tomodachi burger

Recommended Listening / Mixtape

Smalltown Pete is a stand up dude, and if you have ever wondered where it comes from it is definitely from Smalltown Pops, Al Emes. Pete’s father enjoys music just as much as Pete does. In fact, they have attended Austin’s ACL festival for the last few years as a family outing.

Heading over to the Smalltown Romeo blog, Mr. Emes has made a new playlist for his pod pod and Pete shared it with us.

You can grab it here, or if you want to learn a little more about the mix including a tracklist, you must learn.

These are my final hours as a resident of Austin Texas. It was sad leaving @Mcinaustin as she drove away and I continued on to check in to my flight. I def lost some street cred with the tears shed, but not afraid to do that in public… unless someone hits me hard.

It took me a little longer to check in at the airport, as I had a few cameras + film that needed some hand screening. After that was all said and done, I walked in to a small shop to grab a magazine and maybe my new favorite Naked juice (Berry Veggie Machine if you must know). I don’t see both of what I wanted and head out of the shop, only to turn around and be greeted by Jason Reese of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead.

Jason is a good friend of mine and we have known each since before I moved to Austin.

This is where I see the sign of closure.

Before I moved here, Jason hooked me up with a few gigs that were always a blast. When I moved to Austin, he gave up his residence and handed it over to me. So if it weren’t for Jason, things might have been a little different. He truly did set me up in Austin for all the other things to fall in my lap, and for that I am always thankful.

So after we talked and went our separate ways, him to China and me to my new home of Sunset Park in Brooklyn, New York, it hit me. He introduced me to Austin and now he was the last person to see in Austin. This has to be right.

Recommended Listening / Watching / DJ Mix

The good homies Smalltown DJs and The Rub did their somewhat annual tour a few weeks ago, and this time around they got some great footage of the shows and other fun stuff only those dudes can pull off.

As usual, they released a great mix featuring a bunch of fun chunes + Cosmo yelling on the mic.

To download the mix, you must learn.

To watch the video, you must learn. (sorry I tried to embed, but coding wasn’t working)

Recommended Listening / Radio Show

This past weekend I paid one last visit to my hometown of San Antonio before I move out of Texas completely and head over to my new home in New York.

@Mcinaustin & myself had a good time evading the flea market police, eating too much, record shopping, rooftop swims, and visiting my folks.

I also got to do a last minute guest spot on Super Soul Saturday Radio. Donnie D & Scoob Nice host a great radio show of Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, + other funky goodness from all eras. Scoob was out of town this time, which would have been nice to catch up with (what up dude!), but Donnie kept it funny in the studio.

Donnie told me to bring a 10 minute mix, but I decided to pull some 45s and play those on air.

To download the show + pillage their back catalog of shows, you must learn.

This has been a long kept secret (with only my family + closer friends knowing) and I am hoping that in revealing this, I don’t jinx myself.

I am moving.

I am born and raised Texas, and will always cherish that.

BUT…

It has been a great 6 year run in Austin, but I have been feeling a little cramped as of late. Austin has changed a ton since I have moved here, as has everywhere I have visited. DJing feels different these days and I just don’t know if I really want to pursue it anymore. I have been DJing for 14 years now and have been toying with the notion of throwing in the towel (which if that were literally done, said towel would probably hit a DJ).

New York has forever been in the corner of my eye ever since I was a little kid, and it has always been a dream to be able to live there. With a few failed attempts just before moving to Austin, I took those as a sign and decided to make the Austin venture. Luckily, the move to the Texas capital was a greater opportunity in many ways and I don’t regret it for a second.

With Austin being about 1 hour away from my home town of San Antonio, it just didn’t feel like I moved. Though, culturally there is a major divide between the two cities, I was still in Texas and my heart knew it.

Now, six years later, is the time to do it. I am moving.

Good bye Texas, you will see me soon, but I have to find another home.

The Social Bicycle System will be testing the waters of New York City this Fall with their innovative system that allows end users to share a number of designated bicycles to use throughout the city. The system requires an iPhone or Android handset to be able to unlock the bikes via a GPS wireless communication. You can also find where the nearest bicycle is available by using their app to locate them. 

This is a great idea and I wish more major cities would take the initiative to introduce this to their city planning. I hope NYC can set a good example with the system, which unfortunately, will be a hard task due to major theft. Fingers crossed guys.

You can read more about it via Mashable or visit Social Bicycles to keep up with their progress. 

Interbike 2010 is just about to kick off tomorrow in Las Vegas and I wish I could be there for it. I am going to be keeping up with it via Twitter and their all encompassing social media page.

Some of the boys from Mellow Johnny’s will be down there as well, so hopefully they will keep me posted on some new exciting stuff in the cycling world.

Recipe / Djs In the Kitchen / Vegetarian

Tonight I cooked for @Mcinaustin . I was about to eat a cookie when I quickly realized that I had not had one bit of real food all day. So a quick look into the ‘fridge and some Macguyver concoction later, this is what we have.

Granted two of the main ingredients were frozen, it was the means in which I cooked them that made them special.

For full photo story + recipe, you must learn.

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