| Come celebrate with us on Saturday! |
[Apr. 2nd, 2009|08:01 am] |
sometimes i can't believe it's been 5 years. hope to see everyone out on Saturday! this is the big one!
there's still some spots on the email list for discounted entry and we just announced $15 presales for those who want to save a couple bucks, but can't get there early.
www.evilbreaks.com |
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| EB5 - our five year anniversary |
[Mar. 14th, 2009|03:43 pm] |
can you believe it's been five years?
EB 5 - The E.B. Dream Team
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Mezzanine (444 Jessie St.) 9pm-4am
Cost if on the 700+ person list: (signup at www.evilbreaks.com)
The 1st 100 arrivals - FREE!
The next 100 arrivals - $5
All other listees half-price until the list closes @ 11pm - $10
Door Cost:
$20
In keeping with past E.B. Anniversary shows, we want to thank everyone for supporting us in the past couple of years, and although this lineup is so insane we can't do it completely free for hundreds of people like we've been doing, we hope that you like what we can offer. Sign up is now open down below......
This show has been 5 years in the making, & we have decided to go HUGE!!! A ridiculous lineup, a ridiculous venue, a ridiculous price......You know how we do, & with this show, we're going to put everything we've ever done to shame. Get ready.
Main Room Mayhem:
Roxiller - uk
(TCR/Record Records/Distinctive/Functional Breaks/Sober Music)
(1st U.S. performance since their North American debut @ EB 1)
Chris Carter - uk
(TCR/Record Records/Chi/Botchit & Scarper/En:Vision/Fat!)
Diverted - uk
(Diverted Traffic/TCR/Sokolov Sounds/I-Breaks)
JHz - uk
(Record Records/TCR/Tagsta/Botchit/Kilowatt/i-breaks/Fat!/Distinctive/Lot 49)
the EB boys:
Aaron Jae (E.B./Space Cowboys/C.O.N.)
Bam (E.B./Invibe)
M.O.D. (E.B.)
w/Simple Greene (Strategik) opening the main room.....
Upstairs w/4 corner SWAT sound:
S.O.T.E.G. (aka Bill Bless, aka the Disciple Grin) - Austin, TX
(Sober Records/Bless Records)
R-Kidz - uk
(Lawgiverz/Trigger/Botchit & Scarper/Addictech)
+ Special guest still tba......
Mozaic (Hookerz & Blow/Nexus/Glimmer of Dope)
Ernie Trevino (SPace Cowboys)
Ambient Mafia Upstairs Room:
Cumulus (Connoisseur Collective)
Redstickman (Friends and Family)
We Are Not Pandas (WanP, Mirai Kinai)
Actual Rafiq (Crunk's Not Dead)
Squelchy (Vocoid)
Unagi (WoM)
Viberation Visuals on 4+ screens |
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| cleaning room and clearing out gear |
[Feb. 14th, 2009|08:18 pm] |
anyone interested in:
fully licensed copy of Illustrator CS3?
12" iBook laptop? purchased in december of 2003. 800mhz processor. replaced hard drive in 2005. replaced battery when Apple was doing recalls. i retired this as my primary computer in fall of 2007, but have kept it as my travel web browsing laptop during trips. |
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| Friday Night |
[Jan. 28th, 2009|07:40 am] |
Friday :: January 30th :: 2009
(((...Pulse...)))
Musical excellence infused with social responsibility.
Pulse is a monthly event bridging diverse elements of the EDM community by creating open and inclusive genre-blending parties. We also support the wider community by donating 100% of our proceeds to local charities each month. Together we'll make a difference through music, one beat at a time.
January proceeds given to A Safe Place
A Safe Place is Oakland’s only comprehensive domestic violence program for battered women and their children, whose mission is to break the cycle of domestic and family violence by providing safe shelter and resources, as well as violence prevention through outreach and education to those at risk.
www.asafeplacedvs.org
Downstairs:
Christian Martin (Dirtybird)
Alland Byallo (Nightlight Music, [KONTROL], Utensil Recordings)
Galen (Pacificsound Music/Sunset, Utensil Recordings)
Solar (Pacificsound Music/Sunset, Bang the Box)
Kirill (Pulse)
Upstairs:
Aaron Jae (Evil Breaks, Space Cowboys)
Bam (Evil Breaks, Invibe)
Tamo (Angels of bAss)
j9 (Angels of bAss, Space Cowboys)
Upstairs bass beefed up by Key9sound.com
Visuals by Viberation
9pm to 3am
21+ with ID
$10 before 11pm
$15 after
Paradise Lounge
1501 Folsom St
San Francisco
www.sfpulse.org |
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| important updates for this weekend. |
[Dec. 19th, 2008|08:33 am] |
today i graduate!
also, updated info for the EB White Xmas Party. we dropped the door price back down to $5 and $10. our outdoor chill room was forecast to be a bit too chilly, so we brought it inside and combined it with our main room. we'll have heaters too to keep us all from freezing in this weather!
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IT'S COLD!!!!
We noticed. And since mother nature is actually trying to give us a White Christmas here in the bay, we've decided to get back to the one "One room, One vibe" feel of past White XMas shows, & bring our dj's in from the cold. We will also be heating both the inside & outside areas, so you know where to come this Saturday to defrost your toes.
E.B.'s 3rd Annual Xmas party & gift exchange:
White X-Mas
Saturday, December 20th
Underground Location (signup required at www.evilbreaks.com)
$5 with a gift to exchange
$10 without a gift
10pm-7am
Like the last couple "White X-Mas" parties, you'll get in on the cheap if you bring a wrapped gift valued between $5 & $10 for our little gift exchange. We've had terrific fun with this, and I'd have to say that this event has got to be one of the most interactive events of all time. & to really top off this years show, Bam is also going to be celebrating his graduation from "Expression" which is the night before. So if you see him, give him a congrats & a shot....haha.
As always with this party, we will be limiting attendance to keep it smaller, more personal, and comfortable for everyone attending, so please visit our site & sign up so you can get info for the show. Yes, even if you're already on the E.B. mailing list.
Oh yeah, wear white.
DJ's for the night:
Mr. Projectile LIVE (Nexus/Semisexual)
Aaron Jae vs. Tamo (E.B./Space Cowboys & Angels of Bass)
Bam vs. Mozaic (E.B./Invibe & Nexus/Raindance)
M.O.D. (E.B./Strategik) - special oldskool hip-hop set
Little John (Raindance)
Athena vs. Evinrude (E.B. & Nothing)
Dirt - Special sunrise set
Ben Haus (Acid Totem)
3L3Tronic (Bianca vs. Devo)
sign up at www.evilbreaks.com |
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| E.B. White X-Mas Party |
[Dec. 14th, 2008|08:49 pm] |
it's our Evil Breaks annual holiday party, it's a gift exchange, it's an all night underground and it's my graduation party!
Note: you MUST sign up for the special email list at www.evilbreaks.com
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E.B.'s 3rd Annual Xmas party & gift exchange:
White X-Mas
Saturday, December 20th
Underground Location (signup required)
$5 with a gift to exchange
$10 without a gift
10pm-7am
Like the last couple "White X-Mas" parties, you'll get in on the cheap if you bring a wrapped gift valued between $5 & $10 for our little gift exchange. We've had terrific fun with this, and I'd have to say that this event has got to be one of the most interactive events of all time. & to really top off this years show, Bam is also going to be celebrating his graduation from "Expression" which is the night before. So if you see him, give him a congrats & a shot....haha.
As always with this party, we will be limiting attendance to keep it smaller, more personal, and comfortable for everyone attending, the last 2 years we had to shut the door down by midnight.
Oh yeah, wear white.
DJ's for the night:
Aaron Jae (E.B./Space Cowboys)
Bam (E.B./Invibe)
Mozaic (Nexus/Raindance)
Little John (Raindance)
Ben Haus (Acid Totem)
3L3Tronic (Bianca vs. Devo)
Athena vs. Evinrude
2nd room chill DJ's:
Mr. Projectile
M.O.D. (E.B./Strategik) - special oldskool hip-hop set
Tamo (Angels of Bass)
Swami (Ambient Mafia)
Dirt - Special sunrise set |
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| PS |
[Dec. 12th, 2008|12:50 am] |
i got an email from school today.
i'm valedictorian.
(i'm not sure how i feel about being valedictorian of a small art school and an even smaller graduating class. but it does mean i have to say something at graduation?) |
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| Tonight |
[Dec. 11th, 2008|07:29 am] |
today at the Apple store, several students from Ex'pression College will be presenting their work. this will take place at the SF store near Union Square in the theater on the second floor from 6-8pm. as long as work allows (fingers crossed), i'll be there showing my demo reel. if you're in downtown SF, come on by!
also, i was contacted through my school to create a short animation for Live 105s Not So Silent Night. it's a series of sponsor logos that will be shown during the band intermissions while a DJ is playing. the bands include Franz Ferdinand, The KIllers, Death Cab for Cutie and others. hopefully, they'll actually show it! that takes place at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, tonight! |
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| last class |
[Dec. 2nd, 2008|03:13 pm] |
just finished my last class at school. last final exam done. last project turned in.
last class with my classmates.
i'm kind of sad to see this chapter in my life end. it's been an incredible learning experience. |
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| Ham infused gin? |
[Nov. 15th, 2008|06:28 pm] |
for some reason, the thought of this turns my stomach.
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A meal in your cocktail glass
Gary Regan
Friday, November 14, 2008
Canary Flip cocktail photographed Thursday, October 30, 2...
I spent my birthday in Sydney, Australia, this year, courtesy of David Spanton, publisher of Australian Bartender magazine. Spanton generously flew me down there on the promise that I'd host a couple of cocktail presentations during his two-day trade show, and help judge the finals in his magazine's Bartender of the Year competition. It sounded like a good deal to me, and it turned out to be a pretty glorious event.
The cocktails I sampled during the competition were nothing short of world class, though some were pretty weird. Have you ever heard of the Ham, Cheese and Tomato Toasted Sandwich Martini, for instance?
The man who came up with this concoction, a certain Owen Michael Collin, tends bar at Farina Kitchen and Bar in Adelaide, South Australia, and he was kind enough to fill me in on how he accomplished this culinary masterpiece. It's a pretty fascinating piece of methodology.
First you take a ham hock and infuse it into a bottle of Corenwyn, a Dutch style of gin that's heavy on the malt and tastes something like a cross between bourbon and gin - if you can get your mind around that. After the ham soaks for about an hour it's time to remove it from the gin, and pop the gin into the fridge. Why? So that any fat that dissolved in the gin will solidify so you can strain it out. You wouldn't want a fatty cocktail, now, would you?
Eben Freeman, molecular mixologist at New York's Tailor, is said to have been the guy who first used this methodology, and it was he who coined the term "fat washing" to describe the procedure, so don't go thinking that infusing gin with ham is something that only bartenders in the Southern hemisphere would think of - it's more of a Yankee thing, really.
According to Owen's instructions, you now have to "warm a large chunk of Parmesan, including the rind, in some water with a goodly amount of salt," then continue to infuse the water with the cheese until "the desired flavor is gained" before adding a little lecithin - a fatty substance found in egg yolks - to the cheese-flavored salty mixture. And finally you whip up the salty, cheesy, lecithin-y water with a hand blender to produce a Parmesan foam.
Now it's time to assemble the drink, and this is done by muddling a tomato in a mixing glass, adding the ham-flavored gin, shaking the mixture over ice, straining it into a Champagne coupe and topping the drink with the Parmesan foam. Before sipping this cocktail, though, it's imperative to take a bite of buttered toast, in order to complete the experience. The result, believe it or believe it not, is sheer heaven in a glass. It tastes exactly like a ham, cheese and tomato toasted sandwich. And a good one, at that.
Another drink that caught my attention at the Sydney bar show was the Canary Flip, a cocktail created by Nicholas Edwards, bartender at a joint called the Lark, in Brisbane. There's no ham, cheese or tomato in the Canary Flip, but there's an egg in there, so I guess it's what my new Aussie friends would call a breakfast drink. Life in the cocktail world is never dull.
Canary Flip
Makes 1 drink
Adapted from a recipe by Nicholas Edwards, the Lark, Brisbane, Australia.
* 1 ounce yellow Chartreuse
* 1 ounce Courvoisier V.S. Cognac
* 1/2 ounce simple syrup
* 3 dashes Fernet Branca
* 1 egg
* 1 lemon twist, as garnish
* 1 pistachio biscotti
Instructions: Fill a cocktail shaker with yellow Chartreuse, Cognac, simple syrup, Fernet Branca and egg. Shake without ice for 10 seconds to emulsify the egg. Add ice, shake and strain into a chilled sherry glass. Add the lemon twist garnish, and serve the biscotti on the side. |
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| the hunt |
[Nov. 8th, 2008|08:31 pm] |
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job hunting is freaking me out. |
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| Sea Orchestra |
[Nov. 8th, 2008|04:00 pm] |
by now you probably think i'm a fiend for United Airlines, but here's another amazing piece.
you may have seen this one:
but here's an incredibly revealing behind the scenes video of the creative process for the piece. they walk you through the entire process from reference images, stylesheets, animatics, test shots, etc.
Sea Orchestra: The Making Of from Shy the Sun on Vimeo. |
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| what i suck at |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|01:54 pm] |
i suck at writing cover letters.
i was supposed to send this in last week, but i can't seem to wrap up this damn cover letter. they probably won't even really read it and rather they'd go straight to my reel and website...but still.
fuck. |
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| Halloween? |
[Oct. 27th, 2008|12:00 pm] |
Early Friday night, I'm playing at the party formerly known as the Rotten Tomatoes Halloween Party. It's a mainstream crowd whom normally requests hip hop when I'm playing breaks and 80s. This year I think I'm going to say fuck it and play all mashups. There are some really funny (and surprisingly dancefloor friendly) mashups out there. I think i have enough for a set.
Then the main event on Friday...Evil Breaks is hosting the back room at Night of the Living Bass.
If I'm still on my feet...i hope to make it to the Brass Tax 666 party.
Then, Saturday night, Aaron and I are tagging at Ghostship.
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| in search of housing |
[Oct. 24th, 2008|09:48 am] |
dear friends,
i will be in need of a new housing situation come end of November. as some of you may know, my awesome housemates are going on an extended adventure in Singapore and thus, we will all be moving out of our sweet, Emeryville abode.
this also coincides with my finishing school at the beginning of December, which puts me in a state of flux. i'm currently on the job hunt (had an interview earlier this week!), but i'm not sure where that might take me. hence, my preference is to not lock myself into a long term commitment as far as housing goes...because i just don't know where exactly i'm going to end up job-wise (SF, East Bay or beyond).
what I'm looking for:
- 2-3 month sublet or temporary housing situation beginning December 1st (or slightly earlier)
- SF or east bay (BART/public transit accessible)
- $800/month rent max
if anyone knows of or hears of a potentially suitable situation, please contact me or forward my contact info on!
thank you, all. |
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| LOVEFEST! |
[Oct. 2nd, 2008|09:46 am] |
Look for our float! i'll be playing while we're rolling down Market Street.
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