not much to say, but so much to say at the same time

I've just been so caught up doing a bajillion other things that I have been too lazy/busy to really post about any of it.

Well, the LoveFest was fun, as always. I kept planning to post an entry with a bunch of photos from the event, but just never got around to it (usually because blog entries that have tons of photos take forever to put together). You can check out all of the photos I took that weekend here, otherwise, here are a few of the favorites that I snapped.













I'll try to eventually get the videos I took that weekend up onto Youtube and post them here, too.

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E=mc2 (I'm too lazy to figure out how to put the 'squared' in its proper format, lol) will be throwing a party at the Black Box Cabaret for Halloween called The Return of Darkness. The lineup will be:

Viticus (Digital D&A Music)
Jaxxin & Paolo present: The Techslingers (E=mc2)
Matt D.
Katie Blades
Meadux (formerly known as DJ S0ulFree)

Oh, and I designed the poster & flyer for the event!
(my first party flyer/poster! woot!)

This is the 11 x 17 inch poster:




And this is the front & back to the 5 x 7 inch flyer (which, unfortunately, was finished too late to print).





It's been forever since I've done anything design-related, so it took me forever to get this done. Hopefully everything will fall together a little more effortlessly the next time I work on designing a flyer (or anything else for that matter).

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Alright, time to get ready for work! I can't wait for the day when "work" will consist of DJing and graphic design, rather than verifying receipts at a hotel all night...

san francisco lovefest 2008: are YOU going???

Man, I really need to update this more often (or at least write something a little more prolific whenever I do update). Anyway, although I should be blogging about something important such as the Vice Presidential Debate, I just wanted to mention how excited I am to go to the San Francisco LoveFest again this year. For those who don't know, it's one of (if not THE) largest electronic dance music events in California (well, I guess Burning Man would probably be THE largest, now that I think about it). I've been going every year since it began in 2004 (when it came to the US as the Love Parade San Francisco), and I have left one of these events disappointed... Well, maybe disappointed at myself for not wearing more comfortable footwear, but definitely not disappointed with the music and energy the event delivers.



Who am I excited to see spin this year? Let's see...

(in no particular order)
Elite Force
Rennie Pilgrem
Armin van Buuren
Above & Beyond
DJ Mehdi
Aquasky
Kyau & Albert

My must-see list isn't as big as previous years, but if I think about it, for a majority of the time that I was rocking out in front of the various floats, I had no idea who the DJ was that was spinning (many of whom were local San Francisco DJs).

Well, here are some videos I took at previous Lovefests/LoveParades.

Carl Cox @ LPSF 2005




Ferry Corsten @ LPSF 2005




A random float @ SFLF 2006




Hybrid spinning at the SupperClub float @ SFLF 2006




Paavo & Tony of Above & Beyond @ the SFLF Afterparty 2006



See you all there!

my pix and my mix from Night Sweats

I don't have time to type very much at the moment, but here is a photo slideshow from Night Sweats, the horror-themed rave I spun (and danced my head off) at this past Friday.



And if you either missed my set (or would like to relive it), here it is in mp3 format!
http://www.mediafire.com/?n2emkedbtjm
Enjoy!

2008 09.19 - live @ night sweats, santa cruz, ca by Minceyfresh on Mixcloud

1. the aut0b0ts & screwface :: apocalypse
2. plump djs :: snake eyes
3. journeyman vs. barrcode :: no exception
4. future funk squad :: the mothership
5. ninelives the cat :: the invisible
6. far too loud :: play it loud (broken robot remix)
7. ferry corsten feat. guru :: junk (body snatcher vocal mix)
8. aquasky vs. masterblaster :: boom! (breakfastaz remix)
9. the crystal method :: high roller (myagi remix)
10. hybrid :: sleepwalking
11. vent :: encoded
12. the aut0b0ts & screwface :: final conflict

I'll update this post soon!

dj gig @ giza hookah lounge, santa cruz 9/17

Hi, everyone!

I just wanted to let you guys know that I was invited to spin at Giza Hookah Lounge in Santa Cruz tomorrow night for Electronic Wednesdays! I'll be on from 11pm - midnight... Wow, two non-Monterey gigs in one week!



Come rock out!

edit: I guess having directions to the venue would help, wouldn't it? :-P
Click the address below to see it on Google Maps.

1515 Mission St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

i don't browse Threadless very often, but...

... I just came across this tshirt while clicking around teh Internets and was devastated to find out that it was sold out! I'm not quite sure how Threadless works, but I believe users have to vote for it to be reprinted or something... Is that how it works?



The tshirt reads:

they lied to us

this was supposed to be the future

where is my jetpack,
where is my robotic companion,
where is my dinner in pill form,
where is my hydrogen fueled automobile,
where is my nuclear-powered levitating house,

where is my cure for this disease

Although the text is pretty effing awesome (are these lyrics or something?), it was the grid-like, techy layout of the text and lines that really caught my attention. It sort of reminds me of a tshirt I'd come across in Japan... Come to think of it, the last time I had tshirts with this much text (albeit Engrish filled) was when I actually lived in Japan.





Getting back to the Threadless tshirt (which was designed by a freelance graphic designer named John Slabyk), it looks like there is at least an 18'' x 24'' art print still available... I suppose I could hang it up on my wall or something.

If Threadless always has tshirt/hoodie designs this awesome, I'm really going to have to make it a point to browse them more often!