So I've had a couple of sessions since that last one but I couldn't be bothered posting them. More of the same, really. Eggbeaters starting to look alright... Flip toe is getting better and less lamo. I can use my clipper now but have to be careful...
This weekend was the best
ever. Friday night got fairly drunk at a mates place and watched the mighty boosh. hilarious. Saturday bummed all day then went to melbourne saturday night. We took buckets with ice and beers in them for the trip down... was so awesome carrying those into the backpacker loungeroom, setting them down and getting into it hehe. Left at around 11:30 to go to a place called Brown Alley, which is suuuuper classy. Will definately go back there. Most importantly though...
I was going to see
James Zabiela
faaarrrrk if you don't know who this man is you need to find out. The guy is a total nerd but that makes him a fucking genius behind the decks. He does some really mad shit with CDJ1000's and a pioneer effects unit. Youtube some vids he's crazy... here's an example how he scratches:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE39A2hgZ64
Probably enjoyed that more than any other DJ I've seen before? Barring Daft Punk which is a damn given. He has so much energy too... he'd mosh a lot right before the beat dropped in so it made me mosh a lot too hehe. He was so fucking intense though... god damn, wish I could see him again, now...
funny as we were walking out to get some energy drinks before his set... as we walk out he walks in and the bouncer's like "where's your armband?" he just goes "no armband" and keeps walking
really bizarre though, they had this shitty minimal DJ on before him. I mean if it's sunday arvo and i'm sitting back in a bar then that's all fine, but I'm in a club, it's 1am and I want to fucking
dance ok?? Zabiela played 2-6 and it was completely light when we got to bed... that's a sign of a good night.
Woke up at like 10am, felt really shitty even though I hadn't drank much. I think I filled my body with a load of energy drinks and shitty pizza and combined with the lack of sleep it fucked me up. I got 2 boost drinks (australian chain of really healthy smoothies and fruit juices, they blend it up for you and have all these proteins and energy boosters you can put in, all natural shit not like energy drinks, they're tops) and a fair serving of sushi and it picked me up real good, felt great after that. Which is a good thing, after shopping for cd's and picking up an
awesome pair of sennheiser headphones for djing, which are caressing me ears ever so lovely like right now, I met up with the guys at fed square and we moved to st kilda for a shred.
\/\/FOOTBAG\/\/
St kilda fest was on, people flipping eeeeverywhere. Crowds like that piss me off something chronic, everything takes forever. Played footbag for 2 & 1/2 hours, good fun. First time really using my strong clipper again so I was excessively lame, really struggled to hit anything good and got frustrated a bit at first but got over it. Just relaxed and had fun... was so good to be with the guys again. Couple highlights were Janiwalker first try... then next go frontside janiwalker first go hehe. Also pigbeater which i think I've only hit once before? Mostly just a lot of fun... good to meet pat too. Dan was obsessed with some indian book about dieities and repose... I dunno, he spent most of the day sitting off to the side staring intently at his bag... some of that's true and some of it's false, but he did shred like a god.
Returning from injury seemed to be the theme of the day and I injured my ankle again towards the end of the day attempting frontside fury....
not bad though, it was pretty much ok again within 10 minutes but I'll still stick to toe moves for this week at least. It needs work anyway hehehe.
^^^FOOTBAG^^^
These headphones are so awesome. Block out sound really well, nice and loud, really good quality, now i can get my dj rocks on. They'd wanna be good for $130 anyway...
oh also bought about 7 cd's today... most notably the Trentemoller chronicles, a Booka Shade cd, Midnight Juggernaughts (which is fucking amazing) and Air - 10,000 Hz Legend... i think I have nearly all their albums now. I have a chance to see them in april, expensive though, undecided so far. will probably go though.
edit: oh damn I forgot one of the best bits from last night.... barring Zabiela's inhumane insaneness of course. I came onto a bar chick, it was awesome. She was super cute so i was like fuck this, I'm going for it. I thought I was pretty suave, and I was nowhere even near drunk, but she didn't bite. She thought I WAS drunk for some reason... I guess she wouldn't expect a sober guy to try and pick up the girl behind the bar. i was pretty pleased with myself for having a go though
best game ever though. We played a really good team, they were one player down in the first half but had subs in the second. We beat them by 2 points. Despite the obvious advantage, it felt awesome. We all played so well, esp the teamwork. Worth making the trip tonight 
it'll be all good though... Also having a huge party at my place while the folks are at the beach. Possibly the 11th... dunno. Hard to find time with 2 close mates 21sts in that time. Been telling heaps of people on the town about it though, people that are into good music. Basically decking my backyard out as a club for the night. My mate has lighting, a disco ball, smoke machine... I think he's about to buy a strobe and we're playing sets so it'll be mad. Will post pics afterwards, hoping to record the sets too. Getting a laptop in like, a week, so I'll be fully kitted to record mixes etc. Can't wait.
