Wut up y’all. Two Guys in a Card-Bored Box here once again coming to you from the streets with this week’s beats.

This week’s pick comes from DJ Lobsterdust. No its not a seasoning you put in your soup to get that buttery lobster flavor.

Lobsterdust currently resides in Long Island, New York where he comes up with the tightest mash-ups between different genres of music. His mash-up of The Killers’ Jenny Was a Friend of Mine and Stevie Wonder’s Superstition was recently featured on Collegehumor.com and he is getting mad love from the mash-up community.

If you’re into music fusion that sounds as good as fusion food tastes, we recommend y’all check out DJ Lobsterdust.

Damn. All this talk about food is making us hungry.

Official Website: www.djlobsterdust.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/djlobsterdust

FEEL GOOD FUSION
A Tasty Blend of Art + Music

Friday, January 25th
9PM - 2AM
Good Vibes Good Times!!!

FEATURING
DJ’s: DENKYM & SHOKASE on 4 turntables!!
VJ’s: ZACH & GREG mixin video on 6 screens!!
ARTIST: DPD of futurerockstarsofamerica.com
DRUMMER: MURAOKA
Opening set by: DJ SEANO & DEEYJAYRO
GUEST DJ: FRENETIC w/ OKWASLUT
+Special Guests!!

Spontaneous Open Mic + Freestyle Scratch Sessions +
Open floor for Breakers + Beat Showcase!!

Every Last Friday of the Month @ The Terrace
443 E. Colorado Blvd. (at Los Robles)
Pasadena , CA 91101

We will also be celebrating FRENETIC’s 25th BDAY at Midnight!!
Come show some love for the homie as he turns a quarter-century Old!!!!!

DPD of FRA http://www.futurerockstarsofamerica.com
DJ DENKYM http://www.myspace.com/denkym
DJ FRENETIC http://www.myspace.com/djfrenetic
DJ SHOKASE http://www.myspace.com/djshokase1
DJ SEANO http://www.myspace.com/seano626
VJ GREG http://www.myspace.com/gregthedude
DEEYJAYRO http://www.myspace.com/rob2dmax

FREE FREE FREE
NO COVER / NO DRESS CODE / CHEAP DRINKS
18+ for entry | 21+ to drink

<check out the post from previous event>

Went out to the Feel Good Fusion event in Pasadena the other night - must say it was a really cool event with a really good vibe. Dj Denkym (aka Sir Denkym) hosted a really good evening. I’m actually going to be showing some work and doing live work at the next one (last friday of Jan.).

Dj Denkym (left), Dj Shokase (right)

Basically Feel Good Fusion features 2 Dj’s on 4 turntables, a VJ showing off on 6 screens and 2 artists performing live work all at once (hence the fusion!). The venue also opens up the floor for breakers and spontaneous open mic sessions.

VJ Jigglesworth (left), who are you guys? (right)

It was interesting to see the VJ work, I’ve been seeing video work in clubs/bars for a minute but I’d never seen one done live before… this gives me some ideas…

Some of the art work up for sale(left), Hey, that shirt looks familiar… (right)

Anyways, don’t take my word for it, go out to the next one and see it for yourself! Here’s a snack for now:

Good Vibes Good Times
Friday, DECEMBER 28th 2007
9PM - 2AM

NO COVER - FREE FREE FREE!!
NO DRESS CODE
CHEAP DRINKS

18+ for entry
21+ to drink

Every Last Friday of the Month @
The Terrace
443 E. Colorado Blvd. (at Los Robles)
Pasadena, CA 91101

FEATURING
DJ’s: DENKYM & SHOKASE on 4 turntables!!
VJ’s: JIGGLESWORTH mixin video on 6 screens!!
ARTISTs: Will Hsu & Eric Chen w/ Live ART!!
+Special Guests!!

Spontaneous Open Mic + Freestyle Scratch Sessions + Open floor for Breakers + Beat Showcase!!

http://www.going.com/feelgoodfusion
http://www.myspace.com/denkym

DJ Strong has compiled a tastemaker mixtape featuring artist’s Perfecto, Strong Arm Steady, Bun B, Paul Wall, Young Buck, Lil Eazy E, 50 Cent, Kartoon, Lil Tone, Bash Bros., Spider Loc, Burnz, Trina, Joker Frum Watts, Boretta, Tristar, J Mccoy, Cashis (Shady Records), Far East Movement, Ashkon, Baby Bash and Lil Rob, Young Dre The Truth, 40 Glocc, Bad Lucc, WS Bugg, Keak Da Sneak, Flo-Rida, Hot Rod, Roccett (CTE) and more!

DJ Strong - P’S & G’S Mixtape (FREE DOWNLOAD):
http://www.hiphopwest.com/podcast/djstrong_psandgsvol1.zip or
http://www.hiphopwest.com/podcast/djstrongpsandgsvol1mixtape.mp3

Official Website: http://www.djstrong.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/djstrong

Evening of Photography & Music in LA

Tonight @ REHAB PROJECTS:
2324 Cotner Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
7:00PM - 10:00PM

Bautista & LA’s best DJs in the HOUSE!
Music by (old school Steady Vibes crew):
Sir Denkym
HIdeo
Tony Jr.
DJ Ogg

REHAB

courtesy of: mwmphd

I recently spent my Sunday afternoon geeking out at the Los Angeles convention center for a Wired event called NEXTFEST. The event featured innovations in communication, design, entertainment, exploration, health, play, robots, transportation, security, and green living. It was super cool to see all the new technology…especially the incredibly neat Morpho Towers!

I took video, but my footage does not do the Towers any justice.
Luckily, there is a very clear video on youtube.

OK, so the Morpho Towers and pretty much EVERYTHING else at Nextfest was awesome.
All except this one thing….A ROBOT DJ.

Can this Robotic DJ eventually become a FR*A????
I’m gonna bust out my Hater-ade on this one and say- NO.

At this point, the robot DJ is still very experimental (aka weak-sauce). It can play records, but that’s about it. If you think about it, these two robotic DJ arms are merely super-expensive jukebox players that have the ability to move records forward and backwards in a super-annoying & inefficient way. The AI still does not have an understanding of beat-matching, rhythm, or style. The two robotic arms are limited to:

1. SELECTING A RECORD
2. DROPPING THE RECORD ON THE TURNTABLE
3. LOWERING THE NEEDLE
4. MOVING THE RECORD FORWARD AND BACKWARDS
5. LIFTING THE NEEDLE
6. PICKING UP THE RECORD
7. RETURNING THE RECORD TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION

Sounds like a jukebox to me…except for the Forward and Backwards part.

I hope the day NEVER comes, but if fellow DJs start losing gigs to these frickin Robots…I’m gonna go medieval on these soulless pieces of shit with a baseball bat - OFFICE SPACE style. WUT!?

GO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL DJ!!!