QUICK RECAP


WHILE LOOKING THROUGH MY CAMERA FOR PICTURES FROM LAST FRIDAY @ WEBSTER HALL I STUMBLED UPON MAD PICTURES FROM THE LAST MONTH. ALL OF THINGS I MEANT TO POST BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON DIDN'T. SHOWS, CONCERTS, BIRTHDAYS, PARTIES, TRAVEL ECT ECT. SO, INSTEAD OF DUMPING IT I FIGURED ID DO A RE CAP. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT A BLOG IS FOR RIGHT?


THIS WAS EARLY AUGUST I THINK. DJ MOMA HAD ASKED US TO DO "HERE I AM" (WHICH HAD JUST COME OUT) LIVE AT 105 RIVINGTON. WE HAD NEVER DONE THE SONG BUT THAT'S NEVER REALLY STOPPED US BEFORE SO WE WERE LIKE FUCK IT.


BESIDES IT GAVE US AN EXCUSE TO COME TO THE CITY ON A MONDAY AND GET 10 CENT WINGS ON AVE B RIGHT BEFORE.


I LEARNED 2 THINGS THAT NIGHT




CHILL ON THE HIGH NOTES...


...AND DON'T FORGET YOUR SUNGLASSES


FAST FORWARD A WEEK LATER AND I'M IN SAN FRANCISCO DJING FOR PASE ROCK. THIS ALL KINDA CAME TOGETHER LAST MINUTE. HE NEEDED A DJ FOR A SHOW AND I NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO LEAVE NEW YORK. I SPENT A LITTLE MORE THEN 24 HOURS THERE BUT I HAD FUN. FUNNER THEN USUAL ATLEAST.


THE SHOW WAS AT SOME ART SPACE WITH MAD PRINTS AND PAINTINGS ON THE WALLS. FOUND THIS LITTLE GEM OF A PIC BUT UNFORTUNATELY ONLY JEMZ, TK AND A HANDFUL OF RANDOMS WILL KNOW WHY GARY AND A PICTURE OF PEACE FROM FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP IS HILARIOUS.


THE SHOW PRETTY MUCH CAME TOGETHER IN PASE'S HOTEL ROOM RIGHT BEFORE THE WE LEFT FOR THE VENUE. BASICALLY EVERYTHING I TOLD HIM NOT TO DO HE DID ANYWAY AND IT WORKED. I TOLD HIM NOT TO DO THE ELECTRIC SLIDE HE DID IT ANYWAY. I TOLD HIM HE SHOULD PROBABLY CHILL ON THE SLOW SONG. HE DID IT ANYWAY AND IT WORKED. PASE'S IS A CLASSY DUDE. REAL SHOWMEN. HIRE HIM, SO HE CAN BRING ME WITH HIM.


BY THE WAY, ALL THE WHILE I WAS ON A HUNGER STRIKE. MY PLAN WAS TO STARVE MYSELF UNTIL THE "HERE I AM" VIDEO GOT 5000 HITS. AT THIS POINT I WAS 2 DAYS IN. COUPLE DRINKS AND I WAS FUCKED. AFTER THE SHOW MYSELF, VIN, MORSE AND EQUAL WHO WERE ALL IN TOWN ENDED UP AT SOME NEW WAVE AFTER PARTY. BETWEEN THE DRINKS, NO FOOD AND SOME SHIT I HAD TAKEN I HAD LOST MY MIND. THERE'S SOME TWITPIC FLOATING AROUND OF ME SCREAMING AT A WALL. GOOD TIMES!


THE NEXT DAY I WOKE UP AND IMMEDIATELY GRABBED SOMETHING TO EAT. I DIDN'T REALLY SEE MUCH POINT IN GOING ON A HUNGER STRIKE IF I WASN'T GONNA TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT. WHATS THAT'S SAYING? IF A TREE FALLS IN THE WOODS OR SOMETHING. ANYWAY, ON MY WAY BACK FROM EATING SOME GUY WAS SELLING RECORDS IN THE STREET. I COPPED THIS ONE HERE (PET SHOP BOYS - LOVE COMES QUICKLY) FOR A DOLLAR THEN MET UP WITH PASE AND BOUNCED TO THE AIRPORT....NEXT STOP LA.




NO PICTURES PLEASE!


LA WAS LIKE A LONG DAZE. AFTER BEING THERE FOR A WEEK I WAS BACK IN NEW YORK JUST IN TIME FOR ME AND JEMZ'S NEW MONTHLY AT PLAN B "BOYS ON FILM". WHICH IF YOU ASK ME IS THE BEST NAME EVER. ITS ALMOST LIKE LA CAME BACK WITH ME CUS GLENN AND MIKE B WERE CHILLIN'


SURPRISING TO US ALL THE NIGHT WENT OFF. MAD PEOPLE CAME THROUGH. THERE'S DOM CHATTING IT UP WITH SOME BIRD. I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK OUR NEXT PARTY IS CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY. SO COME.


MARK AND MIKE B WERE THERE TOO


NOT TO MENTION FERTELLI


PT CRUISER


ROXY WHO KILLED IT WITH THE 45'S (NICE HAT)


DJ MOMA WHO'S COMING BACK AGAIN FOR OUR SECOND INSTALLMENT


AND SPANK DOG. GOOD SHIT. IF YOU'RE AROUND THIS COMING FRIDAY MAKE SURE TO STOP BY. IF NOT FOR THE MUSIC THEN BECAUSE THERE HONESTLY AIN'T SHIT ELSE TO DO. WHENS THE LAST TIME YOU TRIED TO GO OUT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT IN NEW YORK. ITS THE WORST. COME DRINK WITH US!


THAT FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY. FORTUNATELY FOR ME THE PET SHOP BOYS WERE PLAYING AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM. ID NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE SO IT SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY. JEMZ GOT THE TICKETS. I WAS STOKED. SICK AS A DOG BUT STOKED NONE THE LESS.


WHETHER YOU LIKE THE PET SHOP BOYS OR NOT YOU CANT FRONT ON THEIR STAGE SHOW. HAMMERSTEIN ISN'T SMALL BY ANY MEANS BUT THE PET SHOP BOYS STAGE SHOW MADE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE IN A STADIUM.







GOOD SHIT. WHEN WE GOT THERE IT WAS DUDES GONE WILD SO ME AND TK ACTED AS IF WE WERE A GAY COUPLE AND WORKED OUR WAY TO THE FRONT. DERRICK AND BRIAN WHERE ARE NAMES IF ANYONE ASKED (I WAS DERRICK). HA. THEY DID ALOT OF SONGS WE'D NEVER HEARD BEFORE BUT THE ONES WE DID COULDN'T HAVE SOUNDED BETTER. IF ALL GOES WELL WE'LL BE OPENING UP FOR THEM IN NO TIME. MARK MY WORDS.



AFTER WE WENT TO BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP WHERE I ORDERED THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING ON THE MENU AND COULDN'T EAT IT CAUSE I WAS TOO SICK. GOOD THING OMARI CAME TO FINISH OFF MY PLATE. JONNY WAS THERE TOO. AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN I WAS PRETTY MUCH IN BED FOR THE NEXT WEEK IN A HALF WITH WHAT I NOW THINK MAY HAVE BEEN THE SWINE FLU. A GREAT BDAY THOUGH.


FAST FORWARD A WEEK LATER AND ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK IS PLAYING AT PLAN B. HE WAS IN TOWN TO DO JEMZ'S SCION RADIO SHOW. I HAD NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE AND AFTER BEING IN BED FOR A WEEK I WASN'T GONNA MISS IT. GOOD SHIT. HIS STEEZ WAS KINDA UNTOUCHABLE FOR 59 YEARS OLD. CANT WAIT TO HEAR JEMZ'S INTERVIEW.



JEMZ TOLD ME HE ONLY STARTED DJING A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND HIS NAME IS ON SOME ALTER EGO COLD WAR RUSSIAN REFUGEE ESCAPE FROM PRISON SHIT. I'LL LINK THE INTERVIEW WHEN IT GOES UP. (PIC VIA THE PARROT)


SO ME AND TK WENT TO SEE BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB LAST FRIDAY FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GONNA BE A LIVE PERFORMANCE. IT WAS AT WEBSTER HALL AND ALTHOUGH I SWORE AGAINST EVER GOING THERE I KINDA DIDN'T WANNA MISS THE LIVE SHOW. TURNS OUT IT WAS JUST HIM DJING. WE THOUGHT GREAT, THAT'S ALL WE NEED IS TO HEAR IS ANOTHER FUCKING DJ SET. WE WERE LITERALLY HALF WAY OUT THE DOOR WHEN WE HEARD THE RUNAWAY REMIX OF OUR SONG "HERE I AM" BLARING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS. IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME HEARING IT OUT AND IT KINDA KILLED. YOU SHOULD GO BUY IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. KINDA MADE THE NIGHT!



BETWEEN SEEING PET SHOP BOYS, ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK AND BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB AND BEING SICK ID SAY THIS WAS A PRETTY RAD MONTH. I LEARNED YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO KILL IT AND THAT THE 80'S MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BEST 10 YEARS IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

GOOD SHIT!

ALWAYS,
LLOYDSKI