

Whiskey Barons 12″ for purchase

And here’s a freebie for you that reminds me of some Mark Ronson edit…

etta james – 7 day fool (whiskey barons edit)

And tomorrow is a big bike event…..

REG: 1:00PM @ the Fenway Track

RACE: 2:00PM – 6:00PM

BBQ: Columbus Park, South Boston 6:00PM – 9:00PM – FREE with a spokecard, $5 without. ALL YOU CAN EAT (til we run out of course). we will be awarding the prizes for the winners of the race and also holding bicycle-specific side games.

I’ll be DJing the afterparty….

AFTERPARTY: @ Allston Community Darkroom (formerly Blue Zebra) – 119 Braintree Street, Suite 208 in Allston – with DJ Ghostdad/DJ Gucci Vuitton/DJ Mayhem – 9:00PM – ???

Event info here.

Last, Prints of the Rare Rap 12″ poster are going quick – great design by Diggers with Gratitude

Dime magazine recently leaked their list of the top 50 sneaker shops in the world. Click here to see if your favorite shop make the list.

Also, just wanted to shout out the allmighty nike for seeding me with some new prototypes. Keep the heat coming….

Our friend Esteban recently finished a short documentary on Pablo Escobar’s (the 7th richest man in the world in 1989 according to Forbes) personal photographer for VBS. Check it out Below.

Last time I was out in nyc for that g-shock /kanye party, Este took me to an east village speakeasy named cabin to say what’s up to our homey Mike from dead trees who was slinging beers to supermodels before heading out for a couple dates in Brazil.

That was after earlier festivities w/ Greg & Ease of Mishka who run two parties that night…..one with Andy from the Smiths Djing:

and the second one was mad hipstered out w/ 45 people taking photos -even the village voice has a slideshow up- while Darth Bano from Ninjasonik played in the ex-massage parlour known as Happy Endings…..the party was aptly named popping bottles and getting pregnant and marked the release of Darth’s mixtape for Mishka’s rad mix series….you can download here.

Lastly, our friend Meighan writes for Juxtapoz & her own site - My love for you is a stampede of horses

Please vote for her to win the shortlist arts & culture site prize from Dazed & Confused Magazine.
She writes about new artists pretty(as opposed to the same 20 that seem to get all the press in the world) much every day and has an incredible eye and deserves to win. She will also be curating the upcoming October art show at our space – fourth wall project.