Back in the Day.....




Last nights gig on the catamaran was mediocre. Nothing great happening, it was just like a 'passing-cloud'.... something that I do to pass time. What's great about it was, it was like a small reunion among the 'staffers'. Yes it is.

Last night's event was emceed by Justin Mission, backed by his DJ Patrick, and I came in to 'rock-the-boat' (so cliche right!) Well, it was actually a 21st birthday party of a rich-kid. Daddy rented a catamaran for the whole day for her close friends, they got Justin to emcee and me to do the party set. I know what you thinking....... Birthday party of a 21-yr old, for about 30 pax on a catamaran with Justin Mission as emcee??!! Apparently, Daddy didn't spare anything for his only daughter. He wanted the best of the best on her 21st birthday party. Oh, I forgot to mention. There was also an acoustic band, who had to stop after 2 songs during their last set. The band had to make way for........... Yours truly. (ok, I'm an asshole) Not really, maybe I look better than 3 of them.

Anyway, it was fun for us, coz, after so many years, Justin, Najee and myself found ourself together again doing what we use to do many years ago during the mobile disco days. And for the record, nothing much has change since the 'golden days'. Justin's DJ, Patrick, is still one of the best mobile jock to have supported any emcee. As for Justin, some people would argue that the bald-headed-crazy-muthafarker overcharge his services. If you are one of the most sort-after emcees in the region, would you start charging such amount? Furthermore, he works very hard for himself to command the respect and adoration from the corporate people. Nothing wrong with that. If you notice I keep swearing and cursing Justin in this post, it is because that's how we communicate to each other all these while...... since 15 yrs ago or maybe more. That's like, since the Victor Khoo days.

In all, we had a good time despite the ignorants of the birthday girl's friends. For the record, I was engaged to strictly play HOUSE (as requested by the birthday girl). As you would have guessed, that didn't happen. Then again, for a 2-hr gig at $1.2k......... it's all good.

Now, need to get new kicks.

Just got a phonecall.......... it says,

"Please stop what you're doing!! It's ruining our business!! You don't belong here!!"

Err........ what?? What did I do? Selling cheap stuff? Why can't I do that? I have all the products, they're in good condition. What am I gonna do with them? Keep? I have to eat and survive and feed my family. Why are you people stopping me? Are you gonna feed me and my family? Do you have those stuff to sell? NO. Do you know how to sell those stuff? NO. Did you try selling those stuff? NO. Do you want to sell those stuff? NO.

"Then, why can't I do all that??"

Everybody wants to have and sell the hottest product - Pioneer CDJ2000. Go sell la. What about those DJs who deserve their own console according to their budget? Why should we deprive them of such needs? First you people talk about wanting to do for the DJ scene, then, you people overcharge and lie about lots of things just to make a few bucks. Contradicting??

Why do you think that I'm a threat? I may not even last a full year. I'm may just be passing by. These 'lelong' exercise is not gonna make me a millionaire. So, just chillax and let others breathe for a couple of minutes. I'll be gone before you know it.

And by the way, please pay back what you owe. You're a bad paymaster.

CRAZY SALE 'Firmware Update' Version 1.2

Oh well, due to unexpected response and overwhelming request, I had to give away more crazy-deals for the 'underground' DJ scene. 'Underground' because I found out that there are many out there looking for tools to satisfy their music-needs. Mostly don't want to go 'there' anymore and wanting to see something fresh. Thats really refreshing to here.

I guess most of them bedroom-jocks prefer buying from 'real' people, 'real' jocks. I'm glad to have shared my knowledge and experience especially to these people whom I called CRAZY farkers.......... One of them is called Jay, from the Gurkha Contingent.

Jay came to the showroom to see and learnt a thing or two about DJ-ing and it's equipments. We had a good 15mins talk about the art of DJ-ing, then I went to introduce to him the DNS3500. 5 mins into the product intro, Jay stopped me and told me to pack the CD players, and a DNX1500 mixer. SHIT!! I thought he was kidding. I packed the whole console and helped him to the cab.

The moral of the story.......... 'regardless of race, language or religion; so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our SHIETTTTTT!!!!!!!!

And btw, today this lil' girl Vannesa bought the DNS3700 console with DNX300 and DNHP700. Watchout for this girl. I'll make sure she's ready for the bigger console by National Day. (I didn't say which year ah!)

After 10 years of working under the former head honchos of LeisureWorks, Ardan Peddell and Heather Seow, recently I left to explore and conquer my own pastures. Together with me, I brought the experience and knowledge that I gained during my stint with them.

Recently, I had an opportunity to be part of a research team which consists of audio engineers from all over Asia, acoustic engineers, club installers, DJs and magazine critics, comparing, researching some DJ audio products. Actually, there were few other products that we were testing on but one particular product really stood out and attracted the attention of the panel of researchers. Since it was an independant research team, we had the freedom to talk and write about the truth without having any obligation to suck on anyone's balls. At least that was what I was told as the law in that country says so!!

So, here it is....... the comparison between Denon DJ's DNX1700 and Pioneer's DJM800 – internationally-acclaimed club mixer, and the choice of DJs (at least 50%) all over the world. The other 50% are shared by Allen & Heath, Rane, Denon DJ, Ecler, Vestax and many other brands.

I've summarize the findings to make it 'idiot-proof' and easy-to-understand for the masses.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (apart from being a standard DJ mixer)

• The DNX1700 is without a doubt the most versatile and best-sounding 4-channel, fully digital DJ mixer on the planet today.

• World's first professional DJ mixer with Audiophile 32-Bit DAC output. (DAC – Digital-Analog-convertor)

• USB Midi Interface :Controls any DJ software with mapping capabilities on a PC/MAC.

• 24Bit 94kHz USB 2.0 Audio Interface (Soundcard) 4 in/out (Stereo)

• 2 independant Effectors with 12 FX available for each sending channel (EFX Send 1 and 2) EFX includes Echo Loop, Phaser, Beatbreaker

• 3.5 inch TFT colour display with animated easy navigation

• Tradiotional High performance Denon rugged construction with Studio quality components and specifications (Made In Japan)

Other notable points.....

• Matrix input assignments for Line/Phono and selectable USB Audio, Digital Input

• Discrete FET Phono Preamp, discrete Mic circuit, discrete headphone amp

• Independant 3-Band isolator EQ with kills (High-Mid-Low)

• 2-way EFX parameter filter (LPF/HPF)

• 60mm CP studio quality Alps K-Type channel faders and 45mm tension adjustable cross fader, FLEX FADER.

• Dual layer control (Midi and Normal Audio)

• 2 Mic Input with Ducking level control

• Dual Power transformer construction for best possible audio specifications (Digital/Analog sections)

• Extensive Utility menu to customize user settings

• Preset Import/Export function my USB memory device (transport ur user setting to another X1700 mixer)

• Limiter ON/OFF function with adjustable threshold (this fucntion is a favourite for club installers)

FAQ/ Frequently Ask Questions .........

• Is the internal firmware upgradable? Yes, from a thumb drive. Enhacements will be made based on user feedbacks, and release on the web.

• What platforms does it support for USB audio? Windows XP SP2/Vista (ASIO driver provided), Mac OSX 10.5.7

• Will there be an optional rotary knob kit available? There no plans for rotary knob at this time.

• Can I use MIDI capable software? Yes, standard MIDI mapable applications.

COMPETITOR Model (explained) – PIONEER DJM800

• No internal Soundcard

• No USB Midi for DJ software control

• Only 1 FX bank

• No colour display

• No Limiter function

• No Matrix source switching

• No Audio/Midi layer function

• 3-positioned channel contour (Denon DJ has a very detailed VR)

• 45mm channel faders (Denon's 60mm Alps K-series faders and FLEX FADER)

• No channel reverse

• No A/B crossfader cut-adjustment

• No 44.1kHZ Digital Output

• 24 Bit output DAC (Denon – 32 Bit output DAC)

• No EQ kill, No EQ ring illumination

• No headphone EQ

• No dual CUE mode (Solo/Mixed)

• No USB preset data saving

• No Utility Mode

In Summary

With all the advantages and disadvantages between the 2 DJ mixers, it is not in any way that the Pioneer DJM800 is a bad mixer, nor the Denon DJ DNX1700 is an over-the-top mixer. Personally, I don't think that the DNX1700 will take over the club-mixer market. It all depends on each individual club's set-up, concept, genre of music and most importantly, the DJ's preference or knowledge of his or her trade. Just look at the Denon DJ's DNS3700 media player. It has already proven to be the better product than the Pioneer CDJ1000 series and equivalent to the over-priced CDJ2000. Yet, it has remain an outcast for most club DJs. Why?? How about going back to basics. The basics of marketing, product introduction and training to the end-users.

DNS3500 and DNX1500 in action. This whole set is going at SGD$1098 (incl. headphones). Check them out at .............

Embrace Showroom
2 Kallang Pudding Rd
Mactech Industrial Bldg.
#06-14, Singapore
Tel : +65 92990246

*viewing by appointments only........

X'mas came early....??



Don't worry, I'm not opening another DJ shop........ Look at me as another AliBaba or Robin Hood...... furthermore, why deprive them of owning a DJ set?? Whether you can or can't mix, that's really subjective to the listener. In fact, if we're lucky.... we might just find another talent. C'mon..... be positive!! I'm not a competitor. Like I said in FACEBOOK recently......

"DJ-ing is like SEX - Everybody wants to do it, everybody knows how to do it, everybody thinks they're better than anybody and Everbody has something to brag how they did it....!! I rather be the one selling the condoms."

Maybe next month, I'll do promos on handphones....... or Apple stuffs. Watchout......

The above is the 'supposedly' multi-racial music video for the Singapore pavilion at the World Expo. Even the pavilion is shaped like a music box. The message from the Singapore pavilion is to showcase the 'other-side' of Singapore's sub-culture, which is music and arts.

However, I have to agree with some of the netizens regarding the video. This is like telling 'some people'....... YOU FARKERS CAN WIN ALL THE SINGING COMPETITIONS AND SUCH, WE ARE STILL CALLING THE SHOTS, AND CONTROLLING THE BUSINESS. So, there you go.... more singing competition not to find better talents but help the Telco's, broadcasters and in-betweens, becoming instant billionaires. Vote some more la.....

On a different note, I would love to see Wicked Aura Batucada, Kumar, Jive Talking, street performers/artistes and struggling musicians in a 'real-music-video'..... something upbeat, and not sorrowful, emotional melodies. No disrespect to JJ, Steph and Tanya, I'm sure they deserved the accreditation. In fact, I was a fan of Tanya Chua until she traded her cowboy boots with the stilletos.

It would be fun to see a Filipino band singing a Mandarin song at the Pavilion. Then, the pavilion guides and Singapore representatives are all represented by staff from Shanghai and Beijing. No wonder I got stranded at San Fran airport for suspicion of holding a Singapore passport. Apparently, they claimed that I don't look 'Singaporean' to hold that passport.

Btw, to all those involved in the setting up and construction of the Singapore pavilion....... "Job well done!!" - you know who you are.

Is this happening to you.....??


The social networking site Facebook puts its users abreast of the activities of their contacts, but also can be a poison for relationships and, as revealed in a recent study, is increasing jealousy and tensions between their supporters.

According to the department of psychology at the Canadian University of Guelph, Facebook may lead to serious situations of jealousy with his continuous flow of information about what we do, who are friends and what photos appear.

After all, who would not ever wonder why a former boyfriend or girlfriend is among contacts of your partner? Or who is that blond or blond-appearing in a very friendly attitude in the photos of our husband or our wife?

"Facebook allows access to information that would otherwise not agree and this information often lacks context," he told Efe Amy Muise, one of the managers of the study at the University of Guelph.

The social network "is exposing more people to triggers of jealousy," he added.

The study, conducted among several hundred students of which a third were women, showed that social networking site Facebook can lure us into a spiral of distrust.

Thus, a banal comment on the profile of our partner made by a contact of the opposite sex can lead to suspicion and closely monitor their Facebook page ... only to find more information feel even more suspicious and jealous.

"Feelings of insecurity about your partner may cause behaviors inquisitive and Facebook is easy access to this information," said Muise.

In many cases, the "spy" can not even control what appears on their profile or can not quickly enough.

If an ex-boyfriend writes a comment on our wall or label us a photo, it may take some time before we realize it ... enough for your partner first and see what a fight erupts.

Muise says that psychologists and sociologists are beginning to understand how social networks affect personal relationships and cites the case of a woman who discovered that her boyfriend had broken up with her because she changed her Facebook status to "single."

After all, the Internet social networks are a relatively new phenomenon that still somehow we are adjusting.

Although today is already more than 250 million members, social networking site Facebook, for example, was until just three years ago a business network confined to the U.S. academic community.

Today, almost everyone we know are members of the network, including current and past our spouses, our bosses and coworkers and sometimes even our parents.

And so we continue to belong to the club at all costs, even if some masochism in seeing how our virtual cake groom sends his ex for his birthday.

"Facebook has become pervasive, especially among the age group of our study," said Muise. "Therefore, having a presence on the network can be an important aspect of our social life"

"The social networking site Facebook environment normalizes share information about us and access information from others, including our partners. And do not belong to the group may seem socially very risky," he added.

From a different perspective, if your partner would rather spent time with Facebook than yourself, chances are.....

1. you are now un-attractive
2. you are becoming a boring companion
3. Facebook is far more exciting than a human being
4. the computer don't give attitude
5. you don't give enough compliments than other Facebook users
6. Facebook is there 24hrs
7. you don't respond enough to your partner

In other words, don't blame your partner for turning to Facebook. First take a look at yourself and deliberate. Especially when you have more failed relationships than your partner.

The RAPEX .......!!!


The words of a rape victim - "If only I had teeth down there" - have inspired the design of a new anti-rape device. Rapex - dubbed the 'rape trap' - is a product worn internally by women. The hollow inside is lined with rows of razor-sharp hooks, which are designed to latch on to a rapist's penis during penetration. They can only be removed by a doctor.

The product will be on the shelves of South African chemists and supermarkets later this month. South African mother-of-two Sonette Ehlers developed the original prototype in 2005 but has struggled to get it patented and approved for sale, not least because of staunch opposition from feminist groups.

"Vengeful, horrible, and disgusting," was the response from Charlene Smith, one of South Africa's leading anti-rape campaigners. Lisa Vetten, of the Centre of Violence and Reconciliation in Johannesburg, says: "This is like going back to the days when women were forced to wear chastity belts. It is a terrifying thought that women are being made to adapt to rape."

Some also fear that the sudden infliction of pain on the rapist could incite him to even greater violence.

Ehlers, however, is adamant that desperate times call for desperate measures. South Africa has the world's highest rate of sexual assault: a staggering 1.7m women are raped each year. She believes the product, priced at one Rand, will be particularly useful for poorer black women who walk long distances to and from work.

With state intervention frustratingly slow, Ehlers argues this ugly version of empowerment is justified. "I don't hate men," she says. "I have not got revenge in mind. All I am doing is giving women their power back."

If it has teeth, it can also talk.
If IT can talk...... it'll be worst than gettin' bitten!!

Not only that it's good for rape-victims, it would definitely comes in handy for the revenge-ful wives, ex-girlfriends or maybe....... straight guys who goes to GAY clubs and parties, but afraid of being abused.

Maybe someday, there'll be condoms that protect such device........

All these don't work anymore.......??

Few days ago, while I was jammin' on my 'new toys'...... a guy came up to me and started to preach about what DJ-ing is about and how to be good at. He noticed I was 'toying' with the Reloop Digital Jockey controller and claims that it will not help me get anywhere, or feel the 'real thing'. WTF?! What 'real thing'....?? Anything that is real is already safely tucked in my pants....... asshole!!

SGD$800, why not?

This asshole claims that to be a better DJ, I should start playing with real equipments like the CDJ2000s and DJM800s. Seeing me using the Traktor Pro software, he said I should 'convert' to Serato 2.0 as it is 'more stable'... Apparently, he thinks that my 15" Macbook Pro is too big and its a waste of space in the console.



I think this guy got problem with me, no?

For the sake of mankind, I did not debate him nor I disagree with anything he has to say. I spent too much time with such personalities before, hence, I restraint myself from any unnecessary humiliation on his part. If I had to, maybe I would say things like...... errr.......

this mixer for SGD$780, why not?

1. those equipments have no brains, the operator does. It is not gonna teach you to be better, you have to do it yourself. Unless, your brains are in between your balls.

2. no disrespect to Pioneer DJ gears, they are the preferred choice. But I would not want to spend $6k when I can pay $800 and still produce the same effect.

3. "If you use high-end gears, you can get somewhere"...... get where?? If I wanna go anywhere, I'll use my VISA card. In fact, with the Cirle line up, I can use my EZLink card and get anywhere....

4. "the real-thing"..... CDJs? Wanna talk about vinyls, asshole?

5. He thinks Serato is better that Traktor Pro....... because of the sample function and 3-deck capability. That's all....??! Traktor Pro is not better coz it has too many FX, 4-deck capability and many more choices??


What I should say is....... all DJs have different techniques and preferences. If it works, nobody should say if it's wrong or right. Equipments are no difference, some with better financial abilities would splurge on the high-end stuffs. Others, would just make use of what is available. In other words, Can means Can. If you have the skills, anything can work. If you don't, just put iPod and act....... I would also have my preferred set of equipments, but sometimes, isn't it cool to be able to conquer new products and impress people with your abilities? I may not be a DJ, but I sure know how to play like one.



Btw, no need to debate about what kinda output frequency or who has higher frequencies db output levels..... if you're using Mackie SRM450s as your speakers, non of your 'high-end' DJ equipments will make you sound like you're using Kudo, V-Dosch or the GSA systems...... period!!

Looking at the party scene in Singapore, I'm glad that HOUSE music is slowly making its mark again........ especially with the mainstream market. Slowly, good outlets are embracing the genre and letting the mainstream know that it is still there and alive. Those HOUSE parties are getting the respect that it deserve in Singapore.

Unfortunately, I personally thing that a big portion of the punters are still very pretentious. I notice they will only start dancing when they know the DJ or someone else starts dancing. Its like..... "if someone is dancing, that means its a good song. If I start dancing, others may think I'm cool for digging the song..." Apart from that, most of the people who supports these parties are either DJs, former DJs, wanna be DJs, haters (all sorts, not restricting to music & people) and clueless mofos but wanna be cool with the crowd. Another cool thing is, there are more chicks digging HOUSE music...... especially the Malay ones. Due to the understanding of that, they automatically removed the 'Minah' tag that has been dangling on their chest.

What's missing is the support for those 'unidentified' DJs. Some of them are really good but the crowd are not so welcoming...... These guys need support from the senior ones. I remembered back in '96 or '97..... a DJ-turned-flight steward-turned DJ came up to me when I was still a newbie in the club. He said, "Dude, you selections are awesome, but you need to work on the technical part and programming. With a vibe like this, you'll stay in the business for sometime." You really need such support. That guy talking to me was Brendon P. Maybe he was nice to me coz I was the last DJ ever produced by the Juliana's group. Btw, not many people would know Juliana's, thus, they don't care. But if you ever hear our clubs, parties, achievements....... you wouldn't believe that it was all manage from an office in Haw Par Glass Tower.

Moving on, soon, I'm gonna be running a small outlet myself. It will be musically driven with new unknown DJs. I'm sure I'm not gonna make millions out of it, but, someone will benefit from this exercise. While others wanna just talk, let me try and get things started. So, there it is...... we are doing our part, what's yours? Are you ready to EMBRACE again?

Oh wow...... I just realised that I haven't been posting anything for quite a while. Anyway, I just got back from Perth a couple of days ago. Had a blast of a time with friends, family and 'Desperate Housewives' crew...... hah!!

Now that I'm back and still bumping around, i just wanna give you the heads-up of my next project. (take note 'heads-up' is not in anyway refers to giving 'head' to anybody.....)

I am in the midst of setting up a retail shop. Thinking of selling ladies shoes and accessories, streetwear and some hobby stuffs. Apart from that, there are some new productions come up. Things look pretty exciting but finance support is much needed for these exercise. If you have deep pockets and feeling kinda charitable, please call 1900-EMBRACE.

Btw, I'm still baffled by the local TV station for having a badly-dubbed programme on Tuesday nights. If that's not enough..... are they only capable of producing food programmes?? Is that all we need to know? Prominent artistes are only capable of doing food programmes? Are they trying to hide the fact that they lack of acting abilities or lack of ideas for better programmes. Soon, they'll be airing another talkshow...... I just read on their FACEBOOK page, someone wrote..... "Talk is cheap!!" How true.

This is not the reason why I became a DJ back then, and why I practised 5hrs a day just to get the 'chirp scratch' right.

This is the reason why I do what I did......!!! To prevent farkers like him infest, molest and manifest the holy space of real DJs. Sad to say, I wasn't successful. More iPod DJs has just surfaced, and call shifting faders as 'mixing.

The photo above was taken from Sunday's issue of the
Berita Harian (Malay newspaper).

While the whole of Singapore's media has been busy with Jack's rendezvous stories, the local Malay newspaper has a bigger story for its community. It is so big, that it took the whole of the front page with bold colours. Well, they have to be bold. The subjects apparently are bold, loud and proud.

The headline was "PRETTY BOYS"

Yup, I just found out that we have an increasing problems with Malay 'Pretty Boys'. Errr....... problems?? Why got problem? They are boys, pretty, and........?? Do they cause problems? Did they kill young kids? Did they impregnate young girls? Did they rape any 45yr old women? Were they involved in any rioting, gang fights or illegal gatherings? Does these boys go to the DJ console, threaten my DJs to play some crappy Tektonik music so that they can chant their HDB estate?

From what I've seen, these 'Pretty Boys' are guilty of dressing too loud for the public's comfort, spend too much on make-up, always seen with dance crews and yes, sometimes they are just too irritatingly loud. Especially, when they see a good-looking caucasian. Are these people a threat to our community? To our race and culture? Maybe, they can be an embarassment to their families, but, what did they do so great that it is becoming a PROBLEM?

Some of us are born gifted in a certain way. They are are just overly-gifted, maybe because GOD loves them so much and wanted them to see the world in different ways. While some of us snigger and bitch about them, here's a thought.......... are we any different from any of them? Are we any better than them? Before you answer these questions, make a little cut on your wrist. If your blood colour is as red as these Pretty Boys, save your answers for another day.

But, if your blood is purple in colour, do give me a call. I wonder if it taste differently.

Biatch.........

The first time I met this guy was 15years ago. Back then, he was known as Phyerman, a member of OAC. Hip Hop enthusiast, promoter and guerilla. Nowadays, affectionately, known as SKOPE ONE..... master Graffiti artist from Singapore.

On Sunday, Skope was featured on the local Malay newspaper for his achievements in the international scene, especially after his return from Barcelona. From what I heard, he was very much liked and respected for his creativity, talent and humility. Well, that's the international scene. Unlike here at home, people like him are still stuggling to be recognised as artist. Things are definitely much better than decades ago. Some willing parties have openly accept these artistes while others are just trying to cash-in their talents or abuse the good nature of these guys. However, knowing where they came from and them, graduating from the SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS, I guess nothing can pull them any lower than where these guys have been before. To the corporate world who have tried diminishing these artistes, the jokes are on you. The world is watching. While we get up and keep on fighting, you'll just hide behind the corporate bars..... with a plastic heart and empty mind.

SKOPE ONE and the ARTKORE Industry....... I give my utmost respect to you and your crew for sticking by each other, and not letting anyone or anytwo bastardize your beliefs.

Fewiiitttt..................!!!!

Front Page news

Read the digital copy here.

Just in case if you're getting bored with the same 'ol lame magazines that shows the anatomy of the female parts, here's something different for a healthy mind. Especially if you're involved in the industry, this would help with the on-goings. In fact, some marketing personnel should have a glimpse of this magazine too. It's definitely gonna help in getting to know some of the things involve in getting an event done the proper way, and also, how important AV matters is to a success of an event. If you're lucky, you'll get to learn about concepts which we think is acceptable in this current generation. Btw, having a percussionist accompanying a DJ playing to Top 40s music has never been regarded as 'ground-breaking'....... just like a Philipino band singing in Mandarin.

Anyway, if you're gonna read the digital copy of the magazine, don't miss out on page 62-63.

From GOONDUISM to magazines........ next, world domination.......!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHH!!!! (trying to laugh like the Count from Sesame Street)

Not forgetting, I gotta give big props to the Editor (Clarence) and everyone at Spinworks. More articles coming your way, guys.

The Debate goes on and on .............

Vinyl DJs VS CD DJs

CD DJs VS Computer DJs

Pioneer DJs VS Denon DJs (huh??!! Stanton? never heard.)

House DJs VS Hip Hop DJs

Local DJs VS Foreign DJs

Freelance DJs VS Fulltime DJs

Wannabe DJs VS Has-been DJs

Grandma DJ VS iPod DJs

Mac DJs VS PC DJs

Serato DJs VS Traktor DJs

Ableton DJs VS Virtual DJs

Over-aged DJs VS Under-aged DJs

Free-DJs VS Unemployed DJs

I have to admit. This is insanely wicked!! The mixer is Wic to the Ked!!!

And once again it proves that technology has taken over talent, determination, knowledge and discipline. With this, anybody's grandmother can smoothly complete EQ mixing just by moving a fraction of their body parts. So, its confirmed!! DJ-ing is not niche anymore. Any muthaf**ker with money can obtain such 'talent'.

Nevertheless, I'm still glad I was part of the ol' skool asses. Those good times will always be remembered as the best part of my DJ life. Carrying speakers and setting up before gigs, getting sweat all over, then changing to shirt and tie.... getting ready for the 'function'. You farkers remember that..??!! hahahaha........ After the gigs, drunked, yet, able to tear-down and send equipments back to warehouse, or someone's house........ and continued partying.

Salute to all those from TMF, Juliana's, Moby Dick, Heartbeatz, Titans, Des D'Mel, NESP, Razers, Ultrex...... damnit, there's lots more.

Embrace the future, don't forget the past........

Recently, I had dinner at a fancy Japanese restaurant. Fancy meaning, the food served is minimal, mostly uncooked, decorated with toxins and over-charged. If you're wondering why I landed in such a place, it wasn't me. Someone who wanted to impress us and our group of friends, suggested the place. As much as I thought it was unnecessary, we did politely obliged to see and experience idiocrisy.

Anyway, some of the food served was ........ raw beef from a secluded-distant town in Japan, where the cows are 'organic' and 'special'. Nobody explained to us in what way was the cow 'special'. Maybe the cow was able to do sommersaults and jumped over the moon. For all I know, it tastes the same....... just like raw human meat. Someone in our group mentioned that the meat taste sweeter and has a tinch of sourness. If it's raw, and someone were to sprinkle a dash of sugar spice, wouldn't it taste sweet?? and the sourness..... maybe some lime because its raw meat...??!

Another fancy serving was the whale meat. It was dark and looked weird. This time, I had to pushed it away. As much as I was coaxed into trying it, I HAD to let it go. Accept it, I'm not really a COOL person. I don't take whale meat, shark's fin or goat's penis soup, nor snake blood wine. The fact is, I'm against whale-killing. I'll think again about the shark's fin soup. If I was in the sea, I know the shark won't think twice about eating me..... so, I might have shark's fin sometime in the near future. But whale.....?? Sorry, NO. And, I'm sorry if anyone can't respect my believes. I don't eat pork, does that mean you gonna ask me to TRY some?

Anyway, I enjoyed the whole experience. I had my other-half with me, so it's cool. Maybe someday, the Japanese will have more fancy dishes like baby's feet or Nanny's tits. That would really be fancy-fool!

Fancy food?

I remembered sometime ago, a white boy came to me and said, "Yo G, play some BLACK music..... real BLACK music!" - my name not G, my name is R-er.........

KNN. Black music??!! Music got colour meh? I am already confused with all these genres and come a this farker ask me music with colour. A close friend of mine tried to enlighten me saying that the guy was referring to Hip Hop. And again, Hip Hop is Black music?? Why?? Because it started with Black people (in this context it refers to African American)? Why not Motown, Soul, Funk, House, Merengue, Bachata, Techno?? Yup, all those music was pioneered by 'Black' people.... and maybe many more. So, was I wrong when I played Techno or HOUSE after that 'Wigger' ask for 'BLACK' music.

Sometimes, from where I come from 'BLACK' music means something else. It has got something to do with decapitating your veins......... If someone ask for 'RED' music, does it mean songs about anger? embarrassment, or passion? or maybe about Lunar New Year?? Maybe Hari Raya is 'GREEN' music........